jkcards

Category: Embossing

  • Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th – Shades of Concord & 9th!

    Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th – Shades of Concord & 9th!

    Happy Columbus Day! I hope that you are lucky enough to have the day off from work today! I’m happy to report that my Dad is home from the hospital, he came home yesterday. He is feeling much better thanks in part to all of your well wishes. I really can’t thank you all enough for keeping him in your thoughts. you guys are the best peeps ever! I even got to do some fun stuff yesterday! In the morning I took a ride into Manhattan with Heather to drop her brother off at Comic-Con. After that I went with her to look at some used cars, she is trying to find one for her brother. Boy is there a lot of garbage out there! LOL! After that I spent some time with my Dad and then watched a little TV and made my card for today. Felt so good to sit down in the Stampin’ Galley! Today I have some cleaning and other chores to do. What are you up to?

    It’s time for a new challenge over on the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th blog…

    Shades of Concord & 9th means use any shade of blue or green! For my card is used the Aloha Friend Photopolymer Stamp Set and my MISITI to stamp the dashed strip onto a card base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with Peacock and Jalapeño to create a background. The fabulous is from the same set and is heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder onto a piece of 65lb Vellum. I used Multi-Matte Medium to adhere it to the card and added a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins to complete the card! Simple and fun, and who doesn’t like to be told that they are fabulous?! I hope that you like my Design Team card for this month’s Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Shades of Concord & 9th Challenge! My Teammates have made some great cards to inspire you so head on over the BLOG head over and check them out! You have all month to play along and we hope you will share your card with us in the gallery! Don’t forget that you can follow us on Instagram and Facebook! Thank you so much for staring your week off with me once again! I wish you all a magnificent Monday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Aloha Friend Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Ink: Peacock and Jalapeño (Lawn Fawn)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah)

    Specialty: 65lb Vellum (The Paper Cut)

    Embellishments: Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: MISTI and Heat Tool (Hero Arts)

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

  • Grateful Amethyst Leaf – Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th!

    Grateful Amethyst Leaf – Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th!

    Happy Thursday peeps! I had a nice day yesterday with Sue. We got a lot accomplished and went out and had a nice lunch. There is always more to do so I’ll be heading back over again some time next week, I do love a productive day! Taylor stopped by in the evening and we had dinner with my Parents and after that some TV, binge watching Arrow at the moment and really liking it! Today I’ll catch up on This is Us and maybe I’ll get to some of the cabinet doors! 😀

    It’s time for my Solo Post over on the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog! We featured and Ink Only Challenge for last month so I did a little ink blending on today’s card! One of my all time favorite images is the leaf from the Concord & 9th Lace Leaf Photopolymer Stamp Set. I heat embossed it in Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder onto a piece of Bristol Smooth Card Stock. I used the Coordinating Die to cut out the negative from a piece of Masking Paper and used my Mini Ink Blending Tools and some Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch and Dusty Concord Distress Ink to color it in. After I removed the Mask I added the panel to a card base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. Some Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine is spattered over the card and while that dried I cut out the grateful from a piece of Gold Glitter Card and adhered it to the card with Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive. I love the purple and blue hues in the gold leaf and never underestimate the effect of a little ink spatter!

    I hope that you like the card for my October Solo Post for the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog! You can also see this post over on the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog! Don’t forget that you can follow us on Instagram and Facebook! We are getting ready to start our next challenge on October 9th, be sure to come back to see what the rest of my talented teammates have to inspire you! Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday! 🙂

     

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Lace Leaf Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Ink: Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch and Dusty Concord Distress (Tim Holtz/Ranger)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: Gold (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah) and Bristol Smooth

    Specialty: Gold Glitter Card (American Crafts)

    Dies: Grateful Leaf (Concord & 9th)

    Embellishments: Gold Color Shine (Heidi Swapp)

    Adhesives: E-Z Runner Ultra Strong (Scrapbook Adhesives) and Multi-Purpose Spray (Elmer’s)

    Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool (Hero Arts)

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

  • Paper Craft Crew 262

    Paper Craft Crew 262

    Hey there! I had a very quiet day yesterday. Not my favorite kind of day but I guess they are necessary every once in a while. Other than some TV and a little work on the computer not much else happened. This morning I’m off to see Sue again for some Etsy work, that is always productive and fun! 😀

    It’s mid-week and time for another Paper Craft Crew challenge…

    I choose the row across the middle for my card and decided to use some of the leftovers on my desk to make it! I always stamp some extra when I make something in the hopes that I will use it and today I got to! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock cut to 3 3/4″ wide. My background is a piece of Desert Storm 80lb that I heat embossed the Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain Background onto with Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder. The pumpkin is from the Hero Arts September My Monthly Hero Kit and is stamped in Orange Soda, Tangerine, Pumpkin Pie, Cup O Joe, Green Fields and Forever Green. I used the Coordinating Dies to cut it out and adhered it to a tag that is cut out with the Hero Arts Nested Tags Infinity Dies from another piece of Desert Storm 80lb. There is a little strip of Washi Tape across the bottom of the tag a piece of Natural Twine is tied through the top. My greeting is stamped in Pumpkin Pie with a few My Mind’s Eye Wicked Enamel Dots added. I adhered the tag to the card with Fun Foam and E-Z Runner and added a little Multi-Matte Medium to hold the twine in place. Love the bright pop of the orange pumpkin against the kraft! I hope that you like my Design Team card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge! Stop by the BLOG and check out the rest of the Team’s cards and enter yours in the gallery! Thank you for visiting with me today! Have a wonderful Wednesday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: September My Monthly Hero Kit Photopolymer and Designer Woodgrain Background Wood Mount (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb and Desert Storm 80lb (Neenah)

    Ink: Orange Soda, Tangerine, Pumpkin Pie, Cup O Joe, Green Fields and Forever Green (Hero Arts)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: Clear (Hero Arts)

    Dies: September My Monthly Hero Kit and Nested Tags Infinity Dies (Hero Arts)

    Embellishments: Wicked Enamel Dots (My Mind’s Eye), Natural Twine (Papertrey Ink) and Washi Tape

    Adhesives: E-Z Runner Ultra Strong (Scrapbook Adhesives) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool (Hero Arts) and Fun Foam

    SaveSaveSaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

  • Freshly Made Sketches 306

    Freshly Made Sketches 306

    Happy Friday! It’s a very happy one for me, I’m off to PA through Monday with Jim! We are going to do some repairs on the house and just relax and enjoy the fresh country air! The weather is supposed to be great, let’s hope that it stays that way! Yesterday I ran a few errands in the morning and then went to BJ’s with Heather. We had some pizza for lunch and then I came back home to see Daniel and Tristan. Jason and Erika came over and we all went out to dinner to celebrate my Parent’s 49th anniversary. I’ll be heading into Manhattan this morning to see my friends Jon and Mary. I’ll meet up with Kim for lunch and then head home. Since I will be away I won’t have any posts over the weekend or on Monday but I’ll be back on Tuesday morning with my Stamp, Ink, Paper Design Team card! 😀

    Today I have my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge to share with you…

    I started my card by trimming a piece of paper from the Concord & 9th Aloha Fill-In Patterned Paper Pack and adhering it to a card base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. My pineapple is from the Concord & 9th Pineapple Perfection Photopolymer Stamp Set and is stamped in Black Licorice. I filled in the flowers and leaves with Lobster, Bubblegum, Grape Soda, Sunflower and Noble Fir and then used the Coordinating Die to cut it out. It’s adhered to the card with 3M Foam Tape. The greeting is from the same set and is heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder onto a piece of Black 110lb and cut out with the banner die from the same set. I used more 3M Foam Tape to adhered it to the pineapple. That’s it! I do love that fun nice big pineapple, especially with the fill-in images! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge! Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a fun Friday and fabulous weekend! I’ll see you back here on Tuesday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Pineapple Perfection Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Ink: Black Licorice, Lobster, Bubblegum, Grape Soda, Sunflower and Noble Fir (Lawn Fawn)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah) and Black 110lb (Recollections)

    Patterned Paper: Aloha Fil-In (Concord & 9th)

    Dies: Pineapple Perfection (Concord & 9th)

    Adhesives: E-Z Runner Ultra Strong (Scrapbook Adhesives) and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool (Hero Arts)

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

  • Paper Craft Crew 260

    Paper Craft Crew 260

    What started out as a what am I going to do day yesterday got quite busy! I ended up driving into Manhattan with Heather yesterday to drop off a computer that I had worked on for my friend Isabella. We made it in in about an hour and a half even though it’s UN Week. It did take us 45 minutes to go the last two miles! We had a nice visit with Isabella, no where near long enough and we made it back home in about and hour. Before I dropped Heather off we had some Subway for lunch and then I came back home. The rest of the day was spent dealing with phone upgrades with AT&T which I can assure you is never fun! I’ll be getting some cleaning done today, good stuff! 😀

    It’s Paper Craft Crew time and this week we have a sketch for you…

    Another simple one! I started by stamping the leaf from the Concord & 9th Lace Leaf Photopolymer Stamp Set in Just Rust onto a card base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. Next I heat embossed one of the greetings from the set in Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder onto a piece of 65lb Vellum and flagged the left side. To hold it to the card I adhered a strip of Desert Storm down the right side and tucked the vellum under it. A little strip of Gold Glitter Card is adhered near the top right of the greeting and some Pretty Pink Posh Gold Sequins to finish the card! I think that leaf is definitely my all time favorite and the greeting is a really nice one too! I hope that you like my Design Team card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge! Stop by the BLOG and see what the rest of the Team has come up with and enter your card in the gallery! Thanks for stopping by! Have a Wonderful Wednesday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Lace Leaf Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Ink: Just Rust (Hero Arts)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: Gold (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and Desert Storm 80lb (Neenah)

    Specialty: 65lb Vellum (The Paper Cut) and Gold Glitter Card (American Crafts)

    Embellishments: Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: E-Z Runner Ultra Strong (Scrapbook Adhesives)

    Tools: Heat Tool (Hero Arts)

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

  • Happy Birthday Pumpkin

    Happy Birthday Pumpkin

    Happy Sunday peeps! I’m a little late this morning because I was out a little later than planned last night and actually got up this morning and made my card! I went over to Jim’s yesterday and we worked on getting his garage organized. We had a little lunch and then went over to the new Costco by him. He got a new TV for his bedroom so we installed that and then ran over to IKEA and Target. A lot was accomplished and that is always a good thing! 😀

    That card that I made this morning uses some of the add-ons from the September My Monthly Hero Kit. I started by die cutting the pumpkin from Gold Glitter Card and the leaf from Green Glitter Paper using the Hero Arts Autumn Icons Fancy Dies. I laid the pumpkin onto my card base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock to get and idea as to where I wanted to do my ink blending. I used Just Rust behind the pumpkin and Pool around it. The pumpkin and leaf are then adhered to the card with Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive. For the greeting I ink blended some more Just Rust onto card stock and dried it with my Heat Tool. I then stamped the Happy Birthday from the Hero Arts Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut Photopolymer Stamp Set in Versa-Mark and heat embossed it in Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder. It’s cut out with one of the banner dies and adhered to the card with 3M Foam Tape. Just a few Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Green and Pumpkin Sequins finish the card! It would be a fun to give for a fall birthday don’t you think?! I hope that you enjoyed today’s card! I thank you for stopping by! Have a super Sunday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Ribbon Message Stamp & Cut Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

    Ink: Just Rust and Pool (Hero Arts)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: Gold (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah)

    Specialty: Gold Glitter Card and Green Glitter Paper (American Crafts)

    Dies: Autumn Icons Fancy Dies and Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut (Hero Arts)

    Embellishments: Metallic Green and Pumpkin Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: Multi-Purpose Spray (Elmer’s), 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool (Hero Arts) and Mini Ink Blending Tool (Ranger)

  • Pearlescent Pineapple – Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th!

    Hello again! I’m back with post number two for today! It’s time for my Solo Post over on the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog! You can also see this post over on the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog. Be sure and stop by there too!

    The card that I created uses the Concord & 9th Pineapple Perfection Photopolymer Stamp Set. I heat embossed it onto a piece of Canson 140lb Watercolor Card with Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder. To color in the image I used my FineTec Pearl Watercolors and an Aquawash Brush. After it dried I used the Coordinating Dies to cut it out along with the greeting that is heat embossed onto a piece of White Gold Curious Metallic with Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder. The pineapple and greeting are adhered to a card base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with another piece of White Gold Metallic that I embossed with the We R Memory Keepers 3D Woven Embossing Folder. I do love the Pearl Watercolors, so nice and subtle. The pictures doesn’t do them justice, they look so much better in real life!

    I hope that you like the card for my September Solo Post for the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog! Don’t forget that you can follow us on Instagram and Facebook! We are getting ready to start our next challenge on September 9th, be sure to come back to see what the rest of my talented teammates have to inspire you! Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Pineapple Perfection Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: Clear and Gold (Hero Arts)

    Watercolors: Pearl (FineTec)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah)

    Specialty: 140lb Watercolor Card (Canson) and White Gold Curious Metallic (The Paper Cut)

    Dies: Pineapple Perfection (Concord & 9th)

    Embossing Folder: Woven 3D (We R Memory Keepers)

    Adhesives: E-Z Runner Ultra Strong and 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)

    Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool (Hero Arts) and Aquawash Brush (Pentel)

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

  • Dropping You A Lime

    Dropping You A Lime

    A little bit of a late start this lovely Sunday morning! I have grown to enjoy a lazy day on Sunday’s. Yesterday I had a great time with Kim in Manhattan! I met her at our friend’s Jason & Bev’s apartment, she is dog sitting for them. We had a little coffee on the deck and then went out for breakfast. From there we wandered around for a while. No particular place to go just wandering. After our outing we went back to the apartment and had a drink before heading to a Cuban restaurant for dinner and that was delicious! Nothing like an authentic place and there are so many in the city! I got the 8:12 train back out the Island and then just relaxed before calling it a night! I did take a few pictures once I got Penn Station of the Empire State Building. It was only white lights but it still looks cool!

    I think that I will try and get a little more cleaning done today, have to have a somewhat productive day! 😀

    I have a fun simple stamped background card to share with you today! I used the Concord & 9th Orange You Sweet Photopolymer Stamp Set with Black Licorice and Freshly Curt Grass Ink to create my background on a card base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. For the greeting I heat embossed it on a strip of Black 110lb Card Stock and adhered it randomly onto the card with Black 3D Foam Squares. That’s it… done! Quick, simple and fun! I hope that you like today’s card! I thank you for visiting and wish you a simply amazing Sunday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Orange You Sweet Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Ink: Black Licorice and Freshly Cut Grass (Lawn Fawn)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah) and Black 110lb (Recollections)

    Adhesives: Black 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)

    Tools: Heat Tool (Hero Arts)

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

  • Cherry on Top

    Cherry on Top

    The weekend kinda snuck up on me! LOL! I did have a nice day yesterday, got some more purging done. I know you are thinking boy he must have a lot of crap and yes, you would be correct! LOL! I also ran to BJ’s with Heather and Steph in the afternoon and had a little dinner with my Parents. Today I’m off to Manhattan to visit my friend Kim. I haven’t been to the city in forever! It will be good to be back in! 😀

    I had so much fun paying with the Concord & 9th Here’s the Scoop Set yesterday that I made another card using it today! I stamped the sundae onto a piece pf Solar White 80lb Card Stock and used my Copics to color it in. The Coordinating Die cut it out. I wanted to put some Clear Heat Embossing onto the bowl and cherry so I used a Versa-Marker and some Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder for that. The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock and I stamped the greetings from the same set in Memento Tuxedo Black using my Mini MISTI. Love the bottom greeting and the clever little you with the arrow pointing to the cherry! I hope that you like today’s card! Thanks for stopping by and have a superb Saturday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Here’s the Scoop Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Marker

    Embossing Powder: Clear (Hero Arts)

    Markers: Copics

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah)

    Adhesives: 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot, Mini MISTI and Heat Tool (Hero Arts)

    SaveSave

  • Sprinkled Sundae – Concord & 9th Guest Designer for Feature Friday!

    Sprinkled Sundae – Concord & 9th Guest Designer for Feature Friday!

    Hi peeps and a happy Friday to you all! I spent the morning yesterday doing more purging! Three bags of trash and a bag of shredding! I think that I will do more of that today, feels so good! Last night was Thirsty Thursday and a good time as always! What’s on your agenda for today?! 😀

    I have the pleasure of being a Guest Designer for Concord & 9th this month along with the rest of the fabulous Design Team over on the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog! For the next two Friday’s we will be featuring a new product from the August Release! This week it’s the Fun Here’s the Scoop Stamps and Dies!

    One of my friends always complains that there are no greetings inside my cards, so I decided that I’d make one with the image inside! To start my card I cut a piece of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock to 5″ x10″ and folded it in half. The outside front panel is stamped with the Sprinkles Turnabout Photopolymer Stamp using my MISTI and Merman and Sunflower Ink. I then place the Here’s the Scoop Die on the front and ran it through my Big Shot to cut out the negative from the front panel. Back into my MISTI so that I could line up the sundae from the Here’s the Scoop Set and stamp it in Memento Tuxedo Black. It’s colored in with Copics to coordinate with the sprinkles! My greeting is heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder onto a piece of 28lb Vellum and that is adhered to the inside of the front of the card with Vellum Adhesive. Love the little peekaboo of the fun sundae from the front of the card through the Vellum! There, now there is something even better than a greeting inside!

    I hope that you enjoyed my Guest Designer card for Concord & 9th! Stop by the BLOG and see the rest of talented Teammate’s projects! I thank you so much for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of your Friday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Sets: Here’s the Scoop and Sprinkles Turnabout Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Ink: Peacock and Sunflower (Lawn Fawn) and Memento Tuxedo Black

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Markers: Copics

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah)

    Specialty: 28lb Vellum (The Paper Cut)

    Dies: Here’s the Scoop (Concord & 9th)

    Adhesive: Vellum Runner (Tombo)

    Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool (Hero Arts) and MISTI

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave

    SaveSave