Silhouette Cattails Blue Knight Rubber Stamps

Today I have three cards that I created with the new Silhouette Cattails Stamp from Blue Knight Rubber Stamps.  

I created a video of my first card on my YouTube Channel:

 

To create this card, I followed these steps:

1). I cut a piece of Bristol smooth card stock to size 4" x 5"

2). Using the Blue Knight Rubber Stamps Cloud Stencil, I created a cloud background with colors from the Day & Night PanPastels Pallete from Blue Knight Rubber Stamps. I alternated the colors of Violet and Turquoise with makeup blending brushes. 

3). Using a stamp positioning tool, I stamped the Silhouette Cattails stamp on top of the Violet and Turquoise cloud background. I used Midnight Archival Ink by Catherine Pooler. I stamped the panel multiple times to get a deeply inked impression.

4). I used my electric eraser to remove some of the clouds from the background so I could stamp the unicorn.

5). I stamped the small unicorn from the Magical Unicorn stamp set multiple times with the same Midnight Ink to get a deeply inked impression.

6). I colored the Unicorn's tail and mane with Ohuhu brand alcohol markers in various bright rainbow colors. 

7). I sprayed the panel with hairspray to seal the PanPastels and prevent smudging. You can also use Krylon Matte sealant spray if you are able to spray it outside or in a well ventilated area.

8). I trimmed my panel and used black cardstock to mat the panel and adhered it to a white 110 lb. card base size 4.25" x 5.5" folded in half and creased with a bone folder.

   

Silhouette Cattails Sunset

 Here's how I created my second card, featuring a large sunset:

1). I cut a piece of Bristol smooth card stock to size 4" x 5".  I die cut a piece of masking paper in the shape of a circle and applied the mask to the bottom center of the panel.

2). I applied Yellow, Orange and Red Iron Oxide and Permanent Red PanPastels to the top half of the panel, overlapping the colors and blending them together. At the midway point in the panel, I reversed the order and applied Red Iron Oxide, Permanent Red, Orange and Yellow PanPastels. I used the Round Angle Slice Sofft Sponge specially designed for PanPastels to apply the colors. These colors are from the Sunrise & Sunset PanPastels Pallete from Blue Knight Rubber Stamps. I blended the colors using the PanPastel colorless blender on a round Sofft Sponge.

3). Using a stamp positioning tool, I stamped the Silhouette Cattails stamp onto the card panel. I used Midnight Ink by Catherine Pooler. I stamped the panel multiple times to get a deeply inked impression. 4). I removed the mask and colored the sun with Yellow PanPastel using a  Sofft Mini Applicator, a small sponge that looks like an eye makeup applicator. 

5). I sprayed the panel with hairspray to seal the PanPastels and prevent smudging. You can also use Krylon Matte sealant spray if you are able to spray it outside or in a well ventilated area.

6). I trimmed my panel and used bright yellow cardstock to mat the panel and adhered it to a white 110 lb. card base size 4.25" x 5.5" folded in half and creased with a bone folder.

 

Silhouette Moose and Silhouette Cattails 

 

Here's how I made this card:

1. I cut a piece of Bristol smooth card stock to size 4" x 5.25"

2. Using the Sunrise & Sunset PanPastels Pallete from Blue Knight Rubber Stamps, I created the background.  I started in the middle of the panel and went to the top with Yellow, Orange, Permanent Red and Magenta. Then I applied the same colors from the middle to the bottom of my panel. This is called the "Split Fountain" technique. I blended the colors using the PanPastel colorless blender on a round Sofft Sponge.

2. Using a stamp positioning tool, I stamped the Silhouette Cattails stamp with Catherine Pooler

Midnight Archival Ink.

3. I removed the Cattails Stamp from my stamp positioning tool. I stamped the medium moose from the Silhouette Moose Stamp set using the same ink, taking care to make sure his feet are grounded and he is not floating above the silhouette ground. 

4.  I sprayed the panel with hairspray to seal the PanPastels.

5. I trimmed the panel and adhered it to a white 110 lb. card base size 4.25" x 5.5" folded in half and creased with a bone folder. 

You can find each of today's featured stamps HERE at the Blue Knight Rubber Stamps web store.  

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The Blue Knight Rubber Stamps YouTube Channel HERE has lots of great tips and tricks. 

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Fall layered card featuring the image "Spooky, Rugglesworth & Pi" by Createfulheart Designs

Hello! Welcome to my Blog. Today I am sharing a layered card featuring the super cute 

"Spooky, Rugglesworth & Pi" Digital Stamp for the Createful Heart Design Team.

https://marketplace.zibbet.com/createful-heart-design/spooky-rugglesworth-pi-pumpkin-patch-digital-image-craft-supplies-outlined

I created this 5" x 7" card by following these steps:

 1. Printed the image using my inkjet printer.

2. Colored the image with Ohuhu Alcohol Markers.

3. Trimmed the image to a square 3.25" wide x 3.5" high.

4. Selected orange cardstock and embossed it with the Tim Holtz Bohemian Botanicals 3D embossing folder (size 4” wide x 5.25” high). I layered the colored image on top. 

5. Selected a piece of plaid patterned paper and trimmed it to size 4.25" wide x 5.5" wide and layered it behind the embossed layer. 

6. Selected a piece of yellow cardstock and trimmed it to size 4.75" wide x 6.75" high. I embossed it with a woodgrain embossing folder. I layered this behind the other three layers and I adhered all of them to a 5" x 7" craft cardstock card base. 

7. Embellished with two die cut maple leaves the bottom left and right corners of the orange layer. I also found a banner sentiment "Happy Fall Y'all" in my stash and stamped it with Versafine Claire Pinecone ink. I fussy cut this and adhered it to the top of the image. 

The owners of Createful Heart Design, Mary, and her husband Mark draw all the digital stamps by hand and Mary designs the digital papers on her computer. It is exciting to be a part of this design team and I hope that you will check out their online store. Here is a link to the online shop:

https://createful-heart-design.zibbet.com/shop

Our Blog Challenges run from the 15th of the month through the 13th of the following month. The Blog Challenge website is: http://createfulheartcards.blogspot.com/  The theme is always Anything Goes

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Heaven's Gate by Blue Knight Rubber Stamps

Hello. Welcome to my Blog. Today I have three cards that I created with the Heaven's Gate Stamp from Blue Knight Rubber stamps. The first card holds very special meaning to me. I will explain below.

I have a YouTube Video demonstrating how 

I made my first card with the Rainbow Clouds:

I read several books written by Christians who have had near death experiences (have died but were revived and could describe their visit to heaven). Many people described that in Heaven there are so many beautiful colors, ones we have never seen before. This is what inspired me to make the clouds in a rainbow of colors. I know my sister Kris is in heaven and not only is she painting with all the colors she sometimes paints me a beautiful sunset at night. I couldn't help but to think of her when I used this stamp. Kris passed away on 3/20/2016 at the age of 47. She loved painting and was also becoming a card maker. When she passed away unexpectedly all of her card making supplies were given to me. I didn't know anything about card making at the time but I knew how important it was to Kris. Several family members wanted to sell all of her card making supplies at a garage sale, but I could not bear to see the things that meant so much to my sister be sold. So I said I would take these things to my house, although I did not have the room for so many boxes and totes.

My sister had things I had never heard of (embossing powders? die cutting machine? stamp positioning platform?). At first it was far too painful to play with her toys, but bit by bit (and leaning on my faith in the Lord) I started to pull some things out of her stash and used them in my crafting projects. I didn't start my card making journey until a full year after Kris passed away. It was around the one year anniversary of her death that I stumbled upon a YouTuber who was a card maker. I found this You Tuber because of a crafting video, not a card video. But I checked out her other videos and discovered she had videos that explained how to use all of Kris's wonderful tools. I fully embraced her hobby and now when I am creating cards I feel close to Kris. She is my crafting angel. I miss her everyday because she was not only my sister, she was my closest friend.

Now about the card -To create this card, I used PanPastels in a rainbow of colors and the Blue Knight Rubber Stamps Cloud Stencil. I used makeup blending brushes to create the clouds. I then stamped the image in my stamp position tool using archival ink. I used a piece of acetate to help me line up the sentiment "Welcome Home," which I stamped between the gates. I then used the acetate to line up the second sentiment "Well Done My Good and Faithful Servant." Using a stamp positioning tool, I was able to arch the "Well Done" sentiment above the doors of the gates.  If you do not want to use rainbow colors for your clouds, you could use blue for your clouds, or orange and yellow (sunset colors).

To finish the card I sprayed it with hairspray. This helps to seal the PanPastels and prevents smudging. You can also use Krylon Sealant. I used holographic silver foil paper to mat the background behind the card and adhered the card to an A2 sized top folding white card base. My card panel and base were created on Accent Opaque 110 lbs. paper. 

It so easy to create stunning backgrounds with PanPastels. Blue Knight Rubber Stamps offers two different sets of perfectly complimentary PanPastel Palettes. Sunrise and Sunset offers seven colors such as red, orange and yellow. Day and Night also has seven colors of PanPastels including blue, violet and green. They come with blending sponges that can be used to apply the PanPastels to paper. I used these two PanPastel Palettes in making Card #1.  

Card #2

For card #2, I used three separate Blue Knight Rubber Stamps sets: Heaven's Gate, Misty Mountains and Hot Air Balloon. First I stamped Heaven's Gate on Accent Opaque 100 lbs. card stock using alcohol marker friendly black ink. I created a mask with masking paper and covered the image with the masking paper. I then stamped with Misty Mountains. Finally, I picked three balloons from the Hot Air Balloon stamp set and stamped them in the clouds. I colored the entire scene with alcohol markers. I used a piece of light blue foil as a mat behind the panel and then I adhered the panel to an A2 card base.  I really like how this card was so easy to create and color. I like the three dimensional look that the open gates create. It really does look like the gates open to ocean! 

Card #3

For Card #3, I stamped the image and sentiments with embossing ink. I used my stamp positioning tool to stamp onto navy blue card stock. I then used white embossing powder and heat embossed the stamped image and the sentiments. I glued the card panel onto a piece of silver holographic foil paper and adhered the panel to a white A2 card base. For my card base I used Accent Opaque 110 lbs. paper. Using the white embossing powder to create this card makes the gates look like The Pearly Gates. 

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