Posts Tagged ‘Concord and 9th’
Jan
Quilty
Good morning everyone! I’ve been playing with the Concord and 9th stamp set – Bits and Pieces to get some “Hi, How are you?” cards made for our Cards Pals group when I saw this weeks challenge at Shopping our Stash – SOS 387 : inspired by quilting! Well, this set has some bits and pieces that totally had me feeling quilty, so I pulled together a quick thank you card using distress inks and a great new word die from Hero Arts. A little bit of faux stitching pulls everything together!
Thanks for stopping by!
~elisabeth
Tags: Concord and 9th, Distress inks, Hero ArtsJan
Rainbow bright!
Good morning! I was up late, late late last night doing my favorite thing – playing in my craft room while the TV played quietly in the background. Well, it was netflix, and not so quiet, but I digress… What was on my craft table? A very odd assortment – a rainbow, a jam jar and a vest – the beginnings of a plan for a class I like to call “a random bunch of cards”. I played with the rainbow first, a quirky stamp set from Concord and 9th. I ended up with a card that was perfect for this week’s challenge at Shopping our stash, since it had a sprinkling of hearts on it. Entirely stamped in an assortment of bright Ranger Archival inks, (carnation red, tiger lily, yellow chrome, vivid chartreuse, manganese blue and violet) all I could think of the whole time was Ranger’s new release for creativation – 12 new mini archival inks to match the Distress line of colors, and we won’t have to wait too long as they should be shipping in a couple weeks. I can’t wait to get my hands on them!!! Anyways, here’s the card, hope you like it!
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~elisabeth
Tags: Archival Inks, Concord and 9thNov
Got Washi?
This week’s challenge at Shopping our stash is “Washi, Washi, Washi! While I don’t have a stash quite like Lauren’s, I was able to pull together a nice collection for this nature inspired, fall hued card. While Washi tape is the focal point here, I couldn’t resist a bit of stamping. I used The Concord and 9th set-Just Because and added a tree ring stamp from the Honey Bee stamp set – Hello Gorgeous! Inks used are Archival ink (potting soil, of course) and Wendy Vecchi blendable dye inks -stamped and watercolored. (orange blossom, sunflower, acorn and fern green). Be proud of me – I’ve kept that cactus alive for almost a month now!
Thanks for stopping by!
~elisabeth
Tags: Concord and 9th, Honey Bee stampsNov
I did a card challenge!!!
I used to LOVE doing online card challenges, absolutely loved being, well, challenged to create out of my comfort zone. Color challenges, sketch challenges – you name it, I did it! Well it’s been years since I’ve done one (at least 7 years!) and I decided it was time to carve out some time and get challenged! This week I decided to join the Tic Tac Toe challenge at Shopping Our Stash. (SOS380)
Choose a line, horizontal, perpendicular or diagonal and use all the elements in your card. I chose straight down the middle – stamps (of course), stash more than 5 years old and Happy Birthday. Here’s my card:
For the stamps, I used a lovely set from Concord and 9th called “Just Because” and a sentiment from Cats Life Press.
As to the “stash older than 5 years” part, I used a piece of patterned paper from Rouge De’ Garance from 2006. I stamped the flowers and background block with some original distress inks that I have had for at least a dozen years – antique linen, tattered rose and worn lipstick. (although they’ve been re-inked many, many times since then…)
The birthday wishes sentiment, leaves and branches were stamped with Archival ink.
Thanks for stopping by!
Elisabeth
Tags: Cats Life Press, Concord and 9th