Summer is here!

Welcome back to my blog and Magenta Super Saturday.  You can also see my card on the Magenta blog here.

For today’s card I started with a piece of 110# white cardstock cut to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”.  I couldn’t wait to try the new Distress Ink color, Speckled Egg.  I really love the color and the name describes it perfectly – it’s almost the same color as the eggs one of my daughter-in-law’s chicken lay!   I also really love using blending brushes to apply Distress ink and Distress Oxide inks because you can blend the ink so smoothly.  

First, I used a blending brush to cover the entire surface with Speckled Egg Distress ink.   Next. I applied Broken China Distress ink around all four sides, coming in about ½” from each edge.  Finally, I applied Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink just along the edge of all four sides.  I set it aside to let it dry.

I stamped the Rosa Canina flower on a piece of white cardstock with VersaMark ink and then embossed the image with white embossing powder.  I used I-Crafter i-Brush Ink Blender brushes to apply ink to the image, but you could also use foam finger daubers.  Like the larger blending brushes, the small brushes also allow you to blend the ink very smoothly and with more precision in those small spaces.  I applied Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink to the center, Ripe Persimmon around the middle of the flower and Festive Berries on the outer edges of the flower.  I used a cloth to wipe the ink away from the embossed lines of the flower then cut out the image.  I also used an orange glitter pen to color the stamens of the flower.

I stamped the flower again on a piece of scrap paper, then cut it out, just inside the edges.  I used a little piece of tape to adhere it to the piece of cardstock as a guide for stamping the Swirly Leaves.  I used VersaFine Claire Green Oasis ink and stamped the leaves in opposite corners.  I removed the guide, then embossed the leaves with clear embossing powder.  I adhered the piece to an A2 card, then adhered the flower with foam tape so there was a bit of dimension.  Last, I added a few sequins for a little bit of sparkle.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  I hope you have a fun (and healthy) summer!

Magenta Products Used:

48.020.M - Rosa Canina

85.020.N - Swirly Leaves

Other Products Used:

Distress Inks (Speckled Egg, Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon, Squeezed Lemonade, Ripe Persimmon, Festive Berries)

VersaFine Clair Ink (Green Oasis)

I-Crafter i-Brush Ink Blending Brushes

Blending Brushes

Magenta Super Saturday with Pam

Hi everyone.  I’m back with a quick and easy card that features stamps from the new Magenta release.  I love the large and small Rosa Canina stamps!  They are so versatile and can be used with many different mediums.  My card also appears on the Magenta blog today and you can see it here.

This was actually the second card I made with this technique.  When I was making the first one, I completely forgot to take any pictures for the blog.  I needed a birthday card for a friend so made it again and remembered to take pictures this time.  I’ll post a picture of the first card at the end of this post.  

To begin, I cut a piece of white linen cardstock to 5 ¼” x 4” and placed it in my MISTI.  I stamped the Magenta Large Happy Birthday on the bottom center of the card with Charming Pink VersaFine Clair ink and then embossed it with clear embossing powder.  (I stamped the sentiment first to be sure to be sure I didn’t take up too much space on the card with the flower images.)

Next I created a mask by stamping the large Rosa Canina stamp on a Post-it Note and then cutting it out.  I aligned the large stamp in the center top of the card and allowed a small part of the top edge to hang off the top.  I stamped again with Charming Pink Versafine Clair Ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  

When the embossing powder was cool, I put the card back in my MISTI and placed the mask over the large flower image.  I positioned the small Rosa Canina on the left side of the masked image, stamped and embossed.  I repeated the image for the small flower on the right.  

I used an orange Prismacolor pencil for the flower stamens on all three images.  I adhered the card front to a piece of Sol Silk Beauty Pink paper cut to approximately 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” inches (just slightly smaller than an A2 card so that only a small amount of the white card is visible.)  I adhered both to a white A2 card and added a few gemstones for sparkle.

This is the first card I made with these two beautiful stamps.  I used VersaFine Blue Belle ink and the Magenta “Warm Thoughts” sentiment.  

You can find all of these stamps at the Magenta Store, here.  Thanks for visiting my blog!

Magenta Products Used:

48.020.M Rosa Canina Large

48.019.I Rosa Canina Small

07.975.I Happy Birthday Large

07.973.G Warm Thoughts

Other Products Used:

VersaFine Clair Ink (Charming Pink/Blue Belle)

Judikins Clear Embossing Powder

PrismaColor Pencils

MISTI