Farm Sunset

Hi there,

Glad you stopped by today! I'd like to share a quick card that I made using some stamps from four different Sparkle N Sprinkle Sets and three of the Nuvo Embellishment Mousses.

This card is a breeze to make if you have the new Tonic Stamp Platform! First wipe the cardstock thoroughly with the Anti-static bag, this is important when using embossing powders. You don't want any stray flakes of the powder on your project. Then simply take your stamps and position them face down on to your cardstock in the platform. Here I used the cow image from the October Reveal set Farm Fresh - Cows Set #2 (878), the tree image is from the Right Beside You Set 812 and the birds are from Wetlands #2 Set 791.

I inked up the stamps with the Nuvo Clear Mark pad, I did it in the platform and this gets them all stamped evenly with the embossing ink in one go.

The card was removed from the platform and applied with Black Detail and heat embossed.

Now on to the background. This could have been done first and then stamped on top, after making sure the mousse was completely dry (it does dry quickly) and then applying the anti static bag over the background. I felt it was easier to do it this way. The mousse can be wiped off the images easily with a tissue. I covered the entire piece with Nuvo Embellishment Mousse Lemon Sorbet.  As you can see from the photo below I like to use the big jumbo daubers to do my mousse backgrounds, but the dual tipped blender brushes can also be used.

I then applied Orange Blush and Indian Gold to achieve my sunset look.

For my sentiment (from Farm Fresh - Tractor Set 877),  I just decided to stamp directly on the scene instead of using a die cut. So after the mousse was completely dry, I applied my Static Free bag again and then put the scene back in the platform. The sentiment was inked with the Clear Mark ink again and then heat embossed in black.

So to finish off my card I layered the scene on to black and tied a little knot in a piece of raffia (thought it looked like straw) and wrapped it around the back. I then layered the cardfront to a piece of leftover textured wallpaper, that was layered on to a Kraft card base.

Here is a list of the products used in my card:

Farm Fresh - Tractor Set #1 Set 877

Farm Fresh - Cows Set #2 Set 878

Right Beside You Set 812

Wetlands #2 Set 791

Tonic Stamp Platform

Black Detail EP (EP171)

Nuvo Clear Mark

Anti Static Bag

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse:

Orange Blush, Indian Gold, Lemon Sorbet

Jumbo Daubers or Dual Tipped Blender Brushes

Hope you've enjoyed your visit to my farm today.

I'd like to play along in the following Challenges:

The Mail Room Challenge #72: Silhouettes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #72: Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Challenge Blog #17: Anything Goes

Hugs,

Shona

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Hi there,

Back today to share a card using the lovely Basket of Hope Set 866 from the August Reveal.

I started by placing the image on my new stamp platform and inking it up with Memento Potters Clay. This was stamped onto a piece of cream cardstock.

I then took the lid (with my stamp) off the platform and colored the image with colored pencils. 

I reattached the lid and stamped it. I removed the lid again and colored in the image with pencils. Not having the lid in the way means you can move the base around as needed to get to different areas of the image.

The stamp was cleaned with a cloth and then reinked with Versamark. The lid was put back on the base and then closed to put a film of Versamark over the Potters Clay outline.

The image was then covered with Clear Detail embossing powder and heat set. It picks up the Potter's Clay ink and gives a nice raised image.

I went ahead and gave the piece a coat of sealer, so that the colors from the pencils wouldn't smudge.

This was put aside to dry while I die cut and colored the leaves. The leaves are from the Sizzix Fall Foliage die run through my embossing machine from cream colored cardstock. 

They were all colored with different Nuvo Embellishment Mousses: Seaspray Green, Spring Green, Fresh Copper, Cosmic Brown, Lemon Sorbet and Coral Calypso.

 

The sentiment, from the same stamp set  was stamped on cream cardstock in Versamark and heat embossed with Copper. It was cut out using with the Spellbinders Media Mixage dies and was sponged with some of the Coral Calypso Mousse before removing the die.

 

So on to assembling the card. I had some jute backed cardstock from which I made a frame and tied a little red and white gingham ribbon around the base, giving the table cloth addition! The jute frame was attached with Tear-ific Tape to cream and then to the kraft card base. The leaves were then added to the base of the card using the Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.

The sentiment was added with mounting tape to the opposite corner as the ribbon to finish off the card.

This finished my card for today. Hope you've enjoyed my share. Here are the supplies that I used today and that you will find on the SNS website for sale:

Basket of Hope Set 866

Clear Detail (EP280), Copper (EP236)

Versamark

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse: Seaspray Green, Spring Green, Fresh Copper

Cosmic Brown, Lemon Sorbet, Coral Calypso

Tonic Stamp Platform

Tear-ific Tape

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenge:

Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog: August - Anything Goes

Till next time,

Shona