Sending Healing Thoughts

 

This is my One Plus Twelve card for March!  This was the brainchild of Kelly and she asked Jeanette and me to join her in this challenge in 2019. We are to use just one stamp, to make a card every month and post on the 3rd of each month.  It was so much fun that the three of decided to continue for our fourth year and pick a new image to use.

For 2022, I picked newer Stampin' Up set called Nature's Harvest.  I think this set is so pretty and I picked the largest coneflower or sunflower image to use each month.  There is also a coordinating die set called Harvest so I can use that some months too.

For my card this month, I used one of the panels that I made a bit ago with my Gel Press.  They are combos of pinks, yellows and orange.  I used a Gina Marie Designs Peek-a-Boo Oval to die cut a center of the white panel and then embossed it with Stampin' Up Pinewood Planks folder.  I placed the colored panel behind the oval and placed the flowers that I colored with Copics and then die cut on the side of the oval. I also stamped one of the sentiments in this sweet set and die cut it also with one of the dies in this sweet set. I added some orange dots for the final touch!

Please be sure to check out the other One plus Twelve cards.  Here is a link to Jeanette's and Kelly's blog. I am sure you will enjoy checking out each of our stamps for 2022 and will see a couple of great cards! I hope Kelly and Jeanette like my card and that you might too! Be sure to check back every month on the 3rd to see our cards!

Image/Sentiment: Stampin' Up Nature's Harvest Stamp and Die Set

Cardstock: The Paper Cut 100# Cougar Opaque; Gel Press panel, colored with acrylic paints

Ink:  Hero Arts Intense Black

Accessories: Copic Sketch Markers; Gina Marie Designs Peek-a-Boo Oval Die; Stampin' Up Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder; Orange Enamel Dots

Hot Mess = Success

Today is the 12th and it is time for another Hot Mess card.  This is card number 31 and we are well into year #3. The idea of Hot Mess ~ Success started with Kelly and the general theme is to Get Messy and you will have Success!  Messiness can be almost anything that we come up with--glitter, alcohol inks, glimmer glitz, sponged backgrounds, etc., anything that is a bit messy.  We are a group of 6 and we will post a card each month on the 12th.  The links to the other 5 members are on my left side bar and I will also link them at the bottom at this post.

For this month's messiness, I am using one of my backgrounds I made with my gel press.  I took a Lydia class as she is the queen of the gel press and I had a blast.  I am not sure of the colors of paint on this panel, but they are a bit beachy!  I wish I was at a beach this month instead of in temperatures below zero!   I then used a Taylored Expressions Framed Scrip Hello Die and cut three frames to stack for dimension.  I then added a sweet sentiment strip as it sure seems I am sending out lots of cards like this lately!  I added some enamel dots as the final touch.   I really like the look of this card and hope you do too.  I also sure hope my fellow messy ladies liked it too!

Here is the inside of my card, with a strip colorful paper:

Here are the links to the other members of Hot Mess ~ Success.  Please be sure to check out Jeanette's, Terry's, Kelly's , Carol's and Darlene's blogs. I am sure you will enjoy seeing how everyone got messy and was successful in making some great cards!   Be sure to check back to see what we are up to on February 12th.  

Image/Sentiment:  Taylored Expressions Framed Script Hello Die/Sentiment Strip 

Cardstock/Patterned Paper:  Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay, Cool Caribbean

Ink:  Acrylic Paints

Accessories:  Blue Enamel Dots

Gel Press and Embossing

This is my One Plus Twelve card, my third month of 2021!  This was the brainchild of Kelly and she asked Jeanette and me to join her in this challenge in 2019. We are to use just one stamp, to make a card every month and post on the 3rd of each month.  It was so much fun that the three of decided to continue for our third year and pick a new image to use.

For 2021, I picked a Gina K Designs set called Thankful Greenery.  I think this set is so pretty and I can see in my mind many ways that I can use this image.  Plus--I will have 12 thank you cards at the end of the year!

For this month's card, I used a technique I have seen a few videos on lately, one being by Jennifer McGuire.  I had also taken a gel press retreat earlier this year with Lydia Fiedler and dug it out to use again. I stamped the image with Versamark and used white embossing powder.  I then brayered some Taylored Expressions ink cubes across my gel press that was "mounted" to the lid of my MISTI.  Another great use for that awesome stamp tool! I then closed the lid on my embossed piece of card stock.  I then also took a blank piece of card stock and did another print from the ink remaining on the gel press-the remaining ink was where the embossed image resisted. I then wiped off the embossed image and the white became bolder.  Jennifer then inked the gel press up one or two more times to get deeper colors.  I did the same, but there is not much of a variance in color on my panel-but it is a deep, rich color.  I was not very successful with the ghost print though.  I also did a few other images with other colors of ink and tried both gold and black embossing powder.  More to come!

 I trimmed the sentiment and used a banner from Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2.  The background was embossed with my Stampin' Up Subtle Dynamic Folder for a bit of texture.  I added some white enamel dots for the final touch!

Here is the inside of my card, with a strip trimmed from the panel:

Please be sure to check out the other One plus Twelve cards.  Here is a link to Jeanette's and Kelly's blog. I am sure you will enjoy checking out what stamp set each of them picked for 2021 and will see a couple of great cards! I hope Kelly and Jeanette like my card and that you might too! Be sure to check back every month on the 3rd to see our cards!

Image/Sentiment: Gina K Designs Thankful Greenery

Cardstock: The Paper Cut Cougar Opaque 100# White; Stampin' Up Melon Mambo, Smokey Slate, Rich Razzleberry

Ink: Hero Arts Intense Black;  Versamark-White Embossing Powder; Taylored Expressions Ink Cubes

Accessories:  Gel Press; Stampin' Up Subtle Embossing Folder; White Enamel Dots; Gina K Designs Master Layout 2 Die;

Gel Press and Bleach

This weekend, I am participating in a fun workshop that Lydia--Understand Blue--called UNWIND Gel Press!  Lydia is showing us 8 different techniques for using that gel press we had to have and are so afraid to use it!  We then have Zoom breakout sections to work on the technique presented. It is so fun!

These two cards were made with a bleach technique.  The background is Tim Holtz Oxide Inks and then I put a masking stencil over the top.  Then, I lifted the color with my cardstock.  The images were then stamped and I used a water brush, dipped in bleach, to take away the color of the petals. I added a sentiment and a few enamel dots--done!

Here is a close up of a card using a MFT stamp called Flowers in Bloom, with my Taylored Expressions circle masking stencil. The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp sentiment package.

The second card was made using a Gina K Designs stamp called Bitty Blossom and a Taylored Expressions oval masking stencil. The image was then die cut with Gina K's Master Layouts 3. The sentiment is from the same Gina K Set.

These classes are so fun and Lydia is a great teacher.  My gel press is getting a work out this weekend and my shopping list is growing, with accessories that I know I need!

Image/Sentiment: MFT-My Favorite Things Flowers in Bloom/Gina K Designs Bitty Blooms

Cardstock/Patterned Paper: The Neenah Classic Crest Solar White ; Stampin' Up Calypso Coral, Basic Black, Wild Wasabi

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black; Tim Holtz Oxide Inks

Accessories:  Studio Gel Press; Bleach; Taylored Expressions Masking Stencils; Gina K Designs Master Layouts 3; Enamel Dots

Hot Mess ~ Success

Today is time for another Hot Mess card and this is card number 11.   The idea of Hot Mess ~ Success started with Kelly and the general theme is to Get Messy and you will have Success!  Messiness can be almost anything that we come up with--glitter, alcohol inks, glimmer glitz, sponged backgrounds, etc., anything that is a bit messy.  We are a group of 4--Terry, Jeanette, Kelly and me. We will post a card each month on the 12th.

For this month's messiness,  I tried another card with my Gel Press and Mono-printing. I used Tim Holtz Oxide inks-Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio and Abandoned Coral. I put the ink direct from the ink pad on the Gel Press and then brayered the colors together.   I then used a stamp from the Stampin' Up set Flower Patch and added ink to a piece of white cardstock for the background.  I cleaned the stamp each time between so the colors did not get muddied.  

I then stamped some flowers with Stampin' Up Rococo Rose and Purple Posy from the same set and die cut them with the coordinating Flower Flair Die set.  The sentiment is also from the same stamp set.  

Here is the inside of my card:

Here are the links to the other members of Hot Mess ~ Success.  Please be sure to check out Jeanette's, Terry's and Kelly's blogs.  I am sure you will enjoy seeing how everyone got messy and was successful in making some great cards!   We will all be back each month this year, so be sure to check back to see what we are up to on July 12th.  

Image/Sentiment:  Stampin' Up Flower Patch

Cardstock/Patterned Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest White, Rococo Rose, Purple Posy

Ink: Stampin' Up Rococo Rose, Purple Posy; Tim Holtz Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio, Abandoned Coral

Accessories: Stampin' Up Flower Flair Die Set; Pearls; Gel Press