AIR December 3 - Everyday card

For the last project for AIR, I decided to make encouraging card with these cute birds.  

This saying is touching my heart, giving me a smile.  It's a good way to closing year of 2013.

Supplies:

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in Jet Black

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink Markers

Stamps - Stampotique - 4027 Stack of Birds

                                     - 7319 Enjoy Today

Design Paper - Authentique Paper

How To

Stamp the birds with StazOn in Jet Black on coated Paper

Color with Memento Markers - start with lightest color to base coat, then adding colors 

For eyes, use Summer Sky as shades.

I used a lot of colors

Add shadow around and bottom with Summer sky for finishing touch

Add dots vine stamp with StazOn in Jet Black, then color with Memento Markers
Stamp the sentiment in same way, trim and layer on the folded card.


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It's been a great pleasure to be an Artist In Residence of Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko for 2 years.
Every assignments are challenging to me, as a result, gave me a great experiences.

My duty for AIR is over though, new AIR team for 2014 is forming, soon they start making great projects. Please look up Face Book and Blog  of Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko.

I'm keep on stamping, and sharing my projects here too, so please check my blog often.

Thank you John and Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko team!!

Merry Christmas

Hi all

It is beautiful day here in San Diego, perfect to celebrate joyful day.

Hope everyone has great holiday season ever.

AIR December 2 - Christmas Card

Hi All

My second AIR project this month is "Christmas Card".
When I see the holy branch stamp from Penny Black, I already knew what to do with it - so elegant, so sensitive.
It is kind a simple card so that good for making a lot of them.

Here we go!

Supplies

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Brilliance™ Pigment Ink 

  in Rocket Red Gold, Pearlscent Ivy, Pearlscent Crimson

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Jumbo Daubers™

Stamps - Penny Black

Design Paper - Penny Black
Ribbon - May Arts
Flatback pearls

How To:

Fold copy paper 4" wide to make straight mask. (my panel is 5" squares)

Insert 5" panel to the folded line so that only 1" from the edge will be shown.  Using Jumbo Dauber, apply Brilliance in Rocket Red Gold half way from the top.

Turn the panel 180 degrees, repeat the same procedure, but this time, color half way from the bottom.

Stamp holly branch with Brilliance in Pearl. Ivy

Stamp words with Brilliance in Pearl Criomson

Assemble panels to half folded card (6 x 6" in finish)

Add tiny flat back pearls as berries.  Apply bowed ribbon to the branch for finishing touch.

That's it!!

Thank you for visiting

AIR December - Christmas Box - Ruby Rock-it

Hi all!!

I just can't believe it's December already.. well, I've been saying the same thing every year.

Anyway, it's a Christmas season, and our mission this month is making goodie with Ruby Rock-It paper and embellishments.... so my project is Recycled shoebox.

Supplies:

IMAGINE Crafts® GlazOn™ Layer Protectant

IAMGINE Crafts® Mini Squeegee™

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Brilliance™ Pigment Ink

IMAGINE Crafts® Creative Medium™

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™

Ruby Rock-it Christmas 2013 series

Red Card Stock

Spellbinders die

white glue

How to:

This is the shoe box I used.

Apply generous amount of Creative Medium with Mini Squeezee

Apply Design paper then add Creative Medium over the paper as sealer.

Keep on working covering the box surface

The box is covered all over

Add some borders and cutout with white glue

Punch out frame and panel,  color edges with Brilliance in Galaxy Gold

Die cut frame from red card stock, edge color with Brilliance in Lightening Black.

Apply GlazOn onto panel, spread out with finger. Let it dry.

Assemble panels over ribbon.



That's it.
thank you for visiting