Dare to Get Dirty – Day #3

There’s another round of Dare to Get Dirty challenges to participate in over at Splitcoaststampers today.  I hope you’ll consider joining the Fan Club and heading over to SCS to check out all the challenges.  There are some great prizes to be had too, just for playing along!

Today I created a sample for Angie’s challenge that you can check out here in the DTGD forum.  It’s a fun one… a good “anything goes” kind of challenge!
And here’s my card…

Along with Angie’s fun challenge, I used the new sketch #187 for this week from My Favorite Things for the layout.  The LJD Blissful Butterflies is the stamp set I used here… why I didn’t buy this stamp set and matching Die-namics long ago is a mystery… I just LOVE it!  The big butterfly was stamped on Calypso Coral card stock with Tangy Orange hybrid ink, then I applied a layer of shimmer with a clear Wink of Stella pen.  The main flag in the center was made using the Blueprints 13 Die-Namics, and I used the Diagonal Stripes stencil and some white embossing paste for the stripes in the background.  I stamped the sentiment from Blissful Butterflies in Olive hybrid ink. On the Olive card stock panel I stamped the BG Grid background in Olive hybrid ink, and on the Kraft card stock panel I stamped the BG Typewriter Text background in Kraft hybrid ink.  I used the BG Linen background stamp on the Pool Party card stock base, stamping with Sno Cone hybrid ink, then added a Horizontal Stitched Strip from Calypso Coral card stock across the back for an extra pop of color.  A ribbon tab at the top and some sequins finished the design.
Here are my supplies…

LJD Blissful Butterflies	Die-namics LJD Blissful Butterflies	Die-namics Butterflies	Die-namics Horizontal Stitched Strips	Die-namics Blueprints 13	Stencil Diagonal Stripes
BG Grid Background	BG Linen Background	BG Typewriter Text Background	Hybrid Ink Pad Berrylicious	Hybrid Ink Pad Olive	Hybrid Ink Pad Kraft
Hybrid Ink Pad Tangy Orange	Heavyweight Card Stock Olive	Kraft Card Stock

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All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted…
Stamps:  LJD Blissful Butterflies, BG Grid background, BG Linen background, BG Typewriter Text background
Dies/Stencils:  LJD Blissful Butterflies Die-Namics,
Horizontal Stitched Strips, Blueprints 13, Butterflies, Diagonal Stripes stencil
Card stock:  Olive card stock, Kraft card stock; Calypso Coral card stock, Pool Party card stock (Stampin’ Up!)
Inks:  Berrylicious hybrid ink, Olive hybrid ink, Kraft hybrid ink, Tangy Orange hybrid ink
Accessories:  sequins, ribbon, Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, white embossing paste
Thank you so much  for stopping by today!

Dare to Get Dirty 2014 and Custom-Stencil Tutorial

It’s that time of year again… time for the awesome Dare to Get Dirty challenges over at Splitcoaststampers!  This is always such a fun week full of fun challenges, and chances for lots of great prizes, too!  Of course, to participate you have to be a Fan Club member, so if you’re not be sure to check it out by clicking this Fan Club link. 

The challenges started yesterday, and I created this card as a sample for Kittie’s challenge…

This is going to be a long blog post, so I’ll keep details for this to a minimum.  A list of supplies is at the end of my post, and if you have questions about anything just leave a comment or shoot me an email!  :)
Now, here’s my card for Bridget’s challenge today…

I did a little bit of stenciling on this card, in case you can’t tell and below I’ve got some extra photos to show you what I did.  I started out with a piece of Berrylicious card stock that I cut with the Blueprints 13 Die-Namics.  Then I used Berrylicious hybrid ink and the Small Brick Wall stencil to create the background.

I have a mini-mister that I used to mix up some Berrylicious premium dye ink refill and some MIX-ables Sheer Shimmer Mist, and used it to spritz the background after I stenciled it for a little bit of shimmer.  I also used the wand from the mini-mister to manually splatter a little bit of ink, too.
Then I used a piece of acetate to create a custom stencil from my Leaf-Filled Flourish Die-Namics!  Your dies can take on a whole new meaning when you look at them with the thought of creating your own stencils!

And here’s where we get to have some good, messy fun!  Now, I always knew that you could take a bottle of ink and mix it with white embossing paste for custom colors.  But what I didn’t really think about was the fact that you can just apply ink from an ink pad (here I’m using Jellybean Green hybrid ink) directly to your craft sheet and mix your paste into it!

I kept my paste close to the lower edge of the ink, then gradually kept working it into the ink until I had the color intensity that I wanted…

Then I used some masking tape to secure my stencil over my cardstock…

And then, working very gently and carefully I applied my embossing paste.  I say use some caution here, just because the acetate is a little flimsier than the vinyl you’re used to with stencils.  Plus the design is a little more intricate here since I used the Leaf-Filled Flourish die.

And then, voila!  A stenciled Leaf-Filled Flourish over your Small Brick Wall stencil  background!

And here’s the finished card again…

I added a Blueprints 14 flower cut from Orange Fizz card stock, with a Tangy Orange card stock flower layered underneath, that was stamped with the BG Linen background stamp in Tangy Orange hybrid ink.  The sentiment from the LJD Birthday Greetings stamp set is stamped in Tangy Orange hybrid ink on a Pierced Fishtail Flags STAX Die-Namics.
I’m entering this card also in the Anything Goes challenge going on over at Simon Says Stamp!  :)
Here are my supplies…

Pure Innocence Can't Wait to See You	Pure Innocence Sending Big Hugs	BG Diagonal Stripes Background	DC Plaid Background Builder	Die-namics Blueprints 13	Die-namics Blueprints 16
Die-namics Pierced Fishtail Flags STAX	Sour Apple Card Stock	Orange Fizz Card Stock	Berrylicious Card Stock	Heavyweight Card Stock Grout Gray	Hybrid Ink Pad Grout Gray
Hybrid Ink Pad Sour Apple	Hybrid Ink Pad Steel Grey

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Stencil Small Brick Wall	Die-namics Leaf-Filled Flourish	Die-namics Pierced Fishtail Flags STAX	LJD Birthday Greetings	BG Linen Background	Die-namics Blueprints 13
Die-namics Blueprints 14	MIX-ables Sheer Shimmer Mist	Ink Refill Berrylicious	Hybrid Ink Pad Berrylicious	Hybrid Ink Pad Jellybean Green	Hybrid Ink Pad Tangy Orange
Berrylicious Card Stock	Orange Fizz Card Stock	Tangy Orange Card Stock	Heavyweight Card Stock Grout Gray

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So, I hope you’ll stop over at Splitcoaststampers and check out all the fun with the Dare to Get Dirty challenges!  And remember, if you’re not already a Fan Club member you won’t be able to join in or see the challenges so please consider joining and supporting SCS!
Thanks for stopping by!