Summer-time Cards!

Hello, it is Gloria here, coming to you from sunny, southern California. It's a lovely time of year - 73 F degree days and cool nights. The sun is shining and the ocean breeze is blowing. Our hot weather is yet to come, arriving in September and October when the desert winds blow! I have a few summer-themed cards to share today!

I am flying my vintage flag again today. I love vintage-themed stamps and papers. I can't get enough! To create the background for my butterfly I stamped the vintage stamp onto cardstock with black ink, then distressed the paper with inks.

I really wanted to play with lavender, which does not happen often. It is not one of my "go to" colors. To create this pretty, lavender butterfly (IDS0001), I painted the chipboard with one coat of gesso. After the gesso was dry, I rubbed over the paint with lavender and warm violet fluid chalk ink. I used a soft cloth to buff off excess ink and then stamped on top of the butterfly with black ink and a script stamp. Super cool, right?!

I found some lavender flowers in my stash, and some white and lavender twine. It DOES pay to have lots of goodies in your studio! I painted the Graphic 45 button staple with gesso and then rubbed a bit of violet ink over it.

Lots of yummy dimension! I used lots of dimension on this next card, too! But this time, I went with red, my favorite color!

I love bicycles, especially vintage bicycles (IDT0018). (I don't RIDE them, I just like to look at them!) To create this very "old" bike, I painted the chipboard with a coat of gesso and allowed it to dry. Then, I applied a thin layer of crackle medium and allowed that to dry. Next, I painted over the crackle medium with cranberry acrylic paint.

Once the bicycle was dry and the crackle finished "crackling," I added Glossy Accents to the bicycle seat, handlebars, and peddles. Notice, I have just a bit of crackle, and some areas did not crackle at all. That is due to the very thin coat I applied. With such an intricate shape, I wanted to just have a "mild" crackle.

I added some flowers and a cute ladybug ribbon to keep this project fresh, fun, and sweet.

For more inspiration, come vist my blog: Scraps of Life!

Below are the chipboard items I used on my projects. The links are in the supply list.

Supplies:
Butterfly Card:
Imaginarium Designs Chipboard: Butterfly (IDS0001)
Cardstock: American Crafts Black, Neenah White
Designer paper: Kaisercraft Timeless; Basic Grey Kioshi
Stamps: Kaisercraft Vintage Image; Hero Arts Everyday Sayings; Stampin' Up! French Script
Ink: Clearsnap Colorbox Fluid Chalk Lavender, Warm Violet; Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Distress Old Paper, Vintage Photo
Paint: Delta Ceramcoat Gesso; Martha Stewart Acrylic Lake Fog
Die Cuts: My Favorite Things Die-namics Mini Tabs Quartet
Punch: Martha Stewart
Trims: Really Reasonable Ribbon twine
Embellishments: Graphic 45 Metal Button, Metal Key; Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Gear; Craft supply flowers, mini light bulb
Adhesive: Aleene's Tacky Glue; Scotch 3M tape runner

Bicycle Card:
Imaginarium Designs Chipboard: Bicycle (IDT0018)
Cardstock: American Crafts Black, Neenah White
Designer paper: Carta Bella Beautiful Moments
Stamps: StampingScrapping Design Tag Accents
Ink: Clearsnap Colorbox Fluid Chalk Warm Red; Memento Tuxedo Black
Paint: Delta Ceramcoat Gesso; Making Memories Cranberry; Martha Stewart Crackle
Die Cuts: My Favorite Things Die-namics Mini Tabs Quartet
Trims: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers; brads
Adhesive: Ranger Glossy Accents, Aleene's Tacky Glue; Scotch 3M tape runner; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L foam squares

To see more of my work visit my blog
Gloria Stengel