FSJ Concept Designers Gel Press Print Swap

Hi everyone and welcome to a fun blog hop! The FSJ Concept Designers have been having a little fun and today we want to show you what we've been working on. We thought it would be cool to do a print swap. The six of us divided up into pairs. Three of the designers created an 8.5x11" print on the Journey Gel Press. Then they cut their print in half and sent half to their partner. Each partner created a card using that print, and today we're going to share what we've created! It was a really fun swap and I can't wait to see all three of the prints, and how each designer used their print on a project!

My partner for the swap is Mariana.  Mariana created a really pretty print using oranges, cream and and Sweet Pear. She added some embossing paste with my favorite stencil, Circle Bliss.  It is absolutely gorgeous!

She mailed me this half of the print:

And here is what I made:

 I used one of our Foiled Frames and 2 of the Vintage Burst flowers and leaves. The sentiment is from the Must Have Sentiments set and I embossed in gold.  I wanted to keep things pretty simple and kept the frame open to allow the print to shine.  Be sure to head over to Mariana's blog and see what she created with the other half of this print!

Check out the rest of the teams, see the prints they created and how they each used them! 

Mariana and Michelle (you are here!)

Shannon and Tania

Patricia and Laura 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Enjoy the rest of the swap stops, and don't forget to pin everyone's projects for inspiration later on!

All products used are Fun Stampers Journey.

Autumn Greetings-water colored leaves

Hi everyone!  I've been tinkering with water coloring and wanted to share this fall leaves card.  I'm still a work in progress, but thanks to all my friends on Facebook, I now can get my water colored panels to dry flat!  

I love love love the stamp set, Artsy Leaves!  This set was one of several items from the Journey Holiday mini catalog that were brought back by popular demand and are now available through December.  You can find the entire list here.  I embossed the leaves with black EP on our Color Splash Sheets and colored them with my Watercolor pencils.  I mixed my pool of color on a stamping block, which is a much easier way of mixing several colors together than by adding color directly to the paper in layers (which is the way I used to do it).  Live and learn!  :)

I also used one of my favorite stencils called Ring Stacks and embossing paste for the background.  I kinda like that the paste has a natural slight cool grey tone to it, it really picks up on the grays in the patterned paper and leaves.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!  Here's a close up pic.

All supplies used are Fun Stampers Journey.

One pumpkin image, two ways

Hi everyone!  I have a couple fall cards to share both using the same pumpkin image from the Thanksgiving Medley stamp set.

 For my first card, I stamped the pumpkin on Oatmeal Cookie cardstock, trimmed it, dragged the edges of the panel in clear pigment ink, and embossed with gold powder.  I did this on the patterned paper panel as well.  I layered the pumpkin over the Treat Label die and then on the Doily die.  This was the first time I've used the Doily and boy do I LOVE it!

For my second card, I stamped the pumpkin on Whip Cream and fussy cut it out and popped it on top of a frame created by layering the Ornate Label dies.

 There is a lot going on in this little square card.  First I used the Modeling Paste over the Vintage Screen stencil to create a textured background.  You can check out this blog post for a short tutorial on how I do this.  After that dried, I tapped a little bit of the Dark Roast and Citrus Cooler Silks for a bit of color.  Lastly, I added a bit of the Sparkle Dust (ultra fine glitter) to the pumpkin and leaves image. 

 Here's a macro pic showing the glitter and the stenciled paste in the background.  Thanks for stopping by and Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends!!

All supplies are Fun Stampers Journey
Doily Pumpkin card- 
Stamps, punches and dies: 

Thanksgiving Medley Stamp Set SS-0131
Treat Label Die Set DI-0037
Doily Die DI-0105 
Cardstock and Inks:  

Tangerine Fusion Cardstock CS-0036
Oatmeal Cookie Cardstock CS-0023
Cocoa Powder Cardstock CS-0008
Harvest Days Prints PP-0017
Cocoa Powder Ink IP-0016
Tangerine Fusion Ink IP-0005
Clear Pigment Ink IP-0102 
Accessories: 
Natural Twine AC-0005
Wooden Accents AC-0031
Cocoa Powder Satin Ribbon AC-0142
Journey Brads-mini AC-0174
Journey Gold Embossing Powder IP-0101

Thanks Pumpkin card-

Stamps, punches and dies: 

Thanksgiving Medley Stamp Set SS-0131 

Ornate Label Die Set DI-0077 

Cardstock and Inks:   

Whip Cream Cardstock CS-0040 

Hazelnut Blend Cardstock CS-0013

Cocoa Powder Ink IP-0016

Pumpkin Bread Ink IP-0057

Green Olive Ink IP-0072 

Accessories: 

Vintage Screen Stencil JM-0002 

Journey Modeling Paste JM-0073 

Journey Sparkle Dust AC-0013 

Journey Sequins Celebrations AC-0115 

Natural Journey Thread AC-0133

Holiday wishes snowman

Hi everyone!  Well, now that Halloween has passed it's open season for Christmas cards here on my blog.  Yes, I am one of those who really doesn't like to post anything Christmas before Halloween and when it comes to home decor, don't even mention Santa until after Thanksgiving!  lol!

This snowman is from the adorable Jolly Friends stamp set which is in the Holiday Mini catalog (click on link and scroll down to the Holiday Mini).  I lightly colored him using reinkers and blending solution.  I also dragged the edges of my white cardstock through the Lovely Blue ink pad.  It gives the hint of blue which gives it a "cold" winter feel to it.

I also colored my modeling paste with 2 drops of Lovely Blue re-inker, not enough to make it totally blue, but just a hint of blue to make it stand out from all the white cardstock going on.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!!

All supplies are Fun Stampers Journey   
Stamps, punches and dies:  
Jolly Friends Stamp Set SS-0221 
Journey Squares Die Set DI-0038

Cardstock and Inks: 

Whip Cream Cardstock CS-0040

Black Licorice Ink IP-0041

Lovely Blue Ink IP-0075

Lovely Blue Re-inker RI-0074
Cranberry Bliss Re-inker RI-0048
Orange Creamsicle Re-inker RI-0043

Accessories:

Bubble Bubble Stencil JM-0004

Journey Sequins Blue Skies AC-0113

Journey Modeling Paste JM-0073

Fusion Blender IP-0088

Heart You card

Hi everyone!  I was in the mood to play around with my embossing paste, so I made this "heart you" card.  I like how the embossing paste adds just the right amount of texture combined with the texture plate from the Build-a-Tag One die set.

Notice my embossing paste is pink?  I added a bit of color to my white paste by using the FSJ Bubblegum Pink silk!  It's a fun way to customize and match colors on your project.

I use the Diagonal Chevron die to make my stencil. I wanted the triangle corner pieces along the bottom left, so I flipped the die cut over and taped it down.  I added paste to the first 4 openings.

Here are the tag die sets I used:

 Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here is a close up picture.  You can really see the dimension and texture the tag texture plate added!

Card Deets:  
Spellbinders Supplies:  
Dies: Build-a-Tag One (SCD-010), Tag Trio (SCD-020), Diagonal Chevron (S4-453); Font One Lowercase (S5-199)

Other Supplies: 

Fun Stampers Journey cardstock in Black Licorice, Bubblegum Silk and mini wooden close pins ; 1/16th silver harlequin washi tape; Silver pearls; Black/white twine

Adhesive: Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares

Spellbinders Designabilities Blog Hop

Hi everyone!  Welcome to the Designabilities Blog Hop!   Every other month the Spellbinders® Blog Team gets together for a blog hop -this hop is just for fun and not sponsored by Spellbinders.  Not all of us could participate today, but I encourage you to visit everyone's blogs.  You will find amazing projects from everyone!

A few weeks ago I took a stenciled class and now have been experimenting with using stencils with embossing paste.  So after buying 4 or 5 stencils I realized I have the POTENTIAL FOR ENDLESS STENCILS USING MY EXISTING Spellbinders dies!!  Talk about an "ah-ha" moment -lol!

My card uses the Expandables Fancy Lattice die for my the stencil, Classic Hearts nested to make heart "rings", and Celebration from the new In'spire line.

 Here is how I placed the stencil.  I die cut the Fancy Lattice into a thick cardstock, I used Gina K's Pure Luxury base weight white cardstock.  Then I taped it down using washi tape and selectively applied paste to my stencil.

 This is what the paste looks like.  I found this at Michaels in the art supply section.  They had quite a few embossing paste options.  I chose the light weight tub and was glad I did, it is the perfect consistency for spreading over my stencil.  This is an 8oz tub and was $13 (I used my 40% coupon).

 After applying the paste to the stencil and spreading it smooth, I immediately removed the stencil.  At this time you can do some quick clean up if you had some rouge paste land somewhere.  Set it aside to dry for about 30 minutes and proceed with your card. 

As designers we are always inspired by each other and we hope to inspire you too. 

Enjoy the hop!

Becca Feeken 
Darsie Bruno 
Debbie Olson 
Heidi Blankenship -not participating today
Linda Duke 

Michelle Woerner -you are here 
Seth Apter
Sherry Cheever

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here is a close up of the details. 

Card Deets: 

Spellbinder dies: S5-152 Expandables Fancy Lattice and IN-012 Celebration Shapeabilities®,S4-136 Classic Hearts Nestabilities®

Note: Celebration is on pre-order with shipping beginning in March
Paper: Gina K Designs, White and Black cardstock; Basic Grey, Fresh Cut 6x6 pad
Embellishments - Cartwright's Sequins, 4mm 5mm and 6mm sequins; Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, burlap string; Liquitex light weight modeling paste
Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares