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Check out these awesome cards from Mary Giemza

Check out these Magnolia cards from DT member Mary Giemza. Mary has photographed each of these cards in closer detail so you can see EXACTLY how she colored these images. If you are getting started with Copics, don't be afraid to look at these images in detail and try to recreate them. You may not get these results immediately, but with practice, you may be as good as Mary! I am posting Mary's pictorial for creating realistic-looking wood with copics next.

Sweet Willow card from Jodi Lee

Here is a post from Jodi's blog featuring this incredibly beautiful card:

I finally had a chance to color and create a card using this sweet image from Whiff of Joy. This is Willow with flowers from the latest collection and you can get her and more HERE. I just LOVE all of these girls, they've got such sweet faces.

Because they are so sweet I decided to use soft colors and simple embellishments. I colored and cut out my image, used my nestabilities to create the oval and then ran it through my cuttlebug folder for a dotted, embossed look. After I have cut and pieced my card together I added some half pearls and tied a ribbon.

Here is a closer look of this sweetie and the flower soft I added to her hair and boquet as well as how I colored her. When coloring, I always use my copic pens and to get a great deal on them I buy them HERE.

Card Details:

Stamp: Whiff of Joy

Paper: Basic Grey Porcelain DSP, Pink Pirouette, Neenah CS

Inks: Copics, Memento black ink

Accessories: Flower soft, white ribbon, cuttlebug embossing folder, and nestabilities

Happiness is a warm puppy...and a free stamp!

DT member Mary Giemza just sent me this blog post, so I had to share. I am so happy to have my little baby puppy back. We have been snuggling a lot and she is just so darned cute!!! I have been wanting to do a little something in honor of her safe return and Mary's post has given me the perfect opportunity!

***Everyone who comments on this post will be entered into a drawing for a TILDA WITH PUPPY stamp!***

I will give everyone a chance to comment through Monday, June 8 and will announce the winner on Tuesday morning. Please check the blog to see if you won (sometimes there isn't enough identifying information in the comments to contact someone, so make sure you check back to see if you won)!!!

 

Awww….who could resist EITHER of these faces!? 

This is Tilda with her puppy! I cut out the puppy and mounted him with Pop-it dots to add some dimension to the card. I also love to play with my Nestabilities in different ways. For this one I used the Large Octagon dies and just turned the middle octagon slightly. The hearts on the dp match the heart on Tilda’s jeans. The paper is from the Basic Grey Bittersweet collection...it's not just for Valentine’s Day!  

The sentiment is one of my favorites from Charles M. Schulz, the creator of  Peanuts (Snoopy!) and is computer-generated.

Claudia Rosa, DT member tutorial: mounting stamps

Below is a list of products used in this tutorial to show different stamp mounting options:

Memento Ink
Neenah CS
Acrylic block
Cuttlebug B Plate as mount for very large stamps
rubber scissor
Hot knife
Magnolia Sign with Bird
Love heart Love Collection 2009
Sunday International Thick EZ mount
Sunday International Thin EZ mount
Tsukineko Tack ‘n peel

First… lets start with Tack n Peel product. You can use this product with any unmounted rubber stamp. Simply attach the clear sheet to your acrylic block, peel the foil off and you are ready to go. You can attach your roughly trimmed rubberstamp right onto the acrylic block.

For best results, stamp on a stamping mat.

 

Once you are finished stamping, clean your stamp and simply take the stamp off the acrylic block. When you are completely finished stamping, add the clear foil to the cling site of the Tack 'n peel to keep it from losing stickiness as a result of dust or fibers.

 

The next mounting option is EZ MOUNT by Sunday International. These sheets are great for big or regular-sized stamps. With this product you are adding a permanent cushion to your rubber stamp.

Peel back the side with words from the EZ MOUNT just to the point where you have exposed enough for the stamp you are mounting. Place the rubber stamp on the grey side of the EZ mount.

Use your rubber scissors to trim the excess rubber and mounting foam from around the image. I recommend using straight cuts. It is also important to have the right tools for mounting. By using a special rubber scissor or a hot knife, you will avoide undercutting the  foam. It is imporant the entire stamp have cushion underneath, otherwise your image might not stamp properly.

Here you are getting a good look how nice a rubber scissors cuts the rubber and the foam. To make your stamp ready for stamping just peel away the white paper from the EZ mount (this is the side with NO text on it). You can discard this paper. EZ mount does not loose tackiness.

 

You can now add your stamp to any acryl block or to any other hard plastic surface. Tip: for big stamps like the Magnolia house or Magnolia trees, I use my Cuttlebug B Plate instead of purchasing a large acrylic block.

For those of you wondering: what is THIN EZ MOUNT FOR? Here's the answer: THIN EZ MOUNT is absolutely wonderful for small unmounted rubber stamps like sentiments or small accessory images from the Magnolia collections. When a stamp is fairly small, the cushion of the regular EZ MOUNT is going to make the stamp too “wiggly” to get a nice impression.

The other option you have with THIN EZ MOUNT is that you can unmount all your wood mounted stamps and just add the layer of THIN EZ MOUNT. These stamps can now be stored on tabbed dividers and save you tons of space!

In the photo above, you see a Stampin' Up! sets that has been taken off the wood blocks and THIN EZ MOUNT has been added. It now uses only a fraction of the space than before. (The grey layer of foam is the original foam the stamp came on.)

To unmount a wood mounted stamp, simply place 1 stamp at a time into your microwave and heat it on high for 10-15 seconds.

When you take your wood stamp out of the microwave, grab it with a towel because the wood is going to be hot. The glue is now soft and you can take the rubber easily off the wood block. Now, apply stamp right onto your THIN EZ MOUNT.

New Cuttlebug embossing folder poll. VOTE NOW for your favorite!

Here are the other new products coming out after Summer CHA.

 

Claudia Rosa: Just Sittin' Here Thinking of You

This is a very clean and simple card. The card base is A2 and here is how it was contructed: I embossed half of the white paper with the SWISS DOTS EMBOSSING FOLDER which left the bottom half smooth and ready for the stamped sentiment. I used the JUST SITTIN' HERE sentiment from the new Chasing Butterflies Collection from Magnolia. I tied a ribbon around the seam and added SPRING TILDA with pop up dots onto the ribbon. All coloring is done with COPIC MARKERS. Some LILAC DEW DROPS in the corners finish the card.