Falling Leaves Thank You

Last week's Splitcoast Limited Supplies challenge asked for "just stamped" cards without any ribbons, buttons or other embellishments. So I went back to my beloved Teykol and made a Teykol resist card...once again.
The image (by Inkadinkado) and sentiment (by Heindesign) are stamped with Black StazOn onto glossy white cardstock. Then I brushed beside the lines with some Teykol, let it dry, then sponged over the whole image with several shades of Adirondack inks. For the borders, I used an EK Success border punch.

Back from a Stamping Retreat

I'm just back from a stamping retreat, and I had a blast of creativity there! Among many other techniques, I experimented with Gesso there, and I LOVE this medium.
This card is created on an old book page using the Gesso resist technique.
I brushed Gesso over the whole page, let it dry, then overstamped the flower image (Innovative Stamp Creations) with clear ink and embossed it with clear powder. Then I sponged the whole page with several shades of Adirondack inks.
The background is stamped (Stampington) and embossed with clear powder onto dark blue cardstock, and the same stamp as for the background I also used to stamp onto the Prima flower.

Another Gesso card: The background is created with Gesso on dark green cardstock, then I wiped some green acrylic shades over the gesso. The image (Darkroom Door) is stamped with Adirondack white pigment ink and then a little beside the original image again with Memento green ink. Then I masked the image roughly and overstamped it with the SU Linen background.
The sentiment is a bit difficult to read on the photo. It says: all the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today (Indian proverb).


And one more Gesso card... This card is created on an old colorful journal page which I brushed with Gesso. Then I overstamped the image (Stampington) with Palette Noir ink. Mounted on black cardstock, added the sentiment (American Art Stamps), that's it. And I love the result.

No Gesso card...LOL! This is my well-known beloved Teykol technique. I stamped the image (Stampington) onto white Chromolux cardstock with StazOn Jet Black, then brushed Teykol resist medium just a little beside the stamped lines. Then I sponged the whole image with several shades of Adirondack inks, mounted it onto green and brown cardstock, added the sentiment (Stempelbar, the image translates "Thank You"), some dewdrops and a pre-printed leaf (Prima Marketing).

More cards soon...

An Affair to Remember

Happy New Year everybody!

After winning the Audrey Award of the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge last week, I wanted to take part in this week's challenge, too: An Affair to Remember. Now I'm a little bit late, nevertheless... I love this movie, and I was inspired from the New York skyline and wanted to use this stamp which has been laying in my drawer for years (I don't know the manufacturer, maybe Lost Coast Designs, but I'm not sure about that, sorry!) ... I stamped it with Palette Noir ink onto some glossy cardstock and heatset the ink. Then I brushed some highlights on the buildings with Teykol (a resist medium), then sponged the background with Adirondack inks. I hope I could catch the sunset mood... I added a metallic heart brad on which I wrote "My Love Affair" with a white jelly pen. The background card is cuttlebug embossed.

Teykol Forest

Finally... some time to stamp today.
I URGENTLY need to get ahead with my Christmas cards (...why does it get Christmas always so unexpectedly?!?).
I created a very simple and calm card with just stamping the snowy forest (Just for Fun) onto white Chromolux cardstock with black StazOn, then painting the "snow" with Teykol resist medium and finally wiping blue Adirondack shades over the whole image.
I can never get enough from this simple yet effective Teykol resist technique!
The sentiment says "Merry Christmas" and is stamped with Adirondack Snowcap White pigment ink which is great to use on dark cardstock.
Hope to get ready some more Christmas cards during the weekend! Guess otherwise I won't need them any longer, LOL!

World Cardmakers' Day

I had the chance to play along with the World Cardmaking Day Challenges on the Splitcoaststampers forum today. I wanted to use some Teykol resist again - it's one of my absolute favorite techniques.
I stamped the image with Black StazOn onto glossy cardstock, then brushed some Teykol resist medium a little besides the lines of the image. When it was dry (it takes only a few minutes), I sponged different shades of Adirondack inks over the whole image. Finally, I added some highlights on the flowers with a white gelly pen. I matted the image with some black cardstock onto Basic Grey design paper and added some strips of cuttlebug-embossed cardstock. I sponged some cream and white Prima flowers with Adirondack inks and added brads. The sentiment is stamped onto a punch-out circle, the black border is drawn with a black marker.
Hey, I had fun with this card! I hope you like it!