Sunset on the Serengeti - Brayer Technique

I'm off to work shortly, :( Will not be able to really really play this week double :( But anyway, I did these cards yesterday needed a few more masculine cards and am uploading them this morning before I head off to work.

I fell in love with both these images as soon as I saw them at I Brake for Stamps. so, I purchased these and a few others. I knew they would be perfect for a brayered card. I find I reach for my brayer whenever I do masculine cards. I love to brayer, but don't do it often enough. What a mess I make...lol So once again, I dusted it off and put it to the test. I began with versa mark & Classic Black ink and stamped this image on White Glossy Paper, then heat embossed with embossing powder so that when I brayered over the image, it would not pick up any other colors. I began to brayer on Summer Sun,then Cameo Coral and finished it up with a touch of Real Red. I followed this technique for both images.

I could not get a good image yesterday, it is a very dark and dreary day. So I didn't have good lightening. They are much prettier in real life.
Image #1: Elephants:



Figured since my hands were already covered in ink, and everything was already out might as well make another card. So here goes...

Image #2: Cactus Silouette


Image: I Brake for Stamps: Elephants & Cactus Silouette
Paper: White Glossy Paper, Basic Black, Peach Parfait
Inks: Stampin Up: Classic Black, Summer Sun, Cameo Coral, Real Red
Extras: Brayer, MS Self Adhesive Ribbon (believe it or not from last years Halloween collection) Stampin Up Corner Punch and Self Adhesive rhinestones.

As always, thanks for looking have a great day.
Hugs
Debbie

Relaxing at the Lake-Copic Creations & Cute Card Thursday

Since I already had this set out, the papers out, and everything else out that I used yesterday, I thought I would put this card together. I thought that the image in the boat was pefect for the Copic Creations Challenge which is Reflections & that it would work perfectly with the Cute Card Thursday Sketch this week. I used my mirror image stamp and first stamped the boat which will be my reflection in the water, and then used my stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the image above the water so that I could line it up with the reflection. I then used my versa marker pen and carefully colored in the image that is above the water, put on Clear Embossing Powder and heat embossed so that when I brayered over it, it would not pick up any of the color. I did not do this for the reflection image since it is in the water, it does not have to be crisp & clean. After I brayerd soft sky, & Baja Breeze over the entire image, I sponged on Not Quite Navy to give it a little depth. This was also inspired by a tutorial given by Michelle Zindorf quite some time ago and glad I remembered it.





Image: SU-Summer by the Sea.
Papers: SU: Blueberry Crisp, Sahara Sand, Not Quite Navy
Extras: Swirl Die Cut, MS Border Punch, Nellie Snellin Flower Punch, Rhinestones, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Distressed Stripes
Ink for Brayer: Soft Sky, Baja Breeze & Not Quite Navy
Copics: E00, B21,E23, E31,E33,C1,C3 I also pulled out a few of my colored pencils to add a little depth.

Brayer Time

I reached for the brayer for this card, using Soft Sky, Bermuda Bay & Not Quite Navy for the sky and the water, stamped on the Island with the tree from Fire Cracker Designs. I then tore a post it note for the mountains placed it over the area I didn't want any green on covering my work and used Old Olive & Mellow Moss. To create the horizon, I again used a post it note and placed it along the line and sponged in Not Quite Navy. I then stamped the trees in the fore ground from Stampin Up's Lovely as a Tree set, sponged in Old Olive on all the tress to give it some depth, and just a little bit in the water creating the mirror image for the tree on the island. The hardest part for this card was placing the squares in a perfect line, for the backgrond of the image, not sure why that part took me so long, Other than that, it was a pretty easy card.

Images: Fire Cracker Deigns by Pamela, Stampin Up: Lovely as A Tree
Inks: Memento Black Ink, Old Olive, Mellow Moss, Soft Sky, Bermuda Bay, & Not Quite Navy.
Accessories: Stampin Up: Square Punch & Corner Punch, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Folder
Paper: Stampin Up: Old Olive, Not Quite Navy, & Whisper White

Thanks for looking, and hope you like it.

Reflection At The Lake & Nature's Beauty

Well since I had all the stuff out to brayer and my 15 year old soon to be 16 year old son commented on how much he loves my brayered cards when he saw the one I did for my BIL. I did 2 more... Now to decide which one to give him.

I used the mirror image stamp for the reflection of the wolf in the water and then the stamp-a-ma-jig to get the wolf placed just right over the reflection. For the wolf that is on the land part of the card, I first stamped it in my versa mark pad and then in Basic Black Ink. I then put clear embossing powder over it and heat embossed so that when i brayered on the sky and mountains it did not pick up any of the ink...To get the shape of the mountains, I ripped a post it, I placed one half on the top and the other half on the bottom for the reflection. I sponged on first Certainly Celery and then Old Olive. As for the tree, I stamped on the reflection again using the mirror image stamp and filled in the area between the upright tree and the reflection tree with a basic black marker




For this card I used first stamped on the tree again using the versa mark pad and then stamped it in Timber Brown Staz on. I put on clear embossing powder and heat embossed. I then brayered half the top half with Soft Sky, Blue Bayho, and sponged on Not Quite Navy. For the land, I brayered first with certainly celery and then sponged on Old Olive. I then took another post it note to make the mountains, and the horizon. Last but not least, I stamped on the buck.

Thanks for looking, and I hope you like it

Relax

This card was done for my BIL's birthday who's birthday is in 2 weeks. Since I wanted to do a masculine card and I find I always reach for my brayer when doing one. So I dusted it off and used an oldie but goodie retired set from Stampin Up from the sketches series. Before I put it away, I will do one more for my son who commented on this card and who's birthday is next week. Now to think of something to do...

Stamp: Stampin Up: Sketches, Sea Grass?
Ink: Stampin Up: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Creamy Carmel, Adirondack: Ginger
Paper: Paper Trey: Enchanted Evening, Stampin Up: Whisper White, Creamy Carmel, Sahara Sand DP: Bella Bleu
Image colored in Copics
Extras: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder-Swirls, MS Border Punch

At the Beach with Dad

Since I have 2 boys, I had to do 2 Father's Day Cards for them to give to Dear Ole Dad. I find I reach for these sets time and time again. They have always been one of my favorite series that Stampin Up did and am so sorry they went to the retirement home.

Image: Stampin Up: Seaside Sketches, All Around Argle
Paper: Whisper White, Soft Sky, Not Quite Navy.
Technique: Stippling
Extras: Top Note Die
Ink: Soft Sky, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Creamy Carmel & Close to Coco.
Image: Colored with Copies




This card was done for my older son for him to give to his dear ole Dad. It was quite easy since all I did was stamp the image in the versa mark and then put white detail embossing powder and heat embossed.

Ink: Versa Mark
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black & Soft Sky
Technique: Embossing
Extras: Top Note Die, Black Rhinestones
Image: Stampin Up: Thoughts of Father & Seummer By the Sea

Thanks for looking

Swan Song

May is filled with tons of birthdays for us, there is a birthday a week beginning with my MIL's and ending with my BIL's and then of course Mother's Day. So to get things started especially since I am home this week, I decided to get a jump start on some of my cards.

I decided I didn't want to do anything cutesy since it was for my MIL's Birthday so out came the brayer again. First I stamped the swan in Versa Mark and Staz-On put on clear embossing powder and heat embossed. I then colored in her beak and gave her a little shadowing. I went over the entire image with my Versa Marker Pen carefully staying within the lines put on clear embossing powder and then heat embossed. Out came the brayer, and I brayered Bashful Blue at an angle at the top and bottom leaving a little white it the middle, and sponged more Bashful blue along the top and bottom to create a little depth. I then stamped in the Willows using Old Olive Ink and colored in the branches with my aqua painter using a lighter green Kiwi Kiss, I also used my Chocolate Chip SU Maker to outline some of the branches and my White Gel pen to highlight the willows. To create the horizon I used a Post-it-Note and sponged more Bashful Blue going across the post-it-note. Last but not least, I used my tree from stampscapes and placed the tree over the swan, and then sponged on Old Olive to create some of the leaves.

Thanks for stopping by

Debbie

Stamp: Swan Song & Joy of Nature both by Firecracker Designs by Pamela, Tree from Stampscapes

Ink: Stampin Up: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Stampin Up: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip

Extras: Cuttlebug Swirl Folder