Timeless Floral Desktop Calendar

 Hello Ladies,
Welcome to a wonderful new year of crafting!

Today I brought a card which secretly holds a mini calendar.
With a simple crease the card front folds down and transforms to display both the embellished card and the calendar!
This is the perfect gift for anyone with a 9-5 desk job.
My project includes numerous techniques such as stamping and heat embossing onto wood, coloring with chalk, as well as stamping onto transparency for a worry free way to add a sentiment to any project.
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Let me show you how I did it.

Supplies:
1. Sin City Stamps Inhale...Exhale Art Stamp Set
2. Sin City Stamps Flower & Bird Sketches Art Rubber Stamp Set
3. Sin City Stamps Birds & Clocks Rubber Stamp Set

4. Card base (6"x6")  

5. Paper creasing tool

6. (3) Pattern papers &  (1)  transparency paper.

7. Versamark watermark ink, also pink and black pigment ink.

8. Embossing powder - white

9. Colored chalk

10. A heat gun

11. Embellishments - wooden heart, butterfly, pearls and a mini calendar.
12. Scissors
13. Adhesive and foam tape.
14. Sponge applicator.
15. White cardstock

Directions:
1. Fold the front of the card base in half parallel to the fold and attach a piece of pattern paper to the bottom half of the card.

2. Stamp the flowers along the bottom edge of a piece of pattern paper using watermark ink.

3. Apply white embossing powder, remove the excess, and heat set.

4.Use chalk to lightly color the flowers.

 5. Adhere the embossed paper to the inside of the card.

 Attach the mini calendar to the lower half of the inside of the card. The front of the card will hinge downwards so that the bottom edge of the card front can rest against the top of the calendar that is on the inside.
The calendar will stand upright for display.

6. Using black ink, stamp the clock face onto white cardstock and cut out.

7. Stamp the flowers onto a wooden heart using the watermark ink. 

 Apply white embossing powder, removing the excess, and heat set.

 

Color the wood by applying pink pigment ink directly from the pad and blending with a sponge applicator.

8. Stamp some flowers onto pattern paper, color with the chalk, and cut out the blooms.

9. Use dimensional foam tape to mount some of the embellishments. Adhere the clock, butterfly, wooden heart, & flowers to a piece of pattern paper. Lastly, attach the central embellishment cluster to the front of the card.

10. Stamp your sentiment onto the transparency with permanent black ink.
 Attach it to the lower left corner carefully adhering it discretely underneath other elements so the adhesive is not visible.

 A Closer Look: 

 

Thanks for visiting & happy stamping!

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To learn more about our designer Karen, please visit her blog, Art & Soul.

Heart Canvas

Hi Mo here again, almost Valentines day so thought to do a heart canvas for my Sin City inspiration post.

Supplies used:
Sin City stamp set Skeletons Halloween
Sin City stamp set Wing it
Canvas 10 x 10 cm
Tissue paper
Acrylic paint in : Desert turquoise, True Red
Fluid acrylics in Cobalt Teal Hue and Primary yellow
Metallic silver paint
Triple thick gloss glaze
Decoupage glue for napkins
Waterproof stamp ink in black
Heart wings die and machine
Chipboard ( I used a box from a frozen pizza)
Craft mat
Paintbrushes
Baby wipes or wet cloth
Permanent black marker.
Adhesive

1. Paint the canvas turquoise.
2. Die cut the heart, wings and crown from your chipboard.
3. Paint the heart red and the wings and crown silver.
Set aside to dry.

4. Cut a piece of the tissue paper big enough to cover the whole canvas and use a waterproof ink to stamp the Ornate Metalwork look stamp to make the background.
5. Paint the backside of the tissue paper with the turquoise paint to get a brighter color when it is glued to the canvas.

6.Using a paint brush, spread some black paint onto your craft-mat and press the Ornate Metal work stamp into the paint then quickly stamp it onto the heart.
7. Repeat this step using the Wing it set stamps onto the silver painted wings.
8. Clean the paint off the rubber stamps quickly using a baby wipe or wet cloth.

9. Adhere the the tissue paper to the canvas with decoupage napkin glue.

10. Apply a layer of gloss glaze on the heart and let dry

11. Paint a piece of the chipboard with red paint and stamp the sentiment from the Wing it set on it.

11. Cut out the words (as shown above) and use the marker to line the edges black.

12. If you want to add more color to the canvas (as I have done), mix yellow and turquoise translucent paints to achieve a brighter color.

13. Attach all your pieces to the canvas with adhesive.

Thanks for visiting!

   

To purchase the stamp supplies used in this project please visit www.sincitystamps.com

For more inspiring paper-craft projects from the Design Team, be sure to follow us on Facebook.

Mini Journal Pages Layout Made Using Moleskine Planner

HelloHello!

It's Kim today and I just wanted to share a mini layout I made using my mini Moleskine Daily Planner. I really love the small, solid book, it just feels great to hold. The pages are thin and smooth, great for writing! ...and inking...

I used all SinCity Stamps and just had fun stamping!

The stamps are from the sets listed here:

Dandelion Wishes

Birds & Clocks

Urban Grunge

The pages of the journal are thin and so smooth! The ink blends nicely to make a very vibrant background. It does tend to bleed through the pages, but I love it anyway! I used mini ink blocks, inked directly to get the patterned section on the right side. The rest was sponge applied and blended.

Have a wonderfully colorful day!

~kim

Carefree & Fearless Card

Hello Ladies,

My name is Karen and today is my first blog post for Sin City Stamps.  I'm thrilled to have been invited to share my creations with you.  To complete my nature inspired friendship card, my project incorporates three different Sin City Stamp Sets.  The sweet little bird and sentiment stamp of hope were perfect to create my encouragement card.
 Let me show you how I did it.

Supplies: 
1. Sin City Stamps -Art Journaling #2 Rubber Stamp Set 
2. Sin City Stamps- Flower & Bird Sketches Art Rubber Stamp Sheet Set
3. Sin City Stamps- Inhale...Exhale Art Stamp Sheet Set
4. White cardstock.
5. Black & brown ink pads.
6. Green & copper ink mists.
7. White gel pen.
8. Colored chalk.
9. A 5"x7"card base
10. Embellishments: paper doily & burlap leaf die cut.
11. Scissors.
12. Adhesive and foam tape.

Directions:
1. Use the black ink to stamp the sentiment in the lower right corner of the card base.

2. Use the brown ink to stamp script randomly over the background.

3. Place the leaf die cut in the upper right corner to act as a 'mask' while you lightly mist it with the green ink spray.

4. Carefully re-position the die cut randomly on the card and continue misting to create three distinct clusters. Set aside the leaf die cut to dry in order to use it later as an embellishment.

5. To create small splatters, remove the spray nozzle from the bottle of copper mist and carefully flick droplets of the ink over the card. Set this aside to dry.

6. Using the brown ink and flourish stamp, to randomly add design onto the card base.
Be sure to overlap the edges of the card.
Next, use a white gel pen to accentuate the dots in the flourish designs.

7. With the black ink, stamp the bird image twice on white cardstock.
Color in one of the bird using chalks and carefully cut out.
Color just the bird's wing on the second image and cut this out.
Attach the bird's wing using foam tape to add dimension.

8. Adhere the bird and leaf die cut to a white paper doily.
To give the doily a distressed and vintage appearance, apply brown ink lightly around the edges with an ink applicator or makeup sponge. 

9. Finish the card by attaching the doily cluster to the card base.

A Closer Look: 

Thanks for visiting!

   

To purchase the stamp supplies used in this project please visit www.sincitystamps.com

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How to Make a Fabulous Faux Chalkboard Birthday Card

Hi Chris here and today I am excited to share this birthday card I created.  Every January our family is slammed with birthdays!  We have 4 within 8 days!!! So I am always wanting to increase my stash of Birthday cards! 

For this card I was inspired by the ever popular chalkboard writing trend! 

With some stamps and white embossing powder you too can easier re-create this fun technique!

Supplies needed:

1. Sin City Stamps -Dandelion Wishes
2.  Sin City Stamps - Art Journaling #2 
3.  Embossing Powder - White, Black
4. Heat gun
5.  Inks -Versamark, Black Ink
6.  Black & White Cardstock - Smooth
7.  Blank card and patterned paper to fit the front.
8. Sheer ribbon, paper flower and floral sprig.
9. Adhesive and foam tape
10. Scissors

Step 1 - Faux Chalkboard writing - Using the Dandelion and Make a Wish greeting from the Sin City Stamps -Dandelion Wishes set, use the Versamark ink to stamp yhem onto the smooth black cardstock.
Heat Emboss with white embossing powder.

Trim 'make a wish' into a banner. Set both pieces aside. 

Step 2 -  Background - The lacy background stamp from Sin City Stamps - Art Journaling #2   is not large enough to stamp the entire background so you will need to stamp it top-to-bottom to cover the cardstock. Don't worry if you don't get the stamping perfectly aligned, we will take care of that in the next step. 

Lacey Background SinCity Stamp

Step 3 - Background part 2 -Stamp the brick background twice with a juicy black ink (as shown) and cover quickly with black bossing powder. Remove excess powder and heat emboss.  Ink edges of the background card with black ink. 

Brick pattern SinCity Stamp

Step 4  - Trim your patterned paper slightly smaller than your blank card and adhere in place.

Next add your stamped background.

Step 5 - Adhere your Faux Chalkboard Dandelion piece onto the card and attach the 'Make a Wish" banner with foam tape.

Embellish the rest of your card with a sheer ribbon bow, pearl floral sprigs and the paper flower.

 Hope this inspires you to start stamping!

Brrrr... Icy Winter Greetings

Hi Chris here and today I am sharing this super cute icy winter greeting card

 created with the Penguins on Ice Sin City Stamp set.   

This set is so much fun and perfect for all your winter projects!

List of supplies:

1. Sin City Stamps Penguins on Ice
2.  Archival Ink Jet Black (will not bleed when using watercolors)
3. Versa Mark ink
4.  Assorted brush tip markers in the following colors: light to dark blue, yellow, green, pink and black.
5. A waterbrush or a cup of water and small paintbrush.
6. White embossing powder.
7. Heat gun
8. Decorative tag
9. Glittered silver cardstock
10. Ribbon, white hemp cord and a jingle bell.
11. Craft sheet or a plastic plate.

Begin by using the archival ink to stamp the Penguin with the fish image onto white cardstock.

 The easiest way to "paint" any design with markers is to 'scribble' your marker onto your craft sheet or plate and then pick up your ink with a water brush. Dilute the ink with water as you work to create different shades of the same marker.  You can see the color difference below.

Use the same technique and other markers to color the rest of the stamped image.

Use the the dark blue marker to stamp the word "Brrrr..." onto your tag.

Stamp the snowflakes using the versa mark ink.

Sprinkle them with the white embossing powder and heat set them with your heat gun.

Layer everything as shown, securing with adhesive.

Finish off the card with a double bow and the jingle bell. 

 I am really loving the silver and blue combination, what do you think?

Minty Birthday Wishes

Hi Chris here and today I am excited to share this sweet Birthday card I created for one of the many upcoming family birthdays.  I just love the color combination of the mint, pinks and gold!

 List of Supplies: : 

Sin City Stamps Classic Spark (includes Diamond Background)

Sin City Stamps Dandelion Wishes set

VersaMark

White Embossing Powder

Watercolor gelatos- in gold, pink and mint green.

Ribbon

Pearl Floral Sprig

Paper Roses
Heat embossing tool
Damp cloth or baby wipes
Scissors and adhesive

1. Stamp the Diamond background stamp onto white cardstock with Versamark ink. Sprinkle the design with the embossing powder. Shake off excess powder into its container. Use the heat gun to melt the powder until it is glossy and smooth.

2. Scribble the gelatos onto the background.

3. Blend the gelatos with a damp cloth or baby wipe. Don't you love how the diamonds pop after this step?

4. Repeat the embossing technique for the butterfly and sentiment, both from the  Dandelion Wishes set.

5. Color them and blend with the gelatos. 

6. Hand cut the butterfly and banner shape. 

7. Assemble the card by adhering the stamped diamond background to the front of your card.

8. Then add the banner as shown.

9. Finish off the card with a 2 loop bow, the floral sprig, paper rose and the stamped butterfly.