Double Zig Zag Card JRC_074

I got seven new JustRite Stamp sets, and two JustRite dies today, so I had to make a new card for JustRite Friday Challenge #074 - "Vintage Masculine". I made this card from another wonderful tutorial by Marianne Skjelstad. I wanted a mottled paper for the card and tried to make my own, but it came out terrible. I didn't have anything I liked for the card, so I used two pieces of handmade paper for the backgrounds. I'm not terribly happy with them though.

The top photo shows the card closed.

The lobster is green because it matches the paper better, and here in Maine, we see more green lobsters than red ones, because most of the lobsters we see are uncooked!

Since I used so many different JustRite products, I am listing them at the bottom of the page.

This photo is when you open the card. All the shells are JustRite stamps from the sets listed below.

While the card is open, you lift the flap, and there is a place for a saying.

All the coloring is done with three Copic markers. One brown, one yellow, and colorless blender. The stamping is done with Distress Peeled Paint, and the distressing is done with Antique Linen.

These are the JustRite products I used.

JB-10025 Nested Oval Medallion Labels Dies

JB-03730 Vintage Label & Banner Dies

CL-03645 Oceanside Oval Medallion - Cling

CL-02220 Sea Shell Bay Labels Twenty Two - Cling

CL-03655 At the Beach Oval Medallions - Cling

CR-03710 Anchors Away

Compass Card JRC_074

I made this card for JustRite Friday Challenge #074 - "Vintage Masculine". I wasn't really happy with yesterday's card. It looks beautiful in person because of all the textures, but it doesn't look so great in photographs. This one looks better. I was inspired to create this card by Linda Duke's beautiful ships wheel card, only I like her's much better!.

I used the same handmade paper as I used yesterday, and cut the porthole, (or outside of the compass, whichever it looks like to you), using Spellbinders dies. The first time I did this, I covered it with Glossy Accents to make it shiny, but it started rolling up on me, so I decided to try to dry it with a heat gun. Big Mistake!!! The glossy Accents turned white! So don't dry your glossy Accents with a heat gun! I added a layer of acetate behind the hole, (which is why the compass looks a little cloudy in the photo, it doesn't in real life), and mounted it dimensionally over the compass. The acetate actually gives the impression of looking through the glass of a real compass.

The compass is from JustRite's discontinued Anchors Away set, and colored with water color pencils. I tried it first with Copics, but I just can't get them to work in small spaces. I sure wish the tip was finer. So many people do such beautiful things with them, but I always come up with duds.

I used VersaMagic Aegean Blue to stamp it with, and Anna Griffin Coffee ink for distressing, then used a Martha Stewart anchor punch to punch anchors out of some old textured antique gold CS. I put Glossy Accents over the anchors to give them a dimensional rounded look. The Glossy Accents were still wet when I took the photograph, so they look a little cloudy. Needless to say, I didn't use the heat gun on them!

I have seven new stamp sets and two die sets coming from JustRite, so hopefully soon, you won't be seeing the same stamps on my cards over and over again! I have a lot of their stamps, but most of them are Christmas stamps. I've got all the new nautical sets coming, plus three of their new flowery sets. It will be so much fun to have something new to work with!

Sailboat and Handmade Paper JRC_074

I saw this beautiful handmade paper at an art supply store and it reminded me of the ocean. It's a mottled teal and green with lots of texture. I made this card very simple because I didn't want to cover the paper up.

I'm entering this into JustRite Friday Challenge #074 - "Vintage Masculine". I'm hoping it's vintage because of all of the texture, natural twine and distressing.

The base card is ivory and the motif is stamped onto the same ivory CS using JustRite's JB-09755 By The Sea Borders & Centers and die cut with JustRite's Custom Die JB-10025 Nested Oval Medallion Labels Dies made by Spellbinders.

The card and motif are matted with the mottled teal paper and a darker teal handmade paper. The motif is mounted dimensionally. The distressing around the motif and card are done with a teal stamp pad from Anna Griffin, and the stamping is Versamagic Aegean Blue. The coloring is done with water color pencils which actually match the paper colors much better in person than they do in the photo. I wanted the coloring to be light and monochromatic so they compliment the paper rather than contrast with it. Rather than smoothing out my coloring with water, I left it rough so it would match the paper texture better. The only embellishments I used were these two hemp square knots.

Ship and Shells Easel Card JRC_074

I think I finally got a vintage card! This is for JustRite Friday Challenge #074 - "Vintage Masculine". For this challenge, I used JustRite's discontinued You Are My Anchor set for the medallion above the ship, and JustRite's JB-09755 By The Sea Borders & Centers for the shell medallion at the bottom of the easel.

I am so happy, when I first posted this, I was afraid my new stamps had been delivered to someone else. I just found out from the wonderful people at JustRite that there had been a delay in sending them because they are moving from Illinois to Virginia. They were sent out two days ago, so I should be receiving them any time now. I can't wait to see them!!!

The DP and die cuts are K&Co, and the ink used for stamping and distressing is Anna Griffin Chocolate. For some reason the distressing on the boat looks orange in my photograph, but it looks brown on the cards. It is the same ink that I used to distress the card and medallions. The boat and shells have too much red and orange in them in the photo too. The whole card is much more brown than this.