Steampunk Lime Fog plus Free Stuff

Welcome to the blog crawl, I hope you enjoy the visit. See the links to the other participants at the bottom of my post.

Gray Bicycle Birthday Card

Dressform and Gentlemans Perspective with Butterfly

This is the Steampunk Lime Fog

This is the inside sentiment. The frames match the color scheme of the card.

I did several renditions of this theme. I had some interesting colors come out of the combinations that I chose for this steampunk escapade. The first card I did had such unusual colors for the scalloped border, and flowers that I almost threw it out. The my daughter, who is taking Graphic Design at university, said she loved the color because it was so eye catching. I have to admit, it is Loud. I decided to share it here with the two that I liked.


I have created the papers, color swatches, and some of the cut files for this masculine birthday card. I had such a great time with the Steampunk Bizarre Brushes by Hogret that I found here.  I cut the flowers from the Silhouette Store on my Cameo.  The leaves and borders I created in my Silhouette Cameo Designer Edition software and cut with my Cameo, here are the links to the cut files: Leaves and Border. I also used a chipboard butterfly that I sprayed with Lindy Stamp Gang Starburst Spray in Yellow Rose of Texas which you can find here.

The inside sentiment is made by my using Some Weatz Swashes which I got here. I used a frame/label from the Silhouette Store, which I adapted heavily to meet my needs. I colored the frame using the swatch that matched the card front.

I am linking one of the posts that used on how to add patterns to your Silhouette, for both the designer edition and the regular edition.  It is really quite simple once you know the trick. Here it is.

I used my Photoshop to print the Digi Paper that I have as the background to the card.  I used the print and cut feature of the Silhouette Cameo to cut the scalloped border, leaves and greeting. What is interesting is that you can fit all the embellishment for one card on one piece of 8.5x11 cardstock. I use the Copic Express It card stock (CS), which I buy at Amazon when it is on sale, find it here. The X-Press It Paper is really high quality, but isn't too thick. It is between 70-80#, which makes it ideal for manipulating the rolled glowers, but sturdy enough to make a great card in a pinch. The printed colors on this stay really sharp and bright, which does not happen with cheap CS. I've tried some cheaper cover papers, and those have very limited capability as they are generally 65# or less.  The could not be a good quality card base.

The Digi Patterns can be used on the silhouette per the instructions in the linked video.  These are 300 pixels per inch, and can be printed for paper also. See my paper choice above.

If you have any questions please let me know. Comments make my day. Enjoy.

Namaste

Steampunk Yello n Lime Pattern and here it is free

Steampunk Gray n Yello Pilot Pattern and here it is free

Steampunk Lime Swatch and here it is free










Steampunk Yello Swatch and here it is free

Steampunk Graybull Swatch and here it is free

Gender Neutral Onesies & Free Cut Files - (The Thinking Closet)

Personalized Kindle Fire Cover - (Daily Dwelling)

Vintage Numbered File Organizer: Office Organization - (Whole New Leaf)

Make Montessori Sandpaper Letters with Silhouette - (Tried & True)

Steampunk Lime Fog Plus Free Stuff - (Creative Turn)

Their WORD for 2013: A Gift - (An Elegant Touch)

Pinch-Proof Shamrock Pin - (Coley's Corner)

Lucky - (Sugar Bee Crafts)

How to Not Lose Your Sunglasses - Silhouette Style - (Crafty Jac)

Easter Tweety & Peter RabbityTooT Sweet-Free Background Silhouette Download

These were created using the Silhouette Cameo.  The Tweetys and Peter Rabbit are from the Silhouette Store the background and sentiments I designed.  I have the Easter Egg Background and Frame as a free download.  I used white paper and sprayed them with Lindy Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays on the background and frames.  The edges were distressed with Tim Holtz Vintage Paper Distress Ink.  I used gems for the sentiment frame, and I can remembers whose they are.  Get the background Cut File here.  You can get the Frame Cut File here.

Steampunk Debutante Girl

I love steampunk anything.  When Graphic 45 came out with this particular series of paper I bought all the things I could.  This includes some Tim Holtz metal tags, and his rosettes for his dies.  The gears are from spellbiners.  The lace is from May Arts.  Everything else is cut from the G45 paper.  This is a 6 x 6 card that I created for a challenge, and missed the time by one hour.

Implemented Approvals for ALL Comments

I've had an attack of the over zealous robot ad.  I have implemented approval of all comments, and a security check to eliminate this nuisance.  I apologize for the extra step, but it is necessary to save my sanity.

Namaste

Stripes 'n Flowers Valentine--Free Printable Paper

This is a card that I made for a Shabby Tea Room challenge I thought I would try.  It had to have stripes and flowers.  I discovered that I didn't have any striped paper, so I decided to make it myself.  While I was at it I make two other patterns that would match the stripes perfectly.  I used Photoshop for this, and a brush set called Meldir Script Set which you can get  here.  I altered the color of the Grey Mist Script paper for the leaves by using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Bundled Sage to keep with the tones.  I used white card stock to print the patterns.  The leaves and flowers I bought from Silhouette.  The heart comes (from Bird Cards), and I designed the scalloped border myself on the silhouette and you can get it here.

There is a tutorial here that shows how to use the patterned papers to fill in the scalloped shape, and you can make a 4" wide x 3.5" high rectangle in the print, and the stripe for the scallop.  This is for a standard A2 card.

I distressed everything with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Lace, including those colored leaves.  I stamped the sentiments from Hot Off the Press Tiny Words & Images onto Sticky Backed Canvas. I punched the sentiments out with the Stampin' Up large oval punch and distressed them.  I used a GinaK Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight white card stock for the card base.

I will have the paper available below.  Just right click on it, and save it on your computer.  There are several tutorials on how to use the papers with the silhouette.  It is really neat in the Print and Cut Feature.  The one I liked best is here.

I hope you enjoy.
Namaste

Too Tweet Sweet

These two cards were a revelation to me.  I have never cared too much for all cut out cards.  However, the Silhouette Cameo, and its software has changed my mind.  The Tweetys and the Sentiments are both print and cuts.  I own an Imagine, which NEVER worked right, and never cut with the picture aligned in the center no matter how often I calibrated it even after two years of trying.  Can you say boat anchor? Sure ya can!

Now to much pleasantness.  These two images were printed and cut with my Silhouette Cameo on GinaK Pure Luxury Layering Weight White Card Stock.  I find that to be a good quality paper for ALL of my needs in the studio.  It even takes watercolor nicely if you don't over wet it. I made the cards bases out of the GinaK Heavy Base Weight White card stock.

I got the images out of the Silhouette web store.  I also got the background and internal card elements there. I used Vintage Photo Distress inks on the edges of the images, sentiments, and card base.  I raised the Tweety images on thick foam squares, and raised the sentiments on thinner foam squares.  I forget where I got them, but will be looking for more of them soon.  If you don't have two different thicknesses, just stack two foam squares together for the image, and single layer for the sentiments.

The two images below the cards, are what is on the inside of each card.  They are centered on each side of the card with the centerfold in the middle of them.  However, the crease does not show up here.  I left plenty of room for the signature and a personal note.  If I could have found a good Tweety Poem or other such birdy stuff, I would have used that also, but alas, I didn't have one.

I enjoyed doing these cards, I hope you enjoy.

Namaste

Challenge(s):

Cut it Up Challenge 11

Butterfly in Yellow and Grey

This is another Study in Yellow and Grey from Elka Romero Designs, I printed the designs on cardstock and then cut it to the size that I needed.  I used white cardstock from my stash, and I know it is a cheapy brand, as the colors are more muted than on the other cards.  I did that on purpose, as I wanted a more muted color scheme for this card, as the butterfly is the feature of the card.  I used prima pearls colored with a N7 Copic Marker.  The butterfly is by SEI I think.  The tag punches are by Stampin' Up as is this ribbon and black ink.  The flowers are a Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die by Sizzix and the leaf is a Birch Leaf by McGill.

This was a quick card once the printing was complete.

Thanks for coming by.
Namaste