Monday, March 17, 2008

Reverse Cuttlebug

As some of you may know, I am not a loyal fan of the technique lovers challenge. I prefer to do simple stamping stuff, otherwise I run out of room on my table!! I usually don't participate, but I loved the samples for this weeks challenge, and it sounded pretty easy. The challenge was to take your cuttlebug embossing folder and put ink on the negative side(back of the top side). Then when you run it through, it puts the ink around everything but the embossing. It is an awesome effect, if you ask me!! I used my brayer and inked the inside of my script folder with Always Artichoke. Then I placed a piece of Mellow Moss cardstock inside it and ran it through my machine. I immediately went and washed off my embossing folder and my brayer. Let's face it, there is no saving the brayer, but the folder washed off perfectly!! I layered it with Mellow Moss and my card base is Always Artichoke. I stamped the pail from the Whipper Snapper set Posies for You, designed SweetMissDaisy herself, Anna Wight. If you haven't bought any of her sets, go shopping right now, they are fabulous. She has four cling sets released right now, and I love all of them(I am still waiting for my new one to arrive, but check out her blog,in my blogs I stalk, for samples it is so super cute!!)!! Anyway, I stamped it with Black stazon on Whisper White and colored it in with my Mellow Moss and Always Artichoke marker. I used my aquapainter to blend the colors and then colored the handle with my silver pen. I cut it out and glued it on top of the flower I had stamped from the same set. It was colored with my Pale Plum marker and highlighted with my Perfect Plum marker. I blended it the same way and then outlined the whole thing with my Cool Grey prismacolor marker. I have been on a roll with my bows here lately(what I am not telling you is that it takes me 45minutes to get them right), so I tied a lavender organdy bow around it and tied a bow. That's it for me now, may be back later with some more stuff, if I can get my butt in gear!!
Thanks for looking and have a great day!
stamps-Posies for You
paper-Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Whisper White
ink-Black Stazon and Always Artichoke
tools- word window punch, silver brads, script embossing folder, brayer, aquapainter, silver pen, lavender organdy, SU markers

14 comments:

  1. You did a great job with the challenge. Beautiful card.

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  2. wow..that looks amazing! GREAT job!

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  3. Jessie......AWE---some!!!! I love the two shades of green on the cb bg...and the purples....just gorgeous Spring colors! Not that we're seeing anything resembling Spring around here!! LOL Those images sound so lovely I'll have to go take a peek!!!

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  4. This card is beautiful. You did a wonderful job and I love the colors you worked with.

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  5. Gorgeous! Love the effect of the inked cuttlebug folder! Cute card...and darn it girl...stop enabling me!! I don't need any help!

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  6. What a great card!! That's an awesome technique I'll have to try! :)

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  7. This looks simply stunning!! Great job!

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  8. Beautiful job on the challenge! Love this technique. I'll have to go try it too!
    Deena (moonrise)

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  9. Jessie - this is such a beautiful card!!! You so rocked this technique.

    I swore I thought you had yours mailed out...I was feeling so behind and still am, but thought you had kicked my butt on getting them out as well...too funny.

    Hope you didn't wake up with a margie headache!!!

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  10. What a lovely technique this is! You and Lee have made some gorgeous cards with it.

    Of course, you have both made me want to get a cuttlebug all the more. I'm putting it on my birthday wish list right now - he he he!

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  11. Jessie, I wanted to let you know that your awesome card was added to my 'Today's Faves'section on my new blog. Hope you'll stop by for a visit!
    Deena (moonrise)

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  12. This is so absolutely gorgeous. I don't have a cuttlebug, but I love the effect this technique makes. Wonderful job. Joan

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  13. Fabulous, Jessie! I just love this one! What a great technique, huh! Ok, I'm finally puttin out my fun facts--thanks again for the tag the other day! I'm such a slacker

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  14. Ok, so now I think I'm "up to date"! This card is GORGEOUS! LOVE LOVE LOVE those colors and I saw this challenge but passed b/c I really didn't want to mess up one of my CB folders!! You are brave! ;)

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