Deonna Bemish - The House That Stamps Built

Project of the Week ~ Quilted Embossed Christmas Card

Dec 112017

Hi everyone, Deonna here, I’d like to share a Quilted Embossed Christmas Card with all of you today.

This will be my last Project of the Week with Repeat Impressions for awhile. After much deliberation, I’ve chosen to step down off the design team. I just think that I need a break for awhile. Miscellaneous things have been happening in life that I need to care for. That doesn’t mean that I won’t ever be back. I may be begging to come back. Lol!

Anyway, let’s just get started with my tutorial.

Supplies:
RI Stamps - 9402-U Quilt Background (I cut all of mine apart), 9403-P Quilt Frame, 9404-H Our Friendship, and 9408-H Friendship Quilt Square.
Cardstock base - Baja Blue cut at 4 1/4″ x 11″
Red cardstock at least 4 1/4″ x 5″ and a scrap for the sentiment
Embossing stamp pad
Black detail embossing powder - Recollections
Heat tool
Paper trimmer
Black ink - Ranger Archival
“Let it Snow” patterned paper pieces - 5 to 6 different prints.
Scissors
Powder tray or piece of scrap paper
Glue

1. Gather the above supplies and stamp using stamp 9403-P Quilt Frame onto the red cardstock using the black ink. Trim the square out leaving 1/4″ border around the image. Set aside.

2. Gather various pieces of coordinating patterened paper that you want to use. (This would be a good time to use your scraps.)

Using your embossing ink, powder tray and black embossing powder, stamp each of the individual stamps from the 9402-U Quilt Background that were used on the 9403-P Quilt Frame (above in step 1)

With the embossing ink - Stamp each of the corners onto your chosen patterned paper. Stamp twice with one scrap and twice with another patterned paper. You will need to stamp 4 of each of the same design for the last two. Add embossing powder and heat set.

3. Once each square is embossed, cut each of them out using your scissors and set aside.

4. Repeat step 2 and 3 with the square stamp 9408-H Friendship Quilt Square. Stamp the image with embossing ink onto 2 different patterned papers. Cut out the entire stamped image of the first and just the star center of the second. Set aside.

5. Stamp and emboss the sentiment 9404-H Our Friendship onto a piece of red cardstock. Trim into a square. Trim a piece of patterned paper slightly larger then the sentiment.

6. Lay each piece onto the stamped quilted square on the red cardstock from step 1. Make sure that your paper pattern is going the direction that you desire and glue each one down over the top of the base stamped image. Glue the star onto the center square and glue into the center of the quilted square. Glue the entire quilted square onto your blue card base. Glue down the sentiment and embellish as desired. I chose to only add some buttons that I had in my stash.

Finished project…

Project of the Week ~ Shadow Inking

Project of the Week

Oct 162017

Hi everyone, Deonna here with my Project of the Week and I’m going to show you how to shadow ink. I kinda think of it as reverse coloring.

Supplies:
Vellum - Cut to 4 1/4″ x 11″- Folded in half for a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card
White Cardstock - Cut the same as the vellum above
Stamps by Repeat Impressions - 908-K Cornucopia, 514-I Prize Pumpkin, 3309-K Scarecrow & Friend and 4313-K Sunflower
Staz-on ink in black
Sponge dauber - mine is Tim Holtz
Ink pads - Distress ink in Frayed Burlap, Gathered Twigs, Cloudy Sky, Salty Ocean

1. Take your vellum and stamp your images all over the desired area. Stamp the cornucopia and then stamp a mask and cut it out. Mask cornucopia and then stamp pumpkin along with a mask and cut it out, repeat with scarecrow and sunflowers.

2. Photocopy the vellum image above onto a piece of printer paper with masking paper on top. Fussy cut the image out with scissors.

3. After cutting out the image, place behind the vellum image aligned directly under the vellum image. Place the mask onto the white cardstock base. It should just stick to the cardstock underneath.

4. Taking your sponge dauber and Ranger ink, sponge the ink around the mask on the white cardstock. I used blue for the sky and green for the bottom. Remove the mask on the white cardstock.

5. Cut down your vellum to the card size and attach the vellum image directly over the cardstock using double-sided tape or vellum tape at the top and bottom to hold the vellum to the card.

6. Add a sentiment to the vellum using Staz-on ink, if desired and enjoy. You are now finished.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Project of the Week ~ Cracked Glass Technique

Project of the Week

Aug 212017

Hi everyone! Deonna here with a new Project of the Week. I want to show you how to make “Cracked Glass”. So gather your supplies and let’s get started.

Supplies:
RI Stamps - Serengeti Collection - 5411-0 African Post Collage (lg) and 5306-J Chimp
Archival ink in Coffee
Decorative paper of choice
White Cardstock
Perfect Medium ink or Versamark
Thick embossing powder
Powder tray
Vintage Photo Distress Stain
Sponge
Heat Tool

1. Take your Post Collage stamp, archival ink, decorative paper and stamp the image onto the decorative paper. Trim the paper down to the desired size or die cut it out. I just cut mine to 5″ x 3 1/4″.

2. Gather your stamped image, versamark ink and thick embossing powder, heat safe mat, and powder tray. With the stamped side of your decorative paper facing up. Turn your versamark pad facing down and apply all over the stamped image. After inking, over the top of your powder tray pour your thick embossing powder onto the ink just applied to the decorative paper. Heat set the embossing powder. You’ll know that the powder is set once it all melts over the paper. Repeat the process another 1-2 times until the powder is melted and looks thick and shiny. Allow to cool.

3. Bend the embossed paper all different directions to create cracks. Bend more for fine cracks, bend less for larger cracks.

4. Take your Vintage Photo Distress Stain and rub all over the top of the image. This should allow the stain to seep into the cracks and give an “Antiqued” look. You can also sponge over the cracks to get more stain into them. Take a paper towel and remove the excess stain.

5. I then decided to repeat the whole process with the chimp stamp. Now we have the final project to create a card with.

Project of the Week ~ Faux Airbrushed Background

Project of the Week

Jun 262017

Hi everyone, Deonna here with a Project of the Week for Repeat Impressions. Today, I would like to share a simple background technique with all of you that I call a Faux Airbrushed Background.

Supplies needed to create:
Repeat Impressions stamps - 1711-K, Lupine and 9717-C, Happy Hello
Acrylic Block
White Copic friendly cardstock
Black ink pad - This is a Ranger Archival Black
Copic Markers
Washi tape
Rectangle Spellbinder die
Distress inks in Broken China and Forest Moss
Die Cut Machine - Mine is a Big Shot
Scrap paper
Stippling Brushes

1. Take your black ink pad, stamp, block, and white cardstock. Stamp the image onto the cardstock.

2. Color the image as desired. I used Copic markers to color mine.

3. Take your Spellbinders rectangle die and using your die cut machine, cut it out. After running it through the Big Shot, leave the cardstock in the die and flip to the backside. Put a piece of tape on the back of the die and image to keep it from moving. Flip over to the front again.

4. Grab your stippling brushes and distress ink. Take your Broken China Distress Ink and run the brush through the ink just getting a small amount on the tips of the bristles. Pounce the excess ink off onto a scrap piece of paper and then run the bristles back and forth over the image to cover. Continue until you get the desired color. Repeat the process using your Forest Moss Distress Ink.

5. Remove the tape from the die and look at the beautiful frame that you have left and the colors of the background. Now your ready to create your card.

Thank you everyone for stopping by today. I hope that you will give this technique a try.

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