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Cash/Check Card 3

May 18, 2010 By: Pamela Category: Card Art, Digital Images, Other Art, Tutorials, Weekend Freebie

Told ya I had another template for you! This one will make a full sized 6.5×5″ money/check card!

SO simple too!

Digital image used: Graduation Word Art (free til May 24th) Paper: Basic Grey-Lily Kate, plain white cs (Office Max 110#) Colors: Copics/Triart

Step 1

Cut a piece of 12×12 paper to 6.5 x12

step 1

Step 2

On wrong side of paper, measure 5 inches in, and score across
Repeat at the 10 inch mark and score across-this will create a center fold and a 2 inch fold on one side

: step 2

: step 2a

Step 3

Fold up the 2 inch flap and adhere on the sides only. Use thin line of glue, sew, staple or use double sided tape.

: Step 3

This is the pocket for the check or cash to go in

Step 4

Finish card as desired

Inside

The finished card will measure 6.5×5 inches.

TFTI!

Pamela

Tags: Card Art, Digital Images, tutorial

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Check or Cash Holder Card 2

May 16, 2010 By: Pamela Category: Card Art, Digital Images, Projects, Tips, Tutorials, Weekend Freebie

With graduation just around the corner, I thought I’d better get busy creating some check cards…I can’t believe my oldest dd is graduating this year…these years sure have flown by! sniff…

Ok..let me wipe up my tears, so I can write this tutorial….lol

SOOO easy!

Digital image used: Graduation Word Art (free til May 24th) Stamps used: Birthday Wishes Paper: DCWV, plain white cs (Office Max 110#) Colors: Copics/Triart

TIP: Need your brad to match your art? Choose one of the copics/triart markers you used in your piece, and simply color a silver brad to match!

Step 1: Cut a 12×12 sheet of paper to measure 6.5×10

Cut your 12x12 paper

Step 2: Measure in 5 inches, and fold in half. Now measure in 2 inches from each side and fold in.

Measure and fold

Step 3: Adhere top flap all the way around, adhere bottom flap SIDES ONLY!

adhere sides

Finished card!

Ta da! Wasn't that EASY PEASY?

This check holder fits in a standard sized envelope too!

I’ve got one more template for a check card to show you, but I’m out of time for today….maybe Tuesday….enjoy your Sunday!

Pamela

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Tutorial-painting digital images

January 27, 2010 By: Pamela Category: Card Art, Tutorials

Hello digital masters!

Just thought I’d show you how I used water color pencils, and Triart/Copic markers with Twinkling H2Os to paint two of my digital images. Click any thumbnail for a larger view.

Images were printed with Epson all in one, RX620 on plain white 110# cardstock. I DO have problems with the twinks making the ink run, so I’m very careful with my painting!! I think it has something to do with the papers I’m using…we shall see what the next batch brings!

: First verse: Supplies needed-twinks, wc pencils and a printed digital image

: Begin by laying down a base color, when coloring a large area, I lay my pencil on it's side.

: Dont' worry too much about direction, it will all blend in when you apply the twinks

: See all images have a base color in wc pencil, and that's it.

: Activate the twinkling H2O by spritzing with a bit of water

: Carefully apply the first color of twinks. I used a light pink called Chifon Pink

: Now apply a darker color of twinks to get a bit of shading-I used Black Cherry

: Blend using a small craft brush/ water brush etc (I use mine wb empty, so I can control the amount of water being applied to the paper). Blend working inwards, toward the open area of the image, and AWAY from the computer ink lines.

: Now to do the blue bird. I used Tahitian Blue first, and then shaded with this color; called Ocean Wave. Notice I do not have a lot of water in there.

: See how on this angle, there is VERY little water ; just enough to activate the twinks.

: Apply the same Chiffon pink and Black Cherry combo we used earlier on the smaller hearts

: Look how pretty the twinks are!

: Inside of finished card-stamped a phrase, and add a nice flourish to anchor the phrase.

: Second verse-this time using Triart markers, and Copics!

: Color with base color-I used my lightest color first

: This time, we are going to shade BEFORE we add the twinks. Add a second, darker color

: Now add the darkest color you are using. A good rule of thumb when working with these markers is to choose colors that are no more than 2 digits away from each other in the sequence. ie. R 3 and R 5 play very nicely together. As do R5 and R7..but R3 adn R7 do not blend very well at all.

: Now apply ONE color of twinks. I used the chiffon pink again, for all of the hearts, and just Tahitian blue for the blue bird

: I did not blend the copics really well, before adding the twinks, I wanted to see how it would look. I ended up adding a bit more of my base color (over the twinks) to blend the marker a bit more. Then I added a bit more twinks.

: to finish I added one of the punch conversation words (free download!) and inked the edges. I punched this one using a 1 1/8" punch. This heart is about 3x4 "

: the finished card using markers. To see the finished wc card (already posted) click below

Click here to see the wc finished card.

Pamela

Tags: Digital Images, tutorial, twinkling h2o

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Versamark Resist

September 10, 2008 By: Pamela Category: Card Art

Since I’ve been working on the techniques page, trying to make it more user friendly, I thought I’d play around a bit with some of the techniques…lol

this one is the Versamark Resist.

Stamps used: Fall Flowers, and Fall Quotes Inks: Adirondack-Cabin Fever, Stampabilities-Yellow, course Versamark..lol

Cuttlebug embossing template-birds Paper-Club Scrap and Halmark Card Blank

TFL!!

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Not So Faux Oil Painting

July 13, 2008 By: Pamela Category: Card Art, Tutorials

Not So Faux Oil Painting by Brenda Loock

for FireCracker Designs by Pamela

Supplies Needed: Stamps, Canvas paper, Oil Pastels, Ink (pads or markers), Aqua brush filled with Baby Oil.

Optional supplies: Spray sealer, or oven, decrative scissors

1. Start by stamping your image on the canvas paper. Use any color you like, but matching the color to what you will color with looks best. Let it dry completely.

2. Color in your image using the oil pastels.

3. Move the oil pastel colors around and smooth out using the Aqua brush. If your oil gets too thick blot it off with a paper towel. Continue smoothing out to your liking.

4. Now there is a couple of ways to finish this off. Either put your canvas paper on a metal baking pan and bake for 10-15 minutes at 350. This will dry your oil so you can layer more colors over top using directions 2 and 3. Or if you like it how it is just spray the sealer right over it. I usually put about 4-5 coats of sealer on. Let each coat dry completely, let final coat dry over night. This keeps the oily look to the image, but it will not smear when you finish off your card.

5. On the Rose card I “roughly” cut out my oil pastel colored image with a decortive scissor to give it a ripped look (canvas paper only rips in a straight line). On the Tulip card, I framed the entire stamped/oil colored image to look like an oil painting.

A few more Rose cards by Brenda Loock

This one is just spectacular, don’tcha think? Altho Brenda wants to redo the bg piece, she thinks it’s too busy..what do you all think?

NOTE from the author:

I have bought pads of canvas paper at Micheals and Hobby Lobby in the the artists section (near watercolor paper etc) The brand name I have bought is Fredrix. I bought one that was Watercolor Canvas, and one that just says REAL Artist Canvas. So basically it is just canvas, but is sold like a pad of paper.

I also recently picked up a pad at WalMart that is labeled as Acrylic Mixed Media Paper for Acrylic and Gouache by Canson. I have not used this paper with the oil tech yet, the look and feel of the paper are different ( I would not bake this) but I am sure it would work for the tech.

HTH-Brenda