Category: Tonic/Nuvo

Tuesday with Wendy, July 16th

7/20/2019

The cards from the last Tuesday with Wendy class were so WONDERFUL!!!!

The first card that Wendy designed was inspired from this stamp from Hero Arts, Border Messages as well as this stencil from The Crafter's Workshop, Script Dots

To make the card:

Start out with 2 colors of Colorburst, Wendy chose a purple and a blue. Squirt out a FEW PARTICLES onto your silicone craft mat. Spritz the particles with water and then smoosh a small piece of white watercolor paper (If your watercolor paper has a torn/deckled edge, that's even better!!) onto the surface of the silicone craft mat. This will pick up the color from the mat onto your watercolor paper. Heat-set the colors with a heat-gun so the paper is COMPLETELY dry.
Next, put on some gloves! Put some fresh bleach into a mini-mister. Place your Stencil on top of the paper you just decorated with Colorburst. Now spritz your Bleach Mini-Mister on top of the stencil/paper. When you do this, you will SLOWLY see the circles appear and they will be a slightly lighter color than the rest of the colorized paper. **The reason why this works: The pigment of the Colorburst actually DISAPPEARS when bleach is applied to it, removing the colorburst from the paper**
Now, stamp the sentiment, "Thank you" with Versafine Clair, Nocturne ink onto white card stock. Rip the paper above and below the sentiment so it creates a rough edge. Then take a purple ink pad (Wendy used the Distress Ink Wilted Violet) and rub the ink pad along the ripped edge of the paper, giving the sentiment a nice, vibrant border above and below.
Adhere your sentiment to the front of your colorized background using double-sided tape or Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive. Mount this onto a piece of black paper and mount it all onto a piece of light blue card stock as your card base.

I love how vibrant this card is!! What a fun and creative idea!!

The next card that Wendy created was inspired from this embossing folder from Cuttlebug, Mary Ann Embossing Folder as well as this die-cut from Memory Box, Scribble Frond Background

To make the card:

Start out with a piece of the Maid 'O Metal Goldtone decorator foil. Cut foil in half so you can cut your die-cut leaf frond out of the gold decorator foil. Now take ALL 3 PIECES of the decorator foil and put them in your embossing folder and run it through your Home Die-cut Machine. This will texturize the goldtone foil as well as the foil leaf.
Then, use a piece of handmade textured paper and a piece of gold/cream ribbon and layer the pieces to create a fun design on your ivory card base.
Place the leaf-frond on the front of the card and use Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to adhere the leaf design to the front of the card.

I love how elegant this card is... and the tone-on-tone with the metallics looks SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

The last card that Wendy created was inspired from 2 Fred Mullett designs.. Fish Skin and Bluegill

To make the card:

Start with a piece of white card stock. Use Prismacolor colored pencils to run some color HORIZONTALLY across the card. Wendy chose greens, yellows, and blues. Then, once you have put some color down, take some Gamsol (mineral spirits) onto a piece of paper towel and using your finger, rub the paper towel across the colored pencil HORIZONTALLY on the card stock. When you apply the Gamsol to the color, the colors blend together and become very vibrant!!
Next, stamp your fish stamp (the Bluegill fish) a couple times on top of the Prismacolor Pencil background. **CREATE A MASK by stamping your fish out onto a piece of copy paper, fussy-cut the fish image out and place it ON TOP of the fish you just stamped. You will need to create 2 fish masks so you can cover up both of the fish you stamped out**
Once you have laid your fish masks in place, stamp your Fish Skin stamp on TOP of the fish. What happens is the masks block-off the fish stamps you stamped out earlier. When you remove the masks, you are left with the Fish Skin stamp as the background and the fish images as the forefront.
Apply a coat of Detail Clear embossing powder to your stamped images and heat-set it with a heat gun.
Once you have heat-set your image, take a piece of fine mesh ribbon (Wendy chose a piece of light green mesh ribbon) and used double-sided tape on the FRONT of the card to hold the mesh in place. Wendy also put some tape on the backside of the image to make the ribbon wrap around and adhere to the back as well.
Then take your Versamark ink pad (the clear ink pad for embossing) and press it across the entire front of the card, including across the mesh ribbon. Then cover the entire front of the card with a layer of Detail Clear embossing powder. Heat-set the image with a heat-gun.
Finally, mount the image onto a piece of dark green card stock and then onto a light green card base.

I LOVE the vibrancy of this card!!!! And the mesh inclusion is just SO FUN!

Thank you to EVERYONE who attended the last class... we had a whopping 49 students attend!!!

If you have any questions about the cards or techniques, feel free to give us a call at the store 360-647-9663 or send us an email at stampadoodle@gmail.com

Masking Ideas with Paper and die-cuts

6/21/2019

Demo from this week was lots of fun!! We explored the world of "Masking"

What is a mask??? A mask is something that has a shape cut out and it blocks off the rest of the paper so when you apply paint or ink it only lands on where your shape is cut out. (Sometimes people refer to stencils as a "mask"... which makes sense because it is blocking off other areas while you apply ink or paint to your stencil!)

Check out some of these ideas using Masking Techniques!

Ok, a traditional mask is easy enough to do. Stamp an image onto your paper and then stamp the "ghost" stamp onto a piece of scratch paper and FUSSY CUT that image out. The fussy-cut image is now your MASK. Use a Removable Glue Dot to place the mask on top of the stamped image. This covers the image allowing you to decorate the background!!

You can also use your Hero Arts Nesting Circle die-cuts to cut a circle out of a piece of paper. Then, you can use one of your Large Picket Fence Blending Brushes to apply a soft color from your ink pad across the circle (I love to use the Kaleidacolor Rainbow Ink Pad for this effect!!). The mask makes it really easy for creating a moon or sun

You can also use the Kaleidacolor Rainbow Ink Pad to create a vibrant rainbow background on your white card stock.

THEN overlay a stencil (I used a combination of this Ocean Stencil from Carabelle Studio and this Mermaid Tail die-cut from Taylored Expressions) and apply a layer of Versafine Clair Ink, Nocturne using the Nuvo Blending Sponges.

When you apply a layer of the Versafine Clair, Nocturne Ink, the ink stays wet long enough to do Heat Embossing! To create this glittery effect, sprinkle on Kaleidoscope Embossing Powder over the black ink and heat-set it. What you end up with is this AMAZING Glittery Rainbow on the black ink.

If you let the black ink dry completely, you can go back in and add white accents with the Uniball White Gel Pen!!

The contrast here with the vibrant Rainbow Ink pad and the white gel pen creates an AMAZING effect!!

Check out this idea using the Lawn Fawn die-cut, Mushroom Border. I cut out my die-cut using just a piece of white poster board. I ALWAYS SAVE THE REVERSE IMAGE as well as the die-cut shape.

I first laid down the mushroom and grass masks so I could create my sky using my Rainbow Ink Pad. I also added a splatter of Dr. Martin's Bleedproof White to create the stars!!

Next, I laid down the grass mask (again) and the REVERSE CUT OUT of the mushrooms.

I can now colorize JUST the mushrooms using inks and the BleedProof White for the white spots

When you pull away the mask, you end up with this AMAZING combination of colors!!

I love using the die-cuts as masks because you can block off areas and use the images as stencils making it possible to make your animals face different directions or creating your own scenes or designs!!

Using the same idea as shown above, you can make a moose walking alone under the moonlight... I love this image from Taylored Expressions, Woodland Silhouettes 2

I decided I liked the grass border from the Lawn Fawn Mushroom Border set... So I used it again for the grass under the moose

I added a moon in the sky and then used a circle to BLOCK it off so I could create a night sky.
I used the REVERSE CUT OUT of the moose to make a brown moose walking among the grass.

You can create some amazing effects using Distress Oxide Spray Inks and this wonderful Cloud Stencil from Rosie's Roadshow

Using the die-cuts and REVERSE CUT-OUTS you can create an entire scene!!

When my brushes are dirty, a great way to still use up all that ink is to use your CLOUD STENCIL on a piece of white card stock... not only does it create an amazing effect, but it cleans off your blending brushes!!

Now, I wanted to create a Moon in a Galaxy!!

To create the MOON, I cut out a crescent moon from a piece of poster board using an X-acto knife. I used the REVERSE CUT OUT and stuck it on my paper.
I used a palette knife to smear the Nuvo Mousse across the moon image. I removed the mask.
I sprinkled on 2 colors of embossing powder (Moonstone and Gold embossing powder) and heat-set the mousse/embossing powder together.

What I end up with is this crescent moon with TEXTURE!!!!

To create theSKY and SILHOUETTES :

First lay down the MOON SHAPE CUT OUT on top of the moon. To hold it in place, just use a couple pieces of double-sided tape . This blocks off the moon to keep it from changing colors when I use the other inks.
Lay down a layer of black ink (Versafine Clair, Nocturne ink) with a Large Picket Fence Blending Brush around the edges of the moon, LET IT DRY. THEN lay down your die-cut shapes and hold them in place with a removable glue dot. CLEAN YOUR BRUSH!
THEN add a layer of Hero Arts Unicorn White Ink on TOP of the black ink, again using a Large Picket Fence Blending Brush. Be careful here not to smear the ink because you want it to sit on the surface, just dabbing on the Hero Arts White Ink. LET IT DRY.

I used the Distress Oxide Inks with my Large Picket Fence Blending Brushes and I LOVE the look of the vibrant rainbow galaxy!!!
To create the white dots, I always just splatter the Dr. Martin's Bleedproof white
When your galaxy background is FINISHED, peel away the masks and look at the AMAZING REVEAL of the little images along the edge of the moon!!

**I recommend using the Joy of Stamping Brush Cleaner to clean your brushes when you are done using your Distess Oxide Inks** Otherwise when the ink dries your brushes might feel a little bit stiff. You can also use Stamp Cleaner to clean your brushes

This is the other idea using the same concept... This time used the Thoughtful Faerie die-cut from Poppy and the Mushroom die-cuts... the masks worked PERFECTLY together!!

There are SO MANY wonderful ideas for using your stencils, masks, and die-cuts to create stunning works of art!!!

What will you create next?!

Stop by the store to get inspired.. we would love to see you!
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Tuesday with Wendy, June 18th

6/21/2019

Check out these FUN cards from card making class this week!!

This is such a FANTASTIC set of cards!!

The first card that Wendy created was inspired from this Nesting Rounded Rectangle die-cut set and this Jungle Bold Prints background stamp from Hero Art

To make the card:

Start out by stamping onto a piece of white card stock. Ink the stamp with your Versamark ink pad. Use a Stamp Platform to stamp the image
Apply Detail Gold Embossing Powder across the entire image and heat set it.
Then lay down your Rounded Nesting Rectangles on your die-cut machine (you don't need ALL the rectangles, you can use the photo below to see how to arrange the die-cuts on your die cut machine)
Cut into your piece of card stock that has the image stamped on it. You will end up with 3 Rounded Rectangles that fit one-inside-the-other
Now, take a piece of 8 1/2" x 11" dark purple card stock and cut it in half LENGTHWISE. Score the paper at 2 3/4" from the LEFT and 2 3/4" from the RIGHT. This will create a gate-fold card
Close the "gates" of the card and line up the largest Rounded Rectangle on top of the entire card. Adhere it on the LEFT GATE ONLY using Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
Now, get the 2nd largest Rounded Rectangle and line it up inside the larger Rounded Rectangle and adhere it on the RIGHT GATE ONLY
Finally, lay down the center Rounded Rectangle and lay it inside the Medium Rounded Rectangle and adhere it to the LEFT GATE ONLY
At this point, when you open and close the gate-fold the Nesting Rounded Rectangles should INTERLOCK
When you open up the gate fold, this is where you will place a piece of white card stock. BEFORE YOU ADHERE IT down, wrap the piece of white card stock with a piece of Gold Mesh Ribbon and use double sided tape to hold the ribbon in place. Then use double-sided tape to adhere the ribbon-wrapped card stock to the inside of the card.
To finish off the card, wrap the closed card with a piece of sheer purple ribbon

I LOVE the interactive element to this card!!! It is SO MUCH FUN!

The inside of the card is set-up perfectly for displaying a sentiment or for pasting-down a placard for writing a greeting

The next card that Wendy created was inspired from this AMAZING Nautical Whale stamp from Creative Expressions/ Pink Ink Designs

To make the card:

Start out with stamping your Whale Image with Versafine Clair, Nocturne Ink onto a piece of Light Grey card stock. Stamp at the TOP of the grey card stock so there is plenty of space below the whale.
Cut a small piece of Black Wave handmade paper to fit on the front of the card. Use a pair of scissors to fussy-cut the waves so you can see the wave-shape
Line up the wave paper with the bottom of the card base so you can see where the whale image is covered up. Use an X-acto Knife to cut the bottom part of the whale (where the wave covers up the whale) like the belly of the whale, his fins, and his tail. Tuck the Black Wave Paper underneath the edge of the whale.
Wendy used a white card base, then layered a piece of black paper, and finally a piece of white paper to the front of the card base. Then, adhere the grey card stock with the whale onto the front of the card making sure to place a pop dot underneath each of the fins and the tail

I LOVE the look of this card!!! It is so stunning!! The Black Wave handmade paper looks so fantastic with this whale image!

The last card that Wendy designed was inspired by this Delightful Daisy die-cut from Poppy

To make the card:

Start out by cutting the Delightful Daisy die cut out of white felt-weave card stock
Use your water brushes and a water color palette to paint the daisies
Wendy used a white card stock as your card base. She layered a piece of yellow polka-dot paper on the card base. Then, layered a smaller piece of dark brown card stock next and then laid a piece of ANOTHER yellow decorative paper on top of the brown card stock.
Then, take your painted daisy die-cut and adhere the stem down with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive and then use pop-dots behind the flowers and leaves to add dimension
Finally, use the Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to adhere an Oval Gem onto the center of each flower to make them more fun!!

I love how bright and SUMMERY this card is!!!

Card class was SO MUCH FUN this week!! Thank you everyone who joined us :-)

The next card making class will be offered on July 2nd

Please give us a call by Saturday, June 29th to reserve your spot!!
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Doodle Ideas from Our Customers

6/17/2019

A few months ago, Wendy taught a demo teaching her take on Doodling. She showed how she would create a page of doodles (like 4 doodles on a page) and then make copies of her doodle creations on both card stock and vellum... giving her a RANGE of possibilities.

Below is pictured her Doodles, the same image is copied onto a piece of card stock AND a piece of vellum

At demo, Wendy challenged the attendees to do something else with her doodle.. she passed out full card stock sheet of her doodle and asked each attendee to bring back ONE of their ideas!!

Well... you can see that our customers are CREATIVE to say the least!!

Check out all these amazing ideas!!!

First Design has a circle theme.. and I LOVE what these gals created!!

I love the texture on this one!! The Beads and Acrylic Paint dots are SO FUN here!! Great use of shape!!

Here, one of our customers used Acrylic and Glitter Paints to emphasize the shape!!

Or look here how this customer used shaped sequins, gems, and Acrylic Paint to embellish the doodle.. I LOVE the colors here!!

These 2 ideas came from Wendy and Elli..

Wendy colored part of her image with a red Tombow Marker and then used the Scribble Circles die-cut from Impression Obsession.

Elli used an X-acto knife to cut out some of the circles and then backed the image with Glitter Paper

The next design that Wendy created was inspiring on a variety of different levels!

I love how here a customer used BUTTONS to add dimension!!

Awhile back Wendy created this one where she copied her doodle onto Vellum, colored it, and sandwiched it between 2 pieces of card stock (that each had an oval cut out of it) so that the light shines through!!

The details and fine dots on this one make it so you can see new detail each time you look at it.

This was one that Elli created using this Fishing Boat die-cut from Taylored Expressions.. the doodle looked a little like an ocean scene.. so this die-cut fit PERFECTLY with it!

This doodle had great movement... check out what some of the gals did with this one!!

Look how one customer made a MINI BOOK!!!! I love this SO MUCH

Check out this AMAZING shadowbox that one of the gals made!!!! The black base and the colors are SO VIBRANT in this creation!!

Check out the AMAZING colors in this one!! I loved how she added the bold pops of black as the focal point in the middle of the art piece!!

Look at this one that Wendy created using her Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen and Tombow Markers

This idea was created by coping the doodle onto vellum, then cutting it apart, gluing it down with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive, and then adding light tones with a White Uniball gel pen

The geometric shapes in this next one lend for some AMAZING ideas!!

I LOVE this one where she cut it apart to make it look like buildings!!

Wendy used the doodle as the background for this fun Laurel Burch stamp from Stampendous.. the geometric shapes work together PERFECTLY

Elli created this one, again cutting it apart to make it look like shelving!! We added the mini-cats from Impression Obsession to add a FUN flare!

It's SO AMAZING what you can create with a doodle!!!

If you need help getting started on doodling, stop by the store to get inspired!!

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Bling! Glitter! Mica Flakes!

6/15/2019

Here at the store, we are all about BLING! .... and by "we" I actually mean "me," Elli :-)

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE gems, glitters, mica flakes, stickles and glitter paints.. pretty much anything that sparkles makes me EXTREMELY happy!!

This week for Demo, I played with several ideas to show you the ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES in the world of Bling!

To start with, I showed everyone the AMAZING gems from Tonic/Nuvo.

The gems come in SO MANY wonderful designs!! Each container of gems has 3 sizes of the same shape... so you end up with a nice gradation of sizes in each container.

Check out these ones that look like raindrops!! I love it underneath this umbrella! They are the Water Droplets gems.

I also love using these Silver Petal gems for adding a little "extra" to my brush lettering!!

The 3 sizes of gems are PERFECT for adding the gradation of petals!!

Check out here where you can add bling to the blanket on this little Llama die cut from Taylored Expressions!!

The Golden Ovals gems are also great for adding "berries" onto the branches of this Berries Background Cutting Plate from Taylored Expressions

These SUPER iridescent gems are some of my ALL TIME FAVORITES

The Crystal Gems and the Amethyst Squares are both SO WONDERFUL!!!

The Crystal Gems are great for making things look like water in a bird bath or like winter berries on a tree!!!

The best part about the gems coming in 3 sizes is it makes it EASY for creating BORDERS along the edges of your stamped images...

Now, one of my FAVORITE forms of bling is the Star Shaped Glitter!! (or star confetti) from Creative Expressions

Check out this idea using The Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to place stars in the sky... the Handmade Marbled Paper makes the BEST starry sky!!

Have you played with the Glitterific Acrylic Paints yet?!?!

Here, I created a Rainbow Background with my Calypso Rainbow Ink Pad and added the Blue Glitterific Paint in the area where I wanted water. I used a Palette Knife to apply just a thin layer...

Here, I used the Rainbow Ink pad and my Large Picket Fence Blending Brush to apply an ombre-rainbow background.

THEN I went in with Diamond Stickles and added swirls in the sky!!

Stickles are GREAT for adding just a bit of bling onto the butterfly die-cuts as well because you have such great control of the glitter... even adding tiny swirls!!

I LOVE the Mica Flakes that we carry!! They are a natural-bling and they are GREAT for ocean-themed cards!! To adhere the Mica Flakes, I use the Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Nuvo also creates Butterfly Confetti!! Which is great for creating a "faux shaker card" where you use Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to adhere the butterflies in place!