A Touch of Grace

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Out with the old and in with the new!  In order to clear out and make room for new product, I’m cleaning out my Stampin’ Up! inventory, new and used. Everything has been reduced by 30% or more. I’m providing pictures to show the products for easy reference.

Demonstrators and consumers alike, there are fabulous items I’m letting go, never opened, brand new, 30% off.  Get a cup of coffee, sit back and feel free to browse through the three tabs above (over my blog banner) entitled:  SU Stamps, SU Inks/Paper, and SU Accessories/Tools and check out the great deals.  No sales tax will be charged; shipping is not included. Everything will ship priority mail. I will stuff the priority boxes as full as I can, without damaging the product. Payment through Paypal only.  E-mail me: jerrikay@jerrikay.com to place an order; I will invoice you via Paypal.  As soon as payment is received, the items will ship same or next day.

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Thanks so much for stopping by.

Today I have a lot of pictures to show you of a project I designed for my guest bedroom.  It will hang on a wall in three panels as shown.  It was nearly impossible to get close ups of the entire set so I decided to take several pictures and try to piece it all together.  The image you see above is from the Plant a Little Love set from JustRite Stampers.

I stamped the image on xerox paper and then blew it up to 180% on a copy machine.  I traced the pattern onto Parchment paper.  I absolutely love these new floral sets from JustRite.  This design illustrates how versatile they are.  I chose only a portion of the Wild Prairie Rose image for this design.  You can see here the card I made using the entire stamp. 

Using Anja Style Stencil FE 6124 I designed a custom frame for the center panel.  The center panel was designed with Open Passe-Partout Stencil EH 1824.  The frame measures 8 1/2″ x 6 3/4″ (not including the silk hanger and bow).

The Wild Prairie Rose image was transferred onto Carnation White embossing paper from the Parchment paper (pictoral illustrations for this technique are shown here toward the bottom of the tutorial), as were the other panels and then watercolored.  I used Gold Tinta Ink to trace over the graphite lines with a Mapping Pen (pictoral illustrations for this technique are shown in the link I just provided in the previous sentence).  This panel measures 6 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ (not including the silk hanger and bow).

Small silk magenta bows were placed on the lower corners of both the left and right panels.  Tiny butterflies were punched from a Fancy Crafts Twin Punch and adhered randomly on the panels.  This panel measures 6 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ (not including the silk hanger and bow).

I sketched rose buds on the four corners of each of the panels and watercolored them with Schminke watercolor paints. I wanted to show you this close up of one of the buds as it’s so small in the other pictures, you can’t see the detail.

A frontal view to illustrate how the design will be hung on the wall.  I will try to come back and provide another picture once the design is hung on the wall.

This close up of the left panel gives you a closer view of the detail.  There are several layers on each of the panels of this design.  I used an 18Kt. Gold Krylon Pen around the edges of all of the panels.  An X-Acto Craft Knife was used to cut out the stencils.  I used Silver Gray embossing paper on the inner panels on which the small rose buds were painted.  Dark Purple embossing paper was used on the lower panels, as well as Black embossing paper.

This close up of the large center panel better illustrates the embossing and cutting of the custom frame.  I added Joy!Craft Pale Yellow Pearls to this panel.

I love the gold lines on the Deep Purple embossing paper.  I used a clear grid ruler and came in 1/8″ and drew them with a Gold Gel Pen.  Joy!Craft Foam Pads were used for dimension between the layers.

To emboss the panels I used the Wizard. To emboss the custom frame I used a light box with Embossing & Stylus tools.  For ease of embossing I used Perga Soft embossing wax.  In this picture you can see the beautiful lustre of the pearls, they look so real. As you can see, they are almost completely round, only a tiny portion of the bottom side is flat giving the illusion of complete roundness.  By using only a small portion of the Open Passe Partout EH 1824 stencil, I embossed the top portion of the panel that has been watercolored. 

From the angle of this shot, you can see the raised panels of the design from top to bottom.

If you are interested in a copy of the template for the custom frame, please leave a comment in your order and I will be happy to send it along with your purchase.

Shopping:

 A Touch of Grace - Paper Boutique - Open Passe Partout EH 1824, Anja Style Stencil FE 6124, Plant A Little Love, Parchment Paper, Carnation White, Silver Gray, Deep Purple, and Black embossing paper, Gold Tinta Ink, Mapping Pen, Krylon 18KT Gold Pen, Perga Soft, Embossing & Stylus Tools, Fancy Crafts Twin Punch, Joy!Craft Pale Yellow Pearls, Joy!Craft Foam Pads, X-Acto Craft Knife, Gold Gel Pen, Zip Dry Adhesive, May Arts Ribbon, Bow Easy, Genesis Paper Trimmer

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope to be back next week with more designs!

Welcome to the JustRite Garden Tour Blog Hop.  I’m thrilled to be a guest with the JustRite design team featuring the new garden sets coming out this month. My blog has been down and I’m a little late in joining, but better late than never  .   .   .  right!!

Isn’t this picture spectacular!  I love the luminous glow of the flowers, don’t they look so real! I feel as if I could just reach out and touch them and smell their wonderful fragrance.

I don’t know about you, but I’m so ready for Spring and the beautiful flowers it brings!!  JustRite is releasing five sets that I’m so in love with, My Garden, Plant A Little Love, Seeds of Kindness, Romantic Sentiments, and Loving Thoughts.  The sentiment stamps are already available and are in my store, A Touch of Grace - Paper Boutique.  The three floral sets will be available January 20 and I’m excited to share that I’ll also be offering them in my store.  If you’re interested, please e-mail me by clicking on the tab on the left side bar entitled “E-mail Me” and I’ll reserve a set for you.  I plan on designing a lot of designs with these sets and hope to inspire you as well.

Today I’m featuring a stamp from the Plant A Little Love set.  The flowers are wild prairie roses.  I couldn’t resist the wild roses, they’re one of my favorite flowers. I used the EH 1824 Open Passe Partout stencil in this design.  I’ll be back later in the week with more designs I’m working on with this stamp set.  I watercolored the flowers on the Carnation White embossing paper available in my store.  You can imagine my surprise to discover just how versatile this paper is! Colored pencils look like oil paintings when rendered on this gorgeous paper, the texture is stunning!

In this picture you can see the full range of the side panel I created by stamping the image four times on Carnation White embossing paper with Gold Encore ink.  I sprinkled Ranger Gold Fine Embossing Powder on the stamped image and heated it with my Milwaukee heating tool to set the embossing powder.  I watercolored the images with Schminke watercolor paints and then cut them out with an X-Acto craft knife and adhered them to the side of the card with Joy! Craft foam tabs. 

Using the masking technique, I stamped the image twice with Gold Encore ink on the center of a panel I hand embossed using the EH 1824 Open Passe Stencil.  I sprinkled the Gold Encore ink with Ranger Fine Embossing Powder. I heat set the powder using a Milwaukee heating tool.  I then stamped the image again using the same technique and watercolored all three images.  I cut out the third image with an X-Acto craft knife and adhered it to the lower portion of the panel using Joy! Craft foam pads.  As you can see in this picture, both panels were placed on Joy! Craft foam pads as well and then placed on the Dark Purple embossing paper.  Using the Schminke paints I mixed a color to match the Silver Gray embossing paper and painted the background on the focal panel surrounding the flowers.  I cut the panel out with the X-Act craft knife and used an 18Kt. Gold Krylon pen and traced around the edges of both panels, as well as the Dark Purple layer.  Once the design was put together, I punched the tiny butterflies with a Fancy Crafts Twin Punch and placed them randomly on the side flower panel as well as the focal panel.  This card design is rich in color and in texture.  It’s a lovely card and very versatile; it could be given for a birthday, Mother’s Day, Sympathy, Thank You, maybe a special friend who’s going through a rough spot.  It’s sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face. 

Be sure to check out the following blogs for more designs from these sets:

JustRite Inspiration Blog

Debbie Olson

Sharon Johnson

Angela Barkhouse

Barb Schram

Sharon Harnist

Becca Feeken

Michelle Wooderson

Heidi Blankenship

Michele Kovack

Kellie Fortin

Kathy Jones

Guest Hop Bloggers:

Jerri Kay Jimenez (me)
Lori Craig

Shopping: 

A Touch of Grace - Paper Boutique:  JustRite Plant A Little Love (coming soon, due Jan. 20, e-mail to Pre-Order) EH 1824 Open Passe Partout Stencil, Carnation White, Silver Gray, Dark Purple Embossing Paper, Wilwaukee Heating Tool, Fancy Crafts Twin Punch, X-Acto Craft Knife, Joy! Craft Foam Pads, Zip Dry Adhesive, Krylon Gold Pen, Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder, Metallic Gold Encore Ink

Thanks so much for stopping by, I truly appreciate your visits!