JustRite Inspiration

Day Three with Guest Designer Cindy Lawrence

Good morning.  Today is the final day with Guest Designer Cindy Lawrence.  It has been such a pleasure having Cindy with us for these past 3 days.  Her projects have been amazing!!  Be sure to check out Cindy's blog for even more inspiration.

Here's Cindy:

Hello, friends!   

It’s my third and final day as guest blogger for JustRite this month.  I’ve had such fun playing with JustRite stamps.  They are SO my style. 

Today’s card showcases the beautifully scripted For All You Do Vintage Labels Three set.

I began with a textured bright yellow 5” square card base. I layered that with white and black card stock and striking patterned paper from the Carolina Breeze collection from Teresa Collins.  The dark grey seam binding, pretty pearl trinket pin, and black rhinestones give the card added interest and balance.  I mimicked the design in the patterned paper with the black rhinestones.

I stamped the beautiful label stamp three times, die-cut each layer with JustRite’s own Vintage Labels Three die set, and  utilized different parts of the label for each layer.  I popped them up with X-Press It Double Sided Foam Tape, and added one final layer die-cut with a Spellbinders Classic Ovals die.

I stamped the heart-warming sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a bit of patterned paper.  The base layer was die-cut with a Spellbinders Teardrop Circles die.  That’s a lot of layers!

Inside the card, I added a strip of patterned paper, and layers of black & white card stock.  I stamped the label in Memento Canteloupe ink, and stamped the sentiment and corner elements in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

That’s all, friends!  Thanks so much for spending the last three days with me!  It’s been SUCH a fun gig!  Thank you, JustRite, for having me!  Have a fantastic Wednesday!

Supply List:

JustRite Stamps- For All You Do Vintage Labels Three
JustRite Dies – Vintage Labels Three
Spellbinders Dies- Teardrop Circles, Classic Ovals
Paper- X-Press It Blending Card, Textured Yellow Card Stock
(Bazzill), Carolina Breeze Patterned Paper (Teresa Collins)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Cantaloupe
Accessories: Dark Grey Seam Binding, Black Rhinestones, Pearl
Trinket Pin, X-Press It Double Sided Foam Tape

Day Two with Guest Designer Cindy Lawrence

 Good morning.  Welcome to Day 2 with guest designer Cindy Lawrence.  Cindy has a lovely card today that is sure to brighten everyone's day!  You can also visit Cindy's blog for more great inspiring projects.

Here's Cindy: 

Hello, friends!   

I am back with a fresh and colorful card to share with you on this fine Tuesday.  I just had to play with the Botanical Medallions & Banners set. It’s such a gorgeous set!

I began by die-cutting my X-Press It Blending Card with the largest Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles die.  I love the lacey edges on this die set!  The patterned paper layers are actually from Little Yellow Bicycle’s Splash collection, which is a very bright, beachy collection of papers.  The colors were perfect for my card, and I was able to choose papers that fit into the theme beautifully.

The banner was stamped with Memento Morocco ink, and air-brushed with a YR07 Copic marker.

 The pretty lacey trim along the bottom of the card was a pale pink before I got ahold of it.  I air-brushed it with a YR07 Copic marker.  I also added a trio of green rhinestones to balance the card.

 I die-cut the frame with the Nested Oval Medallion Labels dies. I then die-cut the center oval with a Spellbinders Classic Ovals die.  

I stamped the lovely iris bouquet on X-Press It Blending Card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and colored it in with the following Copic markers:

*leaves – YG01/YG03/YG17

*blooms – B61/B63/B66/B69/YG03/Y32

*bow – YR07/YR09/R29

*air-brushed background – YR07

Inside the card, I added a couple of strips of patterned paper, stamped the sentiment in Memento Morocco, and stamped the iris bouquet in Memento Bamboo Leaves, which I stamped off once to lighten the ink color.

 Thanks so much for joining me today, friends!  Have a terrific

Tuesday!

Supply List:

JustRite Stamps- Botanical Medallions & Banners
JustRite Dies – Nested Oval Medallion Labels
Spellbinders Dies- Timeless Rectangles, Classic Ovals
Paper- X-Press It Blending Card, Splash Patterned Papers (Little
Yellow Bicycle)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Bamboo Leaves, Memento
Morocco, Copic Markers
Accessories: Pink Lace Trim, Green Rhinestones, Air Compressor,
X-Press It Double Sided Foam Tape 

 

Day One with Guest Designer Cindy Lawrence

Good morning everyone.  We are all in for a treat this week as we have Cindy Lawrence as a guest designer for the next 3 days.  Cindy is an amazing designer as I'm sure you will see.

Here's Cindy:

Hello, friends!   

I am a long-time fan and friend of JustRite Stamps, and am absolutely thrilled to be guest designing for them for a few days.   

My project today was made with the beautiful Poppies Labels Twenty Nine set.

I began with a bright green card stock base, which I die-cut with the largest Spellbinders Labels Twenty Eight die.  I used the die as a mask while I stamped the smaller poppies image all over the background with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink, and air-brushed the stamped area with a YG17 Copic marker.

I stamped the poppies on X-Press It Blending Card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and colored it in with the following Copic markers:

*leaves – YG03, YG61, YG63, YG67

*blooms – R22/R24/R29/YR07

*flower centers – W3/W5/W9

*sky – BG000 

I then die-cut the image with the Spellbinders Labels Twenty Eight die set.  I wrapped a bit of pale yellow seam binding around the base of the bouquet, tied it in a pretty bow, and finished it off with a bit of white crochet string, a poppy colored button, and a sweet tag.  I stamped the “poppies” sentiment on the tag with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink, and air-brushed it with a BG53 Copic marker.

Inside the card, I stamped the poppies in Memento Lady Bug ink, and the sentiment in Memento Bamboo Leaves ink.  I die-cut the sentiment piece with a Spellbinders Classic Oval die for added interest.  I then air-brushed the oval with a BG53 Copic marker.

That’s all she wrote today, friends!  I’ll see you right back here tomorrow!  Have a very happy Monday!

Supply List:

JustRite Stamps- Poppies Labels Twenty Nine
Spellbinders Dies- Labels Twenty Eight, Classic Ovals 
Paper- Sour Apple Card Stock (MFT), X-Press It Blending Card
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Bamboo Leaves, Memento
Lady Bug, Copic Markers
Accessories: Pale Yellow Seam Binding, White Crochet String, Red
Button, Air Compressor, X-Press It Double Sided Foam Tape

Memento Ink Pad Sale - Stock Update!

Just dropping in for a minute to let you know that the following  9 colors of Memento Full Size Ink Pads are now sold out:

Dandelion
Tangelo
Rose Bud
Grape Jelly
Lilac Posies
Danube Blue
Summer Sky
Paris Dark
Desert Sand

We anticipate selling out of 7 more colors before tomorrow morning!  Shop early for the best selection!!

JustRite Friday Challenge 049 - Technique: Direct to Rubber

Before we get started with our Friday Challenge, we wanted to make another new product announcement . . . JustRite is now carrying Tsukineko's fabulous full range of 24 Memento markers! 

You can find them listed in our web store HERE.  These wonderful markers come in all the same great Memento water-based dye ink colors as the ink pads and have dual tips on each marker -- brush tip for coloring and bullet tip for fine details and writing.

Today's technique challenge is Direct To Rubber, which is the act of getting more than one color onto your rubber stamp and thereby creating a multi-colored stamped image in only one stamping.  This can be accomplished in a few different ways, the first of which is with these fabulous Memento markers!

 

Simply color different parts of the rubber stamp with different marker colors.  Here, I used Rose Bud and Grape Jelly Memento Markers to color the swirly large oval label in this brand new Heart to Heart JustRite Original stamp set (this set just arrived in our warehouse, we'll be formally introducing it next Wednesday, and it will begin shipping next week!):

 

Since coloring a whole rubber stamp can take just a little while, the first of your coloring may begin to dry and not stamp a good image.  So after coloring the stamp with the marker colors of your choice, you can either "huff" (blow your breath onto the marker, as if you were trying to fog up a mirror) to rewet the ink OR you can VERY lightly mist a little water onto the stamp -- Do this from a good 12-inch or more distance with a very fine mist sprayer and I find spraying from further away, into the air and then moving your stamp through the water spray in the air, works well.  Too much water will cause the ink to run and smear when you stamp it.  On the stammped image above, I huffed, and on the stamped image below, I misted it with water:

 

Another way to achieve a multi-colored image Direct To Rubber is with the Rock-N-Roll technique:

 

Simply ink your stamp with one color of ink and then with another color of ink pad, place the edge of the stamp onto the ink pad and "rock" just the edges of your stamp around the surface of the ink pad.  The result will be something like this:

 

So this week's challenge is to use one of these Direct To Rubber methods to color your stamped JustRite image with at least two colors of ink, in one stamping!  Are you up for it?  We hope so, because here's what you could win:

This week's grand prize winner will receive a full set of 24 Memento markers (a $60 retail value), AND:

 

Spellbinders Lacey Circles Nestabilities dies, and 3-1/4" Birthday Celebrations (an additional $37 retail value), for a total prize package valued at $97!

Three Honorable Mention winners will each receive:

 

Birthday Celebrations and FOUR Memento Marker colors of your choice (retail value of almost $27)!

These JustRite design team members have sample inspiration for you using some of these Direct To Rubber techniques.  Please be sure to click on their hyperlinked names to be taken to their blog posts with full details:

Sharon Harnist used two colors of Memento markers on the new Heart to Heart large oval stamp set being debuted next week:

Michele Kovack used two different colors of red markers to color this sentiment from our 2" round JustRite Original You're So Sweet set:

 

Angela Barkhouse highlighted special words with different ink colors in this sentiment from our 3-1/4" JustRite Original Mother Nature's Gifts set:

 

CHALLENGE  RULES:
You will need to use JustRite stamps on your project and upload it to an online blog, gallery or photo hosting website.  You may make and enter as many different projects as you'd like for our challenges.  You will then need to link to your project back here on our blog post, using the linking system on this challenge post.  Please make certain your link is directly to your project, not just your general blog home page or overall photo gallery, so we can find it easily.  (Links that  are spam, commercial in content, or are not linked properly/directly to your project will be deleted).  If you choose to upload your project to www.Splitcoaststampers.com OR our Flickr gallery, please use the weekly challenge code (example: JRC_049  <== that's an underscore between the letters and numbers) in the keyword section of the Splitcoast project upload page or the tag section of the Flickr gallery.

You will have until Thursday, March 3 at 8:00am Central to make your project and enter a link to it below.  Winners will be chosen and announced later that day (Thursday, March 3) here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog.  Please allow up to 4 weeks for delivery of your prizes.  By entering our challenges, you grant JustRite Stampers permission to use your artwork here on our blog as well as our company website gallery (with designer credit given and your blog post or gallery linked) or any possible advertising. 

We can't wait to see your projects using this technique! 

 
Links: 

Introducing Cling Set - A Day in the Country

 

Welcome to Day Two of our Cling Release!! Today we are debuting A Day in the Country. 

This is the image of the storage panel that the stamps will come on.

  

The JustRite Mini Binder Box will hold 4 storage panels comfortably.

Here is a view of the mini binder box open.

 

Here is a close up shot our our Deeply Etched Red Rubber - Made in the USA!! The cling stamps are all pre-cut!  No trimming required.

The Mini Binder Boxes are 9 ½” x 7 3/16” x 1 3/8”  and translucent .  The binder features a locking clip that keeps your stamps sets secure.  Each mini binder features a clear overlay with a JustRite insert that you can customize to identify which sets are in each binder.  This is the perfect storage solution for the JustRite Cling Stamps.  With this system you can easily transport your stamps to a class or crop in this secure mini binder. Our mini binder will accommodate storage panels up to 8 ½” x 5 ¾”.

 

For my first card from A Day in the Country - I chose to use a frame from the JustRite Original Interlocking Stamp Line called Give Thanks Nested Frames to frame my sentiment from this set.   
 

Did you notice how nicely die cut my Nested Frame is as well as my sentiment?  The large Nested Frame was cut using our the largest die from Our New JustRite Custom Die Line called Nested Frame Dies.   The small sentiment was cut using the largest die from our Nested Sentiment Dies.  Just another sneak peek of the new dies sets. 

To finish framing out my sentiment I stamped the leaf trio image and added it to the corners of my frame. 

 

For my second card - I colored the barn image from A Day in the County and die cut the image with the same die cut from our new JustRite Nested Frame Dies.  Are you wondering where I got the fun corner dies from? They are another design element from our JustRite Dies -Nested Sentiment Dies. 

 I am in love with this embossing frame from ProvoCraft Cricuit Heritage set. I decided to use it for the mat layer of my cardbecause the embossing reminds me of the designs on Cowboy boots.  Love how this card can be used for a masuline Birthday Card.

  

This coming Friday, our Challenge is being sponsored by Flower Soft and I could resist adding Flower Soft to my tree line.

 

Here in Maine Autumn is in full bloom and if you have the opportunity to take a drive to the country this weekend -- A Day in the Country really does soothe the Soul...  that quote in the set is from me.

When I first shared these images with the JustRite Design Team there was a lot of chatter in our designer forum about what color barns really were. Kathy, our Aussie designer had us rolling when she told us that she thought barns were only red in cartoons until she came to the U.S. for a visit and went to Iowa and saw her first RED BARN!!  She even got out of her car and took a picture of the RED BARN.  Living in Maine,  I never really thought about it.. not all our barns are red, but that ceratinly was the color I would have reached for to color the barn image. Needless to say for the past month I have been much more observant as I looked to see what color barns really were here in Maine.

So here is a typical Maine Barn for inspiration.  And we did determine that barns aren't red everywhere in the U.S.  Sharon will tell you they are not red in Texas.

Blog Candy Alert...

It has been ages since we had a little blog candy -- so today leave us a comment and tell us what color barns are where you live -- be sure to tell us where you live too.  One lucky winner will get the two new JustRite Cling Sets - Hangin' Around, A Day in the Country and a Mini binder box.

Project Recipe: Winter Etching & The Red Barn designed by Kellie Fortin
JustRite Cling Stamps: CL02035 A Day in the Country
Dies: JustRite Custom Dies-JB 08950 Nested Frame Dies, JB 08955 Nested Sentiment Dies
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Natural White, World Win Doublemates, red cardstock
Inks & Copic Markers: Tsukeniko Tuxedo Black Ink, Potter's Clay, Cottage Ivy, Rhubarb Stalk, Dessert Sand; Copic markers -YR24, E99, G24,YG13,R46, R08,Y11. Y15, T1,T5
Accessories:Flower Soft, Queen&Co gold pearls, ProvoCraft Cricuit Heritage embossing folders

 

JustRite Friday Challenge 030: Inspiration Photo

Before we get started with today's Friday Challenge information, we have a few announcements.  You may have noticed the JustRite design team uses a lot of Tsukineko's Memento ink on their projects, especially if they are coloring JustRite images with Copic markers. 

You may wonder why we choose Memento inks. The answer is simple -- it is the perfect chemical mix of stamping products.   One tip for getting great stamping results for your projects is understanding the chemistry of the inks, markers and papers you are using.  Most inks contain a small amount of alcohol in their chemical make up.  Since Copic markers are alcohol based, many of the inks you own in your craft room are not compatible with Copic markers (some may work if you heat set them). We love Memento ink because the chemical formulation of Memento inks contains no alcohol.  Which means if you color your image stamped with Memento, Copic markers will not smear the lines in your stamped image. 

Our favorite coloring  supply recipe is  Memento ink, Copic markers, combined with Neenah Classic Crest Paper (Solar White or Natural White) or with Prism/Bazzill Simply Smooth (Ivory or White paper).  And you can click over to my personal blog, PaperFections, to find out more about some fabulous new cardstock Copic is offering that also works wonderfully with Copics!

Many consumers have mention that they have been having difficulty finding these inks locally.  You asked, we listened ... and you can now purchase the entire collection of full-sized Tsukineko Memento pads on the JustRite website -- all 24 colors!  You can find them under the Stamp Pad category on our website HERE!

Also, more about the Caardvarks challenge JustRite is sponsoring this week ... the prize package is 5, yes FIVE, JustRite Christmas stamp sets of the winner's choice PLUS the coordinating blocks!  So head on over to Caardvarks to see all the details to enter their challenge! 

Now, on to today's JustRite Friday Challenge #030 --you will use this photo (courtesy of Pottery Barn's new 2010 Fall collection, in case you are interested!) as inspiration for your project:

You may use the photo for inspiration of a color theme or combo, general overall feeling or even as layout inspiration.  I chose the large light blue, rose and green comforter on the lower left of the photo as color inspiration for my card, with cream accents of the cream quilt, and JustRite's new 3-1/4" Christmas Ornament stamp set (this stamp set is currently shipping and we'll be formally introducing it here on the blog Monday!):

 

I stamped the ornament image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored it with the Copic markers listed below.  The ornament is cut out and popped up on foam tape over the paper doilies and printed paper panel. 

 

The "Season's Greetings" sentiment from our new Christmas Nested Sentiments was stamped with Memento Summer Sky ink on cream cardstock and die cut with a Spellbinders Double-Ended tag die.  The embossed edge of the tag die cut was colored with Copic marker B000 and crystals added to accent it.

JustRite design team member, Barb Schram, also has some bright & cheerful inspiration for you today:

 

You can find the full details of Barb's card at her blog, Explore, Dream, Discover.

And design team member, Stephanie Kraft, has this darling Groovy Snowman inspiration to share:

 

This week's challenge winner will receive 10 full sized Memento ink pad colors of their choice!  Honorable Mentions will each receive 3 Memento ink pad colors of their choice!

CHALLENGE  RULES:
You will need to use JustRite products for your project and upload it to an online blog, gallery or photo hosting website.  (Please see our blog post HERE for important information about our gallery on Flickr, how to upload to it, and another opportunity to win some JustRite products!).

You will then need to link to your project back here on our blog post, using the linking system on this challenge post.  Please make certain your link is directly to your project, not just your general blog home page or overall photo gallery, so we can find it easily.  (Links that  are spam, commercial in content, or are not linked properly/directly to your project will be deleted).  If you choose to upload your project to www.Splitcoaststampers.com OR our Flickr gallery, please use the weekly challenge code (example: JRC_030  <== that's an underscore between the letters and numbers) in the keyword section of the Splitcoast project upload page or the Tag section of the Flickr gallery.

You will have until next Thursday, August 12 at 9am Central to make your project and enter a link to it below.  Then the winners will be chosen and announced a little later that day here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog.  By entering our challenges, you grant JustRite Stampers permission to use your artwork here on our blog as well as our company website gallery (with designer credit given and your blog post or gallery linked) or any possible advertising. 

We can't wait to see your inspiration projects!

 
JustRite Stampers®: JB-09790 Christmas Ornament & JB-09255 Christmas Nested Sentiments
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Double-Ended Tag die
Paper: X-Press It Blending Card by Copic (colored image), Neenah Classic Crest Natural White (card base & tag), Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, Little Yellow Bicycle Paper Doilies
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black & Summer Sky, Copic markers B000, B21, B23, E50, R81, R83, R85, YG13, YG17, W1
Accessories: Zva crystals, May Arts silk ribbon, foam tape

Links: