Trending with The Ton (card recognitions)

Hello my friends and new visitors,

This is a well overdue post on a few of my cards that I made for The Ton's Challenges several months ago. For the first card, the key word was "Lucky." This first one, shown here uses the stamp set Retail Therapy and one of The Ton's background stamps.  It was featured on The Ton's blog in Trending with The Ton  in their March line-up. The card-front panel was something I had water-colored earlier, not knowing exactly how I would use it.  I do think it worked out wonderfully for this card. For the Sentiment I used their Scripty Alphas in both upper and lower case versions, stamped it in Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

The second card was featured in February's Ton Challenge, key word was "Love.".  A very different style card for me, but I had fun making it!  I masked the 2 figures, then used a stars background stamp and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I then used 3 shades of distress ink to blend the colors into the two opposing corners.  I then Copic colored the 2 figures, then dried the panel with my heat tool.  I used an anti-static powder tool to the card, then stamped the "Love" sentiment in a hybrid ink and quickly applied some clear embossing powder to melt with my heat tool.  I was fortunate to find a cute sentiment from SSS that I stamped and die cut, then popped up with some dimensional adhesive.  I applied Glossy Accents to the red heart.  I rounded off the top right corner and added a black shimmer cardstock to the bottom of the card.

My Third card was also featured in the Trending category in February but not a part of their Challenge. This is really my bread and butter.  If you don't know, I love to color flowers.  Here I primarily used Brusho watercolor powders and a couple Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst.  I heat embossed the images first in a glittery gold embossing powder (it really sparkles!)

This wraps up my cards that got some special attention.  I hope you enjoyed them.

Jill 

I won the Ton's June Challenge!

Hello friends and crafters,

I found out a couple weeks ago that I had won The Ton's June Challenge!!  I was so surprised and amazed.  I won it with this card:

So I got to spend a little free money on The Ton products and will be their guest designer for the August challenge (see next post).  I'll be busy working on my design for sure, as I don't want to disappoint!  Be sure to check out my blog as well as the Ton's Challenge Blog for my card design, as well as the other Ton designer's cards beginning August 1st. Hope to see you then!

Jill

6/28/17 The Ton June Challenge card #2

The Ton June Challenge card #2

Got my new order from The Ton Stamps and just had to make a card for their June Color Palette Challenge (gorgeous colors)- see image below. My card used the Large Peony 5 stamp and dies, the Peony Cluster Mini Stamp/die, and their Geometric Lattice background die in a shimmery black card stock, and the sentiment banner die was from MFTs dies.  I water-colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and heat-embossed all the images in black. Background watercolor paper from Stampin' Up!  3 Dew Drops finish off the card. On assembly, I decided the card needed a little shimmer, so I added a diluted layer of Ken Oliver Craft's Liquid Metal in Metallic Rose to the Peony mini clusters only.  Then I was satisfied.

Thanks for dropping by,

Jill

The Ton's Challenge Blog
Here is The Ton Challenge, Color Palette for June, from their Blog.

June 19, 2017 The Ton Peony card for their June Palette Challenge

 The Ton's June Color Palette Challenge

Blooming Peonies Card

My Sympathy Card Entry

With my peonies in full bloom, I thought I'd color some peonies with some of my favorite peony stamps from The Ton, and enter their June color palette challenge.  This card used all Ton stamps, from the peonies, to the background stamp, and the sentiment and embellishments. I heat embossed the image and sentiment in WOW super fine silver embossing powder, and used their black glint embossing powder on the background stamp. I water- colored the image with Brusho pigment powders, but the color was not quite right, so I touched up the color with some Zig Clean Color Brush Markers. I finally added some shimmer with Ken Oliver Craft's Liquid Metal to the flower petals.  I fussy cut the top portion of the flowers and mounted it on the black embossed light blue card stock, then foam mounted that onto some shimmery black card stock.  3 glass slippers from The Ton finish off my card.

Jill

May 13,2017 Sparkle and Shine OCC cards

Loose Glitter Card

• Stampin' Up! sentiment/flowers from Botanicals for You
• Leaves stamp from Clearly Besotted Leafy Accents
• Martha Stewart Orange Sorbet glitter adhered with
• VersaMark and Ranger Sticky Embossing Powder
• Background paper from Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper

Stampin' Up! Orange card stock base

• My favorite card of the bunch, this elegant Peacock color-layering stamp from Hero Arts, all new products for me on this card.

  

  Nuvo Embellishment Mousse/texture paste/glitter

• Hero Arts Abstract Waves stencil- I applied the Nuvo mousse first in 2 colors

• Applied the Ranger Texture Paste sparingly, then sprinkled WOW embossing glitter to it while still wet.

   *Peacock die cut and mounted on NSW #110 lb. card stock die cut with My Favorite Things Dienamics - In&Out Diagonal stitched Rectangle STAX that was first spritzed with Altenew Shimmer Spray.

  * This panel was framed with a greenish card stock, 
•                                                                                                               then foam-mounted on top of the background panel.                                                                                                 

Copic colored glitter paper

This simple card uses the Reverse Butterfly Collage die from Memory Box adhered to glitter paper that I colored with Copic markers, blending them from yellow-green-blue to purple.  I then stamped a colored dot in each butterfly body area in similar rainbow fashion an placed a Nuvo Crystal Drops of similar color on top of that.  The sentiment and banner die are by Stampin' Up!  This was my last card that I completed for the Online Card Class- Sparkle and Shine.

Nuvo Glimmer Paste Card

• Nuvo Glimmer Paste applied through
• MFTs MIX-ables Stencil, Crosshatch
• Bear image from Altenew Geometric Menagerie Stamp/Die
• Bear heat embossed with WOW Black Glint embossing powder
• Bear die cut from Arches Hot Press Watercolor paper
• Watercolor paper colored with Brusho and Color Burst watercolor powders
• Essentials By Ellen Silver Linings Die for sunburst
• WOW super fine Bright White embossing powder to sentiment from same Altenew Stamp set.
• Banner Die from Stampin' Up!
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These two cards used a My Favorite Things die (stitched CU Comp-Diag.) in both the vertical and horizontal layouts.  I used some bright blue glitter paper, mounted it on a panel I had water-colored some time ago (just waiting for the right project), then used other paper that I had water-colored for the Altenew Geometric Menagerie stamps/dies.  I heat embossed those images with WOW Black Glint (one of my favorite black embossing powders).  Used the same embossing for the sentiments found in the same Altenew stamp set.  Added a few sequins and a glossy raised heart with Nuvo Crystal Drops.

I hope you enjoyed my card creations for the class.  I had fun using some new products and techniques.  Soon I will post some foiled cards as I had the good fortune of winning one of the classes give-a-ways, the Gina K. designs Fancy Foils and Foil Mates and dies.  Just waiting for their arrival!!