Mountain Air Fun Fold

 Mountain Air is such a great stamp set for masculine cards. It can be found in our Annual Catalog on page 16.

Stamps	Mountain Air, (Approaching Perfection and Beautiful Friendship [retired])
Paper	Evening Evergreen, Basic White
Ink	Evening Evergreen, Gray Granite
Embellishments	Linen Thread
Tools	Mountain Dies

1. Card Base: Evening Evergreen 4-1/8 x 11-1/12, Score in half and cut 2" off card front, to be used as flap

2. The cut off flap needs to be scored to adhere to back of card base. Score @1/2” on one short side.

3. Adhere the flap to the right side of the back of the card base, about ½ inch from the edge.

4. Outside left card front: Basic White 3-1/4 x 4. Stamp greeting in Evening Evergreen, mountains and moon in Gray Granite. Adhere to card front.

5. Diecut one tree and adhere to 1-3/4 x 3-1/2 Basic White. Wrap Linen Thread around bottom and tie in a bow. Then adhere to the front of the flap.

6. Inside piece of Basic White 4 x 5-1/4, stamped with trees and greeting. I added the moon and birds to cover up ink splotches.

7. Stamp trees on envelope

Outdoor Feeling

 Hello, I'm capturing the outdoor feeling today with these two cards. The first one uses the Forever Fern bundle and the second one with Mountain Air.

Beauty of the Earth DSP, and Curvy dies. I colored the white ribbon with Night of Navy Stampin' Blends

The background of this card was done with our new Blending Brushes.

Card Ministry

 We have busy creating for Card Ministry at St. John's. 

Stamp Set: Mountain Air

Stamp Set: Rooted in Nature. Used my new blending brushes on the background!

Used outline of South Carolina. Cut out map image, placed on white cardstock, stamped trees over top. Tree stamps from Mountain Air.

Northern Lights Technique

This really is a fun, easy technique. All you need is some ink pads Whisper White cardstock, a sponge wedge, and a white gel pen. Just so you know, I've never actually seen the northern lights. I just looked at pictures and used some imagination. In a lot of pictures I've seen the lights appear to be vertical swooshes in the sky.

The first one I made was done like this and I used Smoky Slate, Blackberry Bliss, and Night of Navy ink pads. You ink up your sponge and begin off the page, then move onto the paper. Use the lightest color first, then progress to the darkest color. I used a circle punch to make a mask from a piece of sticky note paper. I simply placed it on my paper before I began sponging on color. When finished and the mask is removed, you have a lovely bright moon. Stampin' Up! sponges come in a package of three for $4.00. I cut them each into 6 pie shaped wedges.

On the card below, I used Smoky Slate, Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry, and Night of Navy ink pads with Balmy Blue cardstock.

This card is my favorite! I used Pacific Point, Smoky Slate and Night of Navy inkpads with Rich Razzleberry cardstock. The mountains in the back are diecut from Basic Black cardstock, and those in the foreground were stamped in Versamark on Shimmery White cardstock and embossed in white. Then I used an Aqua Painter to add color.

tams# 41165

Product List

Mountain Air Bundle

[153820]

$50.25

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

$4.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$9.75

Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101910]

$10.00

Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115316]

$8.75

Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146982]

$8.75

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$7.50

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

[147092]

$7.50

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[147113]

$7.50

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

[147109]

$7.50

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[147098]

$7.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$6.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$6.00

January Stamp Class

Stamps	Timeles Tropical, Peaceful Moments
Paper	Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso, Pretty Peacock, Whisper White, Old Olive, Tropical Oasis DSP
Ink	Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Real Red.
Embellishments	Coastal Weave Embossing Folder, Braided Burlap Trim
Tools	Everyday Label Punch, Sponge Dauber

1. Mossy Meadow card base: 4-1/4 x 8-1/2 scored at 3″ on long side.
2. Pretty Peacock cardstock layer – 3 x 8 scored at 4″ on the long side. Adhere to the right side of the card base.
3. Early Espresso 2-3/4 x 3-3/4 Coastal Weave Embossing Folder, adhere to Pretty Peacock flap.
4. DSP layer 2-3/4 x 4
5. Pretty Peacock 'aloha' attach to embossed Espresso layer
6. Whisper White 2-1/2 x 3-1/4 Stamp trees Old Olive ink, dauber on Soft Suede ink trunks, die cut.
7. Old Olive 1-1/2 x 2-1/2 diecut three small leaves
8. Whisper White inside layer 2-3/4 x 3-3/4 stamp bday greeting in Old Olive, and pineapple in Crushed Curry, then dauber on Old Olive for top.
9. Envelope stamp large flower Real Red ink.

Stamps	Mountain Air
Card Stock	Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow
Ink	Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Momento Tuxedo Black, Balmy Blue, Soft Suede
Embellishments	Braided Burlap Trim, Stampin' Dimensionals
Tools	Sponge Brayer, Majestic Mountain Dies, Adhesive Sheets, Artisan Label Punch, 1” Circle Punch, Tear N' Tape

1. Early Espresso card base: cut 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 score at 4-1/4
2. Very Vanilla 4 x 5-1/4 Brayer top portion Balmy Blue ink
3. Very Vanilla 1-1/2 x 5-1/4 stamp mountains in Soft Suede ink - die cut.
4. Crumb Cake 2-1/2 x 5-1/2 stamp trees in Mossy Meadow ink - die cut.
5. Mossy Meadow 1-3/4 x 4 diecut tree
6. Crumb Cake 3 x 1-3/4 stamp sentiment Early Espresso ink- Artisan Label punch.
7. Very Vanilla 2-3/4 x 1-1/2 stamp moon - Crumb Cake ink, circle punch
8. Stamp birds in black.
9. Stamp tree on envelope - Mossy Meadow ink, row of trees across bottom of inside.

Stamps	Peaceful Moments, Timeless Tropical
Card Stock	Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Whisper White, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Peaceful Poppies DSP
Ink	Poppy Parade
Embellishments
Tools	Poppy Moments Dies, Coastal Weave Embossing Folder

1. Poppy Parade card base: cut 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 score at 4-1/4
2. Poppy Parade 4 x 5-1/4 Coastal Weave Embossing Folder
3. Basic Black strip 5-1/4 x 3/4
4. DSP 2-1/2 x 5-1/4 adhere to black, attach to embossed layer.
5. Poppy Parade 2-3/4 x 3 diecut large solid flower
6. Cherry Cobbler 2-3/4 x 3 diecut large flower detail
7. Basic Black 1 x 1 diecut flower center
8. Mossy Meadow 1-3/4 x 3-1/4 diecut sold leaf
9. Pear Pizzazz 1-3/4 x 3-1/4 diecut leaf detail
10. 4 x 5-1/4 Whisper White inside and on envelope, stamp small flower from Timeless Tropical stamp set and Thinking of You in Poppy Parade ink.

Mountain Air Is Calling My Name

I have three cards to show you today. The first one is my favorite!! It's a different version of a card I did recently where I cased  (copy and share everything)  a card from the catalog. This time I changed it up a bit, by adding Mossy Meadow frames, using a diecut tree, and stamping the tree line then brayering grass. The sponge brayer works so well for this as it leaves a texture and a more consistant coloring than if using a sponge dauber.

First I brayered some Seaside Spray ink at the top of my cardstock for the sky. For the mountains, I used the re ersible side of the satmp and stampedof Highland Heather twice for the mountains furthest away. Then I stamped off Highland Heather once for the next set of mountains. The last line of mountains was Night of Navy stamped off once. The interesting thing I found when stamping off a solid stamp onto printer paper, was that the stamp picked up the texture from the paper. I didn't really like that, so I used Whisper White cardstock to stamp off of. It is sooooo smooth, and leaves no texture. I also found that I liked using my Stampin' Pierce Mat for the stamping off. You have to be sure to stamp lightly, or you will get 'lines' from the edge of the stamp pad on your stamp... and you don't want mountains with ink lines in them lol.

For the foreground mountains, I flipped the stamp over to the detailed side and stamped in Night of Navy ink. Iw wanted to diecut this mountain line, but not the bottom because I wanted to stamp the tree line. So, I simply layed the die on the mountains, and puled the bottom of the paper out in front of the die so that it only cut the top of the mountains.

Next I stamped the treeline in Mossy Meadow ink beginning at the base of the mountains. I used my sponge brayer again to add Mossy Meadow grass in the foreground. Then I adhered this to the layer of solid mountains and trimmed the bottom a bit to fit.

tams# 40426

Product List

Mountain Air Bundle

[153820]

$50.25

Seaside Spray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[150883]

$8.75

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133676]

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$9.75

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$7.50

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

[147103]

$7.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[126970]

$6.50

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

$7.50

Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150085]

$7.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

1" (2.5 Cm) Circle Punch

[119868]

$13.00

Sponge Brayers

[141714]

$8.00

Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143708]

$10.00

Mountain Air

The Mountain Air bundle is perfect for those who like to build scenes. It's become quite a trend lately, and these reversable stamps make it much easier. In a previous post, I included some step by step photos showing how to use the reversable stamps and a video. You can see that here if you missed it: http://scmagnolia.blogspot.com/2020/01/mountain-air-bundle.html 

Below are posters showing the elements included in the bundle and how they work together to build scenes.
Most are done left to read as normal when reading, but a couple a backwards due to a morning without coffee.

Watercolor Stamping Technique

• First, cut a layer of watercolor paper and spritz it with water, or use an Aqua Painter to apply water.
• Stamp the solid side of the mountains stamp with Balmy Blue ink (stamp off once 1st), the mountains again with Night of Navy (stamp off once 1st)
• stamp the row of trees twice with Night of Navy ink (full strength.) The ink will bleed, which is the effect you want in watercolor. You may want to have some paper towels nearby to mop up the water and remove too much color.
• While the paper was still damp, hand watercolor the sky using Lovely Lipstick, Terracotta Tile, and Grapefruit Grove ink with an Aqua Painter. Just “stamp” a small clear block in the ink and paint with Aqua Painter from that palette. You can also use an Aqua Painter to add some Balmy Blue ink to the lake portion on the bottom.
• After the paper is fairly dry, stamp the detailed side of the stamps with both Balmy Blue and Night of Navy ink. You can use the Aqua Painter to soften the details and add brush strokes as you like.
• When the paper is thoroughly dry, use an Embossing Buddy to remove the static, stamp over mountains in VersaMark and emboss in white.
• Cut the larger trees out of watercolor paper first, then use an Aqua Painter to watercolor them with Night of Navy ink.
• For the smaller tree and row of trees, spritz the watercolor paper, then stamp with the solid side (stamp off once 1^st). When the paper is dry, stamp with the detail side. Then use the coordinating dies to cut them out.
• Heat emboss the sentiment in white on Night of Navy Cardstock, cut out with Classic Label Punch, and finish off with a bit of Braided Linen Trim.

So grateful to fellow Demo, Tami Hewlett, whose design really helped me get my creative juices flowing. These techniques, of watercoloring with ink and Aqua Painter, stamping off, etc. are things many of us know to do. Pulling them out of your bag of tricks to use in building scenes with Mountain Air will be a blast! Use different colors, combos of stamps etc and create something entirely different.

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