Isn't THIS a lovely card? I saw it on Paper Smiles and had to CASE it. I love the colours and the layout.
Supplies:

Stamps: Wonderful Words, Garden Silhouettes
Paper: Romani Designer Paper (Basic Grey), Close to Cocoa, Brocade Blue, Naturals Ivory
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Brocade Blue
Accessories: Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Ticket Corner Punch, Oval Coluzzle, Twill Tape, Glue Dot

4.25 x 5.5 card

Sorry, not much chit chat this evening. I did have a chance to make some new cards, though. I will post those soon.

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Celebrate You

I made this first card a couple of weeks ago. It was a Sunday night and I was inspired to send in something to Stampin' Up!'s monthly contest. Well, it had to get there by mail in five days - the end of February. Not sure if it made it. But I had fun making it. All supplies are Stampin' Up!


Supplies:

Stamps: Celebrate Everything, Stitched BG, Everyday Flexible Phrases
Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Certainly Celery
Ink: Old Olive, VersaMark
Accessories: Flower Fusion, 3/4" Twill Tape, Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, silver Brad, Sponge Dauber, Mini Glue Dots, White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Embossing Buddy, Stamp-a-ma-jig

4.75.x.4.75 card



This second card is similar, but with different dimensions. Last week I was coming up with card samples for someone who is having a "Stamp-A-Stack" Workshop. (If anyone has a better name for it, please let me know.) They will be making twelve cards in three or four designs. I made a bunch of samples for her to choose from. I really enjoy doing these kind of workshops because everyone there is into making cards and we all have a good time. Or at least I do. LOL.



Supplies:



Stamps: Celebrate Everything, Stitched Exotics, Stitched BG
Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Certainly Celery
Ink: Old Olive, VersaMark
Accessories: 3/4" Twill Tape, Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, Crystal Brad (makingmemories), Sponge Dauber, Mini Glue Dot, White Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Stamp-a-ma-jig



4.25 x 5.5 card



(I took the top picture at night. That's why it is darker than the bottom picture. Sorry, can't take another since it is in Utah. :)


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Love Birds

Lately I've been coming across the Anniversary Birds stamp by Verve Visual on Splitcoaststampers or various blogs. What a neat stamp. I don't have that stamp, but I do have a bird stamp as part of Nature Stamps by Rhonda Farrer (Autumn Leaves). So I made my own version of that set.
Reflection Technique:

Here is how I stamped the two birds facing each other: I used a piece of Vellum Card Stock and stamped with Brown Stazon on one side of the vellum. I flipped the vellum over and stamped the bird again on the other side so that it is facing the other one. It is as easy as that!!

There is a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers using acetate/transparencies with this technique. Just click HERE to view it. I'd like to try it sometime.

I coloured in the birds with Certainly Celery and Cool Caribbean ink with an Aquapainter. By the way, I did not stamp with Stazon the first time, so when I coloured the birds, the brown ink ran into the other colours. Oops. Then I remembered that I should have used Stazon. Vellum is a non-porous surface and Stazon works much better!!

I didn't use any adhesive to adhere the vellum to the Whisper White Card Stock underneath it, since I don't have anything that would not show. What I did instead was used the brads and photo anchor to hold the vellum in place.

I am happy with the way this card turned out. And I love the Designer paper. I think it looks like crazy,colourful, doodled eggs. Enjoy.

Supplies:

Stamps: Bird from Nature Stamps by Rhonda Farrer (Autumn Leaves ), Love (Studio G Clear Stamps)

Paper: Phoebe Designer Paper (Basic Grey), Whisper White, Cool Caribbean, Vellum Card Stock

Ink: Brown Stazon, Chocolate Chip, Cool Caribbean, Certainly Celery

Accessories: Slit Punch, 1/8 Hand Held Punch, Vintage Copper Brads, Vintage Copper Photo Anchor (Dollarama - believe it or not!)

4.25 x 5.5 card

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Weekend Sketch Challenge #38

Back in the 70's.....

Doesn't this card remind you of the 70's? I thought I had left that era behind. When I was a little girl, I had a room with orange carpet and orange wallpaper with a Holly Hobbyish girl pattern all over. That is what this card reminds me of. I really like this patterned paper... all four of them... but next time I don't think I will put them ALL on one card. LOL.

I used Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge to make this card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Celebrate Everything

Paper: Designer Paper (Fancy Pants), Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Naturals Ivory

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive (sponging)

Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Dimensional, Square Brads (makingmemories), Orange Brad (makingmemories), Flower Fusion

4.25 x 5.5 card

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Happiness in Black and Vanilla

I saw THIS card on Pink Tulle with Feathers and Sequins . I liked the layout and the large button tied with ribbon. It was the button really, that inspired me to make the next two cards. I couldn't find a button at first so I used a circle punch instead. I just didn't like the look of it. So, I looked a little harder and luckily I came across a black button. It wasn't quite as big as I wanted so I just put it on top of the circle punch out. See, you can always make things work.

Here are a couple of details about the main image. It is kind of hard to see on the photo. I stamped the leafy branch with Black Stazon, coloured in the leaves with Very Vanilla with a Blender Pen and then embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. It gives it a very subtle textured/raised look to the leaves with a bit of shine.

As you can see I made this card in two different sizes. It is nice when a card design can work as a square or rectangle card.

I think this patterned paper by Crate works so well with this stamp. Don't you?

Supplies:

Stamps: Embrace Life, Warm Words, Everyday Flexible PhrasesPaper: Designer Paper (Crate), Basic Black, Very Vanilla Ink: Black Stazon, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Blender Pen, Gingham Ribbon, Black Ribbon (Michaels), Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Circle Punch, Black Button (unknown

4.25 x 5.5 card & 4.75 x 4.75 card

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Howdy Y'All

I hope you are having a good day. It is shortly before 10am and I've dropped Zachary off at school, gone for a walk, gone for a blood test and now I am here to write a post. Wow. It feels like I've done a lot already and yet I have the whole day ahead of me. Let's hope the rest of the day is just as productive. Isn't it funny how some days you can get lots done and other days you get nothing done.

I made this card a while ago. Finally decided to post it. I love these cowgirls. They are just so fun. Their dresses are paper pieced with Basic Grey patterned paper.

Supplies:

Stamps: Cowgirl & Howdy (clearly wordsworth)

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Mellow Designer Paper (Basic Grey)

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Sponge Dauber, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1/8" Hand Held Punch, Hemp Twine, Paper Snips

4.25 x 5.5 card

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A Very Big Blossom

Once in a while I like to pull out Stampin' Up!'s retired sets. They get lonely sitting out of the way, high up on a shelf :). On this card I used the Big Blossom stamp from the 2007 Sale-A-Bration promotion. With this stamp I have often seen people use the Kissing Technique. This is a fun technique to use and works especially well on bold stamps that are large. Big Blossom is perfect for it.


On my card, I inked Big Blossom in Apricot Appeal and set it down facing up. Then I inked the Paisley Background stamp in Ruby Red and stamped on the Big Blossom stamp. Finally I stamped the Big Blossom stamp that had been "kissed" on Whisper White card stock.


What a fun card to make and it came together fairly quickly.


Supplies:


Stamps: Big Blossom (retired), Much Appreciated, Fabulous Flowers (small flower)
Paper: Whisper White, Ruby Red
Ink: Apricot Appeal, Ruby Red
Accessories: Cream Grosgrain Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch (to make the scalloped edge), 1/16" Hand Held Punch, Button (unknown), Dimensionals


5.5 x 4.25 card


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