Apothecary Birthday

This is the second card for the library class I will be teaching. It is a little more involved than the super simple doily card.

SUPPLIES:

• stamps: apothecary art
• cardstock: pool party (background panel), crumb cake, white, baja breeze (small flowers)
• ink: espresso
• misc: markers, square lattice EF, chevron EF, labels framelits, itty bitty punches, mini brads

Super Simple Doily

About as simple as it gets! This is for a class I am teaching at the library. Since we do 2 cards, I try to design one of them with very few steps in the interest of time.

Green Elements

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - wonderful winterland, itty bitty banners, netting, parlor prints background
• ink - wild wasabi, old olive, always articoke, stazon black
• misc - petals a plenty EF, bitty banners framelits, delicate doilies, little leaves, wild wasabi ribbon
• cardstock - certainly celery, whisper white, wild wasabi

Parlor Prints Thank You

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - parlor prints, itty bitty banners
• cardstock - crumb cake, soft suede, whisper white, baja breeze, real red
• ink - baja breeze, real read, soft suede
• misc - elegant butterfly and itty bitty shapes punches; little leaves sizzlits, finishing touches edgelits, oval punch, designer frame and square lattice embossing folders, bitty banners framelits, sponge

I stamped the parlor prints background stamp on whisper white cardstock in real red and baja breeze to make the print paper.

Leaves of Fall

SUPPLIES:

stamps - french foliage, teeny tiny wishes
ink - basic gray, crumb cake, sahara sand, espresso, versamark
cardstock - sahara sand, going gray, vanilla, espresso
misc - crumb cake seam binding ribbon, large delicate doilies sizzlits, finishing touches edgelits,  clear embossing powder, rhinestones (not SU)

Note: for the center leaves, first stamped with versamark, then espresso; embossed with clear powder. Colored over with blushing bride marker.

Fall Leaves Joseph's Coat

This is a card made using the Joseph's Coat technique. I CASE'd it from a card I first saw on Stampin' Connection but I don't remember the ladies name. We actually made this at a workshop I held at Wildcat Pizza last night!

 I used the FRENCH FOLIAGE and TEENY TINY WISHES sets. You take whisper white cardstock and sponge on a variety of colors - make them bright. Then you stamp the leaf image using a versamark pad and emboss with clear powder. Ink up a brayer or sponge in espresso ink and cover the entire card several times. Wipe off the excess ink from the embossed image. It's such a striking result :)
Misc: primrose petal ribbon; oval, scallop oval and circle punch, little leaves diecut; designer buttons; melon mambo, espresso cardstock..

Triple Time Winterland

SUPPLIES:

• stamps: wonderful winterland, oval all
• cardstock: perfect plum, whisper white, pool party
• ink: elegant eggplant, tempting turquoise, not quite navy, wisteria wonder
• misc: chevron EF, baja breeze seam binding, oval punch, designer button; lacey circle nestabilities

Thank You BLUES

SUPPLIES:

• cardstock - certainly celery, pool party, night of navy, whisper white
• ink - stazon black, markers
• stamps - pleasant poppies, itty bitty banners, netting
• misc - fancy fan EF, posy punch, finishing touches edgelits, bitty banners framelits
• technique - marker layering

Warm Thoughts of You

I finally got a chance to play with this WONDERFUL WINTERLAND set. All of the images in this set are just adorable!

SUPPLIES:

• paper: baja breeze, real red, whisper white, watercolor
• ink: stazon black, misc SU markers
• stamps: wonderful winterland, teeny tiny wishes, distressed dots
• assecories: designer SU button, tiwne; fancy fan, square lattice and chevron EFs; bitty banner framelits, word window punch; circle and lacey circle from nestabilities

Shabby For You

 

SUPPLIES:

• stamps: ELEMENTS OF STYLE, PAPILLON POTPOURRI, ITTY BITTY BANNERS, NETTING
• ink: taken with teal, baja breeze, so saffron, certainly celerly, wild wasabi, pool party
• assecories: swirl scribbles, elegant butterfly, labels framelits, bitty baners framelits, baja breeze seam binding ribbon, fancy fan EF
• paper: so saffron, baha breeze, watercolor, crumb cake, poppy parade DSP

Thanks for Everything

This is one of those simple cards that look elegant, but are so easy. Used daffodil delight, real red, and whisper white cardstock; daffodil delight, real red and basic black ink; PAPILLON POTPOURRI, EVERYTHING ELEANOR, PETITE PAIRS & SINCERE SALUTATIONS stamp sets. Accessories: fancy fan EF; word window, circle, itty bitty shapes, elegant butterfly punches; labels framelits; cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon; pearls.

Brilliant Sky

No matter what I did with the picture the background looks more bluish, but it is actually basic gray. I first stamped the LOVELY AS A TREE image in stazon black, masked the sun, then sponged in daffodil delight, calypso coral, melon mambo, rich razzleberry for the sky. Sponged lucky limeade, wild wasabi and always artichoke for the grass. The gray and lucky limeade backgrounds were stamped with the NETTING background stamp. Stamped the thinking of you from TEENY TINY WISHES and cut with bitty banners framelits. Added matting, small circle punches, and brads. No frills, just a peaceful and colorful scene :)

Birthday Jump

This card is for a friend's 13th birthday. The 4 wheeler is from the RIDE ON set (retired). I masked off the sun and bottom and brayered so saffron, calypso coral and rich razzleberry. Stamped tree tops from LOVELY AS A TREE. Sponged soft suede, basic black and espresso on the bottom. Stamped 4 wheeler and colored with sahara sand a basic gray, colored trees with moss, sponged a little yellow in the sun and added white highlights to the rider and trees.

Hummingbird Flight

I made this brayered card using the hummingbird from elements of style, the flowers from inspired by nature and pocket silhouettes, and the flourish from flowering flourishes. I inked the flourish with versmark and lucky limeade, stamped and then embossed with clear powder. Inked hummingbird with versamark then rich razzleberry, stamped then embossed with clear powder. Masked sun and brayered daffodil delight with calypso coarl at the bottom corner, then calypso coral, rich razzleberry and elegant eggplant at the top. Sponged a little soft suede at the bottom. Stamped flowers in black; added white highlights and sahara sand shadows to the images. Colored hummingbird over with coral pen. Added modern label with punchies and pearls. Matted with black and lucky limeade.

Strawberry Slumber

I have a lot of birthday cards to make this month and I rummaged through some stamps I hadn't used in a while. I always love the house mouse stamps - they are so adorable! The dots are the distressed dots background SU stamp, and the happy birthday is from itty bitty banners. The EF folder is new to me - fancy fan. I didn't think I liked it at first and then it grew on me.

Deep In Thought

This scene was created by masking off, brayering, and sponging. After stamping the lady in the boat in stazon black, I colored the image with markers, then a versamarker pen and embossed with clear embossing powder. Then masked off the skyline and the sand and brayered bashful blue and marina mist for the water. Masked sun and water and brayered blush blossom and bashful blue for the sky. Sponged in river rock, sahara sand, daffodil delight, soft suede for the sand. Stamped palm tree in black and colored with markers. Added shadows and white highlights. The lady in the boat is from an old SU set called summer by the sea. The happy birthday is from the itty bitty banners and is cut with bitty banners framelits. Palm tree is from all night media.

Birthday Blues

This card is done in my favorite shades of SU's blues :) I first stamped the flowers from everything eleanor in basic gray on whisper white cardstock. Colored them in with pool party, baja breeze, night of navy. Cut into strips and matted with pool party. Matted poppy parade designer series paper with pool party; adhered all 3 to basic gray panel. Stamped another flower in basic black on watercolor paper; colored with markers and cut out. The lacey scallop circle mats in basic gray are from the lacey circles by spellbinders nestabilities. The pool party scallop is the 2 3/8" punch. Colored the happiest wishes sentiment with night of navy and baja breeze pens and punched with 1 3/4" circle punch.

In case you wondered, pearls are a cover up of an unfortunate and frustrating smudge at the end of the card, as is the placement of the ribbon :) So many of my cards get some added elements to cover up boo boos!

Elegant Butterfly Best

I like the simplicity of this card. The butterfly is from the papillon potpourri set and punched with the elegant butterfly. I first stamped butterfly on the vanilla cardstock, then stamped again and punched out; adhered to top of other stamped butterfly. Cardstock is pool party, basic gray, very vanilla. Baja breeze ink and seam binding ribbon. Best wishes is from retired set sincere saluations.

Sunflower Mashup

I was inspired by the thought of fall being just around the corner. I stamped the large sunflower stamp in crumbcake on very vanilla, then stamped the leaf from french foliage in basic gray; embossed with square lattice EF. Added the basic gray cardstock also embossed in square lattice, a strip of vanilla, and itty bitty shapes flowers with a few rhinestones. Ribbon is very vanilla seam binding with a decorative brad. Congratulations is from itty bitty banners and is cut with bitty banners framelits.
Thanks for looking :)

Eleanor Meets Doilies Birthday

The background print of this card was made using the everything eleanor set and inked in soft suede, basic gray, perfect plumb, crumb cake. The doily matting is the delicate doilies, layered with the 2 3/8" scallop circle (stamped with decorative circle with lines from everything eleanor) and the 1 3/8" circle punches. The happy birthday is from happiest birthday wishes set. It's hard to tell from the photo, but I stamped the happy birthday in razzleberry and punched, then stamped the inner birthday in soft suede and cut out the circle.