Saturday, November 17, 2012

Field Flowers Thank You

SUPPLIES:

  • Stamps - field flowers, lacy and lovely
  • ink - old olive, rich razzleberry, elegant eggplant
  • cardstock - wild wasabi, elegant eggplant, whisper white
  • accessories - bakers twine, itty bitty punch, pearls, square lattice EF, chevron EF, vintage wallpaper EF, apothecary accents framelits

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Blooming Embossed

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - blooming with kindness
  • ink - cherry cobbler, cajun craze, pumpkin pie, so saffron, espresso
  • cardstock - whisper white, so saffron, pumpkin pie
  • accessories - fancy fan EF, square lattice EF, wood button, espresso bakers twine, decorative label punch
Inked the flowers, then lightly misted with water before stamping; then embossed with fancy fan EF.

Hope Flower

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - blooming with kindness
  • ink - marina mist, not quite navy, versamark
  • cardstock - pacific point, whisper white
  • accessories - black embossing powder, blender pen, midnight muse ribbon, word window punch, lacy brocade EF, pearls, color spritzer
Stamped flower with clear versamark then heat embossed with black. Colored with blender pen and not quite navy, marina mist markers. Used color spritzing tool and added not quite navy.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

4 Ornament Copycat

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - ornament keepsakes, teeny tiny wishes
  • ink - bashful blue, elegant eggplant
  • cardstock - whisper white
  • accessories - square lattice EF, lacy brocade EF, ornaments framelits, pearls

This is a copycat of a previous post of mine, with a slight variation. We made this at at a library card workshop that I have the privilege of teaching :)

Warmest Wishes CAS

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - blooming with kindness
  • ink - cherry cobbler, pumpkin pie, espresso
  • cardstock - very vanilla, pumpkin pie
  • accessories - color spritzer, corner rounder, mister
NOTE: inked flower stamp, then misted with water before stamping. Spriting method. Also used color spritzer tool with espresso marker for the dots.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

CAS Hello

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - everything eleanor (swirly flourish), lacy and lovely
  • ink - night of navy, bashful blue, razzleberry
  • cardstock - whisper white, bashful blue
  • accessories - NONE (I think this is the first time I have been able to say this)
NOTE: CAS stands for clean and simple. I stamped the flourish in razzleberry, then stamped in bashful blue.

Lodge Tree

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - christmas lodge, parlor prints, teeny tiny wishes
  • cardstock - bashful blue, elegant eggplant, basic gray, whisper white
  • ink - not quite navy, elegant eggplant, basic gray, taken with teal, baja breeze marker
  • accessories - designer button, bakers twine, pearls, lacy brocade EF, moden label punch
NOTE: Stamped the tree in not quite navy on whisper white; added baja breeze to some of the tree. Stamped parlor print background over it in basic gray. Sponged in varoius colors - taken with teal, not quite navy, elegant eggplant, basic gray.

Miss You

Taking a break from the wintery/christmas type cards : )

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - french script, blooming with kindness, lacy and lovely
  • ink - groovy guava, espresso, so saffron, crumb cake
  • cardstock - so saffron, espresso, whisper white
  • markers - blushing bride, so saffron, pink pirouhette, daffodil delight
  • accessories - lacy brocade EF, itty bitty punch,  1/2" circle punch, linen thread, pearls
Stamped french script background stamp in daffodil delight and crumb cake; stamped flower in espresso and colored with markers. Inked lacy brocade with groovy guava before embossing.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Winter Wonderland

This is what it looks like at my house today - a winter wonderland!

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - christmas lodge, bright christmas
  • cardstock - whisper white, basic gray
  • ink - always artichoke, black, sahara sand (for shadow below trees with blender pen)
  • accessories - lacy brocade EF, snow flurry BIGZ die, corner rounder, pearls, dazzling diamonds, crystal effects
After cutting the snowflakes with the snow flurry BIGZ die, I embossed them with the lacy brocade EF, then added a little dazzling diamonds mixed with crystal effects with a small paintbrush.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Christmas Lodge

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - christmas lodge, petite pairs
  • ink - always artichoke, cherry cobbler
  • cardstock - espresso, whisper white
  • accessories - cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon, cherry cobbler twine, lacy brocade EF, bitty banners framelits; buttons and rhinestones (not SU), corner rounder

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Iceskating

I love this color combo of very vanilla, pretty in pink and basic gray!

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - wonderful winterland, teeny tiny wishes
  • ink - pink pirouhette, black
  • cardstock - very vanilla, gbasic gray
  • accessories - labels framelits, designer frame folder, holiday frame EF, word window punch, 3/4" circle punch, large oval punch, large decorative brad, corner rounder
I colored the holiday frame embossing folder with a pink pirouhette marker before embossing (love the effect!). Embossed the basic gray with the designer frame folder, then cut with the labels framelit. Stamped iceskater from wonderful winterland set; colored with markers and blender pen and sponged edges with pink pirouhette. Hard to see, but I punched a 3/4" circle and put under the brad, then distressed the edges of the circle.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Got the Blues?

SUPPLIES:

  • stamps - inspired by nature, teeny tiny wishes, parlor prints
  • ink - basic gray, not quite navy, taken with teal, black; sahara sand marker
  • cardstock - whisper white, basic gray, bashful blue, night of navy
  • accessories - square lattice EF, fancy fan EF, word window punch, modern label punch, itty bitty punches, pearls
I sponged the taken with teal and basic gray on the whisper white cardstock; added not quite navy and black around edges and corners. Stamped the flower from inspired by nature in not quite navy; added shadows with sahara sand marker and just a few white highlights. Stamped the parlor print background in basic gray over the top of it all.

Navy Ornament Keepsake

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - ornament keepsakes, teeny tiny wishes, parlor prints (background stamp), everything eleanor (swirl flourish)
  • ink - not quite navy, cherry cobbler
  • cardstock - cherry cobbler, whisper white
  • accessories - finishing touches edgelits, holiday ornament framelits, bitty banners framelits, pearls, sponge

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Ornament Trio

SUPPLIES:

  • stamps - ornament keepsakes, bright christmas
  • ink - real red, black
  • cardstock - basic gray, whisper white
  • accessories - finishing touches edgelits, square lattice EF, holiday ornaments framelits, clear bitty buttons, corner ticket punch, white satin ribbon

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Holiday Ornament

SUPPLIES:

stamps - ornament keepsakes, teeny tiny wishes
cardstock - very vanilla
ink - cherry cobbler, pink pirouhetteI
accessories - holiday frame EF, square lattice EF, bitty banners framelits, holiday ornaments framelits, raspberry ripple ribbon, pearls

I inked the ornament stamp and center circle from the ornament keepsakes set with pink pirouhette marker, then colored outer edges with cherry cobbler marker; huffed on it before stamping.

Bordered Doily


I have the privilege of teaching a card workshop at a senior living facility. This is the card we will be making.

To achieve the crisp border on the doily, I first inked the entire stamp with crumb cake, then colored the edges with a cherry cobbler marker as well as the small edge of the center.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Ornament Elegance

Simple card using the ornament keepsakes bundle. Also used square lattice EF, vintage wallpaper EF, finishing touches edgelits. Ornaments are inked with baja breeze and so saffron.

(I thought I should do a simple, almost monochromatic card after my previous wildly colored post "colorful woodgrain")

Antiqued Elements

SUPPLIES:

stamps - elements of style, teeny tiny wishes
ink - espresso, crumb cake, so saffron, always artichoke
cardstock - so saffron, espresso, whisper white, crumb cake
accessories - bitty banners framelits, labels framelits, vintage wallpaper EF, square lattice EF, crumb cake ribbon, itty bitty punches, pearls

I inked the vintage wallpaper EF with crumb cake and espresso for the white background panel. I cut crumb cake with labels framelit, inked the vintage wallpaper EF with so saffron and crumb cake, then embossed.

Colored the flower from elements of style with blender pen and crumb cake, espresso, so saffron, always artichoke.

Colorful Woodgrain

SUPPLIES:
 
stamps - sincere salutations, lovely as a tree
ink - pumpkin pie, rich razzleberry, melon mambo, wild wasabi, going green, black stazon
cardstock - espresso, whisper white
accessories - primrose petals stitched ribbon, scallop oval and scallop punch, large scallop edgelit, woodgrain embossing folder
 
To make the background on the woodgrain, I colored the negative of the embossing folder with a pumpkin pie and rich razzleberry pen.

For the tree scene, I stamped the tree in stazon black, masked off the sun, and sponged in the various colors.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Winterish Day

To make this card I colored the negative portion of the woodgrain embossing folder with a crumb cake marker before embossing the white cardstock. Punched corners with ticket punch. Matted with espresso; punched corners with ticket punch.

Stamped lovely as a tree in black stazon, then sponged crumb cake, espresso, baja breeze, not quite navy, and going gray; cut with labels framelit.

Cut crumb cake with labels framelit, embossed with square lattice EF. Added decorative label in baja breeze, and modern label in espresso.

Stamped happy birthday from teeny tiny wishes set in not quite navy, punched with word window and matted with modern label. Added mini brads and small circle from itty bitty punch (I punched this out of the embossed woodgrain before adhereing the tree). Adhered to crumb cake card.

(Added espresso sponging to the edge of all the pieces before adhering)