Florals Brights

SUPPLIES:

• INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Smoky Slate
• CARDSTOCK: Whisper White, Smoky Slate
• STAMPS: Forever Florals, Butterfly Basics (sentiment), Gorgoeus Grunge, Peaceful Petals
• ACCESSORIES: Vintage Brad, Extra Large Oval & Bitty Butterfly Punches, Blendabiltiies, Square Lattice EF. Ribbon not SU 

Stamped the various flowers and leaves in Tuxedo Black, masking off a few of the flowers. Colored with Blendabilities; added dots from Gorgeous Grunge. Butterfly and sentiment are stamped in Smoky Slate. Matted image with Smoky Slate, Square Lattice embossed Whisper White on Whisper White card base.

I love how bright the Blendabilities color (:

Truly Grateful

SUPPLIES:

• Cardstock: Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, Espresso, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
• Ink: Espresso, Cherry Cobbler
• Stamps: Ornamental Pine, Gorgeous Grunge, Truly Grateful
• Accessories: Espresso Baker's Twine, Paper Crimper, Stampin' Write Markers, Reinkers, Sponge Daubers. Shaving cream, pop-up dots.

This was my first time playing around with the shave cream technique:

Add the cheap, foamy white shave cream to a baking sheet or tray with edges. I had a cheap foil casserole pan that I used. Add 3 or 4 drops of each reinker color to the shave cream. I used Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Brown Sugar and Pear Pizzazz. Swirl the colors together (I used my bone folder because I found a smaller toothpick didn't quite swirl it enough; it depends on the look you are trying to achieve). Press the Pumpkin Pie 4" X 5 1/4" CS panel directly into the shave cream, smushing it down for coverage. Scrape off excess with a piece of scrap cardstock; blot with a papertowel. Allow to dry for a few minutes.

While the panel is drying, stamp the pinecones in Espresso on Soft Suede and Crumb Cake CS (you need 3); add some Brown Sugar and Crumb Cake marker to the pinecone image. Fussy cut.

Run piece of 2 3/4" x 2 3/8" Crumb Cake CS through paper crimper; sponge daub edges with Espresso. Tear piece of Pumpkin Pie CS and stamp log round image with Versamark, then Truly Grateful sentiment in Cherry Cobber; add gorgeous grunge dots in Espresso and sponge daub edges with Espresso. Adhere to crimped background.

Take your pumpkin pie panel an stamp the ornamental pine in Espresso; go over some of the image with Espresso and Always Artichoke markers to add depth to the pine. Stamp gorgeous grunge dots in Espresso and sponge daub edges in espresso. Tie baker's twine around panel and mat with Espresso CS; mount on Really Rust card. Add matted sentiment and pinecones using pop-up dot; adhere other two pinecones to right corner of card.

Hey Collage

SUPPLIES:

• STAMPS: Gorgeous Grunge, Dotty Angles, Work of Art, Hi There
• CARDSTOCK: Whisper White, Island Indigo
• INK: Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Soft Sky, Smoky Slate, Craft White
• ACCESSORIES: Large Oval Punch, White Baker's Twine, Basic Jewels Pearls & Rhinestones, Paper Doily, pop up squares, Washi Tape, Blendabilities.

The camera could not quite capture the color of the Island Indigo strip that is stamped in Craft White. The basic jewels pearls were colored with the coastal cabana blenadabilities pen. After stamping the chevron from Work of Art in smoky slate on the white cardstock, I stamped the same image in White on a strip of Island Indigo cardstock and matched up the pattern as I adhered it.

Banners and Grunge

BANNERS AND GRUNGE

SUPPLIES:

• INK: Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate, Memento Black
• CARDSTOCK: Whisper White
• STAMPS: Peaceful Petals, Secret Garden, Banner Blast, Gorgeous Grunge, Express Yourself
• ACCESSORIES: Secret Garden Framelits, Banner Punch, Rhinestones, Stampin Blendabilities, Stampin Write Markers, Signo Uniball White pen, Pop Up dots.

NOTE:

I colored both flowers with the lightest marker from Coastal Cabana blendabilities set. Then colored over base of petals again with same light color for some subtle shading.

Amazing You!

Amazing You!

SUPPLIES:

• Stamps: Banner Blast, Secret Garden, Gorgeous Grunge, Express Yourself
• Cardstock: Whisper White
• Ink: Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, Smoky Slate, Memento Black
• Accessories: Blendabilities, Secret Garden Framelits, Banner Punch, Basic Pearl Jewels, Square Lattice EF, Signo Uniball Pen, Pop Up Squares

Stamped Gorgeous Grunge patterns in Crisp Cantaloupe, Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana, and Calypso Coral. Stamped flower 3 times in Memento Black on Whisper White cardstock. Colored with blendabilities and cut layers. 

Happy Watercolor in Shades of Pink

SUPPLIES:

• Stamps: Happy Watercolor, Pretty Petites, Gorgeous Grunge, Netting
• Cardstock: Whisper White. Scrap pink cardstock.
• Ink: Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cnateloupe, Pink Pirouhette, Melon Mambo
• Accessories: Petite Curly Label Punch, Rhinestones, Basic Metal Buttons. Pink Twine not SU.

Note: After stamping each color with the background swatch, I stamped over in the same color with the Gorgeous Grunge large dots. Colored a couple of the rhinestones with the blendabilities pen.

Poppies & Grunge

Another card using Gorgeous Grunge, Truly Grateful, Express Yourself along with Pleasant Poppies.

I used Chalktalk framelit on Whisper White before I stamped the poppies; then colored Poppies with copic markers. Adhered poppy image to black matting and trimmed edges.

Sketched Grunge

I am not positive the gorgeous grunge goes with the rest of the card, but I can't stop playing around with those stamps - I love them :)

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - Gorgeous Grunge, Simply Sketched (hostess), Label Love
• ink - Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Black
• cardstock - Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Black
• accessories - chalktalk framelits, square lattice ef, honeycomb ef, artisan label punch, rhinestones not SU, copic markers

Sketched Thinking of You

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - Simply Sketched (hostess), Truly Grateful, Gorgeous Grunge, Express Yourself
• ink - Blushing Bride, Perfect pear, Smokey Slate, Basic Black
• cardstock - Blushing Bride, Whisper White
• accessories - Chalkboard Framelits, Basic Gray satin ribbon

(I smudged ink on the front while I was stamping the inside of the card - under the word you!  arghhhhhh!)