Two Step Simple Stems

Two Step Simple Stems

SUPPLIES:

• Stamps: Netting Background, Simple Stems, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Distressed Dots, Dot Dot Dot
• Ink: Black, Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo
• Cardstock: Island Indigo, Basic Gray, Whisper White
• Accessories: Square Lattice EF, Labels Framelits, Word Window Punch, Basic Pearls Jewels

Note: Stamped the flowers in Coastal Cabana; then colored portions of stamp with Island Indigo pen and stamped over image again (used stamp-a-ma-jig for placement). 

Hearts Flutter Valentine

My never-ending attempt to make a card that could be masculine :)  Still not sure I pulled it off!

SUPPLIES:

Real red, Brown Sugar, Espresso, Very Vanilla Cardstock; Hearts a Flutter, Sweetly Framed stamp sets; Real Red & Espresso ink; Labels Collection and Hearts a Flutter Framelits; Square Lattice and Fancy Fan embossing folders.

Trust the Lord

Stamped the flowers from Secret Garden in Stazon Black ink on watercolor paper. Colored using marker layering technique - crisp cantaloupe, calypso coral, strawberry slush, daffodil delight, crushed curry, more mustard and white gel pen.

Colored whole image in lightest color, added medium and darker colors at base, and colored again with lighter color to blend.

Hearts A Flutter Valentine

SUPPLIES:

cardstock - night of navy, primrose petals, bashful blue, whisper white
ink - regal rose, night of navy
stamps - hearts a flutter, distressed dots, teeny tiny wishes
accessories - square lattice EF, chevron EF, hearts a flutter framelits, bitty banners framelits, labels collection framelits, itty bitty punches, pearls basic jewels, adorning accents edgelits

Sponged Delicate Doilies

SUPPLIES:

• ink - lucky limeade, always artichoke, bashful blue, marina mist, crumb cake, soft suede, early espresso, versamark
• stamps - delicate doilies, everything eleanor, french foliage, netting background, lacy and lovely
• cardstock - early espresso, bashful blue, very vanilla
• accessories - heat gun, clear EP, early espresso baker's twine, designer woodgrain buttons, labels framelits, sponge daubers

First stamped the delicate doilies with versamark and heat embossed with clear EP; colored doilies in with bashful blue. Sponged in various colors, then stamped netting background, dots from french foliage, and the flourish from everything eleanor.

Lacy Lovely Thanks

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - lacy & lovely, netting background
• ink - melon mambo, pretty in pink, crumb cake, soft suede, basic gray
• cardstock - basic gray, confetti cream, very vanilla, primrose petals
• accessories - labels framelits, little leaves sizzlits, itty bitty punches, decorative label punch, designer button woodgrain, linene thread, mini brads, brayer, silver EP and UTEE, heat gun

First stamped the netting background on very vanilla using crumb cake ink. Then stamped the flower and design from lacy & lovely set in crumb cake and soft suede. Brayered melon mambo and then sponged edges with basic gray. To make the labels framelits frame, I covered with versamark, embossed with silver, then with UTEE, then repeated (technique previously shown on SCS).

Thank You Maam

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - out west, fresh vintage SAB, thank you kindly
• cardstock - very vanilla, real red, espresso, crumb cake
• ink - real red, espresso
• accessories - corner ticket punch, woodgrain designer button, linen thread, labels framelits, square lattice ef, blender pen, bleach

Added a little bleach with old blender pen to cowboy and saddle.

U Rock

This BUTTON BUDDIES set is new to me and I am enjoying it. Sometimes I prefer the CAS cards - and they usually take so much less time : )

 

SUPPLIES:

• ink - pretty in pink, basic gray
• stamps - button buddies, perfect words (retired)
• cardstock - basic gray, whisper white, pink pirouhette
• accessories - chevron ef, labels framelits, square lattice ef, scallop oval and oval punch, jewels basic pearls, misc button

Simply Thanks CAS

This is one of the nights where you spend 3 hours to come up with one card - and not the card you set out to make! I am certain that any stamper has a day or 12 like that : )

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - field flowers, teeny tiny wishes
• cardstock - certainly celery, kraft, pink pirouhette, whisper white
• ink - espresso, old olive, pink pirouhette
• accessories - lacy brocade EF, square lattice EF, labels framelits, adorning accents edgelits, itty bitty punches, basic pearl jewels, crumb cake seam binding ribbon, bitty banners framelits

Layered Birthday

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - apothecary art
• ink - basic gray, espresso
• cardstock - basic gray, whisper white, bashful blue, crumb cake
• accessories - square lattice EF, lacy brocade EF, labels framelits, finishing touches edgelits, markers, blender pens, itty bitty punches, mini brads, rhinestones (not SU)

I made this card with several left over scraps from previous cards. Inked lacy brocade EF with basic gray before embossing bashful blue cardstock. Stamped apothecary art in espresso; colored with markers and blender pen. Added itty bitty punches, layered in two colors and then attached with mini brads. Butterfly was punched from previous piece of white cardstock embossed with inked square lattice EF.

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.

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.

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)

Joyous Reindeer

SUPPLIES:

 

paper - basic gray, whisper white

stamps - teeny tiny wishes, joyous celebrations

ink - real red, basic gray

assecories -  holiday frame EF, labels framelits, word window punch, large oval punch, designer frame EF, ticket punch, cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon, pearl rhinestones

 

NOTE:

I first cut the white with the labels framelit, and then embossed the white and gray with the holiday frame EF.

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.

Floral Pattern Congrats

This card was for a demo it at a workshop. I wanted it to be fun and colorful, but not too complicated.

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - everything eleanor, itty bitty banners
• ink - cherry cobbler, lucky limeade, always artichoke
• paper - basic black, lucky limeade, very vanilla, watercolor
• misc - square lattice EF, labels framelits, bitty banners framelits, blender pens

Birthday Poppies

Having fun playing with my new stuff. This is the first time I've had the seam binding ribbon and I love working with it. It is so easy - especially for a lackluster bowtier like me! The window frames framelits are new too!
I stamped the poppies on watercolor paper, colored with blender pen and ink, cut with window frame framelit, then pierced. Added labels framelit in black with distressed edges. The background paper is from DCWV mat stack; embossed with vintage wallpaper EF then distressed edges and matted with black, also distressed edges.





SUPPLIES:

• cardstock - black, watercolor, very vanilla, rose (not SU)
• stamps - pleasant poppies, take it to heart (birthday banner), happiest birthday wishes
• ink - real red, calypso coral, pretty in pink, black stazon, always artichoke
• misc - blender pen, itty bitty punches, paper piercing, vanilla seam binding ribbon, pearl rhinestones, vintage wallpaper EF, edge distresser, window frame and labels framelits

Green Thumb

It should be the time of year that we are harvesting the fruits of our labor! This "homegrown" set is fun and fresh. I stamped the artichoke all around on certainly celerly cardstock, diecut the center with the labels framelit, sponged in limeade and certainly celerly, embossed the outer background portion with square lattice. Cut two outline frames in black with the labels framelits; put a frame inside a frame, tied ribbon underneath the small frame. I stamped another artichoke on whisper white and cut around it, added some pop up circles. Stamped itty bitty banner sentiment and added to card; added rhinestones. Matted card with black and certainly celery.

SUPPLIES:

• paper: certainly celery, whisper white, black
• stamps: homegrown, itty bitty banners
• ink: black stazon, certainly celery, limeade
• misc: sponge daubers, blender pen, bitty banners framelits, labels framelits
• ribbon and black rhinestones not SU

Poppy Pattern

Another card using Pleasant Poppies as the focal point. The background is created using the flourish from Everything Eleanor and one of the Delicate Doilies stamps. The poppies were stamped on watercolor paper with black stazon ink and then were colored with Calypso Coral, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade markers and a blender pen. I outlined the poppies with a Pink Pirouhette marker. The background is stamped in Wild Wasabi and Cherry Cobbler; sentiment from Itty Bitty Banners is stamped in Cherry Cobbler as well.


SUPPLIES:

• Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla, Basic Black cardstock & watercolor paper
• Cherry Cobbler, Calypso Coral, Pink Pirouhette, Lucky Limeade markers; blender pen
• Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi ink
• Itty Bitty Shapes, Modern Label, and Decorative Label, 1/2" circle punches
• Labels Collection Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits
• Delicate Doilies, Everything Eleanor, Pleasant Poppies, Itty Bitty Banners stamp sets