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 Congrats

Supplies:

• paper - very vanilla, pool party, crumb cake
• stamps - itty bitty banners, papillon potpourri, snowflake soire (background on scallop circle)
• ink - crumb cake, pool party
• misc - vintage wallpaper EF, square lattice EF, elegant buttefly punch, large delicate doily sizzix, 2 3/8" scallop, 1 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, itty bitty shape, bitty banner framelits, baja breeze seam binding ribbon, pearl rhinestones

Butterfly & Doilies

 SUPPLIES:

• stamps - delicate doilies, itty bitty banners, papillon potpourri
• cardstock - pool party, early espresso, cherry cobbler, white
• ink - real red
• misc - elegant butterfly, 1 3/4" scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle punches; bitty banners framelits; ribbon & rhinestones 

I was playing around with the delicate doilies set and came up with this cute and simple card. I used pool party again, but at least I changed up the accent colors to real red and espresso. The butterfly is from the papillon potpourri set.

Pool Party Triple Layer

So I am clearly hung up on this triple stack stamping thing! And evidentally I'm also hung up on the pool party with basic grey and crumb cake combo since this is the second card using these colors! I think what I love most about this triple layer stamping technique is that it turns out so elegant looking with great dimension. I think most experienced stampers can guess how the little white tabs ended up on the card (and I like them too); amazing how many little doodads and embellishments go on a card to cover a stamping mistake like stamping the edge of the stamp with the image :(

SUPPLIES:

• cardstock - pool party, white
• ink - crumb cake, basic gray, pool party
• stamps - papillon potpourri, pocket silouhettes (thanks so much), fresh vintage
• misc - elegant butterfly, oval, scallop, word window punches; rhinestones, ribbon

To anyone who used my incorrect dimensions previously listed I apologize :) The dimensions listed on the triple stack cards below should be accurate.

Get Well Soon

I made this get well card using the Nature Walk and FreshVintage stamp sets.  I stamped the Fresh Vintage pattern on the background using Pool Party  and Wild Wasabi ink and then ran it through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice EF. Used the Vintage Wallpaper EF on the Wild Wasabi. After I stamped the bird and colored using markers and blender pen, I embossed with the Square Lattice EF. Trimmed it with victoria crochet ribbon and designer series button. I took a very small trimmed edge of baja breeze paper and ran through the button holes to look like thick thread; then used tacky tape to stick the button to ribbon.

Pool Party Colors

New Pool Party from the 2011 - 2012 in colors.  Love the color!