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.

Summer Sunset

A birthday card inspired by the summer sunsets here on our mountain in North Idaho. The flower is from the upsy daisy set. I masked the sun with a post it note, then brayered the different colors in layers using daffodil delight, calypso coral, rich razzleberry, cajun craze. I sponged in daffodil delight, calypso coral, and melon mambo in specific areas to make them pop more. Stamped the flower in elegant eggplant then embossed with the petals a plenty EF; added daffodil delight seam ribbon, butterfly punch, the itty bitty punches, and the itthappy birthday stamped in rich razzleberry and cut with the banners framelits.

Butterfly Brilliance

These butterflies are from the papillon potpourri set. I stamped the butterflies on whisper white, and colored with chalk; then sponged in the different colors in a circular patterns around the butterflies (started with so saffron and daffodil delight, cajun craze and calypso coral, baja breeze and marina mist, then wild wysteria and elegant eggplant). I embossed the entire image with vintage wallpaper EF then added a little more elegant eggplant sponging around the edges. Tied ribbon and matted with elegant eggplant and baja breeze. I stamped sentiment on whisper white, sponged in elegant eggplant and daffodil delight; matted with oval scallop and added itty bitty flower punch with a rhinestone.

SUPPLIES:

• cardstock: whisper white, elegant eggplant, baja breeze
• stamps: papillon potpourri, petite pairs
• ink: daffodil delight, so saffron, cajun craze, calypso coral, baja breeze, marina mist, elegant eggplant, wild wysteria
• misc: sponge daubers, chalk, oval and scallop oval punch, vintage wallpaper EF, ribbon and rhinestone not SU

Tie Dye Artichokes

I love the homegrown veggies in the summer - so here goes another artichoke card! I first stamped the artichoke on whisper white and then colored with markers and blender pen. I followed with sponging in a circular pattern with the various colors to give the tie dye effect; then I embossed the entire image with vintage wallpaper EF. Added DSP papers on the corner, modern label punch with itty bitty shapes, and itty bitty banners as accents. Matted with baja breeze and perfect plumb.

SUPPLIES:

• paper: certainly celerly, baja breeze, perfect plumb, whisper white
• stamps: homegrown, itty bitty banners
• ink: elegant eggplant, certainly celery, baja breeze, marina mist, rich razzleberry, lucky limeade
• misc: sponge daubers, blender pens, markers, vintage wallpaper ef, modern labe punch, itty bitty circle punch, bitty banners framelits, pearl rhinestones

Poppy Layers

SUPPLIES:
paper - calypso coral , whisper white, floral district DSP
ink - calypso coral, rich razzleberry, baja breeze
stamps - pleasant poppies, tagtastic (hostess)
punches - oval, scallop oval, 2 3/8" scallop circle, misc. circle punch
misc - ribbon, rhinestone stickers, sponge daubers

Wolf Father's Day Card

Another Father's Day card using Nature Silhouettes, Lovely as a Tree, and the brayering technique.
First I masked off the moon and the bottom hill with post it notes. Then I brayered Daffodil Delight just above the hill; masked off the top portion and brayered Calypso Coral just above the Daffodil Delight. Removed the top mask and brayered Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant over that, then Not Quite Navy. Removed the moon mask and sponged a Daffodil Delight. Stamped the background trees in black; removed the bottom hill mask and sponged the hill in with Lucky Limeade and Always Artichoke. Stamped the front trees. Stamped the wolf at the top of the hill; sponged in a little bit of Soft Suede under the hill line and around the bottom edges. Used ticket punch on the top right corner, added word window in Lucky Limeade and Elegant Eggplant; added brads.
I feel accomplished because I have such a hard time making masculine cards : ) Thanks for looking!

SUPPLIES:

• Nature Silhouettes, Lovely as a Tree SU stamp sets
• Elegant Eggplant, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Black cardstock
• Lucky Limeade, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Not Quite Navy, Black Stazon SU inks
• Ticket punch, Word Window punch
• Decorative Brads

Fu Man Chu Bear

Another card created because of the rainy, rainy day here in North Idaho. I cut the topnote out of very vanilla, masked the sun, and then sponged with marina mist, pool party, daffodil delight, tangerine tango, crumb cake, soft suede. Then I stamped the flowers/stems from the Nature Walk set. You inspire me is from the Petite Pairs set and is cut with the bitty banners framelits.

The background panel is daffodil delight and is embossed with square lattice. The ribbon is also daffodil delight.

To make the bear I used these punches: ornament, cupcake builder, fancy flower, 3/4" circle, and 1/2" circle. The eyebrows, nose, and whites of eye are from the cupcake builder. I cut the 3/4" circle in half for the ears and the 1/2" circle for the eyes in black. I stamped the bottom of the bear's chin with a cupcake wrapper from Create a Cupcake set to create a "fu man chu". I added brown rhinestone pearls to the eyes. I punched the fancy flower and then embossed with the square lattice EF. The bears face and body are done in soft suede.

FISHY Kiss

It's a rainy, rainy day here in North Idaho - boo! So I got in the mood for some paper piecing silliness ( :
I sponged the background topnote with pool party, marina mist, elegant eggplant and then stamped with grass from Inspired by Nature set. The background panel is Perfect Plum and embossed with Perfect Polka Dots. To make the fish I first embossed a very vanilla piece with the Vintage Wallpaper EF. Then I punched it out with the ornament punch and sponged elegant eggplant and marina mist; punched the ornament again out of black and cut off for the tail. I made the top fin and mouth with the cupcake builder punch. Added a pearl for the eye.  I used labels framelits for the fish background and sponged around the edges with elegant eggplant. Sending a Kiss is from the Petite Pairs set and is punched with word window and matted with modern label.  and voila!
Punches Used:

Tortoise Shell Father's Day

I wanted the green background print to look like a tortoise shell - for some reason I woke up thinking about that ( :

To get the look, I took Wild Wasabi paper, and stamped the background print from Fresh Vintage in Early Espresso. Then I crumbled the paper up and sponged on Old Olive, Certainly Celery and Soft Suede. I covered with versamark ink and heat embossed; then embossed it with the vintage wallpaper EF. wheeew!

The boot is stamped in Early Espresso, and colored with Cajun Craze, Early Espresso and blender pens. I sponged Soft Suede and Early Espresso around the image.

The ribbon is some old SU twill tape I had - I stamped it with the background image from the Fresh Vintage set in Soft Suede to give it a worn look.