Sunday, November 11, 2012

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.