Monday, July 9, 2012

Love You Pattern



Itty bitty shapes pattern card. I used the itty bitty shapes punches with the itty bitty buttons. Background is perfect polka dots, and petals a plenty EF's; sentiment is from itty bitty banners stamp set, and is cut with the bitty banners framelits. Simple, yet elegant : )

Floral District Poppies

A card using the pleasant poppies stamp with the floral district designer series paper (DSP). I stamped the poppies in rich razzleberry ink on whisper white, then added strips of rich razzleberry cardstock and floral district DSP. I embossed the whole image with petals a plenty EF. Then added a strip of soft suede embossed with the petals a plenty and the happy birthday banner. Made the scallop flower in layers of rich razzleberry, floral district, wild wasabi, soft suede, lucky limeade and a flower punched from the floral district paper with the itty bitty shapes punch.

SUPPLIES:
  • rich razzleberry, soft suede, whisper white cardstock, floral district DSP
  • rich razzleberry ink
  • petals a plenty, square lattice embossing folders
  • 1 3/4" scallop, 1 3/8" circle, 3/4" circle, itty bitty shape flower punches
  • floral frame and bitty banner framelits

Saturday, July 7, 2012

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

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