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.

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.

Navy Ornament Keepsake

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - ornament keepsakes, teeny tiny wishes, parlor prints (background stamp), everything eleanor (swirl flourish)
• ink - not quite navy, cherry cobbler
• cardstock - cherry cobbler, whisper white
• accessories - finishing touches edgelits, holiday ornament framelits, bitty banners framelits, pearls, sponge

Ornament Trio

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - ornament keepsakes, bright christmas
• ink - real red, black
• cardstock - basic gray, whisper white
• accessories - finishing touches edgelits, square lattice EF, holiday ornaments framelits, clear bitty buttons, corner ticket punch, white satin ribbon

Holiday Ornament

SUPPLIES:

stamps - ornament keepsakes, teeny tiny wishes
cardstock - very vanilla
ink - cherry cobbler, pink pirouhetteI
accessories - holiday frame EF, square lattice EF, bitty banners framelits, holiday ornaments framelits, raspberry ripple ribbon, pearls

I inked the ornament stamp and center circle from the ornament keepsakes set with pink pirouhette marker, then colored outer edges with cherry cobbler marker; huffed on it before stamping.

Bordered Doily

I have the privilege of teaching a card workshop at a senior living facility. This is the card we will be making.

To achieve the crisp border on the doily, I first inked the entire stamp with crumb cake, then colored the edges with a cherry cobbler marker as well as the small edge of the center.

Ornament Elegance

Simple card using the ornament keepsakes bundle. Also used square lattice EF, vintage wallpaper EF, finishing touches edgelits. Ornaments are inked with baja breeze and so saffron.

(I thought I should do a simple, almost monochromatic card after my previous wildly colored post "colorful woodgrain")

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.

Colorful Woodgrain

SUPPLIES:

 
stamps - sincere salutations, lovely as a tree
ink - pumpkin pie, rich razzleberry, melon mambo, wild wasabi, going green, black stazon
cardstock - espresso, whisper white
accessories - primrose petals stitched ribbon, scallop oval and scallop punch, large scallop edgelit, woodgrain embossing folder
 
To make the background on the woodgrain, I colored the negative of the embossing folder with a pumpkin pie and rich razzleberry pen.

For the tree scene, I stamped the tree in stazon black, masked off the sun, and sponged in the various colors.

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)

So Simple Doily

SUPPLIES:

stamps - hello doily, sincere salutations
ink - sahara sand, pretty in pink, espresso
cardstock - primrose petals, whisper white
accesories - primrose petals ribbon, itty bitty punches, pearl rhinestones

Inked the entire hello doily stamp with sahara sand, then inked the edges with pretty in pink before stamping.

Embossed Doily

First masked off the sponged area - sponged in pumpkin pie, rich razzleberry, elegant eggplant. Stamped doily in elegant eggplant on top; embossed with fancy fan folder. Added itty bitty flower punch, itty bitty banner stamped in pumpkin pie. Card is primrose petals.

So Many Smiles

SUPPLIES:

stamps - delicate doilies, petite pairs, french foliage (dots)
ink - crumb cake, cajun craze, always artichoke, espresso
paper - crumb cake, whisper white, rust
accessories - itty bitty punches, mini brads, corner rounder


The idea for this card was to create a card without using the Big Shot. When I teach classes at the library, we do two cards and inevitably, everyone ends up waiting for the Big Shot. So I decided to do one card that emphasizes embossing folders and diecuts, and another that doesn't require the use of the Big Shot at all!

Primrose Petal Snowflakes

SUPPLIES:

stamps - petite pairs
ink - not quite navy
cardstock - primrose petals, bashful blue, white
accessories - finishing touches edgelits, delicate doilies sizzlits, snow flurry Bigz die, holiday frame EF, pearl rhinestone

This is a super simple card - quick and easy! It is hard to tell that the color is primrose petals - it looks great against the bashful blue in person : )

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.

Dazzling Snowflake

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - teeny tiny wishes
• cardstock - bashful blue, white
• ink - not quite navy
• accessories - holiday frame EF, snow flurry Bigz die, button, dazzling diamonds, two way glue pen; ticket, modern label and word window punches

French Foliage Thanks

I saw this card technique posted on Stampin' Connection by Marian Garcia. I loved the simple effect of the masking and sponging. I changed the colors and added the tab at the top.

Mask off the top and bottom of the card leaving the width exposed that will be sponged. Sponge in graduated colors - dark, medium, light. I began by sponging the daffodil delight on the right and worked my way left, adding calypso coral to the middle and melon mambo to the far left side. Whie still masked, use espresso to stamp the leaves that will only be inside the masking. Remove the mask and stamp the rest of the leaves that overlap the masking in espresso; add the dots and and round paris stamp in melon mambo. Stamp sentiment and add word window punch to top with button and baker's twine. Cardstock is so saffron.

Embossed Doily

I started with a piece of vanilla cardstock and stamped the doily with versamark then heat embossed with stampendous' pink pastel EP. Brayered pumpkin pie, cherry cobbler and so saffron over card then sponged early espresso inside doily;wiped off excess from brayering. Used ticket punch on top and matted with espresso and added designer series button and espresso baker's twine; added dotted scallop ribbon border punched in pink pirouette and espresso. Stamped thanks so much from old sincere salutations on pink pirouette; punched with oval, and matted in espresso with scallop oval. Used ticket punch on top edges of espresso and white cardstock.

Colorful Doilies

So I appear to be stuck on coloring with blender pens...I will need to snap out of it pretty soon :)

I stamped the delicate doily images in stazon black onto whisper white cardstock; colored them in with blender pen and wisteria wonder, wild wasabi, and marina mist. Matted with bashful blue and certainly celery. Banners are embossed with square lattice, chevron and fancy fan embossing folders. Added gumball green ribbon, pearls, itty bitty banner "congratulations" cut with bitty banner framelit.

Snowflakes

 

 

This is the first time I've tried out this snowflake soiree set. The snowflakes in this set from the Holiday Catalog are beautiful!!! I stamped with stazon black onto watercolor paper, and colored in the snowflakes with blender pens using elegant eggplant and not quite navy. I used the finishing touches edgelits to mat the image.