Thursday, December 27, 2012

Kind Thanks CAS

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - button buddies, thank you kindly
  • cardstock - whisper white, soft suede
  • ink - pumpkin pie, island indigo, marina mist, baja breeze, crumb cake
  • accessories - scallop trim border punch, fancy fan EF, woodgrain buttons, espresso bakers twine, jewels basic pearls
Note - I colored the blue flower with the marina mist and baja breeze marker and fussy cut around it.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Simply Thanks CAS

This is one of the nights where you spend 3 hours to come up with one card - and not the card you set out to make! I am certain that any stamper has a day or 12 like that : )

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - field flowers, teeny tiny wishes
  • cardstock - certainly celery, kraft, pink pirouhette, whisper white
  • ink - espresso, old olive, pink pirouhette
  • accessories - lacy brocade EF, square lattice EF, labels framelits, adorning accents edgelits, itty bitty punches, basic pearl jewels, crumb cake seam binding ribbon, bitty banners framelits

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Thank You CAS

SUPPLIES:
  • cardstock - whisper white, bashful blue, night of navy
  • stamps - parlor prints, button buddies, teeny tiny wishes
  • ink - not quite navy, bashful blue
  • accessories - itty bitty punches, 1/2" circle punch, pearl rhinestone, finishing touches edgelits, midnight muse stitched ribbon
To add a little depth to the flower, after inking with bashful blue I colored a few bases of the petals with a night of navy marker.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Snow Much Fun 2

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - snow much fun
  • cardstock - bashful blue, espresso, real red, whisper white
  • ink - black stazon, real red, lucky limeade, black, indigo blue, pumpkin pie, daffodil delight
  • accessories - framed tulips EF, itty bitty banners framelit, aqua painter, designer naturals button, red baker's twine
Another variation of the snow much fun christmas card.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Snow Much Fun


SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - snow much fun
  • cardstock - bashful blue, espresso, real red, whisper white
  • ink - black stazon, real red, lucky limeade, black, indigo blue, pumpkin pie, daffodil delight
  • accessories - framed tulips EF, corner ticket punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, aqua painter

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Triple Tree

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - snow much fun
  • cardstock - lucky limeade, bashful blue, whisper white, navy
  • ink - black stazon, wild wasabi, real red, indigo blue, lucky limeade
  • accessories - aqua painter, twine, framed tulips EF

Merry Tree


The christmas tree stamp, lace and ribbon are from Michaels. I stamped the tree on the white background, then stamped again and cut out, glued on top for a layered dimension. Also used vintage wallpaper EF, and decorative label punch.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Bethlehem

SUPPLIES:

cardstock - whisper white
ink - not quite navy, bashful blue, basic black
stamps - come to bethlehem
accessories - tulip frame EF, brayer, black rhinestones (not SU)

Ornament Punch Flower

SUPPLIES:

cardstock - white, lavender, deep purple (all misc paper, not SU)
ink - elegant eggplant, wisteria wonder
stamps - teeny tiny wishes
accessories - ornament punch, word window punch, modern label punch, fancy fan ef, lacy brocade ef, designer button, white bakers twine, ribbon (michaels)

Inked the lacy brocade EF with wisteria wonder before embossing; then punched petals with ornament punch. Layered the petals with a darker purple. There are 8 petals total created with the ornament punch.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Cowboy Birthday

SUPPLIES:

stamps - out west, well scripted
cardstock - black, marina mist, crumb cake, whisper white
ink - craft white, stazon black, bashful blue, basic gray
accessories - heat gun, black embossing powder, woodgrain EF, chevron EF, word window punch, large oval punch, mini brads, twine, sponge, corner rounder, paper piercing template, spellbinders nestabilities circle dies (to create circle frame)

This card is for my father-in-laws birthday - I still have stuch a hard time coming up with a masculine card.

After stamping the image in craft white, I heat embossed with black powder; sponged bashful blue and basic gray around the image. Embossed black with woodgrain EF, then cut circle out to overlay on cowboy image. Used two sizes of circle nestabilities to create the crumb cake circle frame. Used paper piercing template to pierce around outer edge of cowboy circle.
It is hard to see in the photograph, but the bottom marina mist piece is embossed with the chevron EF. There is also a mini brad in the top left corner that is hard to see.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Embossed Flakes


A simple card but striking. I embossed the black card stock with the framed tuplips EF first. Then stamped the snowflakes from snowflake soiree set with craft white, and heat embossed with baby blue pastel embossing powder from stampin-n stuff and white ultra detail embossing powder by stampendous. Cardstock is from paper studio.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Embossed Tree

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - christmas lodge, joyous celebrations
  • ink - whisper white, espresso
  • cardstock - so saffron, soft suede
  • accessories - oval punch, daffodil delight ribbon, white embossing powder, corner ticket punch, lacy brocade EF, versamark pen, gold glitter embossing powder, pearls (not SU)
Stamped the tree with craft white then heat embossed with white embossing powder (EP). Colored a few spots on the tree with versamark pen, then heat embossed with gold EP.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

POPPIES

A wonderful trip to see family in California for the Thanksgiving holiday. So much to be thankful for... and many thank you cards to make!

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - pleasant poppies, teeny tiny wishes
  • ink - stazon black, bliss blue, basic gray
  • cardstock - wisteria wonder, bashful blue, whisper white, black
  • accessories - copic markers, white highlighter gel pen, decorative brad, word window punch, square lattice EF, lacy brocade EF, bakers twine, big shot, sponge dauber
Stamped the poppies on the bashful blue cardstock using black stazon; colored the poppies with copics and sponged in bliss blue and basic gray around them. Added white highlighter gel pen.

Inked the lacy brocade embossing folder with bliss blue before embossing the white cardstock.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Holiday Ornament



 


To make this card, I cut the zig zag strips using finishing touches edgelits, adhered them to white cardstock, then diecut with holiday ornaments framelits. Added dimension to background panels with the square lattice EF, and the lacy brocade EF. The lacy trim is also from the finishing touches edgelits. Not sure of the name of the DSP; merry christmas sentiment is from petite pairs.

CAS Field Flower

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - field flowers, lacy and lovely
  • ink - elegant eggplant (pad & marker), wisteria wonder, basic gray,
  • cardstock - very vanilla, wisteria wonder
  • accessories - fancy fan EF, color spritzer, petals a plenty EF, corner rounder, designer button, small vanilla ribbon (not su)

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Layered Birthday

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - apothecary art
  • ink - basic gray, espresso
  • cardstock - basic gray, whisper white, bashful blue, crumb cake
  • accessories - square lattice EF, lacy brocade EF, labels framelits, finishing touches edgelits, markers, blender pens, itty bitty punches, mini brads, rhinestones (not SU)
I made this card with several left over scraps from previous cards. Inked lacy brocade EF with basic gray before embossing bashful blue cardstock. Stamped apothecary art in espresso; colored with markers and blender pen. Added itty bitty punches, layered in two colors and then attached with mini brads. Butterfly was punched from previous piece of white cardstock embossed with inked square lattice EF.

Seasonal Happiness Shared

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - happiness shared, sincere salutations
  • ink - old olive, lucky limeade, pink pirouhette, stazon black, cherry cobbler, markers, blender pen
  • cardstock - real red, whisper white
  • accessories - lacy brocade EF, square lattice EF, oval and scallop oval punch, cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon, pearl, lacy circle and circle die (spellbinders)
Thought it would be fun to do traditional holiday colors with a non-holiday stamp.

CAS Tumbling Angels

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - wonderful winterland, bright christmas, distressed dots
  • ink - stazon black, misc markers, craft white
  • cardstock - primrose petals, whisper white
  • accessories - bakers twine, blender pen
CAS tumbling snow angels :)

Lacy Snowflake

SUPPLIES:
  • stamps - snowflake soiree, tiny tags
  • cardstock - whisper white, bashful blue
  • ink - marina mist, not quite navy, bordering blue
  • accessories - lacy brocade EF, white bakers twine, tiny tag punch, decorative brad, snow flurry BIGZ die, ticket punch, lacy circle and circle dies (not SU, nestabilities), satin ribbon (not SU)
Inked lacy brocade EF with bordering blue before embossing white cardstock. Stamped snoflake on whisper white and cut with circle die. Added snowflakes cut with snow flurry BIGZ die, then embossed with square lattice EF, and decorative brad.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Doilies and Lace

SUPPLIES:

  • stamps - lacy and lovely, itty bitty banners
  • ink - soft suede, craft white
  • cardstock - soft suede, whisper white
  • accessories - large delicate doilies sizzlits, 1 3/4" scallop punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1" scallop diecut (not SU), crumb cake ribbon, pearls, bitty banners framelits, lacy brocade EF, corner rounder punch, pop up dots
I inked the lacy brocade EF with craft white ink before embossing. Cut the doilies with large doilies sizzlit; stamped lacy and lovely images and punched out. Layered the doilies, with the punched images.