Thinking of You Friend - The Paper Players #435

After today Sale-a-bration is officially over!  These 3 months have gone by very fast.

For the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge with The Paper Players I am picking the following row: die cuts, embossing and floral, with the Painted Seasons stamp set.

 I am also using a technique I haven't used in a while - the Baby Wipe technique, using the current in-colours reinkers (Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove, Pineapple Punch, Blueberry Bushel, and Call Me Clover).  I know, I was hesitant too, and I wasn't sure those colours could be mixed together.

On 4 baby wipes folded in half placed on my Stampin' Scrub, several drops of the following reinkers were placed at the top half - Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove, and Pineapple Punch; and the other reinkers were placed at the bottom - Call Me Clover and Blueberry Bushel.

To be truthful, I had no idea what mixing these colours would look like.  I just hoped the result would not be mud when mixed together.  So, with bated breath I took the flower stamp from "Painted Seasons" inked it up and stamped on glossy cardstock.

I was actually quite pleased at the result.  Now the leaves.  You must admit mixing a blue with a green is not always wise, but again I was pleased with the result.

So, I stamped until I filled a piece of 8 1/2 by 11 piece of glossy card stock - using a different flower per sheet  because I couldn't decide which one I wanted to use.

Then I die cut 3 flowers and leaves from the stamped piece using the Four Seasons Framelits.

As you can see I decided to use the other flower.

Making the Card:

On a Lovely Lipstick card base, a 3 1/4 by 5 1/2" piece of the DSP  (to which a strip of Grapefruit Grove card stock was added to the top and bottom edges),  was adhered.

In the center of this was added a 1 1/4 by 5 1/2" piece of Lovely Lipstick with a 1" piece of Whisper White in the middle.   In the center of this was added a flagged strip of Call Me Clover card stock  on which a  sentiment was embossed  with silver embossing powder.

The three die cut flowers and leaves were arranged on the left of this strip, and rhinestones were added to the center of each flower.

On the inside, a 1/4" strip of the stamped glossy paper was added to the bottom of a Whisper White piece of card stock.  A  1/8" strip of Lovely Lipstick was adhered above this. The embossed Get Well sentiment is from "Dandelion Wishes".

I made this card especially for a friend who is undergoing surgery for breast cancer this coming week. "Know that today a friend is thinking of you"

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Painted Seasons, Dandelion Wishes, Part of My Story

Inks:  Versa Mark, Reinkers:  Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove, Pineapple Punch, Blueberry Bushel, and Call Me Clover

Papers:  Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove, Call Me Clover, Whisper White, Glossy White card stock

Accessories:  Four Seasons Framelits, Silver Embossing Powder, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Baby Wipes

Matching images were also stamped on an envelope..

Colorful Seasons - Fall - Baby Wipe Technique

For the second class card featuring the Colorful Seasons stamp set and its coordinating framelits, the baby wipe technique was used to create the lovely fall colors.  Two cards were made, the second one being a bonus card.

If you're not familiar with the Baby Wipe Technique, check out the tutorial hereThe author did the technique a bit different than the way I did it in class.  For example, I used a large stamping block to put the baby wipes on, and then used one baby wipe folded in 4 to create my "ink pad".
The re-inker colors I used were as follows:  Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, and Cajun Craze (about 3-4 drops of each color, applied close together).
I stamped 3 large leaves down the left side, and then added 3 small ones.  Some black "dots" were added using the "dot stamp" from "Timeless Texture"
After stamping the sentiment, the art piece was matted with Basic Black cardstock, and added to the Cajun Craze card front using dimensionals.
Before adding the art piece, some 1/4" copper trim was wrapped around the card front and tied at the right side.
This card was a top fold card, so the ribbon was easy to wrap around, but if it was a side fold card, a tiny slit would have to be made in the middle fold so the ribbon could be inserted though that.

Similar stamping was done on the inside, and the sentiment "Thinking of you" , from the same stamp set, was used.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Colorful Seasons, Timeless Texture

Inks:  Black Memento, Reinkers (Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight)

Papers:  Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Black Memento

Accessories:  1/4" copper trim, dimensionals, baby wipes

This is another version of the front of the card, where a different sentiment (from "Just Add Text" is stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White and punched with the new Pretty Label Punch".  The edges are sponged with Cajun Craze ink before adding to the art piece with dimensionals.

Which do you like better?