Everything Eleanor Birthday - Technostamper 317

The weather today is doing a flip flop.  It started out in the morning raining, then by noon it got hot and humid, then in the afternoon it cooled and the rain moved in again.  I just looked out and the sun is once again shining.  I guess there's no gardening for me today, although the garden has loved the heat and rain.  Every day there are surprises for me in the garden.  A new bit of colour here, and a new bit of colour there. The problem with the heat and humidity is the hungry mosquitoes.  A horde of them attacked me last night when I attempted to do some weeding and today all you have to do is walk on the grass and to disturb those stingers. It's a good year for those pesky critters - unfortunately!

In the card for the Technostamper challenge here I show my love for flowers by placing one on the card.

I used some of the new in colours as well as the blendabilities on the flower.

Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Sassy Salutations

Inks: Hello Honey, Memento, Blendabilities (Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango)

Papers: Smoky Slate, Moonlight Designer Paper stack, Whisper White, Lost Lagoon

Accessories: Honeycomb folder, corner rounder punch, Orange Stampin' Glitter, dimensionals

Papillon Potpourri Thanks - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #120

Well it's not a very nice day to be working outside today.  It's much cooler than I thought it was going to be.  Yesterday was so lovely I spent most of the day out in the garden.
I now have most of my plants in the ground.  My plant sale was on the weekend and it was very successful.  All proceeds went back into the garden.  The only thing I have left to do is create a little vegetable garden.

This card is for the challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday here

The base of this A2 card is Raspberry Ripple layered with Crumb Cake card stock.  Down the middle is a strip of DSP from the Print Poetry designer pack.  On both long ends I attached a piece of scalloped raspberry Ripple die cut with the Tasteful Trim die.  The sentiment was stamped using Black Stazon ink.

On the focal image panel, which is Whisper White, I first stamped a swirl image from Everything Eleanor in Old Olive, stamping off once so the colour wouldn't be so strong.  Then I embossed 3 butterflies from the Papillion Potpourri with black embossing powder on Vellum.  They were coloured using SU markers and then cut out.  They were placed on the image panel using glue dots, and then the panel was matted with Old Olive card stock and adhered to the card using dimensionals.

Some rhinestones on the butterfly provided some much needed bling.

For the flower embellishments, I again embossed 4 flowers from the Everything Eleanor stamp set, using black embossing powder, on vellum paper.  These I coloured with markers on the wrong side, and cut 2 of them out.  The centers of the other 2 were then cut out and adhered to the flowers using a dimensional.  Then I placed a rhinestone in the center of each flower and attached them to the card.

Here's a summary of the stamps/materials used:

Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Papillion Potpourri, One in a million

Inks: Versa Mark, Black Stazon, SU markers (Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso) Old Olive

Papers: Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Old Olive, Vellum, Print Poetry DSP

Accessories: Black Embossing powder, rhinestones, dimensionals, Tasteful Trim die.

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Best of Butterflies Anniversary - Technostamper Challenge #259

What a gorgeous day it was today.  I almost expected to see the flowers blooming and the butterflies flitting overhead.  But, of course, I didn't see that, so I created a card with butterflies on it.
This card is for the Technostamper Challenge here

I started with a Primrose Petal card stock base, which was layered with Whisper White card stock, then a layer of 2 patterns of the Birds of a Feather DSP.  A stitched satin ribbon in Primrose Petals was placed over the seam of the 2 DSP.

To create the focal image, I first stamped an image from Everything Eleanor in Crumb Cake - stamping off once so as not to make the colour too strong.  This I cut out.

The butterflies were stamped using the rock and roll technique - with Primrose Petals and Island Indigo inks.  They were cut out, and attached to the cut-out Crumb Cake piece using glue dots.  A strip of 4 rhinestones were attached to their bodies.

This unit was attached to the DSP using dimensionals.

For the embellishments at the top right of the card, using an Itty Bitty Punch, I punched out 3 Primrose Petals flowers.  These were attached to Itty Bitty buttons with glue dots, and a rhinestone was attached to the top of each button.

Here's a list of materials and supplies used:

Stamps: Best of Butterflies, Everything Eleanor, A Word for You

Inks: Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals, Island Indigo

Papers: Primrose Petals, Whisper White, Bird of a Feather DSP

Accessories: 1/4" stitched satin Primrose Petals ribbon, Itty Bitty flower punch, Itty Bitty buttons, rhinestones, dimensionals, glue dots.

Hope you enjoyed the card.  Thanks for stopping by.

Bloomin' Marvelous Easter Blessings - Technostamper #255

Aren't you tired of winter?  Spring is supposed to arrive on Wednesday (that's tomorrow) but you'd never know it by looking outside.  Last night Mother Nature played an awful trick on us dumping about 5 to 10 cm of snow on the ground. There's a saying - a green Christmas; a white Easter.  Will that be true this year? Our Christmas was certainly green as it didn't start to snow until Boxing Day.

However, Easter is about a week or so away and I find myself if need of one more Easter card to send to family members.

 I used the sketch challenge with Technostamper here to make the card.  Again, I'm using a SAB stamp set as well.

As you can see, I turned the sketch on its side and moved the embellishment so as not to conflict with the flowers.

First I took an image from "Everything Eleanor", inked it with Gumball Green, stamped off twice and then stamped on Whisper White card stock.  The sentiment, from "Easter Blessings" was stamped onto this image using Black Stazon. I tried to center it as much as possible, but still don't have total control with the stamp-a-ma-jig yet.

This image panel was matted with first Gumball green cardstock, and then Marina Mist.

At this point, 4 flowers from the "Bloomin' Marvelous" stamp set were stamped on a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock - 2 in Summer Starfruit, 2 in Primrose Petals, and 2 in Marina Mist.  These I cut out - a most tedious process, but the result is worth it.  They were adhered to alternate corners of the image panel using tombo glue, and rhinestones placed in their centers.

I then prepared the rest of the card.  The base is Marina Mist, layered with Whisper White, and then a blue/green floral DSP from the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack.  It looked the most Easterly (is that a word?), and coordinated with the cardstock and flowers the best.

A piece of Summer Starfruit stitched ribbon was attached at the left hand side of the card, and then the image panel was adhered using dimensionals. Two designer buttons were placed on the left lower part of the image panel, and a bow to the top.

Here's a summary of the supplies used:

Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Bloomin' Marvelous (SAB), Easter Blessings
Inks: Gumball Green, Marina Mist, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Black Stazon
Papers: Marina Mist, Whisper White, Festival of Prints DSP pack, Gumball Green
Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, 3/8" Summer Starfruit stitched ribbon, Marina Mist designer buttons, rhinestones, dimensionals, glue dots, tombo glue.

Everything Eleanor Happy Birthday - Technostamper Sketch Challenge #253

I'm happy to have a clean and simple sketch challenge with Monday's Lunchtime Sketch Challenge with Technostamper here.  Complicated I couldn't do right now.  I just did my taxes - and talk about tax pain!!!
This card could also be for challenge 113 with the LNS group as it features a flower.

 

I started out by stamping the flower from "Everything Eleanor" using Black Stazon on Whisper White. After coloring it with SU markers I cut it out and covered the surface with Crystal Effects.  That gave it a nice shiny firm appearance.  Then I die cut 2 Sizzlits little leaves in Always Artichoke.  I then built the card as shown above, and attached the flower and leaves at one end of the banners using dimensionals.

Stamps: Everything Eleanor, From My Heart

Inks: Black Stazon, SU markers (Primrose Pink, Rose Red, Daffodil Delight)

Papers: Old Olive, Whisper White, Old Olive Polka Dot DSP, Always Artichoke, So Saffron

Accessories: Sizzlits Little Leaves, Crystal Effects, rhinestones, dimensionals

Everything Eleanor Congratulations - Unscripted Sketches #192

I love doing triple stamping, but today's card is done using double stamping.  I don't know if that is the correct word for this technique or not, but that's what I'm calling it.  This technique was used for the sketch challenge with Unscripted Sketches here

 

Stamps:  Everything Eleanor, Delightful Dozen

Inks: Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals, Pool Party, Black Stazon

Papers: Primrose Petals, Whisper White, More Amore DSP

Accessories: Flattened bottle cap, 1/4" Primrose Petal stitched satin ribbon, glue dots

Everything Eleanor - Sending Thanks - Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #20

I'm sure we are all shocked and sickened by the events at the elementary school in Connecticut yesterday.  I have send them a card of sympathy and prayers hoping that somehow that might assuage the pain a bit - knowing the individuals involved are not alone in their grief.  At the same time I am thankful that the carnage wasn't worse (it was bad enough) - and that was thanks to some courageous and heroic teachers.  I couldn't help but think of my daughter who is a grade 4 teacher, and what could have happened to her and her students if this happened at her school.  This is a thank you card for those courageous teachers who hid their students in washrooms, told them stories to keep them calm and saved their lives.  This card is also a thanks to the brave first responders who I am sure will have nightmares for many nights to come. THANK YOU

I used the sketch with Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch here  to design this card.

 

Stamps:  Everything Eleanor, Petite Pairs

Inks: Crumb Cake, Island Indigo

Papers: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Patio Party DSP, Lucky Limeade, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Sizzlet Large Delicate Doilies, 1" circle punch, 1/4" stitched white grosgrain ribbon, silver brads, dazzling diamonds