The Secret of Life - Technostamper 316

The sketch challenge with Technostamper here is an easy one this week.  But sometimes I have the most difficult time with the easy sketches.  That certainly was the case here.  It took me the longest time to make this card.

 

I coloured the stamp with SU markers and then die cut it using the ovals framelits.  The word "Enjoying" was stamped twice.  The second image was cut out and superimposed over the first stamped image and adhered with dimensionals.

Stamp:  From My Heart

Inks: SU markers (Slate Gray, Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana)

Papers: Slate Gray, Whisper White, Fresh Prints DSP

Accessories: Oval framelits, 3/8" ruffled Coastal Cabana ribbon, dimensionals

The Secret of Life ... Paper Players #151

I retired from my day job 13 years ago, and have not regretted one moment of it.  James Taylor had it right when he said "The secret of life is enjoying the passing of time".  So for all of you who are retired, or thinking of retiring, this card is for you.  I used the sketch challenge with the Paper Players here to create this card.

 

I started by creating the flowers and leaves  using the two stamp method of stamping and the stamp-a-ma-jig.  The two colours I used for the flowers:  Pool Party and Island Indigo - for the leaves: Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive.  These were then cut out and put aside while I assembled the rest of the card.

The sentiment was stamped with Basic Black ink onto Whisper White and die cut using the Labels framelit.  The top portion was cut off.

The base card is Pool Party, layered with Whisper White and then a blue patterned retired SU DSP.

The sentiment die was attached to the card and a piece of 3/8" white taffeta ribbon adhered to the top of the die cut sentiment. A piece of ribbon tied in a knot was attached near the flowers.

The flowers and leaves were then attached as shown in the card above - the flowers with dimensionals, and the leaves with glue.  Tiny pearls were inset into the large flower center; one tiny pearl in the center of the small flower with dazzling diamonds around it.

Materials used:

Stamps:  From my Heart, Stippled Blossoms

Inks: Basic Black, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive

Papers: Pool Party, Whisper White, Retired DSP

Accessories: Labels Framelits, 3/8" white taffeta ribbon, Pearls, Dazzling diamonds, dimensionals

Amazing Birthday - Technostamper #262

Hasn't the weather been absolutely fantastic?  I've been out in the garden the last several days, moving plants, splitting perennials, and generally getting ready for a plant sale the end of the month.  The sun feels so nice after the cool April we experienced!
Now it's May, and my craft shows are starting in a little over a week.  One type of card I am in need of is birthday cards, so I used the sketch with Technostamper here to design one.

 

I decided to make the card a bit monochromatic with a touch of colour.  The base card is Baja Breeze (sigh! It's retiring), layered with a Honeycomb embossed Whisper White card stock.

To the right of the card is attached a strip of Patio Party DSP matted with Baja Breeze card stock.

A Baja Breeze banner was attached horizontally about 1" from the bottom.  The sentiment was stamped directly onto this banner, and teeny Primrose Petal flowers with rhinestones in their center were adhered on either side of the sentiment.

The image was stamped with Black Stazon onto Whisper White card stock, and coloured with SU markers and an Aqua Painter.  I punched it out using a 2 1/2" circle punch and matted it with a 3" circle of Baja Breeze.  Before I matted it, I used the circle template and the mat pack and paper piercer to pierce holes all around the circle.  Some dazzling details was applied to the flowers on the hat and along some of the outline of the elephant. This focal image was attached to the card using dimensionals.

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

Stamps: You're Amazing, From My Heart

Inks: Black Stazon, SU markers (Basic Gray, Primrose Petals, Baja Breeze)

Papers: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Primrose Petals, Patio Party DSP

Accessories: Honeycomb folder, Mat pack & paper piercer (with template), 2 1/2" circle punch, 3" circle die, Teeny flower punch, rhinestones, dimensionals, dazzling details.

Upsy Daisy Birthday - Red Hot Sketch Challenge #80

This clean and simple card is for the Red Hot Sketch challenge here

 

The flower is not really the original Upsy Daisy stamp, but I think of this image as Upsy Daisy.  It is from the "Best of Flower" stamp set.

The image of the silhouette daisies was stamped twice with Versa mark on a panel of alternating Marina Mist and Baja Breeze squares, and them embossed with white embossing powder. This panel was layered with first Very Vanilla and then Marina Mist.

The base of the card if Marina Mist card stock, layered with Very Vanilla cardstock, and then with an embossed DSP layer from the Print Poetry DS pack.

The sentiment is from "From My Heart" and is stamped with Marina Mist ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock, then punched out with the Modern Word Label punch.

Here is a list of the supplies and materials used:

Stamps: Best of Flowers, From My Heart

Inks: Marina Mist, Baja Breeze, Versa Mark

Papers: Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Print Poetry DSP

Accessories: 1 1/4`` square punch, Modern Word Label punch, Square lattice folder, white embossing powder.

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