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

Thinking of You -Sketch Frenzy Friday

My blendabilities arrived yesterday and I was anxious to try them out.  The sketch with Sketch Frenzy Friday here provided the perfect background for the stamp set I had in mind.

I used the Daffodil Delight set of blendabilities, with the Skin Tone (bronze) in the middle of the large flower.  The small flowers were stamped with Island Indigo ink and punched with the coordinating punch.  The rhinestones in the center were coloured using the Tangerine Tango blendability pen.

Stamps: Peaceful Petals, Petite Petals

Inks: Memento ink, Island Indigo, set of 3 Daffodil Delight blendabilities, Skin tone blendabilities, Tangerine Tango blendability

Papers: Gumball Green, Whisper White, Watercolor Wonder DSP

Accessories: Honeycomb folder, Petite Petals punch, Artisan Label punch, rhinestones, dimensionals, Gumball green stitched satin ribbon

Happy Father's Day - Technostamper #267

It's not a nice day out there today - overcast and raining - but I hear its going to clear for the afternoon.  Yesterday I was at an outdoor wedding and it was absolutely a beautifully perfect day - except for the mosquitoes.
I hope you all have some plans for that special male in your life.

This card, a Father's Day Card, is for the Technostamper challenge #267 here  I used the masking technique,
 the Wetlands stamp set and the windows framellits.

I started by creating a mask for my Canada Goose, then I inked up my stamp with SU markers and stamped it onto Whisper White card stock.  Then with the mask in place, I stamped the image of the wild grass twice around and over the Goose.  I quite like the way it turned out.
Using the windows framelit, I die cut the image, pricked the edges using a template, and then sponged them using Early Espresso ink.  It was then layered with a larger die cut of Pear Pizzazz , the edges of which were also pricked and sponged.  The two layers were adhered together using dimensionals.

The basic card is Pear Pizzaz, layered with Whisper White embossed with the Honeycomb folder.  I also ran a piece of Gingham Garden DSP through the Big Shot using the folder, and cut out 6 Honeycomb pieces.  All the edges were sponged with Early Espresso and adhered to the embossed surface above and below the image.
Then I cut a strip of Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, embossed it with the Lines folder, and sanded the surface.  I placed it horizontally at about the middle of the card.
The focal image unit was attached to the card at its midpoint.
The sentiment is from Petite Pairs.

Here's a list of the supplies used:
Stamp: Wetlands
Inks: Early Espresso, SU markers, Old Olive, Basic Black
Papers: Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, Gingham Garden DSP
Accessories: Honeycomb folder, Lines folder, Windows Framelits, Mat Pack and paper piercer, Small oval punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Sanding system.

Hope you all had a happy Father's Day

With Sympathy - Technostamper #265

What funny weather we have been having lately.  First it's so hot we had the AC on, and then the temperature dropped so drastically there was a risk of frost and I had to cover my plants.  Now, by the end of the week its going to get hot again.  What a ride!!

This card is for the challenge with Technostamper here

 

Stamps:  Field Flowers, Loving Thoughts

Inks: Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Old Olive

Papers: Island Indigo, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Old Olive, Print Poetry DSP

Accessories: Honeycomb folder, dimensionals, stamp-a-ma-jig

Thanks for stopping by.

Create with Creative Elements - Unscripted Sketches #210

Happy Mother's Day!!  I hope all of you have made your telephone calls and/or received them.  My daughter called me early this morning, but she has 3 young children to wake her up.  Fortunately I was up and it was great to talk to her.  My son is spoiling me!  He made me brunch and won't even let me wash the dishes!  He's now out power cleaning the deck.  What a guy!  I'm not supposed to get out of my pjamas today - but probably will.

This card is for the sketch challenge with Unscripted Sketches here

 

The base card is Elegant Eggplant which I layered with a Honeycomb embossed piece of Whisper White card stock.

To create the focal image panel, I first stamped the flower on a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock using Wisteria Wonder ink.  The flower was then cut out.  Next I stamped the butterfly using Elegant Eggplant ink, and cut it out.  The word "Create" was stamped on the lower right corner of the panel. The edges of this Whisper White panel were sponged with Wisteria Wonder ink.

The flower was attached to the left side, the butterfly on the right over top of the sentiment.  Some dazzling details was added to the flower, and some rhinestones to the center of the butterfly and on the middle of the upper edge of the panel.

I next cut a piece of Wisteria wonder card stock to mat the image panel and extend below the focal panel.  The lower end was cut freehand as indicated by the sketch.  I then embossed this piece with the Polka dot folder and distressed the edges with Wisteria Wonder ink.

Some ruffled Wisteria Wonder ribbon and a bow was attached to the lower edge, after which it was attached to the card.

The image panel was attached to the embossed Wisteria wonder piece using dimensionals.

Here's a summary of the materials used:

Stamp: Creative Elements

Inks: Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Black Stazon

Papers: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder

Accessories: Honeycomb folder, Polka dot folder, 3/8" Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon, rhinestones, dimensionals, Dazzling details.

Thanks for stopping by.

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.

Blue Swallowtail - Challenge 209 LNS Feeling Blue

Actually, I have been feeling blue lately.  A lot of negative energy has been directly my way, and without going into details I have been feeling "down".  I feel a bit like the Swallowtail card that I made for the LNS challenge this week  - only half a wing works.
Here is the card:

The swallowtail was stamped with Versa mark and embossed with black embossing powder.  It was then colored with various shades of blue markers- Baja Breeze, Marina Mist, Tempting Turquoise, Bashful Blue and Pacific Point.  After it was colored, I cut the Swallowtail out, and mounted only half of it onto the Bashful Blue cardstock embossed with the Honeycomb folder - so only the left wing one is free.

Stamps: Swallowtail, Sweetly Said
Inks: Versa Mark, Various blue SU markers, Pacific Point
Papers: Pacific Point, Bashful blue, Whisper White
Accessories: Black embossing powder, Word window punch, Modern word Label Punch, 1/4" Pacific Point stitched ribbon, Honeycomb folder

Secret Garden Happy Birthday - Unscripted Sketches 195

The temperatures were a bit milder today.  At least you could go outside without your skin tingling and your toes freezing!  I stayed inside though as I was feeling under the weather.
A friend stopped by to see me and we started talking about making backgrounds for cards, and that inspired me to make the background for the card challenge with Unscripted Sketches here
To make the card, I turned the sketch on its side.
Here is the card:

 

The background was made by applying watercolor wonder crayons onto watercolor paper.  The colors chosen were random as was the method of application.  When the paper was covered with color, it was spritzed with water and the colours allowed to run together.  Because I was impatient, I dried the paper with the embossing tool.  Then I selected a part of the paper that best blended with the colors of the flowers I had colored and embossed it with the honeycomb folder.

For some reason I didn't want to make circles for this sketch, so I chose to do flowers.

Flowers:  All the flowers were embossed with Early Espresso embossing powder onto Whisper White card stock.

Flower 1 (blue) : Two flowers were stamped with versa mark & embossed.  They were then colored with watercolor crayons and an aqua painter in 2 shades of blue. One of the flowers was die cut using the secret garden framelit. The middle of the second flower was cut out and attached to the die cut flower with dimensionals. It was attached to the background using tombo glue.

Flower 2 (yellow/orange) Three flowers were stamped with versa mark ink and embossed.  The outer layer was colored with Daffodil delight crayon and an aqua painter; the second painted Pumpkin pie; the inner layer Tangerine Tango. One flower was die cut using the framelit; the second and third layers were hand cut, each layer being attached to each other with dimensionals. It was attached above the blue flower with tombo glue.

Flower 3 (Rich Razzelberry/melon mambo) Only 1 flower was stamped, colored and die cut with the framelit. It was attached partially on top of the yellow/orange and blue flower and on top of the leaves.

The leaves were die cut using Old Olive card stock.  After die cutting the edges were sponged with Always Artichoke ink.

Stamps:  Secret Garden, Wacky Wishes

Inks: Versa Mark, Pacific Point, Watercolor crayons (Brights Collection) for the background and the flowers, Always Artichoke

Papers: Old Olive, Whisper White, Watercolor paper

Accessories: Secret Garden framelit, Aqua Painter, Decorative Label punch, Large rhinestones, Dazzling details, Honeycomb folder, Small rhinestones, dimensionals