A Poinsettia in Vanilla and Green

Instead of the traditional red Poinsettia, the Poinsettia on this card is Very Vanilla and Green. Shimmery Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds were added to the floral edges.

Stamp:  Poinsettia Petals
Inks:  Garden Green
Papers:  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Poinsettia DSP, Garden Green, Green Foil
Accessories:  Poinsettia dies, Creative Expressions dies, 3/8"diagonal Mossy Meadow ribbon, dimensionals, Shimmery Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Stitched Label die

A Wintery Scene

Oh fickle me!  I'm in love again.  This time its the Snow Front stamp set with its endless opportunities to be creative.

I loved using a lot of the new products to create this  winter scene.  I did not use a sentiment because this may not be used as a Christmas card.  It may be a birthday card for someone celebrating a birthday in December.

The card base is Blueberry Bliss card stock, layered with a frame of Sparkle shimmer paper, the center of which had been die cut with a stitched rectangle die.

The art piece was also die cut with the Stitched Rectangle die, and the scene on the card above was created on this die cut piece.

After tearing a piece of copy paper to protect the white area below, the brayer was used to colour in the sky.  Starting at the horizon, Seaside Spray was applied lightly, followed by Balmy Blue and then Blueberry Bliss.  White acrylic paint on the end of a paint brush created the stars in the sky.

The pine trees in the distance were stamped with second generation stamping using Shaded Spruce ink.  The larger tree in the foreground was stamped with Early Espresso ink, and three little red cardinals added on the branches.  Two deer are grazing near a pond.

To 'ground' the tree and the deer, a dark Smokey Slate Stampin' Blend was used to create shaded areas around the tree base and underneath the grazing deer.

Puff Paint, & Stampin  Glitter are new products that help create some realistic looking snow drifts and snowy patches, and the new Glitter Crystal Effects makes the pond surface look really icy.

The art piece was adhered slightly over the edges of the Shimmer glimmer frame, and this was adhered to the Blueberry card base.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Snow Front
Inks:Seaside Spray, Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bliss, Shaded Spruce, Early Espresso, Real Red, Stampin Blends (Smokey Slate)
Papers: Blueberry Bliss, Whisper White, Sparkly Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangle Dies, Puff Paint, Stampin' Glimmer, Shimmer Crystal Effects.

A 'Global' Happy Birthday - Hand Stamped Sentiments #322

Over the last few days I have been playing with the new "Still Scenes" stamp set which is about to be released when the Holiday catalogue debutes in one day on September 4.  All cards I made with this set were Christmas cards, but I could not see why a globe card could not be for other occasions as well. 

So, I made a 'globe' birthday card for the Inspiration Challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments

The base card of Seaside Spray is layered with Whisper White, and then Rococco Rose DSP.    The DSP is die cut using the Snowglobe scene die and this opening was used as a template to draw a faint pencil line on the Whisper White layer to outline the 'globe' area .

Three flowers and  small butterfly were stamped in Seaside Spray, Blackberry Bliss and Rococco Rose.  The petals of the flowers were curled after which Shimmer Crystal Effects and Stampin' Glitter was applied.  The butterfly was layered onto another butterfly and Crystal Effects applied as well.  Small pearls coloured with Blackberry bliss Stampin' blends were placed in the center of each flower.

Before adding the flower and butterfly to the penciled area, a 'dot' stamp from 'Still Scenes' was stamped multiple times in Rococco Rose to create some background interest, and the branch from 'Butterfly Wishes' was stamped across the middle.  The flowers and butterflies were then added.  Small pearls were randomly added to the background.

The globe and DSP was added to the card front.  The base of the globe, die cut in Smoky Slate was adhered below the globe using dimensionals. A bow made with Whisper White ribbon coloured with a Seaside Spray blendability was added to the base of the globe.

Extra butterflies punched with the Butterfly Duet punch in Seaside Spray were added to the card front and on top of the globe.

The sentiment, stamped in Rococco Rose, was added dangling from the globe

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Still Scenes, Butterfly Wishes
Inks:  Ricocco Rose, Seaside Spray, Blackberry Bliss, Gorgeous Grape
Papers:  Seaside Spray, Whisper White, Ricocco Rose DSP, Smoky Slate
Accessories:  Butterfly Duet punch, Snow Globes, Shimmer Crystal Effects, Stampin' Glitter, Snow Globe Dies, Pearls, 1/4" White Organza ribbon coloured with Seafoam Spray blendability