Three Little Cygnets for Easter - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #311

What are Cygnets you might ask?

Cygnets are baby swans, and technically they are covered in a gray down (I had to look this up).

One of the stamps of the "Swan Lake" stamp set features 3 little Cygnet swimming in a row.  They became the focal point for the card I made as a Design Team member for Try Stampin' on Tuesday #311.  I used the sketch made by Vicki          .

And since "Plaid" was optional theme, the DSP I used had a plaid pattern.

You will probably notice that using my artistic license, I coloured the baby swans yellow instead of gray.

I coloured the Cygnets using various colours of ink pads and a blender pen. They were masked in order to add the flowers.

Texture was added to the sky using Marina Mist ink on the dot stamp from Avant-Garden (SAB).

I stamped the sentiment (from Little Cuties) under the little guys, after which I die cut with the stitched circle framelit and using dimensionals, adhered the die cut to a Sweet Sugarplum scallop circle.

The Sweet Sugarplum  base card was layered with Whisper White cardstock embossed with the Hexagon Texturized Embossing Folder. A piece of Succulent DSP matted with Sweet Sugarplum cardstock with a piece of 3/8" ruffled Sweet Sugarplum ribbon wrapped around it was adhered to the left side of the embossed layer.

I love glitter on cards, and this card was no exception.  So, Dazzling Details was added to the flowers and the water under the Cygnets.  As well gold metallic enamel dots was added on both sides of the sentiment.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Swan Lake, Avant-Garden, Little Cuties
Inks: Black Memento, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Flirty Flamingo, Pacific Point, Tangelo Twist.
Papers: Sweet Sugarplum, Whisper White, Succulent DSP
Accessories: Stitched circle framelits, Blender pen, gold metallic enamel shapes, dimensionals, Hexagon dimensional embossing folder, 3/8" ruffled Sweet Sugarplum ribbon, Layered circle framelits, Dazzling details,


So, get out your stamps, paper, and ink, and make a card using the above sketch.  When it is finished, upload it to the Try Stampin' on Tuesday blog or the Facebook page.  You get 2 weeks to create something.  At the end of the two weeks, 3 top picks are selected and posted on the blog and on Facebook.  Who knows, it could be you.

Whether you upload to the blog site or to Facebook, take some time to look at what the design team has created and leave each of them a comment. We all like our work to be acknowledged.

A Basket of Flowers - Just Add Ink #345

Maybe because January, the most depressive month of the year, is done with, or maybe its the extra sunshine that we have received, but I've had flowers on my mind lately. My downline and I were discussing flowers as well, so maybe that was a factor as well.
Whatever it was, for the sketch challenge with Just Add Ink, I created a basket full of flowers.

The Card:
The base card is Calypso Coral layered with Whisper White embossed with the Hexagon Texturized Impression folder.

Focal Point:
Two circles were die cut using the Shaped Stitched Framelits.  The larger circle is die cut using the Succulent Garden DSP; the smaller circle in Whisper White.  Between the two circles is a strip of Calypso Coral card stock.

Before the basket of flowers was adhered to the Whisper White circle, the background was stamped with Mint Memento ink using the dot stamp from the Avant-Garden stamp set.

The two layer flowers were made using the Petite Flower Punch.  Two of the flowers were punched with Sweet Sugarplum; the third with Calypso Coral. Each flower petal was sponged with the corresponding colour of ink.

A tiny slit was made between each petal after which each petal was curled with a wooden skewer.  They were adhered together using a glue dot. A green flower was punched and cut into 5 petals. These became the leaves of the flowers.

In the center of each flower, sprinkles embellishments were glued in place using tombo glue.

The flowers were adhered on a basket which was die cut using the Basket Builder Framelits, They were then adhered to the Whisper White circle.

Sentiment
The single word. highlighted with a Tip Top Taupe marker to omit the other word, was stamped on a scrap piece of Whisper White card sock and then punched with a small oval punch.  The edges of this oval were sponged with Tip Top Taupe ink and then applied to the front of the basket.

The smaller circle was adhered over part of the larger circle using dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Good Greetings, Avant-Garden
Inks: Tip Top Taupe, Calypso Coral, Sweet Sugarplum, Mint Macaron
Papers: Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum, Garden Green, Tip Top Taupe, Succulent Garden DSP
Accessories: Basket Builder Framelits, Petite Flower Punch, Embellishment Sprinkles, Shaped Stitched Framelits, Small Oval Punch, Hexagonal Dynamic Texturized Embossing Folder

A Sale-a-bration Combination

What do you get when you combine 3 SAB stamps, and 1 SAB DSP with 1 Occasions stamp and 1 Occasions DSP.  Sounds crazy, right?
Well, I guess I'm crazy because that is what I did this evening.  If nothing else, it shows how seamlessly one can use different SU stamps and not be able to tell the difference.

The Tee shirt was stamped onto Watermelon Wonder cardstock, die cut and then adhered to Whisper White cardstock the background of which had been stamped with Peek a boo Peach ink and the "dot" stamp from the Avante Garden stamp set (SAB). A sentiment from the Designer Tee (SAB) stamp set was stamped onto the Tee shirt.

This art piece was matted with Pacific Point cardstock. A piece of Gold Metallic ribbon was wrapped around one end and a shorter piece was tied around it and tied into a knot.

The base card stock is Watermelon Wonder, layered with Whisper White which had been stamped randomly with the tiny stamps from the Any Occasion stamp set.  Four of these tiny stamps were placed on an acrylic block and using Peek a boo ink they were stamped randomly over the entire surface of this layer.

A 3 1/2 by 1 3/4" of Party Animal DSP (Occasions) matted with Pacific Point cardstock was adhered vertically on the left side of the Whisper White layer. On top of this was placed a similar size of Carried Away DSP (SAB) also matted with Pacific Point cardstock.

The art piece was adhered over these 2 layers with dimensionals.

Three flowers punched with the Petite Flower punch were clustered in the left corner of the art piece. Rhinestones were added to their centers.

Sup plies Used:

Stamps: Avante Garden, Any Occasion, Designer Tee, Custom Tee

Inks: Black Memento, Peek a boo Peach

Papers: Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White, Pacific Point, Party Animal DSP, Lift Me Up DSP

Accessories: T Builder framelit, Petite Petal Punch, 3/8" gold metallic ribbon, rhinestones, dimensionals, glue dots

Avant-Garden Birthday - SAB sneak peek

Winter has arrived here with a vengeance

 dumping almost 20 cm of snow.  It was a challenge digging out the mouth of the driveway after the snow plow had passed by.  My son tells me the snow was almost up to his thigh.  It's days like this that one yearns for the flowers in the garden, so this was a perfect card to make. It uses 2 SAB items - a stamp set and the metallic ribbon.

Art Piece: The flower was stamped with Black Memento and coloured with a blender pen and ink pads. The dot stamp was used to create depth in the background.  Second generation stamping of Basic Gray was used for this, after which the edges were sponged.

Card:
The Bermuda card stock base card was layered with Whisper White with a piece of Cupcakes & Carousel DSP adhered to the left side.  A piece of 3/8" gold metallic ribbon was attached over the edge of the DSP.
One end of a 2" Bermuda Bay strip was notched with the Triple punch and adhered to the card front centered over the ribbon.

The art piece was adhered to the card front with dimensionals.  The sentiment was die cut using the layering oval framelits.
Dimensionals were used to adhere this to the card front as well.

No card is complete without some bling.  This was provided by Bermuda Bay sequins and some dazzling details on the flower and leaves.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Avant-Garden (SAB)
Inks:Black Memento, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Soft Suede
Papers: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Cupcake & Carousels DSP, 3/8"
Accessories: 3/8" gold metallic ribbon (SAB), triple punch, dimensionals. Layering ovals framelits, Bermuda Bay sequins, dazzling detail.