New Home

Today I made another card using the SAB "You Brighten My Day" stamp set.  This time the little house stamp was used to make a New Home card.
Again, I used a lot of the SAB products to make this card.

The base card is Coastal Cabana, lined with Whisper White, and then Best Year Ever DSP (SAB).  This paper reminds me so much of the Bokeh technique that is so popular right now.

Just a little more than half way down, the tree outline from the stamp set "Wood You Be Mine?" was stamped with Old Olive ink all the way across.  Just below that a strip of Old Olive cardstock embossed with the Chevron folder was attached.

Three houses were stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White cardstock with Memento ink.  They were coloured with blendabilities - two with just Crumb Cake, and the third (the new house) was coloured with Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana, and Daffodil Delight.  All the houses were cut out.  The two crumb cake houses were glued  side by side with a space between them, with the bottom of the houses touching the Old Olive strip.

A piece of ribbon from the Best Year Ever Accessory Pack (coastal cabana) was added to the top of the seam line of the Old Olive piece, slightly covering the base of the houses.  The third house was added between and below the other 2 houses using dimensionals.

The sentiment was computer generated, punched with the small oval punch and matted with the Modern Word Label punch.

 

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Harvest Tractor - Sketch Frenzy Friday

It's Friday, and time for Sketch Frenzy Friday.  There's been a bit of a change in format.  No longer is this a blog hop.  All sample cards can be seen on the Sketch Frenzy Friday homepage.
Since Thanksgiving is only a couple of weeks away, I thought I would make a masculine card that could be for Thanksgiving or any other occasion.  I did not put a sentiment on the outside for that very reason.
Today's sketch is mine.

 

Technique:  The base card of Cajun Craze is layered with Very Vanilla cardstock embossed with the Chevron folder which has been inked lightly with Early Espresso ink.

The image was stamped with Early Espresso ink, and lightly colored with markers and an Aqua painter.  I deliberately wanted to blur some of the color to make the tractor look old.

The labels framelit was used to die cut the image, the outlines of which were sponged with Early Espresso ink.

A strip of Orchard harvest designer paper was adhered down the middle of the Chevron embossed Very Vanilla layer, and the image was adhered to this using dimensionals.

Stamp: Harvest Blessings

Inks: Early Espresso, SU markers

Papers: Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Orchard Harvest designer paper

Accessories: Aqua painter, Labels framelit, Chevron folder, dimensionals

Now its your turn to create something using my sketch.  Upload it to the SFF homepage here
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Collage Thank You - The Friday Mashup 72

Yesterday I spent the day at the Stampin' Up Regional Convention in Hamilton, Ontario, and one of the popular techniques used there was the collage technique.  So I thought I would try it for this challenge with the Friday Mashup.

 So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a project with "the Sketch".
2. Or Make a project w/ a "flower or multiple flowers".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project w/ "the Sketch and a flower or multiple flowers".

 

Technique
Collage:
Using the colors Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, and Calypso Coral and the stamp set Fruit and Flowers, the images were randomly stamped across a 3 by 3 5/8" panel of Whisper White.  The image panel was cut back to 2 by 3 5/8" and the 1" remaining panel was used to decorate the inside of the card.
Flower:
The Flower Blossom punch, and Summer Starfruit card stock, punch out 2 flowers. Make a small snip between each petal. Then score each petal in 2 places and  pinch  along score lines.
Attach the petals together using a dimensional- alternating petals.
For the center, the Boho blossom punch was used.  Punch out one each of the largest and medium flowers using Early Espresso card stock, snip between each petal and pinch up.  Adhere the 2 together.  Attach to the center of the Summer Starfruit flower.  Finish the flower by applying a cluster of pearls in the center.
Spritz with gold smooch.

Stamps: Fruit and Flowers, Petite Pairs
Inks: Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Calypso Coral, Basic Black
Accessories: Chevron folder, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, 3/4 by 15/16" oval punch, Pearls, 3/8" Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon, 1/4" Early Espresso grosgrain ribbon, Gold smooch, Blossom Petal Punch, Boho blossom punch, dimensionals

Season's Greetings with the Open Sleigh - Just Add Ink 127

 The weather has cooled down significantly here and it's actually enjoyable to be outdoors.  If only I could make cards on my back deck - but it's been too windy.  We're actually in dire need of rain - haven't had any for a couple of weeks and the farmers are beginning to get worried.  Forest fires are also popping up in northern Ontario and campers in Algonquin park were put on notice to be ready to evaculate.
Yesterday I made a card using the Open Sleigh, and experimented with various color combinations including black and white.  I did not use the black and white one on yesterday's card, but decided to use it on the card for the color challenge with Just Add Ink here
The color challenge:  black , whisper white and any other colour I wanted.  I chose to use the Red Glimmer paper.

 

StampThe Open Sleigh

Ink: Versa Mark

Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Red Glimmer paper, Basic Black designer paper

Accessories: White embossing powder, Cherry cobbler dazzling details, Tasteful Trim die, Decorative Label punch, Chevron embossing folder

Pinwheel Quilting Birthday

Someone suggested that if I paired Summer Starfruit with another color I might like the color better - so, I paired it with Midnight Muse - and I must admit the result is much better.
I decided to make another quilting card - this time a pinwheel one.  They are so easy to make and the designs showcase the designer paper so nicely.

I punched 4  squares with the 1 3/8" punch and cut each square in half - 2 for each side of the designer paper.  Then I punched another square using Midnight muse, cut it in half and then in half again.  The small triangle I placed on top of the Summer Starfruit pattern near the center.

Stamp: Petite Pairs
Ink: Midnight Muse
Papers: Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, Summer Starfruit, Comfort Cafe designer paper
Accessories: Mat pack & paper piercer, Scallop border punch, Modern word label punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Linen thread, Antique Brad, Chevron folder, Pearls

Butterfly Birthday Wishes - Stamping 411 #259

I got a delivery yesterday in the middle of a thunderstorm, so just had to try out some of the new products today using the sketch challenge with Stamping 411here

Here is my card:

 

When I saw the sketch at Stamping 411 I knew immediately I wanted to use the new butterfly punch.  First I punched out a butterfly using the twitterpated designer paper and then using vellum.  The vellum I embossed with the polka dot embossing folder afterwhich I sponged the edges with Baja Breeze ink.
The vellum butterfly was attached to the top of the designer paper one and pearls attached to the center and the top of each wing. Dimensionals were used to attach the butterflies to a 1 1/4" Pretty in Pink circle. The wings were then separated to give the appearance that the butterfies were about to take off.
These circle units were attached to a panel of Whisper White card stock that had been embossed using the Chevron embossing folder.  The panel was backed with Island Indigo card stock.  This unit was attached to a Baja breeze layer embossed with the Fancy Fan embossing folder.
The 1/4" Whisper White stitched grosgrain ribbon was colored with an Island Indigo marker.

Here's the complete recipe:

Stamps: Itty Bitty Banners
Inks: Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Island Indigo marker
Papers: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink, Vellum, Twitterpated designer series paper
Accessories: Polka Dot embossing folder, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Chevron embossing folder, Butterfly punch, 1/4" Whisper White stitched grosgrain ribbon, pearls, dimensionals, 1 1/4" circle punch