Hello Spring - The Paper Players #334

For the challenge with The Paper Players I die cut some flowers and leaves and formed them into a vine of sweet peas.  As someone said to me today "I'm winter weary!" so making this vine of sweet peas was my way of bringing in spring.

The challenge at the Paper Players is to "Cut it Out" - punch, die cut, fussy cut, etc.

The Botanical Builder framelits and other flower dies were used to create the Sweet Pea flowers and the vine on which they are placed. The bee was die cut using the Detailed Dragonfly Framelits.

The vine was built on a piece of the Inside the Lines DSP which had been brayered with Pool Party, Mint Macaron and Bermuda Bay.  This art piece was matted with Bermuda Bay card stock.

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Circle of Spring

Inks: Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzelberry, Pool Party, Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay, Black Memento

Papers: Always Artichoke, Sweet Sugarplum, Daffodil Delight, Inside the Lines DSP, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay

Accessories: Botanical Builder framelits, Detailed Dragonfly Framelits, Other non SU floral dies, Flower shaping tools, Hot glue gun, 1" circle punch

Dragonfly & Doillie Sponged Background - Hand Stamped Sentiments #259

The Sponged Doillie technique was a technique I saw on Pinterest, a tutorial of which was done by Irene Rahman on her blog "My Crafty Creations", but unfortunately I could not track the blog post down.

I used this technique to create my own DSP panel for the sketch challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments

To make the background for the panel, I used the new Doillie as a template and sponged several colours over it (Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron & Rich Razzelberry), moving the doillie around until the entire surface was covered.

A 1 3/4 by 4 3/4 piece of this was matted with Melon Mambo and adhered to a Whisper White card front

On the smaller Whisper White piece embossed with the Falling Gently embossing folder, Bermuda Bay die cut dragonflies were adhered after which this piece was also matted with Melon Mambo.

In order not to cover up the dragon flies, the sentiment was embossed on a strip of Vellum which was notched at both ends.

Supplies Used:

Stamp: All Thing Thanks

Inks:Versa Mark, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Mint Macaron, Rich Razzelberry

Papers: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Vellum, Bermuda Bay

Accessories: Doillie, Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Detailed Dragonfly Thinlets, Pewter Embossing Powder

Colorful Dragon Fly - Fab Friday #106

The color challenge at Fab Friday #106 makes a card that is a perfect addition to my dragonfly class samples. This class is all day today.
Whenever I do a class I always have other card/3D items using a particular stamp set so the versatility of the stamp set can be demonstrated.

One of the background stamps from the "Happy Celebration" stamp set was used to stamp 3 of the colours:  Rich Razzelberry, Bermuda Bay and Peek-a-boo Peach. On top of this was stamped the "dot" stamp from "Dragonfly Dreams" in Rich Razzelberry.
On this I added a large die cut dragonfly which was stamped with Rich Razzelberry and Bermuda Bay.  Some clear Wink of Stella was brushed to the wings and body.
Pee- a-boo peach was used to stamp the sentiment.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Happy Celebration, Dragonfly Dreams
Inks: Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzlebarry, Peek-a-boo, Calypso coral
Papers:Whisper White, Calypso Coral
Accessories: Detailed Dragonfly Thinlets, Glue dots, Metal rimmed pearls, Clear Wink of Stella glitter brush

Detailed Dragonfly Thinlets on a Pop & Twist card - Stampin' Royalty #363

I love making cards with unusual folds, so making this Twist & Pop card for the Stampin' Royalty challenge this week, was right up my alley. The challenge this week was to create a project using dies. This card fold was chosen to display the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlets as well as the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set.
I have made this card before-see the blog post here.  In this earlier blog post, I provide a link to a video, which I found was very helpful.

A Pop & Twist card has a mechanism inside the card that "twists" open as it "pops" out.  When the card is closed it looks like a regular card.  I usually keep them closed with a belly band that is held together with Velcro rather than adhesive.  That way it can be opened and closed easily.
A picture of the belly band is below this picture.

This card front shows a Whisper White oval upon which a dragon fly is adhered on a stamped background. A die cut vellum dragonfly overlay is adhered to the  dragonfly giving it life and dimension. Dazzling details added to the wings give it sparkle.

The DSP is Serene Scenic DSP matted with a Whisper White cardstock. The card base is Delightful Dijon

This belly band keeps the card closed and is decorated with an embellishment and a sentiment.
The embellishment is made using various sizes of circle punches on the top of which is a gold foil small die cut dragonfly,

Opening the card reveals the pop and twist mechanism as well as more die cuts.

The top and bottom panels are covered with more of the Serene Scenery DSP.  Stitched die cut ovals are embellished with another dragonfly die cut as well as a die cut bumble bee.
Close ups of both are next.

A close up of the upper panel shows the details of the dragonfly with its vellum overlay.

A close up of the lower part of the inside features another die cut Whisper White oval- for written messages &/or signature.  Two gold foil die cut embellishments adorn this oval.

Each of the 4 panels are layered with Serene Scenery DSP and Whisper White card stock, the edges of which are sponged with Delightful Dijon ink. Along the bottom of each panel is  stamped (second and third generation stamping) with Old Olive and Delightful Dijon inks.
The main feature of this outer panel is a cut out bumble bee which was coloured with markers. Like the larger dragonfly some vellum was die cut and adhered to the wings only.
Because the sentiment was too large for the space, it was cut into separate words/phrases and then added it to the two middle panels.

The right two panels are almost a mirror image of the left panels.
The sentiment is completed on the inside one. On the outside panel, two bumblebees, one of which is die cut in gold foil, are buzzing around. The second one is a twin brother of the one on the left panel.

Dazzling Diamonds was added to all the vellum overlays




Supplies Used:
Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams, Suite Sayings, Remembering Your Birthday (retired)
Inks: Black Memento, Island Indigo, Delightful Dijon, Old Olive, Markers (Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Soft Sky).
Papers: Delightful Dijon, Serene Scenery DSP, Whisper White, Gold Foil, Vellum card stock
Accessories: Detailed Dragonfly thinlets, Stitched Shape Framelits, Dazzling Details, Scallop circle punch, 1" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Accessory word punch, Velcro (non SU), Dimensionals, Glue dots, Big Shot

A Wonderful Friend Birthday - Try Stampin on Tuesday #301

It's snowing again today.  Last winter we hardly had any snow at all, and so far this year we have had a lot of snowy days - and it's not even Christmas yet.  One song we don't have to sing this season is "I'm Dreaming  of a White Christmas"

Today's card is another catalogue sneak peak - both for the Occasions and SAB.  The sketch with Try Stampin' on Tuesday was used, although I did rearrangel some of the elements.

 

Art Piece: 

The main art piece is a 3 1/2 by 5" piece of Inside the Lines DSP (SAB) on which only a few images were coloured with water colour pencils (Occasions catalogue) and an aqua painter.

This paper was cut into 3 pieces that are 1" each and equally mounted on a 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock.

Some gold Wink of Stella was applied to the flower center; Clear Wink of Stella on the bee's wings and some parts of the flower

In the upper left corner a dragonfly(Occasions catalogue) die cut in gold foil was adhered with glue dots.

The  classic label punch was used to punch the sentiment, which was matted with Bermuda Bay and added to the card with dimensionals.

Card:

The main card is Whisper White card stock, layered with Bermuda Bay

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Dragonfly Dream

Inks: Black Memento, Water colour pencils

Papers: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Inside the Lines DSP, Gold foil

Accessories: Detailed Dragonfly Thinlet dies, Classic label Punch, Gold Wink of Stella, Clear Wink of Stella, Aqua painter, Dimensionals.

A Wonderful Friend -Another Sneak Peak

The stamp set, die and DSP are made using products from the new Occasions catalogue which will be available on January, 2017.  This will be one (ONE) of the very popular stamp/die set that will be available at this time.

I chose to make a very simple card because I wanted to highlight the dragonfly against this gorgeous DSP.
The dragonfly was die cut in gold foil paper and was adhered to the DSP only by the body.  This left the wings free to flit and fly.  Isn't that wonderful paper?  It looks like vellum but isn't.  You will be totally enamored by the patterns in the rest of the DSP.
The sentiment, from the same stamp set, is embossed with gold embossing powder.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams
Ink:Versa mark
Papers: Smoky Slate, Blushing Bride, So In Love DSP, Whisper White, Gold Foil
Accessories: Gold embossing powder, Detailed Dragonfly Thinlets