Leftover to Marvelous

My mother was the guru of making wonderful meals from left overs. I have never been able to emulate her with meals.  I am much better with paper crafting.

Today I thought I would make a wonderful card from 'leftovers' from yesterday's Lily birthday card here

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The Lily, lily pads and leaves were left over from yesterday's card  I adhered them to a die cut Whisper White rectangle which was  placed inside another die cut piece that has a rectangular frame embossed in it. Inside that was another embossed frame. All were embossed with the Sweetly Stitched Dies and the embossing mats. 

I coloured the white 3/8" Seam Binding with the Gorgeous Grape Stampin' Blend, and when it was dry, it was made into a bow and added to bottom edge of the lily.

The punched sentiment is added emerging between the leaves of the flowers.

The Gorgeous Grape card base is layered with Whisper White. The framed Highland Heather  layer is added to the card front at an angle, as is the die cut art piece.

Noble Peacock rhinestones finish the card.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Lovely Lily, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Inks:  Versa Mark, Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Gorgeous Grape Stampin' Blend (colour ribbon)

Papers:  Gorgeous Grape, Whisper White, Watercolour paper

Accessories: 3/8" Whisper White crinkled seam binding (coloured), Noble Peacock rhinestones, Stitched So Sweetly dies, Embossing mats, Lovely Lily dies, Dimensionals, White embossing powder, Classic Label punch

Reverse Eclipse Technique in an Embossed Frame

A major winter storm is blasting southern Ontario.  It is expected to dump a significant amount of snow accompanied by high winds and sub zero temperatures.  BRRRRR! It's not as bad as in Newfoundland where 70 cm of snow was dumped yesterday.

So what do Canadians do with weather forecasts like that?  Why craft of course!  And think of Spring!  And combine thinking of spring and crafting. And nothing speaks of Spring like the crocus, a bulb flower which is one of the first to emerge from the snowy ground- usually in March.

For this card I decided to do something different.  Not only did I do the reverse Eclipse technique, I also used the Embossing mats and the largest of the rectangle  Stitched So Sweetly Die to create an embossed frame around the image.

The card base for this card is Thick Whisper White which is layered with some Highland Heather DSP from the Subtles DSP stack.

The crocus from the stamp set "Easter Promise" is stamped in the middle of the layering piece of Whisper White card stock and coloured with Highland Heather and Old Olive Stampin' Blends. To make the flowers pop I coloured around them with a Petal Pink Stampin' blend. This coloured image was die cut with one of the window like shapes of the Stitched So Sweetly Dies and set aside.

The largest of the rectangle dies was centered around the die cut opening on the Whisper White piece and embossed using the Stampin' Up embossing mats. Using strips of foam adhesive tape, this Whisper White piece was then adhered to the card front on top of the DSP.  The die cut was then placed into the die cut opening and  adhered to the DSP of the card front. 

The sentiment, from Teeny Tiny Wishes , was punched with the Classical Label punch, layered with Highland Heather card stock and added to the card front just under the flower.  A bow made with the retired Highland Heather Organza ribbon was adhered below the die cut.  Some rhinestones from the Noble Peacock collection finished the card.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Easter Promise, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks:  Black Memento, Highland Heather Light and dark,Granny Apple Green light and dark, Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends as well as Petal Pink.
Papers:  Thick White card stock, Whisper White, Subtles DSP, Highland Heather card stock
Accessories:  Stitched  So Sweetly Dies, Embossing Mats, Noble Peacock rhinestones, Foam adhesive strips, Classic Label Punch, 3/8" Highland Heather organza ribbon (retired), dimensionals

His Master's Voice

When I finished this card, featuring the Happy Tails stamp set with its coordinating punch, I was reminded of the old RCA commercial of the record player with the large horn and the dog listening at his master's voice coming from the player- thus the title of this post.

My intent for making this card was to create circle texture by embossing the with the embossing mats and then stamping near the raised areas.  As is usually the case, the card became so much more.

This card was a 'create as you go' card because I had no clear plan as to this card's outcome.

I started by stamping and punching three dogs.  A good number. three!

The stamparatus was used to stamp the dogs, two of which were made to look like my grand puppies - the 3rd a fire house dog.  The middle dog was coloured with watercolour pencils and a blender pen. After punching then with the dog punch, they were set aside while I finished the rest of the card.  At this point I still had no idea how I was going to finish this card.

Using the layering circle framelits and the embossing mats, dry embossed circles were created on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock.  The embossed and debossed sides were equally attractive, but selected the embossed side for this card.  Then, using the two circle stamps from the "Swirly Frame" stamp set, Soft Suede circles were stamped just inside the embossed areas.  A larger circle framelit was used to die cut these circles.

As I laid the dogs in the circle, as idea started to form.  Some how the old RCA commercial came to mind = and the rest is history.

The card base of Soft Suede layered with vertically scored Crumb Cake card stock and a 2" strip of Animal Expedition DSP to the left was made. 

Before adhering the embossed/stamped circle, I stamped "ruff ruff" in the middle and outside circles.

The three dogs were then added using dimensionals, looking like they were listening attentively.

Two 3/4" circles were punched from a piece of card stock randomly stamped with paw prints and placed in the upper right of the card.

The sentiment, from the same stamp set, was added.  I rounded the corners with the corner rounder punch.

Supplied Used: 

Stamps:  Happy Tails, Swirly Frames

Inks:  Soft Suede, Black Memento, Watercolour pencils (Crushed Curry and Early Espresso)

Papers:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Animal Expedition DSP, Very Vanilla, Whisper White

Accessories:  Stamparatus, Embossing Mats, Layering Circle Framelits, Dog punch, 3/4" circle punch, Dimensionals

Thinking of You - FabFriday #151

Masculine Cards are traditionally difficult to make, so for the sketch challenge with Fab Friday #501
I used several stamps to make  this  "Thinking of You" card.

The card base is Soft Suede which I embossed using the Rooted in Nature framelits (the leaves) and the Big Shot Embossing Mats.  The Whisper White art piece matted with Crumb cake card stock was adhered to this card front using dimensionals.

The art piece was created using the following:

• Water - Bermuda Bay and Waterfront stamp set
• Shore rocks - Soft Suede and Waterfront stamp set
• Two trees - Rooted in Nature and Mossy Meadow ink
• Sun - Waterfront Stamp set and Crushed Curry ink.

At the bottom of the Whisper White art piece I added 2 pieces of  3/8" Shimmer basic gray ribbon, with some 1/16" braided twine tied in a bow at the left edge.

The sentiment was stamped in Soft Suede ink using Teeny Tiny wishes, & punched with the Classic Label punch.  Before adhering it to the art piece above the ribbons I sponged the edges with the same colored ink.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Waterfront, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Rooted in Nature

Inks:  Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry

Papers:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Accessories:  Rooted in Nature framelits, Big Shot Embossing mats, Classic Label Punch, 3/8" shimmer Basic Gray ribbon, Braided Twine

Embossing with the Big Shot Embossing Mats

I love learning about ways that I can use Stampin' Up products in a different, new way.

One of the new products in the Annual Catalogue is Embossing Mats.  Okay, I didn't know what they were either, and I must admit it took me some time to figure it out.  However, using the mats to create a wonderful embossed image/background, proved to be decidedly easy.

Below is a video made by Stampin' Up explaining these mats and how to  use them.




Here's a card I made using the Embossing mats and the Springtime Impressions Thinlets.

The card base is Blueberry Bushel, layered with Whisper White embossed with the Springtime Impressions Thinlets.
Some 1/8" Blueberry Bushel Grosgrain ribbon was added along the left side, with a double bow added near the bottom.
A butterfly was die cut with the same color of card stock, and again with Vellum.  The two were adhered together at the body only, and then added to the card front.
The sentiment was stamped in the upper right using Blueberry Bushel ink.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Abstract Impression
Inks:  Blueberry Bushel
Papers:  Blueberry Bushel, Whisper White, Vellum
Accessories: Springtime Impression Thinlets, Embossing mats, 1/8" Blueberry Bushel Grosgrain ribbon,