Thank You - Peaceful Petals Sketch Frenzy Friday

This is another card using the Peaceful Petals stamp set.  I haven't participated in the challenge with Sketch Frenzy Friday for a while and wow - almost the entire team is different!  So----I thought today I participate in their challenge here

 

The flower is from the Peaceful Petals set and the leaves from French Foliage.  The flower was stamped twice and colored with Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry markers, with brown in the center.  Both flowers were cut out. The middle of one flower was cut out  and attached to the other flower using dimensionals.  The leaves were stamped with Pear Pizzazz, cut out, and attached to the underside of the flower using glue dots.  A piece of 1/8" Old Olive taffeta ribbon was tied just underneath the flower.

The flower was attached to a strip of Night of Navy designer paper made into a banner.  I attached a scalloped piece of Whisper White card stock along one side of the banner to differentiate it from the designer paper underneath.

The base card is Night of Navy layered with embossed Whisper White and a piece of the other side of the Night of Navy DSP.

Stamps: Peaceful Petals, French Foliage

Inks: Black Stazon, Night of Navy, SU markers (Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip), Pear Pizzazz

Papers: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Night of Navy DSP

Accessories: 1/8" Old Olive taffeta ribbon, Decorative dots embossing folder, Modern Word Label Punch, Scallop border punmch, Dazzling Details, dimensionals

French Foliage Poinsettia - Create with Connie & Mary #229

I thought I was finished making Christmas cards, but I just couldn't resist one more, expecially when the sketch with Create with Connie & Mary here was calling for a poinsettia flower.  I used the stamp set French Foliage to make the flower.

 

I started out by stamping 13 leaves from the French Foliage stamp set using Cherry cobbler ink onto Very Vanilla card stock.  They were embossed with clear embossing powder and cut out.  Each leaf was then placed in a 3/4" circle to which tombo glue had been applied.  Seven (7) leaves were in the bottom row, and six (6) on the top row.  A 3/4" champagne glitter circle was attached to the middle, and a red glimmer brad inserted in the middle of that and  the flower was finished off nicely.

The leaves were also from the same stamp set, but were stamped using Gumball green on Very Vanilla cardstock. After cutting out, they were attached to the bottom of the flower. The Poinsettia was attached to the card using dimensionals.

Stamps: French Foliage, More Merry Messages

Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Versa Mark

Papers:  Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Merry Moments Simply Scrappin' DSP, Be of Good Cheer DSP, Champagne glitter paper

Accessories: Gold embossing powder, Clear embossing powder, 3/4" circle punch, Red Glimmer brad, dimensionals.

Clear Block Stamping - Thinking of You - Challenge 190 LNS

For challenge 190,  it's getting Back to the Basics time! This means creating a ONE LAYER card (card base only)  adding  a technique that gives the card that extra something since there are no layers!

I chose to use clear block stamping and the collage technique.

 Technique:
The card base is Whisper White card stock.  On the front, I took 2 sizes of clear stamping blocks, C and H, and inked them with Crumb Cake ink.  They were stamped on the front of the card in the position shown on the card.
The sentiment was then stamped on the top right of the card before I did the collage stamping.
The images from French Foliage were randomly stamped using Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, and Chocolate Chip ink.
To complete the card, the edges were sponged with Chocolate chip ink.

Stamps:  French Foliage, Sassy Salutations
Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Papers:  Whisper White
Accessories:  Clear stamping blocks, C and H

Thinking of You - Triple layer stamping for fall

I just love this latest trend in stamping - triple layer.
For today's card I used the French foliage stamp set.

Here are the measurements for the various layers:
Center:  2 by 3 1/4" (Mat 2 1/4 by 3 1/2"
Middle:  3 by 4 1/4" (Mat 3 1/4 by 4 1/2")
Base layer: 4 by 5 1/4" (Mat is card base: 8 1/2 by 5 1/2" folded in half)

There are many video tutorial out there on how to do this technique.  If you would like a link to one just let me know.

Stamps: French Foliage, Sassy Salutations
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Decorative Label punch, 3/8" scallop dotted chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, neutrals button, white baker's twine
 

French Foliage Sympathy - Try Stampin' on Tuesday # 80

Even though the temperatures have begun to soar again, we have had a taste of the fall to come.  Already some of the leaves on the trees are turning (that could be the drought we had) various hues of browns and reds.  So today, for the challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday here    I thought I would make a fall card - with sympathy that the summer is almost over.

 

Technique:

Base is Cherry Cobbler card stock.  The next layer is Very Vanilla which is embossed with the Framed Tulip folder and the edges sponged first with Crumb Cake ink, and then Early Espresso.  The swirly stamp from Elements of Style was stamped at an angle onto the middle of this layer, using Crumb Cake ink.  

Image Panel This was collage stamped using the stamp set French Foliage and the 3 colors of inks mentioned below.  A double butterfly (Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler) was attached at the upper left corner.  Pearls were placed on the body and extended over onto the panel.

Embellishments: Itty Bitty buttons, under which were placed a tiny circle of Cherry Cobbler card stock punch with the Itty Bitty punch (circle).  Pearls were attached to the top of each button.

Stamps:  Elements of Style, French Foliage, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Inks: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler

Papers:  Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Framed Tulips folder, Butterfly punch, Word window punch, Itty Bitty circle punch, 1/2" cherry cobbler scalloped dotted ribbon, Itty bitty buttons, pearls, dimensionals

French Foliage Poinsetta - Create with Connie & Mary #221

I'm having trouble sleeping tonight so I thought I'd get up and make some cards.
This card is for the sketch challenge with Create with Connie & Mary #211 here

 

The poinsettia was made by stamping the leaf image of the French Foliage stamp set with Raspberry Ripple ink onto Cherry Cobbler card stock and embossing them with Vanilla embossing powder.  This was done 12 times. Embossing with the scented embossing powder is a very aromatic experience!!  The larger leaves (3 of them) were stamped with Garden Green ink onto Gumball Green card stock and also embossed with Vanilla embossing powder. Each leaf was then cut out and glued to a 1 1/4" circle. The larger leaves were attached to the underside of the poinsettia. The center of the flower is a Boho blossom punched in Summer Starfruit sponged with Raspberry Ripple.  A gold glimmer brad completes the flower.

The poinsettia was mounted onto a 2 1/2" champagne glimmer circle, which was attached to a large paper doily painted with Champagne glimmer paint. The outer edge of the doily was removed to size it better for the card.

Stamps: French Foliage, More Merry Messages, Petite Pairs

Inks: Raspberry Ripple, Garden Green

Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Champagne glimmer paper, Summer Starfruit, Be of Good Cheer designer paper, Gumball Green

Accessories: Boho blossom punch, Large Doily die, Scallop border punch, Modern Word Label Punch, Word Label punch, Gold glimmer brad, 3/8" Cherry Cobbler seam binding, dimensionals, Champagne glimmer paint.

No Ordinary People - Challenge 150

There are no ordinary people in our lives - every one is special.  When I saw the saying that went with this stamp set I knew I had to make a card.  A card similar to this I saw on Stampin Connections and just had to case it. I just made a few alterations.

Stamps: Summer Soltice, French foliage, En Francais
Inks: Black Stazson, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Markers (Rich Razzelberry, Chocolate Chip,Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, Always Artichoke)
Papers: Rich Razzelberry, chocolate chip, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Accessories: Square lattice embossing folder, 3/8" Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon, silver brads, Modern label punch, dimensionals, blender pen, Label embossing folder

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest:....Beorge Mathew Allen

Poinsettia gift wrapped card - Challenge 143 - 1,2,3 LNS Group

Challenge 143 is to use 1 stamp, 2 embellishments, and 3 colors. - such a fun idea.

This card is a partial CASE from someone who's watermark I could not read - so if you recognize your card please let me know and I will give you credit.  The poinsettia on this card was originally created by Connie Babbert (I believe last year) so thanks Connie for the idea.
Would you believe the petal of the flower is made using one of the stamps from the French Foliage stamp set?  Who would have thought?

Here's how I made the poinsettia:

1. Stamp 13 leaves with Cherry Cobbler ink onto Regal Rose card stock
2. Cut out each leaf
3. Punch out a 1 1/4" circle in Regal Rose card stock
4. Attach 7 of the cut out leaves to the 1 1/4" circle using snail adhesive to form the bottom layer of the flower
5. Cover the entire flower with Versa Mark, cover with Iridescent Ice embossing powder and emboss with heat tool.
6. Individually emboss the remaining 6 leaves
7. Attach individually to the flower base, using snail adhesive at the bottom of the petal and a stampin' dimensional toward the top.  This gives the flower some lift and dimension
8. Place pearls in the center of the poinsettia.

The rest of the card:
The base of the card is Cherry Cobbler, followed by a layer of Alwys Artichoke.  
The Very Vanilla card stock layer was doubled embossed using the Starburst embossing folder and Iridescent Ice embossing powder.
3/8" Artichoke denim jean ribbon was attached both ways to make the front of the card look like a wrapped present.
The sentiment, from Hand-Penned Holidays, was stamped using Always Artichoke ink on Very Vanilla card stock, and matted with Always Artichoke. The one end was made into a tag shape to accommodate the size of the card.  
The sentiment tag was placed diagonally at the crossroad of the ribbons.
The poinsettia was adhered to the card using dimensionals - also on top of the crossroad.


Stamps: French Foliage, Hand-Penned Holidays
Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Versa Mark
Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Rose Red
Accessories: Starburst embossing folder, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, Pearls, 3/8 Artichoke denim Jean ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals

French Foliage - Technostamper 189 & Stamping 411 Color Inspiration 162

It's been a busy week getting ready for a craft show in 2 weeks - making cards, projects, labeling, pricing etc.  Tonight I wanted to take a break and make some cards and pay some attention to my blog which has suffered from neglect this week.
This card is a combination of 2 challenges:  Technostamper 189 and Stamping 411 Color Challenge.  The sketch is from Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Challenge here combined with the Stamping 411 Color Inspiration 161 here.  The colors:  Chocolate Chip, More Mustard and Pool Party

Stamps: French Foliage
Inks: Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Pool Party
Papers: Chocolate chip, Very Vanilla, Autumn Spice designer paper
Accessories: 1/4" Chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, Pewter embossing powder, Scallop border punch, dimensionals, Clear embossing powder

The leaf was first stamped with Pool Party and More mustard before cutting out.  Versa mark ink was applied to the leaf and embossed with clear embossing powder.