Coffee with Friends

 There is nothing like having coffee wih friends, a time to share bad times, good times , to share accomplishments etc. This stamp set struck a chord with me and the card I made today will be mailed to a friend I used to have coffee with before she moved away.

For the background I used the scraps from Regency Park DSP.

To do this I added an adhesive sheet over a 4 by 3" piece of Basic White card stock. I had already cut left over pieces of the Regency Park DSP into various sizes of strips. I laid these strips at an angle side by side until the entire cardstock piece was covered. Because the strips had spaces between them I applied Gilded Flakes over these spaces, creating a lovely guilded effect.  After the excess pieces were cut off, I matted it with a slightly larger piece of Crushed Curry card stock, followed by Balmy Blue card stock, which was then mounted onto an A2 Night of Navy card base. Some 1/8" gold trim was added to the Background piece before it was added to the card base.

The image was stamped onto Basic White cardstock, coloured with Stampin' Blends and then die cut with a Deckled Die. This piece was matted with gold glitter cardstock and then Night of Navy. Dimensionals were used between the two layers. A bow of gold trim was added to the bottom of  the image piece.

The sentiment, from the stamp set, was die cut using the Stylish die (circle)

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Coffee with Friends

Inks: Black Memento, Stampin Blends, Balmy Blue (see below for colours of blends used)

Papers: Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Gold Glimmer, Basic White, Regency Park DSP (strips)

Accessories: Deckled Die, 1/8" Gold Trim, Brushed Gold Butterfly Embellishments, Stylish Shape die (circle), Dimensionals, Clear Wink of Stella, Adhesive sheet, Gilded Leafing.

Stampin' Blends:

Friend 1:  Lucky Limeade, Bermuda Bay, Smokey Slate

Friend 2:  Poppy Parade, Bubble Bath, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake

Skin Colours: Light and Medium

Coffee Cup:  Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, Poppy Parade

Bench: Pebbled Path

Grass:  Old Olive

Sky: Balmy Blue

Rhino and friend - a sneak peak for the 2023-2024 Annual catalogue - for We love Stamping ( real birds and animals)

 This card is my second submission to April's challenge for We Love Stamping only this time instead of a Peacock I used a Rhinoceros, the stamp for which is in the new Annual Catalogue (2023-2024). The former card image was from a retired stamp set; this one is from a stamp not yet available for purchase, so this is a sneak peak of what will be available.

The background was made  by using the new small blending brushes and different colours blended together on a Basic white card stock base..  I just loved using the smaller brushes because I was able to used different colours in smaller spaces. And I was able to apply the ink without drag or smear marks.

After creating the colourful background, the tree structure and canopy as well as the bushes was die cut and added as shown in the picture above.  The grass was stamped on Basic white, coloured with  Evening Evergreen Stampin' Blends, then die cut and added to the bottom of the base.

The rhinoceros was stamped with Black Memento ink, and coloured with Smoky Slate stampin blends for the body, Basic Black for the hoofs and Wild Wheat for the horn.  The bird on is back was coloured with Poppy Parade Blend, as was the bird hovering on the tall grass (lower right)

The image was die cut using the coordinating Rhino Ready dies and added to the card front using dimensionals.

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Rhino Ready

Inks:  Sky:  Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Soft Succulent                                                                                                                     Rhino:  Smokey Slate, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Wild Wheat                                   Birds:  Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight                                                                      Sentiment and images : Black Memento

Papers: Card Base:  Evening Evergreen (top fold)                                                                  Art piece:  Basic White  - all elements built on this                                                   Trees - trunk (Soft Suede); Canopy (Evening Evergreen); Bushes                             (Evening Evergreen)

Accessories:  Dimensionals, Rhino ready dies, small blender brushes.

Eden Garden Fun Fold - card and a video tutorial

 I don't know what to call this fun fold, but in this video tutorial I explain how to make this card.

You can watch the video on my blog or on You Tube here

Dimensions and Directions:

Papers:

Thick White card stock 5 1/2 by 8 1/2"

Evening Evergreen 1 1/2 by 5 1/4" (2 pieces)   DSP 1 1/4 by 5"

Evening Evergreen 2 1/2 by 5 1/4"  (1 piece)  DSP 2 1/4 by 5"

Evening Evergreen 1 piece Scallop Contour die cut (second largest piece)

Basic White 3 7/8 by 2 5/8"

Putting the card together:

• Score a 5 1/2 by 8 1/2" Thick Basic white card base at 1 1/4, 3, 5 1/2, and 6 3/4"  Fold card as directed and burnish well.
• Adhere DSP to card stock and adhere to both end panels and the center piece
• On the 3 7/8 by 2 5/8" piece of Basic white, stamp the image of the flower and two stem leaves using Soft Succulent ink.  Use post it note to mask floral petals in order to stamp the stems behind the petals.
• Adhere the stamped piece to the scallop Evening Evergreen piece and adhere it centered to the middle fold (hint - count the number of scallops)
• Stamp the sentiment on the sentiment piece and adhere it centered on the center fold.
• Add Garden Gems

• Stamp images twice on the envelope flap

Beauty of Friendship Shaker - The Paper Players Tic -Tac -Toe Challenge #556

 For the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge at The Paper Players I chose to go straight down the middle - friend, die cut/punch, shaker.

Here is my card

I used the Beauty of Friendship stamp set for the friend sentiment, and die cut the tree using the coordinating "Beautiful Tree" dies. Also coordinating with the stamp and die is the Beauty of the Earth DSP.  So the three elements together were perfect for the challenge.

I don't know why, but my vision for this card was blue and white.

I've been making shaker cards using tulle rather than window sheets so that's how I made this shaker. I used the Subtle shimmer sequins as shaker elements

I added the die cut tree to the left of the shaker, with some of the branches extending over the tulle

The word "friendship" is part of a larger sentiment that I hand cut , added to some Misty Moonlight card stock and added to the card front below the tree using dimensionals.

A rabbit, from the stamp set "Peaceful Deer" was hand cut and added beside the sentiment

On the inside, I added the Misty Moonlight circle that was die cut making the shaker.  The full sentiment was white embossed onto this circle.  If you look carefully you can see the sentiment through the tulle shaker.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Beauty of Friendship, Peaceful Deer

Inks:  Misty Moonlight, Versa Mark

Papers:  Misty Moonlight, Basic White, Beauty  of the Earth DSP

Accessories:  Subtle Shimmer Sequins, White Tulle, Layering Circle Dies, Beautiful Trees Die, Dimensionals

Daisy Lane - New Annual Catalogue Sneak Peak

I was fortunate to spend a week in beautiful British Columbia and attend Stampin' Up On Stage in Vancouver on April 13.  Attending On Stage is always a lot of fun and one always leaves with a lot of 'goodies'.
After registering, we all received a beautiful green cloth bag with a leaf embroidered on it.  Inside was some file folders, a memo book and a stamp set.

Yes, that is the new catalogue in the above picture.

So, to end the suspense, here's a card I  made with one of the new stamp sets called "Daisy Delight"

Do you recognize anything?

Yes, it's a flower punched with the Daisy punch.

The Daisy flower was stamped three times using Crushed Curry ink and  punched with the Daisy punch.  To make the flower look more vibrant, I sponged each petal front and back with more Crushed Curry ink, then added colour to the centre using an aqua painter and Early Espresso and Pumpkin Pie ink. After the flower was dry, each petal was curled up with a bone folder. The flower was assembled by adhering each flower together alternating the petals.

See the center of the flower?  These self adhesive 3D flower centers are another new item in the upcoming catalogue.

The stem and leaves of the flower was stamped using Old Olive ink and then fussy cut.  Again, I sponged the edges before adhering them to a  Night of Navy panel which was die cut with the stitched rectangle die.

After adding the 3D flower, a thick Baker's twine bow was added and the sentiment , stamped in Call Me Clover ink was included.

The Night of Navy panel was matted with Call Me Clover card stock, and the unit added to the card front using dimensionals.

The base card is Call Me Clover layered with Whisper White .  On the Whisper White layer the large leaf was stamped randomly using Call Me Clover ink.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Daisy Lane

Inks:  Call Me Clover, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie

Papers:  Call Me Clover, Whisper White, Night of Navy

Accessories:  Perennial Essence Floral Centers, Mint Macaron Thick Baker's Twine, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Daisy Punch, Dimensionals, Aqua painter

Home to Roost - Roo has a Friend

I introduced you to Roo in the last post here.  He was alone there, but in today's card he has a friend.

The base card stock for this card is Old Olive layered with Whisper White.

Using the stamparatus, the cluster of wheat stamp was coloured with a Mossy Meadow and Crushed Curry markers and peg stamped across the width of the Whisper White layer.

The checkboard DSP is from the SAB Botanical Butterfly DSP.  Two different sizes of Stitched Rectangle framelits was used to die cut the DSP into an outer frame.  This frame is slightly smaller than the width of the Whisper White  allowing the clusters of wheat to show outside the frame.

The two roosters were stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White and coloured with various colours of Stampin' Blends - each bird coloured slightly differently.
They were then fussy cut and added to the card front as shown in the picture.

A small Balmy Blue butterfly, punched from the Botanical Butterfly DSP using the Butterfly Duet punch, was added to the top left just below the sentiment.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Home to Roost
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends ( Bird 1: Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay  - Bird 2: In addition to same colours as Bird 1 Crushed Curry was used), Stampin' Markers (Mossy Meadow and Crushed Curry)
Papers:  Old Olive, Whisper White, Botanical Butterfly Gala DSP
Accessories:  Stamparatus, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Butterfly Duet punch

Butterflies Have Layers

There are two sets of Butterfly Beautiful thinlets that layer on top of each other creating a wonderful 3D look.

On the last 2 posts I used only 1 layer and I used the entire thinlet.  See the post  here and here

For this card, I layer the 2 butterfly thinlets together and I use only the bottom 3 butterflies.

Any number of colour combinations can be used for these layers but I chose to use Basic Black and Daffodil Delight.

Tip:  Because of the fine detail in these thinlets, I die cut them using the Sizzix adhesive sheets. This converts the die cuts to 'stickers' .

The base card is Daffodil Delight layered with Whisper White.  Some Melon Mambo is stamped near the center to provide some interest.

Layer one of the Butterfly Beautiful thinlets is die cut in Daffodil Delight and is adhered to the Whisper White layer.

The second layer is die cut in Basic Black card stock and is adhered directly on top of the Daffodil Delight layer.

Sentiment is from: Love What You Do

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Love What You Do

Inks:  Black memento, Melon Mambo

Papers:  Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories:  Butterfly Beauty Thinlet Dies, Sizzix Adhesive sheets

Friendship is a Sheltering Tree - a Shaker Card

I  can't believe how fast my garden has grown, and how quickly the trees have been covered with leaves. Cherry blossom time has now come and gone, but other fruit trees are just starting to bloom. Which gives me an idea for a shaker card using the Sheltering Tree stamp set.

I started with a base of Petal Pink card stock, one of the new colours, and on a 4 by 5 1/4" Whisper White layer I stamped the tree in Soft Suede ink using Petal Pink ink for the blossoms.  I only stamped the blossoms once as in most cases blossoms are just now emerging from the trees.

A circle was die cut in a second 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White card stock.  Window sheet was adhered on the wrong side of this, after which I added foam tape around the circle (away from the edge) and around the edges .  This foam tape makes it easier than ever to make shaker cards!

Before adding the shaker elements the embossing buddy was used to wipe both sides of the window sheets as well as the inside.  This not only reduces static cling but also prevents the shaker elements fro 'stickling' to the edges. 

On the right front edge I added a 1/2 by 5 1/4" strip of Petal Pink card stock to which I adhered one of the laser die cuts from the new laser die DSP as well as some 1/4" white organza ribbon.  Die cut flower clusters from Beautiful Bouquet decorated the shaker circle.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Supplies used:

Stamps:  Sheltering Tree, Beautiful Bouquet

Inks:  Petal Pink, Soft Suede

Papers:  Petal Pink, Whisper White, Laser Cut DSP

Accessories:  Layering Circle Framelits, Window Sheet, Shaker elements (non SU), Bouquet Petal framelits, Foam tape, 1/4" white organza ribbon, dimensionals. Pearls colored with blendabilities.

Love What You Do - Another Catalogue Sneak Peak

Friends are so important in life so I just love the sentiment that is part of the "Love What You Do" stamp set- which goes  like this:

I'm lucky

to have a 

friend

like you

The sentiment was a perfect focal point in a shaker element for this card - a shaker made using glitter tulle rather than window sheet.

The base card of Mint Macaron card stock, is layered with Love What you Do DSP with an oval aperture die cut in it. This was covered on both sides with Glitter Tulle using tear and tape adhesive with Fancy Frost Sequins shaker elements in between the tulle.

The sentiment, black embossed on a separate piece of Whisper White on a stamped off Mint Macaron background, was positioned under the die cut aperture.

To provide a more distinctive delineation between the shaker and the DSP, I added a Basic Black border around the shaker element.

Before adhering the 2 layers together, some 3/8" metallic edge Berry Burst ribbon was added to the left side of the shaker element.  An embellishment was added over the ribbon.

On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock I stamped and colored a flower and 3 flower elements - then fussy cut them and adhered them to a small oval die cut.  This was added to the edge of the shaker element using dimensionals.  The ribbon bow was added to the base of the flowers.  Clear Wink of Stella was added to each of the blooms.

One advantage of using tulle instead of the traditional window sheet is that the resultant card is much thinner and lighter.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Love What You Do

Inks:  Mint Macaron, Versa Mark, Black Memento, Dimensionals.

Papers:  Mint Macaron, Basic Black, Love What You Do DSP, Whisper White

Accessories: Layering Oval Framelits, Glitter Tulle (non SU), Fancy Frost Sequins (retired) shaker elements, 3/8" metallic edged Berry Burst ribbon. Black Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Clear Wink of Stella

Just Add Color DSP - Tea Anyone??

In my previous post I showed several cards made using the Just Add Color DSP.

Warning!!! Coloring can be addictive!! 

It's been a while since I just sat down and colored just for the sheer pleasure of it.  Once I started it was hard to stop.  I can certainly understand the fascination adults have with the coloring books that are now every where.

Today I selected the 12 by 12 page filled with tea pots, teacups etc. and colored only 2 images using Blendabilities.  After colored, the images were  I fussy cut and built into a card.

On a Melon Mambo card base I added a Whisper White layer embossed with the Ruffled embossing folder.  Along the bottom is a strip of Color Theory DSP with a piece of ruffled Night of Navy seam binding adhered over the seam.

A doillie, cut in half became the "table cloth" upon which the colored images were added.  To add interest and depth, I cut the scallop part of the remaining half and added it over the already adhered ruffle using dimensionals.  I colored the area around the base of the images with a Slate Gray marker in order to "ground" them. Clear Wink of Stella was applied to the cut out images.

Tutti-fruit self adhesive sequins were added randomly on the card front.

The sentiment is from "So Many Shells"

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  So Many Shells

Inks:  Black Memento, Blendabilities 

Papers:  Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Color Theory DSP, Just Add Color DSP

Accessories:  1/2" crumpled Night of Navy ribbon, self adhesive Tutti-fruiti sequins, doillie, Clear Wink of Stella, Ruffle Embossing Folder.

Friends Fur-ever

I love my Stamparatus so much!  It  makes my stamping so much more precise!  Not that it wasn't precise before, but now the worry about a number of things are gone.  Like - is the stamping straight, what if the image doesn't stamp well?

I used the Stamparatus to stamp the image from "We Must Celebrate", a stamp set from the Occasions Catalogue, then coloured the image with watercolor pencils and an aqua painter.  I was most upset to see that the Blendabilities are unorderable until the end of May, so it's back to the basics of colouring- for now anyway.

The image was stamped onto a 4 3/4" by 3" piece of Whisper White cardstock, and as I mentioned, the image was coloured with watercolor pencils and a blender pen.
Before adhering it to a 5 by 3 1/4" piece of Soft Suede cardstock, the rabbit was die cut using 2 sizes of oval framelits (Eclipse technique).  The focal piece was then adhered to the Soft Suede layer, and the "O" added to the aperture with foam tape.  The bunny was adhered to the inside using some tombo glue

The card front is Whisper White card stock, layered with Crumb Cake embossed with the Cable Knit Embossing Folder.  Some Soft Suede DSP cut at an angle was adhered to the lower left of the embossed crumb cake layer, and a 1/4" strip of /Crumb Cake card stock adhered to the edge of this DSP overlapping it slightly with the crumb cake layer.

The focal point was added to the card front using dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  We Must Celebrate
Inks:  Black Memento, Watercolor Pencils
Papers:  Whisper White, Soft Suede, Soft Suede DSP, Crumb Cake
Accessories:  Cable knit Embossing Folder, Blender pen, Dimensionals, Layering Oval Framelits, Stamparatus.

Apron Pop Up Card

To make this card I used the tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers here

On the front flap of a 4 1/4 by 11 top fold card, I due cut a circle using the Layering Circle Framelits.

The pop up was made by  folding a piece of Whole Lot of Lovely DSP into 3 and die cutting all 3 layers at once using the Apron Framelit.  Two of the aprons were folded in half and then adhered to the back of the unfolded one.

The apron was decorated with an apron, cooking tools, as well as the neck and other ties.

After applying adhesive on the back of the apron it was positioned through the front of the circle and adhered to the back of the card.

Open the card and the apron stays adhered to the inside of the card.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Apron of Love

Ink:  Tranquil Tide

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Whole Lot of Lovely DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black

Accessories:  Layering Circles framelits, Apron Builder Framelits

Hello Friend - Paper Players #358

I love to watercolor, so this week's challenge at The Paper Players was right up my alley.

This week the challenge is a clean and simple one - sometimes difficult for me because I do like to fuss- and to get colouring. Keeping it clean and simple means limited layers and embellishments.

For this week's challenge I pulled out my watercolour pencils and aqua painter.

I stamped the image onto Whisper White card stock, and before colouring the image, I applied liquid masking solution to completely cover it. After that was dry, I stamped the background stamp "Sheet Music" using Smoky Slate ink over the masked image.  I then peeled off the now dry masking (it's like peeling off sunburned skin) and coloured the image with watercolor pencils and an aqua painter

Some Basic Black card stock was added to both ends and the art piece was added to a Calypso Coral card stock card base at and angle..  The sentiment "Friend"  from Awesomely Artistic" is embossed with Black Embossing powder and added to the art piece using dimensionals

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Floral Statement, Awesomely Artistic, Music Sheet

Inks:  Black Memento, Watercolour Pencils, Versa Mark, Smokey Slate

Papers:  Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories:  Aqua Painter, Black embossing Powder, gold and clear glitter. 

Friend Tuxedo Fold Card

This card is an extension of the card box and because it looks like a man's tuxedo, it is called a tuxedo fold card.  I used a video tutorial  here to make my card.

I used retired Botanical DSP and the retired Botanical Builder Framelits.

This card cam stand upright without support.  I used Pool Party as the base for this card, and the Botanical DSP on the various triangular areas.  Cutting the various pieces was a bit tricky, but I was able to catch on after a while.

Inside the box are two support bars, much like the box cards.  Four 1/2 by 5" strips of Pool Party were used to attach the various die cut pieces to and then attach to the support bars. Usually I use strips of window sheets, but thought I would try this author's method.  I think I like the window sheet better.

The sentiment is from "Lovely Inside and Out", stamped in Cajun Craze on Whisper White and punched with the note tag punch. This was adhered below the left flap.  On the right flap, help in place with a clip is the rest of the sentiment.

To finish the card, I attached a bow made with Pool Party seam binding.

This card does lie flat for mailing, but a special envelope would have to be made.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Lovely Inside and Out

Inks:  Cajun Craze

Papers:  Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Garden Green, Basic Black, Botanical DSP (retired)

Accessories:  Note tag punch, assorted paper clips, 5/8" Pool Party seam binding (retired), Botanical Builder framelits (retired)

A Friend Like You - a Case

I received the bonus SAB products yesterday and today I had a chance to play with them. I just love !!! the glitter pack with my favourite colours in them. Twelve 6 by 6" sheets with 4 of each of the following colours:Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron, and Sweet Sugarplum are in this pack. I gravitated towards the Sweet Sugarplum and the Mint Macaron so decided to CASE the card on the front of the bonus SAB brochure.

A piece of Whisper White cardstock is die cut with the 2 flowers from the Stylish Stems framelit set.

Three large and 2 small leaves are die cut using the Mint Macaron glimmer paper and adhered around the die cut flowers are shown.

On the Sweet Sugarplum cardstock base the Sweet Sugarplum glimmer paper is adhered.

This Whisper White piece is adhered (using dimensionals) on top of that.

In the middle of the card a 3/8" cucumber crush ribbon notched at one end with the other end folded over is added.  Over top of that is a sentiment stamped onto a piece of Sweet Sugarplum cardstock which is notched at both ends.

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Suite Sentiment

Ink: Black Memento

Papers: Sweet sugarplum, Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum glimmer paper, Mint Macaron glimmer paper,

Accessories: Stylish Stems Framelits/dies, 3/8" Cucumber Crush striped ribbon, 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

Belle and Friends - Card 2 You've Got a Friend in Me

For the second card featuring Belle and Friends, I decided to do 2 things differently.
First of all, I decided to make my own DSP featuring this little dog on the front of the card.
Secondly, I used the masking technique to give Belle two other friends.

• As you can see Belle has 2 other friends today.  All 3dogs were coloured with blender pens and ink pads.
• The three pals were die cut using the labels framelits.  This was matted with a later of Crumb Cake cardstock, and then attached to the card front using dimensionals.

Belle & Friends DSP

• The DSP was made by randomly stamping the image of Belle all over a piece of Whisper White  card stock- using Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede and Black Memento.  Then some interest was added by stamping dots from the Timeless texture stamp set.  The entire surface was lightlyspongedwith Crumb Cake ink, and embossed with clear embossing powder.

To make the card, I used a 4 by 8 piece of Crumb Cake cardstock scored in half to form a   4  by 4 " card.This was layered with Whisper White, the edges of which  were  spong ed with Crumb Cake ink.
Images from The Timeless Texture stamp set  were randomly stamped on this Whisper White surface before I attached the DSP.
I only used 1 1/4" of DSP, the inside edge of which was covered with Burlap ribbon.

The sentiment was stamped on a strip of sponged Whisper White, and both edges notched and curled up.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Belle & Friends, Timeless Texture
Inks:   Black Memento, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Real Red, Emerald Envy, Islalnd Indigo
Papers: Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder. Labels Framelits, Dimensionals, 5/8" Burlap ribbon

Dragonflies in Purple

This card was a special request from a student I tutor.
Her request:  a dragonfly and the colour purple.

The stamp set I chose for this is "Awesomely Artistic", and this is the card I came up with.  I had made a card similar to this in the past, but it had 3 dragon flies on it and I used different DSP.

Layering Squares Framelits were used to die cut 2"  Whisper white squares.  The Elegant Eggplant mats for these squares were also die cut using these framelits, only 1/8" size larger.

The edges of the Whisper White squares were sponged with Elegant Eggplant ink; darker around the edges, and lighter towards the middle.

The dragonfly from " Awesome Artistic" was stamped in different directions on each square. The stamped square is then matted with the Elegant Eggplant cardstock.

The basic cardstock is Elegant Eggplant matted with Whisper White cardstock, and then a retired DSP with white embossing in it was added.  This DSP was sponged with Elegant eggplant ink, again, sponging the heaviest at the outside edges.

After the image squares were added to the card front with dimensionals some dazzling details was applied to the wings and allowed to dry.

Before adding the squares, a piece of 1/4" white cotton ribbon was added to the card front, with  a bow added to the right side.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Awesomely Artistic
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, DSP with white embossing (retired)
Accessories: Layering square framelits, dazzling details, dimensionals, 1/4" white cotton ribbon.

Choose happiness - Smooshing technique

I'd like to thank Sandy McIver for showing me this technique, and since I can't show you the video used, I found another one that was helpful.  Here is the link: smoosh technique

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Choose Happiness
Inks: Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight
Papers: Whisper White, Basic Black, Watercolor Paper
Accessories: White embossing powder, Window sheet, rhinestones, dimensionals

Friend- a layout for Canadian Die Exchange group

One of the things I like to do, and have done a lot of to hone my skills, is to participate in sketch challenges.
This month, a group I belong to, the Canadian Die Cut Exchange group, has a card layout as a challenge!! Yippee!!
Here's what I came up with:

The base card is Elegant Eggplant, layered with Whisper White and then with Elegant Eggplant DSP cut in half near the top - so that the pattern at the top was flipped over to the other side.

A piece of Cucumber Crush ribbon was folded in half and wrapped around the card at the seam, and a knot tied near the right side.

First I punched 3 pieces of Whisper White with the 1 1/4" square punch, and using a mask, lightly sponged each piece lightly with Elegant Eggplant ink.  On the top square, one of the corners was inked a little darker; the middle the darker ink was applied to the outer side; the lower square in the other corner.
Then the dragon from from "Awsomely Artistic' was stamped at different angles on these squares.
Two way glue pen was applied to the wings, and dazzling diamond sprinkled over it.

Each square was matted with a 1 3/8" square Elegant Eggplant and adhered to a 4 1/2 by 1 1/2" piece of Whisper White (equally distributed) - except for the middle one, which was adhered using dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Awesomely Artistic
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Papers: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant DSP
Accessories: 1" lacy scalloped Cucumber Crush ribbon folded in half, dimensionals., dazzling diamonds.