A Token of Love - Hand Stamped Sentiments # 283

I'm sorting my stamps for a Stamp Sale next month and came across this cute little non SU stamp set of a young lad presenting a girl with some flowers for Easter.  It seemed perfect to use with the sketch challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments here

I used the Stamparatus to stamp this cute little image and then coloured it with Stampin' Blendabilites and watercolor pencils. After trimming this art piece to 2 3/4 by 2 1/2" it was matted with Marina Mist and added it to the card front with dimensionals.

The card base is Marina Mist, layered with Whisper White which has the "dots" from the retired stamp set "Gorgeous Grunge" stamped on it with Marina Mist ink.

On the left side a 1 1/4 by 5 1/4" piece of Sweet Soiree DSP edged on one side with a small strip of Marina Mist was added  to the card front. Some 3/8" silver metallic edge ribbon was attached around this strip and a bow made with this ribbon added at the top of  the art piece.

The Word Window punch was used to punch the sentiment which was matted with some Marina Mist punched with the Modern Word Label punch.

Tiny flowers were added to the art piece with tiny pearls in the center.

I added some glitter to the flowers and ribbon in her hair.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  A Token of Love for You (Rubberstamps), Gorgeous Grunge, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Inks:  Black memento, Stampin' Blendabilites, Watercolor pencils

Papers:  Marina Mist, Whisper White, Sweet Soiree DSP

Accessories:  3/8" Silver Edge Ribbon, Dimensionals, pearls, Word Label Punch, Modern Word Label Punch, gold glitter.

It's Your Day- Try Stampin' on Tuesday #327

This week's challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday has an optional theme of "All pastels or all bolds".

The sketch is by Kaylin.

I chose a middle of the road path - a combination of both.  I got carried away coloring this "crafty" picture and used a combination of bolds and pastels to create this card.

Masking was used to build the various elements, and the resulting images were colored with water color pencils and aqua painter.  The "dots" on the background of both the art piece and layering Whisper White were made using the now retired "Gorgeous Grunge" stamp set.

The card base is Dapper Denim, layered with Whisper White.  The middle DSP panel is the new "Color Theory DSP".

Beneath the DSP are Dapper Denim glimmer enamel dots.  These are adhesive backed ombre glitter dots in the "In Colors".

Supplies Use
Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Crafting Forever
Inks:  Black Memento, water color pencils, Marina Mist, Basic Black marker, Dapper Denim
Papers:  Dapper Denim, Whisper White, Color Theory DSP
Accessories:  Aqua painter, Stitched oval framelit, Glitter Enamel Dots, Dimensionals.

Now its your turn to create something using Kaylin's sketch, and you have 2 weeks to do so.  When finished, post your work on the Try Stampin on Tuesday or Not blog or on the Facebook site.

Crafting Forever on a Watercolor Background

I used all the new "In-colors" to make the water color background wash for the paint brushes, scissors, etc.  I also used the "Gorgeous Grunge" splot stamp for the last time to create a bit of a mess on the background.

I cut the images out after coloring them and placed them as seen above.

The watercolor art piece is matted with Basic Black card stock, and then mounted onto the card front using dimensionals.

The base card is Berry Burst cardstock, layered with Whisper White stamped with the "Brushstrokes" back ground stamp.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Crafting Forever, Gorgeous Grunge (now retired), Brush strokes background

Inks:  Lucky Limeade, Berry Burst, Tranquil Tide, Powder Pink, Fresh Fig, Watercolor Pencils

Papers: Berry Burst, Whisper White, Basic Black, Watercolor paper

Accessories:  Aqua painter, blender pen, dimensionals 

Comfort & Sympathy - SUO Challenges #172

"Thinking of You and Sympathy" are the topics of this week's classes, so the challenge at SUO is very timely. 
The challenge this week at SUO is to make a card for someone who is facing difficulties in life. I am making this card with a very special person in mind who is facing multiple medical difficulties.  As she has said many times, her calendar" looks like a medical convention".

She loves nature and flowers so that's what I put on the card.

I stamped the sentiment in the centre of a stitched die cut oval after which I adhered it to the Whisper White card front.

The cluster of small flowers were stamped over the edge of the oval and onto the card front. To color the flowers, the oval was removed and replaced later using dimensionals.

On a separate piece of Whisper White, I stamped a larger flower and two sets of leaves.  These were coloured with ink pads and a blender pen and fussy cut. The flower was added to the upper right of the oval, with the leaves added above and below the oval.

Some texture was added using second generation Tip Top Taupe ink.
Tiny pearls were added to the center of each small flower; a larger pearl to the center of the larger flower.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Birthday Blossoms, Gorgeous Grunge
Inks: Black Memento, Daffodil Delight, Delightful Dijon, Wild Wasabi, Cucumber Crush, Tip Top Taupe
Papers: Delightful Dijon Whisper White
Accessories:  Stitched oval framelit, dimensional, pearls

Making another Succulent - a Cactus

Inspired by a number of pictures of Cacti on Pinterest, I decided to make my own.
Again, I used my little peat pots which I usually use in the spring to plant small divided perennials prior to my plant sale.
This time I placed a Styrofoam Easter egg which has one rounded end cut off, in it, covered by Spanish Moss
Then I decorated the pot itself with banners of Succulent DSP and a Sweet Sugarplum ribbon wrapped around the top of the pot.

Using the largest of the layering oval framelits, I die cut 5 ovals in Old Olive card stock.
I then stamped each oval twice with the big splatter stamp from "Gorgeous Grunge" stamp set using Old Olive ink. The first image was stamped with full strength ink, and without reinking the stamp, the image was stamped again.

Each oval was folded in half with the stamped side to the inside.  The fold was burnished well.

Because cacti usually have spines, I tried to mimic them by distressing the edges with a pair of scissors and then sponging the edges with Always Artichoke ink.

The ovals were then glued together using Tombo ink.

Isn't the flower on the top cute?

 To make the flower, I die cut three of the smallest flowers of the Succulent framelits using Flirty Flamingo card stock.

The edges of each petal were lightly sponged with Crumb Cake ink, & curled up.  Each petal was then adhered together and added to the top of the cactus.

The cactus was adhered to the prepared peat pot using hot glue.











Supplies Used:
Stamp: Gorgeous Grunge
Inks: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake
Papers: Old Olive, Flirty Flamingo, So Succulent DSP
Accessories: Layering Oval Framelits, Succulent framelits, peat pot, Styrofoam Easter egg, Spanish moss, 3/8" Sweet Sugarplum ribbon, hot glue gun.

Country Livin' Meets Thoughtful Branches

Today I thought I would make a masculine birthday card.  I wanted to use the Country Living stamp set, but as I went along, I envisioned the Thoughtful Branches stamp set, which is still available from Stampin' Up while supplies last.

Here is how my card turned out:

After stamping all the images separately and colouring them with blender pens and ink pads, they were cut out and the background scenes created.

On a 3 1/4 by 3 3/4" whisper white piece, three trees were stamped from the stamp set "Thoughtful Branches".  Marina Mist ink and a scallop circle created the sky.  Two little cardinals landed in the trees near the truck, probably waiting for the apple load it was carrying.

The cut out truck was placed in front of the trees, and some applies were placed in the cargo - a few fell on the ground and sentiment.  Some Wink of Stella was applied to parts of the car and the apples.

On a separate Whisper White panel 3 3/4 by 1 5/8" a background was stamped with Crumb Cake and the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.  The boots were adhered near the top, and the guitar angles at the bottom and adhered with dimensionals.

Both panels were layered with striped Real Red DSP and separated from each other with a 1/8" strip of Real Red card stock.

The sentiment is from "Happy Happenings.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Country Livin', Thoughtful Branches, Happy Happenings, Gorgeous Grunge
Inks: Black Memento,Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Basic Black marker, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Marina Mist
Papers: Real Red, Real Red DSP, Whisper White,
Accessories: Beautiful Branches Thinlet Dies, Wink of Stella clear glimmer brush, dimensionals

Pop of Paradise in a Large Square Double Display Card

This time I think I got the fold right.  It took a couple of tries, but I did it. The fold reminds me of the Triple Fold card.
Again, I used the video tutorial by Dawn here

The base card is Night of Navy, 6 by 12", and was scored and cut accoding to the directions in the video.
On the long side, the cardstock was scored at 1,2,4,5,7,8,10, and 11 inches
On the short side, the cardstock was placed on the 1" mark, and a cut was made from the 1" mark to the 5" mark, and then from the 7"  to the 11" mark.  This was done on both sides of the cardstock.
Making the folds was a bit tricky, but I managed it.  I must admit I stopped and rewound the video several times before I got it right.
Here are the measurements for the cardstock pieces (I used Very Vanilla)

• one 3 7/8 by 3 7/8" for the center
• two 2 by 6" for the front
• two 1 7/8 by 3 3/8"
• six 17/8 by 7/8"

Use the DSP of your choice for the front, cutting it 1/8" smaller than the cardstock pieces.  I used the Affectionately Yours DSP.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Pop of Paradise, Timeless Texture, Gorgeous Grunge
Inks: Watermelon Wonder, Crumb Cake, Cucumber Crush, Daffodil Delight, Versa Mark
Papers: Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Affectionately Yours DSP, Cucumber Crush
Accessories:  1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, copper embossing powder

Bee Mine - Canadian Die Cut Card Layout Challenge

This is the card I made for the card layout challenge, and at the same time give you a sneak peak of one of the stamps from the new catalogue coming out in June.

The base cardstock is Hello Honey, layered with Whisper White, and then English Garden DSP.
Each bee was stamped 3 times on Whisper White - each one facing a different direction.  They were coloured with a blender pen and ink pads.
Each bee was punched out using the 1 3/8" square punch, and matted with 1 5/8" square Hello Honey cardstock.  Before matting , some dots were stamped in Hello Honey (at the head end) using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.
To make the bees wings more 3D, each bee was stamped 3 times with Versa Mark on Vellum cardstock and embossed with black embossing powder.  The wings were cut out and adhered to the original bee.  Then, using Dazzling Details and a blender pen some glitter was applied to the wings.

A piece of Hello Honey satin ribbon was adhered near the top of the card, and a bow attached using a glue dot.
Each bee unit was attached to the left card front.  The middle one was attached with dimensionals.
Above the bow the sentiment "Bee Mine" was stamped on Whisper White, punched out with a 3/4" circle punch, layered onto a Window punchie in Hello Honey and then a small oval punchie in Crumb Cake,

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Pun Intended, Gorgeous Grunge
Inks: Black Memento, Daffodil Delight, Hello Honey, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Soft Suede
Papers: Hello Honey, Whisper White, English Garden DSP, Vellum Cardstock, Crumb Cake
Accessories: 1 3/8" square punch, black embossing powder, blender pen, Dazzling details, 3/8" Satin Hello Honey ribbon, Word Window punch, Small oval punch, 3/4" circle punch dimensionals, glue dots

A Christmas Wish for You - Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #70

For the sketch challenge with the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge I chose to use the cardinal in the Joyful Season stamp set.

 

• The base card is Pool Party, layered with Real Red and then Whisper White cardstock. 
• The card is built on this Whisper White layer.
• Using the background stamp of the "I've Got You" stamp set, and Pool Party ink, I stamped off once and then stamped in the middle of the Whisper White cardstock.
• The branch of the stamp set "Joyful Season" was stamped using Soft Suede
• Then I took the "Gorgeous Grunge stamp set, some Real Red ink, and stamped the image of the larger blots twice on the card front.
• A banner from "Sweet Lil Things" DSP made, and a smaller red one was adhered to the bottom left of this banner.  It was then adhered to the front of the card about 1/2" from the edge of the Whisper White cardstock.
• On a separate piece of paper, the cardinal was stamped twice with Memento ink.  One of the birds was coloured with a Real Red marker, with Daffodil Delight on the beak.  It was then cut out.  The other cardinal was die cut using the Circles framelits.  The coloured bird was then adhered to the bird in the circle die cut - the tail sticking out of the circle a bi
• Then using various colours of markers, I created small dots around the bird, and then did faux stitching around the edge of the circle with the Real Red marker.

• The circle was adhered to the banner and card front using dimensionals.
• Cherry Cobbler dazzling details was added to the top of the cardinal and the berries.
• The sentiment, from the same stamp set, was stamped and matted in Real Red and adhered to the card front using dimensionals.

• All the layers were then adhered together.

Supplies Used: 
Stamps: Joyful Season, Gorgeous Grunge, You've Got This
Inks: Black Memento, Pool Party, Real Red, Basic Black marker, Daffodil Delight marker
Papers: Pool Party, Real Red, Whisper White, Sweet Lil Thing DSP
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details, Circle Framelits, Dimensionals

Get Well Soon - SUO Challenges #131

A number of my friends have been ill lately, and my stash of Get Well cards is getting low.  So I was particularly happy to see "Get Well" as this week's topic at SUO Challenges

I partially cased a card I saw on Pinterest - namely the tissue pop up box on the inside.

• The base cardstock of Mint Macaron was matted with Whisper White embossed with the Decorative Dots embossing folder.
• Down the middle is attached a piece of Pretty Petals DSP matted with Mint Macaron.
• The imagae panel was first stamped with the "Gorgeous Grunge" stamp set using Mint Macaroon, then the swirl image from "Flowering Flourishes" was stamped with Black Memento
• On a separate piece of Whisper White, 5 flowers from the stamp set "Petite Petals were stamped using Mint Macaron.  They were punched out using the Petite Petal punch.  Three of the flowers are for the front of the card, and 2 for the inside.
• Using the Owl Builder punch, 5 small circles (the eyes) were punched using Black Glimmer paper.  These were attached to the inside of each flower with a glue dot.  But before doing that, the petals of each flower were curcled up slightly.
• A 1/4" strip of Mint Macaron was adhered to the bottom of the panel, and a 1/8" strip of black glimmer paper was added to the middle of that.  
• The 3 flowers were added as shown in the picture above.
• The sentiment is from "Word Play" and die cut using the Lots of Labels framelits.  I played around with the framelit to get the shape I wanted.  Not sure if I suceeded.  It was attached using dimensionals.

Inside: 

• After adhering the 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White cardstock, the tissue pop up box was made.
• Tissue Pop Up box:  A 6 1/4 by 3" piece of Mint Macaron cardstock was scored at 1 1/2, 3, 4 1/2, and 6" on the long side.  Crease folds and burnish with a bone folder. Adhere the small flap to the bottom to create the pop up box.
•  DSP was adhered to the top and front of the pop up. The opening for the tissue was created using a craft knife.
• Adhere the bottom and back of the box to the inside at the crease.  When the card closes the box folds down.
•  The sentiment was punched with the Word Window punch and adhered to the front of the box. 
• The other two flowers were adhered to the top right of the inside layer.

Supplies Used:

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You Did It - The Paper Players #251

Another cool, rainy day today.  My sister in Vancouver called and they're experiencing a heat wave there - with temperatures in the 30's.  I was at a craft show and nearly froze to death.

This card is for the sketch challenge with The Paper Players  I used some left over background I had made using the blendabilities before they were discontinued.  The image was stamped on that using Black Stazon, and was coloured with some of the blendabilities that still work.

• The Base card is Chocolate chip cardstock, layered with Crumb Cake.
• First I stamped 3 images of just the duck taking flight (I stamped off first so the images are faint).  Then I used the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set to stamp some small chocolate chip dots in the background.  The background looked too "blah" for me, so I embossed it with the Zig Zag folder.
• The image of the duck taking flight was stamped on a blendabilities background, and as I mentioned, coloured with some still workable blendabilities. The image was die cut using the Circles framelits.  The same framelits was used to die cut a mat in chocolate chip.  They were adhered to one another using dimensionals.
• Before adhering the circles to the Crumb Cake layer, I looped 2 pieces of Early Espresso Baker's twine behind and above it.
• A strip of Old Olive was adhered at the bottom of the circle, with a smaller  banner of Soft Suede DSP above it.
• The sentiment is from "Bravo"

Supplies Used: 

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Happy Birthday - Masculine Card from The Friday Mashup #213

The challenge at the Friday Mashup this week is to create a Father's Day theme using the following colours :  Island Indigo, Garden Green, Cajun Craze.  I didn't need any more Father's Day cards, so I made a birthday card.

• The base cardstock is Island Indigo, matted with Whisper White cardstock.
•  The "Gorgeous Grunge" stamp was used to stamp lines using Island Indigo,imitating a road
• Then I added a strip of Garden Green cardstock punched with the Scallop border punch.  At the right side 3 small banners, punched  with the small banner punch werre attached just under the green scalloped strip.
• A splotch of Island Indigo was stamped in the upper middle.
• On a separate piece of Whisper White cardstock, the image of the card was stamped with Cajun Craze.  It was die cut using the circles framelits.  The edge of this circle was sponged with the same colour of ink as the car.  Dimensionals were used to adhere this circle to the card.
• I found a piece of retired DSP that had a chevron pattern on it in Island Indigo.  It reminded me of the chevrons painted on the 401 Highway so that you can monitor your own speed.  I cut a 3/4" piece and adhered it to the left side.  A 1/8" strip of Cajun Craze cardstock was attached to this DSP.
• Using the 1/4" hand held punch, 3 circles in the 3 colours were punched and glued to the upper right.
• The sentiment, stamped in Cajun Craze is from "Guy Greetings".
• Crystal Effects was applied to the 1/8" strip, the 1/4" dots, and a small dot was placed on each of the banners.  Crystal Effects was also applied to the car, but it did made the ink "run" a bit looking like I colour washed the car.

Supplied Used:

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Fancy Fold with Perfect Blend

Another one of my favourite stamp sets is retiring - Perfect Blend.  So today I visualized a Fancy Fold card, but I'm not sure it turned out the way it should have.  I have no name for this fold card.

The base card is Pool Party Coordination cardstock made into an unnamed Fancy Fold card.

The image of the coffee cup was stamped in chocolate chip ink and cut out.  With an Aqua painter and ink pads (Chocolate chip and Pool Party) the shadows were coloured in.  The coffee holder was stamped separately on a piece of Pool Party coordination cardstock and embossed with the polka dots embossing folder.  This was cut out and adhered to the coffee cup, and the edges of the entire cup sponged with Chocolate Chip ink.

For some bling, some In Color sequins (also retiring) were added to the coffee holder.  A chocolate chip 1/4" bow was also attached.

The coffee cup was adhered to a piece of Whisper White cardstock which had been stamped with Crumb Cake and the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set (no, this is not retiring).  Below the cup and to the right,  tiny flower punched in Strawberry Slush DSP was added (this cardstock is retiring, as is the punch).  A sequin was placed in the middle of the flower.

The sentiment was stamped on the other panel, which also had Gorgeous Grunge stamped on the background.

On the smaller panel, a donut was made using first a 3/4" circle punch and then using a 1 1/4" circle punch around it.  The edges were sponged with Chocolate chip, tombo glue added liberally and the surface covered with real coffee!!

Here are the supplies I used:

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Our Friendship - The Friday Mashup #190

I think I've had enough of Christmas cards, and besides, I'm itching to play with the new stuff.  The stamp set I am using for the challenge with The Friday Mashup here is a sneak preview of what you could get free during Sale-a-bration(January 6) when you purchase $60 worth of products from the regular or Occasions catalogue.  It is called "A Happy Thing".  I'm also using some of the new blendability colours from the Occasions catalogue which also comes out January 6

The challenge with The Friday Mashup this week is to "Keep it Simple". There is a sketch but in addition to the sketch the challenge is to use only the sketch that's 2 layers or use 2 layers with a grungy element in the background.

For my card, I put the sketch on it's side.

 

 Using the "Gorgeous Grunge" stamp set and Calypso Coral ink, I randomy stamped onto the background of the front of the Calypso Coral card base.

I then stamped the image on a 2 3/4 by 2 5/8" piece of Whisper White cardstock using black Memento ink.  It was coloured using blendabilities, and when I was finished, I stamped some grunge on the background with Calypso Coral ink.  The edges of the image were sponged with Chocolate Chip ink and a sponge dauber.

Dimensionals were used to adhere the image to the front of the card base, just off center.  The sentiment was stamped using Bermuda Bay ink, made into a banner, and adhered to the card front on one side with a glue dot, and the other with half a dimensional.

Of course a card has to have bling, so some rhinestones were added randomly to the card base.

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Tip:  Use half of a dimensional rather than a whole one and your dimensionals will go further.

P.S.  I think this bird might be a Cuban Toby (saw it on Pinterest)

Happy 90th Birthday for a Guy

I was at a craft show yesterday - not a good one.  You get those every once in a while.  But what I did get was a special order to make 2 birthday cards for a gentleman who turns 90 years today.  I had to make them in a hurry because they called me last night and need them for noon today.
Here is one of them:

This gentleman is interested in old things and in gold and silver, so I envisioned a vintage card featuring an old map.
I used a basic black cardstock layered with Typeset Specialty DSP which I stamped on with the Gorgeous Grunge stamp and Soft Suede ink.  The edges were then distressed and inked with Early Espresso ink.

The World Map stamp was stamped on a piece of Whisper White paper and using a sponge dauber I sponged on Marina Mist where I saw bodies of water, and soft suede and old olive (I stamped off first) for the land.  Then the piece was cut into 3 equal pieces, the edges distressed, inked with Early Espresso, and mounted onto basic black card stock-which was torn to match the patterned pieces.  They were mounted onto the card slightly overlapping each other.

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Hope they like the card.
I'll show you the second card in a separate post.

Fall Fest - a Thanksgiving Card - a CASE

This card I cased from Kristi Gray from Stampingwithkristi.  I liked the card so much I pretty well copied everything she did.  Except for the designer paper - I changed that.  All edges were sponged with Chocolate Chip ink.

Instead of using designer paper as a layer, the images from the stamp set were randomly stamped all over the surface using several colours.

Stamps: Fun Fest, Gorgeous Grunge, Mingle All the Way
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Hello Honey, River Rock, SU Markers (Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip)
Papers: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Color Me Autumn DSP
Accessories: Banner framelit, Fall Fest framelit, 1/8" circle punch, twine, dimensionals, 1/4" Daffodil Delight cotton ribbon

Ornamental Pine - Peace and Joy - a CASE

This is my second card using this stamp set.  I cased it from Billie Moan (Rambling Rose Studio), only I changed the paper somewhat.  Other than the fussy cutting of the pine cones, the card is very easy to do.

I mimiced snow falling on Smoky Slate cardstock using Versa Mark, White Embossing powder and Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.
The branch was also stamped with Versa Mark and embossed with White embossing powder.  Using blendabilities I coloured over some parts of the branch.
Now the pine cones were a bit more fussy.  They were also embossed with white embossing powder on Whisper White card stock, and then cut out.  They were attached to the branch with dimensionals.

Stamps: Ornamental Pine, Gorgeous Grunge, Good Greetings
Inks: Basic Black, Versa Mark, Blendabilities (Old Olive, Early Espresso)
Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Smoky Slake, Whisper White
Accessories: White embossing powder, Cherry Cobbler 1" Sheer Linen Ribbon, twine, All is Calm Snowflake embellishment

Perfect Blend - a St. Patrick Day's Card

This card is for my St. Patrick Day's class.  It features the versatile Perfect Blend stamp set, a set rapidly becoming one of my favourites.

The base card is Gumball Green, layered with Whisper White cardstock, the edges of which are sponged with Soft Suede ink.  A strip of Gumball Green cardstock with a piece of Whisper White on top of it provides a base for the stitched satin Gumball Green ribbon and bow.  Again, the edges of the Whisper White cardstock are sponged.  The Whisper White cardstock is stamped with the Gorgeous Grunge stamp using Crumb Cake, and a sentiment stamped using Soft Suede.

Below this strip the sentiment is stamped, and a shamrock is placed in each corner.  The shamrock is made using the Owl Builder punch and punching out 3 hearts of Gumball Green cardstock for each shamrock.

The coffee cups are stamped with Black Stazon onto a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock.  I also stamped one coffee cup on 2 different designs of the Watercolor Wonder DSP, and I cut out the coffee cosy of each one.  These cosies were adhered to a piece of Gumball Green cardstock and trimmed leaving an edge on the top and bottom.
The cups were coloured with a Crumb Cake marker and blender pen, and after the cosies were adhered to each cup, the edges were sponged with Soft Suede ink.
A shamrock was applied to each cup and a rhinestone was placed in the center of each.
The first cup was adhered directly to the card; the second using dimensionals.

Stamps: Perfect Blend, Gorgeous Grunge, Teeny Tiny wishes
Inks: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake marker
Papers: Gumball Green, Whisper White, Watercolor Wonder DSP
Accessories: Owl Builder Punch, Rhinestones, 3/8" stitched Gumball Green ribbon, dimensionals

Grateful Greetings - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #177

What a hot muggy day it's been today!  And I notice the leaves are starting to turn on some of the trees.  Whether that is due to the lack of rain we have been having or a signal that fall is about to start I don't know.  For the sketch challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday here    
I made a fall card.

 

Technique:   

Background:

On a piece of Very Vanilla card stock I first inked up the "Off the Grid" stamp set using Soft Suede ink, stamped off once before stamping it onto the card stock.  Then, using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set I stamped 3 areas.

Image:

The image of the Maple Leaf was stamped 3 times onto Very Vanilla card stock - once in Crushed Curry, once in Tangerine Tango, and once in Cajun Craze.  Each leaf was cut out and the edges sponged with Soft Suede ink.  The leaves were attached to the background using dimensionals.

Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Off the Grid, Magnificent Maple, Grateful Greetings

Inks: Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze

Papers: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Sweater Weather DSP

Accessories: Natural Trim Ribbon, Bronze button, dimensionals