Pretty Postage Thank You - I Spy Sketch Challenge

Last night I was just finishing supper when I heard a timid knock on the door.  It was my closest friend, but I could hardly see her because her because she was carrying a huge mum plant.  She also brought a gorgeous hand made sympathy card.  What was the occasion?
If you'll recall, I lost my best buddy, my black and white cat 3 weeks ago after a short illness. "Sorry you lost your buddy," it said - and I nearly broke into tears.
She knew that I was missing him and the plant was to help remember him.  Because it's a hardy mum, it will survive the winter outdoors. I'll have to look for a spot to put it in my garden as a memorial for him.
This card is for her.  The flower embellishment is the same color as the flowers of the potted plant.
I used the sketch challenge with I Spy Sketch here

 

Technique:

Base card is Raspberry Ripple, layered with Whisper White and then a layer of Twitterpated designer paper.

Three of the images are 1" squares of twitterpated paper (different patterns), and the other 3 are stamped images.  I used markers directly onto the stamps.  The images were cut out using the 1" square punch and layered with the Postage stamp punch.

The flower was made by punching out 3 Scallop circles in Raspberry Ripple.  These circles were crumpled, crimped, bunched up i.e. distressed++.  Each circle was peeled into 2 layers.  These 6 circles were lightly spritzed with water and when still slightly damp, a brad was inserted in the middle and each layer was brought up and pinched tighly forming the flower.  The petals were then relaxed until the desired shape was attained.  The finished flower was spritzed with Vanilla smooch.  It was hot glued to the card.

Stamp: Pretty Postage

Ink: SU markers (Raspberry ripple, Gumball green)

Papers: Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, Twitterpated designer paper

Accessories: 1/4" stitched white ribbon,1" square punch, Postage stamp punch, Scallop circle punch, brad, Vanilla smooch, rhinestones.

Pretty Postage Birthday - Unscripted Sketches #163

This week Unscripted Sketches has a piggyback challenge i.e. use vellum on the sketch provided.
I love doing their piggyback challenges, and here is my card:

 

I used vellum in 2 ways:  First I made a vellum window into which the focal image was inserted.  Secondly, I used vellum as an embossed layer.

Vellum window:

1.  Cut as piece of vellum 2 by 2" and find the mid point

2.  Take each corner and fold so that the corner point is at the center mid point.

3.  Fold each triangle back folding over 1/2" forming the frame.

4.  Insert your focal point.

Before I started I used a marker to color one side of the vellum.

Vellum layer:

After cutting to the right size, it was embossed with the square lattice embossing folder.  The wrong side was then colored with a marker and the edges sponged.

Stamp: Pretty Postage

Ink: Markers of various colors, Riding Hood Red

Papers: Baja breeze, Whisper White, Vellum, Midnight Meuse, Patio Party designer paper

Accessories: 1 3/8" square punch, 1/4" white stitched grosgrain ribbon, Square lattice embossing folder, Fancy fan embossing folder, dimensionals

Pretty Postage Birthday - Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge #217 & Color challenge with Color Throwdown #155

This card combines 2 challenges in one.
I used the color challenge with Color Throwdown #155 here - Early Espresso, Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss (I substituted Lucky Limeade) using the Saturday Sketch Challenge #217 with Stamping 411here

The image was colored with markers (Rose Red, Lucky Limeade, & Early Espresso) on Very Vanilla card stock. Four of the images are identical, and the 5th image contained the sentiment.
All were punched using the postage punch and mounted on an Early Espresso Scallop square.
A birthday card has to have bling, so dazzling diamonds was applied to the word "Sweet" and the candle flames.

The base card is Lucky Limeade, with Early Espresso the next layer.  The Very Vanilla top layer was double embossed - using the Lines Embossing Folder and clear embossing powder.

Materials Used:
Stamp: Pretty Postage
Inks: Markers:  Rose Red, Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso
Papers:Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Stripes embossing folder, Square Scallop punch, Postage stamp punch, Dazzling diamonds, Pearls, Clear embossing powder