New Home

Today I pulled out the Pop up Home stamp set with its coordinating die.  I did not however attempt the pop up house on the card inside.  I'll leave that for a later date.

I used the stamp set and the stamparatus to create the following card:

The image of the house was stamped and coloured with watercolour pencils and an aqua painter on a separate piece of whisper White card stock.  It was then cut out and set aside.

On a 3 3/4 by 5" piece of Whisper White, the stamparatus was used to stamp a fence that looks like it extends across the paper, but only part of a fence was stamped what would be to the left and the right of the house, The fence was coloured with Stampin' Blends.

A pebble path was stamped to extend from the house and then the grass stamp from "Sheltering Tree" stamp set was used to randomly stamp grass around the fence posts  and other areas.  The larger grass stamp was also used to fill in grassy areas in the fore ground and back ground

Branches were stamped on both sides of the house and again coloured with Stampin' Blends.

The house was adhered to the card front on the created scene.  Once adhered, the sentiment was added near the bottom of the house, and a window box with flowers with small dimensionals on the lower window.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Pop Up Home, Sheltering Tree
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin Blends, Watercolor Pencils
Papers:  Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Accessories:  Pop Up Home Framelits, Dimensionals, Aqua painter

Anything Winter - Sparkles Christmas Challenge #96, SUO Challenge #214

When I think of winter I think of short gray days, days with little sunshine, and days with snowstorms.

This is what I tried to depict in this card that I am submitting to  Sparkles Christmas Challenge #96  "Add Sparkle", as well as SUO Challenge #214 "Anything Winter"

The tree from "Sheltering Tree" was white embossed as well as the tree foliage and the ground below the tree.  Snow is falling.  The background is Smokey Slate

A bright spot of colour are the 2 cardinals, embossed with Cherry Cobbler embossing powder.  The birds are from "Thoughtful Branches"

On the ground, I apply shimmer embossing paste,  I also dab it on the tree branches, and while it is wet I add some glittering dazzling diamonds.

This art piece is matted with another piece of Smokey Slate.  The edges of both pieces are sponged with Basic Gray ink.

The card base is Smokey Slate card stock layered with Glimmer card stock.  A piece of 3/8" Basic Gray shimmer ribbon is added to the glimmer paper before it is added to the card front, and a double bow added at the side.

The sentiment, which is embossed with black embossing powder, is from "Petal Palette"

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Petal Palette, Thoughtful Branches, Sheltering Tree

Ink:  Versa Mark, Basic Gray

Papers:  Smokey Slate, Shimmer Glitter paper

Accessories:  3/8" shimmer Basic Gray ribbon, White embossing powder, Black embossing powder, Cherry Cobbler embossing powder, Shimmer Texture paste, Dazzling diamonds

Winter Woods Meets Sheltering Trees

Ah! Two of my favourite trees finally meet.  I suppose it was only a matter of time.

• On a panel of Whisper White I covered the entire surface with  Balmy Blue and Gorgeous Grape ink 
• Then using Early Espresso ink, I stamped the trees from Winter Woods twice side by side.
• Using the "leaf stamp" from Sheltering Tree I first stamped with Crushed Curry, then rotated the stamp and stamped with Pumpkin Pie and finally another rotation and Cajun Craze ink.
• The panel was matted with Crushed Curry card stock and added to a Thick Whisper White card stock base.
• The sentiment, from Sheltering Tree, was stamped using Early Espresso ink just below the panel.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Winter Woods, Sheltering Tree

Inks:  Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Balmy Blue, Gorgeous Grape

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Crushed Curry

Accessories:  Brayer

Fall Trees - Swap cards

The topic for the Swap of the Month with the ORSA group (Ontario Rubber Stamping Artists) yahoo group is "Fall Trees".

I used the Sheltering Trees stamp set and the Stamparatus to create the 3 cards I needed for the swap.

On a 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, I stamped 2 trees using Soft Suede ink, and then used the following colors for the fall leaves:  Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, and Pear Pizzazz.  Some Real Red was added to one of the trees.

The grass was stamped in Pear Pizzazz; the birds from "Wherever You Go" were stamped in Basic Gray.

The sentiment is non SU and stamped on Very Vanilla, matted with Cajun Craze card stock and then Pumpkin Glimmer card stock.

A bow tied with thick Crumb cake Baker's twine was added to the upper right corner of the sentiment piece.

After adding the image piece to the Cajun Craze card front, I added a 1/2" strip of Pumpkin Pie glimmer paper on the left edge.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Sheltering Tree, Wherever You Go

Inks:  Black Memento, Basic Gray, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz, Real Red

Papers:  Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin glimmer paper, pearls colored with alcohol markers, thick Crumb Cake baker's twine, Stamparatus.

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.

Congratulations on your new Home

This is another card made using the "Just Add Color" DSP. The first card was a shaker using the Sea Turtle.
Today's card was made using 4 houses coloured from the 12 by 12" Just Add Color" DSP.  After coloring them with Markers and an aqua painter, they were fussy cut and adhered to a Whisper White card front matting.

Then I used the Eclipse Technique spelling the word "HOME"

I first added some grass using two stamps from "Sheltering Tree" and added the houses so they were sitting on the grass.
Large letter dies were used to die cut the letters spelling "HOME"

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Sheltering Tree, Home Life

Inks:  Stampin' Up Markers, Black Memento, Old Olive

Papers:  Just Add Color DSP, Whisper White, Always Artichoke

Accessories:  Large Letter Dies, Foam Tape, Dimensionals

Cards using Brusho Crystals

I'm still getting used  to working with the Brusho crystals and managed to make 2 cards, each using Brusho but in different ways,

For the first card I used Brusho to create a background on watercolor paper, and using the Stamparatus, stamped an image on it and made it into a Sypmathy card.  I used "Sheltering Trees" as the stamp set.

For the second card, I actually coloured the floral images from "Floral Statements" using the crystals.  Using the Aqua Painte, water was added to small areas at a time on an image.  Brusho crystals were added and the Auqa Painter was used to blend the colours one area at a time.

Congratulations on Your New Home

Sometimes  a stamp set surprises you, and this stamp set with its' coordinating die really surprised me!  In a good way that is!
When I picked it up to use it I really questioned my sanity in purchasing these items.  But rather than continuing to chastise myself I instead challenged myself.

Here's what I came up with:

First I created a background using the Brusho Crystals, choosing a homogenous layered approach - blue for the sky and green for the grass.  I chose other stamps to bring definition to the sky and ground.

For  the clouds I stamped images from "Lift Me Up"; the grass elements from "Sheltering Tree"

Once the background was complete I die cut the outline of the house from the Color Theory DSP, and embossed the lower part of the house with the Brick embossing folder.  A bit of sponging with Basic Gray ink brought the brick pattern out a bit better.

The house itself seemed a bit plain, so I added a die cut window/window frame and door/door frame
from the Home Sweet Home Thinlets.  Some Daffodil Delight card stock behind  the window made it look like someone was home.  The décor elements of the door were highlighted with a white gel pen.

Now here is where the Welcoming Home Framelit really surprised me!

I first used the stamp set to stamp the flowers in Sweet Sugar plum ink, and when I die cut them I quickly realized this was a quick way to die cut many flowers at once.  I did not use all the flowers I die cut so I was able to save some for future use.

The front of the house was decorated with a potted plant on each side of the door.  The pots, stamped and die cut separately, were coloured with the Pumpkin Pie blendability and the other die cut stem and flowers were added separately.  The new adhesive sheets were very helpful in adhering these pieces.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Home Life, Lift Me Up, Sheltering Tree
Inks:  Brusho crystals, Dapper Denim, Old Olive, Sweet Sugar plum, Pumpkin Pie Blendability, Basic Gray, Black Memento
Papers:  Dapper Denim, Whisper White, Color Theory DSP, Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Watercolor Paper
Accessories:  Welcome Home Framelits, Brick Wall Embossing Folder, Sweet Home Framelits, Adhesive sheets,

I'm Thinking of You

There are a number of people in my life now who I am "thinking about".  I put together two of my favourite stamp sets, Beautiful You and Lovely as a Tree, using the masking technique, to make this "thinking of you" card. I also used a couple of other stamps to create the scene below.

The first think I did was make a mask for the image of the umbrella covered woman.  Once she was protected I stamped the trees and grass, and the sky- the trees are from "Lovely as a Tree", the grass from "Sheltering Tree", the sky from "Celebration" and the birds in the sky from "Wherever You Go"

The basic card is Rich Razzelberry, layered with Crushed Curry, so I selected these colours for the clothes.  The blue in the outfit is from the sky. Because the sentiment (Sheltering Tree) was too long for the Art Piece, I cut it into 3 parts, each part matted with the same colours are the card.

Three Itty Bitty flowers were punched with Crushed Curry card stock, colored in the center with a Rich Razzelberry marker and then added to each of the sentiment words.  A silver metallic circle was placed in each flower.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Beautiful You, Sheltering Tree, Wherever You Go, Happy Celebration
Inks: Black Memento, Watercolor Pencils, Rich Razzelberry marker, Basic Gray, Marina Mist, Old Olive
Papers:

• Rich Razzelberry 5 1/2 by 4 1/4" (card base)
• Crushed Curry 4 by 5 1/4" (mat for card base)
• Whisper White 3 3/4 by 5" (Art Piece
• Whisper White scraps (for sentiment)
• Rich Razzelberry scraps (mat for sentiment)
• Crushed Curry scraps (mat for sentiment and 3 flowers)

Accessories:

• Silver metallic circles (flower centers)
• Itty Bitty punch (for flowers)
• Post-it Note (to make mask)
• Glue dots

Circle of Spring Easter Card

It's wonderful that the framelits from the Christmas stamp set "Wondrous Wreath" can be used to die cut the Circle of Spring wreath!

This really cute floral wreath in the "Circle of Spring" stamp set was used to make an Easter card.

I stamped the Hardwood background stamp on Crumb Cake card stock with Soft Suede ink.  This was cut into 2 pieces, the edges sponged, and then formed into a cross.

Before adhering the card to the Whisper White art piece, an image of a sunburst from the stamp set "Wherever You Go" was stamped so that the rays would show just over the top of the cross.

At the base, I stamped some grass using a stamp from "Sheltering Tree".

The die cut wreath was placed over the top of the cross, and the Easter sentiment was added using a dimensional to the center of the wreath.

The Wreath:

After stamping with Black Memento, the various parts of the wreath were coloured with a Wink of Stella glimmer brush and the following ink colours:  Mint Macaron, Peek-a-poo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum.

Four (4) extra flowers were coloured, die cut, and three were added to the wreath, and the 4th were reserved for the inside of the card..  Pearls were placed in the center of each of these flowers; tiny pearls were also added to the center of the smaller flowers

I extended the main part of the cross over the bottom of  the art piece in order to maintain visual proportions of the wreath covered cross.  In other words it did not look right when it was shorter.

Before matting the art piece with Crumb Cake I wrapped a 1/4" ruffled Flirty Flamingo around the base and then added a bow.

The Art Piece was added to the Soft Suede card front which had a piece of  Flirty Flamingo DSP attached.

Supplied Used:

Stamps: Circle of Spring, Hardwood, Wherever You Go, Sheltering Tree

Inks: Soft Suede, Mint Macaron, Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum, Peek-a-boo Peach, Crushed Currie, Old Olive

Papers: Soft Suede, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo DSP

Accessories: 1/4" ruffled Flirty Flamingo ribbon, Wondrous Wreath framelits, Pearls, dimensionals, Wink of Stella glimmer brush.

Totally Trees Sympathy Card - Pal Paper Arts #332

The sketch challenge with Pal Paper Arts 332 was a perfect opportunity to use the Totally Trees stamp set.  I needed a Sympathy card, so that's what the card became.

The layering circle framelits was used to die cut the circle and coordinating scalloped circle.  This circle became the art piece.

The three bare trees were first stamped with Soft Suede and then stamped over (twice) with a different colour for each tree - Blushing Bride, Rich Razzellberry, and Flirty Flamingo. The stamp from Sheltering Trees was used to create the grassy ground underneath the trees. Sponged Marina Mist formed the sky.

This circle was adhered to the scalloped circle using dimensionals.

The basic card is Mint Macaron, layered with Whisper White embossed with the Woodlands embossing folder.Four strips of Blooms and Bliss DSP was attached horizontally, with a slight space between each strip.  The circle as adhered to the card front, slightly off center, over these strips.

The sentiment is from Flourishing Phrases.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Totally Trees, Sheltering Tree, Flourishing Phrases
Inks: Soft Suede, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Rich Razzelberry, Island Indigo
Accessories: Layering circles framelits, dimensionals.

 

Christmas Wishes - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #282

I got my preorder for the new Occasions catalogue late last week, and as usual, I'm itching to start using the wonderful new products. Since the added challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday had a Holiday theme, as well as a sketch challenge, I thought I would make a card using of one of the new Christmas stamp sets and DSP.

Yes, a shaker card featuring the "Christmas Wishes" stamp set and the Candy Cane Lane DSP.  And because of the shaker element I changed the sketch somewhat and placed the entire circle on the card front rather than having it go over the side and below the bottom.

I first stamped the images on a piece of Whisper White card stock, using the masking technique to put both these images together.  They were coloured with a blender pen and various colours of ink pads. The snowfakes were stamped with Marina Mist ink, using a stamp from "Sheltering Tree".
As much as I like the Wink of Stella glitter pen, I still love the sparkle and glam that dazzling diamonds give.  So, I applied that on various parts of the image.

The front of the card was first embossed with the  decorative dots embossing folder, and a 1" strip of DSP was adhered the left side.

Using the circles framelits, a circle was die cut in the card front.  Then, using 2 circle framelits (one the same size as the one used to cut the circle in the card front, and the other 2 sizes bigger) the mat circle was die cut using Crumb Cake card stock.  This was adhered to the card front around the die cut circle.

The shaker element was made as usual, using Frosted sequins embellishments, now retired from SU.
Some of these embellishments were adhered to the front of the card as well.

The Christmas sentiment "Jolly" was die cut using silver glimmer paper.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Christmas Magic, Sheltering Tree
Inks: Black Memento, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Marina Mist, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry
Papers: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper, Candy Cane Lane DSP
Accessories: Decorative Dots embossing folder, Circles framelits, Christmas Greetings thinlet dies, Window Sheet, Frosted Sequins Embellisments (retired), dazzling diamonds



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Let it Snow!

We weren't looking for snow!  We were looking for rain! And lo and behold, while I was down in the craft room we had a bit of a thunderstorm.  Not much rain with it, but at least I don't have to go out and water the planters.

Today I made a Christmas card using the Serene Scenic DSP stack and the Sheltering Tree stamp set.  I am so enjoying working with this DSP!

The image of the tree was stamped with Early Espresso ink on Whisper White card stock, and was then die cut with the layering ovals framelits.  The edges of this oval were sponged with Crumb Cake, with some Soft Suede near the bottom to "ground" the tree.

Two die cut cardinals from "Thoughtful Branches" were added to the tree branches.  Cardinals are always such a splash of colour in the winter time.

This oval was adhered to the card front using dimensionals.

The card base is Crumb Cake card stock, layered with Whisper White, and then a piece of Serene Scenic DSP that looks like snow falling from the sky.

The sentiment (from Snow Home) is stamped first with Crumb Cake ink, and then Soft Suede, with the works offsetting each other.  This was matted with Crumb Cake, both ends notched, and adhered to the lower part of the oval using dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Sheltering Tree, Snow Place, Thoughtful Branches
Inks: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Real Red
Papers: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Serene Scenic DSP stack
Accessories: Layering Ovals framelits, Beautiful Branches framelits, dimensionals

Thinking of You - Happy Home - PalsPaper Arts #284

I was intrigued by the sketch challenge with Pals Paper Arts  this week and in my head tried various stamps, but finally settled on Happy Home.

 

• The base cardstock is Old Olive, layered with Whisper White and then Field of Flowers (SAB) DSP.
• On a separate piece of paper, the image from Happy Home was stamped with Black Memento, and coloured with blender pen and ink pads.  The sky was given a light touch of Marina Mist, and the ground Old Olive.  Circle framelits were used to die cut the image into a circle.
• Before adhering the circle image, I piece of clear vellum was cut into the shap of the fold over.  The vellum was embossed with the Decorative dots embossing folder and the back lightly sponged with Pink Pirouette.  It was then adhered to the card front using vellum tape.

• The image was  placed half way under the vellum and adhered to the card front.  

• The sentiment is from "Sheltering Tree".
• Clear Wink of Stella was applied to the trees, and to the dots on the embossed vellum.
• All edges were sponged with Old Olive ink.

Stamps:Happy Home, Sheltering Tree
Inks: Black Memento, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Marina Mist
Papers:  Old Olive, Whisper White, Field of Flowers DSP, Vellum
Accessories: Blender pen, Clear Wink of Stella glitter brush, Decorative dots embossing folder

Sheltering Tree Valentine - The Paper Players #278

It was such a mild sunny day today one almost got hopeful for Spring.  Even the sun didn't set until after 5 p.m. so the days are getting longer.
And yes, it is also getting closer to Valentine's Day, and I need to make a ton of cards.

The challenge this week at The Paper Players is a simple Valentine card using the sketch provided.

• Basic cardstock is Real Red, layered with Whisper White
• The image of the tree is stamped with Early Espresso ink
• 5 or 6 small glitter hearts are punched using the Owl Builder punch - in Red, Silver, and Blushing Bride glimmer paper.
• The hearts are randomly applied to the tree mixing up the colours using glue dots.
• Some remaining hearts are clustered around the tree bottom

• Sentiment is from "Teeny Tiny wishes"

Stamps: Sheltering Tree, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Early Espresso, Black Memento
Papers: Real Red, Whisper White, Red Glimmer paper, Silver Glimmer Paper, Blushing Bride glimmer paper
Accessories: Owl Builder Punch

Thinking of You with Hand Made flower - Pals Paper Arts #282

Have you ever tried doing a blog post with a cat on your lap?  My cat loves to be where I am, and is quite content to sleep in his own chair, until I start to edit and blog.  Then like magic, he's on my lap!  So, if you see some black hairs on your screen, it's from you know who!

For the challenge with Pals Paper Arts   I decided to make a flower that would coordinate with the DSP I am using.  I'm really pleased with the way it turned out.

 

• The base card is Rose Red, layered with Whisper White. On top of that I placed a piece of DSP from the Love Blossoms DSP stack.  This DSP did not go all the way to the bottom.  In a gap in the bottom and overlapping the DSP is a piece of Garden Green cardstock.

       Flower: 

        I used 2 dies to make the flower - the Flower Frenzy die and the Bigz Bouquet die (both of          which are retired). Two medium sized flower were die cut in Whisper White, and one smaller flower in Pink Pirouette.  The leaves are Garden Green; the stamen Daffodil Delight. I also die cut a small 4 petal flower is Garden Green.  This was used as the base on which I built the flower.

• For each flower, the petals were completely cut into individual ones and sponged with Red Rose ink.  The stamen was made using the fringe scissors and rolling it with a pair of tweezers.
• Each petal was lightly spritzed with water and then stressed/formed with a stylus and pinched to form the shape I wanted.
• Then using the 4 petal flower as a base, each petal was attached to the base using tombo glue and held down with the stylus.  They were placed opposite each other. 10 petals were placed on the bottom.
• The stamen was then adhered to the center, and the smaller pink petals were adhered around the stamen.
• The green leaf die cut from the Bouquet die was cut in half and glued to the bottom of the flower.
• Once dry the flower was spritzed with vanilla smooch and adhered to the card.

Sentiment:   
It is from "Sheltering Tree" and stamped with Archival Ink, matted with Rose Red and then Garden Green.  It was attached to the Garden Green piece beside the flower.

If you would like to see a tutorial on how the flower was made, leave a comment to that effect.  Thanks

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Sheltering Tree
Inks: Rose Red, Black Archival
Papers: Rose Red, Whisper White, Garden Green, Pink Pirouette, Daffodil Delight, Love Blossoms DSP
Accessories: Stylus, Flower Frenzy die, XL Flower Boutique die, Fringe scissors, tombo glue, vanilla smooch.

Flowering Fields

Only a few more days and you'll be able to buy the new stamps etc in the Occasions catalogue and get FREE products from the SAB catalogue.

Need another sneak peak?

This card is made using the SAB stamp "Flowering Fields"

• The base card is Wild Wasabi, layered with Daffodil Delight, and then Whisper White upon which the images will be stamped.
• The floral mages are coloured with a blender pen and various ink colours:  Elegant Eggplant, Bermuda Bay, Hello Honey, Marina Mist and Melon Mambo for the flowers.  The leaves were coloured with Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive.  Some glitter was applied to the flowers using the Stella Wink glitter brush.
• The butterfly was coloured with Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay.
• Using a stamp from "Sheltering Tree" grass images were stamped between the flowers.
• The sentiment is also from "Sheltering Tree"

Supplies Used: 
Stamps: Flowering Fields (SAB), Sheltering Tree
Inks: Black Memento, Elegant Eggplant, Bermuda Bay, Hello Honey, Marina Mist, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz, and Old Olive
Papers: Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Accessories: 1/4" Daffodil Delight ribbon, Blender Pen, dimensionals. Stella Wink glitter brush.

Although I have made this into a card, I think they would make a wonderful note card set.

In the Meadow - Pals Paper Arts #281

December has been so mild this year it has almost felt like spring.  However, the weather forecaster has indicated winter weather is on the way.
Nevertheless, the card I made, a sneak peak from the new Occasiions catalogue, is decidedly springlike. I used the sketch challenge with Pals Paper Arts

•  The image of the two deer are stamped with Memento ink on Whisper White cardstock, and coloured with copic markers.  Circle framelits were used to die cut the image.
• On the rectangular piece of Whisper White, an image of the tree was coloured with markers before stamping.  The little bees are stamped with Memento ink and colored with markers.

• The sentiment is from "Sheltering Tree"
• The base card is Tip Top Taupe cardstock, layered with Crumb Cake cardstock embossed with square lattice folder.  The next layer is Old Olive DSP 

Supplies Used:
Stamps: In the Meadow, Sheltering Tree
Inks: Memento, copic markers, Markers (Soft Suede, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight)
Accessories: Circle Framelits, Square Lattice embossing folder (retired)

Thinking of You - SUO Challenges #130

Friends are so important for our wellbeing, but sometimes a friend needs to know that you're thinking about them - whatever the circumstances may be.
This week's challenge with SUO is to share a card that was made for a friend.  I chose a "thinking of you" card because that can cover so many circumstances.

• A Very Vanilla panel was masked on both long sides about 1/2" in.  The rest of the panel was sponged with Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, and Pacific Point.
• Before removing the masking tape, the image of the Olive branch from "An Open Heart" was stamped using Memento ink directly onto the coloured panel. The bird was stamped separately on a piece of  Very Vanilla, coloured with Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, and Daffodil Delight. using a blender pen and ink pads.  The bird was then cut out and the edges sponged with Soft Suede.
• After removing the masking tape, the image panel was matted with a piece of Pacific Point cardstock and then adhered to the card using dimensionals.
• The bird was then attached  with dimensionals as well.
• The sentiment is from "Sheltering Tree", matted with Pacific Point, and mounted sideways on the left side of the panel again using dimensionals.

Supplies Used:

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Thankful for You - Freshly Made Sketches #202

Making a card that is clean and fresh is very difficult for me. I love to put as much as I can on a card, but that's not the intent of this site, and this challenge.
I hope my card, this week, is clean and fresh enough.

•  I started by making the center background panel.  To make this background, I applied markers from the subtle family on an acrylic block, spritzed it lightly with water, and stamped it on a piece of Whisper white cardstock.
• When it was dry, I adhered it to the center of a 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White cardstock
• Then I stamped the branch image from Summer Silhouettes in Memento ink, so that it extended from the edge of the cardstock onto the background panel.
• The sentiment, from Sheltering Tree, was stamped on a strip of Marina Mist which was notched at both ends and this strip was adhered just below the top of the image panel.
• A nordic designer button (retired) was threaded with White Baker`s twine and this twine was tied into a bow.  It was attached to the top of the Marina Mist strip with a glue dot.

Supplies Used:

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