Hibiscus - I Yearn for My Garden

Another Colorado low , is heading our way - the second one in as many weeks, bringing with it lots of snow.  Soon we will be running out of places to put the  shovelled  snow.  This has been a brutal winter so far and its not over yet.

At times like this I yearn for my garden.  The "Humming Along" stamp set does that for me, especially the Hibiscus.  So I made a birthday card featuring this flower.

The front of a top fold Thick Whisper White card base was embossed with the Swirls and Curls Embossing Folder.

On top of this was added a Melon Mambo frame, made by die cutting two sizes of the Stitched Rectangle framelits. 

The Hibiscus flower, as well as an extra leaf, was stamped and coloured on a separate piece of Whisper White card stock.  Both light and dark Melon Mambo blendabilites were used for the flower; Daffodil Delight on the large stamen; and Night of Navy in the center.  The stem and leaves were coloured with Granny Apple Green and light Daffodil Delight.

After die cutting the flower and extra leaf with the Humming Framelit dies (there is a die for the flower and leaf) it was added to the card front using dimensionals.  The extra leaf was attached to the stem adjacent to the other leaf.

No card is complete without bling, so Dazzling Diamonds was applied to the flower only.

The sentiment, die cut using this shaped framelit, had its edges sponged lightly with Melon Mambo ink before it was added to the card front above the flower also with dimensionals (see picture below)

Close up showing die cut sentiment and stitched Rectangle frame

Close up showing Dazzling Diamonds on flower as well as embossing

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Humming Along

Inks: Black Memento, Melon Mambo, Stampin' Blends (Light & Dark Melon Mambo, Light & Dark Granny Apple Green, Light & Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Night of Navy)

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Accessories:  Humming Along Framelit Dies, Dazzling Diamonds, Swirls & Curls Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Stitched Rectangle Framelit/dies.

Season's Greetings from Santa's Workshop

There is such beautiful DSP in the Holiday catalogue, and "Santa's Workshop DSP" is no exception.  The images on the paper are perfect for fussy cutting and making into cards, which is what I did with this card.

The image of the snowman (one image of many) was die cut from the Santa Workshop DSP.  It was added to  slightly larger circle of Tranquil Tide glimmer paper with dimensionals, and that was layered onto a scallop circle of glitter glimmer paper. This was added to the card front.

The card front is an A2 Tranquil Tide base layered with Whisper White embossed with the Swirls and Curls Embossing Folder. I don't know if you can see it from the picture, but I stamped tiny snowflakes using Pool Party ink all over the Whisper white card front before I embossed it.  On the left is a strip of the same DSP (a tree pattern) with a 1/8" strip of Shimmer Glimmer paper along the edge.

Underneath the focal image is the sentiment from "Beautiful Blizzard" which was also matted with the Tranquil Tide glimmer paper.

The art piece was decorated with various sizes of snowflakes die cut from Blizzard Thinlet die - 3 on the upper right, and one on the lower right.  Small rhinestones were placed on the inside of the snowflakes.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Beautiful Blizzard
Inks:  Basic Black, Pool Party
Papers:  Tranquil Tide, Whisper White, Santa's Workshop DSP, Tranquil Tide glimmer paper, Shimmer glimmer paper
Accessories:  Circle framelits, Scallop circle framelit, Blizzard Thinlet die, Swirls and Curls embossing folder, Dimensionals, Rhinestones

Love Never Melts

The snowmen couple is soooooo cute!  And the caption for them is perfect.

My only problem when I was stamping them was - what were they looking at?  I suppose there's nothing more romantic than looking out a window at the stars- so that's the scenario I created for this card.

After colouring the couple, I fussy cut them and laid them aside while I created the window looking out at the stars.

Using the retired windows framelit, I die cut a window in some Wood Texture DSP and adhered a window sheet behind it.  Then on a piece of Night of Navy card stock that fit precisely behind the window, I white embossed some stars, using a stamp from "Waterfront".  This I then adhered behind the window.

The card base is Crumb Cake card stock, layered with Whisper White embossed with the Swirls & Curls Embossing Folder.

At the bottom I adhered the log pattern of the Wood Texture DSP cutting the top in an irregular manner, and cutting a place for the snowmen to sit.  Then another piece of the log DSP, cut into a strip of logs, was added on top of the other using dimensionals, making a seat for the two love birds.

The window was adhered above the logs, and the final placement was determined after the two snowmen were seated.  The snowmen were adhered with dimensionals looking out the window.  A spring of Holly and Ivy was placed on the upper right of the window.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Spirited Snowmen, Waterfront

Inks:  Black Memento, Blends to color the snowmen, Versa Mart

Papers:  Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Wood Texture DSP, Night of Navy, Early Espresso

Accessories:  Window Framelit (Retired), White embossing powder, Window Sheet, Dimensionals, Swirls & Curls Embossing folder