Mr. & Mrs. in the Mediterranean

This is the second card I made using the "To Have and To Hold" stamp set.  In the first card, I created a window for the two individuals to view sandpipers on the sea shore. See the post here

For this card I used a more exotic scene.

The couple were coloured with Stampin' Blends and then fussy cut.

On a separate piece of Whisper White, and using the Stamparatus, the bouquet of flowers were stamped 3 times - to form a bower.  The flowers were coloured with Stampin' Blends after which it  was fussy cut.

On a 3 1/2 by 4 3/4" piece of Whisper White cardstock the image from the "Mediterranean Moment" was stamped, and left uncoloured.  The image of Mr. & Mrs. were added using dimensionals - as if  they were looking at the scene.  The bower of flowers were added over head. Tiny beads, left over from a Paper Pumpkin project, were added to the center of each flower as well as on the sentiment. 

This art piece was matted with Blushing Bride, followed by Night of Navy.  Both were adhered to a Thick Whisper White card base.

The sentiment was added below.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  To Have & To Hold, Mediterranean Moments

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Whisper White,  Blushing Bride, Night of Navy

Accessories:  Dimensionals, Pearls

Happy Anniversary - A View of the Bay

If you're like me, you have a variety of punchies, die cuts and/or stamped images left over from previous projects.  And, every once in a while, these "left overs" are incorporated in the design of a new project.

That's what happened with this card.

I had stamped and coloured the image of the man and the woman, the man having his arm around her shoulders.  Facing away from me I wondered what they were looking at. A blank card didn't seem too exciting.  Glancing up I saw the image from "By the Bay" a SAB stamp set - one that was left over from a previous project- lying on my work space.

Idea!!! Below is the card I came up with.

A window frame was made using two sizes of the stitched rectangle framelits and Soft Suede card stock. After adhering a window sheet behind the frame, the scene with the sand pipers along the shore was added.  The light from the camera in the upper right looks like the sun shining through the window.

The images of the two individuals were coloured with the stampin' blends and then fussy cut. They were positioned in front of the window and adhered to the card front using dimensionals.

Above the window a cluster of brightly coloured flowers were added.

The card base is Fresh Fig card stock, layered with first the barn board pattern from the Floral Romance DSP and then with the floral patterned paper.

The anniversary sentiment, stamped on Whisper White card stock and matted with Fresh Fig, was added just below the happy couple with  dimensionals.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  To Have and to Hold, By the Bay

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends, Watercolour pencils

Papers:  Fresh Fig, Whisper White, Floral Romance DSP, Soft Suede

Accessories:  Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Window Sheets, Dimensionals, Stamparatus.