Butterflies Again ....

I have seen a few cards out in blog land made using die cuts on the front of the card to give a different cut and finish to cards.  Naturally I just had to try it.


I have used a colour scheme of Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Natural Ivory, DSP is from the Polka Dot Parade paper pack and the Subtles and Neutrals Paper Stacks.  Stamp sets used are Flower Shop, Sassy Salutations, Secret Garden and Backyard Basics (that butterfly again coloured with Early Espresso and Marina Mist using a blender pen).  The flowers were made by white embossing on vellum and then punching them out with the matching pansy punch, large pearls for the centres.  The leaves are from the Secret Garden stamp set and matching die (stamped with Marina Mist on Marina Mist) and the Little Leaves Sizzlit (in Early Espresso).   I used the Deco Labels Collection Framelits for shape on the front and the inside of the card.  The sentiment is from the Sassy Salutations stamp set, this was stamped on a scrap of Crumb Cake and backed with Marina Mist, pearls were added on the side to finish.

This is the inside of the card.

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Butterflies Again ....

Creating Backgrounds - Emboss Resist

Hi everyone, another background that I promised to post.  It is a version of the Emboss Resist Technique.  I have used Rose Red, Sahara Sand, Baked Brown Sugar and Crumb Cake for the background stamping.  The flourish was stamped using Early Espresso.


Step 1 - Using the water mark stamp from the "Happy Watercolour" stamp set, stamp randomly over a piece of Whisper White cardstock with Rose Red, Sahara Sand, Baked Brown Sugar and Crumb Cake.

Step 2 - Stamp the large flourish from the "Flowering Flourishes" stamp set over the top of this using the Early Espresso.

Step 3 - Using the solid flower stamp from the "Secret Garden" stamp set, stamp the flower over the piece using Versamark ink.  Add Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder over this and heat set.

Step 4 - Sponge Early Espresso over the entire piece.  Once you are happy with the depth of colour, wipe over the top with a tissue to remove the ink residue from the clear embossed piece.

Step 5 - You are now ready to make your card.  This is my card that I made with my finished background piece.



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Creating Backgrounds - Emboss Resist

Mojo Monday #335

For the Mojo Monday Challenge this week I played with some of my stamps and created my own background paper using stamps from the following sets "Backyard Basics", "Flowering Flourishes", "En Francais" and "Secret Garden".  I have used a colour scheme of Basic Black, Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler and Naturals White.

The sentiment is from the "Itty Bitty Banners" stamp set, embossing folder used is Perfect Polka Dots and the DSP is from the 2013-15 In Colour Paper Stack and Regals Paper Stack.  The leaves were made using the die from the Secret Garden Framelits.

Inside of card.

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Mojo Monday #335

Shades of Gray with a Touch of Blue

Was I ever out of my comfort zone today when I made my card for the Color Throwdown Challenge, using the colours of Basic Gray, Tempting Turquoise, Smoky Slate and Whisper White.  I am really pleased with my finished card (it has a beautiful shimmer that does not show up in the photo), and I will certainly be using these colours together in the future.

 

I made the background by sponging Tempting Turquoise, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray ink on Whisper White cardstock, spritzing with water to blend the colours.  Once this was dry I stamped on images from the Secret Garden, Clockworks stamp sets and the Music Notes Stampin' Wheel using Smoky Slate.  I then misted this with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz to give a lovely shimmer to the finish. 

 

The butterfly is from the Backyard Basics stamp set, embossed in White on Smoky Slate cardstock.  I created a small circle the same as the main background for underneath the butterfly on the tag from the Chalk Talk stamp set.

 

 



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Shades of Gray with a Touch of Blue

Pals Paper Arts - Secret Garden

The challenge this week at Pals Paper Arts is to create a papercraft project using the colours of Elegant Eggplant, Smoky Slate and Very Vanilla.

 

 

 

For my card I have used the stamp sets "Secret Garden" and "Itty Bitty Banners" along with the co-ordinating Framelits.  The embossing folder used is Stylish Stripes, put through the Bigshot twice to give the cross hatched effect.  The DSP is from the Regals Paper Stack and the Eastern Elegance  Paper Pack.  To finish the card of I have used three silver (the closest I could get to Smoky Slate) Glimmer Brads.

 



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Pals Paper Arts - Secret Garden

For Everything You Are ...

While I had the "Secret Garden" stamp set and Framelits out I finished off this card that I have had on the go for 2 weeks.  I put all the DPS and cardstock together but could not quite decide how to finish it off so it has been moving around my table, patiently wating to be finished.

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For Everything You Are ...

Secret Garden ...

The challenge this week at The Deconstructed Sketch is based on this great sketch:

I have used the stamp sets "Secret Garden" and "Petite Pairs" on my card with a colour scheme of Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point, Lucky Limeade and Very Vanilla.  The DSP is from the "International Bazaar" paper pack.  Did some doodling on the flowers with a white gel pen to highlight the petals.



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Secret Garden ...