Sahara Sand ...

In a recent edition of Australian Cardmaking Stamping & Papercraft there were a series of 10 Quick Cards made by Julie Dudley show casing the Stampin' Up Decorative Labels Punch.

Julie's cards were made with non Stampin' Up DSP and cardstock, however I really liked what Julie had done with the Decorative Label punch in the design of her cards so I put my spin on it and created these three cards.

On two of the cards I stamped the Very Vintage and Music Notes Stampin' Wheel using Sahara Sand ink on Naturals White cardstock.  For the other card I stamped the Music Notes Stampin' Wheel and the Leaf/Branch stamp from the Summer Silhouettes stamp set using Sahara Sand ink on Naturals White cardstock.  I did stamp off some of the ink to give the stamped image a muted tone.

The DSP is Sahara Sand from the Neutrals Paper Stack with the little flowers made using the 7/8" scallop punch.  I punched out 5 scallop circles, misted them with water, layered them together and put a hole through the centre and using a brad joined together.  The layers were then lightly scrunched up towards the middle and then teased out until you are happy with the shape of your flower.

Once dry the flowers are used to create the posy on the Decorative Labels punched out piece.  The leaves were made using Old Olive ink and the Stippled Blossoms stamp set.  Sentiments are from the Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Set and the matching Bitty Banners Framelits.  A linen thread with a neutrals button added to finish the card.  All the edges of the cardstock and DSP have been inked with Sahara Sand.

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Sahara Sand ...

It's a Pink Birthday ....

The challenge this week at Mojo Monday is based on this great sketch created by Julee.  The challenge is to create a round or square card using the sketch.



I decided to make a square card using a colour scheme of Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals and Whisper White.  The stamp sets I have used are "Stippled Blossoms", "Clockworks" and "Itty Bitty Banners"



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It's a Pink Birthday ....

For My Wonderful Mother ...

I was recently given this card template by Jenny Chilton which I just fell in love with.  Using the template I have designed my own card using a monochromatic colour scheme with the Stippled Blossoms, Just Believe, Just Thinking and the Delightful Dozen stamp sets.

This is the finished card with butterflies on the inside of the card made using the Core-dinations cardstock and the Beautiful Wings Embosslits.

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For My Wonderful Mother ...

Pretty In Pink

The challenge this week at Pals Paper Arts is based on this sketch.

Pink and white are so pretty together.  I have team them up with the Stippled Blossoms stamp set and created this pretty card for the challenge.

DSP is the Pink Pirouette from the Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack.  Cardstock is Pink Pirouette and Whisper White and the ink is from the Classic Stampin' Ink Pads Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive and Basic Black.

The sentiment is from the Petite Pairs stamp set, which was stamped on  a doily from the Delicate Doilies Sizzlits.  Embossing folders used are Perfect Polka Dots and Fancy Fan with Whisper White Organza ribbon as a finishing touch.

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Pretty In Pink

Happy Birthday - Stippled Blossoms

This card was a quick make for my Aunty's Birthday card.   My Mum and myself were off to my Aunty's today for her birthday, and a realised that I had forgot to make a card. 

I went straight to one of my favourite sketches for the design and the Stippled Blossoms stamp set with the sentiment from the Petite Pairs stamp set.  Colour scheme of Primrose Petals and Whisper White.  The DSP is from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper stack.

I was quite pleased with the finished card, it looked so pretty and my Aunty loved it.

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Happy Birthday - Stippled Blossoms

Mojo Monday #260

The challenge this week at Mojo Monday is based on the following sketch:

I have decided to make a square card for this challenge using the stamp sets "Stippled Blossoms", "Papillon Potpourri" and "Petite Pairs" with a colour scheme of Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Whisper White and a touch of Old Olive in the leaves of the flowers.  

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Mojo Monday #260

MOJO Monday #259

The post this week at Mojo Monday is based on the following sketch:

The stamp sets used on this card are Stippled Blossoms, Papillon Potpourri and Teeny Tiny Sentiments with a colour scheme of Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso and Old Olive.

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MOJO Monday #259

Stippled Blossoms

The inspiration for this card is from a card made by Suzanne Kohler.  I loved the sketch of the card, so I just put the Stampin' Up touch to it.

The stamp sets used are "Stippled Blossom" and "Petite Pairs" with a colour scheme of Whisper White, Primrose Petals, Old Olive and Crumb Cake.

The "Stippled Blossoms" stamp set is a two step stamp set.  Ink up the base stamp with Primrose Petals and off stamp before stamping on the Whisper White cardstock, next ink up the overlay stamp with Primrose Petals and stamp over the top of the base stamp.  It gives the beautiful finish of the two tones in the blossom.  The same is done for the leaves using Old Olive. Cut out all the pieces and put to one side.

Create a card base 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" Whisper White, 5 3/8" 5 3/8" Primrose Petals mat, 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" Whisper White mat which has been embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.  Build up the base card and the mats.

Cut a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock 5 1/4" x 1 3/8".  Put one end in the Decorative Labels Punch to give the scalloped edge, cut a slit in this piece about 1/4" in from end to thread the ribbon through.  Stamp the small stippled flower from the set with Versmark Ink over this piece.  Cut a piece of Crumb Cake DSP from the Neutrals Designer Paper Stack 4 3/4" by 5/8".   Stick the DSP to the Crumb Cake cardstock piece.  Cut a 6 " piece of Primrose Petals Stitched Satin Ribbon and thread through the slit and across the DSP, stick down on back of the card piece.  Put to one side for the moment.

Cut a piece of Crumb Cake DSP 4 1/4" x 5" and create the scallop edge on the bottom using the Large Scallop Edgelits.  Adhere this to the base card and mats.

Using Whisper White and the Paper Doily Sizzlits cut out a doily.  Stick this to the Crumb Cake DSP piece.

Stick the Crumb Cake cardstock/ribbon piece down across the card just above the scalloped edge but covering the bottom of the doily.  You may need to trim the bottom of the doily so it does not show at the bottom.  Create a ribbon bow using the Primrose Petals Stitched Satin Ribbon and stick down with glue dots over the slit where the ribbon was threaded through.  Add 3 rhinestones to the ribbon near the bow.

Arrange the Stippled Blossom flowers and leaves until you are happy with the look and stick down.

Create a sentiment by punching out a Crumb Cake circle using the 1 3/8" circle punch, stamping the sentiment on a piece of Whisper White in Primrose Petals ink and punching out with the 1 1/4" circle punch.  Mat these, attach rhinestones just under the sentiment and adhere with dimensionals.

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Stippled Blossoms