The card I created today is an eclipse technique card where a portion of the card is popped up from the image…..that’s my take on it anyway :). The supplies I used on this card are as follows:
Concord & 9th’s Wreath Turnabout Stamp. Cas-Ual Fridays Stamps for Catherine Pooler’s Stamp of Approval and Sugar Pea Designs die also for Stamp of Approval. My turnabout wreath was stamped in GKD’s Cherry Red and Coral Reef and Memento’s Dandelion and Pear Tart. I added some Glossy Accents to the three hearts and the eclipse was die cut 4 times from cardstock and then once from fun foam.
When Split Coast Stampers had a rose challenge for Clean and Simple Cards, I thought of the layering rose set that I have. I finally made two card with this set.
Layered Rose Birthday
The Rose set is called Layering Rose by Maymay Made It. I fell in love with it when it was released on her site. They make this stamp for a card kit from another company, but sell them on their site after the other company’s release. Anyway, I have had this for a few months, stamped several but never made them into cards.
I cut two pieces of GKD Layering Weight White cardstock in 3 3/4 inch squares. Using my MISTI, I began stamping the large rose, masked it off, then added a smaller rose on each side. I placed the buds on each side and the leaves as I saw places where they would work well.
The pink colors are all Gina K Designs: innocent pink, bubblegum pink, passionate pink. The yellow colors are Lawn Fawn: butter, lemonade, sunflower. The greens are Gina K Designs: jelly bean green, grass green. The sentiment is Gina K Designs Slate.
The sentiment is from a retired Paper Trey Ink set called Delightful Dahlias. I thought the dark gray ink worked well.
I kept the cards flat with no sequins or embellishments. Easy mailing is always a plus.
I have been playing with the challenges at Split Coast Stampers. Here are a few cards.
Featured Stamper Birthday Hoot
The above card uses Gina K Designs Birthday Hoot stamp set and matching patterned paper. The owl is colored with Spectrum Noir markers.
Sailboats
The sailboat card is for a color challenge. The colors are Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, and Lemon Lime Twist, all SU colors. I used three vendors stamps for this card: Beacon by Maymay Made It, Cloudy Skies by Simon Says Stamp, and flipflop2stamp by The Stamps of Life. For the navy color, I used Gina K Designs ink and the others are SU.
Sentimental Rose birthday
The above card is for the MISTI Monday challenge, to make a shaped card. I used the MISTI for the sentiment, the rose and leaves. I masked the rose before placing the leaves. The scallop lays flat and the circle opens.
I really like the Concord and 9th sets: Fashion Wear and Winter Wear. I wanted to frame a face with flowers, so I used pieces from the Gina K Designs Wreath Builder set, the Autumn Wreath Builder set, and the Mandala Maker set. Granted, had I started with the piece in a different position, I wouldn’t have had to angle it, but I really like the way it turned out. Definitely had fun with it and I really like the way it turned out.
Just wanted to share this with you. My computer is being a bit finicky today, or I would put links to everything.
Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.
I love color challenges and played along with one from Split Coast Stampers.
You Inspire Me
I used the stamp set Flutter By from Lawn Fawn. The ink colors are Mango Melody, Poppy Parade, and Call Me Clover, all SU colors. I used these colors with a blender pen. This is the first time I used this stamp set. It is a nice set with a lot of possibilities, so you will see it again hopefully soon.
I used two Dynamic Duos on this card. The first is Peonies and Tulips and the second is Foxglove and Ranunculus for the sentiment. The Kraft cardstock is from Gina K Designs, the white and pink are both SU- Naturals White and Pink Pirouette, and the patterned paper is Flower Market from Carta Bella. I added sparkle to the pink cardstock and the tulips with a Crafter’s Companion sparkle pen. I colored the tulips with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol.
I was inspired by Stamp Buddies Lisa and her beautiful hot air balloon cards so I pulled out an older Serendipity Stamps Hot Air Balloons reverse die. I created a background with distress inks then on a plain white piece of cardstock I embossed the die using my Big Shot. I then ran the sponged background through my Big Shot cutting out the die. Very carefully I placed all of die cut pieces on the embossed white card and glued them in place and addded some red glitter paper behind the die cut version. Serendipity Stamps in now owned by Impression Obsession according to the website.
So two cards — one for our son and the other for our son-in-law.
I seem to have a little extra time on my hands since my retirement the beginning of May and what better way to fill in that time but to create some cards. I did receive some thoughtful gifts from work and friends so here are the cards that I came up with as Thanks.
The first group of cards I created uses the Dahlia Stem die from Simon Says Stamp. I created different backgrounds with either my blending brush or direct to paper.
My next set of thank you card used the Pretty Pink Posh “Beautiful Butterflies” stamp and coordinating die set. I stamped the butterflies with versamark, embossed on vellum and popped up over the colored butterflies.
And my last group of thank you cards I went back to Pretty Pink Posh and the Spring Frame Die, vellum strip and embossing powder to complete this simple but elegant card.
Card stock was all Gina K Designs and inks were a combination of Distress Oxide Inks and GKD. Thanks for looking.
