Perfect Peacock Thanks- A Sketch, Color and Photo Inspiration Challenge :-)

Hi Stampers! 

I have been busy creating Thank You cards this week and wanted to share this one that was designed using the FMS188 Freshly Made Sketches Challenge along with  the CQC292 ColourQ Challenge and Just Us Girls #294 Photo Week Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you will find the time to visit all three of the challenge sites- each one has a fantastic Design Team as well as inspiration from their galleries!

To create this card:

Trim a piece of Whisper White cardstock and mount onto a piece of Tangerine Tango cardstock, trim and mount onto the Coastal Cabana card base.

Ink the Perfect Peacock stamp using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.

Color the upper two thirds of the image using an AquaPainter™ with Classic Ink from the Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush and Tangerine Tango pads and use the same colors in Stampin’ Write Markers to add definition.  ***Note- I used Daffodil Delight first, then Coastal Cabana for the leaves :-)) ***

Add a few white highlights with the White Gel Pen and shadows with the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker.

Cut the panel for the sketch and mount onto Tangerine Tango cardstock, trim and mount onto Coastal Cabana cardstock.

Create the banners from retired Eastern Elegance and Quatrefancy Designer Series Paper (DSP) using the Hexagon and Banner Punches for the banner points. 

Mount onto Tangerine Tango cardstock and create matching points with the punches and adhere behind the peacock panel.

Stamp the sentiment onto Whisper White cardstock using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, punch out with the Word Window Punch and create the banners with the Banner Punch.

Adhere  the sentiment to a knotted piece of Coastal Cabana Thick Baker's Twine and mount onto the peacock focal image panel (I used Hot Glue for both of these steps:-)).

Mount the focal image panel onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamps: Perfect Peacock, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush, Tangerine Tango; Stampin’ Write Markers- Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Sahara Sand, Strawberry Slush, Tangerine Tango; White Gel Pen

Paper: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Tangerine Tango; retired Eastern Elegance and Quatrefancy DSP

Accessories: AquaPainter™, Punches- Banner and Hexagon, Coastal Cabana Thick Baker’s Twine

Thanks again for visiting- I will share a few more cards throughout the week.  I hope you have a fabulous weekend, my friends!!

Butterfly Get Well

Hi Stampers!

I had the honor of being able to design one of our Make –n-Takes for my upline, Cindy Fodor’s recent quarterly demonstrator meeting and wanted to share the instructions for those in attendance and for anyone else that may be interested :-)

To create this card:

Use a brayer with Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink to ink the interior of the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and emboss a piece of Baked Brown Sugar cardstock with the Big Shot™.

 Trim the embossed panel, adhere to a piece of Midnight Muse cardstock and mount onto the Naturals White card base. 

Use the Fringe Scissors to fringe a piece of Midnight Muse cardstock, mount a piece of Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper (DSP) over the fringe and adhere to the card front.

Cut a 2” wide x 4 ¼” long  piece of Naturals White cardstock , round the corners on one end using the Envelope Punch Board and use the Scallop Tag Punch to create the tag top.

Using Midnight Muse Classic Ink, stamp off the Notable Notions script stamp once on scrap paper and stamp repeatedly onto the tag, and repeatedly stamp the floral stem from the Springtime Hello using Coastal Cabana Classic Ink.  Add the distressing with the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink and using a Sponge Dauber, apply Coastal Cabana over the edges.   

Stamp the three butterflies from Papillon Potpourri using Midnight Muse Classic Ink onto Coastal Cabana cardstock and punch out using the Elegant Butterfly Punch. 

Mount the tag to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the three butterflies using Mini Glue Dots™. 

Stamp the sentiment using Midnight Muse Classic Ink onto Naturals White cardstock, punch out the sentiment using the Word Window Punch, create the banner point using the Hexagon Punch, sponge a bit of Coastal Cabana Classic Ink over the edges and stamp with the Gorgeous Grunge splatter image using Baked Brown Sugar.   Mount onto a piece of Midnight Muse cardstock (also punched with the Word Window Punch and Hexagon Punch). 

Add to the card front with a Stampin’ Dimensional® on the banner edge and add a Rhinestone to the corner of the sentiment.  Add the ½” Midnight Muse Stitched Satin ribbon to the top of the tag to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potpourri, Springtime Hello, Gorgeous Grunge, Notable Notions, Express Yourself

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Midnight Muse, Coastal Cabana

Paper: Naturals White, Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Midnight Muse, Fresh Prints DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Brayer, Punches- Hexagon, Elegant Butterfly, Word Window, Fringe Scissors, Rhinestones, ½” Midnight Muse Stitched Satin Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful week!