Phil 4:19 My God Shall Supply All Your Need

Hi Stampers! 

Here is page nine of the heart album that I created for the Splitcoaststampers Divine Design Bible Verse BVC14 Challenge.  The initial post located here describes the steps for the cover of the album along with a few more details on the basic steps for each page of the album and this search here will bring up the other posts for the previous eight pages :-)

The verses used are free digital images from Word Art Wednesday (downloaded into My Digital Studio (MDS) and printed onto Very Vanilla cardstock).

Page Nine:

“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus”  Phillipians 4:19

In addition to the steps taken in the first post (adhere the retired Beau Château DSP to the Heart Chipboard Album page, “antique” using Ranger™ Tim Holtz® Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Stain, add the 3/8” Venetian Crochet Lace Trim) add the 5/8” strip of Early Espresso Satin Ribbon over the crochet trim.

Distress the crown stamp image from the Beau Chateau Side Notes using Ranger™ Tim Holtz® Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Stain and adhere to the heart panel.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Heart Collection Framelits™ to cut out the verse and cut another oval from Early Espresso cardstock, distress the verse layer with Ranger™ Tim Holtz® Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Stain along the Gorgeous Grunge splatter stamp using Soft Suede Classic Ink.  Using Early Espresso Classic Ink, stamp the image from Artistic Etchings at the bottom of the heart.

Cut the Early Espresso heart layer in half horizontally and layer behind the distressed verse label.  Mount the verse onto the heart panel using Stampin’ Dimesionals®.

Add the rolled flowers (created with the 1 ¾” and 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punches from Pink Pirouette cardstock and Baja Breeze Designer Series Paper along with leaves using the Bird Builder Punch from Early Espresso cardstock) to the panel along with the Pearl in the center of the Artistic Etching image to finish off the page.

Stamp Sets:  Artistic Etchings, Gorgeous Grunge; Verse- free Digital Image from Word Art Wednesday

Ink: Early Espresso and Soft Suede Classic Ink; Printer Ink- Black, Ranger™ Tim Holtz® Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Stain

Paper: Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, retired Baja Breeze DSP, retired Beau Château DSP, retired Beau Château Side Notes

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Heart Collection Framelits™, Punches: 1 ¾”, 1 ¼” Scallop Circle, Bird Builder; Pearls, 3/8” Venetian Crochet Lace Trim, 5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon

Thanks again for visiting- I will post pages 10-12 throughout the rest of this weekend...have a great weekend, my friends!

1 Peter 5:7 Casting All of Your Care Upon Him

Hi Again Stampers! 

Here is page seven of the heart album that I created for the Splitcoaststampers Divine Design Bible Verse BVC14 Challenge.  The initial post located here describes the steps for the cover of the album along with a few more details on the basic steps for each page of the album…

The verses used are free digital images from Word Art Wednesday (downloaded into My Digital Studio (MDS) and printed onto Very Vanilla cardstock).

Page Seven:

“Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you”  1 Peter 5:7

In addition to the steps taken in the first post (adhere the retired Beau Château DSP to the Heart Chipboard Album page, stamp the décor element from Artistic Etchings using Early Espresso Classic Ink onto the lower part of the heart, “antique” using Ranger™ Tim Holtz® Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Stain and the Gorgeous Grunge splatter stamp with Soft Suede Classic Ink, add the 3/8” Venetian Crochet Lace Trim) add the 5/8” strip of Early Espresso Satin Ribbon.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Project Life® Label Framelits™ to cut out the verse, distress with Ranger™ Tim Holtz® Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Stain along the edges and slightly over the verse.

Distress the Beau Chateau coordinating label using Ranger™ Tim Holtz® Tea Dye along with Vintage Photo Distress Stain.  Adhere to a piece of Early Espresso cardstock and following the edges of the label, hand cut the Early Espresso layer.  Distress the edges using a Distressing Tool and the Sanding Block.

Mount the “Friend” label to the heart page using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the verse as well.

Add the rolled flowers (created with the 1 ¾ and 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punch from Pink Pirouette cardstock and Baja Breeze Designer Series Paper along with leaves using the Bird Builder Punch from Early Espresso cardstock) to the panel along with the Pearls to finish off the page.

Stamp Sets:  Artistic Etchings, Gorgeous Grunge; Verse- free Digital Image from Word Art Wednesday

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Soft Suede Classic Ink; Printer Ink- Black, Ranger™ Tim Holtz® Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Stain

Paper: Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, retired Baja Breeze DSP, retired Beau Château DSP, “Friend” Label from the Beau Chateau Accessory Pack

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Project Life® Cards and Labels Framelits™, Punches: 1 ¼”, 1 ¾” Scallop Circle, Bird Builder; Pearls, 3/8” Venetian Crochet Lace Trim, 5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon

Thanks again for visiting- I will post the instructions for page 8 shortly...have a great evening!

CAS Card in Honor of "Queenie" :-)

Hi Again Stampers!!

Here is another quick card that I created using the CASOLOGY #104- Pet and the PPA212 Pals Paper Arts Sketch (love this sketch! :-)) 

As soon as I saw the cue word from CASOLOGY, I knew that I could create a card with a cat stamp that I found at Michael’s years ago in the dollar bin (that until today had not been inked at all :-)).   

Our beloved "Queenie" :-)

We had just adopted two kittens that we destined for the shelter (if they had not found a home) and one of the kittens looked just like the stamp.  Since she was little, she had a "regal" attitude so we nicknamed her “Queenie”.   She loved to wrap her fluffy tail around the face of our older male kitty and then pose in such a pretty manner (trust me, he could not resist her and was in love at first site :-))

To this day, she has a wonderful temperament and queen-like behavior that befits her nickname perfectly!

 Again, I hope you have a chance to visit the above sites to check out the Design Team samples and other entries- both galleries are full of great designs!

 To create this “hybrid” card:

Ink the cat image using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Color the image using the Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Old Olive Collection for the eyes, Daffodil Delight Collection for the crown and Stampin’ Write markers for the fur (Crumb Cake and Smoky Slate).

Punch the image out using the 2” Circle Punch and also punch 2” Circles from Sahara Sand and Basic Black cardstock.  Split the Sahara Sand and Basic Black circles in half and mount behind the cat image.

For the crown, paw prints and sentiment, use My Digital Studio and print the images onto Whisper White cardstock. 

 

Color the crown using the Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Daffodil Delight Collection and punch both images out using the 1 3/8” Circle Punch (also punching 1 3/8” Circles from Sahara Sand and Basic Black cardstock, splitting these circles in half and mounting behind the crown and paws images). 

Add a strip of Basic Black cardstock along with ½ of a White Tea Lace Paper Doily (attached at the bottom) to the Sahara Sand background and mount this layer onto a Basic Black card base.

Add the images along the black strip and the sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Favorite Thoughts, Artistic Etchings, Patterned Pets (all MDS versions), cat image (non- SU!)

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black, Stampin’ Blendabilities™-  Old Olive and Daffodil Delight Collections,  Stampin’ Write markers- Crumb Cake and Smoky Slate

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Sahara Sand

Accessories: 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Hexagon Punch, White Tea Lace Paper Doily

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you enoyed this card in honor of our "Queenie" :-)  Have a great Monday and God Bless!

SUO89 Always Cherish Every Moment

Hi Stampers! 

I decided to create another card for the SU-Only SUO89 "No Layer" Challenge- I hope that you will be able to take the time to visit us, check out the rest of the Design Team samples and create a card for this challenge :-)

To create this card:

In My Digital Studio (MDS), open a blank 8.5 x 11 custom page and insert the Eiffel Tower image from Artistic Etchings toward the bottom right of your page (remember when you print and score, you want the image to be on the front of the card).

Copy the image and change to Smoky Slate- position to the left of the intial image and to the back.  

Insert the Heart Punch, reduce in size, fill in with Whisper White and position in the lower center of the tower.  Copy the heart image, reduce in size and fill in with Basic Black- position in the center of the white heart.

Add a Heart Punch image and enlarge behind the Eiffel Tower- fill in with the Howlstooth Scaringbone Chevron Pattern DSP- change the opacity to 40% and move to the back.

Add the sentiment from Chateau Bella- reduce a bit and copy the image.  Change the copied sentiment to Smoky Slate, move to the back and position to the left of the initial sentiment image.   Print the card onto a piece of Textured Whisper White cardstock.

Add the splatter from Gorgeous Grunge using Basic Gray Classic Ink and a Rhinestone to the middle of the heart to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets: Artistic Etchings, Chateau Bella (both MDS), Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Printer Ink- Black

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White

Accessories: Rhinestone

I had fun creating this hybrid “No Layer Card” and that we see your creation in the SUO89 Gallery!

Thanks again for stopping by- I will be sharing the new Dynamic Duos creation tomorrow at noon!!  

Artistic Etchings and French Foliage- Two Challenges in One!!

Hi Stampers!!

Card created with fun 6 yr old girls :-)

Before I show you my recent challenge card,  I wanted to share the cute easel card that we made this morning at our Mother/Daughter brunch.  All of the components were pre-cut and the easels were assembled (we only had 1/2 hr or so to work plus they made two cards and decorated two planters).  

The nine special little girls were able to emboss with the Big Shot and they loved it!!  I think they did a fabulous job especially since the average age was 7 years old :-)  Good times had by all and special thanks to all of those who helped (and my good friend, Bert for bringing her Big Shot as well- she is the best!!)

Well, on to the challenge card- 

I decided to create a card for the "big girls" and used the FMS86 sketch from Freshly Made Sketches along with the Fab Friday 18 Color Challenge.  

Again, if you have the chance to check out both sites, I would highly encourage you to do so- great examples and inspiration from the Design Teams as well as the other entrants!!

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ and the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and mount it onto Soft Suede cardstock. 

For the focal image, stamp the script background from French Foliage using Primrose Petals Classic Ink and the round seal image using Raspberry Ripple Classic Ink.  

Ink the Eiffel Tower image from Artistic Etchings using Soft Suede Classic Ink and the Medallion using Summer Starfruit Classic Ink (stamped off once before stamping onto cardstock).

Punch the edge of the focal image panel using the Scallop Trim Border Punch and add a small strip of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the Poetry Prints DSP stack. 

Add the ½” Raspberry Ripple Stitched Satin triple ribbon bow and mount the panel onto Soft Suede and again onto Very Vanilla cardstock. 

Ink the leaf image from French Foliage using Summer Starfruit Classic Ink and pounce Raspberry Ripple and Soft Suede onto the stamp with Sponge Daubers before stamping onto Very Vanilla cardstock.  Carefully cut out and lightly sponge additional Raspberry Ripple on the edges and curl the edges a bit.  Add to the focal panel with Mini Glue dots and add the Antique Brad in the corner.

Mount the focal panel to the card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals™ , add the sentiment and Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Artistic Etchings, French Foliage, Short and Sweet (retired)

Ink: Primrose Petals,  Raspberry Ripple, Soft Suede, Summer Starfruit

Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede,  Poetry Print DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Fancy FanTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Punches- Word Window, Modern Label, Scallop Trim Border; Pearls, Antique Brad

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a wonderful Sunday!!

Parisian Sketch and Color Challenge- Two in One!

Hi Stampers!

I hope all of you had a wonderful week!  I wanted to create a card using the CQC132 ColourQ Challenge colors and decided to incorporate the RS7 Sketch from Retro Sketches as well.  Both sites are wonderful sources of inspiration, if you have the time, see for yourself!

I added one more layer to the sketch and mirrored the cut panels behind the focal point.  I had a difficult time incorporating the horizontal strip below the tower so I thought that the Lucky Limeade panel would suffice as the "horizontal strip".  That is what I like about sketch challenges- they are a starting point for your own creativity :-)! 

To create this card:

On Whisper White cardstock, use Sponge Daubers to apply Pumpkin Pie and Poppy Parade Classic Ink.  Create the collage using stamps from Artistic Etchings and Established Elegance with Pumpkin Pie, Poppy Parade and Lucky Limeade ink. 

Stamp the Eiffel Tower as well as the Final Image using Versamark™ ink, heat emboss using Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder. 

Mount onto Basic Black and again onto Lucky Limeade/Basic Black following the sketch.

Use the Big Shot and emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock (ink the interior of the embossing folder with Lucky Limeade ink prior to placing the WW cardstock inside). Cut into two and mount onto Basic Black cardstock.

Close-Up of Collage

Assemble the remainder of the card- attach the tags with a brad and wire, adhere the Satin Bow and you are finished!

Stamp Sets:  Artistic Etchings, Established Elegance, Tiny Tags  

Ink: Versamark™, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Lucky Limeade cardstock and Designer Series Paper

Accessories:  Heat Tool, Sponge Daubers, Big Shot™, Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Jewelry Tag Punch, Copper Brad, Wire Works (retired), 5/8" Basic Black Satin Ribbon

Thanks again for taking the time to visit and all of your encouragement!  Have a great week creating and sharing the love of stamping- God Bless! 

Notably Ornate- Needing Some Love :-)

Hi Again Stampers!

There was an unofficial challenge posed on Splitcoast Stampers for us to use a stamp set that we just “had to have” but have essentially neglected after purchase.  I have quite a list of stamp sets that I had to have from the catalog and one of those is Notably Ornate. 

I love the style of this set, but for some reason, have not taken the time to create with it.  I decided to use the frame and oval image for this card and combined it with Artistic Etching and a few other challenges- the FMS28 Freshly Made Sketch along with the CCMC195 colors from Create with Connieand Mary.  

To create this card:

Ink the frame image using Versamark™ ink onto So Saffron cardstock, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Silver Embossing Powder and heat emboss with the Heat Tool.  Once the image has cooled, carefully cut around the edges of the frame.    

Use a Versamark™ Marker to ink the edges of the oval stamp from Notably Ornate and repeat the embossing steps above.

Using Poppy Parade ink, stamp the ornate circle from Artistic Etchings onto another piece of So Saffron and the crown image in the center of the oval.

Heat emboss the Eiffel Tower from Artistic Etchings, allow to cool and emboss with the Designer Oval Frame Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder. Carefully cut around the edges of the embossing folder and the Eiffel Tower. 

With the Big Shot™ emboss a piece of Poppy Parade cardstock with the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (I inked the smooth interior with Poppy Parade ink prior to embossing) and emboss a piece of Poppy Parade Designer Series Paper (retired Hostess Level I Paper Patterns Pack In Color).

Assemble the layers, add the 5/8” Basic Gray Satin Ribbon bows and Rhinestone to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets: Notably Ornate, Artistic Etchings, Short and Sweet

Cardstock:  Basic Gray, So Saffron, Poppy Parade

Ink: Versamark™, Poppy Parade

Accessories: Big Shot™, Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder- Vintage Wallpaper, Designer Frame (Oval), Vintage Wallpaper,  Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® Silver Embossing Powder, 5/8” Basic Gray Satin Ribbon, Rhinestone

Thanks again for visiting and all of your encouragement!  I hope all of you have a wonderful Easter week and try to find time to stamp! 

Happy Anniversary- Another Three in One!

Hi Stampers! 

I wanted to create a card for this week’s JAI87 Color Challenge and since I have not used Calypso Coral that often, I wanted to highlight this bright color. 

I decided to use the FMS4 Freshly Made Sketch along with the FM26 Friday Mashup Fan Favorite Theme Challenge of Fall or Brads (or both to “Mash It Up”) so I chose to “Mash It Up” :-)

Originally I had the tag folded to allow the sketch to be in the landscape format as designed, but decided to open up the tag. so I modified the sketch a bit (thus, there is a slight score line visible on the tag).  I could cover the score line with ribbon or cardstock, but chose to leave it "as is" for now :-)

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ and emboss a piece of Calypso Coral with the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and a piece of Crumb Cake with the Square Lattice  Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder  (I applied Pool Party ink to the smooth side of the Vintage Wallpaper EF with a Brayer prior to embossing the Calypso Coral cardstock).

With the Big Shot™ and the Two Tags Bigz™ Die, cut a piece of Whisper White.  Using the larger of the two tags, stamp the images in Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral and Pool Party.

Layer the panels, crimped Pool Party band, tag and sentiment.   Finish off with the cut-out leaves, antique brad and Crumb Cake Taffeta bow.

Stamp Sets:  French Foliage, Artistic Etchings, Teeny Tiny Wishes

 Ink: Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Pool Party

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Pool Party

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Vintage Wallpaper and Square LatticeTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Two Tags Bigz™ Die, Crimper, Punches- Decorative Label, Word Window, Modern Label and 1 3/8” Circle, Antique Brad, 3/8” Crumb CakeTaffeta Ribbon

Thanks again for visiting and I hope all of you have a great day! *

CQC89- Two CAS Cards

Hi Stampers!  

I love this week’s colors for the CQC89 Challenge at the ColourQ and had an opportunity to stamp this afternoon, so I created two Clean and Simple (CAS) cards using these colors.

 

The first card utilizes the SSCSC71 Sketch Challenge on the Stampin’ Connection (you need to be a SU! demonstrator to have access to this challenge) and the second card is designed using the Splitcoast Stamper’s SC337 Sketch Challenge.

Once I chose the stamp sets , the cards were fairly quick to create and assemble.

Card #1- Sneak Peek - This card uses a floral stamp from the new Hostess set, Simply Soft.  Stamp the image using Basic Gray onto Whisper White and color with SU! Markers in Crajun Craze and Bordering Blue (retired color).  Stamp the sentiment with Cajun Craze and punch out with the Decorative Label XL Punch.  

Emboss the Bravo Burgundy layer with the Finial Press EF, punch a border on the Cajun Craze DSP layer (from the Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack) using the Pinking Hearts Border Punch and attach to a Basic Gray card front.  

Lightly spray all panels with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint and attach the stain ribbon (from my stash, but I cannot wait until you see all of the colors of ribbon in the new catalog:-).  Adhere the sentiment and focal panel and attach the tailored bow.

This card seemed to be lacking something, so I decided to pull out The Color Spritzer Tool to "spritz" card with Bravo Burgundy and here is the result.  Which one do you prefer- with or without the marker "spritz"?

Stamp Sets: Simply Soft, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Basic Gray, Cajun Craze

Cardstock: Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy, Basic Gray, Cajun Craze DSP

Accessories: Big Shot, Finial Press EF, Decorative Label XL Punch, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, SU! Markers- Bravo Burgundy, Cajun Craze and Bordering Blue (retired), Color Spritzer Tool, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint Spray, ribbon from my stash

Card #2:

On Whisper White, stamp the medallion from Artistic Etchings in Bordering Blue and Cajun Craze.  Stamp the Eiffel Tower in Basic Gray and distress the edges with the Distressing Tool.  Use a Sponge Dauber to lightly sponge with Basic Gray ink and mount onto a Basic Gray layer. 

Emboss a panel of Bordering Blue (retired) with the Big Shot and Vintage Wallpaper EF.  Attach this piece along with a piece of Cajun Craze DSP (from the same paper stack as Card #1) and lightly spray the background and focal image with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint Spray.

Use the 2 3/8” Scallop Circle Punch to punch out a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock to create the rolled flower (see tutorial here).   

Stamp the sentiment in Cajun Craze and punch out with the Word Window Punch.  Layer onto a piece of Basic Gray punched with the Modern Label Punch.  Add the rolled flower with Mini Glue Dots and spray with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint.

Adhere to the front of the card and attach the entire panel to a Whisper White card front. 

Stamp Sets: Artistic Etchings, Short and Sweet

Ink:  Bordering Blue (retired), Cajun Craze and Basic Gray

Cardstock: Bordering Blue, Cajun Craze DSP, Whisper White

Accessories: Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper EF, Word Window, Modern Label and 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Champagne Shimmer Mist Paint Spray, Distressing Tool, Sponge Dauber, Pearl, ribbon from my stash

Thanks again for visiting and I hope all of you have a wonderful week! If you have a minute, let me know which one is your favorite:-)

Poppies in Paris- Two Challenges in One Card!

 

Hi Stampers!
I created this card using the colors from this week’s Pals Paper Arts PPA92 Challenge (see http://www.palspaperarts.com) and the CCMC149 sketch challenge from Create with Connie and Mary (see http://www.createwithconnieandmary.com).  You will need to check out their sites to see all of the amazing creations that both Design Teams have created along with all of the other fabulous entries!   

I must admit that I have not used Poppy Parade as often as the other In-Colors but I do love the drama that it creates when paired with the other colors in this challenge:-)

To create this card:

Heat emboss the images and sentiment using the Embossing Buddy to de-static the cardstock and Black EP.

Use the Big Shot to cut the tag from the Two Tags Die and emboss the Poppy Parade panel using the Framed Tulips EF.

Color the flowers using SU! Markers in Peach Parfait and Poppy Parade.  

Assemble the panels and finish off with pearls and satin ribbon.

Stamp Sets: Artistic Etchings, Fabulous Florets, Fresh Cuts

Ink:  Versamark

Cardstock:  Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz DSP, Peach Parfait DSP

Accessories: Big Shot, Two Tags Die, Framed Tulips EF, Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Black EP, Pearls, Small and Medium Oval Punch, 5/8” Black Satin Ribbon

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a terrific week!

With Sympathy- French Foliage

Hi Again Stampers!

I created this card using the Stamping 411 with the Operators Sketch Challenge SSC177 (see http://www.stamping411.blogspot.com/ ). 
I decided to use the same colors as in the Create with Connie and Mary CCMC124 Challenge (see previous post for details). 

This sketch was a fairly quick layout and I love the Design Team’s samples!

To create this card:

Using the French Script background stamp from French Foliage with Crumb Cake Classic Ink, repeatedly stamp the image on a piece of the lined Newsprint Designer Paper.  De-static the card stock with the Embossing Buddy, stamp the medium leaf image in Versamark, then heat emboss with Clear Embossing Powder.  Using a Sponge Dauber, apply Crumb Cake ink over the leaf and around the edges.  Once this is applied to your satisfaction, then apply Basic Black over the leaf and distress the edges. 

Layer this piece onto Very Vanilla and then on Basic Black. 

Using an embossed piece of Very Vanilla with the Finial Press EF, flip the piece over and sponged the cardstock with Crumb Cake to allow the de-bossed areas to be highlighted.  Punch the edges with the Eyelet Trim Border Punch and cut the piece in half. 

Emboss a piece of Basic Black with the Finial Press EF, adhere the sponged pieces leaving an area for the ribbon to overlap.  Adhere a piece of 1 ¼” Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon. 

Stamp the sentiment using Basic Black onto Very Vanilla and punch out with the Modern Label Punch.  Layer this onto a Basic Black piece also punched out with the Modern Label Punch.

Adhere the sentiment at the top of the ribbon and layer the focal image over the sentiment and ribbon.  Add the pearls to finish the card. 

Stamp Sets:  Artistic Etchings, French Foliage, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock:  Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Ink: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Versamark

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Modern Label Punch, Embossing Buddy, Clear EP, Heat Gun, 1 ¼” Black Striped Grosgrain Striped Ribbon, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by and all of your encouragement!

Parisian Birthday Wishes

Hi Stampers!

I created this card for a wonderful friend using the colors from this week's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge CCMC124 (see http://www.createwithconnieandmary.com ). 
This color combination is one of my favorite color combinations and the Design Team’s samples are so beautiful.

I decided to combine the two SU! French theme sets again- Artistic Etchings from the main catalog and French Foliage from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  This card has a vintage feel and my friend loves anything vintage- I hope she will enjoy this card:-)

Using the Big Shot, I embossed a piece of Crumb Cake with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and mounted this piece onto Basic Black.  A piece of Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon was attached and using Glue Dots, I pinched the ribbon in at three points and attached the 5/8” Black Satin Ribbon bows.

Stamp the French Script background stamp with Crumb Cake on a piece of Very Vanilla, stamp the leaves and the round seal.  De-static the card stock with the Embossing Buddy, stamp the Eiffel Tower stamp in Versamark, then Basic Black.  Heat emboss with Clear Embossing Powder.  Layer this piece onto Basic Black and adhere to the card front. 

Punch out a piece of Basic Black with the Decorative XL Punch and a piece of embossed Crumb Cake with the Modern Label Punch.  The  sentiment is from Watercolor Trio and stamped in the same manner as the Eiffel Tower on a scrap of the Very Vanilla created in the step above.   Add a few small pearls and adhere to the card front.

Stamp Sets:  Artistic Etchings, French Foliage, Watercolor Trio
Cardstock:  Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Ink: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Versamark

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Decorative XL Label, Modern Label and Medium Oval Punches, Embossing Buddy, Clear EP, Heat Gun, 1 ¼” Black Striped Grosgrain Striped Ribbon, 5/8” Black Satin Ribbon, Pearls

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you have a blessed week!

CQC55 with SSC173 Sketch Challenge

Hi Again, Stampers!

I wanted to create a card using Part I of this week’s ColourQ’s CQC55 Challenge Colors- (see http://colourq.blogspot.com/) along with the Sketch Challenge from Stamping 411 with the Operators (see http://www.stamping411.blogspot.com/). 

I had not had a chance to ink up my new set, Artistic Etchings yet so decided to use this set along with the fall colors in the challenge.  I utilized a few pieces of previously embossed cardstock along with a collage technique to create this quick and easy card.

Stamp Sets:  Artistic Etchings, French Foliage, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Cardstock:  Basic Black, River Rock, Very Vanilla

Ink: Basic Black, Poppy Parade, River Rock, Tangerine Tango

Accessories: Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper and Finial Press EF, Distressing Tool, Sponge Dauber, 1 ¼” Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Modern Label and Word Window Punch, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Pearls, Dimensionals

Thanks again for looking- have a blessed week!