HYCCT1518 You Are Precious To Me!

Hi Again Friends!!

This card was created for the Splitcoaststampers Hope You Can Cling To  HYCCT1518 Emily’s “Make A Masterpiece” Challenge (to create a card inspired by a famous artist so I chose this Georgia O’Keefe’s Poppy image- see more challenge details here  ).

Since the HYCCT Challenges are for the MD Anderson Cancer Center and October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I decided to make my poppy a bit more pinkish coral than orange :-)

I am also going to link this to the Addicted to Stamps and More!  Anything Goes #166 Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to do so,  I hope you will take the time to visit both of the above sites- great inspiration from all!!

To create this card:

Using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, stamp the large poppy image from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps Precious Poppy onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Color the poppy image with an AquaPainter™ along with various watercolor pencils, Calypso Coral and Cajun Craze Classic Ink, finish off with Frost White Shimmer Paint and “fussy-cut” out the image.

Create a mat for the flower from retired Comfort Café Designer Series Paper (DSP) layered onto Very Vanilla cardstock, trim and layer onto retired Midnight Muse cardstock, trim and layer onto Very Vanilla cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the My Favorite Things™ (MFT) Stitched Rectangle Die to cut out a large rectangle from Very Vanilla cardstock and the MFT Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner Die to cut a banner from Midnight Muse cardstock.

Add a piece of ivory crocheted lace to the Midnight Muse banner die cut along with a strip of 5/8” Rust Satin Ribbon (both from my stash).

Mount the Very Vanilla stitched rectangle onto a piece of Midnight Muse cardstock, trim and add the banner layer.

Use the Big Shot™ with the retired Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of retired Comfort Café DSP, mount onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Midnight Muse cardstock, trim and mount onto the Very Vanilla card base.

Add the layered banner panel and mount the floral square with dimensional foam.

Stamp the sentiment from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps Precious Poppies with Midnight Muse Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.

Add the banner points with the Hexagon Punch and mount onto the card front using dimensional foam to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Precious Poppies (SNSS)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black, Midnight Muse, Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze, misc. watercolor pencils, Frost White Shimmer Paint

Paper: Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse, retired Comfort Café DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, retired Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, MFT Stitched Rectangle and Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner Dies, Hexagon Punch, 5/8” Rust Satin Ribbon, Ivory Crochet Lace

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope you have a terrific Tuesday, my friends!

DTGD14JanTink Trust in the Lord

Hi Stampers!!

This past week has been the annual Dare To Get Dirty Challenge at Splitcoaststampersand I was honored to be able to create a few samples for the many hostesses of this fun challenge!!

Again, if you are not a Fan Club member, here is the link to learn more aboutjoining. 

While the Splitcoaststampers site is free, there are benefits to becoming a Fan Club member and one of them is to be able to participate in the exclusive challenges and possibly win some of the fantastic, free prizes!!  

For the $25.00 a year membership fee (approx. 6.5 cents a day), you can help support this wonderful stamping resource that I know I visit several times a day- what a bargain!!  And no, I do not receive a commission if you sign up- lol!!, I am just one of their unofficial “cheerleaders” since I love the site so much- between the galleries of wonderful inspiration, free tutorials, forums and challenges- this site has helped me immensely with my journey into the world of papercrafting!

One rule of participation in the Dare To Get Dirty Challenges is that the actual challenge details are secret to all except the Fan Club Members…I can share the card but not the details on the actual challenge (unfortunately, any details on this card will reveal the challenge details, so if you have any questions, please let me know in the comment area).   

Stamp Sets: Say It With Scripture (retired)

Ink: Midnight Muse (retired)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Cruze, Midnight Muse (retired), Comfort Café DSP (retired)

Accessories: Big Shot™, Hearts Collection Framelits™, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (retired), 1 ¼” Square Punch, XL Oval Punch, White Tea Lace Doily, 5/8” Satin Ribbon (from my stash)

Thanks again for visiting- I will be sharing additional cards throughout the day that were created as samples for the hostesses of a few of the 2014 Dare To Get Dirty Challenges…  have a wonderful Monday and hope you have a chance to visit again soon!!