Thinking of You- "I'm Not Old, I'm Vintage" :-)

Hi Again Stampers! 

This card was created using the CC519 Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge along with the PPA241 PalsPaper Arts Sketch and the FM199 Friday Mashup! "I'm Not Old, I'm Vintage" Theme.

Again, if you have not had a chance to visit the above sites, I hope you will find the time to do so- they have excellent Design Teams as well as gallery entries!!

To create this card:

Using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, stamp the image onto Whisper White cardstock, color using Stampin’ Write Markers (Blackberry Bliss, Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz) and add a few white highlights with the White Gel Pen.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Oval Frame Collection Framelits™ to cut out the image as well as another frame from Blackberry Bliss cardstock.  Cut the Blackberry Bliss frame in half, adhere behind the image and distress with the Distressing Tool. 

Use a Sponge Dauber with Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink to “antique” paper.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Lovely Lace Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of retired Etcetera Designer Series Paper.

 Distress the edges using the Distressing Tool and a Sponge Dauber with Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink, add additional ink onto the embossing as well. 

Mount the panel onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock, distress the edges with the Distressing Tool and adhere to the Whisper White card base. 

Use a Sponge Dauber to add Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink over the Whisper White card base edges (to “antique” the paper).

Trim a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock and emboss with the retired Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder.  Distress the edges using the Distressing Tool and adhere to a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock.  Distress the edges of the Blackberry Bliss with the Distressing Tool and sponge Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink over the edges to add a bit more distressing :-)

Add a bit of lace to the embossed panel along with a strip of ⅜” Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding.  Mount the panel onto the card front.

Stamp the sentiment using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.  Add the banner using the Hexagon Punch and mount onto Blackberry Bliss cardstock, again, adding the banner points using the Hexagon Punch. Adhere the sentiment over the image and mount the focal image to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

 Add the rolled flowers (created with the 2 ½” and 1 ¾” Scallop Circle Punches from Blackberry Bliss cardstock along with leaves using the Bird Builder Punch from Pear Pizzazz cardstock) to the card front (I used Hot Glue to adhere the flowers to the card).

Add the Pearls to the corners of the sentiment and background to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Tea Party, Moon Lake (sentiment)

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black, Baked Brown Sugar; Stampin’ Write Markers- Blackberry Bliss, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party; White Gel Pen

Paper: Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Crumb Cake, retired Etcetera DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Oval Collection Framelits™, Punches: 2 ½”, 1 ¾” Scallop Circle, Bird Builder, Hexagon; Pearls, Misc. Lace Trim, ⅜” Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding Ribbon, Sponge Dauber, Distressing Tool

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

Sunflower Prayers- A Calypso Coral Monochromatic Card

Hi Again Stampers! 

I wanted to create a card using the CMCC40 Monochromatic ColorChallenge along with the FMS156 Sketch Challenge and the Fusion 09/25Inspiration Photo.

I had a few sunflower images filed away from My Digital Studio (MDS) and decided to incorporate one of the images into this card. 

I hope you will have time to check out the challenge sites- so much inspiration!!

To create this card:

Open a blank document in My Digital Studio (MDS), position the sunflower image and print out onto Whisper White cardstock.  

Color the petals using the Calypso Coral Slate Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Collection, the center of the Sunflower with the Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blendabilities™ marker and carefully “fussy-cut” the sunflower image separating a few of the petals.

Layer a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock onto the Early Espresso card base. 

Using retired DSP, create the horizontal layers for the card and adhere to the card front.   Add the sentiment and Pearls.

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

Stamp Sets:  Sunflower, Petite Pairs

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Early Espresso, Stampin’ Blendabilities™- Calypso Coral Collection, Light Crumb Cake

Paper: Whisper White, Very Vanilla, retired Etcetera Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Pearls, 1 ¼” Circle Punch

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a marvelous Monday!!

"Love is in the Air" - Two Challenges in One

Hi Stampers! 

This week’s DD86 “Subtly Yours” Dynamic Duo Challenge combines Pool Party with Pink Pirouette.  

This color combination reminded me of "romance" and with Valentine’s Day approaching, I decided to create a vintage “shabby Chic” card using the Stampin’ RoyaltySR210 Challenge Photo for inspiration.  

I hope that you will stop by and check out the rest of the Dynamic Duos Design Team projects and create a project of your own using this week’s colors - we would love to have you join us!!

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog

Anne Marie Hile

Annette Elliott

Angel Johns

Caroline Bredeson

Cindy Brumbaugh

Holly Endress

JoAnn Burnham

Julie Gearinger

Michelle Bala

Sarah Fleming 

Tenia Nelson

To create this card:

Ink the background stamp, En Francais using Crumb Cake Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock. Add additional accents using the Best of Shelli stamp set inked with Pool Party Classic Ink and distress with the Distressing Tool.   Apply Crumb Cake Classic Ink using a Sponge Dauber and adhere to a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock.

On a piece of Etcetera Designer Series Paper (DSP), stamp the splatter stamp, Off the Grid background and the line stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using Pink Pirouette Classic Ink.  Distress the edges using the Distressing Tool and apply Crumb Cake Classic Ink to the edges. Tear the edge diagonally and adhere to the distressed Very Vanilla background.

Distress the piece of Fan Fair DSP (the pink advertisement with the lacy edge) and sponge Crumb Cake Classic Ink over the edges.  Adhere to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Punch the scalloped circles from Pink Pirouette cardstock using Scallop Circle Punches- the two larger flowers are created with the 2 3/8” Scallop Circle Punch and three smaller flowers with the 1 ¾”,  Scallop Circle Punch. 

Use the retired Crimper Tool to crimp the paper (or you can just scrunch it up by hand to break up the fibers) and use the Bone Folder to curve the scalloped edge a bit before proceeding to the next step. 

Once you feel the flower is “distressed” enough, manually spiral cut from the outside edge of the scallop toward the center.   Start to roll the flower from the outside and roll the spiral tightly toward the center.  Apply Multi-Purpose Adhesive to the center piece to hold the flower in shape or you can use a Hot Glue Gun- here is a writtentutorial at Splitcoaststampers to show the basic idea.   Once all of your flowers are created, lightly sponge Crumb Cake Classic Ink onto the edges to distress a bit more.

Use the Bird Builder Punch to punch out the leaves from Crumb Cake Cardstock and create a triple bow using the ½” Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon.

Adhere the flowers, leaves and ribbon bow to the card front (I continued to use the Hot Glue Gun but you could use Mini Glue Dots).   Add the Antique Brad to the center of the bow.

Adhere a piece of lace scrap to the back of the Love tag (both were from the retired Artisan Embellishment Kit).   Stamp the With Love sentiment from Field Flowers using Crumb Cake Classic Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock, trim and punch the banner points using the Hexagon Punch.  Lightly sponge Crumb Cake Classic Ink along the edges.

Add the sentiment banner and embellished Love Tag to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.   Add the Pearls to the tag, banner and lower corner to finish off the card.   

Stamp Sets: Best of Shelli, En Francais, Field Flowers, Gorgeous Grunge, Off the Grid

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, Crumb Cake

Paper/Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Designer Series Paper- Etcetera, retired Fan Fair

Accessories: Punches- Scallop Circle 2 ¾” and  1 ¾”, Bird Builder, Hexagon; Sponge Dauber, ½” Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon, Antique Brad, Stampin’ Dimensionals™, Hot Glue Gun (optional)

Since the flowers are dimensional on this card, I would most likely recommend hand delivery or mailing in a padded envelope with tissue paper wrapped around the card to protect the flowers.   

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you will find the time to join us at the Dynamic Duos this week! 

Birthday Greetings- A Trio of Roses

Hi Stampers!

This week has been very busy and I did not have a chance to spend as much time as I would like in my craft room, so I am so thankful that I could design and create today (thanks to my understanding hubby :-)).

I wanted to create a card using the Fusion Challenge #1 Sketch and PhotoInspiration along with a Birthday theme for the Stampin’ Royalty SR209Challenge. I hope you will find the time to stop by both sites to check out their great Design Teams and other entries as well!

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ along with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder emboss a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock (I already had a scrap piece embossed in my stash) and the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Etcetera Designer Series Paper (DSP).

Trim the DSP, mount onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and mount the entire panel onto a piece of Basic Gray cardstock.

Add the embossed Fancy Fan strip of Very Vanilla cardstock to a piece of Basic Gray cardstock along with the sentiment from Wetlands, adhere at the lower part of the panel.  

Add the vertical strip of DSP with the die cut edges (cut with the Big Shot™ and the Finishing Touches Framelits™) to the center of the panel.

Create the rolled roses from Very Vanilla cardstock (see the basic Splitcoaststampers tutorial here).  Punch two scallop circles using the 2 ½” Scallop Circle Punch and one scallop circle using the 1 ¾” Scallop Circle Punch,  crimp all with the Crimper Tool and on each scallop, starting at the outside, cut a wavy spiral from the outside towards the center and roll up.  Use Multi-Purpose Adhesive or hot glue to hold the flowers in the rolled position and also to adhere onto the DSP vertical panel on the card front.

 Add the 1 ¼” Two-Tone Gray Double Ribbon bow and the row of Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Wetlands

Ink: Basic Gray

Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Gray, Etcetera DSP 

Accessories: Big Shot™, Fancy Fan and Square LatticeTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Finishing Touches Framelits™, Punches- 2 ½” , 1 ¾” Scallop Circle, XL Oval, retired 1 ¼” Basic Gray Two-Tone Ribbon

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