Spring is in the Air!! Three Challenges in One!

Hi Stampers!!

I wanted to create a card using The Paper Players PP138 Sketch Challenge and decided to create a card for Stampin’ Up! Only SUO67 Spring is in the Air Challenge using the colors from this week’s CCMC244 Create with Connie and Mary Challenge.  Hopefully, if you have not already done so, you will take the time to visit each site- the Design Teams and other entries are fabulous!!

To create this card:

Ink the floral image from Summer Solstice using Not Quite Navy (NQN) Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of retired Bella Chateau Designer Series Paper (Marina Mist swirl).  Color the area around the flowers with a NQN Stampin’ Write marker and a Daffodil Delight marker for the centers.  Mount onto Whisper White and again onto NQN cardstock, add the ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon with the button (I added a few strips of NQN cardstock as faux stitching).

Using a brayer, lightly apply Marina Mist Classic Ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Stamp over the brayered cardstock using the Netting Background Stamp with NQN Classic Ink.  Mount this image onto NQN cardstock and again onto the Whisper White card base.

 

Create the banner using NQN Designer Series Paper (DSP) and add a NQN cardstock layer and mount again onto Whisper White.  Use the 1 3/8” Square Punch to create the banner points on all of the layers.  

Cut around the edge of a Tea Lace Paper Doily and use Sticky Strip behind the banner to layer the Paper Doily edge.  Mount the banner strip to the card per the sketch layout. 

Stamp the butterflies from Summer Solstice using NQN Classic Ink and use the Bitty Butterfly Punch to punch out the butterflies.  Stamp the sentiment from Elements of Style, carefully cut around the image and mount using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.  Add the Pearls to the butterflies to finish off the card.    

Revised version without the button-

Stamp Sets: Summer Solstice, Netting Background, Elements of Style

Ink: Not Quite Navy, Stampin’ Write Markers—Not Quite Navy, Daffodil Delight

Paper:  Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Not Quite Navy Designer Series Paper

Accessories:  Tea Lace Paper Doily, 1 3/8” Square Punch (for banner points), Bitty Butterfly Punch, Button Latte (retired), ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Pearls

I decided to revise the card and removed the button- which one do you prefer?


Thanks again for stopping by- have a wonderful week!

Friend to Friend- Two in One!

Hi Stampers! 

 

I decided to create one more card this weekend and chose the PP79 Paper Players "Tag It" challenge along with the SR107 Color Challenge from Stamping Royalty (a new challenge site for me).  Again, both sites have fantastic design teams and the samples are beautiful- if you have the time, check them out!

The colors were a bit bold and I wanted to show that even bold colors can create a vintage style card, so once the design was determined, this card was fairly quick to create- a bit of heat embossing, coloring and dry embossing and you are finished!

To create this card:

With Versamark™ ink stamp the floral image from Elements of Style onto a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock that has been trimmed to a tag size.  H­­­­­eat emboss with Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder. Once the embossing powder cools, color the image with Stampin’ Write markers in Tempting Turquoise, Lucky Limeade and Pumpkin Pie. 

Distress the edges with the Distressing Tool and use a Sponge Dauber with Crumb Cake ink to “antique” the edges.  Ink up the background stamp, Netting with Crumb Cake and stamp over the image as well.

Mount onto a piece of Pumpkin Pie DSP and distress the edges.  Attach a part of a doily from Flirtatious DSP (sponged with Crumb Cake ) and mount onto an embossed piece of Tempting Turquoise cardstock (embossed with the Big Shot™ and the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder). 

Mount onto another piece of the Pumpkin Pie DSP (over a cardstock base), add the sentiment, pearls and bow to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets:  Elements of Style, Netting (background stamp), Teeny Tiny Wishes

 Ink: Versamark™, Tempting Turquoise, Stampin’ Write Markers- Tempting Turquoise, Lucky Limeade and Pumpkin Pie

Cardstock:  Crumb Cake, Tempting Turquoise, Flirtatious DSP, Pumpkin Pie DSP (retired hostess pack)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Vintage Wallpaper Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder, Distressing Tool, Punches- Modern Label, Word Window, Pearls, Sponge Dauber, 5/8” Pumpkin Pie Satin Ribbon (retired)

Thanks again for stopping by- have a wonderful week!