Winnie's Garden- Plant Kindness Gather Love

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you are having a wonderful weekend so far!! I had a chance to create another card using Winnie’s Garden (designed by Wynne Gettelfinger) from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps (SNSS)  along with the Ticket Dies (SNSS).

Since I love participating in online challenges, I decided to incorporate the CQC347 ColourQ Challenge along with the Addicted To Stamps and More #199 CAS Challenge and the Splitcoaststampers’SC597 Sketch Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit any of the challenge sites yet, I hope you will find the time to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Ink the kneeling girl image from Winnie’s Garden (SNSS) with Stampin’ Archival™ Basic Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and heat set the ink with the Heat Tool.

Color the stamped image using Stampin’ Write Markers along with an AquaPainter™- Chocolate Chip (jeans), Going Gray (hair, leaves and sandals), Blushing Bride (substituted for Blush Blossom for shirt, flowers, lips) and Peekaboo Peach (substituted for Peach Parfait for skin, flowers).

Die cut the image using the Big Shot™ with the My Favorite Things® (MFT) Stitched Circle Dies and mount onto another die cut from Chocolate Chip cardstock.

Next create the lower layer (I call this "homemade" designer paper :-)) Ink the larger floral image from Winnie’s Garden with Stampin’ Archival™ Basic Black Ink and stamp repeatedly onto Whisper White cardstock (I actually cut the clear stamp image apart so I could fill in with some of the smaller flowers).

Once you are satisfied with the coverage, use the Heat Tool to heat set the ink and color the flowers with the same markers as noted above (using the Chocolate Chip to fill in the background color).

Cut the floral panel on an angle per the sketch and mount onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Trim the background panel, mount onto a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock, trim again and mount onto the Peekaboo Peach card front.

Mount the focal image circle using dimensional foam.

Stamp the sentiment using Stampin’ Archival™ Basic Black Ink, add the flowers with Going Gray ink (I used the marker to ink the stamp) and lightly color with Going Gray, Peekaboo Peach and Blushing Bride markers.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Ticket Duo Dies to die cut the sentiment and another piece from Chocolate Chip cardstock.

Cut the Chocolate Chip die cut in half, mount behind the sentiment and adhere to the card front with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

Winnie's Garden

Stamp Sets:  Winnie’s Garden (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink:  Basic Black Stampin’ Archival™, Stampin’ Write Markers- Blushing Bride, Chocolate Chip, Peekaboo Peach, retired Going Gray

Ticket Dies

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Peekaboo Peach

Accessories: Big Shot™, Ticket Dies (SNSS), Stitched Circle Dies (MFT), AquaPainter™

Thanks again for stopping by- I am so encouraged by your visits and sweet comments!  Have a blessed week, my friends!

Happy Together- True Friends Are Always Together In Spirit

Look at all of the Ridges
(farthest one approx. 35-40 miles)

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!! Yesterday my hubby and I were able to take a trip to Shenandoah National Park and drive 80 miles along Skyline Drive (160 miles round trip in the park) and we had a great time!

The weather was absolutely gorgeous and there were only a few other visitors, so we basically had the park all to ourselves (just the way we like it!)  The vistas are amazing....beautifully serene and peaceful and barely a cloud in the sky- just a perfect day!

I had a chance to create a Clean and Simple (CAS) card Thursday that I am sharing today over on the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps (SNSS) blog and wanted to share it with all of you here as well.  

This card was designed using the brand new Happy Together stamp set (designed by Korin Sutherland) along with Grunge Elements and the Ticket Dies.

I used the Splitcoaststampers’ SC588 Sketch Challenge along with the Free For All F4A316 “Mellow Yellow” Challenge and the Just Add Ink JAI307 Colour Challenge.

To create this card:

Ink the Grunge Elements (SNSS) image with Delightful Dijon Classic Ink, stamp off before stamping onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock- repeat this step three times.

Ink the same Grunge Elements image using Crushed Curry Classic Ink and stamp at the bottom.

Ink the silhouette images from HappyTogether (SNSS) with Stāz-On® Stone Gray Ink and stamp over the yellow background (I used my MISTI® Tool so I could repeatedly stamp the image).

Die cut the image into a circle and layer a die cut circle of Basic Gray cardstock behind the focal image.

Stamp the sentiment from HappyTogether (SNSS) using Stāz-On® Stone Gray Ink onto Whisper White cardstock (again, I used my MISTI® Tool for positioning and repeated stamping). 

Cut the sentiment out with the Big Shot® and the largest die from the Ticket Dies (SNSS) and also cut the same size die from Basic Gray cardstock.

Split the Basic Gray Ticket Dies die cut in half and layer behind the sentiment (spreading the Basic Gray die cut apart a bit so the layer will show on the sides).

Cut the retired Eastern Elegance Designer Series Paper (DSP) on an angle and layer a strip of Basic Gray cardstock at the top of each angled piece.

Layer a piece of Whisper White cardstock onto the Basic Gray card base, add the angled DSP pieces and mount the sentiment with dimensional foam.

Add the focal image circle with dimensional foam to finish off the card- quick and easy!

Stamp Sets:  Happy Together, Grunge Elements (SNSS)

Ink:  Stāz-On® Stone Gray, Delightful Dijon, Crushed Curry

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray; retired Eastern Elegance DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Ticket Dies(SNSS), Stitched Circle Dies (MFT)

Thanks again for stopping by- your visits are such an encouragement to me :-) I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!