More Celery
Posted: January 31, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper, One of a Kind Leave a comment
This designer paper is my daughter’s favourite out of all my stash. It is not surprising really as it always looks crisp and fresh with very little needed in the stamping department. For the card above I decided to try the CPS sketch#7 again. Once I find a sketch I like I tend to use it over and over. The stamped images are from Pocket Silhouettes and the sentiment is from One of a Kind.
Here is another one I did using d.p. as the feature. I stamped and embossed the flower from One of a Kind on three different pieces of Celery d.p. and cut them out. They are stuck on with Stampin’ dimensionals to raise them above the layers of cardstock, dp and ribbon.
I’m hoping to get to some stamping later tonight, but we have a skating party here tonight for my daughter’s Sunday school class and the rink we plan to skate on is covered in snow!
Supplies:
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Upsy Daisy, One of a Kind
Inks: Versamark, Certainly Celery
Cardstock: Whisper white, Certainly Celery, Certainly Celery Designer papers
Also: White e.p. , White grosgrain ribbon, circle punch, circle nestabilities(Spellbinders)
Sun behind daisies
Posted: January 28, 2009 Filed under: Upsy Daisy 1 CommentI have had the idea for this card floating around in my head for a while so decided to try it on the weekend. (After seeing the finished card my daughter did make the comment that I should use some other sets, otherwise people will think I only own Lovely as a Tree and Upsy Daisy!)
To make this card I did the sky first. I began by sponging with Brocade Blue, and then a little bit with Summer Sun. When there was a a very light layer of Summer Sun I punched a circle out of a post-it note and then stuck it on before sponging some more Summer Sun, some Apricot Appeal and finally at the bottom Pumpkin Pie.
I wanted daisies stretching across the bottom of the card so I stamped, covered the daisies and stamped again, completing any cut off daisies with a black marker. It is quite hard to see but I have a strip of black grosgrain ribbon across the bottom with a knot tied on it. I didn’t want to matte the whole picture so I placed a black strip at the bottom and added a thin frame on the image with a marker.
Thanks for dropping in.
Supplies:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Inks: Brocade Blue, Summer Sun, Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black
Cardstock: Whisper White, Brocade Blue(card base), Basic Black
Also: Black grosgrain ribbon, black Stampin’ marker
A modern edge
Posted: January 24, 2009 Filed under: Stamp Simply challenges 5 CommentsI have some new toys that arrived this week so I decided to use them for Sharon’s Stamp Simply challenge and the CPS sketch challenge as well. Sharon asked us to keep it modern, and CPS gave us the option of choosing any sketch from the 99 they have posted so far. Unfortunately I didn’t get my card up in time to enter the competition on CPS, but they have a new competition starting tomorrow with anniversary give aways and chances to be published.
I chose sketch #7 and tried out my new Forest Branches cuttlebug embossing folder. To make it modern I was thinking of a clean layout with minimal embellishments. I stamped the trees three times in Always Artichoke then punched them out with a 1¼” circle punch. I have matted the tree circles with a very thin black matte and highlighted the split in the card, again with black. I chose a bold unadorned sentiment to stay modern.
Supplies:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy,Single tree stamp from I know not where?
Inks: Always Artichoke, Basic Black
Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Going Gray, Whisper White
Also: Forest Branches embossing folder(cuttlebug) Nestabilities circle die(Spellbinders) ,1¼” circle punch
Snowscape
Posted: January 22, 2009 Filed under: Stamped Landscapes 4 Comments
I started out with a landscape orientation for this scene but ended up chopping chunks off both sides. As with other snowy scenes I’ve done I tore pieces of paper to mask off the sky and the snow. The stamp is a small three tree stamp which a friend passed on to me.
I started by tearing a jagged piece of paper for the mountains and a wavy piece for the snowy hill below the mountains. With the mountain mask in place I sponged the sky with Bashful Blue and Brocade Blue. I then added the hill mask and covered the sky to sponge the mountains in Night of Navy. I stamped trees in Going Grey over the navy and further down also.
The foreground trees I stamped in Basic Black, then restamped slightly higher in versamark before embossing in clear. This left a snowy outline around the top of the trees. In real life the trees are very black but in the picture the light has reflected off the embossing making it look whiter. I did a bit more sponging on the snowy hill with Bashful Blue and then realized that such a snowy scene needed snowy mountains not plain navy ones. To add snowy tops to the mountains I masked the sky again and sponged versamark along the top edge of the mountains. After sprinkling white embossing powder on the versamark I used a small paintbrush to brush off some of the powder before I heated it.
I realize that a tutorial might make more sense than my description, I’ll try to manage one soon. I know I’ve said that before…
Supplies:
Stamps: Three Tree stamp (Embossing Arts), Hugs and Wishes
Inks: Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue, Basic Black, versamark
Cardstock: Whisper White, Brocade Blue, Basic Black
Birthday pair
Posted: January 21, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper Leave a comment
I picked up a few pieces of paper on sale at Michaels the other day and decided to make birthday cards. In my stash I have quite a bunch of blank cards and several thank yous but very few birthday cards, which means that I usually reach for a blank one. So in the interests of building up the birthday supply I made these two.
There is not much to either card, just designer paper, ribbon and punched flowers. for the card below I punched the flowers and then ran the Rose Red marker around the edges. I stuck them on the white card and then punched out the centres before sticking the white onto the Rose Red matte. The flowers on the card above just happen to be the size as the littlest one in the Boho Blossoms punch.
Supplies:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Hugs and Wishes
Inks: More Mustard, Rose Red
Cardstock: Whisper White, Rose Red, Marigold Morning, Simply Fabulous dp (Making Memories)
Also: Mustard and Rose grosgrain ribbon, Boho Blossoms punch
No Stamps involved
Posted: January 16, 2009 Filed under: Rub-ons 1 Comment
That’s right I didn’t do any stamping on this card, I just had a good look at what was on the sheet of Chateau Bella rub-ons and went from there. I have used this layout numerous times, I first CASEd it from the talented Laurie Schmidlin some time ago, and I keep coming back to it. I think the chocolate and vanilla looks classy together without the addition of any other colours, just textures and patterns.
The strip down the side, the patterned circle and the sentiment are all rub-ons, the rest is just layering, nine of them to be exact!
My friend Sharon, from No Time to Stamp is celebrating her birthday today so pop over to see her latest Stamp Simply Challenge featuring a beautiful vintage style card.
I would like to settle down for some stamping time now but my craft table is in the basement and it is too cold tonight. Outside it is -23°C (that’s -9°F) so I might just have to go to bed instead!
Supplies:
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Bella Rose d.p.
Also: Chateau Bella Rub-ons, Chocolate grosgrain ribbon.
Blue Thank You
Posted: January 14, 2009 Filed under: Upsy Daisy Leave a comment
Who would have guessed the difference a new black stamp pad would make!? I have been reinking my well used black stamp pad, but as it was beginning to come apart I bought a new one. Wow,it was so much easier to get a good silhouette.
I sponged the sky first for this card, leaving a lighter patch for something. I didn’t really know what when I started the card, sometimes that is just how my cards develop. Neither Brocade Blue or Ballet Blue were quite what I wanted so the sponging is a combination of both plus Bashful Blue. I didn’t want to put anything too dominating in the space so I split the whole piece into three and stamped a blue flower in a square for the ‘thank you’ rub-on.
Thanks for droppng in.
Supplies:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Inks: Ballet Blue, Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue, Basic BLack
Cardstock: Whisper White, Ballet Blue, Basic Black
Also: Chateau Bella Rub-ons
Happiness is
Posted: January 13, 2009 Filed under: Happiness is a Journey, Upsy Daisy 1 Comment
The Featured Stamper on Splitcoast last Sunday was Jaydekay. I haven’t had a chance to play for a while, but I managed to browse through Judy’s beautiful gallery on Sunday afternoon and find some inspiration.
I chose Judy’s card here
To make mine I punched the sun out of a post it note and used it to mask a circle while I sponged the sky with Apricot Appeal, Real Rust and Always Artichoke. I then stamped the daisies in artichoke and drew around their edges with a pinky-gold gel pen. To make the clouds I ripped thin strips out of a piece of paper and sponged through the spaces.
Supplies:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Happiness is a Journey
Inks: Apricot Appeal, Always Artichoke, Real Rust
Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Real Rust, Very Vanilla
Also: Sakura GellyRoll Metallic gel pen
Stampers Dream January Challenge
Posted: January 10, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper, Garden Whimsy 4 Comments
I haven’t tried a Stampers Dream challenge before but I was inspired by the sketch when I saw it on Laurie’s blog.
All the paper is Berry Bliss designer paper which I co-ordinated with a Pretty in Pink card and a Whisper White oval for the butterfly. I started with a little faux stitching around the butterfly, then a little more around the rectangles and so on. I have stamped a smaller butterfly inside the card and added a little stitching there as well. I keep meaning to get out my sewing machine and try some real stitching, but the marker works so well… The happy birthday is hand written and there is pink sponging around the butterfly.
Thanks for stopping by.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Whimsy
Inks: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Whisper white, Pretty in Pink, Berry Bliss designer paper
Also: Pink gingham ribbon, Close to Cocoa Stampin marker, Creative Memories oval cutters
Still winter
Posted: January 9, 2009 Filed under: Lovely as a Tree, Snowflakes, Stamp Simply challenges, Stamped Landscapes 2 CommentsMy children are big Narnia fans, so when I saw Sharon’s challenge this week I thought of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe where in Narnia it is “always winter, but never Christmas”. So although, we may use the same stamps we used at Christmas, the challenge is to make a card that says “Winter” It is very much “still winter” here and we had a snowstorm this week to prove it.
For my card I decided to continue playing with the snowy landscape idea, once again using Lovely as a Tree. I punched a small moon out of a post it note and tore a strip of paper to mask my snow at the bottom. I sponged in all the sky first using summer sun, apricot appeal and pumpkin pie. Then I stamped the background trees in grey with the mask still in place. I then swapped the mask over and covered the sponged sky and lightly stamped the trees upside down to try and make a shadow. It didn’t work that well so I sponged more shadow in grey. Finally I stamped two black trees and a greeting.
It’s nice to be stamping again. Thanks for stopping by.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Snowflakes
Inks: Summer Sun, Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Going Gray
Cardstock: Whisper White, Apricot Appeal, Going Grey, Basic Black
Heather Telford 