Shadows
Posted: August 10, 2008 Filed under: Baroque Motifs, Garden silhouettes, My Kid's cards Leave a comment
Here are the other two cards that A12 made recently. I think both turned out beautifully. She did an expert job on the shadowing of the sentiment in the card above and created a nice faded motif on the card below.
Supplies:
Stamps:Garden Silhouettes, All Year Cheer, Baroque Motifs, Graceful Words
Inks: Not quite Navy,Taken with Teal, Gold, Summer Sun
Cardstock: Not quite Navy, Taken with Teal, Summer Sun, Whisper White, Natural White, Brushed Gold
Pink Simplicity
Posted: August 8, 2008 Filed under: My Kid's cards Leave a commentWhile I have not had a chance to make any more cards my daughters have, so I will post a few created by A12. L14 made a card with the Great Wall on it for a friend from the China trip but unfortunately I didn’t get it photographed before it was given. A12’s cards have been made to go in the stash. The pink one below is a simple but very pretty design using one set and one colour with white.
Supplies:
Stamps: In Full Bloom
Inks: Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink
Thoughts of China
Posted: July 28, 2008 Filed under: Garden silhouettes, Stamped Landscapes 1 Comment
It has been over a month since I had anything to share here on my card blog. There is a reason. My girls and I have been to China and back. I intended to write a short post before I left explaining why and where we were going but with all the preparations I ran out of time. If you are interested you can read about our trip on my family blog. While I was away I was on the lookout for cards or even stamps made with Chinese motives and artwork, but I did not see much. I did buy my younger daughter a marble stamp with her name written in Chinese characters, but I didn’t think of buying myself one to stamp on my cards!
One of the places we visited was Huangshan or Yellow Mountain. It was enveloped in fog the day we climbed but the following day as we walked through an art gallery I saw many impressions of what we had missed. There were the somewhat familiar images of mountains and blossoms with whispy clouds around the slopes. That is what I have tried to recreate in these cards. In the gallery there was a series of four paintings showing a misty mountain side with branches of flowers in the foreground. Each one represented a different season.
To create my two cards I tore the mountain shapes out of a piece of card and used the negative piece as a stencil. I sponged in Night of Navy, Always Artichoke and Basic Black. Then I stamped the blossom stamp from Garden silhouettes in Rose Red on one card and Pumpkin Pie on the other. To create some variation in the blossoms I blended with a blender pen and highlighted with a marker. I used a black marker to trace over the stems. On the orange blossom card I wanted to create a light dusting of snow so I added dots and sprinkles of snow on the blossoms with an embossing marker and then used white embossing powder. The pink blossom card is mounted on black then artichoke and finally over two pieces of olive organza ribbon. The orange blossom card is mounted on black , artichoke and pumpkin pie.
Supplies:
Stamps:Garden Silhouettes
Inks: Always Artichoke, Night of Navy, Basic Black, Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie
Cardstock: Watercolour paper, Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie
Also: Olive organza ribbon, white embossing powder
Brocade gift set (cont.)
Posted: June 24, 2008 Filed under: Cuttlebug, Designer Paper 1 CommentI did not get back to the gifts for my friend’s birthday until Friday night and then gave it all to her on Saturday without getting good photos of everything. If I get a chance I will try and take some photos of the rest of the gifts. I do have photos of two more cards which were part of a box of greeting cards. I managed to find a nice woven box to put everything in. (You wouldn’t know that the photos from the last post and these ones show cards from the same set as I have very warm yellow light in the first ones and cold grey light in these.)
The card above features a clear embossed flourish on vanilla cardstock with river rock sponging over the top. To give the background some depth I stamped the flourish lightly and unevenly in river rock and did a little sponging as well.
You can’t see them very well but the three squares on the card above were embossed with the cuttlebug using one of the formal squares folders. The design co-ordinated so well with the background designer paper that I didn’t add anything else.
Supplies:
Stamps:With Gratitude, Baroque motifs
Inks: River Rock, versmark
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, River Rock
Also: Brocade Backgrounds designer paper, formal squares embossing folder
Brocade gift set
Posted: June 15, 2008 Filed under: Designer Paper 1 Comment
A dear friend of mine has a birthday next weekend, so I am working on some co-ordinating gifts. These two cards will be part of a box of cards with different greetings. I haven’t worked out exactly what the other gifts will be, other than one will definitely involve chocolate. I took my inspiration from some of the colours of her house and her love of old things. As you can see these two cards have minimal stamping, the design is in the co-ordinating papers. I will post some more during the week as I get them made.
Supplies:
Stamps: All Year Cheer, Baroque motifs, Hugs & Wishes
Inks: River Rock
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, River Rock
Also: Brocade Backgrounds, Lace
Soft subtle spots
Posted: June 6, 2008 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 Comment
Here is another card that just grew out of a random idea. I noticed my new circle punch sitting in the drawer and decided to punch out some holes and use it as a stencil. I sponged with Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue and Pretty in Pink and realised that I need to turn it into a baby card. As you can see there isn’t much to the card, some spots, a word and some ribbon, it’s all in the co-ordinating colours.
Supplies:
Stamps: Hugs and Wishes
Inks: Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Whisper White,Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink
Also: Pink and Blue gingham ribbons, 1/2′ circle punch
Black, white and green
Posted: June 4, 2008 Filed under: Boho Backgrounds 1 Comment
Sharon issued another great stamp simply challenge last week at No Time to Stamp. We had to complete our project using black, white and one other colour. I chose Certainly Celery. This was one of those cards which just evolved as I stamped. After I stamped the background stamp from Boho Backgrounds it made me think of a piece of dress fabric so I added a ‘sash’ and a ‘buckle’. Once again I found a sentiment in the rub-ons. It is worth buying the rub-ons just for all the extra words and greetings.
Supplies:
Stamps: Boho Backgrounds
Inks: Black
Cardstock: Whisper White, Black, Certainly Celery
Also: Cherished memories rub-ons
Two fold card
Posted: May 25, 2008 Filed under: Designer Paper Leave a comment
This is a card I made last weekend but didn’t get photographed until just the other day. Once again I am relying on the pretty patterns in the designer paper for most of the card. I haven’t made a two-fold card in a long time so it was fun to work out the logistics for this one. I was inspired by other peoples’ designs along these lines. In the picture above the card is sitting open to show you where the folds are and the different sizes of each panel.
I chose two papers from Le Jardin designer paper pack and matted one with Always Artichoke and the other with So Saffron. Then I sponged and stamped faintly corners of the flourish stamp from Baroque Motifs on a square to create a background for the sentiment “From the Heat”. I triple matted the sentiment square and then attached it to the smaller side panel so that when closed it would be in the centre.
Supplies:
Stamps: All Year Round, Baroque Motifs
Inks: Always Artichoke, So Saffron
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, So Saffron, Le Jardin Designer paper
Lace and panels
Posted: May 19, 2008 Filed under: One of a Kind 1 Comment
This is another card I made for Sharon’s Stamp Simply Challenge #35, where we had to use three panels. Like the last one I stamped my design as one panel and then cut it into three once all the colour had been added. I started by embossing on Vanilla cardstock with clear embossing powder and then sponged over the embossing. This time I split the panels a little further apart and matted each one separately. At this stage it was looking a little like tie dye so I decided to continue the shabby chic type of feel and add scallops and lace. When I was digging through my lace basket I realised there are some nice pieces in there which might also make their way onto cards.
I cut the scallops along the bottom using my corner rounder punch with the guide removed and sponged the edge. Inside the card I also sponged all around the edges leaving the centre blank to write in.
Supplies:
Stamps: One of a Kind
Inks: Rose Red, Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke
Also: Clear embossing powder, lace
Boughs and blessings
Posted: May 17, 2008 Filed under: Infinite Goodness 1 Comment
Often when I look at Sharon’s Stamp Simply Challenge I find she has suggested something I haven’t tried before, but this week her challenge features a technique I’ve tried several times. The challenge is to feature three panels on your card. The method I often use to do this is to stamp a design across a rectangle of card stock and then cut it into three panels. For this card I spread the panels slightly apart and adhered them to one matte.
The branches are stamped in chocolate chip, coloured with watercolour pencils and blended with a blender pen. I sponged the edges with bashful blue and added the word ‘blessings’. It was very relaxing to finally be stamping again!
Supplies:
Stamps: Infinite Goodness, Graceful words
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate chip, Green Galore
Also: Apple green grosgrain ribbon, watercolour pencils
Heather Telford 