Black, white and rock
Posted: February 28, 2008 Filed under: Boho Backgrounds, One of a Kind 1 Comment
I thought this card would come together easily as I was using Tuesday’s colour challenge CC155 from Splitcoast and Wednesday’s sketch challenge SC165. I did not need to choose colours or layout; that was done for me. Unfortunately it still took a while as I played with mattes and sizes and patterns. I do like these colours together, it is just a slight variation on the two colour designs I have been doing lately. The background stamp on the top right rectangle is stamped in black and the petals coloured with a not-so-healthy, white gel pen. You get the idea, but it would probably pop more if the white petals were brighter.
Supplies:
Stamps: Boho Backgrounds, One of a Kind
Inks: Black
Cardstock: Whisper White, Black, River Rock
Also: Circle punches, white gel pen
Flowers for you
Posted: February 26, 2008 Filed under: Boho Backgrounds, One of a Kind 2 Comments
I had this design in my head before the stamps arrived so it was fun to see if it would work once I received them. Stamping the Boho background stamp across the rectangular piece diagonally gave me a path of flowers on which to lay the larger ones from the One of a Kind set. I stamped a few flowers in Ruby red on white card and embossed some in white e.p. on Ruby cardstock. I punched some out with the coordinating punch and others I cut by hand before arranging and sticking them down. White eyelets are added to the centres of three.
Supplies:
Stamps: Boho Backgrounds, One of a Kind
Cardstock: Whisper white, Ruby Red
Ink: Ruby Red, Versamark
Also: Boho blossoms punch, white embossing powder, white eyelets
China Blue
Posted: February 23, 2008 Filed under: Boho Backgrounds 4 Comments
I have had a chance to play with one of new sets, Boho Backgrounds. The fine detail on the stamps combined with the Ballet Blue ink and cardstock reminded me of patterns on china plates. The layout is my take on Beate’s Weekend Sketch. I have sponged the edges of the large rectangle and the most of the small rectangle. To highlight the flower circle I embossed in white and raised it with stampin’ dimensionals. Punching out the circular image with the scallop punch from SU would have been quicker than cutting by hand but I don’t have that punch!
Supplies:
Stamps: Boho Backgrounds, Fundamental Phrases
Cardstock: Whisper white, Ballet Blue
Ink: Ballet Blue, Versamark
Also: corner rounder punch, white embossing powder, stampin’ dimensionals
Subtle shades
Posted: February 22, 2008 Filed under: Garden silhouettes 1 Comment
Sharon from No Time to Stamp posted a sketch challenge last week. I completed the card over the weekend but only managed to photograph it today. I like the soft shades of blue and green in Le Jardin set of designer paper. If I did it again I think I would use blue instead of moss ribbon.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes
Inks: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Le Jardin Designer paper, Almost Artichoke, River Rock, Mellow Moss
Also: Moss grosgrain ribbon
Last pink petals, for now
Posted: February 20, 2008 Filed under: Pick a Petal Leave a comment 
I say it is the last pink petals card, but you never know. I couldn’t bring myself to cut off the petals so I will have to find an envelope to fit or give the card without an envelope.
I did receive some new stamps today so hopefully there will be some new sets featured very soon.
Supplies:
Stamps: Pick a Petal, Graceful Words
Inks: Regal Rose, Always Artichoke markers and stamp pads
Cardstock: Whisper White, Regal Rose, Always Artichoke
Late Valentine
Posted: February 16, 2008 Filed under: All Through the Year, Priceless, Time Well Spent Leave a comment
I should have posted this one on Valentine’s Day, it is a valentine A11 made . I was impressed with the way she combined the hearts from three different sets in the one pretty card.
Supplies:
Stamps: Priceless, All Through the Year, Time Well Spent, Fundamental Phrases, So Swirly jumbo wheel
Cardstock: Cameo Coral, Blush Blossom, Whisper White
Inks: Cameo Coral
Also: Corner rounder punch
Only in black and white
Posted: February 13, 2008 Filed under: Priceless 1 Comment
Black and white are generally not the colours I use to make cards but I really like the striking effect of these cards. On the card above I embossed the hearts with black e.p. but I did not emboss the swirls behind. The white swirl and sentiment are rub-ons. On the card below you can see a difference in the black of the circle images and the black of the flowers. The circled flowers are embossed where the flowers in the lower half are not. I used a mask of a flower to stamp them repeatedly without overlap showing. Again I used white rub-ons.
I am going to make more in black and white and would love to see other people’s designs. Leave me a link in the comment section if you have some black and white designs to share. Thanks for stopping by.
Supplies:
Stamps: Priceless
Inks: Black, Versamark
Cardstock: Whisper White, Black
Also: Circle punches, square punches, black e.p., Cherished Memories rub-ons, black and white grosgrain ribbon, black velvet ribbon (behind the circles)
Red and white hearts
Posted: February 10, 2008 Filed under: Priceless 1 Comment
I have been playing with one colour designs lately, one colour plus white or cream that is. The swirls in the Priceless set make pretty borders or corner details. To create the dots on the left hand side I stamped the flower and then punched the centre with a ¼” punch. If I made this card again I think I would leave out the dots on the side and make the large design stretch across the whole card. To shape the corners on the mattes I punched with the ticket corner punch through both the vanilla and red rectangles creating spaces for the red brads.
Supplies:
Stamps: Priceless, Hugs and Wishes
Inks: Real Red
Cardstock: Real Red, Very Vanilla
Also: ¼” circle punch, square punches, Red brads
Thinking of you
Posted: February 9, 2008 Filed under: Designer Paper, My Kid's cards, Time Well Spent Leave a comment
My daughter A11 made this one the night we worked together to fill my board. It is a simple design but once again the designer paper makes it very pretty.
Supplies:
Stamps: Time Well Spent, Warmest Regards
Inks: Almost Artichoke, Bashful Blue
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Le Jardin Designer paper, Almost Artichoke, Bashful Blue
Also: Cream organdy ribbon
Pink petals again?
Posted: February 8, 2008 Filed under: Pick a Petal 1 Comment
I really thought this would be the last pink, pick a petal card, but no, I have another that I designed for my Open House tomorrow night. Perhaps that will be my last. I do have some blue and yellow petals stamped and cut out, but not made into cards yet. The petals of this one were inked with regal rose and rose red markers then matted in rose red cardstock.
Supplies:
Stamps: Pick a Petal, Stem Sayings
Inks: Regal Rose, Rose Red markers and stamp pads
Cardstock: Whisper White, Regal Rose, Rose Red
Also: Stampin’ dimensionals
Heather Telford 