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
Sponged butterflies
Posted: February 5, 2008 Filed under: Garden Whimsy Leave a comment
Another card from our card making challenge the other night. I like the soft effect of resist embossing, I used clear embossing powder on Vanilla cardstock and then sponged with Bashful Blue, More Mustard and Mellow Moss. You can’t tell but the gingham ribbon is layered over taffeta ribbon.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Whimsy, Whimsy jumbo roller
Inks: Mellow Moss, Versamark, Bashful Blue, More Mustard
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Bashful Blue, Le Jardin Designer paper, Very Vanilla
Also: Moss gingham ribbon, Blue taffeta ribbon, Clear e.p, corner rounder
Leaves
Posted: February 5, 2008 Filed under: Designer Paper, Lovely as a Tree Leave a comment
As A11 and I were creating the other night she noticed that most of my cards featured flowers or butterflies. It is harder to create cards for males but I think this one could be a man’s birthday card. It is one of the cards inspired by someone else’s sketch. Debbie Olsen posted this sketch on her beautiful blog the other day. The card was very quick to make as I used a strip of designer paper for the vertical panel.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Fundamental Phrases
Inks: Wild Wasbi, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, Porcelain Prints d.p.
Also: corner rounder punch, stampin dimensionals
Le Jardin with hearts
Posted: February 3, 2008 Filed under: Designer Paper, Priceless Leave a comment 
I played with the paper for a long time before I settled on this layout. The paper in this pack reminds me of pretty cotton quilting fabrics and I wanted that kind of effect in the card. It could be a Valentine card but as I don’t send Valentines I thought I would leave it blank and then stamp a sentiment when I decided who I would give it to. I gave the paper a frayed looking edge by scraping my fingernail along the edge and then pushing it up a little. The torn edge of the card was inked directly with the stamp pad.
Supplies:
Stamps: Priceless
Inks: Versamark, So Saffron, Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Whisper White, Le Jardin Designer paper, Always Artichoke, River Rock, So Saffron
Also: Glassy Glaze e.p., Stampin’ dimensionals, Apricot & Cream grosgrain ribbon
Cards by my girls
Posted: February 1, 2008 Filed under: Garden Whimsy, My Kid's cards Leave a comment
My older daughter has a simple classic style as you can see in the card above. The little butterfly is a single stamp I have had for years and have no idea where it comes from. She stamped the sentiment in the same colour as the cardstock along the bottom.
My younger daughter likes a bit of sparkle. Once again it was a bit hard to photograph but she embossed the butterfly from Garden Whimsy with iridescent ice and then sponged around it.
Time for stripes
Posted: January 27, 2008 Filed under: Time Well Spent 1 Comment
Here is another card which I coloured while recovering in bed. This time I used watercolour pencils, trying to match colours from Le Jardin designer papers.
Supplies:
Stamps: Time Well Spent, Hugs and Wishes
Inks: Basic Black
Cardstock: Whisper White, Le Jardin Designer paper, Almost Artichoke, River Rock
Also: Watercolour pencils, Stampin’ dimensionals
More pretty petals
Posted: January 26, 2008 Filed under: Pick a Petal 1 Comment
While I was sick in bed, I had this set, my markers and plenty of time to colour. I coloured each petal in Regal Rose and then each little flower in Rose Red. Another day I cut them out and it wasn’t until I was up and about again that I made it into a card. To make the background I stamped the canvas stamp in Pretty in Pink and then added the little flowers and the Rose Red sponging.
Supplies:
Stamps: Pick a Petal, Stem Sayings
Inks: Regal Rose, Rose Red markers and stamp pads, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Whisper White, Regal Rose, Rose Red
Also: Stampin’ dimensionals
Stripes and swirls
Posted: January 20, 2008 Filed under: Priceless 1 Comment
More cards using designer paper. I have only started using it in the last few months but I am really enjoying all the colour combinations and background patterns.
These two cards were not hard to make as the designer paper takes up most of the card. I like the way the swirl from Priceless coordinates with the swirls in the stripes.
Supplies:
Stamps: Priceless, Fundamental Phrases
Inks: Almost Artichoke
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Le Jardin Designer paper, Almost Artichoke, River Rock
Also: Antique brass brads, ticket corner punch
Heather Telford 