Sun behind daisies

I 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.

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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

Blue Thank You

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.

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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

Red Daisies

As I’ve said often, designer paper can make the card.  The only other elements here are one stamp and a piece of hemp twine!  When I was trying out my new stamps and papers both my daughters were away on a violin retreat. They are my critics and advisors when they are here, but my son was happy to give me his opinion which was a thumbs up for this one.   My poor neglected garden has several patches of bright and cheery blackeyed Susans at the moment so I picked some and brought them inside today.  I might try using this stamp with yellow and black as well.

Supplies:

Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Inks: Riding Hood Red
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Pirouette Pink, Bella Rose designer paper
Also: Red Hemp twine

Fresh Daisies

I have new stamps!
I ended up buying three silhouette sets which really appealed to me, plus an Asian style set, which caught eye as anything Chinese does at the moment.  The card above is my first design with the Upsy Daisy set, I didn’t set out to make it with only one stamp set and one colour but I like the simplicity.  You can barely see it, but the background has the daisies stamped at the top even lighter than the image at the bottom of the card.  I wanted the sentiment to look like a sign hanging from a mailbox or something similiar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Inks: Brocade Blue
Cardstock: Brocade Blue, Very Vanilla
Also:Twill tape, brads of unknown origin, horizontal slot punch