Friday, May 4, 2012

A Rainbow of Daisies

Here's another sample of sponging that I demo'd the other night.  I saw Stampin' Celebration sketch challenge #54 full of rainbows here and thought that would be another perfect way to demo sponging.  All of the card stock used here is Whisper White.  Any color has been done with sponging. :)  Can you tell I love sponging...and do it all the time! lol





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Card Stock:  Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight
Wild Wasabi, Island Indigo & Elegant Eggplant
Punch:  1/2" Circle
Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice
Bigz Die:  Daisies Flower #2
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist
Sponges!


Fabulous Florets Sponged Flowers

Sponging demonstration!  That's what I made this card for.  For some crazy reason I volunteered myself to do a demo at my upline's meeting again.  I survived...barely. lol  Actually I love the demo meetings and they've really brought me out of my "way too shy" shell.   I didn't want to do too much thinking (talk about lazy! lol), so I used a couple of colors on flowers that I had made before and used the sketch challenge Less is More for my card's design.




Zoomed in a bit...


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Stamp Set:  Fabulous Florets
Card Stock:  Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral & Wild Wasabi
Embossing Powder:  White
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist
Simply Scored Scoring Tool

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Nature Silhouettes

Today's card is for my brother-in-law, so Happy Birthday to you!  I really do enjoy making masculine cards and would love to have more sets out there.  Here's hoping Stampin' Up! comes out with at least four or five really great ones in the new catalog because this one is retiring. 


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Stamp Sets:  Nature Silhouettes & On Your Birthday
Card Stock:  Early Espresso, Night of Navy, 
Always Artichoke & Very Vanilla
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Early Espresso
Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice  

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Thinking of You

Today's card is for a coworker who lost her mother-in-law Sunday.  I know the "Live, Laugh & Love" sounds unusual on a Thinking of You or a Sympathy card, but she posted a tribute to her mother-in-law telling everyone how she lived out these three words everyday in her life.  It was very touching and when I read it I thought of the stamp that had these words (minus the happy birthday!) and knew I wanted to add them to the card I sent her.


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Stamp Sets:  Apothecary Art, On Your Birthday & Curly Cute
Card Stock:  Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette & Very Vanilla
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Baja Breeze & Pink Pirouette
Stamp and Write Markers:  Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink & Wild Wasabi
Edgelits Dies:  Adorning Accents
Embossing folders:  Adorning Accents
Framelits Dies:  Labels Collection


Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Blossom Birthday


Today's card is one I made for my mother-in-law's birthday.  I saw a video for a neat card idea here from Julie Davison and decided to give it a try.  I did change the dimensions a bit to make it a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4 " card and instead of adding the DSP to the card, I used a sheet of the DSP...that's because I don't have any paper that's 12 x 12" and that's the size you need to make this card.  I really wish pictures turned out as nicely as what we see in person, because this is really an elegant card.





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Stamp Sets:  Old retired ones!
Card Stock:  Mocha Morning Specialty DSP, Basic Blalck and Crumb Cake
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Basic Black
StazOn:  Black
Punches:  Blossom, Decorative Label, 1" Circle & 3/4" Circle
Jewels:  Basic Pearls
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sunday, April 29, 2012

RHSSC 34 - Thoughts of You

Welcome to another Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge.  I really wasn't sure what I was going to do for this sketch, but finally decided to use one of my favorite color combos with the stamp set Inspired by Nature...one of my favorite sets that's retiring. :(   Head on over to the Red Hot Stampers blog to check out a few more sketches.  If you're game play along. :)




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Stamp Sets:  Inspired by Nature & Loving Thoughts
Card Stock:  Marina Mist, Perfect Plum & Whisper White
Stampin' Write Markers:  Marina Mist, Perfect Plum & Wild Wasabi
Bigz Die:  Circle Scallop #2
Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots
Circle Scissor Plus
Brads:  Glimmer Brights
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist
  

Friday, April 27, 2012

Happy Mother's Day

My last card for my April stamp a stack was a Mother's Day card.  I couldn't decide between the pink and purple so I went with both and let them decide what color they wanted to do.  I got my inspiration for this card from mamaxsix on Splitcoaststampers.  Hopefully  you can view her lovely card here


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  Wisteria Wonder, Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Wisteria Wonder & Pretty in Pink
Punches:  Bojo Blossoms & Bird Builder
Embossing Folder:  Designer Frames
Jewels:  Basic Pearls
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist