Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge

This week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday has another fun challenge for you!  It's easy to play along!  When you have created your project based on the sketch below, you then simply load your wonderful card HERE.

I pulled out a set I haven't used in a while, Bordering on Romance, for my card.  I stamped the flower image twice, once on a scrap piece of Very Vanilla and then on a 2-1/4" x 3" piece of VV.  I watercolored just the flowers on the scrap piece of VV using Calypso Coral, and then cut them out.  Here's the details:

Stamps: Bordering on Romance, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, So Saffron, Lucky Limeade, Basic Black
Papers: Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Tea for Two DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Apothecary Accent Dies, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Pearls, Border Punch, Corner Punch, CAD, Watercolor Brush, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots, Scissors

LNS Winning Pinterest Challenge Card!

This week's LNS challenge is to case a card from Pinterest.  If you have ever been on PI  you know there are some wonderful samples posted on this site, and I find I can get lost on this site for hours!  I needed a card for a bridal shower and choose to case a card made by the incredibly talented Karen Barber.  If you have a PI account you can see Karen's card HERE and you can find the link to her blog HERE.

I used the soon to be retired In-Color, Concord Crush, for this card because that is the bride-to-be color.  I stamped the flower image from Bordering on Romance 3x using a Basic Black IP on a scrap piece of Whisper White c/s.  I then just watercolored in the leaves using a Pear Pizzazz IP, and then cut out the leaves/flowers.  I then stamped the same flower image 3x on a scrap piece of Whisper White using a Black StazOn IP, and cut out just the flowers.  I do have to apologize for the way the color came out - the flowers look more blue than purple......I don't have the best lightening in my craft room.

I ran a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Very Vanilla through my Big Shot using the Finial Press EF and then dry embossed the bottom of the card front using one of the EF from the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions EF from the soon to expire Occasions Mini.  I then added some pearls and added some Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon.  Here's the details:

Stamps: Bordering on Romance
Inks: Concord Crush, Basic Black, Black StazOn
Papers: Very Vanilla, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot, Finial Press EF, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions EF, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Pearls, Watercolor Brush, Dimensionals, Scissors, Paper Piercing Tool

SCS Creative Crew Challenge

I made the following card for the April SCS Creative Crew Sketch Challenge.  I stamped the flower image 4 times on scrap pieces of Whisper White.  I watercolored just the main flowers with Blushing Bride on just 2 of the images, and then cut them out.  I watercolored the leaves with Pear Pizzazz and the smaller flowers with Poppy Parade, and then cut out those images.  I layered the cut out flowers on main image using Dimensionals.  Here is the sketch that I used for the card:

And here is my card along with the recipe:

Stamps: Bordering on Romance
Inks: Basic Black, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade
Papers: Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Blushing Bride Patterns DSP Stack
Accessories: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelits Die, Perfect Polka Dots EF, 1-3/8" Square Punch, 3/8" Pear Pizzazz Pleated Satin Ribbon, Pearls, Watercolor Brush Dimensionals, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots, Scissors

Spring LNS Card and Purse

Happy Easter everyone!  I am posting 2 quick projects that I made for this week's LNS challenge - which was to make something that relates to spring!  Love that we are having a very early spring and I love seeing everything coming into bloom; now to figure out how to keep the deer from eating everything in my yard.....

The first project is a thank you card that we did at a stamp camp and is cased from a card that the very talented Gayle Wheeler did.  You can find Gayle's blog HERE.  This is a very simple, yet elegant spring type of card to make that suits many different occasions.  I scored the lines 1/2" from the edge using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool.  I stamped the flowers with a StazOn IP and then colored the images in with Rose Red, Wild Wasabi and So Saffron inks.

Stamps: Bordering on Romance, Just Believe (saying)
Inks: Rose Red, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Black StazOn
Papers: Whisper White
Accessories: Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Watercolor Brush, Pearls, Scissors, Dimensionals

The second project I made was a purse using the Petite Purse Die from the sneak peak promotion SU! is running this month.  These little purses are so cute and are so easy to make!  There are so many different ways to accent these little purses and they are very easy to use an embossing folder with.

Papers: Calypso Coral, Everyday Enchantment SAB DSP, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: Big Shot, Petite Purse Die, Vintage Wallpaper EF, BoHo Punch, Bird Punch, Natural Brad, Pear Pizzazz Ribbon, Paper Piercing Tool, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots

Bordering on Romance Note Card

I made the following 3" x 3" note card using the Bordering on Romance set from the current Occasions mini.  I stamp the flower image twice on a scrap piece of Whisper White c/s.  On one image I colored in just the leaves using a Wild Wasabi marker, and cut out the entire image.  For the other image I just water colored in the flowers using Pink Pirouette and Rose Red inkpads, and then I cut out just the flower images.  I then layered the colored in flowers over the other image using Dimensionals.  I used the our awesome Simply Scored scoring tool and dry embossed a line 3/8" from each edge on a 2-7/8" x 2-7/8" piece of Whisper White c/s.   I stamped "thank you" from Teeny Tiny Wishes using a Rose Red ink, and then mounted the flowers using a Dimensional.  I then mounted that on a 3" x 3" piece of Pink Pirouette cardstock.  Very simple and very cute!  The 3" x 3" note cards work well with our 3-1/8" x 3-1/8" envelopes.

Stamps: Bordering on Romance, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black
Papers: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Water Color Brush, Pearls, SAMJ, Dimensionals, 3-1/8" x 3-1/8" Mini Envelopes