Birthday Girl

Yes, I'm actually posting a card I made - felt so good to be working with this familiar canvas again :) This little cutie was created with the sketch over at CPS in mind, although I admit I took a few liberties with it. I stamped the little girl and added a touch of color with prismacolor pencils, rounded the corners and inked the edges, then added the sentiment and mounted it over the three background strips. I love the happy colors, and it's even nice & flat for mailing. Beauteous!

Girl image: Cornish Heritage Farms, sentiment PaperTrey, and paper BasicGrey Junebug

Sheesh...

Ever have one of those cards where NOTHING goes right? I started out to make a card based on a sketch from another blog. Pulled together the paper and stamps I wanted to use. This should be simple, right? Well, turns out the stamp had a dead spot (which I finally admitted to myself after stamping it about 8 times with different inks, papers, etc.). Guess I'll be contacting the manufacturer about that. I tried a few other images, but nothing was clicking with the sketch. I then pulled out this swirly flower - the phone rang, startling me, and making for quite a smeary image. Dropped my ink pad and messed up the second image. Then the kids were fighting, so by the time I made it back to my workspace, I had forgotten my glorious plan. Oh, well. This is what finally came together. It looks nothing like the initial sketch, but it's done. I'll just pretend that I can't see the rough condition of that poor flower or the bumps in the ribbon from the glue dots (and I'm reminded of why I don't like satin ribbon). But I *do* like the end of the ribbon off on the side there. See, something postive! No more ink or rubbah for me today - I think it would be best for all of us if I take a break :) Stamps: Inkadinkado and Paper Trey, Paper: Chatterbox

Day Brighteners

I needed a break from the red, black and white color combo (sheesh, I've been using that a lot!). I didn't have a lot of time, but wanted to make a couple cards. I pulled out this embossed vellum from K&Co that I've had for years. I love the design, but just couldn't decide what to do with it. Well, I decided to just cut out a few of the images and start playing! Sentiments are all from the Out on a Limb set (PaperTrey). I'm very pleased with the results, and I was able to do these 3 cards in about twenty minutes. Gotta love that! Plus I still have over half the sheet left, so I predict more of these in the future :)

Other materials used: May Arts white dotted ribbon, metal embellishments from We R Memory Keepers, mini bullnose clip from Oriental Trading, card bases from DCWV

You can get a closer view of each individual card at my SCS gallery if you'd like.

Happy Day!

I thought I'd shake things up a bit with glitter and bright, happy colors!! The papers are all from DCWV Glitter Stack, and I arranged three patterns for the blocked background. I stamped the little bird (Studio G - the original stamp also includes the word "merci"), then added the words (PaperTrey). I added just a bit of color with my prismacolor pencils, then punched it out with a scallop oval. I then punched a larger scalloped oval from another one of the patterned papers, and it's all set! These glittery papers really are fun - lots of sparkle on the paper, but none in my eyebrows. Shiny, happy bliss!

Pounded Flower

Hey, look - I finally made something! Now admittedly there is very little actual stamping involved, but it still felt good... I'm definitely going for simple designs these days.

I had picked some flowers a few weekends ago and done some more pounding, then set them aside and life got busy. Well I took a couple minutes this afternoon to complete this card. The original flower was a vivid fuschia, but it came out a pretty bluish purple. I punched it, then layered it with another punch (Vintage Violet), then added a bit of ribbon (Creative Impressions), mounted it a Celery card base, and stamped the sentiment (PaperTrey).

One quick note: if you do use this technique, you'll need a good adhesive for the pounded image, as the cardstock does warp a bit from the moisture of the flower. Mono Multi works for me!