Friday, March 30, 2012

Easter card

Card: confetti white, wisteria wonder, calypso coral, soft suede, whisper white
Ink: wisteria wonder, calypso coral, soft suede
Stamp set(s): fresh vintage, well scripted
Accessories: calypso coral designer brad, wisteria wonder ruffled ribbon, linen thread

As part of the market I want to attend in a few weeks, I'm making up some Easter cards. This is one I have cased from Delys Cram - again! I love the design, and thought the new in-colours worked will with this design. I love the speckled confetti white, and of course, the ruffled ribbon and brad. Beautiful!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

OSW project

Card: old olive, elegant eggplant, melon mambo, whisper white, basic grey
Ink: old olive, elegant eggplant, melon mambo
Stamp set(s): delicate doilies, curly cute
Accessories: beautiful wings embosslit, big shot, scallop trim border punch

Rachel Knight took us through how she does a One Sheet Wonder (OSW) at Stamp Camp. This is a technique that I am so going to use again! It's where you stamp up one sheet of A4 cardstock (I used whisper white here) and cut it down so you can make 6 cards from it. Very cool. I love these colours together, and it's one way to use up scraps, but also to make a number of different cards at once.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Card: crumb cake, whisper white, early expresso
DSP: well worn
Stamp set(s): word play, need for speed, solid strips
Ink: real red, early expresso
Accessories: real red embossing powder, heat gun, foil, cork

This was one of the projects we completed at Stamp Camp a few weekends back. Bev showed us how to create this amazing masculine easel card, with dry embossing on foil, and heat embossing. I love this card with the foil embossing, and the flags and car just make it masculine! The cork sets it off nicely, too.

Monday, March 26, 2012

French foliage birthday

Card: night of navy, old olive, whisper white
Ink: night of navy, old olive, more mustard
Stamp set(s): french foliage, curly cute
Accessories: hemp twine, library clip

A work colleague is having a birthday today, so I made the team a card for him that they all signed. I'm really please how this came out, and love the colour combo for a masculine birthday card. I've also used my new love, the french foliage stamp set. Happy Birthday, Michael - hope you have a fab day!

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Happy Birthday to my twin sister!

Card: rich razzleberry, early expresso, very vanilla
DSP: rich razzleberry patterned dsp
Ink: rich razzleberry, early expresso, old olive
Stamp set(s): bliss, so happy for you, because I care, french foliage
Accessories: silver brads, rich razzleberry satin ribbon

I've created this card before, CASED from Teneale Williams, but I love it so much that I've made another one for my sister for her special birthday. It's slightly different, but I just love the layers and the vintage look, and the colours are perfect for my sister. I've done a panel inside, but I forgot to take a pick before I wrote in it... It's just as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside!

Happy Birthday, Ruth!! So glad we share the same birthday, and get along like twins usually do! Love you lots!

Saturday, March 24, 2012

A wee card to say hello

Card: tempting turquoise, real red, whisper white
Ink: tempting turquoise, real red
Stamp set(s): just believe, elementary elegance
Accessories: beautiful wings embosslit, big shot, pearl, brayer

This project was going to be my swap for Stamp Camp a few weeks ago, but I decided to do something different. It's a 3" card, which is my new favourite size. I have brayered the real red on whisper white, stamped the images, and added the butterflies with a pearl. It's a simple card, but I love the detail and brayering! The pearl gives it a little bit of elegance!

Friday, March 23, 2012

Wisteria wonder meets soft suede

Card: soft suede, very vanilla, wisteria wonder
Ink: soft suede
Stamp set(s): creative elements, so happy for you
Accessories: decorative label punch, pearls

I haven't posted for a few days and I've been having withdrawals, lol! I found this project on Claire Daley's blog, and loved it, so I decided to CASE it for today. Love how the wisteria wonder "comes into its own" with soft suede and very vanilla. I only used soft suede ink here, to create a vintage look, but I also love the distressing and worn feel of this project. I just had to break out my new stamp set!