Good morning, Friends! I hope you all had a most wonderful Christmas! We sure did! Even though we had opened all our gifts earlier in the week, we woke up to our stockings stuffed with goodies from Santa! As an adult, I still find that so much fun!! And for Nick that seems to be the best part of Christmas! I love it!! We had a big dinner and then lounged the rest of the day watching basketball games while dozing off and on. Then we finished the evening with a game. Today my nieces and nephew will be coming down and spending a little time with us before we have to leave on Friday. I have heard it has been snowing quite a bit at home!!
Today's card is a simple one using the Affection Collection stamp set. It turned out quite different than I had envisioned but it'll do. I took a piece of Very Vanilla and ran it through the Big Shot with the Honeycomb embossing folder and then adhered it to a piece of Basic Black. Then I tied a piece of Basic Black 1/8" taffeta ribbon around this and popped it up onto a card base of Primrose Petals. Then I stamped the frame image in black StazOn onto a piece of Very Vanilla. On top of this I stamped the oval burst image in Primrose Petals. I sponged this piece with Crumb Cake and adhered it to a piece of Basic Black. This panel is popped up onto the card. Then on a scrap of Very Vanilla I stamped the banner image in Pool Party and cut it out. I also sponged this with Crumb Cake and adhered it to the card. Then I stamped the word onto a scrap of Very Vanilla in black StazOn and punched it out with the Modern Label punch. I sponged this with Crumb Cake and popped it up onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Affection Collection; Paper- Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals, Basic Black; Ink- black StazOn, Primrose Petals, Pool Party, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Basic Black 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Honeycomb embossing folder, Modern Label punch, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Ahhh!! The weekend is here! I was so glad to be able to sleep in! I haven't been sleeping well the last few nights so the sleep is really nice! It is really crummy looking outside. Cold and rainy. Not a lot of rain, mind you but there is a little moisture out there and we will take all we can get!! The mountains are covered in clouds so I am praying they are getting tons of snow!! My husband just built a fire and I have my computer and coffee so it is looking to be a great day!!
Today's card is another that my club did this month. A simple "grunge" type card that seemed to be a hit. I stamped the frame image from Affection Collection in black StazOn onto a piece of First Edition designer paper. Right over the top of that I stamped the oval image in Summer Starfruit. Then I stamped the word in Crumb Cake and sponged the dsp in Crumb Cake before adhering it to a piece of Basic Black. I wrapped a piece of Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon around this and popped it up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I stamped the main word in black StazOn onto a piece of Crumb Cake and punched it out with the Modern Label punch. I sponged the edges with Crumb Cake and popped it up onto the card. I added two pearls and called it done! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Affection Collection; Paper- Crumb Cake, Basic Black, First Edition designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon, Modern Label punch, pearls, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Are you glad it's Friday? I hope you are glad for another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge! This week's sketch was created by Patrice Herrera. Take a look!
I apologize for the blurriness. When I uploaded the sketch to my post, it was really small. So I tried to enlarge it and it became blurry. But I think you can still see the main elements. I had fun with my card! Take a look!
I decided I wanted to use my new set, Affection Collection. I guess I wanted to take a break from Christmas cards. I will get back to them, I am sure but I thought I would have some fun with a totally different look! I took a piece of First Edition designer paper and gave it a rough look with some sponging and distressing. I tore the corner away and adhered a piece of Crumb Cake to the exposed corner which was sponged, too. I stamped the word with Crumb Cake. before adhering the panel to a piece of Basic Black.This panel is then adhered to a card base of Crumb Cake which was sponged with Crumb Cake. I Then took a piece of Crumb Cake and rounded the top with the 1 3/4" circle punch. I flagged the bottom end. And then I - you guessed it - sponged it with Crumb Cake! I used Crumb Cake ink to stamp the image in a random pattern and then I stamped the word in black StazOn. To the top of my tag I folded a piece of Crochet trim and adhered it to the top. Then I threaded some linen thread through the holes of a bronze button and tied a bow to the back side of it before adhering it to the trim. Then I popped the tag up onto the card. I stamped the wing/heart image onto Very Vanilla using black StazOn and cut it out. I also stamped it again using Cherry Cobbler and cut out just the heart. Again, all of these are sponged. I popped up the Cherry Cobbler heart onto the the first one and then popped up the whole image onto the tag.
More fabulous inspiration can be found on the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! Be sure to check it out! I do hope you will be able to play along with us this week! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Affection Collection; Paper- Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, First Edition designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Victoria crochet trim, linen thread, bronze button, 1 3/4" circle punch, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Welcome to the RemARKably Inspiring blog tour! This month the RemARKable stampers group are going to show you all some great projects using the stamp set, Affection Collection. What a beautiful stamp set that is very versatile! I was excited to purchase this set but once I got it, I had some difficulty in trying to figure out how to use it - lol! I am more the clean and simple stamper and this set calls for the more shabby chic style. I love and very much respect those stampers who can easily do the shabby chic!! You all are my heroes!! So I went searching and studying the style of shabby chic. Then I went to work and this is what emerged! And I quite like it!
I took a piece of the First Edition designer paper and stamped images from the Affection Collection stamp set in black StazOn, Crumb Cake and Pool Party. Then I sponged the edges with Crumb Cake and roughed up the edges with some tearing and distressing. This is adhered to a piece of Basic Black. Then I wrapped a piece of Victoria crochet trim around this that was tinted with some Crumb Cake ink and a sponge. I popped this up onto a card base of Crumb Cake that was also sponged with Crumb Cake ink. I stamped the banner in Pool Party onto Very Vanilla and cut it out. This is tucked under the bronze button that is tied with some linen thread. Then I stamped the "friend" in black StazOn onto Primrose Petals and punched it out with the Modern Label punch and sponged it with some Crumb Cake ink and popped it up onto the card. The last thing left to do was to add two pearls and call it done!
Time to send you on to the beautiful blog of Tamra Davis! I know you will be inspired by what she has to share! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Affection Collection; Paper- Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals; Ink- black StazOn, Crumb Cake, Pool Party; Accessories- Victoria crochet trim, linen thread, pearls, Modern Label punch, bronze button, linen thread, sponge, dimensionals
