Missing You

Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend. Here it is a very good Monday! It is a long weekend, which means an extra day to spend quality family time. I spent some time on Saturday playing with my new Holiday Catalogue products and let me just say WOW! I will have so many fabulous classes and project ideas to offer this fall! I'll show you some sneak peeks later in the week, but today I have one of the cards we'll be making in my upcoming Suite of the Month class...

This month I am featuring the Naturally Eclectic Suite. I love the watercolour imagery in the stamp set and the fabulous colours and patterns in the DSP. For this project I wanted to something a little bit masculine, as one tends to gravitate toward the beautiful floral images in this set. I kept my colour pallete relatively subdued, leaning toward crisp Whisper White and Night of Navy, and then added some pops of greenery with Emerald Envy and Lemon Lime Twist. I really love how fresh this pallette looks! The background Whisper White panel was die-cut using the lattice die from the Ecelectic Layers stamp set. I added a piece of Naturally Ecelctic DSP behind the die-cut window. I also added some texture with the leaf embossing dies from the same set. I love that these dies add just a hint of texture. I added a horizontal strip of Naturally Ecelectic DSP below my die-cut window and some Lemon Lime Twist Ombre ribbon for a pop of colour.

I added some stamped images for interest and texture, using stamps from the Oh, So Eclectic stamp set and Night of Navy and Lemon Lime Twist ink. The leaves behind my sentiment are stamped in Emerald Envy and then die-cut with the Ecelectic Layers Thinlits. I also die-cut some smaller leaves from Lemon Lime Twist and silver foil. The sentiment and leaf image are stamped in Night of Navy and Lemon Lime Twist respectively. I used the 1-1/4" circle to punch the stamped images and layered it on a silver foil 1-3/8" circle. The only embellishments I added were some silver metallic thread and a few iridescent sequins.The only embellishments I added were some silver metallic thread and a few iridescent sequins.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped more leaves in Emerald Envy and Lemon Lime Twist ink. I stamped off once for a muted, softer effect.

The more I play with this suite, the more I love it. The images and die-cuts are so easy to layer and the DSP is just fantastic! Stay tuned for more to come...

Product List

Oh So Eclectic Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143940] $30.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100867] $10.00	Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144245] $10.00
Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper [144185] $14.50	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $5.25	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970] $8.50	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396] $8.50
Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086] $8.50	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies [143774] $40.00	1-1/4" Circle Punch [119861] $21.50
1-3/8" Circle Punch [119860] $21.50	Silver Metallic Thread [138402] $4.00	Lemon Lime Twist 1/4" Ombre Ribbon [144234] $9.25	Iridescent Sequin Assortment [144212] $6.75

Mother's Day Succulents

Happy Friday!  I hope you've had a good week. This has been a long one for sure!! I'm looking forward to some serious studio time this weekend to play with all of my preorder goodies that arrived this week. So many ideas swimming around in my brain that need to be brought to life.
This weekend is also Mother's Day which means (hopefully) that I'll get a bit of a break on the house and yard work which means more me-time :)
In celebration of Mother's Day I thought I would share with you a card I designed for a private class I did last weekend. The hostess had asked for a card that would work as both a Mother's Day or a feminine birthday, depending on her guests' needs. This is what I came up with...

I think this may have been inspired by Pinterest, but it has been a while since I designed it so I can't remember exactly whose card it was. I used some Succulent Garden DSP for the background panel, mounting it on a larger piece of Whisper White card stock. I layered that on a piece of Mint Macaron card stock embossed using the Petal Burst TIEF. The wreath is die-cut using the Swirly Scribbles thinlits and the flower is done with the Succulent Framelits. I use Mint Macaron and silver glimmer paper to construct the flower.

The sentiment is from the Oh, So Succulent stamp set and is stamped in Mint Macaron ink. The only embellishments are some lace trim peeking out from behind the DSP panel and a single rhinestone in the centre of the flower. Just the right touch of bling :)

On the inside I stamped some flowers from the Oh, So Succulent stamp set as well as another sentiment in Mint Macaron.

This card was a hit with the guests at my class...and what's even better is that most of the products I used, although retiring, are on sale until the end of May or supplies run out. The Succulent Garden bundle is one of my favourites and I am sad to see it go away, but plan to get lots of use out of it before it does.

Have a fabulous Friday and wonderful weekend!

Product List

Oh So Succulent Photopolymer Stamp Set [142992] $26.00	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326] $8.50	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $10.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $9.25	Succulent Garden Designer Series Paper [142778] $14.50	Silver Glimmer Paper [135314] $6.75	Big Shot [143263] $136.00
Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141493] $10.00	Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies [141497] $35.00	Succulent Framelits Dies [142757] $44.00	Mint Macaron 1" Dotted Lace Trim [138424] $7.50
Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] $6.75

More Sketchy Washi

I had such fun creating yesterday's project I decided to do a similar one with a Christmas theme:

Holiday card featuing the Tags 4 You bundle (133294), and Season of Style Designer Washi Tape (132155)

I mentioned  how quick and easy yesterday's sample was, so was this!

Inside Sentiment from the Oh, Goodie! stamp set

This is definitely going to be in my class line-up this Fall.  Super fun and super easy.  Here are some quick tips:

• I applied the washi tape to the Whisper White panel before embossing it with the Chevron TIEF (127749).
• I die cut the tag from Silver Glimmer (124005) paper using the Chalk Talk Framelits (129983) and then trimmed off the bottom "bump" to get the tag shape.
• The label is heat embossed in Cherry Cobbler and then punched out with the Bracket Label punch (132153).
• The DSP is from the Season of Style DSP stack (132181).

I love this  month's sketch so much I couldn't stop creating projects with it!  I have one more sample to show you tomorrow...stay tuned!

Oh, Hello...

...I'm hoping I'll be saying that a lot today as I spend the day at the Guelph Mompreneurs Showcase.  I hope you'll stop by (admission is a donation to Kids' Ability) and say hi if you're out and about today.  In the meantime, I get to show you another great project from one of the designers at Craft Project Central.  This one is brought to you by Monika Davis:

Gift Box and Note Card set designed by Monika Davis for Craft Project Central.

This cute little gift set is perfect to give a child's teacher, a friend or just about anyone who could use a little appreciation.  To access the tutorial for this project, subscribe to March at Craft Project Central.  Just $10 gets you 10 full-colour step-by-step tutorials.  To view my project for this month click HERE...it is included in your March subscription!  Don't forget to stop by Monika's blog and show her some love...then head on over to the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre in Guelph and say HELLO!