Silhouette Sympathy for Sunday Stamps

Happy Sunday! I hope you are having a good weekend. Mine has been spent in my studio holding my Occasions Card Buffet and then doing some spring cleaning, pulling retiring products from my stash in preparation for the release of the new Annual Catalogue. Have you checked out the retiring list yet? If not, click the image in the right side-bar to see what's going away to make room for all the fabulous NEW products!
Today marks the start of a new colour challenge over at Sunday Stamps. Check out this gorgeous inspiration photo:

I have to admit, this one stumped me for a bit. These are not colours I tend to use very often, so I pulled out my sponges and started blending. I'm really happy with the way my project turned out...

Sympathy card featuring the Serene Silhouettes and World of Dreams stamp sets with sentiment from Rose Wonder.

I began with a piece of Whisper White card stock. I pulled out my retired Crisp Cantaloupe ink pad, which is a perfect match for the coral shade in the inspiration photo. I sponged the Crisp Cantaloupe, then Lost Lagoon (how sad are you going to be to see THAT one go??), Wisteria Wonder, and finally Elegant Eggplant. To pull all of the shades together, I then sponged over the entire panel again with the Crisp Cantaloupe. I decided I wanted to soften the colours even more so I spritzed the sponged panel with some Stampin' Mist (yep, the stamp cleaner) which acts almost like bleach and gives a soft, mottled look.

I dried the panel with my heat tool and then added some gold spatters using the Gorgeous Grunge set and (retired) gold metallic Encore ink. I then stamped images from Serene Silhouettes and World of Dreams (both of which are on the retiring products list) in Basic Black ink. I layered the panel on some gold foil card stock and then on Basic Black card stock. I added some Basic Black striped satin ribbon (also retiring!) before adhering the panel to a Sahara Sand card base. I stamped the sentiment from the Rose Wonder set in Basic Black ink below the stamped panel.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped the sentiment from the Rose Wonder set and another of the floral images from Serene Silhouettes in Basic Black ink.

Be sure to check out the other Design Team member's blogs to see their beautiful takes on the colour challenge. Then give this one a go...it may just stretch your creativity like it did mine!



Product List

Serene Silhouettes Clear Stamp Set [127324] $22.00	World Of Dreams Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134186] $25.00	Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set [140697] $33.00	Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set [130517] $22.00
Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Stampin' Pad [131176] $7.25	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [133644] $8.00	Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [126985] $8.00	Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad [126969] $8.00
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $8.75	Metallic Gold Encore Pad [132141] $12.95	Sponge Daubers [133773] $6.50	Stampin' Mist [102394] $5.50
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $10.50	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $8.75	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043] $8.75	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $5.00
Basic Black 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon [138430] $11.25

Monday Sympathy

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was crazy as always AND I came down with another sinus cold. Seriously? How does one get the same cold twice in a month?? Ugh! Here's hoping this one is short-lived.
Today I have a card I designed for a class I have coming up later this week that features the Rose Wonder bundle:

Sympathy card featuring the Rose Wonder stamp set.

I broke out my aquapainter and ink pads to watercolour this image. I used Basic Gray Archival ink to stamp the image and heat set it with my heat tool. Then I coloured the rose with Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral and Watermelon Wonder inks. The leaves were done in Old Olive and Wild Wasabi. Finally I did a light wash for the background using Soft Sky ink. I love how easy and forgiving watercolouring is! I added some spatters of embossed gold as well as gold around the edges of the front panel.

The card base is Kraft card stock. I stamped the leaf portion of the rose stamp using Soft Suede ink and then sponged around the edges of the card base before adhering the watercoloured panel. The sentiment is heat embossed in gold and die-cut using the Rose Garden Thinlits.

On the inside I stamped another of the sentiments from the Rose Wonder set in Soft Suede ink on a panel of Very Vanilla card stock.

Thanks for starting your week with me...hope it's a good one!


Product List

Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set [140697] $33.00	Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set [130517] $22.00	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $8.75	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173] $8.00
Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983] $8.00	Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [138323] $8.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] $8.00	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad [126959] $8.00
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978] $8.00	Watercolor Paper [122959] $6.25	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $10.50	Kraft 12" X 12" Card Stock [133674] $7.50
Aqua Painters [103954] $21.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.25	Embossing Buddy [103083] $7.50	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $6.25
Heat Tool [129053] $37.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $6.50

Rosy Birthday

Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend. Although mine wasn't quite what I had planned, it ended up being a good one. It isn't very often that I find myself with unscheduled time on my hands and it was nice to just do what I felt like doing, rather than what I HAD to do.
Today I have a project I designed using the more new products from the Occasions Catalogue...

Birthday card featuring the Rose Garden Thinlits dies with sentiment from Butterfly Basics.

This card features something old, new and blue! The roses were die-cut from Bermuda Bay card stock using the new Rose Garden Thinlits dies...aren't they stunning?  I layered them against an Early Espresso backdrop...I love the contrast these colours create...so yummy. The Fine-tip Glue Pen is essential to glue these die-cuts down without a sticky mess! To add sparkle, I brushed my roses with the clear Wink of Stella glitter pen...not sure it shows in the photo, but it adds some stunning shimmer to those roses.

The sentiment is from the Butterfly Basics stamp set and is stamped in Early Espresso ink on the Bermuda Bay mat. By way of embellishment, I used some Early Espresso satin ribbon (retired) and layered some 1/8" Bermuday Bay taffeta ribbon (retired) over top. I added a (also retired! )Something Borrowed rhinestone embellishment, which I used as a ribbon slide for the Bermuda Bay ribbon.

On the inside, I stamped the rose image from the Rose Wonder stamp set in Early Espresso ink. The sentiment is from the Happy Happenings set and is stamped in Bermuda Bay ink.

This project is one I'll be featuring in my upcoming I Never Promised You A Rose Garden class...shhh...it's a surprise bonus project. Don't tell anyone, ok??  In the meantime, here are the products I used to create this card:

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A Little Weekend Love

Happy weekend!!  I hope you've had a good week.  I've been feeling a little under the weather, but I'm hoping it doesn't develop into anything more than that. There are so many nasty bugs around at this time of year!
To celebrate the weekend I thought I'd show you the card I made using the Bloomin' Heart die-cut that I made back in November at the On-Stage Local event I attended. It took me a while to get around to doing something with it, but I'm liking the end result...

Friendship card featuring products from the Love Blossoms Suite in the new Occasions Catalogue

I began by layering my die-cut heart (which, by the way was cut from the Love Blossoms DSP stack) on a piece of textured Basic Gray card stock I had in my stash. (The textured card stock retired ages ago but I still have a few odd pieces sitting around!) I like the way the texture in the card stock works with the pattern on the DSP die-cut. From there I created a collage of various products. I used a tag punched from another pattern in the Love Blossoms stack using the Ornate Tag Topper Punch. I also used a small silver metallic doily for some shine. The sentiment is from the Bloomin' Love stamp set, as is the banner image. I stamped the banner in Basic Gray ink and then heat embossed the sentiment in silver. I fussy cut the banner.

The Blushing Bride satin ribbon and that sweet little Rose Red satin bow are from the Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit...so many good things in there! The little bow comes on an antiqued gold paper clip, but since that didn't work with my colour scheme, I removed the bow and adhered it to my tag with a glue dot. The final touch was a string of pearls below the ribbon and a few odd pearls scattered around. The entire card is built on a thick Whisper White card base.

Inside view with sentiment from the Rose Wonder stamp set.

On the inside I heat embossed the sentiment from the Rose Wonder stamp set in silver and then added a wee flower from the Bloomin' Love set. I used Rose Red ink for the outline and Blushing Bride to fill it in. The stem is stamped in Smokey Slate ink.

I hope your weekend is super and offers lots of time for stamping!

Here are the products used to create this card:

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Bloomin' Heart Birthday

Happy Hump Day...it's downhill to the weekend after today...wahoo!  I hope you are having a good week.

Today I have a project I designed for my upcoming Birthday Card Blitz event. It uses more fabulous new products from the Occasions catalogue...

Birthday card featuring the Bloomin' Heart Thinlit die with sentiment from the Rose Wonder stamp set.

This is a super-simple design because I wanted that gorgeous die-cut to do all the talking on this card. I began by die-cutting the balloon, using the Balloon Framelit dies, from a piece of Whisper White card stock. I then ran the die-cut panel through the Big Shot with the Softly Falling TIEF (did you notice that one is back in the Occasions catty??). Then I adhered a die-cut Bloomin' Heart, made using the new Blushing Bride glimmer paper, centering it in the balloon window. I layered a piece of silver foil sheets behind it, making this birthday card sparkle and shine like no other.

I adhered the panel to a Blushing Bride card base and added a Botanical Gardens Jewel, along with a couple of rhinestones to highlight some of the flowers in the die-cut. I also added a bow made with some leftover Silver Cording Trim. The sentiment is from the Rose Wonder stamp set and is heat embossed in silver and die cut using the Ovals Collection Framelits.

Inside view with sentiment from the You've Got This stamp set.

On the inside I heat embossed a sentiment from the You've Got This stamp set in silver and added a little Blushing Bride glimmer balloon, punched with the new Party Punch Pack.

I am sooo loving all these new products to play with! The ideas are coming fast than I can keep up! So much fun, so little time!

If you haven't yet received your copy of the Occasions and/or Sale-a-bration catalogues let me know and I will send you a complimentary copy. In the meantime, here is the list of all the products used to create this card:

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