SCS SC347

A sketch challenge card for splitcoast SC347.

Base is poppy with Pear pizazz DSP stamped with the grass image from inspired by nature in wasabi . then a layer of pink pirouette. The flower white layer was stamped using pretty in pink craft and rose red craft ink but the stems were colored using wasabi directly on the rubber before stamping then embossing with clear EP (to make just the flowers pop a bit).

I added the wider twill tape (retired) stamped with the butterflies from Kindness Matters set and cinched it all using a vintage brad.

I then stamped a white scrap
with the butterflies and cut one out and colored it in with pool party and daffodil and adhered it using the multimono liquid glue in the center and a quick Wednesday morning card!

enjoy!

Lynda

Lace Ribbon border card

Very simple easy to demo card. This is a case from Chanda Stehlik from Stampin Connection (demo only website).

Take whisper white - works in either direction. Take a strip of white and run it through the lace ribbon border- better to make it longer and center it after you punch it out. Use 2 way glue pen to attach 1 1/4 inch circles - here I used the 2011-2012 In color cardstock Pool party, wisteria wonder, calypso coral and lucky limeade. Then use dimensionals to separate it from the back ground white. I stamped the sentiment from Friendly phrases in Wisteria but you could have used any of the in colors. Added some crystal jewels and easy card you can whip up in no time. You can fit 5 max across the bottom. If you turn it sideways, it will fit 3 colors but it still looks good.

More ribbon border fun to follow in the coming weeks!

Lynda

CAS 130

Today's CAS challenge was a sketch by Die Cut Diva that hugged the bottom and left borders - so here is my version using the Creative elements set stamped in basic grey, colored in with grey with some few added tiny blings. Really simple- I thought I would remake it for a simple wedding card- using a different sentiment of course.

Delicate Doilies emboss resist

Splitcoast challenges this week were CAS129 belated birthday and CC324 White Gray and Turquoise. I thought this simple card fit the bill perfectly.

Base card is turquoise with layer or basic gray on top with corner rounded. Take a whisper white cardstock and stamp the delicate doilies using versamark then heat emboss with white or clear EP- I then used a dauber to dab on turquoise ink all over and stamped the sentiment using the same color ink. Easy peasy take ten card.

Variation of Flower Fest Dahlia card

This is the same idea from yesterday but using a different flower from the same flower fest set. The color scheme is still the same: Regal rose, pear, white then regal rose stamped with versamark and embossed with white EP and colored in with regal rose and real red markers. Pretty in its own way. I will be trying this with other stamps in the set as well as other colors- any 2 coordinating colors will work for this, Im thinkin'.

Challenge yourself to CASE yourself!

Lynda

Flower Fest Dahlias

Karen Barber is such an amazing stamper and she made a card using flower fest with highlighting that looked likd Dahlias that I had to try it out. This is a CASified version of her card. Base card is regal rose with a layer of pear on top then white stamped with sentiment in black on the bottom from Teeny Tiny Wishes then embossed with polka dots on the top side only.

The flowers and leaves were stamped with versamark then embossed with white EP. I repeated this with another scrap piece of regal rose CS and cut out although it looks just as pretty punched out. Used regal rose marker to add some color then real red to add just a little more pop of color to add more dimension. Added 2 loops of pear seambinding ribbon underneath the scrap piece flower and used dimensionals to pop it up.

It's an easy card that just LOOKS complicated. I thought it looked like those expensive Japanese papers I love so much.

Enjoy

Lynda

Flower Fest thank you

After finding out that my tomato plants were being eaten by aphids, a friend of mine gave me some ladybugs to put in my garden. I wanted to send her a thank you for that and for so many other ways that she has been looking out for me and here is my little thank you using the flower fest set. All the flowers were embossed using white EP onto pacific blue, elegant eggplant, regal rose and daffodil and celery and pear using versamark and punched or cut out and adhered using dimensionals. Flower pot was made using cherry cobbler CS.



I did use a dauber to add a bit more of the same color to the center of the regal rose and eggplant and crystal jewels to the pacific blue starburst flowers.

The small script was embossed in white as well with gel pen to make the trail to the lady bug made with red and black cs and itty bitty circle punch. Split the red circle and dotted the back with white gel pen too and added a little bit of head detail with the detail end of the black marker.

Flower Fest on a Fence

I was dropping off an order at someone's house and as I was backing out, I saw this little fence with red geraniums peeking through and I thought I've got to make a card that reminds me of this.





I admit when I first saw this set I thought this set was too "crayon" but the matching punches was just too irresistable, and I have seen some examples that looked elegant and gave in. This is a sample I made to play with the idea of the fence- using 1/2 inch left over white strips that I put into the pennant punch to make consistent triangle tips.

The clouds were punched from the cupcake punch. The butterfly was embossed white onto saffron and punched with little pearl jewels. The flowers were poppy embossed with white and then daubered in the center to add some dimension. punched with circle punch then scissor cut closer.

Sentiment from Heard from the Heart set was also embossed with white
onto the bashful blue base cardstock.

Happiness is not getting what you want but wanting what you already have.... if this would only be true with my stamping habit...

Lynda

Camping in Northern California

Near Eureka in northern California are some of the most beautiful redwoods in the country. Ladybird Johnson Grove, Founders grove, so many places to explore with trees with bases as big as your house that are hundreds if not thousands years old. This is where we go every summer to meet friends and hang. We go to Fern Canyon- where they filmed some parts of Jurassic Park movies as it does look absolutely prehistoric with ferns growing and toppled trees and icy clear mountain water underfoot.

My kids even did a junior ranger tour on 'Who's pooping in the forest?'- I thought with all their talk of poop related things they would love it- we saw Banana slugs, deer and elk patties - fresh mind you! to name a few- but I am not sure they were as into it as they talk it. After seeing deer pellets I am totally off milk duds!

We checked out Agate Beach this time and this is the view from the top where we parked the car - and where the bathroom was- looking down at the beautiful beach - no matter how many times you ask your kids- make sure you go before you go down- there is always that ONE that has to go as soon as you are down there - right?

We also visited a replicated authentic Indian village - complete with a hand carved canoe and a dancing pit which my kids climbed all over.

and the Elk that roam the prairies that are just beautiful- I am teaching my 6 years olds to read- DAN GER and lots of other fun signs for them to read..... DO NOT ENTER... CLIFF EDGE.....BEARS.... TICKS....

I am looking forward to one day my DH saying- "honey, I am taking the boys camping this weekend- what will you do without us? " hmmmmm....

enjoy the outdoors!

Lynda

Pennant Parade Happy Birthday Wishes

I wanted words on the pennant and was trying to figure out how many pennants would look good and horizontal cards max is really five. So words like Happy, Party, thank, uncle, mom- centered or a shorter word with an image like a heart or flower would work too. After I did happy - I looked for the words birthday wishes and my old standby sincere salutations had it. The colors and combination on the bottom were cased from a cute card by Amy O'Neill on stampin connection (for demos only) Base card is Pool party - a new in color with so saffron DSP and Lace ribbon border punched in white CS, tied with tangering ribbon. The pennants were stamped in olive, tangering and saffron and punched using the new Petite pennants builder punch, mounted with dimensionals and accented with crystal jewels in the corners. The little letters are from Calendar Alphabets and Numbers set punched out with 1/2 inch circle punch set off with dimensionals.

Lynda