Archives for March 19, 2009

This card uses some of my favorite retired items, plus some brand new accessories, that’s the reason I’m calling it “New and Old Friend”. The polka dot DSP is from a retired Simply Scrappin Kit, Crew Girl I belive it was called. The colors are Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Going Gray, Basic Gray, and Wild Wasabi. I mounted the DSP onto a piece of Black Linen card stock (Taste of Textiles) and then layered that onto the Going Gray card base.

The strip across the card is a piece of Black Linen card stock, layered with Whisper White. I used a retired rub on from Love & Happiness in black. Then, I sponged some Pretty in Pink over the whole panel.

Down in the bottom right hand corner, I used a new Large Grommet in Silver. The package comes with 4 colors: silver, white, vanilla, and black. I punched the Grommet through the DSP, then folded back the prongs with my bone folder. Next, I used the crop-a-dile and punched a hole in the center of the Grommet and popped in a White 5/8″ Basic Brad. These also come in 4 colors: silver, white, brown, and vanilla. On top of the brad, I used another rub on (butterfly) from the Love & Happiness pack.

Looking back over my projects, I came to the realization that I always use the same colors. Chocolate Chip anyone?? I’m trying to branch out, and Purple is branching WAY out for me. I may have made 3 purple cards in my lifetime. I can’t think of any of them right now, but I’m guessing I had to make at least that many in the 3 years I’ve been doing this!

Here, I used 2 purples–I know, crazy! The card base is Pale Plum. I cut a piece of Pale Plum 4″x5 1/4″ and ran it through the CB using the Swiss Dots embossing folder. Then, I adhered it to the card base using dimensionals with the raised side down. Sometimes those raised bumps gross me out a little. This way is much less creepy for me!

The image is from Crazy for Cupcakes stamped in Black Stazon on watercolor paper. I “watercolored” with my Markers (see my favorite tutorial here) and used White Liquid Applique on the cupcakes to frost them. I just applied the Liquid Applique and let it dry overnight. If you heat set it, it will puff up like marshmallow. The watercolor paper is layered with So Saffron card stock and Perfect Plum. I paper pierced the corners and tied a piece of Perfect Plum 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon around the base.

But these Fleurettes are so cute I may just have to learn. I was surprised at how much I liked the way this card turned out. Mostly because I used the SAB set Polka Dot Punches, which I was reluctant to get. It ended up coming in handy!

The card base is a piece of striped Kraft from Taste of Textiles. I’m on my second package People–this stuff is great!!! My Top Note Die got some use again for this card, once in Pink Pirouette and once in Very Vanilla, which I trimmed to layer with the Pink. On the Very Vanilla layer, I stamped the flowers from Polka Dot Punches in Pink Pirouette Ink. Then I used my crop-a-dile to punch holes in the center of each for the Basic 5/16″ Brads in Brown. The large pink Fleurette  was attached to the Vanilla layer using my crop-a-dile again, but this time, a 5/8″ Basic Brown Brad was placed in the center.

The sentiment is one of my favorites, from Hugs and Wishes, stamped in Chocolate Chip ink. Behind the Top Note is a strip of Chocolate Chip Textured Cardstock to help balance the look.