Archives for March 2009

My 2 1/2 year old Daughter helped me make this–it’ll be her Daddy’s birthday card. This is me trying to use up my scraps! I had a So Saffron Top Note cut out, a square of textured Taken with Teal, and a little piece of chocolate chip cardstock left over from previous projects. I still have TONS more scraps but I’m trying to use them wherever and whenever I can!

The base is Riding Hood Red cardstock, layered with the So Saffron (cut out using the Top Note Bigz Die). Next, I used a piece of textured Taken with Teal card stock (I’m newly obsessed with textured card stock) for a little bit of texture and color.

The image is from the level 3 hostess set Goody Goody Gumdrops. I stamped it on Watercolor Paper using Black Stazon ink. Then, using my watercolor brush and Watercolor crayons, I colored in the ice cream using several colors of brown, the glass with a light wash of blue, and the cherry of course, in red. I stamped the cherry once on top of the ice cream and again on another piece of watercolor paper. Then I cut out just the cherry (minus the stem) and adhered it to the sundae using a glue dot. The watercolor paper was matted onto a piece of chocolate chip card stock and adhered to the Teal.

Below the image is my favorite part of this card. I punched out a 1″ circle of chocolate chip cardstock and using the crop-a-dile, added a large Kiwi Corduroy brad. I adhered it to the card using dimensionals and tucked the sentiment behind it slightly. (I stamped the sentiment, also from Goody Goody, in Black Stazon on watercolor paper. Then, I clipped both corners with the Corner Rounder punch.)

I’ve been on a watercoloring kick lately. This time, I used the SU markers. There are great tutorials on how to watercolor with markers. This one is my favorite. Basically, the idea is to use Watercolor Paper, color in the image  with SU markers, then go over it with the watercolor pen until you get the desired effect. It’s more a matter of removing ink than applying it.

This card is so fun and cheery in real life, I hope it comes across here. The base is Apricot Appeal, layered with a piece of Certainly Celery DSP. The image layer is SU Watercolor paper. I used Blooming with Love stamped in Black Staz On ink.

I colored the wheelbarrow with Close to Cocoa marker, shading the back of the wheelbarrow slightly and picking up some of the color to highlight the front area. The flower pots are watercolored with Certainly Celery marker, cut out, and popped up with dimensionals.

In the upper left corner, the sentiment was stamped onto a 1 1/4″ Whisper White circle punch, layered with a 1 3/8″ Pink Pirouette circle and a Regal Rose Scalloped Circle, all popped up on dimensionals.

I wanted to make some Mother’s Day cards today, but I was trying to challenge myself to use a stamp set other than that Good Friend set I’ve been using to death lately. I know, people must have thought “Does she have any other sets?”

New stuff is on the way, but today I made good use of a few oldies but goodies. Here’s one of my all time favorite sets, Season of Friendship. Too bad it’s retired–I will treasure mine forever!

I apologize for the picture quality here, I just could NOT get a good shot tonight. As for the details: Card base is Chocolate chip card stock, 4 1/4″ x 11″ folded in half, fold at the top. Using Season of Friendship, I stamped the tree in chocolate chip ink and the leaves in Kiwi Kiss. The flowers were stamped in Pink Pirouette on Whisper White card stock and cut out with my scissors. With my cropadile, I punched a hole in the center of the flower and used a small green rhinestone brad. So that the prongs wouldn’t stick out, I bent them toward the center of the flower. Then I adhered the flowers with glue dots.

The sentiment is from Blooming with Love, stamped in Basic Black on a piece of Whisper White. The leaves were stamped in Kiwi Kiss again.

Along the bottom, are 3 Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Buttons, threaded with Linen Thread and adhered to the base with glue dots.