DD #38 and SC #072/13 : STAMPIN' UP!'S BORDERING ON ROMANCE

I have had a lovely weekend in my craft room, and have really enjoyed playing along with some challenges that I've been neglecting.

Dynamic Duos has this colour challenge for the week:

As we're nearing Valentine's Day, Sunny Challenges & Creations have set a theme of "love", which I decided was a perfect complement to the colour challenge I was working with.


Here's the card I am entering in both challenges (and yes, the edges are distressed, not just tatty!):

Stamps: Bordering on Romance, Itty Bitty Banners, Sweet Essentials

Card: Real Red smooth and Core'dinations, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red stampin' pad and marker, Pretty in Pink stampin' pad and marker, Crumb Cake stampin' pad and marker, Jet Black Staz-on inkpad

Other: Window Frames framelits, Word Window punch, Bitty Banners framelits, Large Scallop Edgelits, Delicate Designs embossing folder, Pretty in Pink Scallop Dots ribbon, Pretty in Pink satin ribbon (retired), Basic Pearls, sponge dauber, Stampin' Distress tool, Lacy Brocade embossing folder, sanding block, Beautiful Wings embosslits, glue dots

 

 

Come back tomorrow, and I'll have another card to share with you.  I've been quite productive, and have a few cards to put on my blog in the coming week!

 

 



STAMPIN' UP!'S BORDERING ON ROMANCE - THE FIRST OF MANY!

Today is a happy, happy day, because Stampin' Up!'s Autumn-Winter Mini catalogue "goes live" in Australia and New Zealand.  Stampin' Up! raises the bar with every catalogue.  Every time, I think it's my favourite catalogue yet - but this one is chock-full of products that I absolutely MUST have!

I've made a card to show you three new products:  the beautiful Bordering on Romance stamp set, Stampin' Up!'s fabulous new Framelits dies, and one of my very favourite new products - pleated satin ribbon.

I started off knowing I wanted to use Riding Hood Red pleated satin ribbon.  I consulted my Color Coach for inspiration, and ran with the suggestion of using More Mustard and Basic Gray, with Riding Hood Red.  Not a combo I would EVER have come up with, but here's the end result:

Stamps: Bordering on Romance, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Card: Very Vanilla, Basic Gray, More Mustard, Riding Hood Red, watercolour paper

Ink: Versamark inkpad, Basic Gray stampin' pad and marker, Riding Hood Red stampin' pad, More Mustard stampin' pad and marker, Always Artichoke stampin' pad

Other: Aquapainter, Basic Pearls, Labels Collection Framelits die, Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch, Color Spritzer tool, sponge daubers, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Riding Hood Red pleated satin ribbon, sticky strip