POOL PARTY, BUTTERFLIES AND PEARLS FOR STB #11

This week is "feminine" birthday card week at Seize the Birthday - and here's the sketch to use as a basis for our card:

 

 

I had dyed some of Stampin' Up!'s vanilla Flower Trim, using Pool Party ink, so decided to create a monochromatic card, with touches of Very Vanilla.  I find that Pool Party ink comes up a bit 'greener' than the cardstock. 

 

 

 

 

Stamps: Made for You

Card: Pool Party Core'dinations, Very Vanilla

Ink: Pool Party stampin' pad, Versamark inkpad

Other: Framed Tulips embossing folder, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Pool Party embossing powder, Modern Label punch, Basic Pearls, Artisan Embellishment kit, Flower Trim, Beautiful Wings embosslits, glue dots, liquid multipurpose glue, sanding block

 

 



STAMPIN' UP!'S EVERYTHING ELEANOR FOR STB #9

This week's challenge at Seize the Birthday is to make a feminine birthday card, using this great sketch:

My colour choices were decided for me when I picked out Stampin' Up!'s Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper to use .... LOVE the combination of Soft Suede, Cajun Craze and Very Vanilla.  Here's what I came up with:

Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Flowering Flourishes, Made for You

Card: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

DSP: Comfort Cafe and Cajun Craze Patterns Designer Series Papers

Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Cajun Craze stampin' pads, Soft Suede and Cajun Craze markers

Other: Very Vanilla seam binding, Linen Thread, Basic Pearls, sponge daubers, paper snips, Window Frames collection framelits, Large Oval punch

 

 



STAMPIN' UP!'S "SECRET GARDEN" FOR S.A. #4

This week stilladdINKtive challenges has a beautiful colour combination, and a sketch challenge - you may use either, or both, and I've chosen to use both.  Here they are:

My first thought was to try to think 'outside the box', and not use florals .... but, I opened up my new Secret Garden stamp set and framelits bundle from Stampin' Up!, and couldn't resist.  So much fun, having framelits to perfectly match stamped designs.

I have used three of the flowers from the stamp set.  I created a patterned background on the top half of the oval using one of the outline flower images;  the larger flower was embossed in Early Espresso on Bashful Blue designer series paper; and I've 'stamped off' the small solid flower on my sentiment oval.  I've used Stampin' Up!'s utterly adorable Flower Trim (also new in our Seasonal Catalogue), snipping just one flower off to decorate my stamped flower centre.  A Basics Glimmer brad secures them together.

Here's a close-up of the focal flower, that I spritzed with Champagne Mist shimmer spray:

Stamps: Secret Garden, En Francais, Made For You

Card: Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake

DSP: Bashful Blue Patterns Designer Series Paper

Ink: Crumb Cake and Early Espresso stampin' pads, Bashful Blue stampin' pad and marker, Versamark inkpad

Other: Early Espresso embossing powder, Secret Garden framelits, Ovals framelits, Champagne Mist shimmer spray (shimmer paint mixed with Isocol), Large Oval punch, Natural Trim ribbon, sponge dauber, glue dots, stampin' dimensionals