Sorbet, Tulip, Creme Brulee Color Combination

These are 3 of 4 new colors coming out in September. The only one missing is Juniper. The stamp set Feathery Flakes, also coming in September, was also used. The Sorbet paper was scored 1/2" apart and then sanded. The 8"x3.5" card base, the Creme Brulee 1/2" piece, the white center, and the Sorbet paper were all sponged with Sorbet ink. 3-D Foam makes the center flake pop out, and bigger brads were added to the bottom to round out the look.

Today's Date

August's stamp of the month has something to offer every month of the year! This example uses the Sarsaparilla paper packet, Barn Red and Indian Corn Blue inks, and Black Hemp. When you give this card away, you can circle the special day!

Kissed Wrapped and Tied

This Wrapped and Tied (tm) 4.75"x3" card was really fun to make! I used the stamp sets Happy Birthday (words), Birthday Bash (balloon), and Spot on Backgrounds (background and kissed image on the balloon). The colors are Sping Iris, Lilac Mist, Vanilla Cream, and Desert Sand (on the balloon).

Kissing was achieved by stamping off the balloon in Spring Iris and then kissing the background stamp that had been inked with Desert Sand. Before I stamped the image on paper, I then rolled the balloon back in Spring Iris to get more color around the edges of the balloon. I stamped this twice, once on extra cardstock (to cut out image of balloon) and once on the matted cardstock. Next, I cut out the balloon and string. The balloon has 3-D foam to bring it out.

Finally, the card was finished off with natural hemp glued with liquid glass at the top of the Spring Iris background cardstock.

Imagine: Small Packages

This layout is from Imagine (pages 74-75). The right page foot and handprint had been nine 3"x3" pictures. The papers are from Whoops-a-Daisy and colors are Hydrangea and Watermelon.

Red, White, and Blue Color Challenge

Thanks to our Blue Ribbon paper packet, the colors are already done. I've done quite a bit with this same pattern yet different papers for this card.

These colors are Colonial White, Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue, and Outdoor denim. The stamp set is Angel Whisper. The Big Brad is Outdoor Denim which is in the middle of the raised flower.

The Flower is inked with Cranberry and rolled with Barn Red. "Scatter sunshine" is inked in Indian Corn Blue.






These next two cards use Holiday Red, Star Spangled Blue, and White Daisy. Same card different colors. I used strips of cardstock for the upper pattern. And for the ribbon I used white ric-rac.







And, while I've been working with the Angel's Whisper and Original's Spotlight pattern, I've also done this card using Paper Garden and Floral Tapestry paper. All different in looks due to colors, all the same pattern and stamping!

July SOTM -- Life's a Jungle

I did two versions of this card. This top card is the one I did for the swap. That one used fun flock for the mane that I dyed with Autumn Terracotta reinker (has to be done ahead of time for the fun flock to dry). I used Chocolate Waxy Flax for the accents on the side of the word and lion (I would have liked to use Natural Hemp but I didn't have enough for all of them). The edges were sponged with Autumn Terracotta ink, and the paper was Boom-di-Ada.

For this bottom card I used sassy strand for the mane and the the accent around "No Lion". The mane mainly consists of Goldrush from the Autumn Garden Collection and a few strands of Honey from the Winter Cozy Collection. The grass is the alligator's back. I used the Earth Tone Pencils to color the leaves and the lion.

Beauty in Reflection from Cherish

I thought I picked the pictures from pages 48-49 of Imagine. But imagine my surprise when I closed the book and it was Cherish! So I moved forward with the layout I was prepared for...Beauty In Reflection. I rotated each page by 90 degrees to accommodate my pictures.

The recipe called for 2 B&T papers but I didn't have any that fit the bill. I took a third cardstock and made it into B&T. I used our mat and stylus and scored a line every 1/2", then sanded the lines to have them show more. Finally I took our stipple brush and stippled the strips.

With the Breeze paper I took the matching ink pad and rubbed the paper all over. It gave the paper a muddled look. The clear buttons reminded me of bubbles (Lindsey's theme was Ariel). The really B&T paper came from Majestic Blue paper packet. The font was CTMH Girlfriend that I printed out on vellum paper.