Sunday, August 11, 2019

Butterfly Birthday

Saw this card on Pinterest and had to make it for my daughter-in-law's birthday:


So beautiful and lovely in soft colors.

I started with a Soft Sea Foam base.  The Whisper White top layer is cut with the Nested Labels dies.  Then a layer of beautiful butterflies cut with the Butterfly Beauty dies.


The white layer is popped up on Dimensionals to help the butterflies stand out.


Just a simple greeting at the bottom.

And inside:


Happy Birthday, Sarah!

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Monday, August 5, 2019

Inspiring Iris

I love iris flowers.  I had a bunch of them in the garden of my old home.  Now that I'm in Oregon, I have to see if they grow here.  And if they do, I'll have to plant some.

So when I saw the stamp set Inspiring Iris, I knew it would have a place in my home.


This is a "two-step" Stampin' card.  I stamped the iris leaves and flowers in Tuxedo Black ink, and then stamped over the leaves with Mossy Meadow and the iris flowers with Gorgeous Grape.  But what I really love about these stamps is the texture you get when you use them - when stamped, the image looks like it's two-toned.  So pretty.


See what I mean?  The shaded areas are part of the stamp.


The card base is Gorgeous Grape.  I cut a piece of Perennial Essence DSP with the Stitched Rectangle dies and mounted it onto Whisper White.   The focal image was stamped on Whisper White, also cut with a smaller Rectangle, and then I ran it through my die-cutting machine with the Subtle embossing folder.  This was adhered to a Gorgeous Grape layer and popped up with Dimensionals after adding a snipped of Flax Ribbon.


The card was finished off with s few Noble Peacock Rhinestones in grape.


Shades of summer with beautiful iris blooms.  Simply lovely!


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Saturday, August 3, 2019

Wowsers! Friendly Silhouettes Meets Waterfront

When I cut up a piece of Watercolor Paper that I had used Pigment Sprinkles on, I thought I had ruined it.  See this card.

The I decided to try to make lemonade out of my lemons...take a look:


I had the pink cattails that I had cut with the Friendly Silhouettes dies and just didn't know what to do with them.  I kept thinking that they would look good as a border, overlooking a water scene.

Ah, of course!  Waterfront!  Now I just had to create a "scene"...

I started with a piece of Watercolor Paper.   I stamped the mountains using Highland Heather and I used the "rock and roll" technique with Gorgeous Grape and a touch of Night of Navy.  These were stamped twice.


Then I inked u the trees with Shaded Spruce and stamped several times.

The evening sky was done with Aquapainters and diluted ink refills, as was the lake and forest.  I just painted away until I was happy with the outcome.


I created a frame of Basic Black using the Stitched Rectangle dies and attached my cattails to the inside.  But it needed another row, so I cut some more cattails with black and added them behind.  The frame was then adhered to my "painting" with Adhesive Strips, and then glued to a Basic Black card base.


I just love the brilliant colors...don't you?  And I was thrilled with the outcome - sometimes making a mistake can result in something beautiful!


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Friday, August 2, 2019

Study in White (and pink and green)

I adore White on White cards.  And I rarely make them.  So when I saw a card on Pinterest, I knew I had to make one for myself.


Using the Tropical Dies, I cut the square window with the leaves out of Thick Whisper White cardstock.  This was layered on a Whisper White piece with Dimensionals, and that was adhered to a Thick Whisper White base.  Simple!


The flower was inked with Melon Mambo and a little Merry Merlot marker was used to shade the center slightly.  A Blender Pen was used to remove the ink from the stamen of the flower, and it was colored with a Daffodil Delight marker, then stamped and cut with the dies.  A Granny Apple Green frond was also cut with the dies.


You can see the dimension in this photo.

All  that was needed was a sentiment and a Glitter Enamel Dot.

Such a pretty, summery card!

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