Seasons Greetings for FMS#53

Hi there,
today's card is my entry for the fab sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.
 With Christmas just around the corner, it's time to start using all of those wonderful new products in the Stampin' Up! mini.

I flip the sketch and used stamping for my stripe effect rather than DSP papers so the stamp-a-ma-jig got a work out. I am loving the in colour Gumball Green at the moments so have teamed that up with Cherry cobbler and created this clean and simple Christmas card. A few added sparkles and a bow to top off the bauble and there's a cute card.

Supply List
Card Stock: Whisper white and Gumball Green

Ink: Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler and Summer Starfruit.

Stamp Sets: Curly Cute, Ornament Keepsakes

Embellishments: Satin Stitched Ribbon , Baker's Twine , Dazzling Detail

Other: Holiday Ornaments Framelits, Stamp-a-ma-jig,

Colour Combo for JAI #135

I know, I know, nothing for months and now two post in a matter of days. Well the car racing is on the telly, what can I say. LOL I really need to make display cards for my workshops and what better way to get some inspiration than to participate in a blog challenge.

Today I am going to share a card I have made for JAI #135 challenge. To enter you must use these four colours.

I have used a nifty little idea i discovered while playing around with my Big Shot Edgelits. I used the scalloped edgelit die from the Adorning Accents set. If you rotate the die and line the points up in the center of each scallop you end up with the cute ric rak strip.  

Tip: Use a small piece of contact tape to hold die in place before cutting.

This one is right! Pink Pirouette, Olive Green and Real Red

The flowers are stamped from Stampin' Up's Betsy's Blossoms and I gave them a two tone look by inking in Pink Pirouette and then using a dauber directly onto the stamp to add some Real Red ((Rose Red first card!)). I used the same technique on the Papillon Potpourri butterfly but added some Green Olive as well. The quote comes from Fabulous Florets.

This is my first card I did in the WRONG colours!

 I hope you like my card and do have a go at making the Ric Rak, its very easy to do with great results.

Summer Afternoon for Freshly Made

Oh my has it really been 6 months since I was last here! Unfortunately life has been getting in the way of my blogging, however I have recently been able to free up some time so that I can start participating in some blog challenges again.

 I recently discovered the Freshly Made Sketches blog and since they are celebrating their one year anniversary this week, what a perfect time to enter a card. The challenge this week is to make a card using any of the past sketches. I have decided to use FMS#3 for my card.


   Stampin' Up's Summer Afternoon hostess set has the sweetest little image which I have coloured with watercolor pencils and a blender pen. I decided to split the quote up to fit in and fill the layout of the sketch.

           This is my first entry at FMS but I think I will soon become a regular.

 

Mixed Media ATC

Hello, yes I am still here in my busy world.
Today I am sharing with you one of my first attempts at mixed media.

 A very talented lady in one of my online swap groups has challenged us to do ATC series swaps this year and her inspiration pages have inspired me to have a go at mixed media.
These ATC's I made to celebrate another groups 5th birthday. The brief was to include angels on your ATC. As I didn't have a stamp I decided to create my Angel from card.
I am please with the out come for my first attempt!

Diorama Card

Happy New Year!

Well it has been a while since last I posted here. Life has just been getting in the way, but today I am making an effort to check in and show you what I have been up to.
The extra days off over the silly season allowed me to get busy in my craft room and I designed this very pretty diorama card for an upcoming workshop.

Most of the cards I have seen are done at a 2" depth. I thought this was too deep so changed it to a 1" depth with the center card at .5"I think the layering worked quite well.

You have to love SU stamps and coordinating punches!

Cheers Dani