Non-Stamped Craft

I made this for a co-worker to give to her pastor. The roses are made from Hershey Kisses. You can see step-by-step instructions here for how to make these roses. Each rose has a one dollar bill attached to it.

Pink Christmas

There is a month long card drive with challenges on SCS for October called "Hope You Can Cling To". The first challenge was to create a pink holiday card. The only holiday you couldn't choose was Valentine's Day. I chose to make a Christmas card and this will go in my stash for this year. The image was stamped in black and colored with various SU markers and a blender pen. The "fur" on the coat and hat was highlighted using a paint brush and frost white shimmer paint. The snowflake background was also spritzed with frost white shimmer paint mixed with alcohol.

Supplies Used: Paper: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Rebecca DSP; Ink: Black, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Cherry Cobbler, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Baha Breeze; Stamps: Greeting Card Kids; Other: Circle Cutter, Scallop Punch, Pink Gingham Ribbon, Pink Seam Binding, Pretty in Pink Corduroy Brads, Little Felt Flurries, Acetate Snowflake, Snowflakes Embossing Folder, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Mat Pack, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals

Cone Flowers for Fall

This is for a co-workers birthday and she loves the earth tone colors. I wanted to try the chalkboard technique and this stamp was perfect for this technique as well as the colors that I wanted to use. The image was stamped using white craft ink onto the early espresso card stock that was cut using the top note die. While the ink was wet the image was colored using SU's pastels with sponge daubers. After I finished adding the pastel colors I wiped away the excess with a tissue. The pastels were sealed with a mixture of gold pearl-ex and liquid hairspray which also gives the image a shimmery effect. The early espresso card stock was mounted to a piece of pumpkin pie card stock that was also cut out using the top not die and then the entire piece was embossed with the square lattice embossing folder. The old olive card stock was embossed using the script embossing folder and the corners rounded on one side. I added the ribbon and then mounted this to another embossed piece of early espresso card stock. After adding the pumpkin pie corduroy brads the entire piece was mounted to the card base. The sentiment was stamped onto very vanilla card stock with pumpkin pie ink and punched out with the large oval punch. The sentiment was then attached to a piece of pumpkin pie card stock that was punched out using the scallop oval punch and then attached to the card front with dimensionals.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Old Olive; Ink: White Craft, Pumpkin Pie; Stamps: Inspired by Nature, Upsy Daisy; Other: SU's Pastels, Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, Top Note Die, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Script Embossing Folder, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Gold Pearl-Ex Powder mixed w/Liquid Hairspray, Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals

Give Thanks

Another SCS Free For All challenge card. I had another Top Note Die frame leftover and decided to make another card similar to the one I posted yesterday. I recently purchased the color spritzing tool and I had to try it. The next time I use it I'll probably be less exuberant with the ink than I was for this card. You can really get carried away with the spritzer but the effect is great. This card was colored in with various SU markers and a blender pen. The sentiment was punched out with the wide oval punch and then I punched out 2 more in early espresso and layered them all together. The frame and the sentiment were mounted with dimensionals.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso; Ink: Black, Early Espresso, Various SU Markers; Stamps: Season of Thanks; Other: Top Note Die, Wide Oval Punch, Color Spritzer, Dimensionals

Warm Fall Day

This is the card I made for the Free For All Challenge on SCS today. I was working on a card for a co-worker's birthday and I was using the top not die for that card and I thought the leftover frame would be perfect for this challenge. The grass was sponged with old olive ink and a sponge dauber and the fluffy clouds were sponged with bashful blue ink and a sponge dauber using a scalloped circle.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie; Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, More Mustard, Black; Stamps: Branch Out, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Other: Top Note Die, Small Oval Punch, Foam Embellishments, Dimensionals