Love Defined

This was another card I made for my launch using the Love defined stampset and the marker to stamp technique, for the tree I used Old Olive, Peach Parfait and Choc Chip Markers. Here is a close up of the middle tree: 

On one of the branches I have added one of the ever so cute tiny brads from the vintage trinkets and hung a vintage tag from the tree. The 4 You was stamped from the Tiny Tags Set.

Stamps:  Love Defined, Teeny Tiny Tags, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Card:  Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Very Vanilla

Markers::  Old Olive, Peach Parfait and Choc Chip

Accessories:  Markers, Mini Vintage Tags, Vintage Trinkets

Just Add Ink 40

This is the Just Add Ink challenge for this week make a card using these colours:

Now I must say I had a great deal of trouble with this card as they are not colours that I would normally put together (I suppose that's the idea), so I thought I would use a technique I have not used for a while - using markers on embossed vellum.  This is the card I came up with:

Embossing on vellum and then colouring the velum gives a nice soft finish to a card and I thought that would go well with the soft colours of the challenge.

Card:  Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride , Pear Pizzazz and Bashful Blue
Ink:  Sahara Sand
Stamp:  Teeny Tiny Sentiments and Fifth Avenue Floral
Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Punch and Ribbon

10 Minute Card

I'm sure my children think I can just whip up a card in five minutes without any trouble at all.  On the weekend my daughter wanted a birthday card with purple (her friends favourite colour) and not too flowery. Oh and she was leaving in 15 minutes did I have anything suitable.

So this card is from the level 1 Hostess set - Birthday Bakery. I used my versamark pen and inked a couple of the cakes from the long stamp and then embossed with white embossing powder.

I just punched them out with the 1 1/4 " square punch and them punched a few of the in colours with the 1 3/8" square punch to place behind them. I used Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz (cute names aren't they). Then I layered it on some Poppy Parade ribbon, Wild Wasabi card and them Poppy Parade card.

The Happy Birthday is from the teeny Tiny Sentiments which I punched out with the window punch and then the new Modern Label punch. SU punches make it so quick and easy to make a card in a hurry.

Thumbs Down from hubby

I bought a roll of each of the lovely polka dot ribbon from one of the mini catalogues and had never used any of it so I thought I would make some non traditonal coloured Christmas cards.  Here are two of them using Razzleberry and Soft Suede. My hubby took one look at them and said "I don't like them I don't like the colours." so that dashed that idea for using up the ribbons.

They are actually very quick to make.  I used the so swirly wheel and ran it across the card twice, stamped the lovely new Christmas tree from Contempo Christmas and added some of the tiny pearls (love a bit of bling) and stamped the Merry Christmas from Teeny Tiny Sentiments and punched them out with the word window punch and the lovely new label punch so very easy.

I will have to think up something in a more traditional christmas colour to please hubby.

Happy Birthday

It was my friend Jenny's birthday yesterday and fortunately my box of new stamps and inks arrived from Stampin Up.

I used the new Pear Pizzazz and teamed it with Melon Mambo.  I thought I would try to make a card with not too many layers. There are only six layers on the front and three on the inside which isn't too bad for me.

I just love the new border punch it gives a wonderful finish to the edges. The flower brads and a little bit of bling finish of the card.  On the inside of the card I couldn't resist another big flower they are very cute.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stamps:  Printed Petals, teeny Tiny Sentiments, Sweetheart
Card:  Melon Mambo, Pear Pizazz and Whisper White
Ink:  Pear Pizzazz
Accessories:  Brads Border Punch Rhinestones