Paper Cuts

 …but only in my workshops!  This is one Stampin’ Up set that will not leave me.  It’s been my favorite since it was first available.   Although I “heart” the solid images used in a vintage/shabby way, I thought I’d try a more modern look with the outline image.  (Is “modern” the right word? lol)

I love this color combo of Cameo Coral and Tempting Turquoise.  It’s so bright!   I first stamped the flower outline on the Cameo card with Cameo ink.  The dotted paper is from the Petals & Paisleys Designer Series Paper pack.  I matted the sentiment first onto Turquiose, then Cameo, tied the turquiose ribbon (offsetting the knot to the right a bit) and adhered the assembled piece to the card.  The flowers are stamped on Whisper White, watercolored with Cameo in the center and a very light Turquoise on the petals, then cut out.  The top flower is adhered directly onto the patterned paper.  The lower flower is raised on bits of dimensionals.

     Stamps:   Petal Prints, In My Thoughts

     Paper:  Cameo Coral, Tempting Turquoise, Petals & Paisleys DSP, Whisper White

     Ink:  Basic Black, Cameo Coral, Tempting Turquoise

     Accessories:  Turquoise grosgrain, dimensionals, aquapainter

Thanks for looking and have a terrific Tuesday! 

Happy Mother’s Day!!!  I don’t have a Mother’s Day card today, but I do have a birthday card…a little late.  This should have been in the mail last week.  Unfortunately, my brain was in twenty other places, but this card will definately go out in tomorrow’s mail.  (And don’t forget–the cost of postage goes up tomorrow!!)

My 6 x 6 Palette o’ Prints has been sitting on my table for a week and I’ve been dying to use it.  I love the patterns, especially this little flower print.  And because I can sometimes be slightly “color-challenged,” I pulled out my Color Coach for some ideas.  I decided to use Regal Rose with the Amethyst print and Apricot Appeal as an accent.

I first stamped Cakeabella onto Whisper White, then onto the dotted Amethyst paper from the palette and once more onto a scrap of Apricot Appeal.  Using an aquapainter I colored her hair with Close to Cocoa and Creamy Caramel, using a Cocoa marker to outline the curls, Blush Blossom for her face and neck and Regal Rose for her pants and cheeks.

I cut the apron from the dotted Amethyst paper.  Since I planned to cut the cake from the Apricot cardstock and adhere atop her apron, I cut the apron as one piece, improvising her waistline.  That way, when I adhered the cake, it had a flat surface to lay upon and looked a little more 3-d.  (Make sense?)  After cutting the cake from the Apricot cardstock, I used the white Signo gel pen to color the icing and added dots of Star Dust Stickles along the bottom of the cake.  I colored her boots Close to Cocoa and scribbled in some ground with a black marker so she didn’t look like she was floating in air. 

I mounted the colored/assembled piece onto Regal Rose.  On a scrap of Apricot Appeal, I stamped Just For You from Papertrey Ink’s first release, Paper Tray.  I adhered this to the patterned paper, then used my mat pack to evenly space three brads on the left edge of the Apricot strip.  (I like to insert brads before attaching the final layer to the actual card so the metal ends don’t show on the inside of the card–when possible.)  I adhered the mounted Cakeabella to the patterned paper using dimensionals, then adhered the assembled panel to the card front.

     Cardstock:  Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, Whisper White, Palette o’ Prints

     Stamps:  Cakeabella, Papertrey Ink

     Ink:  Basic Black, Regal Rose, Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom, Creamy Caramel

     Markers:  Black, Close to Cocoa, Signo white gel pen

     Accessories:  brads (Doodlebug Design, Inc.), Ranger Star Dust Stickles,

     aquapainter, dimensionals, mat pack

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

These challenges are so much fun!  Lindsey, Trudee, Julia and I have chosen Fancy Pants Aged Florals (from Jacksonbelle Embellishments) and Stampin’ Up’s Happy Everything.   Hop on over to their blogs to see their designs!  Since I have a nine-year anniversary at the end of this month (!), I thought I’d get ahead of the game and make my card now.

I first sponged all the edges of the patterned piece with Ranger’s Walnut Stain Distress Ink. It’s the perfect ink for “dirtying up” anything!  Next I distressed the edges.  (I tried SO hard not to do that here. My husband thinks distressed cards look like they’ve been in the road, driven over and stomped upon, a.k.a. “road card”.  –But he says he still likes them.)  To me, the edges of this paper begged to be shredded. The floral design in the corner is one of the Fancy Pants Aged Florals rub-ons.   When I first laid the rub-on onto the patterned  paper, I thought it looked pretty.  Now I’m wondering if it isn’t too busy… The Fancy Pants rub-ons are gorgeous (imo) and so easy to use. (If I have to work up a sweat to apply a rub-on, it’s going in the trash.) I used Basic Brown ink and my Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp “happy” and “together” on vanilla cardstock.  I sponged and distressed the edges then mounted onto chocolate.  I adhered a strip of chocolate cardstock across the bottom  of the patterned piece and tied the ribbon–I “heart” this ribbon– (from Anna’s Sassy & Sweet Crafts), then adhered the sentiment using dimensionals.  Lastly, I used Stampin’ Up’s mat pack to evenly space the brads.  I use the mat pack so often I don’t ever bother to put it away (along with a lot of other things-lol).  Finished card size is 5″ x 5″.

Thanks for looking and happy Friday!! 

     Cardstock:  Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
     Patterned Paper:  Fancy Pants Aged Floral (Beloved)
     Stamps:  SU’s Happy Everything
     Ink:  Basic Brown, Ranger Walnut Stain Distress
     Rub-on:  Fancy Pants Aged Floral
     Accessories:  Vintage brads, distress tool, sponge, dimensionals

I’m still learning the ropes here, so please bear with me.  I’m sure I’ll be changing some things, adding some things, etc. but if anything is wonky,  I hope you’ll let me know.  

I want to thank my friends –HUGELY– (you know who you are!) for your encouragement and help in setting this up.  You guys are the best!

This was one of my first publications.  (So excited!!)  I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to align the letters and bugs.  When I trimmed the main image, I cut a little below the top of the beetle so his back would extend onto the Cranberry piece.  I doodled a black border, mounted the piece onto Cranberry cardstock, then adhered that to the Thyme card.  From the inside, I punched a row of holes near the fold, then added the three black brads on the front.  (Finished card size is 6″ x 3 1/4″.)

     Cardstock:  True Thyme, Cranberry Crisp, Very Vanilla
     Ink:  True Thyme, Cranberry Crisp, Buckaroo Blue, Basic Black
     Stamps:  Big Deal Alphas, Bugs & Kisses
     Accessories:  Mat pack, needle, Black marker, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Thanks for stopping by!!