Paper Cuts

I’m still so sad that Petal Prints is retiring (lol). 

I paired it up this time with some scraps of Tres Jolie that I just couldn’t throw away.  I used one of my favorite techniques, water spritzing.  I especially like this technique on watercolor paper, but since I was determined to use mostly scraps on this card, I just used a block of vanilla cardstock. (You get the same effect using watercolor paper, but I sometimes spritz the watercolor paper after stamping to get even more blending of the colors.)

I colored the stamp with markers then misted the stamp with water.  I stamped the first flower, then the second without rewetting the stamp.  I mounted this piece twice, using the back sides of the two prints (more scraps).

I used Rose Red ink to stamp the background (Penny Black, Silken Knots) on the top part of the Rose Red card, adhered and stitched the two patterned pieces, added the ribbon and adhered the assembled flower panel using dimensionals.

I wish more “scrap” cards went together this quickly! 

Thanks for stopping by!!

     Cardstock:  SU Rose Red, Very Vanilla

     Patterned Paper:  My Mind’s Eye Tres Jolie, ooh la la, Just Perfect (Clover/Rose

     Papier, Flowers/Rose Chaud Papier)

     Stamps:  SU Petal Prints, Happy Harmony; Penny Black Silken Knots

     Ink:  SU Basic Black, Rose Red

     Accessories:  SU Stampin’ Write Markers (Rose Red, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive),

     sewing machine, thread, May Arts ribbon

*RESTORED* 06/10/07 after the big SCS “crash.”

Here’s one to fit the WT challenge this week on Splitcoast-stampers.  There is no stamping here–it’s a super easy card!

I used black pigment ink to cover the Basic Grey letters then embossed using clear ep.  I know it doesn’t show in the pic, but the letters are nice and shiny!  They are also self-adhesive so all I had to do was peel off the backing and place them where I wanted them.  Super cool!  The black flowers are Cuttlebug die cuts.  The flower on the card is raised with bits of dimensionals under the center and each petal.  The white flower centers were punched using 1/4″ and 1/8″ handheld circle punches.  And the word “mom” is a rub-on.   Finished card size 5″ x 5″. 

 Thanks for looking!!  Have a great day!

     Cardstock:  SU Whisper White, Black

     Patterned Paper:  Provo Craft (Christina Cole)

     Ink:  SU Black Craft

     Accessories:  Heat tool, clear embossing powder, rub-on by One Heart One Mind,

     Cuttlebug, Asterisks dies, SU 1/4″ and 1/8″ handheld circle punches, dimensionals, SU

     envelope