Another Inspired by Nature offering using the Pastels, Color Combination from Stamping 411 and the template this time from Try Stampin' on a Tuesday from last week and the every lovely Everyday Enchanted.
Margaret
Welcome and thank you so much for taking time to drop by as I bare my creative soul here on my blog in an attempt to inspire others on their creative journey! I truly believe that nurturing ones continued creativity throughout life is paramount to a healthy mind and body!
Showing posts with label Ovals Bigz Die. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ovals Bigz Die. Show all posts
Friday, January 13, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Inspired by Challenges
Nothing like a good challenge blog to get the creative juices flowing in the ole craft corner ... and this week has been full of a few ... I combined the Stamping 411 Color challenge of Island Indigo, Pool Party, Coral Calypso and Lucky Limeade with the Friday Mash Up use Pastels on a Birthday themed challenge and finished it up with the Just Us Girls layout sketch challenge to come up with the following offering!
The Inspired by Nature stamp is so fun to use the pastel chalks on ... the cone flowers just pop right off the page!
The new stamp set Take it to Heart has a little ribbon stamp that I just LOVE as a sentiment accent for a card. I can see myself using this on a scrapbooking layout too!
The Loving Thoughts stamp set in the Occasions mini was designed to fit perfectly inside this which is awesome! However the other great thing about Stampin' Up is our coordinating products - cause it fits so many of our other sentiments neatly inside it as well so if you do not have the Loving Thoughts stamp set yet - not worries ... I used the Wish Big sentiment from Short and Sweet stamp set and added some pearl accents to balance it off.
The paper piercer is also a marvelous tool - my card felt a little 'lopsided' to me so I added some subtle paper piercings up in the corner - which helped to balance it out for my anal mind!
I am just loving this color palette of the Sale-abration Everyday Enchanted paper .... if you love it too you can earn it FREE with a $60 order as of January 24th or you can book a workshop during Sale-abration and you can earn hostess dollars AND free Sale-abration products ... win win!
In the mean time hop on over to the following blogs and check out the wonderful offerings other card designers have come up with using these challenge inspirations!
Happy Stampin'
Margaret
Monday, December 5, 2011
Playing with Bleach ...
This weekend I was playing around with both the Foxy Oxi and various bleaching techniques in preparation for class on Tuesday ... and combined my playing with this weeks Just Us Girls Challenge ....
The color combination which was inspired by the Stamping 411 Color Challenge of Poppy Parade, Pink Pirouette and Basic Black.
I bleached out a Dasher on a piece of Pink Pirouette and while he is very subtle I just love how it looks in real life - the texture of the embossing folders really add depth and character to the card.
The flash plays havoc on the image which really pops more in real life - but I added some Dazzling Details and Pearls helped to accent Dashers antlers!
Thanks for stopping by...
Happy Stampin'
Margaret
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Button Buddies encore
Here is another card inspired by the OWH challenge this week ... featuring once again the Pocketful of Posies DSP with the Poppy Parade cardbase and a Naturals White Top Note frame which was stamped in Poppy Parade with the coordinating My Friend stamp set that goes with this DSP.
I used the Big Shot and Ovals Die to cut two ovals one in our Red Glimmer paper and the smaller in Naturals White and using the Button Buddies set I hand colored the floral focal point and than versamark embossed the vase in clear to give it depth - and finished it off with some small buttons and some Victorian lace!
Happy Stampin'
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Run for the Cure Hybrid Series - part four
Pink Flamingos anyone?
Not to sure what the Flamingo has to do with Breast Cancer awareness - other than he is cute and pink but this is stamp number 4 in the Breast Cancer Flourishes set. I was also able to include a few more sentiments in this card by making use of the new Decorative Label Punch from the upcoming Holiday mini ... so the I wear pink sentiment paired with the for my and the friend stamp is a stand alone stamp which can be swapped out for numerous other more specific relationships.
Not to sure what the Flamingo has to do with Breast Cancer awareness - other than he is cute and pink but this is stamp number 4 in the Breast Cancer Flourishes set. I was also able to include a few more sentiments in this card by making use of the new Decorative Label Punch from the upcoming Holiday mini ... so the I wear pink sentiment paired with the for my and the friend stamp is a stand alone stamp which can be swapped out for numerous other more specific relationships.
The background paper was made with Pretty in Pink ink and the Ribbon of Hope sentiment.
The Bigz Die Oval was used again to create the frame for the flamingo ... and some pink glitter to bling him up :)
The Bigz Die Oval was used again to create the frame for the flamingo ... and some pink glitter to bling him up :)
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Run for the Cure Hybrid Series - part three
This shirt stamp is another fun one in the set! The stamp itself is 'blank' outline of the shirt and I paired it with the ribbon of hope. I also used the larger ribbon of hope to create a specialty background paper.
I was able to try out my new Bigz dies the Scallop Oval which I used the middle for this card and kept the scallop frame for another and I paired it with the Ovals Bigz die! I also used the 1 inch and 1 1/4 inch circle punches again for the I wear pink sentiment!
I was able to try out my new Bigz dies the Scallop Oval which I used the middle for this card and kept the scallop frame for another and I paired it with the Ovals Bigz die! I also used the 1 inch and 1 1/4 inch circle punches again for the I wear pink sentiment!
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