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Birthday Ride

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This is the final card I made while at my mom’s house.

This time I wanted to have a bright sunny watercolored scene. I pulled out the hostess set – Summer Afternoon and went at it.

I mounted the watercolored panel on Daffodil yellow to help bring out the sunny background.

The sentiment is normally two lines, but I wanted all on one – so some simple masking and I got it done.

Thanks for taking a peek!

happy birthday
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Summer Afternoon, Made for You;
Colors: Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Basic Grey, Lucky Limeade;
Other: nothing!

3 Cheers

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This is another card I made at my mom’s. This is the new Happy Hour set (after playing with it, I decided it would be a good one to have – sometimes I just love a solid image).

My kiddo doesn’t think “3 cheers” is a good birthday sentiment, but I do!

All the glasses and accessories are hand-cut. For the final touch, I added a bit of Dazzling Details glitter glue on the strawberry, margarita glass rim, and umbrella.

Thanks for taking a peek!

3 Cheers for You
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Happy Hour;
Colors: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry;
Other: Summer Smooches DSP, Dazzling Details, Corner Rounder punch;

In My Thoughts

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I was at my mom’s house just before StampinUp Convention. Mom handed me a panel of Pretty in Pink and the Reason to Smile set and said make a card for swapping. Hmmm.

I ended up pulling the Pink Pirouette DSP from the pack – um mostly because I forgot that Pretty in Pink was in the same pack – so I just went with the first pink I found, lol.

I kept the design simple (we didn’t have a lot of time to get it done). I popped the flower head on dimensionals. The vanilla panel is also popped up – which provides a nice little shadow (which translates into dimension).

Thanks for taking a peek!

You’re in My thoughts
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Reason to Smile, Word Play;
Colors: Pink Pirouette, Vanilla, Primrose Petals, Soft Suede;
Other: Pirouette DSP;

Simply Everything

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While I was away from home, I did have access to my mom’s stamps – and I needed a birthday card.

I pulled out the Everything Eleanor set because I loved the images. I did have to hand-cut the flower and label, but it didn’t take long.

I kept the design very simple, but I really like the colors.

Thanks for taking a peek!

happy Birthday wishes
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Petite Pairs;
Colors: White, Pool Party, Certainly Celery, Calypso Coral;
Other: nothing 🙂

FYI – Metro Doilies

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It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI35.

What a beautiful night scene! The first thing that caught my eye was the curves of the bridge. If I had a roller coaster image, I would definitely have been using it. Alas, I do not. So next, I decided to use Kristina Werner’s awesome tutorial for creating a sketch from a photo.

I took another look at the photo and in addition to the “circles” of the bridge, I saw a pennant in the points on the cathedral. And so my sketch was born.

I had a sketch, now I needed colors. I went back to the photo and found my new favorite – Summer Starfruit. But then there was this bright teal and a totally different blue in the sky – eek. But, Starfruit and Pool look awesome together, so I just stuck with Gray to balance it all out. The final color palette felt very “metropolitan” to me, hence the post title.

Now I had a sketch and colors. Up next – stamp images. Since I was using StampinUp colors, I decided to check my SU stamps first and when I came to the doily set, I felt they were perfect!

Normally I make birthday cards, but these colors weren’t what I think of as birthday colors (though now that I see the final card, I don’t see why it couldn’t be a birthday card…go figure); instead I went with a get well sentiment instead.

I used pattern paper for added texture for the Pool pennant layer.

A final touch of a few pearls.

Thanks for stopping by!

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Debby
Michelle
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Sylvia
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

A Little About the Challenge: The For Your Inspiration challenge is posted the first and third Thursday of every month; each challenge is open for two weeks. To play, use the photo to inspire you and create a card – very simple! Make sure you tell us in your blog post how you were inspired!

get well soon
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Delicate Doilies, Delightful Dozen;
Colors: Basic Grey, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Vanilla;
Other: Pearls, Dimensionals;

Wet Leaves

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This is another card I created for mom’s August camp. This time my assignment was a masculine card using Gently Falling.

This time I started with a technique – wet paper watercoloring. I love this technique and use it a lot.

I also recently discovered a great color combo that uses the new StampinUp color – Summer Starfruit. When I first saw this color I was very intimidated, but now I am loving it!

I kept the sentiment/embellishments very simple because I wanted the focus on the technique background.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Gently Falling, Teeny Tiny Wishes;
Colors: Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue, Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake;
Other: Watercolor paper, Modern Label punch, Word Window punch, Linen Thread;

Rose & Lace Wedding

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I created this card for mom’s August stamp camp. She asked me to create a wedding card. Since I recently got Stippled Blossom and love it, I just had to use it.

To get started, I stamped my rose, leaves, and sentiment. To do the rose, I used an off-stamped inking of Primrose for the first rose layer and then full-strength Raspberry for the shading layer.

When I laid the image/sentiment die cut onto the card base, I knew I wanted something down the center. After looking through my supplies, I decided to use the large lace embossing folder.

I really love the embossing detail. The way I did it was new for me. First I made a tick mark at the center on the top and bottom on the backside of the pink panel. Then I lined up the straight edge of the lace to the tick marks and embossed. Then I turned the panel around and embossed again. It didn’t really leave a line on the other embossing, but it did flatten it just a bit – so I put the panel back through the Big Shot with all tabs and it flattened it out just a bit, but evenly. Hope that all makes sense – really the texture is still very nice.

As a final touch, I then wrapped the crochet trim around the center too.

Thanks for taking a peek!

bride & groom
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Sweet Essentials;
Colors: Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple (ink only), Pink Pirouette (cs only), Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Basic Grey, Vanilla;
Other: Delicate Designs embossing, Labels Collection Framelit die, Crochet trim;

FYI – Pumpkin Patch

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It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI34.

This photo is so cool! It makes me think I found where the faeries live! I love how the back is lit up as well as the front (well enough in the front so there aren’t silhouettes).

The large orange bush/tree from the inspiration photo is where my card started. Large orange “circle” made me think pumpkin. The rest of the card just worked with additional colors from the inspiration photo.

I kept the card base light in color because the inspiration photo is full of light in the background.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Debby
Michelle
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Sylvia
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

A Little About the Challenge: The For Your Inspiration challenge is posted the first and third Thursday of every month; each challenge is open for two weeks. To play, use the photo to inspire you and create a card – very simple! Make sure you tell us in your blog post how you were inspired!

Happy Halloween
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Jack of All Trades, Delightful Dozen;
Colors: So Saffron, Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, Soft Suede;
Other: Garden button, Expresso Baker’s Twine, Woodgrain embossing folder;

Kindness Matters

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I needed a “thank you” card to insert in a little package for a friend. She likes pink and butterflies, so that is what I used 🙂

I used a sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping blog (ftl197).

I, um, mis-read my ruler and cut my pattern paper panel a bit too short, so I improvised and added a bit of ribbon to help take up space.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Kindness Matters
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Kindness Matters;
Colors: Melon Mambo, Basic Black, So Saffron;
Other: Elegant Butterfly punch, Black polka dot ribbon, pattern paper (old SU);

So Sorry

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By a stroke of luck I was able to step in as a guest designer for the Clean And Simple (CAS) challenge on Splitcoast. This week’s challenge (cas177) is a color challenge: Navy, Olive, and White.

As I was perusing my stamp index, the new feather set by StampinUp caught my eye – and I thought worked well with the color challenge. My theme was chosen because I needed a card for a friend who recently lost an elderly dog.

I’m not sure peacock feather really says bereavement, but I do think the “feel” of this card works.

When inking the sentiment, I knew the “y” would hang down and you wouldn’t be able to read the rest (and I didn’t want to change the layout or color placement). So I stamped the second part of the sentiment first and masked it off. Then I stamped the So Sorry in full strength and removed the mask. Next, I reinked the So Sorry (actually just the “ry” at the end), but stamped off – and used a stamp positioner to stamp the sentiment again. Finally, I went back over the line between dark and light with a blender pen to help smooth it to a better gradient.

And one final note. The pattern paper I chose has a distinct pattern to it. I trimmed a bit to use on the card, but when I positioned it, the pattern felt to happy. I turned the paper in the opposite direction (hiding more of the “distinct pattern”) and it looked more random and didn’t detract from the card. I will definitely try turning patterns around if things don’t feel right again – just to see…you never know!

Thanks for stopping by!

So Sorry
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Fine Feathers, So Sorry;
Colors: Naturals White, Midnight Muse, Old Olive;
Other: Comfort Cafe DSP;