Happy Anniversary

Hi everyone. Wanted to share a card with you today that I made for my brother and sister-in-law for their anniversary. First of all, I love the Year of Flowers stamps from Papertrey Ink. They are perfect for anniversaries and sympathy cards. So elegant and sophisticated. This card is using the Year of Flowers: Larkspur. I had such wonderful ideas floating in my head about this card. I wanted just a section of the flower showing with the rest of it faded out in the background. And the best way I could think of to soften the background was vellum. Oooo, this is going to be cool. I was so excited to complete my project and ready to put my vellum on when I realize after I adhered it, it didn't quite turn out like I had anticipated. The vellum wasn't thick enough to have the faded look I was envisioning. Oh well. Still happy with the card but a little bummed my great idea didn't pan out.

You can see the vellum a little better with this view. At least you can notice it is there but not in the fashion I was hoping it to be. That is what we should all love about our wonderful craft. It is fun to try new things and even if they don't come out the way you want them to, we are all the wiser for it.

Supplies:

cardstock, stamps - PTI

color medium - Copic markers

label die - Spellbinders

die machine - Epic Six

brads - Making Memories

ink - Tsukineko

Trying to keep at it...

Hi everyone. I am trying to keep at my blog for all of you followers, but I am failing miserably. Sorry for that. :(

But, at least I bring a new card for you today. I just made this card for a recent family anniversary. I always try my best to make the card part masculine and part feminine, best of both worlds I guess. So I try to go with colors that are soft with a punch of bold. My soft in this case is the aquamist color and my punch of bold is the pure poppy red.

Don't you just love that stamped border towards the bottom of the card? My new favorite background building stamp from Papertrey Ink called A Little Argyle. So many neat things you can do with this stamp set. The other stamp set I used is from the anniversary set that Papertrey Ink sends out free to their customers if they purchase 12 or more stamp sets in a year. I far exceeded that number, can't get enough if their stamps.

Supplies:

cardstock, stamps - Papertrey Ink

ink - Papertrey Ink, Tsukineko

pen - American Crafts (white)

label die - Spellbinders

metallic gems - Hero Arts

WCMD Challenge #3: India

Are you up for another card? I hope so because I have one for you that is inspired by one of the most beautiful countries in the world, India. When I think of India I think of beautiful people dressed in wonderful, intricate, beaded garmets. There is such detail to their clothes and beautiful bright colors. For my card I wanted to play of the beads and the details.

For this card, I really wanted to use beads so I strung them across the bottom part of my card. And to add some detail I made sure I to add flourishes, gems, intricate border and the beautiful designs of the Damask Designs stamp set from PTI. The label on my card is from a new release called Vintage Labels from PTI. LOVE IT!!!

As for the sentiment "I Love You", doesn't the Taj Mahal in India remind you of love? That is why I picked the sentiment I did. And that is from the Damask Design stamp set as well.

WCMD Challenge #2: Mexico

Here is another post for today. I got challenge #2 done for Nicole Heady's blog. I am loving her challenges so far, so much inspiration to be had. And speaking of inspirations, I am inspired by the bold colors, full ruffled skirts, and large flowers that you often find on many garments in Mexico. A card makers dream to work with such an array of beautiful colors and flowers.

So as you can see with my card, I made a big flower, full ruffled trim and used beautiful bold colors. Another quick card for me to come up with because of the inspiration. And of course I had to use my favorite Polka Dots Basics stamp set from PTI and also the Fancy Flourishes set. The sentiment is from the Mega Mixed Messages stamp set. The only thing not PTI is the brad and that is from Heidi Swapp.

Thanks for looking!!!! Have a wonderful evening.

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #14

Wow, I was so excited when I saw the colors for this week's color challenge. I am not one to use dark colors and I loved the fact that this challenge took me out of my comfort zone. I have been in a real creative slump lately and this was just what I needed to help put me out of that slump. My creative juices got flowing and I knew right away that I wanted to do an anniversary card with these colors because the boldness of the colors remind me of the kind of elegance that you get from weddings. And anniversary cards should be just as special.

Isn't THIS stamp set great. It is designed by Dawn McVey for Papertrey Ink, the very person that does these wonderful color challenges. So glad I had a beautiful stamp set like this to make this card, it just added to the elegance I wanted to create.

Supplies:

cardstock - PTI, SU (very vanilla)

stamps - PTI

gems - Hero Arts

ribbon - Robert Stanley Collection

ink - Clearsnap

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #2

Here is my card for this week's Raspberry Suite color challenge. I love the colors, they are so rich and look great together. I was a little nervous because I couldn't find any brown cardstock (I use it quite often and the nearest scrapbook store is 25 miles away) and then I found a small piece that fit perfectly into my design.

With this challenge I had to break out my new stamp set, Wishing You, from Papertrey Ink. I love stamps that have a crisp, clean look when you stamp them. Papertrey Ink does not disappoint, they definitely have high quality stamps that stamp beautifully every time. If you are in need of some new stamps, take a look at their website. There is a link to their store in my sidebar for my favorite places to shop.

Thanks, Dawn McVey, for another great color challenge. Keep em comin.

Supplies:

CS - Stampin Up!

Stamps - Papertrey Ink

Ink - ColorBox, Mementos

Ribbon - American Crafts

Other - Cuttlebug embossing folder

Kristina Werner Inspiration Challenge #45

Here's another color challenge for this week. At first I thought this was going to be hard not having a real focal color pop out at me, but it ended up being pretty easy. When I saw these colors I instantly thought of classy, elegant, weddings, anniversaries, etc. I ran with those thoughts and created a card that can either be used as a wedding or anniversary card. Although this is not a color combo I would use a lot, I will be using more of this combo in the future for any cards I make to give them an elegant feel.

Products used: CS - Bazzill, PP - gcd Studios, Rubon sentiment - DCWV, Ribbon - Robert Stanley Collection, Pearls - Hero Arts, Adhesive - Tombow, Adhesive Foam Squares - Paper Studio