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Teddy & Train Baby Card
Posted: Friday, August 21st, 2009 | Comments
This adorable new set ‘Teddy & Train” is gently watercolored with the Earth Elements watercolor crayons and layered with the ‘To the Nines Specialty” designer series paper (#114038, $11.95)
I brought out the Sage Shadow stripe in the designer series paper with a horizontal ‘laced’ edge as a border between the dots & stripes. The edging was achieved with the Eyelet Border punch (#113692, $15.95)
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he bear is stamped on Whisper White cardstock and the bow is white taffeta (109070, $6.95 for 10 yards) held on with glue dots.
I like to color and it just took minutes to watercolor the bear and stamp the greeting.
Be sure when watercoloring to use Black StazOn (#101406, $7.95) so that the ink doesn’t run (READ: don’t try that with just any black ink pad).
Enjoy… now to find a baby that needs a card, LOL!
Peace Within Rustic Card
Posted: Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 | Comments
Wow, has it been a week since I’ve posted? Well, good news, I am working on some more beautiful things to share with you very soon! For example, I loved this set with the cat on the chair and had to have it as soon as I saw it!
The new Stampin’ Up! set featured is ‘Peace Within’ (#114312, set of 4 for $22.95).
The background is the new background stamp ‘Woodgrain’ (#117100, $17.95) stamped in Close to Cocoa on Creamy Caramel paper.
The papers used are Creamy Caramel, More Mustard and Close to Cocoa. The focal image was stamped in black StazOn and colored in with the Rich Regal watercolor crayons and Aquapainters.
I am still working out technical issues with my next video featuring a cute 3×3 card holder made from one piece of 12×12 paper… keep your eyes peeled!
Hope you enjoyed this…
Nature’s Nest Rustic Card
Posted: Monday, July 20th, 2009 | Comments
This card was a lot of fun to make, not to mention easy!
I used the new ‘Nature’s Nest’ stamp set (click on the thumbnail for a larger image) and you can be sure I will be sharing more.
The colors are the new Soft Suede for both the card, a torn layer and the feather stamped image. The cardfront is Mellow Moss and there are torn layers of More Mustard and Chocolate Chip.
I ‘texturized’ the torn layers with the Texture Plates Kit #4 for the Sizzix ‘Big Shot’. The Texture Plates kit came with three plates, each double sided and one side was a rough bark like texture which was perfect! The nest was stamped in Black StazOn and colored in with the watercolor crayons and an aquapainter.
CLICK ON THUMBNAILS for larger detail
Nature’s Silhouettes Father’s Day Card
Posted: Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | Comments
Okay, who still hasn’t made their Father’s Day card yet? Well, this goes out to all you slackers… this is a quick one!
The tree and deer silhouettes are separate stamps and were stamped in black and the sky was sponged (using a sponge dauber) with a *tiny* bit of the following colors (from the top down): Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Blush Blossom & Mellow Moss. How easy is that?!
The designer series paper is ‘Prestwick’ (from the Fall/Winter 2008 catalog) is the exact same patterns (different colors) as the current (and retiring next week) Manchester DSP. Love those plaids!
I have included my ‘quick card’ template for making a super-fast card with Designer Series Papers.
The dimentions are as follows: standard sized card turned ‘landscape’ , the bottom layer is 4×4, the next layer is 4 x 3 1/2, the top (focal stamped image) is 3 x 3 1/4.
Okay, so what are you waiting for? You know this won’t be Tony’s card (he’d say ‘another roadkill card’ remember?)
