Fabulous YOU!--cQc #326

January 30, 2016

Today I am sharing a card that I made for a very dear friend's birthday.  She is very special to me!  The colors at Colour Q were just perfect for her card.

My base card is white.  The next layer is Old Olive card stock.  I created the background paper using the Brushstrokes stamp from Stampin' Up! using Chocolate Chip ink.  The flowers are from Altenew, "Peony Scrolls" set.  I heat embossed them in white embossing powder and colored them using Zig watercolor markers.  A rectangle was cut in the background panel and stamped with Wisteria Wonder using  the Gorgeous Grunge stamp from Stampin' Up!  

I cut five "Fabulous" sentiments from the die from The Ton.  The "You" is stamped in Chocolate Chip ink.  It is from a retired SU set, Painted Petals.  A few sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh were added for fun.  Wink of Stella on the peonies adds extra shine.  I also added Wink of Stella on the sentiment!  I love the way this card turned out!  Don't you love when that happens!  

THANK You for stopping by my blog today!  I love to hear from you, so please leave a comment.

Have a great weekend!

HUGS!
Claire

Nature--cQc #314 and Friday Mashup # 232

November 1, 2015

I loved the colors at The ColourQ  this week and The Friday Mashup is featuring leaves. Since Halloween is over, I decided to make a card I could send for Thanksgiving.  I love leaves, so I had fun creating this card.

I used the Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Tangerine Tango ink pads and added the color directly on watercolor paper.  I just turned them over and rubbed the ink on the paper.  I had never done that before, but it worked perfectly.  I cut the leaves out of these colors using the matching dies from Vintage Leaves (Stampin' Up!)  I then stamped the leaves on top of them using Vintage Versa Fine Ink.  I applied clear embossing powder and heated them to get the shiny look.  I love the way they turned out.  

The base card is white.  I added a black layer for accent.  The top layer is white.  I stamped the Nature sentiment from Verve Stamps with black Versa Fine and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I used dimensionals to attach the leaves.  I made a burlap bow and added a button threaded with Linen thread.  These were both attached with glue dots.  I added a few drops of Glossy Accents to look like dew on the leaves.

I hope you enjoyed my card today.  Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.  I love to hear from you!

HUGS!
Claire

Every Season Plain Jane	Vintage Leaves	Leaflets Framelits Dies	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Watercolor Paper	Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad	Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad	Tsukineko Full-Size VersaFine Instant Dry Pigment Ink, Onyx Black	Tsukineko Full-Size VersaFine Instant Dry Pigment Ink, Vintage Sepiafrom Tsukineko	Big Shot
Big Shot Magnetic Platform	Standard Cutting Pads	Heat Tool	Embossing Buddy
Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4	Linen Thread	Stampin' Dimensionals
Glue Dots	Neutrals Designer Buttons	Ranger Inkssentials MINI GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Adhesive .5oz GAC27898

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