Snapdragons - Stacy Stamps

A few months ago I took a class from Stacy of Stacy Stamps at a local stamp store.  She has beautiful nature images and I especially love her flowers.  I stamped and colored my image first then placed a smaller square piece of cardstock over the image and traced around it  with a pencil.  I cut it out by hand and around the blooms.  Some matting and rhinestones and I'm done.

• Stamps: Stacy Stamps - Snapdragon 3102AA (pg 30 of the catalog)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  SEI - Sunny Day 6x6, Neenah Solar White, PTI black cardstock
• Other: Copics, rhinestones

Stacy's Hydrangea

Since it's June I thought it was time for another hydrangea card.  The bloom and text are from Stacy Stamps.  I masked the bloom before I stamped the text.  Copics were used for color and I finished it off with a double bow.  I tried to copy the color of my Preziosa hydrangea but failed miserably! (see below, too pink, not enough purple)  The bloom starts out white and slowly turns to a soft pinkish purple. Card measures 4.25 x 6.25.

• Stamps: Stacy Stamps - Hydrangea, Floral Word Background
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onxy Black
• Paper: Bo Bunny - Vicki B 6x6, PTI Green Leaf & Black, Neenah Solar White
• Other:  Bow Easy, SU! Black taffeta Ribbon, Spellbinders Curved Rectangles. Viva Pearl Pen in gold for flower centers, Martha butterfly punch
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Stacy's Snapdragons

A few weeks ago I took a class from Stacy of Stacy Stamps at a local stamp store.  She has beautiful nature images and I especially love her flowers.  We did a card with a slim panel like the one above and I just had to recreate it.  After you stamp the image you cover it with a slim rectangle of cardboard or cardstock so that some of the image sticks out on either side.  Make a pencil mark around the rectangle and hand cut it out around the flowers that stick out.  Color, mat and you're done! 

Finished card is an A-2 and the floral panel is adhered with foam tape.  The edges of the card are embossed with my Scor-Buddy.

• Stamps: Stacy Stamps - Snapdragon 3102AA (pg 30 of the catalog)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  SEI - Sunny Day 6x6, Neenah Solar White, PTI black cardstock
• Other: Copics, Scor-Buddy

Sparrow in Dogwood

Here is another card with Stacy Stamps Chipping Sparrow.  Even though he is still on a dogwood branch, the flowers are peach!  Peach matched the paper I wanted to use for this card.  Eventually I'll do another with pink dogwood flowes.  I have 2 pink dogwood trees in my garden and I can't wait for them to bloom in April.

• Stamp: Chipping Sparrow 1077BB by Stacy Stamps
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper: Neenah Natural White, Kaisercraft Secret Bird Society
• Other: Copic Markers, pearls, SU! Early Espresso taffeta ribbon

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OCC Chickadee Challenge

The OCC has a challenge this week called  Hey Chickadee!  I made this card for the challenge even though the bird is actually a Sparrow. (Don't tell anyone!)  I used Glossy Accents to adhere the red micro beads to the center of the blooms. Copic markers used: E 40, 41, C3, 4, 6, YG93, 95, 97, BG10, Y28.  Finished size is 6.5 x 4.5.

• Stamps: Chipping Sparrow 1077BB by Stacy Stamps
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo
• Paper: Anna Griffin patterned paper, SU! Basic Grey, Neenah Solar White, black
• Other: Martha Stewart leaf branch punch, nesties, SU! black taffeta ribbon, Glossy Accents, red micro beads, Copic Markers

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