Monochromatic Rustic Centerpiece

Happy Friday, peeps! Lots of things going on this week and next, so I have a very simple card to share today using a pretty image from Rustic Centerpiece:

I used a piece of Peaceful Garden DSP and stamped my image in Cherry Cobbler.  It's hard to see, but I stamped another image of just the apples, and fussy-cut them out, then popped them up for a wee bit of interest.  The sentiment is from You are Remarkable:

It all went on a Cherry Cobbler card base.  The DSP gives the image a bit of a textured, vintage look, which I really like.  Easy peasy!  Thanks so much for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

"Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior."  Habakkuk 3:17-18

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rustic Centerpiece, You Are Remarkable
Card stock & Papers	Cherry Cobbler, Peaceful Garden DSP
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools

Happy Shell Birthday

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I have a summery, seashell-filled card today for two challenges! The Sunday Stamps challenge has a pretty color palette and the Time Out challenge wants seashells:

This is really clean and simple, as I let the shells do most of the work!  Here we go:

My seashells are from a retired Close To My Heart set and they were stamped  in Secret Sea and Versamark inks, then heat-embossed with clear embossing powder.  I colored them with reinkers and an aquapainter, using Petal Pink, Peach Pie, Timid Tiger, and Balmy Blue inks.  I stamped a  few speckles from You Are Remarkable, and a retired sentiment from Circle Sayings in Mossy Meadow, to match my Mossy Meadow arch:

I did add a few sequins from my stash for some sparkle! Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You Are Remarkable, Circle Sayings (ret), Swirly Seashells (CTMH)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Balmy Blue
Ink	Secret Sea, Balmy Blue, Petal Pink, Peach Pie, Timid Tiger, Versamark
Accessories	Clear Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Aquapainter, Heat Tool

SSC361 Blessed Day

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Doesn't it feel like Sunday? Or Monday? Those Monday holidays mess me all up! I have a quick little card today that uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

Although I am disappointed that SU didn't have very many new designer papers this year, it is nice to be able to continue to use the ones I didn't use very much from last year!  This card uses some pretty prints from Nests of Winter along with the flower from You Are Remarkable:

I stamped my flower in Early Espresso and added the petals in Moody Mauve, stamped off once to give it a lighter hue.  It was backed on a little square, also from Nests of Winter, and a sentiment from Unbounded Love:

And I always need birthday cards, so a sentiment from the same set went on the inside:

Easy peasy and sweet!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You are Remarkable, Unbounded Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Nests of Winter, Early Espresso
Ink	Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Moody Mauve (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies

AHSC625 Daisy Sympathy

Happy Wednesday to everyone!  Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

 

I finally got to play with ONE thing from the new upcoming SU catalog, and it's this pretty cardstock in Cloud Cover...isn't that a lovely color?!  I do love my blues!  I paired it with some non-SU papers in my stash; here we go:

I stamped the daisy from the Online Exclusive You Are Remarkable set in Memento Black ink directly on to the yellow print paper, and stamped the leaves in Mint Macaron.  I wanted to make the daisy white, so I used some White Craft ink with a very damp paintbrush and filled in the petals:

If I were to do this again, I would leave the paper in my Misti, ink, color and then ink again because I did go over the lines a wee bit on the narrower petals!  It's a learning curve, right?!  I added a layer of Cloud Cover and then some daisy print and my sympathy sentiment.  Here's the inside:

It's hard to make these sympathy cards sometimes, but unfortunately, they're necessary!  I hope you'll play along with our AHSC sketch this week, it's a great one!!  Check out what the Design Team did over at the AHSC blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You Are Remarkable (online exclusive), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Bee Happy (Echo Park)
Ink	Memento Black, White Craft, Mint Macaron (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Aquapainter, Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

AYSI345 Happy Easter

Happy Friday, peeps! I am thrilled to be asked to return to the design team of one of my favorite  challenges, As You See It!  This week we have a fun color challenge for you:

I have been wanting to try my hand at a shaped card, using the Every Day Arches dies.  I combined it with the You Are Remarkable stamp set and came up with this:

I embossed the top panel with the Starstuck embossing folder, then stamped the flower on a smaller arch and added some ribbon and sequins:

I made a little "hinge" with another piece of cardstock to attach the back layer to the front, and added a white panel with my sentiment and another flower:

I can't wait to try another one of these cards, now that I have the first on eunder my belt!  I hope you'll play along with our colors this week, and share your creation with us at As You See It!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You Are Remarkable, Throughout the Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Peach Pie, Fresh Freesia
Ink	Garden Green, Peach Pie, Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Fresh Freesia Ribbon (ret), Purple Adhesive-backed Sequins (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Arches Dies, Starstruck Embossing Folder (ret)

Thinking of You

Happy Thursday! I have a sort of experimental card for you today; for the life of me, I cannot find the blog on which I saw this technique done! I thought I saved it but can't find it, so if someone knows, let me know and I will give the proper credit!  

Anyway, it involves stamping an open artwork stamp in white ink on kraft or Crumb Cake cardstock,  heat embossing it, then coloring in the image with watered-down white ink.  After drying, you can re-color overtop of the white ink to achieve a brighter color than if you were just to do it directly on the brown cardstock.  So I experimented with the You Are Remarkable floral, using the FMS sketch and the Color Throwdown colors:

So here we go:

So, as I said, this was defnitely experimental!  I first stamped one of the text images from Elements of Text in Crumb Cake ink on the Crumb Cake panel.  I stamped and embossed the floral image, then filled it in with white ink and an aquapainter (wish I had taken a picture of it!).  It is easy to fill in because the embossing keeps the ink in place! After it dried, I colored it in with Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist and Garden Green inks, also with an aquapainter.  I love this effect! The part I am not crazy about is the sponging I did around the flower with Pecan Pie ink....I would definitely change that if I did it again.  I added a sentiment from Happiest of Days, diecut everything with the Perennial Postage die and adhered it to a Misty Moonlight mat and a Basic Beige card.  I threw on a few sequins from my stash for fun.  

This was definitely a fun technique and I'll be giving it a go again!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You are Remarkable, Elements of Text
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight
Ink	Craft White, Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist, Garden Green, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Sponge Daubers, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Aquapainter