First Card in a Long Time!

Had a chance (and the motivation!) to sit down today and get crafty with my new SU! preorder stuff. Here's a card I made using the set Vintage Vogue which will be available Jan 4th, 2010.

This set reminded me a bit of a SAB set called Best Blossoms and I based this card on a card I made using that set. You can see that card here.

I first cut a mask out to make the rectangle shape using a large post it note and then sponged the area inside the mask onto Naturals Ivory cardstock using Crushed Curry ink. The flourishes are stamped in Old Olive and the flowers in Rich Razzleberry. The big one is popped up and layered. I added some spritzing using a Razzleberry marker and a spritzing tool for some added interest.

Thanks for stopping by today! Sorry it's been so long between posts :)

Have a great day and a Happy New Year!

First of August

Second half of the summer :( Ah well.

Not much going on here. The weather is finally beginning to warm up (but shhhhhhhh.....don't tell anyone but I think we have been having PERFECT summer weather! I hate the heat....) so we've been getting outside and having some family bike rides. I have the sore butt to prove it! I think I need to get me one of those jelly seats or something 'cause it hurts!!!

I've got a card to share with you today from the beatutiful new There She Goes (hey-there's a challenge going on there and you can win a gift certificate-I'm just sayin') set called Spread Your Wings. As soon as I saw the images, I knew I wanted to colour them using Twinkling H2Os. I don't use them too much, but really do love the effect when I do. It's too bad, but you really can't see all the sparkle on this card but I also used Shimmery White paper to beef up the sparkle.


I think the key for me to colouring is to start with an embossed image. It really helps me to keep things within the lines. So I started off by stamping both the image and sentiment in Versamark ink and embossing with black embossing powder. *A little note-I used a large block and placed the image and sentiment on it together and stamped it once instead of doing them separately. I little thing, but it saves time, that's for sure* Once it was heat embossed, I coloured the image using the H2Os and an Aquapainter. I selected China Black, Dreamsicle and Egyptian Gold for this image.

To finish it off, I debated long and hard about what colour ribbon to use and tried out a pile. Thanks Sheilagh for suggesting this yellow-y-orange colour! Perfect. I found that black or orange made the whole thing look too Halloweenish.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today! Hope the rest of your day is great :)