2 cards for you today!

Good Morning Ladies!

I hope all of you have some great plans for the weekend. I am going to try weeding my flower beds some more. I was able to do some yesterday. I also need to plant some flowers I bought in my pots. And of course I will spend some time stamping. I need to make my ATC’s for my swap as well as see what I can come up with to play along with the challenges at LNS as this is my off week.

Well on with today’s cards. The first card I have for you uses the color challenge from Picture Perfect Color Combo.

I combined it with the sketch challenge at Gretchen’s Inspiration in Action blog. I began by using the solid flower from the Wings of Friendship set. Since this flower is part of the main image block, I used markers to ink it up. When I stamped it with the Bashful Blue I did not like the look so I decided to use the Brilliant Blue marker and ink up the edges. I like this look as it looks like the rock-n-roll technique. A gold brad in the center finished off the flowers. I did not want my swirl to be too harsh so I did a second generation stamping of it. I sponged the edges and then mounted it on Garden Green paper. The sentiment was stamped with Brilliant Blue on Bashful Blue and then mounted it on Brilliant Blue. I used a strip of Brilliant Blue and the scallop trim border punch. I added some white tafeta ribbon and mounted everything on a Bashful Blue card base that I embossed with the Perfect Dots embossing folder. Here is the sketch and my creation.

inside of card

Stampin’ Up Supplies
Stamps: Wings of Friendship Paper: Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, Garden Green, white Ink: Brilliant Blue, Garden Green Accessories: Bashful Blue & Brilliant Blue markers, scallop trim border punch, white tafeta ribbon, gold brads, sponge dauber, sticky tape, dimensionals

My second card was so much fun to make. I started with the sketch at Hand Stamped Sentiments. I have played along with their challenges since they began them and I always enjoy their ideas. When I saw all the circles on the sketch I thought it would be fun to use some of my designer paper that is going to retire soon. I chose the Sweet Peas paper as it will go at the end of the month. I have enjoyed using this paper and will miss it. I chose the Hello Again set and stamped my images using colors from the paper I had chosen. I punched out all my circles and decided to use a top not die mat to mount everything on. I used the same DS paper as I used for the circles. Once I had my circles laid out on my mat it still need something so I decided to add some ribbon. I wanted to add a ribbon and thought it would be fun to play with another type of bow. I think the circle effect goes right along with the circles on the mat. Here is the sketch and my creation.

inside of card

Stampin’ Up Supplies
Stamps: Hello Again Paper: Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, So Saffron, white, Sweet Pea DS Ink: Garden Green, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, So Saffron Accessories: Garden Green – Rose Red – So Saffron markers, 5 /8″ – 3/4″ – 1″ – 1 1/4″ – 1 3/8″ – scallop circle punches, Top Note Die, Old Olive ribbon, gold brad, sticky tape, dimensionals

I hope you enjoyed my creations today. I have plans to stamp a card for tomorrow but not sure if I will get it done. Thanks for looking and have a Super Saturday!

Robbie