Terrific Tulips

I saw this lovely wedding card by Brierrose on SCS and immediately wanted to CASE it. Also my new goal in life is to use some of my old stamps that haven't seen the light of day in a long time. I thought Terrific Tulips would be perfect for this card. For the lighter areas I stamped off once before stamping on the card. I also used strips of textured black paper in place of black ribbon since I don't have the right width of ribbon.

Stamps: Terrific Tulips

Paper: Basic Black regular and textured, Whisper White

Ink: Black

Accessories: Dotted EF, Nestabilities

Nature Walk

I just got this stamp set from Stampin'Up and love the vintage look. I'm not that great at coming up with vintage cards but I'm going to make a stab at it. This card was spurred along by a sketch challenge and a color challenge. What more help could I ask for.

I started with the birdcage stamp on white cardstock. I then inked up the bee stamp but stamped it off once before stamping next to the birdcage so it wouldn't be too bold. I did that 3 times. Then I did the same thing with the no.147 stamp.  I used the ink pad around the edges of this piece and then matted it with Pear Pizzazz and then Rich Razzleberry. I think you can tell the rest pretty easily by looking at the photo.

Stamps: Nature Walk, Fancy Flexible Phrases

Paper: Rich Razzleberry. Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Cottage Wall DP, White

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories: Scalloped border punch, white taffeta ribbon, Jewelry Tag punch, Vintage Trinkets

The sketch come from this week's Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge SSC191.

The color combo is from ColorLab's Color Challenge #29. 

Sweet Summer

I saw a cute card on SCS by Bar. Check it out here.  I just got the SAB set Sweet Summer and thought it would work nicely to CASE that card.  I also wanted to do this week's SCS color challenge CC310 which uses Pacific Point, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi and a neutral.

I stamped the middle flower in Pacific Point and then used the marker to fill it in. I also used a So Saffron marker to fill in the centers of the flowers.  The flower on the right was stamped in So Saffron and then filled in with the Saffron marker. It was too light and so I stamped over it with Soft Suede and think that looks much better. The leaves were stamped with Wasabi Green and then I used an aquapainter to watercolor the leaves.  I put a light wash of Saffron around the bottom of the flower stems.

Stamps: Sweet Summer, Just Believe

Paper: Kraft, Black, Confetti White (ret.)

Ink: Black, Pacific Point, So Saffron, Wasabi Green, Soft Suede

Accessories: Twine, aquapainter, Pacific Point & Saffron markers

Techniques: watercolor

2 More Cards

3 cards in one day. It must be a new record!  These are both valentine cards.  The first is a CASE of really pretty card I saw here.  I changed it just a bit because I didn't have the same supplies.

Stamps: Gentler Times

Paper: Pink Pirouette, White, Black

Ink: Pink Pirouette

Accessories: white taffeta ribbon, stick on pearls, dot EF, Scallop Trim border punch, sponge, circle punch

Techniques: sponging

The second card is for my husband. Shh! Don't tell.  It's also for 2 different challenges.  The first challenge is this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge SSSC104.  It's also for last week's Curtain Call Color Challenge ACT68.

Here is my card...

Stamps: Love You Much

Paper: Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi Prints DP, White, Bella Rose DP

Ink: Pink Pirouette & Wild Wasabi markers, Black

Accessories: Eyelet Border punch, stick pearls, embossing folder, heart punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Itty Bitty button, linen thread, Dew Drops

Tiny Teacup

More challenges attempted with this card. I also used my new Tiny Teacup stamp.  I've been wanting this stamp for a while and SU was offering it as a choice for SAB so now I have it.

Color Throwdown 128

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 101.

All supplies used are Stampin'Up unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Tiny Teacup

Paper: Real Red, Black, White, Night and Day DP

Ink: Real Red, Orchid Opulence, Pink Passion

Accessories: Black grosgrain ribbon, mat pack & paper piercer, oval Nestabilities, Stamp-a-majig, photo corner punch, dimensionals

2 Challenges

I have been having fun doing challenges this week. They have given my creative juices a boost. I haven't cased a card all week :-) For this card I did 2 challenges. The Clean & Simple FTL123 and Play Date Cafe PDCC66. My daughter crocheted the flower and gave me a little packet of them for Christmas. Thanks Vickie! (Check out her wonderful blog here.)  I used my black marker and the mat pack to get the dotted lines.

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Almost Amethyst, White, Black Textured, Almost Amethyst Prints DSP

Ink: Black

Accessories: Crochet flower, Bold Bright button (ret), black embroidery floss, Scallop Trim border punch, mat pack, black marker, corner rounder

Vintage Get Well

3 cards in 3 days!  I LOVE RETIREMENT!

A gentleman at church just had a pacemaker placed. He is always so happy and cheers everyone up.  I hope this will cheer him along to a speedy recovery.

This card is also for Stamping 411's Saturday Sketch Challenge (SSC188).

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Friends 24-7, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: More Mustard, Early espresso, Very Vanilla

Ink: Early Espresso, So Saffron, Creamy Caramel

Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Early Espresso 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, gold brads, mat pack & piercer, sponge, dimensionals

Techniques: sponging

Love You Valentine

I have been wanting to participate in more challenges so I made this card for FTL124.

I didn't have a heart punch big enough so I freehanded the heart and then doodled in it with a Rose Red marker.  The small heart under the button is punched out using the Heart to Heart punch with Rose Red cardstock.  There isn't actually any stamping on this card because I used some rub-ons from Stampin'Up.

Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Rose Red (small heart), Whisper White, Rose Red Print DP

Ink: Rose Red marker

Accessories: Love Impressions Rub Ons, Oval and Rectangle Nestabilities, 5/8" white satin ribbon, Dot EF, Heart to Heart punch (small heart under button), BItty Button, linen thread, Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch, Scallop border punch

Get Well Dad

I am now officially retired and so I am going to try to be a lot more regular about posting on my blog. It won't be real snazzy because it is basically just for me but who knows.  Maybe it will morph into something more later.  Here goes for today.  I made this card for my dad who is having hip surgery next week. 

Stamps: Have A Seat, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Autumn Spice DP

Ink: Early Espresso

Accessories: large & small oval punches, non SU ribbon, Early Espresso marker & Color Spritzer, library clip, dimensionals

Day of Gratitude

This started out as a case of another card. Check it out here.  But it morphed when I miscalculated some of the square sizes. 

Stamps: Day of Gratitude

Paper: Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Autumn Spice DP (holiday mini)

Ink: Markers: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Old Olive

Accessories: Square Nestabilities, SU Square Lattice EF, dimensionals