CC479 Sending Well Wishes

I bought this pretty stamp by Inkadinkado the other day from AC Moore for $2.  I couldn't resist, lol!!  Anyway, I saw today's color challenge on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/color-combinations-f43/cc479-crisp-pistachio-garden-5-20-2014-a-t587803.html and wanted to play along.  The colors are beautiful!  I stamped my flower using archival ink then watercolored it using crisp cantaloupe, pisctachio pudding and wild wasabi as I didn't have any garden green.  I added a little bit of more mustard to the center and then some very fine ink splatters.  I stamped my sentiment from my new Papertrey Ink set Wet Paint III, which is a fabulous new artsy sentiment set and mounted it onto a pistachio pudding card base.

I actually made 2 other cards for today's challenge, but the first one I used the wrong colors, lol!  I used calypso coral instead of the crisp cantaloupe.  Oops!

Anyway, that's it for now.  I hope to post my other cards tomorrow, if not later this evening.  Thanks for stopping by!

supplies:
stamps:  flower by inkadinkado, sentiment by papertrey ink
inks: black archival, wild wasabi, pistachio pudding and crisp cantaloupe
paper: pistachio pudding by stampin' up, watercolor

CAS Just Because

Hello!  It's been a while since I posted anything, so I thought I would post a couple of cards that I have made for some challenges and also just for fun.  The first one that I am posting is for the clean and simple challenge and also the technique lovers challenge from yesterday over on Splitcoaststampers.  The CAS challenge was a water theme and the technique challenge was to stamp using an embossing folder.  I picked out a damask embossing folder and inked it up using  shabby shutters and broken chine distress ink pads.  I then spritzed it with water and placed some watercolor paper over it and pressed down.  I love the soft watery effect that I got.  I popped up my sentiment panel and added a few sequins and that was it!  Very quick and simple!  I will be trying this technique out on other embossing folders.  Oh my, my wheels are turning imagining all the different colors and patterns!!!

Here are the links to the challenges:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/try-new-technique-f44/tlc482~-emboss-stamp-~%7B5-19-14%7D-t587762.html
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/clean-simple-cards-f239/cas273-docksides-water-theme-challenge-5-19-14-a-t587779.html

Have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by!!

TTFN
Dawn

Supplies:

watercolor cs by canson
cardstock by bazzill
embossing folder by darice
sentiment by stampendous
broken china and shabby shutters distress ink
black archival ink
sequins
pop dots

Oh, @#$!

Hello, happy Cinqo De Mayo!  I hope you enjoyed some yummy Mexican food.  I made homemade enchiladas and guacamole and it was yummo!!!

I was playing around today and made this fun little card.  I have had this Naughty Nautical stamp from Simon Says Stamp for a little while now and I picked up this fun anchor paper while I was at Michaels today.  They seemed perfectly matched to me!  What do you think?

The colors match much better IRL as usual with me, my photo editing skills need help.  Anyway, thanks for looking!

TTFN
Dawn

supplies:
patterned paper by recollections
stamp set: naughty nautical by Simon Says Stamp
cardstock by bazzill
ink:  real red by SU
nautical blue by memento luxe
bakers twine

Diffused Birthday Wishes

I told you I would be back with another card!  This is another one that I will be doing in one of my classes.  I recently bought the embossing diffuser by Sizzix and I love the effect you get!!  Too cool!  This really is a very clean and simple card and took no time at all to put together.  I used a pretty embossing folder from Darice and the oval shape that comes in the diffuser pack.  The large sentiment from Papertrey Ink packs a punch!  I added some washi tape at the top and the bottom, tied some fun embroidery thread around the card and added some gold sequins and that was that!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

TTFN

Dawn

Supplies:
embossing diffuser by sizzix
stamp by papertrey ink
washi tape, sequins, embroidery thread from stash

Thinking of you

It has been a while since I posted anything, so I thought I would jump on and share a card that I will be teaching in one of my upcoming card classes.  This one uses a fun stencil from Simon Says Stamp and some gel medium.  I also reached for some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.  I haven't played with that in forever!  I thought this would make a good thinking of you card or even a nice sympathy card.  I like to keep some sympathy cards on hand, as I find them hard to make when I need them.

The butterflies were punched out of glossy cardstock and colored using some alcohol inks.  I adhered the main panel onto a black card base.

That's it for now.  I hope to be back tomorrow with another card to share!

TTFN

Dawn

supplies:
stamp:  four you by stampin up
stencil by simon says stamp
gel medium by faber castell
glimmer mist by tattered angels
butterfly punch by martha stewart
alcohol inks by ranger

Wishing You A Lovely Day

Hi, I hope you have had a wonderful weekend.  The weather here in Viriginia has been lovely this weekend!  Close to 80 degrees and sunny!  I feel like we went from winter straight to summer.  I am hoping we get some more spring like weather this week.

I am sharing another of the cards that we made in my card class this month.  I like to play around and experiment with different products and see what happens.  I picked up some sparkle texture by Martha Stewart at Michael's the other week and wanted to see what I could do with it.  I first colored a white piece of cardstock using some distress ink with my ink blending tool.  Then I used a pretty damask stencil by Donna Downey and rubbed some of the sparkle texture through it.  It is very thick and grainy, but it looks lovely.  I scraped off the excess and removed the stencil.  The bird and branch is a punch by Stampin' Up.  I colored my pieces using distress ink and then rubbed on some sparkle textued using my fingers.  The sentiment if from Papertrey Ink and the frame stamp is by Fiskars.  I popped the bird and the sentiment frame up.

I sponged on some vintage photo ink over the raised areas to give it a vintage feel.  I am really happy with how this came out and I will be on the look out for more fun supplies to use on my cards.  The sparkle texture can be found in the Martha Stewart paint section in Michaels.

Hope you all have a great week!!

TTFN

Dawn

Damask Hello

Hello!!  It's been a few days since I posted a card and I wanted to share this happy hello card that was one of the cards that we made in my card class this month. We have had a long winter here in Virginia and this yellow and white damask just screams spring to me.  I paired it with some pretty silver shimmer paper, gray paper and some fun silver embroidery thread that was fun to fray!  I added the hello die cut from Papertey Ink and a few dew drops and that was it!  Fun, happy, done!!

Sorry the lighting on this one is horrible!!  It is much prettier and springier, (is that even a word, lol?) in real life!

I hope spring has sprung where you live!  Tomorrow we are supposed to get more of the same!  It makes me happy!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I hope to be back soon with another card.  I have a bunch made, I just need to take photos and edit them.

TTFN

Dawn

supplies:
hello die by papertrey ink
silver shimmer paper by recollections
yellow and white damask by recollections