Pearly Thanks

I made this card several days ago for this SCS sketch challenge. I adapted the sketch to fit vertically instead horizontally... I used Pocket Silhouettes and the Posy background to create my card. The main panel was stamped in black and More Mustard inks. I sponged the edges of this panel and the Posy panel. The Martha Stewart butterfly is punched and lightly sponged on the edges, then lined with tiny half-back pearls in the center with it's wings lifted for dimension. Once again, I used sheer ribbon (my fave!), and larger half-back pearls mounted on (I think) EK Success flower daisy punch (this was one of my first punches purchased 10+ years ago, and the little label wore off long ago). Anyhow, three of the flower petals were trimmed off on all flowers, and then glued down onto the card to make a different type of decoration.

Have a great weekend, and I'll post again tomorrow... see you then!!

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Posy
Paper: Whisper White, black, More Mustard
Ink: More Mustard, black
Accessories: sponges, half-back pearls, sheer ribbon, dimensionals, punches: Martha Stewart butterfly & EK Success daisy flower punch

Friday Flashback - Birthday

Here's a card I made for Jimmi's Holiday Challenge about a week ago. We were allowed 1 piece of designer paper, 2 colors of cardstock plus a neutral, and 3 punches (ribbon was the only embellishment allowed for this challenge). I had made so many Christmas cards the last couple of weeks, that doing one for a different celebration was alot of fun! I pulled out an old favorite, Button Bear, for this challenge. Except for the Baja Breeze sponging around the sentiment and bear itself, everything is colored with markers. My 3 punches were 1 3/8in circle, scallop circle and scallop edge - I used two scallop circles for the sentiment. The party hat and two presents are popped up with dimensionals, and the balloon string is hand-drawn. The patterned paper and caramel-colored cardstock was from my scraps pile, so I don't know the maker.

If you have a January birthday, may I say- Happy Birthday to You! :) See you next time...

Stamps: Button Bear (retired)
Paper: Pacific Point, caramel and DP (source unknown)
Ink: black, baja breeze, markers for coloring
Accessories: sponge dauber, ribbon, dimensionals, SU punches: 1 3/8 inch circle, scallop circle, scallop edge

True Blue Friend

Happy 2009 to you! I rarely get to play the Thursday Ways to Use It challenge on SCS because of work, but I managed to squeeze it in today. I heat embossed the Baroque Motif swirl and Punches Three sentiment in Black Ice embossing powder on silver and Pacific Point cardstocks ~ it is very sparkly and pretty IRL! I matted everything and added the silvery organdy ribbon bow using this easy technique: simply punch 2 holes using 1/8 or 1/4 inch hole punches in your cardstock about 1/4 inch away from each other. Get about 12 inches of ribbon and push the ends up from the back of your cardstock through the holes and tie your bow like tying a shoelace. Easy as pie and the effect is always beautiful!! Finally, I assembled the card with the sentiment block popped up with dimensionals. The silvery organdy ribbon bow is not SU - I've decided to start including the various toys and supplies that I've been collecting over my many years of papercrafting, so you'll start seeing more of these items included on this blog. Happily, almost all my stamps are from Stampin' Up!, so the main focus of my blog will always be Stampin' Up!, but I have various other items that I love to use and would like to share too (ie., Wishblade, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug embossing folders)... I figure that you may well have these types of things in your stash too, and my hope is to help inspire you to use them! Thanks for visiting with me on the start of a wonderful 2009 ~ Happy New Year!
Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Punches Three
Paper: black, white, silver, pacific point
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: black ice EP, heatgun, scallop square punch, 1/8 inch hole punch, sheer silver ribbon, dimensionals

ETA - If you don't have Black Ice embossing powder, you can create the same look by adding a bit of Dazzling Diamonds glitter to Black embossing powder until you get the sparkle that you want! Try it out - it's really pretty!!!