For Your Inspiration #16

Happy Thursday everyone!  Welcome to a new For Your Inspiration challenge.  Take a look at this stunning photo.  WOW!!  Those colors are amazing.

I based my card on those colors.  When I looked at this I knew that I wanted to use Raspberry Fizz and Ocean Tides.  There were so many directions to go, and I ended up with this:

This card started with the beautiful scroll-embossed frame panel that was given to me by a stamping buddy.  The Mat Stack 1 dies fit perfectly inside the frame to make a simple, yet elegant card.  This was the first time I've used the Bloom Builders #3 die.  I really love it.  I need more time to make a lot more flowers like this:)

Please be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the DT made.  Links are on my sidebar.

Blessings,



 All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:  Mat Stack 1, Asian Fusion (sentiment)
Paper:  Black, Vintage Cream, Raspberry Fizz, Ocean Tides
Ink:  Ocean Tides, black (memento)
Other:  Bloom Builders #3 die, Mat Stack 1 die, Layerz Mat Stack 1 die, Scrollwork (CB folder), Raspberry Fizz twill ribbon, brad (Target $1 spot), black pen

One Layer Wednesday

I'm thrilled that I finally have a chance to play along with Susan Raihala's One Layer Wednesday Challenge!  I love these challenges and have wanted to participate for soooo long.  One layer cards are some of my favorite to make.  Here are the rules for this week, OLW39:

Use a) an image, b) a border stamp (or stamped border if you're short of border stamps), and c) bling (glitter or rhinestones...doesn't matter). You may add small CAS embellishments to this list (embossing, ribbon, twine, or a charm, for instance), but you may NOT use a sentiment stamp or cardstock layers.

Here is a close up of the bling.  I colored clear rhinestones with a Copic BG13 marker.  As you can see, it was hard to capture them in the photo.

My color inspiration for this card came from a color challenge blog that I just discovered, CR84FN.  I'm sure many of you are already familiar with them.   I couldn't resist the fun color combo for this week's challenge, CR84FN13.  Isn't is wonderful?

Can't believe I posted a card two days in a row!  Most weeks I'm doing good if I get one card made total.  I guess these snow days are good for something.  Of course, the girls are loving it too.  Will they be this happy when they have all the make-up days in June?




All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated

Stamps:  Asian Fusion
Paper:  Stampers Select White
Ink:  Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, Breeze (CTMH)
Accessories:  clear rhinestones (paper studio), Copic BG13, red glitter gelly roll pen (sakura)

Asian Fusion

Good morning all!  It's a lovely Saturday morning here in my part of the world.  Here's a card I made using Papertrey's Asian Fusion set.  I love this set and haven't used it nearly enough.  In fact, I stamped the vase and sentiment on the Top Note cut out last month and then it just sat on my stamp table.  I finally finished it up yesterday.

I started by cutting a piece of linen vellum cardstock with the Top Note die from SU.  I stamped the outline vase, stems and sentiment in black, then stamped the vase again on my Green Tea Leaves pp.  I stamped the stems in Hawaiian Shores ink onto a scrap of the linen vellum and then carefully cut around the vase and stems.

When I put those onto the card I thought it needed something else, so I used the two largest Blossom Two nestabilites to cut out a pretty Hawaiian Shores felt flower that I mounted under the vase and stems.  I also used my regular hole punch for the three felt dots on the right side of the card.  I couldn't throw out the felt scrap without getting every use out of it.

For the final touches I colored the center of the flowers with a red glitter gelly roll pen and added red rhinestones to the centers of the felt dots.  I'm happy with how this turned out.  What do you think?





All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated otherwise.

Stamps:  asian fusion
Paper:  unknown red textured cs, linen vellum, green tea leaves pp
Ink:  hawaiian shores, Memento tuxedo black
Accessories:  blossom two nesties (spellbinders), hawaiian shores felt, Top Note die (SU), hole punch, rhinestones, gelly roll pen, pop dots