Growing Green

This is a card I made for Amanda for her recent birthday.  I think this stamp set is quite often overlooked because the images are just line based and people are often unsure of what they can do with it.  Of course you can watercolour these flowers which gives you a beautiful effect but here I have simply used a dauber to create a subtle amount of colour around the edges and centres of the flowers.

I based my card design on one of the projects we will be making at our Big Shot Class on Tuesday 14th June, I still have a couple of spaces available if you would like to join me.  I used the Scallop Circle Bigz Die to create my card base and also the Square Lattice Embossing Folder on the Vanilla layer.

The patterend paper is from the "Springtime Vintage" pack and I have teamed it with Soft Suede, Rose Red and Very Vanilla.

Making Gifts and Cards Class

Well another windy day again, a little damp here in Gloucestershire too, not good as I was planning a run in a short while (in training for the Race For Life)!

A card to show you today, one we created at our Making Gifts & Cards Class this month, at this class we create one card and a 3D project.

I wanted to do something a little more adventurous this month so I came up with a Suspension Card.

The stamp sets used were "Strength & Hope", "En Francais" for the background, "Growing Green" for the flower (which of course could be substituted for a greeting) and "Clearly for You" for the greeting.

The colour combo is Concorde Crush (In Colour), Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla.

The curly Concorde Crush border to the left of the card was created using the new Decorative Label punch.

Busy preparing for my Owl Class on Thursday evening but will post a picture of the 3D project we made shortly.

Stylish and Simple

Our fourth card uses "Growing Green" stamps, very delicate images but very beautiful.  Our colour combination is Naturals Ivory and Not Quite Navy.  The images were stamped using Early Espresso Ink.  The greeting is from "Curly Cute" which contains 4 lovely greetings.

Once again a very simple design that is easily replicated and would look so different using alternative images and colours.

Thank You's

I decided to use one of my new stamp sets "Growing Green" on some Thank You cards that I needed to create.  My colour combo is Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz and Very Vanilla.  I also used one of my new Jumbo wheels for the background, this one is called "Texture" and I love it, I know, I'm doing it again but I really do love it!!!  My main image was stamped with Early Espresso Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock, this is such a delicate image, just crying out to be watercoloured!  My greeting is from "Pocket Silhouettes" punched out with the new 1 3/8 x 5/8" Oval Large Punch to which I added a daubed edge.

I attached a piece of 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon and added a punched flower from the Boho Blossom Punch finishing with one of the new Basic Pearls which are great, self adhesive, so quick and easy.  Behind this layer I added a strip of Pear Pizzazz card just to break up the colour and snipped one end in a "v" shape.  To finish I daubed all around the edge of the Crumb Cake base layer in Early Espresso ink.