Flowery Leaves- CCCCact31

Got some time to stamp! Yeah! So I went over to Stacey's Stamping Stage and saw her Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 31 inspiration. What different colors to work with, Almost Amethyst, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Night of Navy and Garden Green. I wasn't real sure what I wanted to do with them, but as I got the colors out, my card just kind of came together!

Here is what I cam up with and I really like it! I punched out the leaves using the Extra Large Two--Step Bird punch with the Garden Green card stock. Then I glued them on to the Night of Navy card stock in a random pattern. Next I used the new Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack from the Summer Mini to punch the flowers out using the Pretty in Pink and the Almost Amethyst card stocks and then glued them to the leaves. I used the retired Messages for Mom stamp for the greeting stamped in Night of Navy ink.

Then....I added the butterfly...what do you think? Do you like the card with or without the butterfly? I couldn't decide, so I uploaded them both! :)

Thanks for looking!

Bright Poppies-cQc#29

Arielle over at ColourQ has a color CHALLENGE this week! With colors like Bravo Burgundy, Tangerine Tango, Yoyo Yellow, Green Galore and Whisper White you can see why it was a challenge! I wanted to use the new Awash with Flowers clear mount stamp set that I think has a ton of potential and working with these colors, I knew I was going to need all the help I could get! :)

Here is what I came up with! A field of poppies in full bloom! I stamped the poppies in Yoyo Yellow and Tangerine Tango. The stems are highlighted using the Green Galore marker and the middle parts of the poppies (I guess they are the seeds?) are colored in using the Bravo Burgundy Marker.

I mounted the poppy panel onto a piece of Bravo Burgundy card stock and then a piece of Tangerine Tango card stock. I added a few "mail friendly" (I take a hole punch and punch out a hole from a dimensional and then punch out a piece of card stock using the same hole punch I want the "brad" color to be and then put them together.) brads to the top left and stamped my sentiment on the bottom right to balance out the card.

Thanks for looking!

and thanks for the CHALLENGE Arielle!

Distressed So Very Sorry- CCCCact23

Unfortunately I need a sympathy card this week for a sudden death in my family. I saw Stacey's colors for her Curtain Call Color Challenge this week and knew I could make them work for a sympathy card. The colors are Kraft, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink and Basic Black. (I used Very Vanilla instead of Whisper White...hope that is ok!)

Here is what I came up with. I used a sneak peak stamp set from the Summer Mini catalog called Elements of Style as the main image on the card and stamped it using Black StazOn onto watercolor paper. I then used my Pretty in Pink marker to highlight the flowers and then went over them with my Aqua Painter. I then colored in the leaves and added depth to the flowers and the paper using my Aqua Painter and Sahara Sand ink (which I consider to be the Kraft colored ink).



Next I distressed the edges of the all the card stock on the card by using Sahara Sand ink, the distressing tool and by curling back some of the card stock.

I stamped the the sentiment "so very sorry" from the stamp set Three Little Words onto a piece of watercolor paper that I punched out using the Designer Label punch and then distressed it as well. I added a small bow of Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon, a half pearl from the Pretties Kit and a very light misting of Champagne Mist shimmer spray to the image to finish the card off.

I love the way it came out and I hope it brings a little comfort to my Aunt.

Thanks for looking!