Tomorrow the USA celebrates its 245th birthday, so today’s card it to wish all US citizens a Happy and Peaceful 4th.
My card is chock full of stars using the Stitched Stars Dies. I must admit that I had only really thought of this die set for Christmas but it is just perfect for my theme.
Continue readingI just love the little ‘ducky’ in the Field Journal Stamp Set – he (since this is a guy card) is a very proud looking duck and the perfect center piece for this gatefold style card.
I chose to use Cinnamon Cider Card with Early Expresso and a tiny pop of Just Jade 1/4 ribbon.
Continue readingHappy July !!!!
Today I am back with sunflowers, this time in more traditional colors and breaking out my Stampin’ Blends to do a little soothing coloring.
There is a little bit of technique going on with this one in that I stamped my outline in Daffodil Delight ink but ‘stamped off’ before stampining onto a piece of Whisper White Thick Card. This gave me a nice, softer outline in which to add my colors.
Oh my gosh – Magenta Madness certainly packs some WOW factor! I have to say that I was a bit doubtful of using all this color for my card today, don’t get me wrong – I love the color – but have paired it with Smoky Slate to give a bit of neutral support.
The Forever Fern Stamp Set has been so very popular since its debut at the beginning of June, it is part of the Forever Greenery Suite which invokes thoughts of lush greens – but I have taken the liberty of using Magenta Madness – ‘cos not all leaves have to be green, do they?
Welcome to the Ink & Share Scrapbook blog hop, we are group of international Stampin UP! demonstrators sharing our ideas and creativity with you.
You will have either arrived from Kirstie’s post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME. This month our theme is EMBOSSING – I must confess that I really had to put my thinking cap on for this theme, I had done one last year and wanted to make sure I did something completely different.
Once again I have chosen to use a 12 x 12 page – mainly because Stampin’ UP! has 12 x 12 card stock in all its colors which gives me a fantastic choice.
