Special Blessings, chipboard and something yummi!

I got this stamp set mainly for the cross. I'm a Lutheran and these cards are for confirmation. But of course they can be used for something else too. That's why I don't use a sentiment (and the fact that those cards were sent to Iceland).

I don't think you can see it on the images but the crosses are covered with iridescent ice (heat embossed glitter). I used the Baroque Motifs stamp set to make the swirls and the flowers.

Here's a card I made this weekend. I was browsing through Flickr, looking for inspiration. I love looking throught all the beautiful cupcake and wedding cake images. I found an image that I wanted to use for my inspiration, I'm going to post it in another post because it'll be a part of a challenge I'll host for my icelandic craft friends.

The bird is from On Board So Tweet (#113893, pg. 183 SS IBC). It's chipboard. I drew the branch on chocolate chip card stock and cut it out. The branch is covered with Crystal Effects and I covered the bird with Whisper White Craft ink, then used my chalks to apply color to the beak and legs. I then covered the whole bird with Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds.
Here's a close-up of the bird:

The background is from Urban Garden designer series paper. I might add a sentiment later, when I figure out what I want to do with this card ;)

I had one day off this weekend and we went to see friends. I started telling them about something delicious we make one day a year in Iceland:

And we decided to go ahead and bake some of these. I couldn't find measurements American's use but we were still able to make it. You can find the recipe here. It's whipped cream you see in the middle of the buns.

TFL!

Punch Pals and Monday Mailer

Finally I get a chance to blog. I've been in Iceland for a week and already seen a little bit of snow and we had an earthquake here in my town less than an hour ago, 2.8 on Richter scale. Just a small one and short.
Today's cards are from the Punch Pals stamp set. I've only got two to show you and then a couple of Monday Mailers from Jen.


The card base here is Bravo Burgundy, then we have Naturals White and Always Artichoke designer paper (retired). I stamped the penguins with Stazon and colored them in with my Watercolor Wonder Crayons and a blender pen. I do not color straight on the image with the crayons, I dab my blender pen on the bottom of the crayon to pick up the color and then color the image.

I used the same technique to color the snowman in. Except I used a marker for the holly. I popped up the image and used the spiral punch on the side. The card base is Night of Navy, then Bashful Blue and Naturals White. Stazon and Night of Navy ink. Pretty simple.


Here are the Monday Mailers from Jen. She used the Upsy Daisy stamp set on the first card and Pocket Silhouettes on the second card (third and fourth card for September). She used my favorite Designer Paper on both cards,Urban Garden, and the colors are Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss and Whisper White. She used the scallop border punch on the second card.
Very pretty cards, I think I'm going to have to get the Upsy Daisy stamp set now!

I'll try to post again soon, I've got a busy week ahead but hopefully I'll get a few minutes to use the computer.

TFL

Pocket Silhouettes

I made sure I'd have some alone time to make these, I got up early, about 2 hours before my DS, and got 3 of them made before DS woke up. but I've had so much fun making these. I've fallen for the designer paper I used, Urban Garden.

This card is my absolute favorite. I brayed the background, could have done better there but I still like it. I then used a sponge for the edges. Colors: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss and Not Quite Navy. I used Whisper White for matting and Basic Gray as the base. And just a little bit of designer paper.

Not much to say about this one. Colors: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy and Whisper White. I used my word punch for the sentiment and scallop border punch for the scallop strip.

I stamped the image in basic Black on Very Vanilla. Matted with Baja Breeze. The card base is Basic Gray.

I don't think this needs much explaining either. This is cardboard covered with designer paper and card stock. I used my scallop border punch, my scallop circle punch and my Coluzzle circle template.

Monday Mailers

Here are the last 2 MM's that I received from Dacia. We had to do FAUX anything and she was so creative.

You probably look at this card thinking....FAUX WHAT? I know I did, until I noticed it's not designer paper she used in the background. She did faux tearing and faux dp in one. Brilliant idea!

This card is so pretty, I wish I could make that stamp set look so good. She did a faux diamond on the image. You might be able to see that it sparkles on the picture. I'm not sure how she made the scallop circle, I was trying to see it but didn't want to tear the card up.

I have not decided what stamp set to use next weekend, it'll be an old one though, gotta give the old stamps some lovin' too :)

TFL