Time to embrace life

I've been so busy trying out my new stampsets from the new catalog. I love the sets I chose to get in my first order, I got Ever After, Fift Avenue Floral and Special Blessing. I've yet to take pictures of the cards I've been making, that's on today's schedule. So I have to stick to the cards I had planned to show you anyway ;)

When I was making this card I was having a really hard time what color to use with the red and the pink (ridinghood red and pink pirouette) and I think I made the wrong choice, I should have used Chocolate Chip or Basic Gray, what do you think? But I like how I used the flowers. They are covered in glitter.

I got the idea for this card from a scrapbook page. The big flowers had similar eyelets or brads in the middle and I liked the way they looked. The jumbo eyelets are a little bit too big...or the flower center is a little bit to small for the eyelets but I managed to get the flowers to not fall apart. I covered the flowers with Crystal Effects and added a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds.

I have not decided which one of my new sets I'll be showing you next time, but if I can post before the weekend it'll probably be Ever After.

There's a Sale-a-bration going on now. If you order products for $50 you can pick out a little something from THIS BROCHURE

Until next time...

TFL

Bronc Buster 2

I decided to give the Bronc Buster set another try, just for fun.

This card here is just the base and one layer. The base is Naturals White card stock and the layer is Whisper White. I brayered the WW with Sahara Sand and stamped the Bronc Buster on it. I used post it notes to cover the top of the card and sponged around the image with sponge daubers and Going Gray ink and Basic Gray ink. I then brayered the top with Going Gray and sponged it with Basic Gray. I then used my Bronco Wheel and Basic Grey ink on the top part. Added a little bit of faux stitching with my Going Gray marker and stamped the swirls with Versamark. And the card was done.


Here I wanted to try NOT using the biggest image. I'm not sure if I like it or not. The colors are not my usual colors except for Chocolate Chip. More Mustard and Creamy Caramel are not on my Favorites list. I stamped the swirls with Versamark and I used a Chocolate Chip marker for the stars and horse shoe. Added Crystal effects on the stars.


Here I stamped the image with Versamark and used my pastel chalks to give the image a little bit more color, then covered it with Crystal Effects, which I think was a mistake, I don't think I'll do that again. The colors in this card are Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel and Really Rust.


This card is a simple one. I stamped the image with Versamark and used my chalks to give it more color. I then used a sponge dauber to make the card look a little bit dirty. I used a marker and colored the sentiment before I stamped it. Added the Chocolate Chip layer and the hemp cord.

Next weekend I'll use Embrace Life and the weekend after I promise to use one of the new sets ;)

Here's a link to more inspiration

TFL

Infinite Goodness

This is on my list of top ten favorite sets that I have. The pear is my favorite but I like all the stamps.

I really like how the pear turned out here. I used groovy Guava, Ruby red and Really Rust ink and a blender pen for the coloring. The colors are not my favorite colors but I like it anyway.

Stamps: Infinite goodness
Paper: Groovy Guava, Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust
Ink: Groovy Guava, Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust
Accessories: Jumbo Eyelets, Round Tab Punch, Blender pens
Techniques: watercoloring
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1

This is a small card, 3x5 in. I made a pocket inside for a gift card (or cash). I used my blender pen here too, for the coloring.

Stamps: Infinite goodness
Paper: Night of Navy, Always Artichoke, River Rock
Ink: Stazon, Night of Navy, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Night of Navy ribbon
Techniques: watercoloring
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1

This is a pretty simple card. If you find it hard to color in images you can always stamp them on a piece of colored cardstock and cut out. That's what I did here. I feel like there's something missing though, either a piece of ribbon or a sentiment.

Stamps: Infinite goodness
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Tempting turquoise
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Double Circle punch
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1

This one here is a colorful one. I thought the flower woould look great as a backgroundstamp and I wanted the focus to be on the dragonfly. When I made the background I started with the lightest color (So Saffron) and ended with the darkest (Purely Pomegranate).

Stamps: Infinite goodness
Paper: Kraft, Basic Black, Purely Pomegranate, Cameo coral, whisper white
Ink: Basic Black, Purely Pomegranate, Cameo Coral, Bashful Blue, So Saffron
Accessories: 3D tape
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1

Here's that flower again ans the same colors as in the first card. Except for Really Rust.

Stamps: Infinite goodness
Paper: Basic Black, Groovy Guava, Really Rust
Ink: Stazon, Groovy Guava, Really Rust
Accessories: Basic Black Ribbon
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1

This stampset is a part of the hostess products, so you can't buy it......but if you spend $300 you can get it. Host a workshop and get your friends to order stuff with you so you can get this set, before it's too late. We'll be getting a new catty later this summer!

Next weekend I'll be using Lovely as a tree