Baby girl

My friend in Finland had a little baby girl just before Christmas and I've bought a little something to send to her. So I needed a card to go with the gift. I didn't want to use just pink and white so I decided to try perfect plum, apricot appeal, regal rose, basic gray and whisper white. I made two similar cards, using Nursery Necessities, and I have yet to decide which one to use.

I'm sorry, this one is a little bit blurry, I hadn't noticed it when I was resizing it. I didn't have perfect plum cardstock so I used my brayer to cover a piece of whisper white with perfect plum ink. I sponged all edges with sahara sand.

I decided to use the brayer again here, to make the regal rose background. And I turned the sketch.

Which one do you like better?

I think I might send the pink version. It's a little bit brighter than the other one.

I just finished making three baby boy cards. They took me a few days to make, my DS insists on stamping with me and that means I get absolutely nothing done. Well, it doesn't really matter what I'm doing. If I'm cooking he seems to look for things that I have to help him with. I try to talk on the phone (which I don't do much of) and he stands right next to me and sings as loud as he can so I can't hear the person I'm talking too. But as soon as I sit down on the sofa he finds himself something to play with. Are any of you familiar with this behavior in 3-4 years old children? ;)

Anyway, I'm going to try to post the other cards before the weekend.

TFL

Lovely Christmas 1

It's been too long since my last post. I've been so busy and don't have access to the computer as muchas I'd like. I'll head home on Monday and I'm really hoping my DS, who has a bad cold, will feel better by then. Last time I came to Iceland he was sick half the time we stayed here and was sick the day we flew back to the US and it was not easy travelling for hours with a sick child. I hope I wont have to go throught that again, this time we have to spend a night in Boston on the way home.

Anyway, here's one of my favorite stampsets, Lovely as a Tree.

I also used the retired set Snowflake Spots. The colors are Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Whisper White. I stamped the trees first and then made the sky. You can use a sponge, a sponge dauber or a brayer to make the blue sky. I used a sponge. I used a sponge dauber on the card insert. If you think it's missing something you can cover the tree image with Versamark and pour Iridescent Ice over it and heat set it and it's sparkle like a fresh fallen snow.

We've got snow here in Iceland now and my DS loves playing in it. I took him to a preschool where I used to work and he played in the snow with the kids while I caught up with my old co-workers.

This picture is from Friday afternoon, it looks likeit's taken at night but it was 6 pm and I had to use the flash because he was moving to fast for my camera.

This'll have to do for now, we're expecting company tomorrow and I've got to pack my things too.

I plan on posting again next weekend :)

TFL

Peaceful Wishes

I'm sorry to write this post so late. I had to take an extra shift at work yesterday. I have to say that taking a job in a store just before Tax Free Weekend is not something I recommend. It was crazy all weekend. And I worked today too so tonight I've been finishing up on the cards I wanted to make for this post. And then when I tried to upload my pictures I kept getting error messages. I hope the images show OK, I had to upload them to a gallery first and then load them to my blog.

I did decide to change stamp sets for this post. I just wanted a chance to use this Christmas set before it retires :0

The first card I made earlier this summer. The base is Always Artichoke. Then we have Bravo Burgundy, River Rock DP, Always Artichoke again and I stamped the image in Always Artichoke and Bravo Burgundy on watercolor paper. I used sponge daubers to distress the image with Bravo Burgundy ink and River Rock ink. the ribbon is Bravo Burgundy.

The colors in this card are Old Olive, Ruby red and Chocolate Chip. The image is stamped on Naturals White. I used my markers instead of the inkpads. I used my new scallop edge punch for the scallop edge and I didn't have a ribbon in the right color red so I used a scrap paper instead (Ruby Red).

This card I made for a "Monday Mailer" thing I've joined in my NCSUdemos club. We were supposed to do FAUX anything on this months cards. This is the first card this month and I did faux linnen (sp?) on the three background panels. I couldn't find my sanding blocks so I had to use sandpaper and I don't think it turned out as good as if I had used the blocks. I used En Francais on the three panels and sponged Always Artichoke onto it before using the sandpaper.

The card base is Bravo Burgundy, then the three panels, then Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy again and the image and sentiment. The image and sentiment are stamped on Very Vanilla. I did put a ribbon in the top left corner after I took the picture of the card. And I used Crystal effects on the berries!

This card is pretty simple but I like it. I used Soft Sky, Baja Breeze and Pacific Point. I don't feel like I need to say much about it.

This one is pretty simple too. the colors are Always Artichoke, Real Red, River Rock and Chocolate Chip. I managed to "cut" the sentiment in half by using my real red marker.

I was going to show you a couple of cards I received last week from fellow demos, but it'll have to wait until Blogger accepts the images straight from my computer.

I do want to tell you that I've got a SU website now. I just got it yesterday so I haven't worked on it much, but soon you'll be able to order from my website if you like :)

The link is http://huldap.stampinup.net/

TFL

Lovely as a tree

This stampset is very popular in my group of customers. It is very elegant and perfect for Christmas cards....but since it's summer time I'm not going to bombard you with Christmas cards!

Here I stamped the image with Basic Black ink on Whisper White CS. I then used my brayer to put Mellow Moss ink over the image. The card base is Always Artichoke and the designer paper too. I also used Basic Black CS and more Whisper White. The ribbon is Basic Black. I think this card could be used as a Father's Day card.

Here I stamped the image with Stazon ink on Whisper White CS and brayered Always Artichoke and So Saffron over the image. I then sponged Always Artichoke on the trees and used my white Signo pen to doodle on the trees. I then tore a little bit off the top of the image and glued it to a Brocade Blue CS. I used my Signo pen to do the Faux Stitching. I used Chocolate Chip CS and Whisper White CS on the card to. I added a little bit of Crystal Effects on the trees and the ground.

I used my markers to color the stamp (Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa and Really Rust) before I stamped it on Whisper White. I matted the image with Chocolate Chip and Really Rust CS. The designer paper is from Le Jardin Designer Series. The ribbon is Chocolate Chip.

This card is 5.25x5.25 in. I used the retired Designer Paper Brocade Backgrounds for this one. Chocolate Chip ribbon. I stamped the image with Stazon on Whisper White and then brayered it with River Rock ink. I then used my Close to Cocoa to color the tree trunk and Old Olive for the leaves and the grass. I colored the image making dots all over where I wanted the leaves and that gave the image a little bit of depth I think. The card base is Chocolate Chip CS.

I stamped these images with Stazon and brayered with River Rock ink. The card base is River Rock and the Designer Paper too. I also used Basick Black CS and Basic Black ribbon. This one is pretty simple and easy to make. On the image on the lower card I also used Versamark and Irridescent Ice and heat embossed it.

I stamped my image with Basic Black and brayered it with Mellow Moss. I then covered the image with Versamark and poured Irridescent Ice over it and heat embossed it. The card base is Bravo Burgundy, I also used Basic black CS and Always Artichoke designer pape. The ribbon is Bravo Burgundy. I have to admit that this one might look a little bit like a Christmas Card....or a lot! ;)

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I hope you liked these cards and next weekend I'll be using the new Fresh Cut stampset.

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I'm sorry I posted so late, I've got company from Florida staying with me.

TFL