PTW Challenge, Seeing Spots!

I'm on a roll this week! Three days of cards in a row, woohoo! Today's card is my entry for the Paper Take Weekly challenge called "Seeing Spots!". With Valentine's Day and a whole slew of birthdays coming up, I've had sweets on my mind, and this just happened to be the result. ;-)

The yummy paper (pun intended!) is from the Die Cuts With a View "Sweet Stack" that is currently available. Lots of neat patterns in there, with lots of glitz and glitter!

The image is from that stack, as is the pink scalloped background. The darker pink is also DCWV.

The ovals were cut with good ol' Nestabilities dies (Petite Oval) and the embossed background was the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.

!I stamped the sentiment in SU "Pink Passion" Craft ink then accented the first 2 letters with a Sakura Jelly Roll Clear Star glitter pen. Sugared brads and some pink polka dot ribbon complete the card.

My apologies for the poor quality of the photo. I am really trying to improve my photography skills. I've ordered a photo box that comes with lights. Hopefully that will help. If not, I'll try a different camera.

Cardstock: DCWV Sweet Stack, DCWV textured, SU Whisper White, The Paper Co. pink
Sentiment: Inkadinkado "Chelsea Sentiments"
Ink: SU Pink Passion Craft

Thank You in Blue

This is a simple, and (I think) elegant thank you card I came up with while waiting for my grandkids to come make their thank-you cards. I wanted to use some colors I haven't used before, and since blue is my favorite color, that's what I grabbed.

I started with a Brocade Blue card base, and used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder to emboss some white cardstock as an overlay. The sentiment was stamped with Brocade Blue Classic ink on white cardstock, trimmed and the corners punched with SU's Ticket Corner punch. Some more Brocade Blue was used to mat the sentiment, and tiny adhesive pearls were added to the corners. I liked the way the pearls kind of echoed the dots on the background.

The blue organdy ribbon was wrapped around the embossed background before it was affixed to the base, and then the matted sentiment was "popped" on the background with Stampin' Dimensionals. Quick and classy!

Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Brocade Blue, Whisper White

Sentiment: Inkadinkado "Garden Flower" clear stamp set

Ink: Stampin' Up! Brocade Blue Classic

Embellishments: Pearls and ribbon from Michael's

Happy New Year!

Adios 2008, and hellooooo 2009! I think this is going to be an exciting year of card making adventures. My resolutions are to try to make several cards per week and post them here, improve my photography skills and (I hope, I hope!) be on a design team and/or get published. Not too ambitious, am I? Tee hee!

To start, I want to share the card I made for my stamp club's swap. I so much enjoy being a part of the swap, because I get inspiration from other people's works of art, and I learn about new tricks or must-have tools. (Pam, I found the tiny scallop scissors, woohoo!)

This month's theme (thanks, Linda!) was flowers, flowers, flowers, with a rhinestone or brad embellishment. I started with Stampin' Up!'s Artfully Asian set, stamped in Old Olive on Very Vanilla cardstock. The rectangle was cut/embossed with my Nesties long rectangle set, and backed by Kiwi Kiss. I colored the leaves with an AquaPainter and Old Olive ink, and the berries with a Copic Sketch marker. The Prima flowers were glued on, with a dot of Ranger Gold Pearl in the center of each, except the one with the clear rhinestone.

The lovely green pattern paper is from a 6x6 stack by Black Market Paper Society, called "Letters From Paradise". It matched the Kiwi Kiss perfectly, and added more flowers to the card. The edges were inked in Old Olive, as were the edges of the lighter green textured background cardstock from DCWV.

The yummy red pattern paper is from Stampin' Up!, called Bella Rose, and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up!, as well. It's the Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla 3/8" satin ribbon.