I am working on a tin of cards especially for men. There will be about 15 cards in the tin. I needed some more “I’m Sorry” cards – all the cards in the tin are random. Well, because men always seem to get in trouble. And, they probably need more “I’m Sorry” cards more than women do… LOL.
This beauty uses the Tranquil Tulips Hostess Stamp Set, the Layered Leaves embossing folder, doilies, Lots of Labels Framelits, Burlap Ribbon, Duet Banner Punch and Pearl Basic Jewels.
The color combo is Berry Burst, Pear Pizzazz and Whisper White. I think it’s very feminine and could possibly get a guy out of the dog house, depending on the offense.
Here is my inspiration card. We were given images to look at and asked to make a card based on those images. I chose the beach scene as I was reminded of a vacation I took to Maine a couple of years ago. I knew exactly what stamp set I was going to use. High Tide. This is an amazing set that will allow you to create a multitude of different beach scenes. The image below (not sure why it’s so small) is one of the “grids” we were given. Anyway, if you don’t have this stamp set yet, GET IT!! It’s fantastic!!
So, what I did to create this card (and what’s really hard to see) is the Pool Party sky I watercolored onto water color paper. I then stamped the “water” image, the sand, the sea grass, the birds and finally the sentiment. On a different sheet of whisper white paper, I stamped the light house images. I stamped off on the full image (Cherry Cobbler ink), then full on with the outline stamp. I think this came out great!
This month, we (The Creative Crew on Splitcoaststampers) were asked to create a “Blank slate” meaning a no layer card. This is usually a challenge I have a hard time with but I thought, “if I could sponge a great background, it will be ok.” I used a LOT of different colors. Soft Sky, Powder Pink, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry (for the sun), Pacific Point and Tempting Turquoise. I wanted a sunset scheme to go with the all (Archival) Basic Black Bridge, Birds, and Sentiment. I think this card came out pretty nicely. What do you think?
This was the last month of my term in the Creative Crew on splitcoaststampers. It’s bittersweet! I really enjoy challenges! This month wasn’t too much of challenge for me. It was all about Vacations or Stay-cations. My July was PACKED full of vacations. The last one that I took was to England. My niece and I went for a week and had such an incredible time! Our last night, we stayed at the Tower Hotel, which was right next to the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. I knew I was going to England when the “Chase Your Dreams” stamp set came out in the Occasions Catalog. I know it’s retired now but I needed it! I plan on making a scrapbook of my trip. And this stamp set is perfect for it. I plan on doing something on the cover of the album and of course, adding it inside the album!
The challenge is called SIP…. Step It Up. We have to create 2 cards. One, simple. One, stepped up. Here are both cards. You can see that they are both great cards. The stepped up version is colored with ink pads and blender pen, has a glitter border, pearls and I used, Oh My Stars embossing folder on the banners. While the layout of the card kind of reminds me of the French flag, the same colors are in the British Union Jack.
Here is my inspiration card for this month’s challenge. In the image below, we were asked to use the photo for inspiration. I found another really neat color combo that I wanted to use and decided to use the bees that are in the photo. The color combo here is Night of Navy, Marina Mist and Crushed Curry. I used the Dragonfly Dreams Stamp set and the Detailed Dragonfly thinlits to make this card. Watercolor paper was used as was an aquapainter to color the watercolor paper in Marina Mist.
While I got this card layout from my upline, I did change it a bit. The DSP used here is Naturally Eclectic as I thought the pattern went nicely with the dots stamp in the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set. I also really liked the pop of color from the Glitter Enamel Dots. I used a tiny piece of doily and a thread from the burlap ribbon just for fun accents on the card. I really hope you like it!! I am thinking about sending this card to a friend… but who? Do you want it?? Comment below! I will pick one person randomly!
Stampers With Altitude!!! 