Stippled Blossoms thank you

hi all

well how is every one faring in this lovely bout of warm weather - will desist from mentioning the thunder and lighting storm a few nights ago - and with Mummie's recent lightning strike and the damage that caused, to say we were a little bit on edge was probably an understatement... though must admit the storm was one quite spectacular show!

but back to my card. I took the current CAS - Colours and sketches challenge #83

as my inspiration for the choice of colours.. though I guess it maybe does not quite fit the guidelines re: creating a 'clean and simple' styled card,  with its wealth of fussy cutting!  but much to my partner's delight kept me quiet for some time whilst I perfected the art of careful snipping!

Like lots of us am sure, some stamp sets you just gravitate back to,  despite all the lovely new goodies just launched.. and this one hasn't had an outing in my crafting square for quite some time.  Seeing one of the fabulous  Design Team's  cards made me look it out again.
.and  here is the result.... a bit of practice in 2-step stamping with all the lovely stamps in the 'Stippled Blossom' stamp set.. and I just love the result.

humm.. am sorry for my photography though - certainly cannot attest to any skill here! Why 'Perfect Plum'  looks anything but, I have yet to fathom!

but what do you think - sort of old fashioned tea time with doily meets rambling roses.!

I stamped 3 sets of the large flower, used my trusty Stamp-a-Majig to help  me place the darker details stamp exactly where I wanted it, cut them all out with my Stampin' Up! super snips and layered them up on the tea lace paper doily. I finished by interleaving a few of the smaller flowers and the larger leaves from the set, which I just tucked in, here and there.

My sentiment is from the brand new 'Something to Say' stamp set and I carried on the process of yet more layering using the punched ovals, popped up on dimensionals on the scallop ribbon border.

and for the inside? well... I just stamped a piece of white cardstock with very faint stamped off images, using the detailed stamp for the largest flower,  just to tie it all in together.

I did like how it all turned out in the end, despite my colour mal-function!

Stampin' Up! supplies for this card:

Stamp Sets : Stippled Blossoms, Something to Say

Inks:Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Mossy Meadow

Card stock:Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Whisper White

Punches: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Large Oval, Scallop Oval

Other Essentials: Stampin' Up! dimensionals, Tea Lace paper doilies, 
Stamp-a-Majig, Stampin' Up! Paper snips

I can order Stampin' Up! Products for you, shipped straight to your address and am happy to answer any questions you may have - if you would like to find out more or would like to place an order you can email me or contact me on 01438 820829  
  
why not visit my on line store.

Well am now off to watch the pre-start of the Commonwealth Games, Concert to be broadcast from Edinburgh Castle..  am sure it will be a stunning show.

and no doubt shall be glued to the television over the next couple of weeks once it all starts..

have a nice week, all, until next time

best wishes
Jan x

Stippled blossoms for a best friend

hi all and happy Sunday...

well am a bit late with my Sunday snippets as have been glued to the television and all things Olympic - but did want to get this card finished as its for a special friend and shall be seeing her next week - will be planning her big '0' birthday.. so something nice to look forward to.

I chose the lovely 2 step,  Stippled Blossoms Stamp set for the basis of my card - made all the more easier as it was still out on my grid pad,  after last week's thank you card!

This time I stepped it up a little, though, with my first attempt at an easel card - I used Cherry Cobbler cardstock and the scallop square framelit for my card base and some toning DSP, for the topper, finished off with a lovely floppy seam binding bow and a tiny rhinestone for glitz.!

I fussy cut 3 repeats of the large flower and to keep the colour matched I used Cherry Cobbler for all my stamping. I stamped off the first lot to lighten the image then followed up with the detailed stamp using my Stamp-a-Majig, to line everything up.

For my sentiment I inked up part of the 'A friend'... stamp from the 'Feel Goods' stamp set, with my Write marker, punched it with my small oval punch, sponging the edges, popped it up on dimensionals, and matted this onto a scalloped oval to tie in with the basic shape of the card.

....and the card stand - another of the stamps from the 'Feel goods' stamp set, punched using that very large 2 and 1/2"  punch, with a bit of wiggle factor it just about fits.. again sponging the edges to soften them a little.

...and with a left over scrap of some retired DSP - well, I was able to make a matching envelope to finish it all off.!

Stampin Up recipe for this card:

Stamp Sets: Feel Goods

Inks: Cherry Cobbler,

Cardstock/Paper: Cherry Cobbler, scraps of toning DSP

Framelits/Punches:Square Framelits, Large oval Scallop, medium oval punch, 
large circle punch

Other Essentials: Stampin Up dimensionals, basic rhinestones, sponge daubers, 

Stamp-a-majig, .Envelope Punch board, seam binding

I can order Stampin' Up Products for you, shipped straight to your address and am happy to answer any questions you may have - if you would like to find out more or would like to place an order you can email me or contact me on 01438 820829

or why not visit my online store 

 (for every £45 spent, choose a free sale-a-bration gift)

well almost, Monday again, how does it seem to come round so quickly.. To everyone on half term holiday - hope you have a lovely week - am on 'Great-niece sitting' duty on Friday as part of the family rota, so am thinking card making,  to go towards her Brownie's Hobby badge,  will hopefully go down a  treat.

Until next time
Jan
x