Happy Birthday, Melissa!!!

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My cousin, Melissa's birthday was in the end of February, so I created this card for her.  I wanted something clean & contemporary, which is her style.  I also know she is favoring greens right now and damask prints - so this what I ended up with.  I like it.  I hope she does, too!

So, here's what you're going to need if you'd like to make this card yourself:
Paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Summer Starfruit, and Gumball Green cardstock
Ink: Basic Gray, Summer Starfruit, Basic Gray (for the inside) and Gumball Green ink pads
Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, any sentiment you desire* (I used a retired Happy Birthday sentiment).
Other: Adhesive (Snail for assembling most of the layers, Dimensionals behind the gray label to pop it up from the card, and Sticky Strip**), Labels Collection Framelits and coordinating Festive Paper Piercing Pack, paper piercer and foam for piercing on.

*this card would also be great for other occasions, like Mother's Day, or as thank you, get well, sympathy, and thinking of you cards - just dig through your stash and find one that fits...and of course, have fun experimenting with different color combos to match the mood of those other occasions.

**Tip: I like to use Sticky Strip whenever I'm adhering smooth layer to an embossed layer.  It seems to get into the crevices a bit better and without smooshing the embossing back down.  For example, on this card, I used it to adhere the Summer Starfruit Layer to the embossed Gumball Green layer, and the embossed Gumball Green layer to the Whisper w\White layer.

Don't forget to have fun with the inside - here's what I did, leaving me plenty of room to write a personal note.

Playing with Pleasant Poppies - Day 4

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Welcome to the final day of my Pleasant Poppies spree!  I had a lot of fun playing with this set, and as you can see, there is enough similarity between the 4 cards (see three previous posts) that you could sit down and whip all four out in one sitting.  This is my personal favorite of the four cards I've posted using this set, so I saved it for last.  Which is your favorite?

To re-create this card, you'll need to gather:

Paper: Designer Series Paper* (this particular pattern is retired), cardstock to coordinate with your DSP (I used Poppy Parade (retired), Basic Black, and Whisper White).

Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Old Olive marker, Basic Black Craft ink pad, Poppy Parade ink refill (retired)

Other: adhesive pearl rhinestones, adhesive (I used Snail), black embossing powder, embossing heat tool, aqua painter.

*as an alternative to DSP, you could use plain, colored cardstock.  Or you could jazz up the cardstock by embossing it with a Textured Impressions Embossing Folder or stamping with Versamark or colored ink.

Playing with Pleasant Poppies - Day 3

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Today's Pleasant Poppies card uses the same watercoloring techniques as the last two. But, I decided to pair it with some Designer Series Paper (this particular pattern is retired, but many of our DSP's will work well with this). I tried to keep the embellishments simple - ribbon with no bow and a simple punched, layered sentiment. Come back in a few days for my final Pleasant Poppies card.

To make this card you will need:

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, and Poppy Parade (retired) cardstock; Designer Series Paper* (while this particular pattern is retired, many of our current papers would look great - just modify your ink & cardstock colors to accomodate).

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Pleasant Poppies

Ink: Old Olive marker, Basic Black Craft Ink, Poppy Parade Refill (retired)

Other: narrow white ribbon, black embossing powder, embossing heat tool, adhesive (I used Snail to adhere the layers together & Dimensionals to pop up the sentiment), Modern Label Punch, and Word Window Punch.

*as an alternative to DSP, you could use plain, colored cardstock. Or you could jazz up the cardstock by embossing it with a Textured Impressions Embossing Folder or stamping with Versamark or colored ink.

Happy Stamping!!!