I Seem to do Things in 2...

... not really sure why, but pulling through some pics in my 'to blog' folder, I've noticed I would make cards in two's.

For this set of cards I used the ever elegant Pleasant Poppies:

I stamped the poppies in white ink onto certainly celery card stock (retired) and then heat embossed in white. The first card I ran a versa mark pen around the flowers - not sure if I like it or not. I used soft suede for the sentiments, so saffron dsp and a red button from my stash to add a bit of 'pop'.

These are really cute in real life and since looking at them in this post, I'm going to say that the second card is my favourite - what's yours? 

Thanks for stopping by :)

TSOT #117 - Pleasant Poppies

Hello again! Well my fingers are completely frozen as I write this - winter is defiantly on its way!
Any way, it's time again for another sketch over at Try Stampin' On Tuesday. I initially struggled with this one, but once I changed I from rectangle to square it all fell into place quite quickly.

Here's the sketch:

And my creation:

I used my pleasant poppies to create my image, which was quickly water coloured. I love how you can spend hours or minutes and get fabulous results when you watercolour. I stamped in crumb cake some splodges and writing from french foliage. I actually forgot the diagonal line - whoops, so my butterflies were my take on it :) If you have any questions, just ask.

Now over to you. Check out the other design team members creations and remember to post your card. I love seeing how every one sees and uses the sketch.

Thanks for looking :)

TSOT #109

Hello! It's time again for another fabulous sketch over at Try Stampin' On Tuesday and this one was created by Mynnette.

Here it is:

Such a cute sketch! Here's what I came up with:

I went back to my old faithful colours. I used a crumb cake base, pear pizzaz dsp, certainly celery for the leaves, so saffron ribbon. The flowers are from 'embrace life' and are stamped in versa mark, heat embossed in clear and using my sponge dauber in rose red, I started in the center and worked my way outwards to get the soft colouring effect. My sentiment is from 'teeny tiny sentiments' and stamped in rose red and layered onto certainly celery. A bit of bling to finish and I was done :)

I hopefully inspired you, BUT if you need more inspiration, then go to the Try Stampin' On Tuesday blog and check out all the other amazing creations the team has come up with. Then link up your creation as we love seeing what you come up with.

Thanks for looking :)

Freshly Made Sketches #61

Hi! I just wanted to quickly post my card for this weeks Freshly made sketch. I wanted to give my mum a quick card just to say thanks and here's what I came up with:

I used crumb cake base, which was dry embossed with the perfect polka dot embossing folder. My main panel is rose red and I used the scallop edge along the bottom. I've cut out 'Mum' in old olive from my timeless alphabet and mounted them on dimensionals for depth and the sentiment is from 'perfect words'. 

Here's the sketch:

Thanks for looking :)

Festive Friday #15 - Inspiration Photo

Hi everyone, it's time for another Festive Friday and this time we are focusing on Mother's Day cards, as it's only a few week away here in Oz. For this weeks challenge we have an inspiration photo for you.

I loved this photo! Tulips are my favourite flower and the soft tones are just beautiful. However, when looking through my stamps, I dont own anything that remotely resembles a tulip, so I pulled out 'Field Flowers'. The colours I used were crumb cake, pink pirouette, certainly celery, rose red, so saffron and very vanilla. To get the two toned look on the flowers, I stamped off the base stamp once so it's a little lighter and then inked the detailed stamp using my stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up perfectly. I used my sponge dauber to add so saffron to the centers. I fussy cut all of the flowers and popped them up on dimensionals. The sentiment is from field flowers as well.   

So now it's over to you. Go and check out  Nicole's blog to see the amazing creations the design team have come up with and join in on the fun!

Thanks for looking.