Anniversary Card

This is one of those cards that looked better in my head than in real life.  I sent it anyway.  :)

You can't really see it in the picture, but the background of the card was done with the Mystic M-Bossabilities folder, side B.  On top of that is a piece of vellum that I stamped with one of the images from Stampin' Up's Flowering Flourishes using Versamark ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  The sentiment is from another Stampin' Up! set simply called Congratulations.  It was stamped in Chocolate Impress dye ink.  To finish the card, I placed pearls at each corner of the vellum where I glued it to the base card with Tombow Mono Multi Glue.  I also placed a few pearls on the stamped image.  I finished off the card with a brown bow that I created with my Bow Easy.

Thinking of You

I wish I had something other than cards to share with you, but I wasn't able to do much else during 2014 due to all the tendinitis I have in my elbow and one shoulder.  I have missed cross stitching; in fact, I just finished the ornament for my daughter and son-in-law!  Since I am a slow stitcher and can't stitch for more than an hour at a time, it takes a long time to finish anything.  I still have to stitch my other daughter's ornament.  I think I will just give them two ornaments this year.

I started this card by stamping flowers from Stampin' Up!s Sweet Stems set, which is now retired, in Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I then cut them out using a Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large die, then matting them with Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Ovals Large.  The ribbon behind the ovals is from the dollar store, and the rhinestones are Pretty Pink from Queen & Co.  I attached them with Glossy Accents since I wanted to make sure they would stay on the ribbon.

For the sentiment, I cut it three times using the Thinking of You die from Simon Says Stamp, then glued them on top of each other using little dots of Tombow Mono Multi Glue.  I glued them to the card with more of the Tombow glue.

My inspiration for this card can be found here.

Hang on to your hats, this is a complicated card!

This card is 9-1/4" x 3-7/8", and fits in a business-sized envelope.

To create my background, I used two colors of Distress Ink:  Tumbled Glass and Broken China, using this technique from one of my favorite bloggers, Kristina Werner.  

For the pennants, I chose five different solid and five patterned papers from my scrap box, then cut them out using Spellbinders Nested Lacey Pennants and Nested Pennants.  I rounded the corners of the pennants using my We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.

I stamped the little stars (Flourishes stamp set by Inkadinkado) and the other motif (I don't remember what set that is from) in various ink colors - Memento Bahama Blue, Memories Green, Impress Cherry Pink, Stampin' Up! Elegant Eggplant, and Versafine Onyx Black.   The three balloons were colored in with Distress markers in Broken China, Mustard Seed, and Dusty Concord.  To cut the stamped pieces out I used Spellbinders Standard Circles Small.

The sentiment - from the Stampin' Up! set Itty Bitty Banners was stamped on vellum using Versamark ink, then embossed with Ranger Super Fine Detail embossing powder in white.   I cut it out by hand.

Are you still with me?  I cut a piece of yellow embroidery thread, tied bows in either end, then used Tombow Mono Multi Glue to adhere it to my card front.  After attaching my pennants along the embroidery floss, I placed some rhinestones in between each of them.

Thanks for sticking with me.  I love the way this card came out.  BTW, I gave it to my daughter, Grace, for her birthday.

Psalm 96:4

Today I have another card using the Psalm 96:4 stamp I used on my last card.  My inspiration card can be found here.

To start, I embossed the white piece using Wildflower Gate by Anna Griffin (Cuttlebug).  I then cut rectangles from a patterned paper in the Front Porch 6" x 6" paper pad by Pebbles, adding a V cut in one end. 

I cut one of the tags from Fancy Tags by Spellbinders and sponged it with Colonial Blue ink by Memories.  I then stamped the verse (Biblical Impressions) using Versafine Black Onyx ink.

The ribbon is, I believe, from Stampin' Up.  The buttons are from my stash; I layered two of them together, used white embroidery floss to tie a bow to keep them together, and glued them my card with Glossy Accents.

The Lord is Great

Today's card uses a stamp set I reach for many times:  Baroque Motifs from Stampin' Up!  Unfortunately, it's no longer available, although the digital version is.

My card is almost an exact copy of the one I found here on Splitcoast Stampers.  The paper I used is Soft Suede by Stampin' Up!, white, and blue from the Seaside pack by The Paper Company, which I found at JoAnn's.  The brown ink is Chocolate by Impress; the blue is Ballet Blue by Stampin' Up!

For the squares, I used Spellbinders Classic Squares, both large and small.  By combining the two sets, I was able to cut squares that were each 1/4" larger than the previous one.  I couldn't do that for the rectangles, so I just used my paper trimmer to cut the brown layer 1/4" larger than the stamped piece.

The stamp is an old one by Biblical Impressions.  In fact, a lot of my supplies for this card are older ones!  I tend to hold on to ink pads and stamps that I like rather than getting rid of them.

A pearl in Brilliant Blue by Queen & Co. finished off the card.

The Mighty One Will Save

It's been so long since I've blogged that I'm having a difficult time matching the Post-It Notes I write out for each card I make to the cards, so rather than waste time combing through each one and trying to blog about each one in chronological order, I'll just see what I can easily match up and go from there.  You'll never know when I actually made the card, right?

First up is a card I believe I made as part of the widow's encouragement project at my church. It is 5" x 7".

This verse from Zephaniah 3:17 is one of my favorites, so when I saw the stamp over at Verve Stamps, I had to get it. 

I started by stamping the verse in Versafine Onyx Black ink on one of the ovals from Spellbinders Large Classic Ovals.  I sponged the oval with Memento Angel Pink ink.  I then cut one of the motifs from Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Accents four times, then arranging them around the oval. 

 

The background paper and sheer pink ribbon are from my stash.  The rhinestone spray is by Recollections (Michael's).