Guest Designer for Colour Inkspiration! ~ CI192

Today's card is pretty special to me because I get the privilege of being a guest designer at Colour Inkspiration!  I'm super honored to be chosen!  I must say that this color combination was a bit challenging for me and I made about 3 different cards before I settled on this one.  The Timid Tiger was throwing me off a bit, but I made it work.  That's why these are called challenges, right?!  I concentrated on Blueberry Bushel as my dominate color and I like the way it came out.  It reminds me of a wintery flower cluster, which wasn't my intent, but that's they way it turned out!

I started out by embossing the flowers from Blessings of Home in black embossing powder on watercolor paper.  I figured I could control the hues a bit better with watercolor.  I watercolored with each color from the challenge and then went back in and added some blends markers with coordinating colors to add a bit more depth.  I die cut the bouquet out and popped it up on a background of Vanilla, embossed with the Distressed Tile embossing folder and brushed with Blueberry Bushel ink.  I cut out a bunch of the little branches, leaves and flowers that came with the Blessings of Home dies and stuck some plain vanilla in behind and some brushed with more Blueberry Bushel.  I chose the sentiment dies and stamps from Sweet Blooms, in silver foil and cream, to finish my card, along with a few basic rhinestones.  

Here's a list of my supplies....

stamps: Blessings of Home, Sweet Blooms

ink: Blueberry Bushel, Bubble Bath, Timid Tiger, Azure Afternoon, Gorgeous Grape, Versamark

paper: Vanilla, Silver Foil, Watercolor

accessories: Black EP, Distressed Tile EF, Basic Rhinestones, Blessings of Home and Sweet Blooms dies

I'm really looking forward to seeing what everyone else comes up with for this combo.  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Sipping Summer Vibes ~ HSS468, GDP506

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments photo inspiration challenge for July.  We are working with Summer Vibes!  I immediately knew I was going to use my Cheers and Sips bundle again.  I just love playing with this one and it's so perfect for this challenge.  I also used the sketch from Global Design Project to jump start my card.  

Everything I used is included in the Cheers and Sips bundle, with the exception of the Timid Tiger background paper from Floral Charm, the Night of Navy die cut leaves, and the sentiment tag, which are from Layers of Beauty.  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Another Charming Day Wedding ~ HSS467, AYSI351

Hello Stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments July Sketch Challenge.  I needed yet another wedding card, so I chose to use the lovely Charming Day set again.  I used the color combo of Peach Pie, Melon Mambo, and Garden Green from As You See It #351.

I started by embossing the large rose image on watercolor paper with white embossing powder.  I watercolored the image with the challenge colors.  Even though this is a pretty bright color palette, when using watercolor the colors seem to soften a bit.  The Melon Mambo is very light, but I assure you it really is Melon Mambo!

I die cut the colored image along with some foliage from Charming Day and Layers of Beauty dies.  I used white and gold for the foliage. I also die cut and embossed the sentiments in gold and white to tie it all together.  The sentiments are from Delightful Wishes. 

Instead of going with a plain rectangular panel, I opted for an Everyday Arches dies cut.  I think it makes the card more attractive and added interest.  I brushed on some Peach Pie ink to the arch to make it stand out. It's all perched on a white and Peach background embossed with my basics and Garden and Glass Embossing folders.

The bow is tied on with Gold Mesh Ribbon. 

Here's a list of my supplies......

Stamps: Charming Day, Delightful Wishes 

Ink: Peach Pie, Melon Mambo, Garden Green, Versamark 

Paper: White, Peach Pie, Gold Foil, watercolor 

Accessories: Everyday Arches dies, Layers of Beauty dies, Delightful Wishes dies, gold EP, white EP, Mesh Ribbon, Garden and Glass EF, Basics EF

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny 

 

Charming Day Wedding~ ColourInkspiration190, JAI758ur

Today's card another wedding card and I've used Colour Inkspiration Challenge 190, with the colors of Basic Beige, Crumb Cake and Cajun Craze. I also used the sketch from Just Add Ink #758. I think they came together in a lovely fashion!

I started with a Basic Beige stitched circle die cut. I brushed Crumb Cake ink over the circle using the Linked Together Decorative Mask. To be honest, at this point it totally looked like a turtle shell to me and I was almost ready to scrap it. I decided to add some of the images from Notes of Nature over the top and that did the trick for me! 

I colored the small flower image from Charming Day with the challenge colors and die cut it. I chose the smaller image because I wanted to show more of the circle. The flower was settled on a bow of linen thread and thin copper thread. I nestled in some Crumb Cake die cut leaves in behind everything. For the background, I used a panel of Country Woods DSP and stamped some Crumb Cake splatters on it. The horizontal accent strip is a piece of Crumb Cake embossed with the Garden and Glass EF and then I crumpled it and brushed on Crumb Cake ink to bring out the texture of the paper. I added some accents of Cajun Craze cut from Notes of Nature dies. Lastly, I finished the card with a tiny sentiment banner that says "forever and always".

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: Charming Day, Notes of Nature, Itty Bitty Greeting 

Paper: Country Woods DSP, Cajun Craze, Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, White 

Ink: Crumb Cake, Ivory, and Cajun Craze Blends markers, Crumb Cake and Cajun Craze Ink pad, Memento Black

Accessories: stitched shapes die, Linked Together Decorative Mask, Linen Twine, Copper thread, Garden and Glass EF 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

In Color Wedding ~ SUOC379

Hello there stampers!  Today's card is for Stampin' Up Only Challenge #379 using the 25-27 in colors.  I used them all but Timid Tiger, and added Mossy Meadow for the leaves.   

I think this is a cheerful combination!

One special thing about this card is the Garden and Glass embossing along the bottom background of the card.  I brushed some Secret Sea over the top of it to help enhance the embossed image. 

The sentiment panel was left over from a project a couple cards ago.  I like it when I can use cast off pieces!

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Two Tone Flora, Your Perfect Day

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Darling Duckling, Mossy Meadow, Versamark

Paper: Strawberry Slush, Secret Sea, Cloud Cover, White

Accessories: Garden and Glass EF, Mossy Meadow & Gold Trim ribbon, Sparkle Dots, Changing Leaves Dies, Two Tone Flora dies, Tasteful Labels dies

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day! 

Jenny

 

Happy Hibiscus Wedding ~ CTD836, GDP503, PP744

Hello Stampers!  Today's card is another wedding card.  I'll be posting a few more after this as well.  It's definitely wedding season!  To start this beauty off, I used the color combo from Color Throwdown #836.  My colors are Berry Burst, Timid Tiger, and Crumb Cake.  I used the tic tac toe theme as well from The Paper Players Challenge #744. I chose the middle/across section of Flowers, Die Cuts, and Embossing.  And last but not least, I was inspired by the Flowers Theme Challenge at Global Design Project.

I figured the Happy Hibiscus set would look lovely in these bright colors, so that's the direction I went.  I think the Crumb Cake elevates the colors to make them a little more elegant.  I also love to add some glimmer to wedding cards, so I added gold glimmer paper leaf sprigs.

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Happy Hibiscus

Paper: White, Timid Tiger, Crumb Cake

Ink: Berry Burst, Timid Tiger, Crumb Cake, Versamark

Accessories: Layers of Beauty die (small leave sprig), Changing Leaves die (sentiment die), White EP, Mesh Ribbon, Charming Shimmer Faceted Gems

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny