NAC #13 ~ Hello!

I made this card for Nacho Average Challenge #13.....but, I'm blogging a couple hours too late!  I missed the deadline, darn-it anyway!  Oh well, I like how this card turned out and someone will enjoy recieving it! 

I started with the stamped panel.  I stamped the boquet from Bordering on Romance on watercolor paper and then embossed it with Early Espresso EP.  I colored it in with the layered marker technique, blending the colors with my blender pen.  The watercolor paper makes this technique work so well.  I love the rich, deep color you can achieve with the markers.  I layered it on a rectangle of Primrose Petals cardstock after stpritzing it with Champagne Shimmer spray and added a little sliver of Summer Starfruit, punch from a scalloped border.  Next I cut three squares of Midnight Muse In Color designer paper and layered them on a strip of Midnight Muse.  For the background peice I used a fun designer paper from the new paper stack in the Spring SU catalog.  I can't remember the name of the paper right at the moment.  The last thing was the Primrose ribbon with the delicate bow, brad and tiny tag. 

 

 

 

 

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

Stamps: Bordering On Romance, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, In Color DP, New Spring DP pack, Summer Starfruit, Watercolor

Ink: Pear Pizzaz, Lucky Limeade, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Baja Breeze, Midnight Muse, River Rock, Summer Starfruit, VersaMark

Accessories: Primrose Petals satin ribbon, Champagne Shimmer spray, Lucky Limeade Brad, Tiny Tag punch, Dotted Scallop ribbon punch

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

 

 

 

 

 



Bordering Doily ~ CCMC226

Today's card is for Create With Connie and Mary #226 and also Fab Friday #6, which were almost identical!  I also used a sketch challenge from Nacho Average Challenge, but missed the cutoff for that challenge.  My computer went down with a virus and needed to go to my trusty computer lady.  Thank God she could fix it!  She was quick too, but we had a major winter storm and the roads were horendous, so my computer was gone for a few more days than it should have been.  The virus was called something something FBI.  One day we heard about it on the news, the next day we had it on our computer.  If anyone else gets it out there in computer-land, make sure you get you computer to someone who can help you ASAP!  Enough about that....let's get back to more important things, like cardmaking! 

 

I used, for the very first time ever, my Bordering On Romance stamp set.  I've looked at this set so many times, but always decided that I did't need yet another flower stamp set.  I finally caved and ordered it.  I also took another wack at watercoloring with the aqua painter.  I'm loving this way of getting the color onto a stamped image....it's so simple!  The one thing I'm didn't like about this card is the time it took to punch out all the little pieces out of the Doily die.  I'm not sure if mine is defective or what, but it sure is frustrating using that thing....and this project was doily times two!  It took me forever!  I trimmed off the outer portion of the doilies to make them fit onto the card base.  This card gives me a grandma kind of feeling with the addition of the crochet ribbon and pearls along with the doilies.

 

 

I spritzed the main image with shimmer spray to give it some extra prettiness!

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

Stamps: Bordering On Romance

Paper: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Midnight Muse, Watercolor

Ink: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Labels die, Crochet ribbon, Houndstooth EF, Large Paper Doily die, Pearls, Aqua painter, Shimmer spray

 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a terrific day!

Jenny