Flower-full Teapot ~ CCMC398 & Inkspire Me 240

Hi stampers!  Thursday is upon us yet again and that means it's time for a Create with Connie and Mary color challenge!  

To help me create my card this week, I also took inspiration from the sketch at In{k}spire Me #240.

The sketch is square, so my card base measures 5" x 5".  I also made an envelope to go with it and lined it with some cute, flowered Watermelon Wonder DSP.

More of my inspiration came from a picture I had seen on Pinterest of flowers potted in a watering can.  I got to thinking I could mimic it, only use the cute teapot from Cups and Kettles framelits.

I heat embossed a sentiment from {Party Pants} in white directly onto the tea kettle. 

I needed a smaller flower to fit the size of the teapot, so I used the{Petite Petals} stamp set and punch.  The leaves are from the Owl Builder punch and the center of the flower come from the retired Itty Bitty Punch Pack.  

I again got some great use out of my new favorite DSP, Farmers Market.  Isn't that weathered wood paper just cool!?!  I LOVE it!

The ribbon is a bit of Watermelon Wonder stitched satin ribbon that I cut in half length-wise.  It is too wide otherwise.  

I added a some stamping to the Soft Suede cardbase using the feather-looking stamp from {Botanical Blooms}.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Leather and Lace ~ PPA243

Oh my, I have a new love....a technique called Faux Leather! (Tutorial by Sharon Field)  Isn't it amazing and doesn't it really look like leather?!?!!! I know this is not a new technique, but I've never tried it and couldn't wait to give it a try.

 I had originally colored a {Blended Bloom} flower in these colors and I had it in mind to put as the focal point in the middle of the Pals Paper Arts 243 sketch. 

 I had colored it first and wanted to use the faux leather as a background.  When I tried to put them together it didn't look right so I made another faux leather flower and cut it out with a Chalk Talk Framelit.  I just LOVE the way this came together!!!  It is sooo cool!!!

I wanted to keep it rustic looking so I stamped the center panel of Bermuda Bay with {Hardwood} and sponged it with some Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay ink.  I also wanted to incorporate some lace trim, but it was kinda the wrong color so I sponged it with some Early Espresso ink to darken it up some.  Lastly, I added some Best Year Ever ribbon and Bermuda Bay sequin trim.

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

Stamps: Flower Shop, Petite Petal, Hardwood

Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Bermuda Bay

Ink: Early Espresso, Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist, Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay

Accessories: Chalk Talk die, Bermuda Bay sequins, Lace Trim, Best Year Ever ribbon pack, stylus, sponges

Thanks for taking a peek!  

Jenny

Lullaby Coffee ~ SSSC231

I made this card for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 231.

Karen always comes up with such great sketches.  I had fun creating this with the Lullaby DSP.  The coffee cup just screams for paper piecing, and it's so easy to piece!  

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

Stamps: The Perfect Blend, Petite Petals

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding, White, and Lullaby DSP

Ink: Memento Black, Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding

Accessories: Decorative Dots & Arrows EF, Petite Petals punch, In color sequins, dimentsionals, Oval framelits

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Another Great Year Chalkboard ~ CCMC284 & PP177

 

The chalkboard technique...I love it!  When I saw the color combo over at Create with Connie and Mary this week, I thought it would be great to showcase this technique.  Then The Paper Players came out with their weekly challenge and guess what?  It's the chalkboard technique! 

The chalkboard technique is super simple and looks sooooo cool!  I think it offers a lot of bang for your buck, so to speak!

I started by pulling out some of my new supplies from Occasions Catalog.  This Another Great Year set has some great birthday images.  I also used Petite Petals, as well as the coordinating punch.  I stamped the flower three times in Strawberry Slush and twice in Bermuda Bay and punched them all out.  I cut the Bermuda Bay flowers apart and turned them into leaves.  Once I had the flowers arranged on the corner of my card, I tucked the leaves in under them.  I sort of bent the petals of the flowers up to give them more dimension.

 

 

Lastly, I tied some bakers twine from the Sweet Sorbet Accessory pack that will be available in the Sale-A-Bration catalog.

 

Supplies for this card

Stamps: Petite Petals, Another Great Year

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Black, Strawberry Slush DSP, White

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Bermuda Bay, White craft

Accessories: Petite Petal punch, corner rounder punch, bakers twine, pearls

You can order most of these supplies HERE!

 Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny