Vintage Sympathy

I have seen many beautiful vintage looking cards and wanted to give it a try myself.  I needed a Sympathy card, not my favorite to make, but the recipient will know it's made from the heart!

The Very Vanilla panel was first stamped with the flourish from Everything Eleanor stamp set.  I used Sahara Sand stamped off once.  Then I added the watermarks from French Foliage stamp set along with the script both in Sahara Sand stamped off once.  Next I sponged around the edges and some what onto the card with Crumb Cake.  Used the distressing tool to rough up the edges and then sponged the rough edges with Crumb Cake.  The Wisteria Wonder panel was also distressed and sponged with Elegant Eggplant.  I stamped the stems with Lucky Limeade and then added a touch of Gumball Green with the marker to give it some dimension with a little highlighting from a white gel pen.

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Cindy

Stamps:  Field Flowers, French Foliage, Everything Eleanor, Thoughts & Prayers

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder

Ink:  Lucky Limeade, Gumball Green, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder

Accessories:  Antique Brad, Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Sponge Daubers, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals

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Up, Up and Away!

I needed one more Easter card for my Niece and thought she would like this Bunny in a balloon.   

Once again, I decided to water color my image using my SU Classic Ink Pads.  The sky was done by cutting a wavy piece of card stock and then sponging with a sponge dauber with Bashful Blue.  I then moved the card stock into different positions to sponge to achieve the look of clouds.  Hope everyone has a great week!

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Cindy

Stamps:  Everybunny

Paper:  Water Color, Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise

Ink:  Black Stazon, Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Bashful Blue, Sahara Sand

Accessories:  Scallop Oval & Decorative Label Punches, Primrose Petals Satin Stitched Ribbon, Dazzling Details, Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals

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Easter Colors

I just can't help myself, I think the bunnies in the "Everybunny" stamp set are to stinkin' cute!

I needed to make one more Easter card to send out and The Paper Player Sketch  #137

was calling my name.  My two favorite colors together are Pool Party and Pink Pirouette, very pastel and reminds me of Easter eggs.  The bunnies were water colored using paint brushes, water and Stampin' Up! Classic Ink Pads.  Hope everyone is having a great week.

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Cindy

Stamps:  Everybunny

Paper:  Water Color, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Pool Party

Ink:  Black Stazon, Sahara Sand, Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue, Midnight Muse, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories:  Punches - Scallop Square & Oval, Small Oval.  Perfect Polka Dots EF, Large Scallop Edgelit, Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon, Paint Brushes, Sponge Dauber, Dimensionals.

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Easter Mojo

Playing along with the Mojo Monday Sketch 283!  I decided to do another Easter card, after that I only have one more to go.  Chose my colors from the Print Poetry DSP.  The Bunny was water colored and then I paper pieced his eggshell. Some Dazzling Details on his scarf and the strips on the egg.  I used the Large Paper Doily Sizzlit as a back drop for the bunny.  Trimmed it down so it would fit the way I wanted it to.  Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Cindy

Stamps:  Everybunny

Paper:  Water Color, Crumb Cake, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla, Print Poetry DSP

Ink:  Black Stazon, Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi

Accessories:  Large Paper Doily Sizzlit, 2 1/2 Circle Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Oval & Scallop Oval punches, Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Dazzling Details, Sponge Dauber, Dimensionals

Embossing on Print Poetry DSP

Thought of this idea this morning and just had to put it together.  I wanted something easy and not too bulky to mail.  Stamping the flowers first using my Stamp-a-ma-jig for position and then embossed with white embossing powder. I then did the stems, leaf and sentiment.  I sponged around the edges of the DSP with Night of Navy.  Stamped the butterfly on a scrap of the DSP and popped it up on a glue dot.  Layered onto Bashful Blue and attached to the card base in Night of Navy.  I really like the contrast in the shades of blue.

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Cindy

Stamps:  Field Flowers, Papillon Potpourri, Thoughts & Prayers

Paper:  Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Print Poetry Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Versamark

Accessories:  Stamp-a-ma-jig, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Sponge Dauber, Glue Dots

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Water Color Bunny

The Everybunny stamp set is so fun!  I love to water color with my Stampin' Up! Classic Ink Pads.  I stamped the Bunny with Black Stazon along with the flowers from the Bunny in the Egg Balloon.  I paper pieced her dress using Print Poetry DSP, the hem was colored with a white gel pen.  It's hard to see in the photo, but I added some Dazzling Details to the flower trail and the center of the flowers on her dress.  Just a fun one layer card.

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Cindy

Stamps:  Everybunny

Paper:  Water color, Primrose Petals, Print Poetry DSP

Ink:  Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette, Primrose Petals, River Rock, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Black Stazon

Accessories:  Signo White Gel Pen, Dazzliing Details, Sponge Dauber, Paint Brushes

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Easter Bunny

I just received my new stamp set Everybunny on Friday so I thought I would ink it up!

Really liked the Mojo Monday Sketch this week so thought I would play along.

The Bunny was stamped with Black Stazon and water colored with my Stampin' Up! Classic ink pads.  The Bunny is Crumb Cake with some Soft Suede for shadows, his shirt is Pool Party and Island Indigo.  Pink Pirouette in his ear.  The bird is Marina Mist and the egg is Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight and White Gel Pen.  Certainly Celery for the grass.  I also used White Gel Pen on the Bunny tail.  I just love to color, it is so relaxing!

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Cindy

Stamps:  Everybunny, Everything Eleanor

Paper:  Water color, Early Espresso, Pool Party, So Saffron, Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP

Ink:  Black Stazon, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette, Marina Mist, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, So Saffron

Accessories:  2 3/8" Scallop and 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Signo White Gel Pen, Dimensionals

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Bloomin' Shades of Pink!

I am not sure of the name of this technique, but I found this beautiful card by

Karen Barber at Splitcoaststampers with a brief description of how she made her flowers.

The flowers are heat embossed in white, then with Whisper White Craft Ink and a little water I painted the flowers white and allowed to dry over night.  The paper starts to pill if it is too wet!  I used a paint brush and my re-inkers with a little water to get this creamy looking color.  

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Cindy

Stamps:  Bloomin' Marvelous, Fabulous Florets

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple

Ink:  Versamark, Whisper White Craft, Melon Mambo and Regal Rose Classic 

Accessories:  White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Paint Brush, Scallop Oval and Bitty Butterfly punches, Raspberry Ripple Stitched Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals

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