Non Winning Artisan Project #5

Lots and lots of pictures to share with you since my last card entry was a trifold one.  I even used a little piece of velcro to close it and made it more like a book or mini album that way.

 



 

The focus of the card was on the Storytime designer series paper.

 

I added a little chalkboard technique to the inside using the From My Heart stamp set with the idea that this could be a teacher thank you card.

 

Supplies:

Just Believe, From my Heart, Distressed Dots stamp sets

Storytime dsp

Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Basic Black, So Saffron card stock

Riding Hood Red, Old Olive classic ink

Craft White ink

Labels collection framelits

scallop punches

Decorative label punch

Window punch

Modern Label punch

Perfect Polka Dots folder

Woodgrain folder

Memories

 

I really love using the Distressed Dots background stamp for all kinds of things, scrapbook backgrounds, cards, tags, etc.  It is retiring, but I know it is one stamp I won't let go of for awhile.

 

 

On this card, I used Wisteria Wonder ink with it for the background on Very Vanilla card stock.  The tree comes from the Lovely as a Tree stamp set and the sentiment from Blessings from Heaven.

 

I paired Soft Suede with the Very Vanilla and Wisteria Wonder and added some Artisan Embellishment Kit lace. The tree image is stamped over faux mother of pearl background that I used the champagne shimmer paint to create.

Easter Treat Pouch

 

 

The Late Night Stampers challenge this week is to make a treat holder or place setting.  After thinking about it for awhile I decided I wanted to use the Pop 'n Cuts card base somehow as a treat holder and this is what I came up with.

 

 

I cut the base out of some Polka Dot Parade dsp and scored it at 5" and 6" from the side with the slits in it.

 

Then, I cut a piece of Whisper White card stock - 3" x 6 1/4" and scored it at 1" on all sides to make the little box inside.

 

I added a few too many jelly beans to the inside of the cello bag because it doesn't want to sit up straight, LOL! 

 

The little box is attached to the base with glue dots and I used my crop o dile to make a hole in the top of the closed base to add some ribbon to tie it up.

 

The eggs are cut using the ovals collection framelits and I stamped the card stock with the Distressed Dots and Hello Doily stamp sets before I cut them.

 

 

Hope you come over and play along this week!

 

Turquoise Polka Dots

 

The Pretty Petites stamp set from Sale-a-bration is one that I have not really use a whole lot, I guess it doesn't inspire me like the other ones do. 

 

This card is actually quick and easy using scraps, buttons and the little sentiment from that stamp set.

 

 

Supplies:

Pretty Petites, Distressed Dots

Whisper white, Pumpkin pie, Real red card stock

Tempting Turquoise ink

Polka Dot Parade dsp

Brights designer buttons

Petite curly label punch

 

Vintage Verse Butterfly

The card I have for you today uses some Print Poetry dsp behind a tag from the Two Tags die.  I used the 1 1/4" and 7/8" scallop circle punches on the tag so the dsp would show through.

 

 

The elegant butterfly was also punched from from the same dsp stack.

 

The background is the Distressed Dots stamp with Crumb Cake ink on Crumb Cake card stock. 

 

Supplies:

Vintage Verses, Distressed Dots

Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake ink

Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler card stock

Natural 7/16" trim ribbon

7/8" and 1 1/4" scallop circle punches

elegant butterfly punch

Two Tags die

basic pearls

Print Poetry dsp stack

Thanks so Much

 

Another card using the Oh Hello stamp set today and I have paired it with the Distressed Dots stamp for my background. 

 

 

Supplies:

Oh Hello, Distressed Dots

Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Crumb Cake card stock

Raspberry Ripple, Wild Wasabi and Midnight Muse classic ink

paper doily

Crumb Cake tulle ribbon

apothecary accents framelits

ovals collection framelits

Thinking of you

 

I found that I really like this color combination Primrose Petals, Baja Breeze, Lucky Limeade and Early Espresso.  On this card I used Just Believe, Distressed Dots, and Thoughts and Prayers in these colors.

 

 

If I made this one again, I might stamp off the Distressed dots before I stamp it on my card stock so that the sentiment is a little easier to see.

Dots and Notes

 

This card features the same musical notes that I used in the card in this post, from Nature's Pace.  The background is also the same - Marina Mist card stock stamped with Distressed Dots and Marina Mist classic ink.

 

 

I added some Naturals composition specialty paper, scallop dots ribbon and a sentiment from Loving Thoughts.

November Stamp Club projects

 

These are my Club projects for the month, the layout features the International Bazaar dsp and Distressed Dots stamp set.

 

 

The  first card combines Word Play and Scentsational Season stamp set along with the Be of Good Cheer dsp.

 

Finally, I used the Wonderfall and Thoughts and Prayers stamp sets for this card and added some Orchard Harvest dsp.

Patience of Nature

 

For this card, I combined Betsy's Blossoms and Nature's Pace stamp sets along with the background stamp Distressed Dots.

 

 

I used Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Marina Mist, Early Espresso and Whisper White as my colors and  added a few in color designer brads to complete the card.

 

 

Baby Prints

I was working on some card orders last week and replenishing my own stock of cards at the same time.  These are a couple baby ones I came up with using Baja Breeze for the boy card and Pink Pirouette for the girl one.

 

 

The saying comes from Friendly Phrases and I used Baby prints for the hands and Distressed Dots for the background.

 

I just added a 3/4" scrap behind the labels framelit to break up the background a little bit.  Simple cards, but I like the way they turned out.

Serene Birthday

This card may look a bit familiar if you check my posts daily.  I used the basic idea of one of the Stamp Club cards but changed it up a little bit on this one.

 

 

Instead of tearing the Primrose Petals layer, I just added it to the Distressed Dots layer and added an apothecary accents framelit with a sentiment from Sassy Salutations.

 

Supplies:

Serene Silhouettes, Sassy Salutations, Distressed Dots

Crumb Cake and Soft Suede classic ink

Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla card stock

Chevron folder

In color Dahlias

Apothecary Accents framelits