Flower Challenge 97 Fall Roses

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I haven't played with the Stippled Rose bundle for a long time, and when I saw that The Flower Challenge's theme was "thanks" this month, I jumped right in!  Here we go:

I began by stamping the roses in Copper Clay on Basic Beige cardstock, then used the die to get them out, along with some of those detailed leaves in Mossy Meadow.  Instead of watercoloring the roses as I would normally do, I used a small Tim Holtz blender to blend in Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze inks on the flowers and Mossy Meadow on the leaves.  It's definitely a learning curve, and I did get some green ink where I might not have wanted, but I went back in with a blender pen to add some detail to the smaller areas!

I used a vintage woodgrain paper from Countryside Woods and distressed the edges a bit, then added the flowers.  I stamped the sentiment directly on the paper as well.  My final embellishments were some Natural Sequins and a bow using the Natural Tones Linen Thread in green!  I think you could color these roses in any shade and they'd be beautiful!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Rid yourselves, then, of all evil; no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or insulting language.  Be like newborn babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by drinking it you may grow up and be saved.  As the scripture says, "You have found out for yourselves how kind the Lord is." 

1 Peter 2: 1-3   E100 Military Edition

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stippled Roses
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Mossy Meadow, Country Woods DSP
Ink	Copper Clay, Mossy Meadow, Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Natural Sequins, Natural Tones Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stippled Roses Dies, Blending Tools (Tim Holtz)

The Flower Challenge 92

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  Before I hop off to work, I'm sharing my card for The Flower Challenge, which is a sketch:

So here we go:

I stamped, diecut and colored the main image from Stippled Roses, using Pretty in Pink, Mango Melody and Garden Green inks.  

The two little circles gave me pause....I tried all kinds of elements, but in the end, I just diecut two more leafy patterns from Basic White cardstock and layered them.  The sentiment is from Unbounded Love:

The side panels are Pretty in Pink DSP and the center panel is embossed with the Eyelet embossing folder. I did add some pearls for some extra prettiness!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unbounded Love, Stippled Roses
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty in Pink DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Garden Green, Pretty in Pink, Mango Melody
Accessories	Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stippled Rose Dies, Eyelet Embossing Folder, Aquapainter

AHSC576 Feel Better Soon

Happy Monday, everyone! Time for a new sketch from Atlantic Hearts!  At first, I was a wee bit intimidated by it, but once I got going, I really liked it! Here's the sketch: 

I wanted to use some new products, so I pulled out some Country Lace DSP, along with Stippled Rose and started playing around with some colors! Here's what I came up with:

Since I already had a piece of Basic Beige sitting on my desk from yesterday's card, I decided to pair it up with a very subtle print and use the pretty polka dotted pattern in Petal Pink for the scalloped design.  Since I had some new ribbons that matched both those hues, it was easy just to add the ribbon as the horizontal elements!  I stamped the rose in Petal Pink as well and added some Basic Beige leaves:

Since I thought the Beige ink would be too light for my sentiment, I stamped it in Pebbled Path, then finally added a wee Linen Thread bow to finish it off.  I really like these colors together!

I hope you'll play with our fun sketch...I could see how using some scraps would come in handy with it---we all have scraps, right?!  Check out the blog to see what the other designers created! There are some cute ones there! Hope to see you in the gallery as well!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stippled Roses, Unbounded Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige, Petal Pink, Country Lace DSP
Ink	Petal Pink, Pebbled Path
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Basic Beige Bordered Ribbon, Petal Pink Diagonal Trim Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stippled Roses Die, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret)

IB278 Just For You

Happy Friday, peeps, and happy March!  It is only a few weeks away until spring, but it is still feeling very wintry here in SE PA!  I am off to stamp with my retirement home ladies this morning! Looking forward to getting crafty with them!  My card today is for the Inspired By challenge:

I used both the photo colors and the sketch as my inspiration!  I pulled out Stippled Roses and went to work:

I stamped two of the smaller roses in Stazon ink and colored one with Melon Mambo ink, then added the leaf image and colored them with Garden Green ink:

I mounted them on a vellum circle sponged lightly with Melon Mambo ink; you can barely see it, but it's there behind the florals!  That in turn went on a piece of Heart and Home DSP, a Melon Mambo mat and a Bubble Bath Perennial Postage diecut.  Cardbase was Smoky Slate, embossed with the Softly Sophisticated embossing folder.  A sweet little sentiment from Charming Sentiments finished it off! 

Thanks so much for visiting today! 

Little Maven is getting lots of love from her big brothers!

 Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stippled Roses, Charming Sentiments
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo, Bubble Bath, Vellum, Heart & Home DSP (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Garden Green, Melon Mambo, Pebbled Path
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Essential Dies, Perennial Postage Dies, Blending Brush, Aquapainter, Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder

AHSC565 Stippled Vellum Roses

Happy Thursday, peeps! Do you ever have an idea in your mind for a card or technique and when you try to execute it, it falls just a little short of your expectations?  That's what happened with this card, but I am sharing in nonetheless, just because I put time into it and it's about 75% okay...not 100%, but I'll go for 75%!  It uses the Atlantic Hearts Sketch for this week, which has banners...I love banners!:

And my idea was to heat emboss the rose from Stippled Roses in white, on vellum.  So here we go:

So my issue with the card is not so much the way the embossing came out...I loved the effect, and I colored the roses themselves on the back side with a Bubble Bath blend.....but my issue was  ADHERING the vellum to the DSP.  What a wrinkly, warped mess! Of course I couldn't use dimensionals because they would show through the vellum, so I used a new-to-me clear glue a little different than what I usually use.  The edges of my diecut began to curl up something fierce, so I ended up adhering them with glue dots, which is probably what I should have used on the whole thing.  Anyway, it's not really noticeable here, but believe me, the top of the card looks a fright.  It was a lesson learned, that's for sure!

At any rate, you can see that I used several different patterns of Bubble Bath DSP as well as a strip of Bubble Bath glimmer paper---hopefully that will draw the recipient's eye away from the wrinkles! I added the birthday sentiment at the bottom; it's from the same set!  

I like the sketch, so I may try again with a different focal point! Thanks for bearing with me today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stippled Roses
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Vellum, Bubble Bath, Bubble Bath DSP, Bubble Bath Glimmer
Ink	Bubble Bath, White Craft
Accessories	White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stippled Roses Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies

PP671 Happiest Birthday

Hello crafty friends! It's time for a brand-new round of challenges from the Paper Players!  We have two new guest designers this year--Jolanda Johnstone and Cynthia Stevenson--so be sure to stop by the blog and give them some encouragement!

Our first hostess of 2024 is Ann and she's chosen a perfect theme for us, one we all need--birthday celebrations!

It gave me a chance to break out a beautiful stamp set from the mini catalog called Stippled Roses.  I had my friend Robyn in mind when creating this card, as her favorite color is purple and she just celebrated her birthday!  So here we go:

It is so easy to create an impressive card with this gorgeous image! I stamped it in Highland Heather and diecut it with the matching dies.  The background was also stamped in the same ink; I used the smaller rose and the vintage words from Quiet Meadow.  They were stamped in Versamark ink so as to not overpower the florals.  The sentiment is also from Stippled Roses, simply stamped on a narrow panel of Basic White and the edges were snipped by hand.

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from Timeless Arrangements and used a retired Ornate Frames die to cut the white panel as well as a Gorgeous Grape scrolled panel to highlight it:

I look forward to using this set a lot more in the future!

We all need birthday cards, so I hope you'll be inspired to play along with us at the Players this week!  Stop by to see what the design team created as well as our new guest designers!  Hope to see you in the gallery!  

A few more treats from Longwood:

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stippled Roses, Quiet Meadow, Timeless Arrangements
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape
Ink	Highland Heather, Versamark
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stipped Roses Dies, Ornate Frames Dies (ret)