Just Sharin....

hello friends!  haven't posted in a few days so i thought i would share a couple of cards that i made earlier this week.  for both cards is did some collage stamping.   the first card was made for two splitcoaststampers challenges:  the CAS challenge and the color challenge. 

the CAS challenge at splitcoaststampers was to use collage on your card, stamping or otherwise.  obviously i did collage stamping.  i used three of my favorite stampin up! sets:  bliss; vintage fresh and because i care.   the ink colors are stampin up!'s cherry cobbler (my all time favorite red) and old olive.  i started by stamping the border image using cherry cobbler.  the hydrangea image was then stamped using old olive.  i inked up the large damask image with some cherry cobbler and then stamped it off on scrap paper before stamping it on the cardstock.  i followed the same process for the butterfly except that i used old olive ink.  the sentiment was stamped using black ink to make it standout a bit more.   i absolutely LOVE how this card turned out!

the second card i made just for fun using some of my favorite hero arts stamps (hydrangea and carte postal) and the same color combo.   for this card instead of using cream cardstock (as i did with the first card) i used white cardstock for the stamping and mounted it on a cherry cobbler card base.  all the stamping was done following the method i set up for the first card.  and once, again, i LOVE how this card turned out.  in fact, both cards turned out exactly how i envisioned they would.  don't you jsut love it when that happens???  i know i do!!

thanks for stopping by.....

supplies:  cardstock:  pti white & cream; su! cherry cobbler; stamps:  stampin up! and hero arts; inks:  stampin up! and memento