Missing You...

A card for the current DeNami Design sketch challenge, as well as for the current Really Reasonable Ribbon challenge, Double Dutch.  I also used the current color combo from Color Throwdown of pink, kraft, light blue, and dark brown. 

I stamped the little tulip image from DeNami randomly on the white cardstock using SU!'s Pretty in Pink and then colored each of the little flowers with Koh-i-nor pencils and some gamsol.  I applied a strip of Scor-Tape to the bottom of the piece and adhered the lace trim by pleating it a bit to create the ruffled look.  Some Baja Breeze seam binding from Stampin Up! was tied around the piece and then I attached the whole thing to the kraft card base.  I stamped the sentiment from one of PTI's Fillable Frames set on white cardstock using SU!'s Early Espresso, punched it out using a SU! punch, applied the pink rhinestones and attached with foam dimensionals. 

Thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & kraft; Stamps:  DeNami Design & PTI; Ink:  SU! Pretty in Pink, Baja Breeze & Early Espresso; Kaiser Craft rhinestones; SU! Baja Breeze seam binding; lace - unknown; SU! pnch

Less is More - White on White

First I must say a very big THANK YOU to all the lovely LIMettes (and you know who you are!) who have left me the most wonderful comments over these last few months!  Ladies... you all ROCK!!!

Now.. on to my card for this week's challenge.  This week at LIM it is a color challenge and clever Chrissie and Mandi have challenged us to use white on white.  Oh.. the thought of all that white space just makes me swoon!   As I left some comments for those LIMettes who have already gotten their cards done I pondered what I would do for my card.  I decided almost immediately to do some embossing, but then had to decide on which folder.   My first thought was the SU! Elegant Lines folder... so perfect for white on white embossing.  But then I remembered my neglected Manhattan Flower folder and decided to use it.  I also used the SU!/Sizzix Embosslits Beautiful Wing.  The sentiment in from the SU! set Vintage Labels.  Some tiny Hero Arts gems finished off the card.

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White; Stamps:  SU! Vintage Labels; SU! embossing folder & embosslit die; Hero Arts Gems

ODBDSLC59 - Embedded Embossing

Hi everyone!  Today is my first post as a guest designer for the ODBD Shining the Light challenge and I am so excited.  The challenge this week is to use the super fun technique of embedded embossing.  It is a pretty straight forward idea.  You take a piece of cardstock cut to fit the front of your card.  You glue punched or diecut pieces of patterned paper or cardstock to the first cardstock piece,  let the glue dry for a bit, place the entire piece in your embossing folder and run through your embossing machine.   It is suggested that you use a embossing folder that has a pretty detailed pattern so that the glued on pieces don't start popping off. 

For my card I used the Sizzix embossing folder, Textile.  I used a Martha Stewart butterfly punch for the butterflies.  They were punched from two different pieces of patterned paper from the My Minds Eye Stella & Rose (Hazel) 6x6 pad and then adhered along one side of the card.  The ODBD set Faith was used for the main image and verse. The card was finished with a light blue silk bow and some clear rhinestones.

Thanks for taking a peek.... I hope you will play along this week and give embedded embossing a try!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  SU! Soft Sky; PTI Vintage Cream; PP:  MME Stella & Rose (Hazel); Ink:  SU! Baja Breeze; Ancient Page Grey; Ribbon:  May Arts light blue silk; Hero Arts gem; Sizzix Textile embossing folder; Spellbinder rectangle die; Stamps:  ODBD Faith

One Layer Wednesday - Round and Round

A couple of cards for One Layer Wednesday.  Susan set the challenge for us to make a card using circles.  Now when I first saw the challenge I immediately thought of my PTI set Dot Spot.  A super fun set full of circles within circles.  Then I thought of the really neat Hero Arts stamp I have called Large Artsy Circle.  But then I thought to myself "geez... get outside your box, Rosemary, and think of something else"!  So then my thoughts drifted to a sweet Memory Box stamp called Bramble Wreath and to the cute Hero Arts stamp Bicycle.  So I made two cards.

The first card uses the Bramble Wreath stamp and a stamp of my favorite saying.  I used this week's color combo from Splitcoaststampers of Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake & Black. 

For the second card I stamped the bicycle image using the Hero Hues ink, Grass.  A yummy, juicy and oh so springy color.  I colored the basket and teeny tiny flowers with Koh-i-Nor pencils.  The sentiment is from the PTI set Everyday Button Bits.

Thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White; SU! Crumb Cake; Inks:  SU! Cherry Cobbler; PTI True Black; Hero Art Grass; Stamps:  Hero Arts, PTI & Memory Box; Koh-i-Nor pencils

Gettin' A Little More Shabby

The other day I posted a card that was an unlikely combination of CAS and shabby.   My card today is definitely more on the shabby side of things.  I made this card for two challenges:  CR84FN and The Paper Players.   The color combo this week from CR84FN is kraft, light yellow and gold.  When I started my card I thought I would do some gold embossing, but to be honest I don't really like gold embossing on too many things except maybe Christmas cards!  I did try embossing the hydrangea in gold, but didn't like the look.  So, in the end I brought in the gold by using some gold glitter brads and gold Stickles.

Now where does the Paper Players challenge fit in all this... why the flower and the bees!  The challenge set this week by sweet LeAnne was to use flowers, trees, birds and/or bees on our cards since spring has finally (we hope!) arrived.   Some Stampin Up! designer papers called Botanical Gazette fit the bees portion perfectly and the other great thing is they worked for CR84FN, as well.  All the stamps are from Stampin Up!    I'm going to give this card to my mother-in-law for Mother's Day.

Thanks for taking a peek...  as I write this post I hear the birds and can see the flowers and trees... now we just need those bees!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream; SU! Crumb Cake; SU! Botanical Gazette; Ink:  SU! Choc. Chip & Crumb Cake; Ranger Scattered Straw Distress Ink;  Ranger Gold  Stickles; SU! gold glitter brads; PIT Notebook page die; Lace unknown; SU! Crumb Cake Seam Binding

Can CAS Be Shabby???

I know it sounds like CAS can't be shabby because CAS stands for "clean and simple", but I think in certain instances CAS can be shabby.   Take for instance my card for the current Shabby Tea Room challenge.  Don't you just love that inspiration photo?? The basic idea of the card is CAS with limited use of embellishments and lots of "white" or in this case, "kraft" space, but I was able to shabby it up by distressing the patterned paper, using stamps that lend themselves to the shabby chic look and adding some lace.  The stamps are from a favorite Stampin Up! set called "Bliss".  I just love the damask image and the little flower that comes with the set. 

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream; SU! Crumb Cake; SU! Botanical Gazette dp; Stamps:  SU! Bliss; Ink:  SU! Choc. Chip, Memento Summer Sky, Ranger Old Paper Distress ink; Hero Arts pearl; Websters Pages lace trim