Vintage Rose

During my card class yesterday, I was showing my friends how to make their own background paper using sponges and inks.  I made a 1/2 sheet of paper using Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze, Elegant Eggplant with a little Kiwi Kiss and Old Olive.  I didn't have anything planned for my background paper - it was for demo only - so I decided to make some rolled roses and they turned out really pretty.  I'm hoping to write a tutorial in the next while on how I made my rolled rose with leaves.

 

Today I made a card, starting with the rolled rose from yesterday and building on it.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  It looks like a vintage card (which is very popular these days) ... the only thing I'm not completely happy with is the crocheted lace trim.  I think it's a bit thick and bulky for this card, but it's all I had.  Hope you like.

 

"Vintage Rose"

 

 

Stamps:  Echoes of Kindness (SU!)

Paper:  Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Cottage Wall Designer Series paper (SU!)

Ink:  Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze, Elegant Eggplant, Kiwi Kiss, Old Olive, Sahara Sand (SU!)

Accessories & Tools:  Nestabilities Label Ten and Large Oval die-cuts, Big Shot, Flourish Texturz plate,  "Clouds" shaped scissors, Two-Step Bird punch, Crocheted Lace (approx. 18"), six mauve half-pearls, sponges, sticky strips, and adhesives

 

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As mentioned above, I made by own paper by randomly sponging Baja Breeze, Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant, Kiwi Kiss and Old Olives inks on to the large piece of Whisper White cardstock.  I cut out a circle (approx. 3 1/2" round) using the "Cloud" shaped scissors and created a rolled rose.  I used the Two-Step Bird punch, using the "wing" to make two leaves for behind the rose (I pinched the leaves at the bottom to create some depth).

Next I ran the 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock through my Big Shot with the Flourish Texturz plate ... unfortunately, it doesn't show in the photo above, but it adds a little texture and depth to the background paper.

I ran the Label Ten die-cut through the Big Shot with the Cottage Wall Designer series paper to create the frame for the focal point of the card.

I stamped the saying in Rich Razzleberry ink on Whisper White cardstock and ran it through my Big Shot, cutting out an oval.  I found it to be too shark white so I lightly sponged Sahara Sand on the oval to make it look more "vintage".  I sponged the edges of the oval with Old Olive ink.

I mounted the oval onto the Label Ten and added three half-pearls to both the top and bottom.  I attached a piece of crocheted lace to the embossed panel, about 1" from the bottom.  I adhered the framed saying on top of the lace, so it just overlaps the lace a little.  I added a bow at the side and a rolled rose on top of the bow.  Then, using sticky strips, I adhered the whole front panel to the card base.

Mother's Day Easel Cards

Here's a picture from my card class with my friends today.  We started by making our own ribbon roses to use on the card and we also made a paper carnation (to be used later).  We made a mother's day easel card, making our own background paper by sponging ink and embossing with rubber bands.  The cards turned out beautifully!  Deb, Frances and Kelly all used different colors of ink and paper, so each one is unique.  I took a picture before we made the 3-D envelopes to hold the cards (oops!).

 

We took a short break to celebrate Deb's 50th birthday ... mango mousse cake and black currant tea - yum!  Thanks to Kelly for picking up the delicious cake!  And happy belated birthday to Deb ... looking forward to getting together next weekend for a lunch out to celebrate!

 

 

 

 

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Here's a quick card that I made last night.  It's fairly easy and didn't take very long to make.  Hope you like.

 

"Just Believe in Pink"

Stamps:  Just Believe (SU!)

Paper:  Pretty in Pink, Whisper White

Ink:  Old Olive; Stampin' Write markers: Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose

Accessories & Tools:  sponge, 5/8" Pretty in Pink satin ribbon (approx. 9"), six white half-pearls (different sizes), shimmer paint, sticky strips  

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I used the Stampin' Write markers to ink the Just Believe stamp, Old Olive for the stems and leaves, Pretty in Pink for all the flowers, Regal Rose was "thumped" on top of the Pretty in Pink to add depth.  I stamped the image four times on Whisper White cardstock, re-inking after each stamping.  I then added a couple more stampings of just one stem with a flower bud and one stem of leaves only ... this was to make it seem like the scene wasn't repeating itself across the page.  I sponged Old Olive along the bottom of the cardstock.

I tied the satin ribbon with a half-knot and attached it along the top of the cardstock.  I then misted the whole thing (card and ribbon) with shimmer paint to give the card some sparkle (hard to see in the picture).  I used sticky strips to attached the front panel to the card base.  I added six half-pearls to the center of the largest flowers.

Palm Beach Tutorial

I have written a new tutorial for a brayered card that I have taught to my friends in my advanced brayering class.  This uses the technique "emboss resist" and the tutorial gives you step-by-step instructions on how to create the card below using this technique.  Click here to take a look.

 

"Palm Beach"

Silhouette Sentiment

When I was making the card for yesterday, I started by brayering just sky and mountains.  I decided I needed more color for the card I was planning, so I made a second brayered image (used for yesterday's card).  But I didn't want to throw away my first try ... it was pretty, just a little plain.  So I filed it away and today figured out what I was going to do with it ... waste not, want not! :)

 

This is a very simple but elegant card.  I love my Spellbinder's Nestabilities and used two sets for today's card - Classic Oval Small and Classic Oval Large.  Each set comes with die-cuts that leave 1/4" space between sizes ... but if you combine the two sets, they are sized so that they fit with each other, leaving 1/8" space between each die-cut.  Hope you like. 

 

Sorry for the picture quality ... it's hard to see the scoring details and the sentiment.

 

"Silhouette Sentiment"

 

 

Stamps:  Silhouette Sentiments (SU!)

Paper:  Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Glossy White

Ink:  Baja Breeze

Accessories & Tools:  Nestabilities Classic Ovals Small and Classic Ovals Large, Big Shot, Scor-Pal, Speedball rubber brayer, post-it notes for masking, sticky strips and dimensionals

 

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I brayered the mountains and sky onto the glossy white paper using Baja Breeze as per instructions for yesterday's card.  I cut out the brayered image using Nestabilities Classic Small Oval (largest size) in my Big Shot.  I used the same oval die-cut to cut out the middle of the Whisper White cardstock.  I then used the Scor-Pal to add to lines on all four sides of the white front panel to add some interest and stamped my sentiment in Baja Breeze ink on the bottom right-hand side.

I used the Nestabilities Classic Oval Large (largest size and second to largest size) to cut out a frame in Baja Breeze cardstock.  Then on to assembling.  I dry-fit the front white panel onto the card base and then fit the brayered image in the cut-out space.  I glued the brayered image to the card base using sticky strips.  I glued the Baja Breeze frame to the front white panel of the card, centering it over the cut-out space.  I attached the white front panel to the card base using dimensionals to pop it up and add some depth.