347- Frosted Rose Window Card

These two challenges (TLC259 and CC257) allowed me to use products which I rarely use- vellum and Sage Shadow. That's why I adore these splitcoast challenges- it makes you go outside of your comfort zone and try new things

The frosted window technique is a fun idea. You stamp an image on both a piece of whisper white cardstock and on a piece of vellum with a dark ink. You then colour in the image on the whisper white but colour on the BACK of the vellum. You then line up the two images and attach them with dimensionals so there is some space between them. It gives you this frosted image which just looks really pretty.

I also used the circle scissors plus for the window. I have to admit I'm still not that adept with it but keep practising. I have removed the sponge feet off of it so it isn't so slippery but it still tends to move when I'm cutting out the image. I prefer my coluzzle but now that I have to keep at it because it has so much potential

I have been wanting to finish off a bow with a corduroy brad for a while- I've seen many people do it and just love how it looks.

Recipe:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Florals, Fundamental Phrases

Paper: Sage Shadows, Dusty Durango, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Vellum

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango, Sage Shadows

Accessories: 5/8" chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, 1/2" dusty durango grosgrain ribbon, chocolate chip corduroy buttons, brad punch, big shot, Manhattan Flower embossing flower, word window punch, modern label punch, circle scissors plus

304- Manhattan Sympathy Card

This was a hard colour challenge (Splitcoast color challenge CC238) for me- I'm not great with pastels and have never been the biggest fan of gray. Just using it for the ink I think really works- it is softer than using black when using soft subtles. I do like the finished product but next time I would probably use DSP for the manhattan flowers just to soften the whole thing up.

It's hard to see but I stamped a Fifth Avenue Floral image behind the sentiment to give it a bit more dimension. I also added dazzling diamonds in the centre of the embossed flowers.

I decided after I posted this that it needed something more. I decided to use the shimmer paint on the embossed edges to give it some shine- LOVE IT! It's super easy to apply with a little paint brush. I hope you can see the effect- it looks amazing. I highly recommend the shimmer paint- it's in the mini occasions catalogue

Recipe:

Stamps: Close as a memory, En francais, fifth avenue florals

Paper: Sage shadow, pretty in pink, whisper white

Ink: Going gray, Pretty in Pink

Accessories: Big shot, manhatten embossing folder, corner rounder, dazzling diamonds


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256- Never Ending Wedding Card

I wanted to make a wedding card using the Never Ending Card Fold. I love the finished product- I will really really miss these in colours! These colours have been used on many cards that I've seen with the Fifth Avenue Floral set and I just love the look.

It was also a great excuse to use some of my buttons. I'm not a big sewer so I used crystal effects to adhere them to the card.

This is the video that I watched to learn how to make the card:

http://dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com/dawns_stamping_thoughts/2008/02/never-ending-ca.html

One helpful hint- make sure that anything you adhere to the card does not go over any of the scored lines because you won't be able to fold the card into the 4 positions

Recipe:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, For the Bride

Paper: Whisper white, baha breeze, kiwi kiss

Ink: Pacific point, baha breeze, kiwi kiss

Accessories: Button bouquet, crystal effects, silver embossing, 1/4" kiwi kiss/ very vanilla satin ribbon, corner rounder

248- Manhattan Best Wishes

I just got the Manhattan Flower embossing folder and was just itching to use it. I made this card last night at my big shot class because I wanted to show them this fold and let them play with this cool joy fold too. I have already used this layout- it is just so versatile!

Recipe:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Sincere Salutations

Paper: Baha breeze, pink pirouette, whisper white

Ink: Pink pirouette, pretty in pink, regal rose

Accessories: Manhattan flower die, big shot, vintage brads, brad punch, corner rounder, 1/4" pretty in pink taffeta ribbon, silver embossing


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234- Fifth Avenue Floral Mother's Day

This is the card that I made for my mom for Mother's Day. It is based on a card that we made at Laura's using the Joy Fold technique

Recipe:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, All Holidays

Paper: Basic black, whisper white, pink pirouette

Ink: Pink pirouette, pretty in pink, basic black

Accessories: Big shot, texturz plate, 1/4" whisper white taffeta ribbon, ticket corner punch, black brads

231- Fifth Avenue Thank You

I made this card for a coworker as a thank you using the layout from the SC226 layout challenge. She is a big girly girl and I wanted to make a card that was very feminine. I just got the Fifth Avenue Floral set and I knew it would be perfect for this. It was inspired by this card by Jenn Tinline

It was also a great excuse to break out my pretties kit- love the pearls! To stick them on the card I used crystal effects.

For the central flower I decided to use Very Vanilla just so that it would stand out even more. I stamped the image in rose red then using my blender pen traced the image with pretty pink. I love the final flower- it is so pretty!

Recipe:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral

Paper: Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Very Vanilla

Ink: Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Pretties kit, crystal effects, dazzling diamonds