359- Baroque Butterfly

I was inspired by this card and I wanted to alter it to suit the layout challenge (SC270) this week. I really like the finished product- I've never done so much paper piercing!

Recipe:

Stamps: Baroque Border Wheel, En Francais

Paper: Basic Grey, Sage Shadow

Ink: Basic Grey, Sage Shadow

Accessories: Butterfly die, big shot, baroque border wheel, paper piercer, mat pack, vintage brads

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358- Easter Card

I really wanted to make a card with happy spring colours and this Mojo Monday layout was perfect for this (MOJO128). I thought this colour combo really works for easter- it's bright and vibrant.

I really need to figure out how to use my circle scissor plus because the coluzzle circles are a bit too big

Recipe:

Stamps: All Holidays, Close as a Memory

Paper: Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, Whisper White, Melon Mambo

Ink: Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, Melon Mambo

Accessories: Coluzzle, fire rhinestone brads, brad punch, big shot, texturz plate, curly label punch

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357- Oval Silhouettes Card

I have been wanting to make a card with this layout for a while- I feel the ovals give it a really soft look. I also have been wanting to use up some retired DSP and cardstock.

I did a few different things with this card. I didn't have my baha breeze inkpad but I did have my ink refill. I put drops of ink on a tile and stamped from that. The stamp gets overloaded with ink so you have to stamp off once before stamping on your cardstock. It gives a blurred image but still looks nice. I then stamped white over the image to both soften it and give a bit of a shadow. I rolled the oval in the baha breeze and the ink definitely bled in more than it would from an inkpad.

Recipe:

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes

Paper: Baha breeze, Whisper white, Urban garden DSP

Ink: Baha breeze, whisper white

Accessories: Coluzzle, brad punch, vintage brads

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356- Glittery Medallion Card

I have seen many cards that use glitter for this medallion. I used the heat and stick powder and have to admit I don't think I used it right because I could not get the glitter to completely stick- it just went everywhere! But even still I like the finished product- it's bright and happy

Recipe:

Stamps: Medallion, Vintage Labels

Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo

Accessories: Heat and stick powder, fine cosmo glitter, ticket corner punch, build a brad, scallop circle punch, 3/4" 1/2" circle punches, 5/8" melon mambo grosgrain ribbon

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355- White Wedding Invite

I have been wanting to make an all white card for a while and was inspired by this card.

It's hard to see in the picture but I embossed the sentiment "you're invited" in white. In person it is quite elegant and to me the perfect invitation to a shower or wedding.

I used the shimmer paper to add some sparkle but thought it needed a bit more so I traced out the embossed image in frost white shimmer paint.

Recipe:

Stamps: For the Bride

Paper: Whisper White, Shimmery White

Accessories: Frost White Shimmer Paint, white organza ribbon, big shot, manhattan flower embossing folder, white embossing powder

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354- Starry Birthday Card

This layout challenge (SC267) was pretty straightforward- I really didn't deviate from the basic sketch. I used a wheel for the background pattern and punched out small stars and glued them on to add some texture.

I also decided to use the colours from colour challenge (CC256). I used the basic grey just as a background accent colour- I wanted the card to be as bright as possible with the crushed curry and the bravo burgundy. I did outline all of the punched out stars so that they stood out and had some dimension on the card.

I added the champagne shimmer paint to give the card some sparkle.

Recipe:

Stamps: Vintage Labels, Classic Stars Wheel

Paper: Crushed Curry, Basic Grey, Bravo Burgundy

Ink: Crushed Curry, Basic Grey, Bravo Burgundy

Accessories: Brad punch, gold brads, large star and star punch, champagne shimmer paint

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353- Cupcake Birthday Card

As soon as I saw this mojo monday layout (MOJO127) I knew that I wanted to use a cupcake in a bright card. The washington apple DSP was perfect for the colour palette and I love the finished card. It is bright, cheerful and happy

This is the scallop trim border punch that is available for sale-a-bration. For every $65 order you can get a free item from the sale-a-bration catalogue- how fantastic is that?! I don't have the scallop trim corner punch yet so I tried to do corners without it- I still think it looks nice but look forward to ordering the corner punch.

I cut out the top of the cupcake and popped it up for more dimension to the card. I also added glitter to it for the sprinkles.

I sponged bashful blue on the whisper white cardstock to soften the area around the cupcake.

Recipe:

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes, Vintage Labels

Paper: Washington apple DSP, bashful blue, so saffron, whisper white, pumpkin pie, ruby red

Ink: bashful blue, so saffron, pumpkin pie, ruby red

Accessories: Scallop trim border punch, 5/8" bashful blue satin ribbon, 1/4" bashful blue grosgrain ribbon, 3/4" 1" 1 1/4" circle punches, fine cosmo glitter, dazzling diamonds, sponge

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