Working on the Workshop

I had so much fun making the center step card earlier this evening, but now it is time for getting down to business- Stampin' Up business that is.  I had to work on workshop card designs and the sketch at Stampin' Queen's Sketch Challenge provided a perfect sketch.

 Two Panel Daisy- Stampin' Queen Challenge Winner

I punched the Blossom punch x2 and the scallop circle punch in Barely Banana, the Little Leaves die in Wild Wasabi and then embossed 2 Whisper White panels with the houndstooth embossing folder.  The houndstooth panels were layered on Basic Gray CS and then onto Whisper White.  The whole unit was then mounted onto a card base of Basic Gray. 
The tag is stamped with stamps from the Tiny Tags set and then punched out with the Tiny Tags punch.
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 This card uses stamp sets Field Flower and Nature Walk.
Ingredients include:
Ink- Concord Grape, Wisteria Wonder, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi, Stazon Black, and edges were sponge with distress ink.
CS- Concord Crush, Naturals White, Crumb Cake
Edges were pierced with the paper piercer and mat pack, which I could not stamp without!  The butterfly was placed with the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and colored with the bending pen.  Hemp twine was added for the finishing touch.
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 And one more addition to the workshop variety of cards- This one again uses Field Flowers, but shows the versatility of the stamp. This set goes from vintage/shabby chic to formal. 

Stamps include Field Flowers and Tiny Tags.
Other ingredients:Stazon black ink, Stampin' Up's edgelit die, adhesive pearls and some patience trying to get the two pieces of cardstock with edges trimmed with the egdelit to match up well!
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Giving Roses

Last night, several people from the district I work in were honored for their servant hearts.  My supervisor was one honored and this card is for her.  I chose yellow roses because the honorees received yellow rose corsages.

This was a very fun card to make- I had not made a specialty fold card until now.  The base of the card is Wild Wasabi.  The roses are Barely Banana.  The dp is DCWV.  Once again, I used one of my favorite dies, the Fancy Flourish by Cheery Lynn Designs from Our Daily Bread Designs.  The wonderful sentiment is from ODBD's Mother Theresa stamp set.
This card is entered in the Our Daily Bread Designs challenge 98- to make a card that is not a square or rectangle and at in Stampin Sisters in Christ, where the challenge is to use a flower on our card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Your comments are greatly appreciated.  Have a blessed day!

Sunrise Chickadee

Our Daily Bread Designs challenge this week is to make a "scene" on our card.  I do enjoy doing this and have been practicing with the brayer.  I am far from having it perfect-can't seem to get those pesky roller lines out of the scene- but I do like the colors for this week's ODBDSLC97 card. I am also entering this in the Word Art Wednesday challenge, which is to use scripture or encouraging words on the card. 

Certainly Celery and Old Olive ink are brayered for the grass and some So Saffron is sponged at the horizon.  Pretty in Pink, So Saffron and Vintage Violet make up the sky.  The sun was masked.
One of my all time favorite stamps is the sweet chickadee from ODBD (You are My Refuge).  I stamped him with Memento Tuxedo black and colored him in with Copics, then hand cut the image out and adhered it to the background on dimensionals. 
I hope you like the finished product.  Thanks for visiting my blog.  Comments are greatly appreciated!

Edit 2/25/12- This card was a winner for the ODBDSLC on 2/18/12.

Nature Walk and a Baby

I love nature and I love hiking, so I do not know why it took me soooo long to get this set.  The set has been around for several years, but it is new to me.  Maybe it is new to you, too.  Here is my first card with the set.

It seems fairly basic, but good for a workshop, I think.  I am not a very good judge of these things- hopefully it is not too easy!

Here are the supplies (all Stampin' Up unless noted):
CS- Crumb Cake, Bordering Blue, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Old Olive
Ink-Bordering Blue, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Basic Gray, Versamark, Van Dyke Brown Distress ink
Other-embossing folder (Sizzix), gold EP, adhesive pearl
Stamp sets- Elementary Elegance, Nature Walk
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I worked on a card for a coworker, who is having her first baby next month and combined that with the Clean and Simple challenge over at SCS this week.  The challenge is to sew or use "faux" sewing on your card.

 Boy ( I mean girl!), I just love this stmap from Stampin' Up.  I used Calypso Coral  and Naturals White Cardstock and tried to stipple the background, like in quilting.  A quilter I am NOT!  Anyway, background done, I stamped the image in Stazon black and then watercolored, using Cameo Coral, Basic Gray, Blush Blossom and More Mustard.
Stamps used are Bringing Baby and Teeny Tiny Wishes.  A button was added- not sure I should have or not, but there it is.

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Handmade Flowers

I never seem to have the right color flower on hand for the card I am working on, so it was time to start making my own.  I adapted this technique from a technique I learned at a scrapbook convention using fabric.  To start, you will need:

• scissors
• pencil
• quilling tool
• adhesive dots
• paper, in the color of your choice
• distress ink, if you want a shabby chic look

Either use a template or freehand a circle between 1 3/4" and 2" in diameter.  The size of the circle will determine the size of your flower.  Draw a spiral around the inside of your circle.  Now cut out the circle, either with a straight cut or freehanding scallops.  Be sure to transect the line of the circle to keep your spiral segments even. 

You will now start cutting the spiral-again, you can either straight cut or you can freehand scallops as I have done.  be sure to transect the spiral line as you go instead of the inclination to cut below the line.  Also keep in mind that the beginning of your spiral cut will actually be the inner part of the floral, therefore you may want to make the scallops smaller, gradually increasing them in size as you go around the spiral.  

Next, loosely wrap the spiral around your finger to condition it so it is not so stiff and easier to work with when you use the quilling tool.   

Now you are ready for your quilling tool.  Starting from the outside edge, you will roll the paper around the tool, towards you.  This is especially important if you are using designer paper- if you roll away from you, the print will be on the back side of the flower.  

Once you are done, you will remove the coiled paper from the tool and allow it to gently relax in your fingers.  It is at this point that you can work with it a little bit to get the shape you want and the tightness/looseness of the "petals" that you want.  Now you need to put adhesive dots on the base of the flower, as pictured right.  I hope you can see this.  

Finally, the hard part.  Some of you may be asking at this point, what is going on in this picture- rest assured, this is the palm of my hand.  You are going to smash your flower. This helps to adhere the paper edges to the adhesive as well as gives it character.  Don't worry, you will love it!  

And Voila- you have made a flower.  If you want that Shabby Chic look, now is the time to sponge your favorite distress ink on your flower.

The beautiful end result-

Thanks for stopping by- I hope this tutorial was helpful to you.  If you found this helpful, please let me know in the comment section.  This is my first tutorial (and maybe my last!), so if there is anything I need to change, please let me know.

This card is entered in the challenge at Stampin' Sisters in Christ, to use a flower or flowers on your card.