Swirls and Pearls

I made a quick little card yesterday that satisfies 5 challenges:

Cute Card Thursday--no designer papers
Stamptacular Challenge--swirls and pearls
Creative Inspirations--distressed
Pile It On--"out of the box"
A Spoonful of Sugar--celebrations

I used some swirl stamps I have to stamp the background of the card with Tattered Rose Distress Ink. I spritzed it with gold Glimmer Mist. The next layer, the solid pink paper, was dampened, scrunched up to wrinkle it, then smoothed out. Once it was dry, I sponged Worn Lipstick Distress Ink over the wrinkles to make them more prominent. I distressed the edges then sewed the pink card onto the swirled one. I punched an oval, then made a smaller scalloped oval for the ice cream stamp. I added little black dots around the scallops, and inked the edge with Weathered Wood Ink. I colored the sundae with Copics and added Stickles to the top. Like the little pink rhinestone?! Finally, I added "life is sweet" on top.
I made a swirl with my Nesties, distressed the edges with Worn Lipstick and Weathered wood Inks. I spritzed the rose with Glimmer Mist, and added Stickles to very lightly kiss the edges of the petals. In a darker pink cardstock, I punched 2 little scalloped flowers for behind the rose.
When I mounted the oval layers, I used Glue Dots to keep it up a little higher, and glued the string of pearls around the smooth oval, but just a hair under the edge.
Overall, I think it took a little over an hour...pretty good for me, as lately my cards have been a bit labor-intensive! I love to mix the distressed style with something a little more polished--it is so unexpected!

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Just Magnolia Week 56 Challenge

My dear sweet husband asked me to do a card for a couple at work who are getting married in the near future. As he is always willing to do anything for me, this was more than a pleasure! Plus, I have a couple of challenges this will work for.


This is Jane's sketch from the Just Magnolia Challenge for this week. You can see it HERE.
I had this image inked on the cold press watercolor paper from last month, when I made my anniversary card, and I was excited to try my Distress Inks again.

I am especially fond of using the Stickles "Stardust" on the veil!

My sentiment is computer-generated.
I like it so much, I am thinking of turning it into a rubber stamp.

Here are the ingredients:
Tilda and Edwin, Bride and Groom--Magnolia-licious Store
Papers--
Cosmo Cricket--"Something Special" (green swirls)
Sei--"Claire" (brown dots)
DCWV--"Floral #3" (solid green), Luxury Stack (off-white damask)
Stickles
Pearls
MS scalloped eyelet punch
sheer champagne ribbon
distress inks

Here is a view inside:

In addition to Just Magnolia, this is also being entered in the PaperPlay Challenge--Wedding Celebrations and Stamp Something Challenge--Two of something.

Thanks for the visit. I am so humbled by the great people who have stopped to see what I have been making, and your sweet comments. You make my day!

See you soon!

Stamp Something Challenge

Good Morning again! This is too many posts in one day (tee-hee!) but if I don't get
this new little Tilda card entered into the drawing over for the Stamp Something Challenge today, I'll be too late!

I was drooling over the beautiful Distress Ink coloring over at Kim Piggot's blog yesterday, and I decided to to try it out again, now that I have some hot press watercolor paper. I think Tilda looks like she was out picking her flowers in sub-zero temps, but I'll work on my technique for faces as time goes on! Kim has a wonderful tutorial on her site, and there are a couple of others that have helped me on YouTube.

The recipe:

Tilda with flowers
SU! sentiment
Speckled cardstock
(source unknown, it came from a friend who meant to get all white)
Core-dinations yellow dots
Pink/yellow gingham--Paper PizazzSU! cardstock--Pink Passion
scraps of hot pink and yellow cardstock
Distress Inks--Ranger
Stickles--stardust
Ribbon, buttons, scrap fabric and pins--my stash
That little shimmery square of fabric behind Tilda is a sample from a company that sells flag-making supplies. I got it years ago when my daughter's Girl Scout troop was making a flag for a winter camping competition in which they participated. I save all sorts of random things!
another little detail that didn't translate well on camera is the icy Stickles on the flowers.

A glimpse inside:

Baby Card

After getting some wonderful inspiration from my blogger friend at Cards2Cherish (Thanks Pat!), I found a design for my first Tilda baby card. It came from Hanna at Hannas Hobbyblogg, the very talented 13 year old from Sweden with the most beautiful blog and cards. Here is a link to her sketch---check out her gorgeous cards while you are there!

Most of my papers were scraps, or unidentifiable papers, but the key was PINK! I added a little butter yellow for accent--pink and yellow are such a cheery combination! The baby is done with Distress Ink and Prismacolor pencil accents. the ivory paper rose came from A.C. Moore, along with some buttons and trims from my stash. I did some stitching, and some distressing on the edges, and a little Stickles accents for a little sparkle! This card only took a couple of hours...some of the others take so much longer, but I love it! I have also entered this in the Cute Card Thursday Challenge, "Mono Mania!"

Some days I spend too much time on the computer, surfing from one lovely blog to the next, and seeing all the beautiful cards and catching some fun tutorials. I hope to share more of those with you in the coming days.
Enjoy your day!

Just Magnolia Week 49 Challenge

Last week, when the Just Magnolia Challenge was posted, I decided to google "card folding." I found a neat video here, and that is the basis for my card. You might want to watch the tutorial first, it will help you to understand all the folds in this unique card.

My husband Dan and I will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary on the 20th of this month, so I have been thinking a lot about weddings, brides and love! This card idea came to me immediately, and I was excited to use my new Bride and Groom stamp from Magnolia!

Here is the closed card. I stamped the letter "H" (for our last name) with a Top Boss embossing pad, and used silver embossing powder. The "H" is mounted on cream card stock.
("H" is from Close to My Heart)
Flip up the upper tab, open the card and you see the inside fold, onto which I mounted a "25" printed from the computer onto cream cardstock and distressed with black soot Distress Ink.

Open it all the way, and you see Tilda and Edwin!


The background paper that I chose for this card is by Moxxie, called "Engagement." It is a double-sided paper, though I used only the circle side.
The bride and groom are stamped onto a cold press watercolor paper that I have lying around the house. I stamped with Black Versafine ink, and this is my first attempt at coloring with Distress Ink. I added a little Prismacolor pencil enhancement, and used Stickles for Tilda's veil and Edwin's buttons. To mount, I cut around the finished image, and used foam mounting tape to attach it to a circle cut from the same water color paper. MS eyelet punch on white card, cut into segments and attached to the edge of the circle, adds a delicate scallop edge.

The sentiment, "forever and beyond," is inscribed in our wedding rings, so I thought it was so appropriate for this card; it is printed from the computer onto cream card, and mounted on a scrap of embossed silver paper. The flowers are from A.C. Moore, and I sponged a little ink on them, but it is hard to see.

Thanks for your visit! I hope you get a chance to try this folding technique for yourself.
Come back soon!