Paper Craft Crew #102 - 1 of 3 Featured Artisan's

I just found out that I was one of the featured artisans on Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge #102.  this fun sketch challenge.  Click here to see Heidi Weaver and Crystal Komora's great cards!  Nice to be in such great company!

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Paper Craft Cew Card Sketch #39

Here's this weeks great card sketch and challenge from the Paper Craft Crew.  Just click on this link to see all the great samples from the design team.

As you know, if you visit my blog frequently, I went through a rough patch in the beginning of the year with illness and dealing with the loss of my little dog Murphy.  So many people were so good to me and offered me so much support, I thought I would take this opportunity to make some Thank You cards to express my appreciation.

The background and ribbon colours in the sketch design and the tiny floral pattern on the DSP inspired me to design something Victorian or Vintage for my entry this week.  

With that in mind, I went through my stash and found a retired designer paper called Attic Boutique.  One of the designer papers that attracted me featured vintage corsets and horns in an array of colours and I knew it would work perfectly with what I had in mind. To go with this paper I chose the retired stamp set called Rue Des Fleures, which has the same elements and great sentiments.

Here is my card:

I stamped the 3 sentiments from the Rue Des Fleures stamp set in Early Espresso Ink directly onto the Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper.  But, before stamping the sentiment I inked up the stamps with Versa Mark ink and then Early Espresso ink and then heat set with Early Espresso Embossing Powder.  This added a little dimension without making it look too glossy.  

I added a vintage dimensional flower from the 5/8" Flower Trim strips.  You get 2 yards of these little rosettes in each strip and they're so versatile.  I could have left it as is but decided to tie the flower into the colours of the background papers with a little Baja Breeze daubed on the edges.  Easy Peasy!  I used Crystal Effects to mount the flower onto the card. 

The circles and the sentiment layers are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals to give definition and make the element fit over the ribbon.    

5/8" Flower Trim Product #126869 - available until May 31, 2013

Products Used:

Stamp Set:  Stampin' Up! - Rue Des Fleures

DSP:  Attic Boutique

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight

Ink:  Early Espresso and Baja Breeze 

Accessories:  1 1/4", 1 3/8", 1 3/4" circle punches, Retired designer brads, Flower Trim (#126869 Spring Mini), Baja Breeze retired ribbon,Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder (this will be retiring the end of may #120175 IB&C), Stampin' Dimensionals #104430, Crystal Effects #101055


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PCCCS#38 Challenge - Thanks So Much

Thanks for dropping by.  Today I made a card for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #38 challenge.  I used the following:

Stamps:  Thanks So Much # 130733 

DSP:  This and That Epic Day DSP 

Cardstock:  Marina Mist, Gumball Green, Daoffodil Delight

Ink:  Regal Rose, Marina Mist, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit.

Accessories:  Dazzling Details Glitter Adhesive #124117 in Silver, Ovals Collection Framelit Dies #129381, Beautiful Wings Embosslits #118,138, Elegant Butterfly Punch #126526, Perfect          Pennants Bigz L die cuts 123126.

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And here are some views of my card.  Let me know how you like it.  These colours and the design are not common ones for me, but I fell in luv with this sketch the moment I began to design the card.
 

I love the way I was able to layer the ovals on this card.  The Ovals Collection Framelit Dies made it so easy.   I layered 3 butterfly images cut using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit for the two Gumball Green butterflies and the Elegant Butterfly Punch was used for the Marina Mist butterfly.  Rolling the wings with a bamboo skewer gave the wings some added dimension. 

I coloured the designs on the banner with Stampin' Up! Markers in Marina Mist, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit and Regal Rose and then stamped the image on some very vanilla card stock.  I hand cut the banner. I also ran some Dazzling  Details along the lines separating each design to give a little glimmer.. 

The Dazzling Diamonds Silver Glitter Adhesive makes these little butterflies fairly dance off the page.

And there you have it.  I hope to do more of the Paper Crafts Crew Card Sketch challenges.  Hope you'll play along too.  It's a great way to stretch your creative wings.

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3. Single Stamps Promotion – Extended to July 31st, 2013 Because of Enormous Response a. Assortment 3 and b. Assortment 4
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