White Christmas House

This card manges to combine all of my (current) favorite techniques. The first layer is embossed, Cuttlebug style. Then I used kraft paper for my second layer that I embossed with white embossing powder. I even managed to get a little ribbon on it.

This originally started just as an experiment. I wanted to see how this house, from Impression Obsession, would turn out done all in white. I really like how it looks.

What do you think? Thanks for stopping by.

White Challenge House

I woke up this morning (at 6:30 ugh!) thinking about Impression Obsession's White Challenge. Does that sound crazy or what. I had submitted a card already but this idea was floating in my head. I got up and found this stamp House and my kraft paper (well actually I tried using some Cryogen white first but the contrast wasn't enough for the white to show up). I used white detail embossing powder and just love the look. It's simple, classic and very elegant.

I used Cryogen white for the base, Neenah Classic white for the Cuttlebug Snowflake layer and of course kraft paper for my image.

I wanted a bow in the corner but ended up just crossing over on the corners.

Maybe I was inspired by the first snow fall of the year yesterday. It's all gone today but I don't expect the ground to stay clear for long.

The White Challenge

I finally got up the courage to enter Impression Obsession's White Challenge. I pulled out a favorite stamp Alesa Baker's Hydrangea Ribbon to use. I love this stamp since the image is so versatile. I've used this image for wedding, anniversary, sympathy and in this case birthday cards.

Since the challenge is white I used very little color on the image. I used a pale blue card base with a Cuttlebug embossed backdrop for the image. I rounded the corners and added a few flat backed pearls for dimension.

Check out the challenge and see all the beautiful cards other artists have submitted. I say artists because I think the beauty of the cards show such creativity that they are artistic.

What do you think??? Thanks for stopping by.

Christmas Upright Z fold

When I was cruising through blogs today I saw this recipe for a Z fold card and thought it would be fun to try. The challenge form Scor-Pal was to make a upright card as opposed to the normal horizontal card. I used DP from Basic Grey Wassail. The card stock green and red were scraps and the white is Cryogen white. Between the white and red is Kraft card stock for a little difference. I stamped the Christmas tree from Hero Arts and used snow flakes from Impression Obsession. The little red circle at the top is taped and has a snowflake brad to help hold the card together. It looks like a complicated card but it's really easy, especially using the Scor-Pal. This was a fun card to make and I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by.

Flower Soft

I went to the Heirloom Stamp show in Novi on Sunday and bought this stamp to use with Flower Soft. It's from Impression Obsession and they were doing wonderful Demo's using this product. Along with terrific stamps they had allot of the Flower Soft. Of course there were many vendors selling this stuff along with the toppers etc. I just fell in love with this stamp simply called House. Wouldn't you like to live here? I colored the image with Copics then added the Fuchsia mix.

I spent the day making cards so I'll have new ones to post tomorrow and the next day and the next etc.

Mistakes

I know that I've posted a card with this stamp before but I had to show my "mistake". I used Impression Obsession's "Hydrangea Ribbon" on a beige paper and colored it to see how it would turn out. Using my Copics I colored the ribbon just slightly and the edge a little darker. The flowers of course got a touch of deeper colors. It really turned out nice and I decided to make a card with my "experiment" . Well, it just goes to show how fickle things can be. I found this DP scrap that had similar colors to the flowers, then I matted it on white and a sort of cranberry paper. Then I decided to take a Versamark Dew Drop (Gingerbread) and highlight each layers edge. Then at the last moment I stamped the sentiment (Stampendous Everyday Messages #2 Set). When it was all assembled I noticed that there was an ink mark where the acrylic block edge had hit the paper. What to do, what to do??? Aha--bling. I searched my stash and found some rhinestones that could hide my "Mistake" . Remember diamonds are a girls best friend. Have fun today.

Multi Purpose Card

I fell in love with this stamp as soon as I saw it. It works great for all kinds of cards. In this case it could be a wedding, anniversary or even a birthday card. It is Impression Obsession's Hydrangea Ribbon stamp. I colored it with my Copics then on the ribbon I used Shimmerz Opal to give it some shine. The sentiment is Hero Arts (great all purpose stamp) and punched the bottom edge with an EK Success punch. For a finishing touch I ran my gold leafing pen along the edge. It is a little hard to see but the DP is a soft gold paisley that works really well with this color combo. Have a great day.