Thursday, July 19, 2018

STAMPlorations summer release - brave one


Welcome to day 4 of the STAMPlorations Summer Release. Today it's all about Brave One from Shery Russ.

Those single roses had my CAS-loving heart wanting to make a border. So I did. And fussy cut it. And added PP with the heat embossed sentiment to the inside. Then I die cut a window from the front and pepped it all up with a splash of sequins.

Wow orange embossing powder
Altenew ink
sequins

For my next card, I finally gave a technique from Yana S. a try and it was love at first pencil stroke. Stamped and heat embossed the vines, keeping the placement of the die cut sentiment in mind. Colored a few parts of the images with Prismacolors. Added the die cut, stacked and heat embossed sentiment and finally Nuvo drops. (The colors in the second photo are truer!)

Wow yellow embossing powder
Prismacolor colored pencils
Nuvo drops


I just love the smoothness of those blended colors though the card is not typical "me" ;)

Have you tried colored pencils on dark cardstock yet? Do you like it?

Shery's offering prizes as always. Leave comments by July 23 on all the release posts this week on the STAMP blog and the DT blogs to be in the running - there's a $25 GC and also your choice of a stamp set and word die from this release up for grabs!  Check out what my teamies created over at the STAMPlorations blog.

I'm joining the fun at:
Allsorts - Flowers all Over (#1, #2)
Penny Black and More - Things with Wings (#2)
Happy Little Stampers - July AG with Dies
Southern Girls - Tic Tac Toe (#1 ink, sequins, yellow)








24 comments:

Esther Asbury said...

Beautiful cards -- I love the fun border you created on the first one!

Heidi Weaver said...

Great cards, Maria. I love the combination of bright colours in your gorgeous "Bravo" card. Having those vines trail from the die-cut sentiment and adding the sweet butterflies really makes this unique card shine. Thanks so much for joining our Happy Little Stampers July Challenge.

Cindy Holmes said...

GREAT cards! I especially like the top card! I like how you have the flowers on the bottom edge and then halfway cut to make them look like they are hanging! Very cool!!

Becca Yahrling said...

Very pretty designs! Love the blue & yellow of the first card.
The 2nd card is so lovely and I like the dimension of the Nuvo drops.

Kathleen said...

Two lovely cards in great Summer colours. Thank you for joining our 'Flowers all over' challenge at Allsorts.

Kath x

JenniferE said...

Loving all of the flowers! Wonderful colors you've used!

Verna Angerhofer said...

Beautiful cards with this new stamp set. Thanks for sharing.

Teresa Godines #6857 said...

Beautiful projects. Love the gold embossing on the blue. Thanks for sharing

KT Fit Kitty said...

Gorgeous cards, Maria! These stamps are so pretty and I love your colour combo!

Golden Goddess Designs said...

wow! love those techniques

great cards!

Alicia

Gail said...

Like the cut out frame on the first card and the color on the second - nice art work!

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Both are pretty and so eye catching.

Anita in France said...

Ha ... clever use of the sentiment on your lovely rose bordered card, Maria ... fabulous words, inside and outside! LOVE the colouring on dark cardstock ... you and Yana are making polychromos so tempting! Hugs, Anita :)

brenda said...

A really pretty card in very striking colours, many thanks for joinin in our 'Flowers all Over' theme at Allsorts challenge.

B x

brenda said...

Popped back as forgot to also thank you for joining us at Penny Black and More challenge.

B x

Linda said...

More stunning designs ..... love the fancy border on the first one xx

Arianna Barbara said...

Gorgeous cards!!!

Mary Holshouser said...

Love the die cut that frames the sentiment.
The colors go together so well.
The dark blue with the yellow is
fantastic in the second card.
thanks for sharing
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Karenladd said...

both of you cards are gorgeous but that deep blue design really caught my eye with the bold colors and creative embossing!

Mervi said...

Gorgeous and lovely card.
Thank you for sharing at Penny Black and more
and at Allsorts;-))m

Jennifer Archambault said...

Lovely cards Maria! Thank you for sharing and inspiring us!

Craftychris said...

Fabulous cards and the colours are stunning! xxx

Sue D said...

I like your card designs with this set.

laurie said...

Beautiful cards..I love the blooms!Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers!

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