STAMPlorations inspiration #104

Welcome to the blog today and welcome to November! Thinking holidays yet? I've got a Christmas card for you as my contribution to the STAMPlorations Inspiration post. Here's the stamp set I used (with its coordinating dies).

Trendy Christmas Trees

Very versatile. Check out all the styles and sizes. And fun sentiments. Do you agree those stars could double as gingerbread men?!?!?

Meet my card.

You may remember my spritzed and splattered piece from this card. Well I've used a bit more of it for my Christmas trees today. Die cut three of them. Stamped onto one and popped it up in the middle of my Christmas tree gathering. Thought that sentiment was uber-appropriate.

A silver star up top gave the card a fun little touch of sparkle. I#m taking my splattered trees over to Addicted to Stamps and More where this week's theme is Make your Mark.

And also to Allsorts Challenge where it's about Make a Start on Christmas cards.

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful November.

STAMPlorations inspiration #97

Back in the fashion mode today. Check out this photo from the ASOS catalog which inspired today's card for our STAMPlorations Inspiration post.

Couldn't resist pulling out STAMPlorations City Girl and a previously sprayed and splattered piece of cardstock and giving the model two different fashion looks. With some masking and Artsy Tribal Doodles I was able to give the B/W image stamped on the cardbase a Marimekko look. Then I stamped her onto the sprayed piece, trimmed a strip of it and adhered it over half of her. Strips of PP and washi in fabric-y looks finished up my design. I heat embossed the sentiment.

Hope you enjoyed. Check out the rest of the DTs lovely creations here and remember to leave a comment to be in the running for a GC. BTW, I have a giveaway to celebrate my 1000th post here if you're interested.

I'm playing at:
Cherrylana designs - #23

AAA challenge - #74

Addicted to CAS - #97 (since my theme is fashion there would be lots of stitching involved ;)

Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday - August

it's your day, kylie (PTI)

It's time to wish my STAMPlorations teamie, Kylie P. of Kylie is Addicted to Stamps, a very happy birthday. It's a pleasure working with you on the team. May all your hopes and wishes for the year come true.

I'm sure you know Kylie from the different challenges she organizes. Have you seen this in blogland?

She's also started a forum for stampers. See it here. Well I took that great graphic as inspiration for my card that's on its way to Australia.

And I used spray inks and the Masking with Die Cuts technique from the PTI Make it Monday #170. Love the extra punch you get with this easy technique. The party balloons and streamers are from the PTI Birthday Style set. The sentiments are from STAMPlorations Sentiment Builders: Celebrate.

Enjoy your day, Kylie! Celebrate big. And enjoy the linky party going on over at lovely Loll's blog, Stampin with Loll. See you over there, ya'll.

Supplies for celebrate:

Paper:  CS Bringmann

Stamps: Papertrey. STAMPlorations

Ink : Hero Arts

Tools: dies PTI

Other: spray inks

watercolored cherry blossoms (Moxie Fab, SSS, ATCAS)

Have I mentioned I can't get enough of the watercolor trend ;)  You may have seen this card inspired by the crab apple in my front yard.  Well today I was inspired by the Japanese cherry in the backyard.

And the Pretty Pink Petits Fours at Moxie Fab.  What delicate beauty.  Which translated to cherry blossoms in my mind.

So I reached for some crepe paper and a potion leftover from a card I made for a submission call (didn't get picked but I'll share with you later.  Happy dance for the four that were picked!  I still can't believe it.)  The potion, you're wondering?  Spray ink + soap bubbles.  Yep.  That's it in the jar.

Dribbled some onto my palette, sprayed with water and soaked up some color with the crepe paper. Die cut some blossoms with a Memory Box die and added a bit of a gray branch like the silver serving piece, some woodgrain like the plate and some vellum to replicate the glaze.  I was so into this I've got two for your viewing pleasure!

For mom for Mother's Day (can't believe I've actually done this in plenty of time!)  Three blossoms with two layers of petals and a vellum sentiment.

And an all occasion beauty with a one-layer blossom and vellum butterflies.  These make me smile. Hope you're smiling too!

Joining the fun at:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Moxie Fab - Wonder of Watercolor
Addicted to CAS - #11 Flower

Supplies mom:

Paper: cardbase Craft UK, gray CS scrap, crepe paper 

Stamps: 

Ink : Dylusions ink

Tools: square die Sizzix, branch die Sizzix, other dies Memory Box, embossing folder Craft Concepts

Other: sewing machine

Supplies I appreciate you:

Paper: cardbase Craft UK, gray CS scrap, crepe paper, vellus The Paper Co. 

Stamps: sentiment Hero Arts

Ink : Dylusions ink, Hero Arts Soft Graphite

Tools: square die Sizzix, branch die Sizzix, blossom die Memory Box, embossing folder Craft Concepts, punch Martha Stewart

Other: thread

give it up for love fest 2013 (SCS, SSS, Paper Playtime)

Eleven challenges and this is my number 10.  Love Fest 2013J is sponsored by Verve Stamps and they want to see their colors (aqua and brown) with either yellow or pink.  Not my go-to colors, but I gave it a try...

Inspired by their banner I was... Faux letterpressed the flourish using Broken China Distress ink on aqua CS.  Stitched around the edges with yellow.  Mis-used my Tim Holtz Bird on a Branch (again) to get a gnarly branch for my butterfly (see it in the banner?).  She was die cut, stamped, painted with pearlescent watercolors and inked around the edges before being mounted on the card over some saved-from-the-bin threads.  I misted a CS scrap before stamping the sentiment in brown.

Also hooking up to:
Paper Playtime #4 - Use a Sentiment Stamp (the sentiment on my card plays a huge role)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Appreciate your fluttering by.

Supplies for Life:

Paper: cardbase Buttinette, CS DCWV, PP Ursus

Stamps: butterfly Hero Arts, sentiment Skipping Stones Design

Ink : Distress Ink, Versacolor, Glimmer Mist

Tools: branch die Sizzix, butterfly die Hero Arts, sewing machine, embossing plate Sizzix

Other: pearlescent watercolors Yasutomo, water brush, thread