Keeping it Simple

February 18, 2010

I am playing along with Paper Pal Arts PPA30-KISS (Keep it Simple, Sweetie) challenge.  My card is simple—trying to take a representative photo of the card was not.  Let me just say my photo shoot and prop spot is limited so that in itself poses challenges for me. 

Today's color scheme:  Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, an Razzleberry Lemonade DSP.  Card base is Whisper White.

The card's completed dimension is 3 1/4" x 6" (6 1/2 x 6—folded in half).  The Blossom Party BigZ die was used to create the flower.  The Scallop Trim Border punch (Sale-A-Bration catalog – pg.9) was applied along the card's bottom front flap.  A strip of 1" x 6" Rich Razzleberry was adhered to the card's inside to help emphasize the scallop trim border.  A strip of Razzleberry Lemonade DSP was adhered just above the scalloped border.  Truth be told—I had stamped the sentiment there and made a mess of it.  OK—go with Plan B!  I added Rich Razzleberry polka-dot ribbon to the card's front, assembled my flower (lots of flower choices with the Blossom Party BigZ die!!), added couple dimensionals to back of flower and stuck it to the card's front.

Now came another moment of truth.  Did I feel brave enough to try stamping the sentiment from Of the Earth (Hostess stamp set) with Rich Razzleberry ink to the card's front?  Downside—mess up and I get to start all over.  I took the plunge and whew—it turned out OK.

Here's another photo of the same card except I added a butterfly made using my Beautiful Wings embosslits die.   The little butterfly was a leftover from another stamping adventure and thought what the heck—let us see what the card looks like with the addition of the butterfly.

                    

Enjoy your day!

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Hi!

February 7, 2010

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Today's card was inspired by a card made by Nichole Heady (PaperTreyInk).  In fact I was so inspired I made TWO cards.  Once again I am using the medium size Timeless Type Junior Alphabet sizzlit dies to make "Hi!" from Basic Black card stock. 
Here's what the second card looks like:
The card base is SU!'s retired [...]

Small Wonder

February 5, 2010

Happy Friday!  What inspired today's card is a leftover piece of Sweet Pea DSP.  The card is simple and a good one to remember if you want to make a card and mail it ASAP (as soon as possible). 

Color Scheme:  Taken with Teal (card base) and Pumpkin Pie with Sweet Pea DSP.

The Sweet Pea DSP is matted on Pumpkin Pie card stock.  I used a sentiment from Whimsical Words (Sale-A-Bration – pg.8) and stamped it with Taken with Teal ink on a scrap piece of Whisper White.  It was punched out using the Scallop Oval punch and matted to a Taken with Teal Scallop oval die cut.  The scallop oval die cut was created using my Big Shot and Movers & Shapers Big Z die and the scallop  oval magnetic die.  Let me just say I have easily got my money's worth from the Movers & Shapers Big Z die!  The magnetic dies coordinate with SU! punches (IB&C – pg. 186-7) and I do love to mat!

SU!'s Beautiful Wings embosslits die was used to make little butterflies which I attached to the card's front.  OK—I also got carried away and attached them all over to the card's insides.

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Chocolate Chip Thanks

January 28, 2010

Today's color scheme:  Old Olive, Taken with Teal, Chocolate Chip.  It was easy to choose this color scheme since I wanted to use my Sweet Pea DSP again.  The card base is Old Olive and matted with Taken with Teal and Sweet Pea DSP. 

I love my SU! Sizzlet Dies and elected to use the "Many Thanks" sizzlet die (115972 – $5.50 – IB&C pg. 196) on today's card.  I grabbed a scrap piece of Chocolate Chip paper and ran it and the sizzlet die through my Big Shot.  The letter for 'thanks' were attached to Sweet Pea DSP using SU!'s Two-Way glue pen.  The two-way glue pen works best for me when trying to attach small items.  The small items get attached (and stay) without any fuss or muss. 

You may notice that I was not having the best day with paper piercing—that is just the way it goes sometimes!  What I did have a good time with was using my Scallop Trim Border punch (Sale-A-Bration – 118402) on Taken with Teal and Chocolate Chip paper.  Some other blog did a 'layering' of the Scallop Trim punches and I liked the look.  I hope you do too!  Hmmmm—what about three layers???

Before I forget—my card layout was inspired by the Card Positioning System card sketch 151. 

Stamp on and with Aloha!

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Whale Story

January 27, 2010

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Yesterday I thought my heart stopped beating for a brief spell.  Here is the reason why…  Since it was a beautiful day on the Big Island we decided to kayak in hopes of maybe catching a fish and to enjoy spotting humpback whales that winter here in Hawaii.   There we were just drifting about [...]