Stippled Blossoms and Just Believe for the Divas!

Do you ever envision a card or an idea in your head and then when you get it on paper, it's NOTHING like what you thought it would be?

Yeah...me too! And that's what happened as I was working on today's card for the Inspiration challenge.

I had an idea in my head and I knew I wanted to use Stippled Blossoms. Well...first off I had to stamp it THREE times (and yes! I was using my stamp-a-majig), so maybe that should have been the first clue!

Once I had the card all together, it just looked BLAH. So, I added a whole BUNCH of Dazzling Details. That didn't do much for it either...

So I just decided to quit while I was ahead and make a whole OTHER card. *sigh*

This one turned out MUCH better:

For this one, I opted for the Just Believe stamp set. I stamped the round images in Daffodil Delight on Whisper White. They were then punched out with the 1 1/4" circle punch and then matted on a piece of Whisper White punched with the 1 3/8" circle punch before being adhered to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals.

The sentiment (also from Just Believe) was stamped in Staz-ON. And THEN, I was happy because this card much more closely matched the idea that was in my head - YAY!

Here's the inspiration piece we were given:

What do you think?

STAMPS: Stippled Blossoms, Just Believe
INK: So Saffron, Summer Starfruit, Daffodil Delight, Staz-ON
PAPERS: Always Artichoke, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight
ACCESSORIES: Stampin' Dimensionals, Dazzling Details, Punches

Happy Stampin'!

Stippled Blossoms for the Paper Craft Crew

This week for the Paper Craft Crew, I was inspired by the sketch to pull out a few stops! Lots of layers, dimensionals and fussy cutting! Check it out:

I started off with Midnight Muse since I still had it out from yesterday's cards for the UDI colour challenge. I added a layer of Comfort Cafe DSP and then went to town! Another layer of Comfort Cafe DSP, some little Midnight Muse Flags, a stamped Very Vanilla panel (yes, I used Summer Starfruit again *smile*) using Elements of Style and a Stippled Blossom in Bashful Blue and Midnight Muse.

The die cut is from the Perfect Pennants die...and yes, this is the FIRST time I've used it, despite the fact that I bought it when it FIRST came out, more than 12 months ago. SHEESH!

The finishing touch is the Very Vanilla Seam Binding ribbon. Would you like to play along this week? Just click here and join in the fun!

And here's the sketch on which it was based:

What do you think?

STAMPS: Elements of Style, Stipples Blossoms
INK: Bashful Blue, Midnight Muse and Summer Starfruit
PAPERS: Very Vanilla and Midnight Muse Cardstock; Comfort Cafe DSP
ACCESSORIES: Big Shot, Die, Seam Binding, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens...

Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens

Brown paper packages tied up with strings

These are a few of my favourite things...

And here are a few more:

As you know from this post, I'm trying out for the CAS Design Team on SplitCoast Stampers. The most recent challenge is to use three of our favourite things (not including paper and ink) on a card. My choices were: two-step stamping, fussy cutting (bet you NEVER would have guessed!) and Stampin' Dimensionals.

I stamped the image first in Pool Party and then used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to over-stamp in Island Indigo. I did the same with the leaves, using River Rock and Always Artichoke. The Always Artichoke was stamped off because I found it a bit too dark against the River Rock.

I fussy cut both the flower and the leaves and then adhered the flower with Stampin' Dimensionals. The leaves got just the teeniest dot of Mono-Multi glue. I wanted them on a different "level" so didn't use Stampin' Dimensionals, but I didn't want them completely stuck down. So, Mono-Multi was the solution.

Last but not least, I stamped the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes just below the blossom in Island Indigo.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Stippled Blossoms, Teeny Tiny Wishes
INK: Pool Party and Island Indigo
PAPERS: Whisper White Note Cards
ACCESSORIES: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!