Dragonfly Garden Meets Expressions In Ink - Card Four

By far, one of my favourites inspired by something I saw on Pinterest.  You can see the original card here.  I love her idea of layering the small dragonfly from the punch over the large one.  And then doing a similar layering technique with the two pieces of twine.  

I decided to stamp the small butterflies in gold on the Basic White cardstock first, then I used the Ornate Floral embossing folder and ran it through the Big Shot.  They're a bit hard to see in the picture, but the detail in the real thing is sweet and the texture so lovely.  

The stitched circle used for the sentiment is what pops out of the Picture This die.  I did a post earlier that shows how I used the whole die here.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my Dragonfly Garden Meets Expressions in Ink projects this week.  If you'd like further info, leave a comment.  

Have a great week.

Karen

JAI189 Colour Challenge

Here's this week's colour challenge over on Just Add Ink.  I love it.  The design team samples are gorgeous and I will definitely be casing one or two of them!

But for now, here's my card:

It was inspired by/cased from a sample in the current annual Stampin' Up! catalogue on page 203.  I absolutely love the layout and I'm quite pleased with the way this variation turned out.

Love the bow?  Hop over to my "how to" video on YouTube and you can check it out.  It's really easy!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Daydream Medallions, Hello Lovely
Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Perfect Plum, Raspberry Ripple
DSP:  Season of Style stack & Crumb Cake Basics (R)
Ink:  Raspberry Ripple & Perfect Plum
Perfect Plum button & Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon
Big Shot, Daydream Medallions Framelits, 1 1/4" scallop circle punch, 7/8 scallop circle punch, 2 1/2" circle punch.

Have a super day!
Cheers
Karen

Big Bows

When Stampin' Up! retired the wide striped grosgrain ribbon I was devastated!  I still love it and think it makes a great focal point on a card.

While this looks like a traditional bow, it's actually not - surprise!  I made a loop and crossed over the ends then used the Antique brad to hold it all together in the centre so it looks like a real bow.

Supplies used:
Stamp Set: Happy Day
Cardstock: Crumb Came, Basic Black
DSP: First Edition (retired)
Wide Grosgrain Ribbon in Basic Black & Antique Brad
Scallop Circle punch - 1 1/4"
The flag ends on the banner are hand cut, but you can also use a square punch, just slide it along the card stock with one corner on an angle and punch.

Cheers
Karen

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Apothecary Art Artisty Card #3

Still going with this stamp set and framelits.....don't you love that?  You can get so much use out of one bunch of supplies.  Fabulous!

This card looks so different to the previous two, primarily because the colours are so soft.  It's still the same designer series paper though, but this one is in Pear Pizzazz, one of my favourite greens, and retired.....but, a sneaky peeky reveal here....shhhh don't tell anyone......but it's making a comeback!   Shhhhhhhhhh.........

I chose to stamp this image in Pear Pizzazz because there's a lot of leaves and I didn't want to lose their fine lines by colouring them in.   I used a marker to colour the roses.

The little panel of Blushing Bride cardstock with the embossing adds an elegant touch and some extra interest.   Highlighting the sentiment panel with the pearls really makes it pop.  And there's that gorgeous bow again. 


Stamp Set
Apothecary Art (Item #127506 wood or #125527 clear)
Cardstock
Blushing Bride - retired
Whisper White #106549
Early Espresso #121686
Ink
Blushing Bride - marker retired, watch this space!
Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink - retired, but watch this space!
Early Espresso Classic Ink #126974
Designer Series Paper
Twitterpated #125406
Accessories
Labels Collection Framelits #125598 & Elegant Lines Embossing Folder #119277 with  Big Shot #113439
Whisper White Stitched Ribbon - retired
Pearl Basic Jewels #119247

Hope you are enjoying the weekend.
Cheers
Karen

 

Apothecary Art Artistry

Apothecary Art is a set of 6 stamps that coordinates with the Framelits, Labels Collection.

If you haven't used stamps with framelits yet, you're in for a treat.  Stamp first, then line up the framelit and cut out the image with the Big Shot. 

Tip:  Because framelits are narrow and move easily, once you've lined them up over your stamped image hold them in place with a Post-It note.   They are thin enough to not affect the cutting sandwich of the Big Shot and the glue is repositionable so it won't damage your project.

Here's a card I made using these products.

The flowers were coloured with markers.  I popped up the sentiment using Dimensionals.  And how gorgeous is that bow?  Thats the beauty of our 1cm wide Taffeta Ribbon, it ties so nicely!


Stamp Set
Apothecary Art (Item #127506 wood or #125527 clear)
Cardstock
Early Espresso #121686 & Whisper White #106549
Did you know these also come in an assorted pack? 20 sheets of A4, 2 each of 10 colours for only $11.95 Item #121699.
Ink
Red Riding Hood – marker available in Regals set only #119701
Old Olive – marker #100079
Early Espresso Classic Ink #126974
Designer Series Paper
Twitterpated #125406
Accessories
Labels Collection Framelits #125598 with  Big Shot #113439
1cm Taffeta Ribbon in Riding Hood Red 122988
Pearl Basic Jewels #119247

To see more cards using these supplies, pop back throughout the week.
Cheers
Karen