Snow Day

As some of you may, or may not know, we are enjoying about 8 inches of snow that all fell yesterday afternoon.  With the weather the way it was, I enjoyed a day inside making cards.  Of coarse, I had to make my run to the store for some Diet Dr. Pepper before it got too bad out.;b  This is something I stamped a bit ago.  I was looking at these flourishes and thought - that looks like a butterfly!  So I decided to try it out.  The rhinestones are the body (in case you didn't guess).  I found this bit of gray/silver ribbon in my stash that was just the right size.  With a stamp this beautiful, you have to have a beautiful sentiment - I went with one from the Carte Postale stamp set.  A few purple pearls to finish it off and - VOILA!

 

As I was making this card I realized why I loved the look of these colors so much - they were my wedding colors.  It's been nearly 11 years but... My wedding colors were a dark royal (or in this case, Elegant Eggplant) purple and silver.  I still love it!!!

For this next card I used a stamp I just bought.  When I saw this sweet mother and child I thought how perfect that would be for a new mom for Mother's Day.  Although I don't have any sentiments for Mother's Day that really flow nicely with this image.  So I went with a 'Sweet Baby' instead. 

I embossed the background in white using the Filigree (retired SU!) background stamp on a scrap of dark pearly purple paper (say that 3 times fast!).  If you look closely, the mother's collar is an eyelet lace - that gave me the idea to punch the holes in my scallop border (Elegant Eggplant).  Add ribbon, a bow and a button and you can't go wrong!

Here you can see a little better detail.  I added purple pearls around the sentiment and there you go!
Both cards are 5x7.

cQc #17 & MM 123

 

Here's a little 2 for 1 action - I decided to combine the challenges and make this card.

Sorry the picture isn't straight.  I really love the look of these colors together!  In one of my midnight stamping fun sessions, I stamped my SU! Medallion stamp in white on my Taken With Teal cardstock, with no real plans for a specific card, I tucked it away in my desk for later.  When I got this color challenge, I thought it'd be the perfect chance to use this pre-stamped piece.

I heat embossed in clear a small strip of the Bella Toile background stamp.  Since I had precut my paper strip, I was able to choose what part of the stamp I wanted to show up on my paper strip.  I really like this section, with all the swirls.

 

I used a sentiment from the SU! retired set, Carte Postale.  I thought the swirls of the font coordinated well with the swirls of the background stamp.  To accent the sentiment, I added a strip of tiny pearls.  

Black Inspiration

Over the weekend I was watching one of my favorite movies - Penelope.  If you haven't seen this movie, it's a great chick flick fairy tale kinda movie.  At the end of the movie, the credits began to roll and I noticed the background.  It was black on black in a beautiful floral/vine pattern.  I was inspired!!  I immediately thought of my Bella Toile background stamp and rushed to my work area to get the idea on paper.  I used clear powder to heat emboss the background stamp on black cardstock. 

Next I opted for an accent color of pink (I originally thought of red, but then I liked the pop of Melon Mambo with the black).  I'm planning on making a set of these to give as a gift.  I LOVE monogrammed stuff!  Hope my friend does too.

Pink, Pink and More Pink

So, growing up, I never really considered myself an 'I Heart Pink' kinda girl.  But as I've gotten older, I've really come to love the color.  I have a pink trench coat, a pink phone, and a few pink tops.  True, my favorite color is still purple (it really has to be the right shade to look good on me), but since stores seem to rarely carry purple things, I turn to the next best 'girly' kinda color - Pink.

Here's another creation using some Valentine's day pink paper.  I used some new glitter I found recently for the little 'wings' (I guess that's what you'd call them).  I stamped the chicks in Melon Mambo, So Saffron, and Chocolate Chip, and the sentiment in Melon Mambo.  The label I cut using my Cricut.  Did I mention that I loved my Cricut? :)

MM 122

Ok, so I know this is a whole lota pink - but I like it!  Hope you enjoy too.

The pink pearls are part of a package I found at the craft store.  They come all connected, which makes it easy to keep them in a straight line.

Pretty in Purple

Anyone who knows me knows I love purple.  It's always been my favorite color.  Even if I don't own a ton of stuff in it.  This was also an experiment with my new background stamps.  You can see, I still need some practice, but it turned out ok.  I sliced a slit along the fold so I could thread the ribbon around.  I had to tie the bow a couple of times because my first attempt ended up upside down.:)  I used Perfect Plum ink.

Feeling Spring

I suppose it's that constant looking forward to the next holiday kinda thing, but I'm already looking forward to spring time.  At least in my papercrafts.  I cut the butterfly and the label from my Cricut.  I added dots of Stickles in between the scallops on the egde.

 

Here's my other recent creation.  I've seen lots of stamping with white on darker cardstock, so I decided to try that on Rich Razzelberry.  I also inked the edges to give it a little softer look.  The scalloped overlay in front is actually silver mattalic - although it looks kinda white in the picture. Again, I cut the Rich Razzelberry with my Cricut ( I love my Cricut!).