Happy 40th Birthday Trish!

Today is my best friend's 40th birthday! Happy Birthday Trish!

This is a "Z" fold card.

Using the striped printed paper, I cut it 11 x 4 1/4 inches. Score vertically at 2 1/4 and 5 1/2 inches from the left edge. Fold card in half, then fold narroer panel to left.

Cut a 2 1/2 x 4-inch piece out of So Saffron printed paper and adhere to front panel on the left. Cut a 3/8 x 4-inch strip of white cs - add your brads here, otherwise, you will see the prongs on the outside of your card; adhere vertifically to So Saffron piece 1/4 inch from the left edge.

Open card. Cut a 5 1/4 x 4-inch pice of white cs; centre and adjere to larger panel. Cut a 5 1/4" x 1 3/4-inch strip of striped printed paper and a 5 1/4 x 1 1/8-inch So Saffron printed paper. Centre and adhere to striped strip. Pierce a hole through centre of So Safforn strip and attach your decorative brad; adhere strips to white cs 1 1/8 inches from top edge of card.

Stamp your sentiment in black onto lower right corner of the card.

Stamp the single flower from Bloomin' Beautful on white cs and stamp the flower portion again approximately 10 more times onto scrap. Using my watercolour crayons (I used Bashful Blue and Brocade Blue) to create the various hues to colour in the flowers.

I then cut out the flowers, layered one just below the main one, and with the rest of the remaining flowers, I cut out the petals to create a 3D look.

Here is a close of the flowers. I added glitter glue to the petals to make it sparkle.

Here is the side view of the flower so you can see the layers.

Your comments and opinions are very much welcomed!

Here is the recipe:
Stamps: Bloomin' Beautiful, On Your Birthday!
Paper: Whisper White, Delicate Dots Designer Series
Ink: Black
Other: Large Decorative Brad, Silver Brads, pop ups

Thanks for stopping by! ~Pat

Bloomin Beautiful Card

Ok, my last post of the nite. Here is a colour challenge that i wanted to try out - Soft Sky, Purely Pomegranite and Black.

I used the Faux Silk Technique on this card.

Although it is very faint in the background, I stamped Tres Chic onto the glossy paper in Soft Sky and sanded it.

I then stamped the Hydrangeas in a vase in black ink and watercoloured. I added the stickles to the middle to give it some dimension.

Punched two photo corners in Purely Pomegranite and adhered. I then tied the double stitched Purely Pomegranite ribbon on the right, adhered card front to black matting and then using pop ups, adhered it onto the Soft Sky card.

I love the look of this colour combo and may go back to make other cards using this combo. It gives it such an elegant look!

Here is the recipe:
Stamps: Bloomin' Beautful

Paper: Glossy Whisper White, Basic Black, Soft Sky
Ink: Black, Soft Sky
Other: Sanding Block, Double Stitched Ribbon, Photo Corner Punch, Stickles

Thanks for stopping by!!

~Pat

Stamp Camp Projects

Here is a picture of my stamp camp project that will be taking place on Thursday, May 29, 2008. In this stamp camp, you will be making 3 projects for $25 - a feminine card, a masculine card and a 3-D item. All of the projects feature the Afternoon Tea DS paper from the Occasions Mini (p.8).



Below are individual pictures of each project.

Bloomin' Beautiful Card


Pocket Card

Insert of the Pocket Card - here I used the Spotlighting Technique - you stamp the image twice and highlight by layering it.


This is the front of my accordion album.



Here is what the inside looks like. I messed up and should have put the brads on first before covering the backside, but oh well, I could always cover up the back side with a photo.