Inspired By Nature Embossed

Good morning,

Boy, the colors on this card just didn't show up well. The cardstock is Mellow Moss and the DSP is Always Artichoke. I stamped the image from Inspired by Nature on the DSP using VersaMark. I used white embossing powder and heat set the image.

A little WW taffeta ribbon and a filigree brad and voila! Tis done. As you can see, I'm into fast, easy and fun!

Take care and see you tomorrow,

Much love and joy,

Foggy Sunrise

Good morning,

I've been admiring sunsets and northern lights lately and wanted to replicate what I've seen. This was sun burning off fog one morning on the flats near the place we used to live.

I used Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green and So Saffron cardstock. I used the Sanded background stamp on the base card. The sunrise was done on saffron cardstock to get a yellowish sun. The grass is in Chocolate Chip, the fog in both Pumpkin Pie and Really Rust. The sentiment is stamped in Chocolate Chip and the brads are metal. The stamp set is Inspired by Nature, one of my all time favs.

Not a hard one but a fun one. Take care and we'll see you tomorrow.

Much love and joy,

What's WRONG with this card????

So yesterday I started out making a set of cards for my aunt who is moving. I wanted her to have a set of ten cards or so to send to people with her change of address. What started as a simple card became an all day saga.

First, I loved the inspiration of an ad I'd seen in a magazine. (Forgive the creases, it's been folded and stashed for a while)

So, I matched the colors to Cajun Craze, Bordering Blue, Mellow Moss and Kraft. The top matched Sahara Sand and the background was closest to Soft Suede. I know, hard to believe but there it is. I wasn't sure I liked that final Sahara circle so eliminated it from the card.

I rooted around and found the only set I owned that had anything to do with moving. Actually, it's my son's set called Loads of Love. You know the one, with the little pick up truck? Welllllllll.... I've often stayed away from that pickup because I'm not a great colorer. Yesterday was no exception. Here's the card I came up with ...

I loaded a uninked cartridge wit Soft Suede ink and rolled a pattern across the same color card stock. Then I punched the various colors out and ran them through the Big Shot with the different embossing plates, primarily because they looked a little boring just sitting there all smooth.

I stamped my truck on Watercolor Paper with StazOn ink and colored it with corresponding markers. I bled the ink with an aqua painter. I even remembered to ground the image. Inside the card it says "Just Moved." I have to tell you. I hate this stupid card. Something is desperately wrong with it and I don't know what!

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS CARD???? Tell  me please, oh blog readers! I need to know what to do to save it.

In the interest of time I ended up going a completely different route. I changed up a card I received from my upline and here's what I ended up with ... MUCH more my style.

I stamped the grass from Inspired by Nature and pasted with slot punch cattails in Chocolate Chip on a few of them.  The colors are Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke and Crumb Cake (aka Kraft). Fast, easy and simple. I made ten of them, decorated envelopes and will have them in the mail. It took me about an hour.  After spending all day fussing with that idiot truck card I can't figure out!

Please, you can't hurt my feelings. If you see what's wrong with the card let me know!!

Have a great day!

Much love and joy,

Purple Coneflower

Hi everyone,
I've got a full schedule today so thought I'd post something fast. I CASE'd this one from someone on SCS but cannot remember who. So sorry. I HAVE to write down the names or figure out some technique to remember who I CASE from.

I used Inspired by Nature here, a stamp set that is sooooo versatile. The coneflowers look blue here but they're actually purple, Elegant Eggplant. The grass is Mellow Moss. The middle of the flower is Chocolate Chip as is the card stock and the Satin ribbon. There is a sliver of a mat in Mellow Moss. You'll notice that there is tone on tone work on the Chocolate Chip. I stamped the grasses in Chocolate Chip to give the card a shadowed look.

I used the Designer label punch to set the sentiment then offset the mat as well. I put a Mini Library Clip on top of the sentiment after I popped it up with a Stampin' Dimensional.

Does this need a butterfly? I have the textured die and wonder if that would add something. Or even a stamped one. Maybe I'll do one in Saffron and stamp it off first. Seems like I'm always tweaking things....

The day is sunny right now. We're supposed to have rain, AGAIN, but we may get out and enjoy that Vitamin D while we can! I swear I'm going to have to take a supplement this year!

Take care and see you tomorrow,

Prayers and the joy of his promises,

Much love,

Sunrise Burning Off the Fog

I absolutely adore this set. I used the grass in Inspired by Nature (#111656). The card stock used was Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green and Apricot Appeal. The artwork is on the Apricot card stock obviously. I masked the area of the sun and sponged on Pumpkin Pie classic ink. I gave an extra shadow on the bottom to look like land in the distance.

Then I took of off the circle mask and stamped the grass on in Chocolate Chip to give a silhouetted look to the art. With a couple of vintage brads I was done! Looks complicated, couldn't be easier! You'll probably see a number of cards from me using this set. It's one of my favorites.

The day dawns sunny and summery! I can't wait to get out in it.

God bless and stamp something, will ya??

Much love and joy,