Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Some new cards

The first card follows a sketch (like a recipe, to be modified by the user) on the Stamping 411 site. Here's the sketch.


And here's my card. I used only Stampin' Up! tools and materials for all three cards shown here. For this card, i pretty much used the suggested layout, although the center is cut out with the new Bigz Lattice die in the Big Shot, layered over a piece of Bashful Blue cardstock that i ran through texturz plates on the Big Shot. The lattice, background, and belly band are all from the Tea Party Designer Series Papers. At the center is a square icy blue rhinestone brad. This is a get well card for my friend Violet, who tripped on her front steps and fractured her foot in two places this weekend!

Next i needed to make a congratulations card for my friend Janet, who is retiring on Friday. I had so much fun using the Bigz Lattice die for the previous card, i used it on this card as well, cutting the center from a piece of lilac Designer Series Paper. Different patterns of the same paper form the background and the oval that the sentiment is printed on. The sentiment is mounted on a scalloped oval of the same Tea Party Designer Series Paper as the layer under the lattice. That scalloped oval punch is one of my favorites! The ribbon is the brand new Crushed Curry polka dot grosgrain ribbon...yummy. This card also has a square rhinestone brad in the center, too...this one lilac rather than blue.

This third card i just made because i love how it looks...i saw this design or something very like it somewhere, but i don't remember where now...whether it was wandering on the internet or in a magazine. It uses all new "toys" from my most recent Stampin' Up! order...the card is on Crushed Curry card stock (gasp, so different than my traditional Whisper White card bases), the stamp is from the new Razzle Dazzle set. I stamped the whole design in Soft Suede, then cleaned the stamp off and colored in the flowers with Stampin' Write markers, stamped them on a scrap of Whisper White, cut them out, and mounted them with mini glue dots on top of the Soft Suede version. I double-matted the white layer on top of Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo cardstock. The ribbon is Rich Razzleberry polka dot grosgrain ribbon, the sentiment is stamped in Crushed Curry and mounted on Melon Mambo cut out with my pal, the scallop oval punch.

10 comments:

  1. Mom is always amazed at your creations. They are so diverse. Beautiful!
    Purrs, Siena & Chilli

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  2. These are wonderful! Thanks so much for playing along and sharing your talents!

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  3. They're lovely. Home made cards are just so lovely to receive.

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  4. Beautiful job, Paula! So glad to have you on my team and so glad you played along with us at S411 this week!

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  5. Oh, I just love these cards!
    My sister-in-law uses Stampin' Up products, too. What a pleasure it would be to receive a beautiful card like one of these!

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  6. So nice cards you made here.
    The two first one with their "quilting" look make me remember that I always wanted to learn quilting.
    Thank you for the nice comment (in french) on my blog.
    Hugs.

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  7. very nice cards, paula! i especially love the "crushed curry"! these are the sort of cards that get tucked away in a drawer, to enjoy again and again.

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  8. Hi Paula,
    Thanks for your visit on my blog and your nice comment.
    For the flower who looks like a chrysanthem,it's very easy to make ,and if you want ,I will make another step by step to explain you.
    A big hug to the cats.

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