World Card Making Day

Hello everyone, it's been a while since I posted but life sometimes gets a little crazy, right?

I have a card today I made for World Card Making Day.

I finally got a chance to play with the beautiful Emma Stamp from Simon Says Stamp. This is such a pretty and elegant design! I embossed the image in Brass Embossing Powder from Hero Arts onto water colour paper. I spritzed the paper with water and then added Ken Oliver Color Burst in Merlot and let it do its magic. I love all the separation of the different pigments in this colour!

The colours are a little darker than I would like for a wedding card but I didn't want to mess around with after it was dry so I left it as is.

I added a die cut sentiment and one black gem to finish the card.

I'm submitting this card for the Simon Says Stamp World Card Making Day Challenge found here.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Sparkle & Shine

I have a wedding card today for the Simon Says Stamp Sparkle and Shine Challenge.

I used the Penny Black Alluring Stencil with Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes in Aurora Lights for the background. Just sponge the Cosmic Shimmer Glue through the stencil, let it get tacky and apply the Gilding Flakes on top.  It's easy and elegant and I love the metallic shine!

The frame is from Paper Smooches Fancy Frames Icons and was cut from gold glitter paper.

The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted and was heat embossed with Ranger Silver Embossing Powder and I used silk ribbon to attach the frame to the background.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Runway Inspired #62

It's been a long time since I've made a card for the Runway Inspired Challenge. But with a little free time and a beautiful photo to get my mojo working, I decided to play along.

Isn't this dress so pretty...I was totally inspired by the gliding birds against the dark blue background.

I did tone-on-tone stamping with Hero Arts Flourish Background and made some stencils of flying birds on my Silhouette and used them to add embossing paste on top of  the flourishes.  While the embossing paste was still wet I sprinkled on Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter for a subtle sparkle.

I stamped the sentiment on vellum, added a strip of silver glitter paper, some May Arts Silk Ribbon and a pretty button to finish off the card. I was thinking this would be a great card for a wedding.

There's still plenty of time to play along with the challenge, you'll find all the deets here.

I'm also entering this in Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge.


Thanks for visiting today and have a great weekend!

Moxie Fab

I made a card for the Moxie Fab Damask & Brocade Challenge. I like using damask stamps for wedding or anniversary card, they are always so elegant.

For this card I decided to flock the brocade image to add some texture and the top half of the card was double embossed in my Vagabond with a Papertrey Ink Impression Plate and Die. The dark chocolate paper has a slight gold metallic hue to it so I embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder and I finished off with some ribbon and pearls.

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Trigger Tuesday

This weeks trigger over at Moxie Fab World is a room that is elegant and clean, neutrals with a touch of pink.

I love the medallion design in the carpet and the soft colours and was inspired to make two cards.

I chose this elegant medallion stamp from Magenta, stamped it with Encore Champagne ink and clear embossed on some pearlized paper.  I thought this would be perfect for a wedding card.

I didn't really like how the ribbon element came out so I decided to make another card and changed the ribbon and came up with this card.

I'm still not sure which card I prefer but decided this one would make a lovely anniversary card.

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One Stamp - Two Looks

Here's a PSX calla lily stamp that I used for an Anniversary card and a Wedding card. This one is embossed with Pearl Silver embossing powder on white. I added a small soft green mat for just a little colour. Quite simple but elegant.
























This Anniversary card was embossed with Pearl Gold embossing powder on white. I wanted the image and sentiment to be the only colour on the card so I added some fancy corners and used foam dots to give some dimension and interest.

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