As You See It Challenge #224—-Speed Painted Poppies

Today’s card I made as a challenge from my stamping friend Tracy.  She had participated in her very first challenge, I can’t say I’m very far ahead of her.  Although, this isn’t my very first challenge, it’s pretty close.  So here goes, the challenge was to make a card with flowers in 10 minutes or less.  I was allowed to gather my stamps, ink and paper and design my card in my head or sketch it out.  I designed this card in my head, loosely based on a card I had created several weeks back.  It was a time intensive card with a lot of coloring and shading with my stampin’ blends.  So, I pulled out my Painted Poppies, Varied Vases for the sentiment and First Frost to use one of those stamps to color in my smaller poppy.  I sure hope you like it as much as I do.  

I started with a piece of whisper white cardstock cut at 5 1/8 x 3 7/8I stamped the sentiment in early espresso first near the center of the card to ensure I would have plenty of room for it.  Next, I stamped the large poppy outlines, then the smaller poppies in early espresso.  I then filled in the larger poppies using lovely lipstick.  The smaller poppies were filled in with a stamp from First Frost in seaside spray and grapefruit grove.  I then masked the poppies with a post it note and stamped the leaves in early espresso.  These leaves are very quickly colored using the stampin’ blends in the old olive combo with a little light mossy meadow.  I then added my focal image to a card base of early espresso cut at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, and folded in half.  Time to finish was 8:37:57. #simplestamping

I would love it if you would play along as well.  This was a lot of fun!  Thanks Tracy for asking me to play along.  Now, if you would like to purchase any of the items I’ve used in my project, click on the shopping cart to the right.  It will take you directly to my online store, where you will find the products you might need.  I would love to earn your business.  

Thanks for stopping by, I hope I’ve inspired to you to go and create something of your own.  Until next time, stay safe, stay healthy and happy stamping!

Teresa

Marbled Varied Vases

I love this stamp set and punch which was inspired by Mary Fish for her million dollar sales achievement.  The stamp set is called Varied Vases (146644) and has a coordinating punch (147040).  It can be purchased in a bundle (148381) and save you 10%.  Here is a card I created using it along with the marbled background stamp (144772).  I used blushing bride for the marbled background.  The vase features Mary’s signature tulip.  Flowers are stamped in Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Rich Razzleberry, and Mango Melody.  I cust a stitched oval diecut and mounted it on a scalloped oval from the Layering ovals framelits.  The ribbon behind the focal image is burlap ribbon.  I opted to leave the sentiment off and add it to the inside as I need a card.  This card design could be used for any occasion.

 

I hope you enjoy my card for you today and are inspired to create something yourself.  You can order any of the supplies I’ve used today by clicking on the shopping cart to the right.  I’d love to have your business.  Please leave me a comment, I’d love to hear from you.  Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a crafty day.  

Simply the Best Seasonal Vase

Today’s card continues to feature the Vase Builder punch (147040) which coordinates with Mary Fish’s million dollar achiever Varied Vases stamp set (146644).  In addition, I’ve added the flowers from a new stamp set called In Every Season (146709) which features flowers for every month.  This set has several images which will work in the vases from the punch.  I punched the vase in Whisper White then stamped the pattern from Timeless Textures (140517) in Bermuda Bay and Touches of Texture (143251) in Daffodil Delight.  The flowers are colored with the Stampin’ Blends in Calypso Coral and the leaves in Old Olive.  I used the stitched oval die framelits (146828) to cut the oval.  The sentiment comes from the Varied Vases stamp set.  My Designer Series Paper is in Calypso Coral and is retired; However, you could use a background paper from the Subtles Designer Series Paper 6x6 paper stack (146966).

Thanks for stopping by my little blog today.  I hope I’ve inspired you to create something of your own.  Please leave me a comment, I’d love to hear from you.  Should you need any of the supplies I’ve used today, I would love to earn your business. Simply click on the shopping cart to the right and it will take you directly to my online store.  I hope you have a crafty day.