By the Bay sunset of hope card

For my project today, I made a card for a my friend who was knocked over by her dog and suffered a broken shoulder which required a shoulder replacement surgery.  Ouch!  I hope she likes it.  The sentiment comes from High Tide which can be found in the annual catalog.  The house is a FREE Sale-a-Bration stamp set called By the Sea which can only be earned with a purchase of $50 or more through the end of March 2019.  I used our watercolor pencils to color in the scenery.  The sunset background is sponged using sponge daubers and the following colors of ink:  So Saffron, Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, Highland Heather, Pacific Point and Night of Navy.  The water is sponged using Balmy Blue and the waves were stamped in Bermuda Bay and also come from the High Tide stamp set.  This is attached to a larger piece of whisper white cardstock which has also been stamped with the same scene from By the Bay and then mounted on a card base of Mango Melody.  My inspiration is from the Sale-a-Bration brochure and I added my own touches.

For the inside of the card, I used the birds from the same set to stamp along the bottom and sea shell to stamp over the sentiment which is taken from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set.  I also added these elements to my envelope prior to mailing.  

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Butterfly Gala with marble and ghosting techniques

This card turned out so beautifully.  It could be used for most any occasion including Valentines Day.  To make the background, I stamped my butterfly images on glossy white card in Versamark ink.  I then used alcohol on a cotton swab and added two drops each of Coastal Cabana, Balmy Blue and Bermuda Bay, tapping lightly all over the card until I was happy with the color.  To finish it off, I added a pearlized doily.  My sentiment is from the same stamp set and stamped in Bermuda Bay ink on a Decorative Label punch out inked around the edges with Coastal Cabana ink.  The final element is a stamped butterfly from the Butterfly Gala set, stamped in Moment black ink and sponged with dauber using the same three inks used in the background.  I used the Butterfly Duet punch to punch it out.  The stamp set and punch can be purchased separately or as a bundle which saves you 10%.  Finally, the focal image is mounted on a standard A2 card base in Bermuda Bay.  I was very pleased with the final result as the background started out as a play around with the ghosting technique, then just seeing what would happen if I added the marbling technique as well.  I did find lighter colors work better than the dark, or at least in my play.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and taking time from your busy day.  It’s very much appreciated.  Click on the shopping cart in the upper right to go to my online store where you can order any Stampin’ Up! supplies you might want.  It’s Sale-a-Bration time until March 31 which means you can earn free product for each $50 in product you purchase.  Details can be found in my online store.  Should you have any questions, feel free to leave me a comment and I’ll be happy to answer them for you.

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Teresa

Enjoy Life ghosting

 This is my card today.  I love how it turned out.  It utilizes the Enjoy Life photopolymer stamp set I. The 2018-2019 Stampin’ Up! Annual catalog.  My girl friend challenged me to teach our little group how to make cards with this stamp set.  This is one of them I came up with.

I started with a card base of crumb cake.  The main focal point is a piece of glossy cardstock.  I first stamped my images in versamark ink, then set them aside to dry.  I then started in the center of the card and sponged crumb cake ink across the image.  Then went to the bottom sponging granny apple green ink and finally finished the top portion with Balmy Blue.  I blended the green and crumb cake, but didn’t worry so much with the blue as I rather liked the lighter horizon line between those two.  Finally I stamped the sentiment also from the same stamp set in Stazon black in using the Stamparatus to ensure the stamp didn’t slip on the glossy card for a clean crisp image.  The focal image image is then mounted a piece of whisper white card 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 for the thinnest of borders.

I will use this as a make-n-take in an upcoming workshop.  I know the gals will love it.  It makes for a great masculine card that could be used for most any occasion.  I also think this qualifies for #simplestamping with one stamp set, ink and paper.  I did add a piece of linen thread to the bottom to dress it up just a bit.  I didn’t want to overwhelm the beauty of the focal image.

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Teresa