Happy Harmony Thanks

Today's card was for the FS81 at Splitcoaststampers. The challenge was to case something from this gallery Kokirose. What a beautiful gallery of things to case. I also wanted to try and fit in the Limited Supplies Challenge from this Friday - Oldies But Goodies. I found this card Kokirose Case that Kokirose posted back in February. I immediately fell in love with it and knew that I wanted to case it. It uses Happy Harmony with is a set I have had for quite a while and I have only used the sentiment from the set, so I thought that would qualify as an "Oldie but Goodie". The paper is also my Glossy White which I haven't used in quite a while. Unfortunately, River Rock will soon be disappearing from my stash and will turn into an "Oldie But Goodie".

I started by taking a piece of glossy white cardstock and wiped it down with the Embossing Buddy and randomly stamped the floral image from Happy Harmony all over with Versamark, then applied clear embossing powder and heat set it. I used my brayer to apply Elegant Eggplant ink all over the paper going over it several times and moving in different directions. I let this set a bit to dry and then wiped it with a tissue to make sure any excess ink was off before I proceeded.

From here, I cut my square panel and the smaller rectangular panel. I mounted the two pieces on some River Rock cardstock and pierced around the edges. I "stitched" (connected the dots) with a white gel pen on the smaller piece. Then I moved on to the main image which I simply stamped in Elegant Eggplant on Sahara Sand paper. Cut with Scalloped Nestability, then sponged the edges, mounted on a larged scalloped oval which was also sponged. Added the pierced dots and the gel pen dots. I adhered everything with brads and tape, adding the ribbon and the hodgepodge hardware. A fun, relatively simple card with a bit of sheen because of the glossy cardstock. I hope you like it. I'ppy to have a beautiful thank you card for the next time I need one.

Happy Sunday to everyone!

Finally, I have a trade done!

It's been months since I have been able to participate in trades with my card club. I was determined to work something up this month since I've been borrowin my demo's WWC's for a few months now and haven't "given" her anything in return (although I have posted several cards).

The card I created was a case from a fellow SCS stamper Lisa S. You can view her card http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/959409

OK, so when I start cards for a trade, I always just make one first and then I worry about if I have enough stuff to make 10 cards. I know, I know. My mom did teach me when cooking you always need to make sure you have all the ingredients on hand before you start. Well, I'm a bit impatient and I like to dive into things. So, I came up with this card I thought would be nice and I loved the colors. Then when I saw I had 1 1/2 sheets of True Thyme, I figured, that'll be PLENTY. Well, it's NOT! Of course, I decided, you don't need to make the middle square since no one can see that anyway. Hmmmm, still not enough. Ok, so I can cut 2 squares in half and just make sure the center piece will cover the missing half of the 4 center squares. Yeah, great plan, let's proceed. Getting down to the last few cards. Uh oh, I STILL don't have enough. OK, well I had some scraps of True Thyme, maybe I can dig those back out of the trash and just make those 1/2 squares. That got me a few more, but I am still short. Gosh, what other colors can I substitute, let me look in my folders. By golly, I have 3 more sheets of True Thyme! All that stressing and skimping and I didn't need to after all!

Details:

Stamps - Touch of Nature, Baroque Motifs

Paper -

Base - 5 1/4 x 5 1/4

River Rock - 5 x 5

True Thyme Squares - 1 1/2" (use 6 squares - cut 2 in half for middle pieces)

Baroque Backgrounds DP squares - 1 1/4"

Basic Black - 3 1/4" sq (use left over from base)

Very Vanilla - 3 1/8" sq

Ink - True Tyme & Black Stazon

Other - Yellow and Orange WWC & blender pen