Showing posts with label Nestabilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nestabilities. Show all posts

Sunday, August 24, 2008

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!

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Birthday Penguins


Here are two more cards I created for Birthday parties my kids were invited to. The first one (boy penguin) I made quick on Thursday morning for a party my son was going to. It was supposed to be at the pool, so I thought it would be perfect; however, weather got in the way and the party ended up being indoors. Oh well, the kids thought it was a cute card (and so did I)! Then, on Friday my daughter was heading to a birthday party and she really wanted to have the same card. Little did she know that I had a GIRL penguin. She was really happy with the resulting card and she got to help. I never would have come up with this color combo without Splitcoast's challenges. These colors worked great for a fun summer card. OH, and I got to use my new Nestabilities. What fun! Enjoy!