FMS39: Happy Fathers Day with Lovely As A Tree

Great sketch from Freshly Made Sketch challenge. I needed to make a Father's Day card and I thought this layout would be great with the Lovely As a Tree stamp from Stampin' Up! I also used Faux Suede technique to create the vertical panel to create some additional texture. For the tree image, I colored the stamp with SU watercolor crayons, spritzed it with water and then stamped on watercolor paper. Thanks for looking.

And, now for the details...

The Stamps
SU Lovely As a Tree
SU Delightful Dozen

The Colors
Soft Suede
Very Vanilla
Chocolate Chip
Always Artichoke

The Embellishments
SU Well Worn DSP

The Tools
SU Watercolor Crayons

And, now for the sketch...

cQc141: Cracked Glass with Bordering on Romance

Such pretty colors this week for the colourQ Challenge. I really love the cracked glass technique. It is so fun to do and it creates a really cool effect. I also did the marker layering technique to create the shading for the flowers.

And, now for the details...

The Stamps
SU Bordering on Romance

The Colors
Night of Navy
Marina Mist
Bashful Blue
Lucky Limeade
Whisper White

The Embellishments
SU Night of Navy DSP
SU Marina Mist DSP
SU Bashful Blue DSP
Jewelry Twine
SU Large Pearls
SU Vintage Designer Faceted Buttons

The Tools
Versamark
SU Blender Pen
UTEE
SU Scallop Circles #2 Bigz Die
SU Paper Piercing Tool

And, now for the color palette...

PP99: Happy Birthday with Fresh Vintage

This is the card I made for the Paper Players challenge. This week the challenge was a sketch challenge. the colors were Melon Mambo, Basic Grey and Lucky Limeade. How fun!

And, now for the details...

The Stamps
SU Fresh Vintage
SU Upsy Daisy

The Colors
Melon Mambo
Lucky Limeade
Basic Grey
Whisper White

The Tools
SU 1 3/8" Square Punch
SU Large Scallop Punch
SU 1 3/8" Circle Punch
SU 1 1/4" Circle Punch
SU 1" Circle Punch

And, now for the color palette...

CR84FN56: Birthday Flight of the Butterfly

This is the card I made for the CR84FN. The colors and the trigger photos were absolutely gorgeous.

And, now for the details...

The Stamps
SU Flight of the Butterfly

The Colors
Basic Grey
Basic Black
Whisper White
Daffodil Delight

The Embellishments
SU 3/8" Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon
SU Twitterpated DSP

The Tools
SU 1 3/8" Circle Punch
SU 1" Circle Punch
SU Fan Fair Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
SU Shimmer Paint
SU Scallop Border Punch

And, now for the color palette...

CP169: Inspired by Nature Emboss Resist

I must not have had my V8 today because a lot of my photos today seem a bit slanted. Oh well. I made this card for the Card Pattern challenge. This was a gorgeous sketch.

And, now for the details...

The Stamps
SU Inspired by Nature

The Colors
Poppy Parade
Baja Breeze
Very Vanilla

The Embellishments
SU Chantilly Ribbon
SU Everyday Enchantment DSP
SU First Edition DSP
SU Faceted Buttons
SU Bakers Twine

The Tools
SU Clear Embossing Powder
SU Heat Tool
SU Scallop Circle #2 Bigz Die

And, now for the sketch...

JUGS140: Thanks for your Support

This is the card I made for the Just Us Girls challenge. The challenge this week was a technique challenge, and the challenge was acrylic distress. I had tried this technique a while back ago and learned that too much paint makes it really difficult to sand off the paint to create the affect.

I made the flowers using circle punches. Each flower is made up of three circle punches. I used my bone folder to distress the cardstock to the point that the layers of the paper begin to separate. When the paper is really distressed you can then separate the layers into two pieces. I stacked all the layers (6) and secured them with a brad. Next, I took each layer and scrunched it towards the center. Once I did this with all the layers I gently unfolded it to make the flowers.

And, now for the details...

The Stamps
SU Rue des Fleurs

The Colors
Raspberry Ripple
Pink Pirouette
Whisper White

The Tools
SU 1-3/8" Circle Punch
SU 1" Circle Punch
SU Brads
SU Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
SU Scribble Sizzlit
SU Sanding Block
Martha Stewart Craft Paint

And, now for the challenge...

PDCC135: Field Flowers

This is the card I made for the Play Date Cafe color challenge. The colors were Aquamarine, Poolside and Clay. I also used the sketch for Mojo Monday as my inspiration.

And, now for the details...

The Stamps
SU Field Flowers

The Colors
Island Indigo
Pool Party
Calypso Coral
Whisper White

The Embellishments
SU Everyday Enchantment DSP
SU Island Indigo DSP
SU Pool Party 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon

The Tools
SU Scallop Border Punch
SU Scallop Circle #2 Bigz Die

And, now for the color palette...