Fabulous Florets: MDS Hybrid

Hello Stampers,
I just discovered the blog My Pink Mexico and have been doing some casing! Today's card is one I cased from this card. These are not normally colours I would choose, but something about this card just caught my interest. I don't have the Fabulous Florets stampset, but did get the brush set for My Digital Studio - I think it is too much like Fifth Avenue Floral. I created the background on MDS and printed it. I also did a sheet of the flower that I cut out - I did them in all different colours and will cut them out and use them in later projects. I like the way it turned out. TFL.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Cheep Talk (Branch, MDS), Fabulous Florets (MDS), Wordplay
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Ink: Early Espresso, Melon Mambo, Plim, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: Hemp Twine, Basic Pearl

PPA 95: CAS with Brads - Look Familiar?

Hello Stampers,
You may recognize this card from Tuesday's post - can you spot the difference? Instead of the buttons and pearls I used on the last card, I used brads in order to play along with Pals Paper Arts. I love these challenges. I have to admit I think I like the brads better than the buttons and pearls. I had to take this picture in low light, so it looks like Very Vanilla, but it is in fact Whisper White and PPoint. I love the little rose made using the Sizzix 3-d Flower die - they are much easier to roll in felt than they are in paper. What do you think - buttons and pearls or the simplicity of brads? TFL - Meg

Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Beyond the Garden (MDS), PPoint, WWhite
Stamps: Wordplay - Love it!
Accessories: blue metallic brads, basic pearls, rosette

Another Hybrid card

Hello Stampers,
I am really enjoying making hybrid cards. I made this one by printing the background DSP from MDS - it is one of the patterns found in the Beyond the Garden DSP. I used the sentiment from Word Play; I waited awhile to get this set, and I am loving it. I made the rose from some felt I got at another craft store - the die cut I used is the Sizzix 3-d Flower die; I love this die. I used the Pacific Point buttons and put some basic pearls in the centers. I am really thrilled with the way this card turned out. TFL.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Wordplay
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Beyond the Garden DSP
Ink: Pacific  Point
Accessories: Sizzix 3-d flower die, PPpoint buttons, Basic Pearls, Large and Small Oval Nesties

Hybrid Cards

Hello Stampers,
It has been awhile; I really admire those of you who manage to post everyday - it really is a lot of work and a real commitment. This is a hybrid card I made. I cased a couple of different cards - you can find them here and here. I will be doing this card at my next club meeting. I want to show how easy it is to use MDS to create background papers on which you can stamp. I wasn't thrilled with the stamp selection in the Summer Mini - so I didn't order any. I did order a couple for MDS though (Open Sea and Fabulous Florets). I have also started doing this with designer papers too. I find that in each pack of designer paper there are always pages I don't like and never use. Ordering these through MDS allows me to save money and to simply print/use the deisgns I do like. I saw the technique of using the baker's twine as a frame on someone's blog - I don't remember whose, but if I come across it, I will link it. I love the way this card turned out. Hope you are all having a great long weekend (those of you in Canada). TFL.


Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Early Espresso, Whisper White, White Embossing powder
Stamps: Open Sea (MDS), Wordplay, Well-Scripted
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, copper brads, Large scallop border, 3/4" circle punch

PPA 89 - Again!

Hello Everyone,
I was at Heather's Stamping Haven (a local stamping store) and fell for this little set - it has 3 little inserts for the martini glass, but I thought this one (flower and the adorable little bird) were perfect for the PPA 89: fashion flower inspiration challenge. Thanks for checking it out.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Watercolour Paper, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight
Stamp: Stamp Barn "A Maritni For all Season's", Short and Sweet
Accessories: Copics, Tangerine Tango Stampin' Write marker, Yellow rhinestones, Elegant Bouquet EF

Long time no Blog! PPA 89

Hello Everyone,
Spring is definitely here - we have been experiencing lots of April rain in my neck of the woods. I finally got a chance to play with some of my Summer Mini Catalogue sneak peaks - the triple layer flower punch! I love it. In this card I combined it with the inlaid embossing technique and I think it is a wonderful combination. This is a  simple layout, but simply changing up the colour combo you can create a bunch of different looks. This week Pals Paper Arts is featuring a spring flower theme challenge, so I thought this card would be perfect.

Happy Stamping,

.

Meg

Card Recipe
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Accessories: light and dark pink rhinestones, Triple Layer Flower punch, Square lattice EF

Wow! Two Post in one day! Time to play Paper Players #37

Hello Again,
When I saw that the Paper Players Challenge this week was spring themed, Awash with Flowers immediately sprung to mind. I love this stamp set and have not used it in awhile. I decided to keep it pink and simple. I stamped the flower outlines with Melon Mambo and used Pink Pirouette to fill them in. I also christened my new Spellbinders Impressibility plate - got to say I love it. I thought this card looked fresh and Eastery, so I added the Easter sentiment from the Well-Scripted ... I wish this set had not retired as I love the swirly script and the variety of sentiments. The rhinestone is coloured with a pink copic - I am not that you can see it in the photo, but it does have a light pink hue to it in real life. It was fun to make a simple card. TFL.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

SR #62 Happy St. Patrick's Day

Hello Everyone,
I saw this great card on Sandi MacIver's blog and immediately downloaded the free tutorial to make it. I knew it would be a perfect St. Patty's Day card for my parents. It took me awhile to get around to making it, but I am so pleased with the results. I changed things up a bit - made it an easel card and used a Hero Arts Shamrock as the central image.  It didn't start out as glittery as it ended up - but I like it! The lattice die definitely has a real celtic flair to it. The green glitter paper is from that fab big box crafting store. I bought a whole bunch in all different colours when they were having a buy-one-get-one. I think this is perfect for the Stampin Royalty challenge this week. Anyway, thanks for looking.

Happy Stamping,

Meg

Long Time No Post and PPA 83 Colour Challenge

Well Hello Everyone,
I apologize for the long absence - I have been creating, but for some reason have not gotten around to posting things; but that is all about to change. When I saw that the Pals Paper Arts colour challenge was featuring Baja Breeze, Soft Suede and Crumb Cake I knew that I had to post this project I made recently. I love it. I got the idea from the wonderfully talented Andrea Walford. If you go to her blog and subscribe to her Sunny Stampin' Ideas newsletter, she will send you these great project ideas every two weeks - complete with pdf tutorial -amazing. This tea holder was one of the projects from the newsletter. This tutorial is also available on her wonderful new website Paper Crafters' Library - it is worth every penny of the subscription fee. The tutorial was very easy to follow and I felt this project was perfect for the stamp set Morning Cup. The flower on the top was made from the two step owl punch - it was a tutorial I found here at Valita's Fresh Folds. Thanks for looking and definitely check out all 4 blogs: PPA, Sunny Stampin', Valita's Designs, and PCL!

Happy Stamping,
Meg

PPA 79: Certainly Celery, Rich Razzleberry, Riding Hood Red

Hello Everyone,
This week PPA has given us a colour challenge: certainly celery, ridinghood red, and rich razzleberry. This was a challenge until this card popped into my head! I love the vintage old world charm this colour combo has when paired with Crumb Cake. I must admit that I used Pear Pizzazz seam binding instead of certainly celery, as I just love the suppleness of the seam binding. I used the sizzix 3-D flower die to make the flowers - it definitely takes practice, but once you get the rolling down they are really quick to put together and look fabulous - if I do say so myself. I used both Ridinghood Red and Rich Razzleberry to make the largest flower. It may be hard to see the two colours in the photo, but in real life it looks quite striking. I haven't inked up my Oval All set in awhile and think this sentiment fits, especially with the sray of flowers. Thanks for checking out my creation. Let me know what you think!

Happy Stamping,
Meg


Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Riding Hood Red
Ink: Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, Modern Label Punch, Wide Oval Punch and Large Oval Punch, Sizzix 3-D Flower die, Elegant Lines EF, Basic Pearls, and Large Pearls