Two fold card

This is a card I made last weekend but didn’t get photographed until just the other day. Once again I am relying on the pretty patterns in the designer paper for most of the card. I haven’t made a two-fold card in a long time so it was fun to work out the logistics for this one. I was inspired by other peoples’ designs along these lines. In the picture above the card is sitting open to show you where the folds are and the different sizes of each panel.

I chose two papers from Le Jardin designer paper pack and matted one with Always Artichoke and the other with So Saffron. Then I sponged and stamped faintly corners of the flourish stamp from Baroque Motifs on a square to create a background for the sentiment “From the Heat”. I triple matted the sentiment square and then attached it to the smaller side panel so that when closed it would be in the centre.

Supplies:
Stamps: All Year Round, Baroque Motifs
Inks: Always Artichoke, So Saffron
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, So Saffron, Le Jardin Designer paper

Lace and panels

This is another card I made for Sharon’s Stamp Simply Challenge #35, where we had to use three panels. Like the last one I stamped my design as one panel and then cut it into three once all the colour had been added. I started by embossing on Vanilla cardstock with clear embossing powder and then sponged over the embossing. This time I split the panels a little further apart and matted each one separately. At this stage it was looking a little like tie dye so I decided to continue the shabby chic type of feel and add scallops and lace. When I was digging through my lace basket I realised there are some nice pieces in there which might also make their way onto cards.

I cut the scallops along the bottom using my corner rounder punch with the guide removed and sponged the edge. Inside the card I also sponged all around the edges leaving the centre blank to write in.

Supplies:
Stamps: One of a Kind
Inks: Rose Red, Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke
Also: Clear embossing powder, lace

Boughs and blessings

Often when I look at Sharon’s Stamp Simply Challenge I find she has suggested something I haven’t tried before, but this week her challenge features a technique I’ve tried several times. The challenge is to feature three panels on your card. The method I often use to do this is to stamp a design across a rectangle of card stock and then cut it into three panels. For this card I spread the panels slightly apart and adhered them to one matte.

The branches are stamped in chocolate chip, coloured with watercolour pencils and blended with a blender pen. I sponged the edges with bashful blue and added the word ‘blessings’. It was very relaxing to finally be stamping again!

Supplies:
Stamps: Infinite Goodness, Graceful words
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate chip, Green Galore
Also: Apple green grosgrain ribbon, watercolour pencils

Blue Purse

It has been very quiet here on Bits & Pieces this week. That usually means it has been anything but quiet at home. We have just returned home from the third concert of the weekend. Soccer and softball started during the week and there was an extra medical appointment thrown in early in the week. All this has meant no stamping whatsoever!

I made this purse a little while ago, it is the same design as my red one and my chocolate one but a little bigger. I will try a different design one of these days. I like the fabric effect the designer paper gives on the purse flap and sides and the buckle was a nice finishing touch

Supplies:

Cardstock: Blue Bayou, Naturals White, Porcelain Prints Designer paper
Also: Antique Brass hodgepodge hardware

Pink Flourish

You can probably tell by now that I really like this new stamp! The design is stamped and heat embossed on vellum this time and laid over a piece of pink Berry Bliss designer paper. I wanted the designer paper to provide a soft background for the stamp, the effect is subtle but you can see the floral design a little better on the card.

I didn’t have any white brads to attach the vellum so I pressed some silver ones into the versamark and then dipped them into my white embossing powder before heating them. It worked just fine, but I would add that the brad gets very hot when you are heating it, so hold it with tweezers! The faux stitching is from the Cherished Memories rub-ons, I still haven’t used my sewing machine on any of my cards, but I will try it some time. Thanks for dropping in.

Supplies:

Stamps: Baroque Motifs
Inks: Versamark
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Berry Bliss designer paper
Also: White embossing powder, Cherished Memories Rub-ons, silver brads embossed with white e.p.