Brocade gift set (cont.)

I did not get back to the gifts for my friend’s birthday until Friday night and then gave it all to her on Saturday without getting good photos of everything.     If I get a chance I will try and take some photos of the rest of the gifts.  I do have photos of two more cards which were part of a box of greeting cards.  I managed to find a nice woven box to put everything in.  (You wouldn’t know that the photos from the last post and these ones show cards from the same set as I have very warm yellow light in the first ones and cold grey light in these.)

The card above features a clear embossed flourish on vanilla cardstock with river rock sponging over the top.  To give the background some depth I stamped the flourish lightly and unevenly in river rock and did a little sponging as well.

You can’t see them very well but the three squares on the card above were embossed with the cuttlebug using one of the formal squares folders.  The design co-ordinated so well with the background designer paper that I didn’t add anything else.

Supplies:

Stamps:With Gratitude, Baroque motifs
Inks: River Rock, versmark
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, River Rock
Also: Brocade Backgrounds designer paper,  formal squares embossing folder

Brocade gift set

A dear friend of mine has a birthday next weekend, so I am working on some co-ordinating gifts.  These two cards will be part of a box of cards with different greetings.  I haven’t worked out exactly what the other gifts will be, other than one will definitely involve chocolate.  I took my inspiration from some of the colours of her house and her love of old things.  As you can see these two cards have minimal stamping, the design is in the co-ordinating papers.  I will post some more during the week as I get them made.

Supplies:

Stamps: All Year Cheer, Baroque motifs, Hugs & Wishes
Inks: River Rock
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, River Rock
Also: Brocade Backgrounds, Lace

Soft subtle spots

Here is another card that just grew out of a random idea. I noticed my new circle punch sitting in the drawer and decided to punch out some holes and use it as a stencil. I sponged with Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue and Pretty in Pink and realised that I need to turn it into a baby card. As you can see there isn’t much to the card, some spots, a word and some ribbon, it’s all in the co-ordinating colours.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hugs and Wishes
Inks: Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Whisper White,Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink
Also: Pink and Blue gingham ribbons, 1/2′ circle punch

Black, white and green

Sharon issued another great stamp simply challenge last week at No Time to Stamp. We had to complete our project using black, white and one other colour. I chose Certainly Celery. This was one of those cards which just evolved as I stamped. After I stamped the background stamp from Boho Backgrounds it made me think of a piece of dress fabric so I added a ’sash’ and a ‘buckle’. Once again I found a sentiment in the rub-ons. It is worth buying the rub-ons just for all the extra words and greetings.

Supplies:

Stamps: Boho Backgrounds
Inks: Black
Cardstock: Whisper White, Black, Certainly Celery
Also: Cherished memories rub-ons