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Great Dreams Card

I made this card for Splitcoast sketch challenge 209 and I am also going to send it away for a good cause. Jen del Muro has a challenge on her blog, i {heart} to stamp. Apparently a friend of hers works at a university with students from 50 different countries, DBU. They give the cards to the students but I'm not sure if the cards are for the students or for them to send home; either way it seems like a good cause. Be sure to read the rules carefully if you decide to join. Oh, and did I mention the awesome blog candy you can enter to win? I seem to be on a roll lately, I've won two blog candies in the last week. {{{ AMAZING}}} This is a good thing of course but it does mean there is no way I will win the big Kahuna prize of the Spellbinders dies! Not to sound ungrateful of course!

I love this image from Dreams du Jour. Not only is it a great saying, but it is so pretty! And of all images that look great coloured, it takes hardly any time! The layout doesn't really take much explanation, the flower was stamped in riding hood red ink on pink pirouette CS, the ink was spread around with a watercolour brush and it was attached with a foam dot. The ribbon is sewn with 4 stands of ordinary sewing thread and the thread tails are caught under the foam dots I used to pop up the layers. I would have popped up the image as well but I had to remember that this needs to be mailed and to the US at that! It already costs nearly a dollar to mail it, never mind extra charges for over weight or over thickness!

RECIPE
Stamps: Dreams du Jour
Ink: riding hood red, Stazon brown
Paper: riding hood red, chocolate chip, Bella Rosa DSP
Accessories: foam dots, scallop punch, markers, sewing thread- Mettler. All products SU! unless otherwise noted.

Elegant Flowers

This card was going to be at least  three different things. You know, you get out all of your supplies, plan A doesn't work, so you go to plan B, then C; by the time you are done, you haven't used three-quarters of the supplies on the table and you realize, "Oh yeah, I set out to make a baby card didn't I?" I actually had no reason to make a baby card other than for fun and to try out an idea and I suppose this could be used for a baby girl but I usually do more thematic cards. I did get to my final objective however, which was to try out at least one of my new Cuttlebug embossing folders. I love it! It embosses really deeply; next time I need to try it out on Core'dinations CS or on white core CS so I can sand the embossed areas. This folder is from a set of four small ones. One folder in another set I bought the same day had some space in the center and I tried putting letters in the space spelling baby but the embossing overwhelmed the letters...

I love how simple but elegant it is. I would have stamped the background, but I didn't think enough would show to bother with. Maybe next time I'll use a simple dot or stripe BG. Oh, I can't forget, this also works for Sketch Challenge TECC49. Too bad I didn't get it done in time to enter. {{SIGH}} Maybe next week.

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Paper: celery, white CS - SU!
Stamps/Ink: can you believe it? NONE
Accessories: Prima flowers, pearl beads - UK, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Set of PDQ Thank You Cards

This easy set of thank you cards was inspired by Lauren Meader. I basically CASEd them, same layout, similar colours, the whole shebam! I was really tired last night but had my cousin over to scrap so I had to think of something easy. Actually, not thinking was my preference! Even in tired, slow-mo mode, I got these done in less than an hour. I probably could have cranked out 6 of these in 30 minutes, which was a Stamp Simply challenge SSNOTIME66, if I had been quick!
These would make a nice gift presented in a matching box like  my post HERE. If I was planning on making more, I would make a template for placing the circles. It is harder than you might realize to get them even close to straight. You can clearly see the second card isn't lined up quite right.

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Stamps: Favourite Teddy Bear
Paper: riding hood  red, white and pink pirouette CS, Bella Rosa DSP
Ink: riding hood red
Accessories: grosgrain ribbon, foam dots

All products SU!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twinkling Tuesday Pink Champagne Celebration

Miss Madelynn really outdid herself this week. My nickname for this layout is LOL. No, not laughing out loud but lots of layers! I have been trying to go beyond my usual pink and brown flowery designs and to try new things. At the same time I am determined to use old stamps or get rid of them so I am getting out some golden oldies to see if they are worth keeping. This paper is old too, I bought this DCWV pad two years ago and haven't even use it once. It is a lot brighter than anything I usually pick, not sure what I was thinking! Since I am determined to use up some old stuff, I gave it a shot. Only thing I don't like is that the CS doesn't match the papers well. IMHO, everything in a paper pack should match perfectly or it isn't done correctly. Anyway, I kept layering, not knowing what stamp I was going to use once I got to the top layer. The layer that would look the best was tall and skinny (partly because I goofed made my card narrower than usual and partly to suit the sketch) and reminded me of these tall champagne glasses. The white layer is edged in pink marker. Celebrate seemed an appropriate sentiment.

Hope you like it Miss Madelynn! Want to try out the sketch? Go for it, then use the keyword MTTSC4 to upload on SCS or PCP. Be sure to see what the rest of the Twinkle Team came up with, links to their blogs are all on the sidebar!<---

Enjoy, Rebecca

 

RECIPE
Paper: DCWV, white CS - SU!
Ink: Adirondack black
Stamps: SU!
Accessories: flower- Scrapbook Sally, word window punch - SU!, foam dots, Copic markers, SU! pink marker (passion or pixie, can never get those two straight! The lighter one!) for edging and sentiment.