Tulips

Wow! It has been a busy past couple of weeks! I decided at the last... and I mean last moment to participate in Stampin' Up!'s Artisan Award contest! That was a crazy few days! 10 projects!! It was a lot of fun! I learned a lot! I will post the pictures after the winners are announced! I have stamped a little bit since then, so I have some fun things that I will be showing you soon!

The card I am showing today was for a little girl's birthday! I used the Garden Whimsy set. One of my favorites! I colored the tulip with an elegant eggplant marker and then stamped it off for a lighter color then I used marker again around the edges. I colored in the stem with an old olive marker. I did this three times on to whisper white card stock. I then used the Stampin' Pastels old olive for the ground. I also used the 2-way glue and Dazzling Diamonds on the tulips for some fun sparkle! I layered this on to elegant eggplant cs. I added a strip of whisper white cs that had been punched with the scallop edge punch. I placed this onto a close to cocoa card stock.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a very creative day!!!



P.S. I almost forgot to tell you that a card I made was chosen by the talented Dawn McVey for her Raspberry Suite Color Challenge for Week 3! Check it out here "In The Spotlight- Week 3" (I am C) and the card here!!! I am so excited!!! Thanks so much Dawn!

Lovely Tulip

This was one of the cards that I created for the silent auction gift basket donation.

All products are Stampin' Up! I used the tulip from Garden Whimsy. I used pretty in pink, cameo coral, and whisper white card stock. The tulip part of the card was an extra piece that I had made for a swap. Click here to see how I made it.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!!!

Girl's 1st Birthday

A little baby girl in our family just turned 1 year old!!! This is the card that I made for her birthday!

All products are from Stampin' Up! I used one of my favorite sets....Garden Whimsy. Can you tell? It has been my go to set lately! The butterfly is so cute! And the number 1 is from On the Edge Numbers and the saying is from Birthday Whimsy which are retired sets. The background paper is from the Designer Series Paper, Flowers for You. I used pretty in pink and whisper white card stock. I used basic black and pretty in pink markers and classic ink pads. I stamped the butterfly twice and cut out the wings on the second one. Then attached them to the card with dimensionals. I used my scallop, 1 3/8, and 1 1/4 circle punches on the 1. I sponged the all three with pretty in pink. And I used dimensionals again between the scallop circle and the circles. I also used my ticket corner punch on the layers for the butterfly. The ribbon is regal rose 5/8 grosgrain. There is dazzling diamonds (and the 2-way glue pen...love that glue) on the 1 and the butterfly. Gotta have the sparkles!!!

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!!!

Garden Whimsy Swap

I made this card for a swap. I chose to use the Garden Whimsy set! It was for a 5-Set Sampler swap with my SU Little Debbies group. I used the card that I just made for a friend as my starting point! (This is the card.)

All products are from Stampin' Up! I started with whisper white, pretty in pink, cameo coral, and mellow moss card stock and inks. I also used the basic black marker and classic ink.

I created the flower, butterfly, and ladybug pretty much all the same way. I used my markers on the stamps. I started with the base colors on the stamp and then used the cameo coral on the tips of the flower and butterfly. Then stamped the image. I layered the tulip on to cameo coral and pretty in pink. I used my slit punch and a silver brad and sponged the edges in pretty in pink to add a fun touch. I mounted the butterfly on with dimensionals.


I used the scallop flower punch, 1 3/8, and the 1 1/4 circle punches to create the flower with the ladybug. I spong.ed the edges in pretty in pink. That is layered over a strip of mellow moss. The back ground was stamped with pretty in pink ladybugs. And for a fun touch I used dazzling diamonds and my 2-way glue pen to add some glitter to the flower, butterfly, and ladybug.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Tulip Whimsy Birthday

This card was made for a friend of mine for her birthday! Garden Whimsy is such a fun set to use!!

All products are from Stampin' Up! I used the Garden Whimsy and It's Your Birthday sets. I used whisper white, perfect plum and pretty in pink card stock. I colored the tulip stamp with pretty in pink, mellow moss, and coral pink (on the tips of the flower) with my markers. I used the Rock & Roll technique on the butterfly. I first stamped it in perfect plum and then stamped off to get a lighter color. Then I rolled the edges of the stamp in the same ink. I cut out the butterfly. I stamped the saying in perfect plum and used my 1 3/8 circle punch. I attached that to the scallop circle. Then I mounted both the saying and the butterfly with dimensionals. I layered the tulip with pretty in pink and perfect plum. I also used the ticket corner punch. The background of the card is stamped in pretty in pink and perfect plum.

I love how this card turned out! I love the color combo!

Thanks for looking! I also have been working on some swaps using this same stamp set! I will post that a little later! Have a great day!!!