I plan on posting here in a couple days.  Don't have any new pictures to post as of now, but will soon hopefully.  Thanks for your patience.

Gina

Happy Watercolor

Here's a couple cards using the same layout and color combos as this card here.  I used the same stamp set, but changed it up just a little bit.   

 

 


On this card all I changed was the sentiment and I used my Old Olive marker instead of Bermuda Bay to color in the stem and leaves. 



 

 

On this card I used the watercolor "blob" (not sure what you would call that exactly) to color in my flower image.

Hope you like the cards.  Thanks for stopping by.

Gina
 

Honeycomb Crumb

Hey there!  It has been a long week.  Sorry I haven't posted anything.   Haven't really been making any cards.  I have been working on some mini albums or brag books.  Haven't finished any of them, but getting closer I guess. 

I'll share some cards I did about a week or so ago and just haven't gotten around to writing anything about them.   On my desk I have a basket that I put punched pieces or stamped/embossed, etc. images that I didn't end up using on a card or didn't turn out exactly like I wanted them to.  I was rummaging through it and found a Crumb Cake piece that was dry embossed with the Honeycomb embossing folder. I remember seeing this card/video here and thought hmm....I could use that piece for something like that. I also needed a birthday card for my sister, so this is what I came up with.  

I knew I wanted to use Bermuda bay because I had the ribbon and I just love that color right now.  Then I believe, (if I remember correctly) I got the color combo off of the Color Coach. Don't have it with me to double check.  But anyways...

I grabbed the Deco Label framelits and ran it through the big shot to cut the label shape in the already embossed crumb cake piece.  I stamped the flower image from Happy Watercolor in Stazon Black ink onto whisper white cardstock and colored the image in with my Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay and Cajun Craze markers.  I then tied the ribbon around the layer of crumb cake.  Stamped the happy birthday from Express yourself in Cajun craze on White cardstock and punched it out with the modern label punch and popped it up with dimensionals.  I then popped up the colored in flower piece and lined it up with the "window" and popped up that piece off of the Bermuda Bay base.  Ran a scrap piece of cardstock through the Butterfly embosslit (not sure of the exact name) and adhered one of the small ones to the card.

Hope you enjoy the card.  Thanks for stopping by.

Gina

Celebrate Soho

I created this card a while ago. I found a card on the internet that I liked the layout on, but it didn't use Stampin' Up! products so I decided to recreate the layout using Stampin' Up! products.  At first I wasn't sure if I like it....it was a little out of my comfort zone.  But the more I looked at it, it has now become my favorite card.   I have a hard time using DSP (aka patterned paper) on a card. I've been getting better at it though. :)


Supplies Used:
Stamps: Blue Ribbon and Express Yourself (Hostess)
Ink: Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Crisp Cantaloupe
Paper: Soho Subway DSP, Vanilla, Early Espresso and Summer Starfruit
Accessories: 1-3/8", 1-1/4" and 3/4" circle punches, 1-1/4", 7/8", and 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Summer Starfruit 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, Naturals Designer Buttons and Chalk talk framelits.


Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you enjoyed the card.

Gina

Framed Elegance

All Images (C) Stampin' Up!

Had this frame sitting around in my craft room.   It's been moving around with us for about 9 years....maybe more.  Bought it to put some of our wedding pictures in, but never got around to it.  So I finally decided to at least decorate my craft room with it or something. 

I knew I wanted to use the Eastern Elegance DSP, so I grabbed some coastal cabana cardstock and cut it to fit inside the frame (5x7).  I cut the DSP to show a little of the Coastal Cabana.  Then used the Happy Day Stamp Set to create the "focal image" and cut it out with the Deco Labels Collection framelits.  For the white piece I used the 2nd die (counting from the inside out) and for the smoky slate mat I used the 3rd die.  Well, actually I cut out the 2nd one again on accident, so I then took that and cut it again with the 3rd die from the set.  Ended up just gluing the white piece inside of the smoky slate cut outs instead of on top like I had originally planned.   Hope that ended up making sense.  If you have any questions I would love to answer them...just leave a comment or send me and email.  Thanks.


Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you enjoyed the project.

Gina