Thinking of You

Good morning! 

I hope everyone is having a great week. I love that my mom has her own office/studio full of stamp supplies... I am on vacation but still get to create cards. It's a win-win! 

For this week's card I pulled out Flower Bouquet, a definite favorite of mine, for a pink & teal "thinking of you" card:

 (Supplies - Stamp: (Great Impressions) Flower Bouquet. Ink: (Memento) Tuxedo Black. Cardstock: (Stampin' Up!) White, Pool Party, Strawberry Slush. Markers: Copic. Dies: (PTI) Edgers Die. Embossing folder: Stampin' Up! Letter stickers: Kelley Purkey for Simon Says Stamps. Other: Ribbon, buttons, twine, gems.)

That's it for me today. The kids and I are off to the zoo in a bit... hopefully we don't melt in the heat! 

Have a great week. :)

Floral Bouquet

Good morning! 

I just adore floral stamps. And I especially love flowers that can be used in a variety of ways: coloring, 2-step stamping, paper piecing. And this stamp by Great Impressions, Floral Bouquet, does not disappoint. For my card today I stamped the image once onto white cardstock, then again on to red and pink polka dot patterned paper. I cut out the flowers and adhered them using pop dots. I colored the leaves with Copic markers before adhering the panel to kraft cardstock.

 (Supplies - Stamps: (Great Impressions Stamps) Floral Bouquet. Ink: (Memento) Tuxedo Black. Cardstock: (Papertrey Ink) Kraft, Ripe Avocado. Patterned Paper: (Papertrey Ink) Pure Poppy Patterned Paper Pack. Letter stickers: (BasicGray). Other: Black and white twine, gems, pearls.)

Isn't it a pretty stamp? I just love it. :-)

And don't forget about this month's Heart 2 Heart challenge. You can find all the details here! 

Have a great week!

Erin.

Floral Bouquet

Good morning! I hope you all enjoyed hopping along to the Great Impressions Stamps and Paper Crafts Facebook pages yesterday. The Little Trailer stamp is so fun to stamp with! 

For today's card I used a new stamp by Great Impressions: Floral Bouquet. I used Copic markers to color the flowers and leaves, and I used a light gray Copic marker to outline the entire image. 

(Supplies - Stamps: (Great Impressions) Floral Bouquet, A Little Hello. Ink: (Memento) Tuxedo Black. (Ranger) Archival Ink Black. Cardstock: (Avery Elle) Celery, Raspberry, Fog, White. Patterned Paper: (Papertrey Ink) Limeade Ice Patterns Pack. Dies: Pinking Edger Die, Mat Stack #4 and Layerz Die, Turning a New Leaf. Ribbon: (Stampin' Up!) White Satin Ribbon. Gems: Hero Arts. Markers: Copic. Other: Vellum.)

I have a confession to make. I sketched this card out before making it (which I usually do), and I really wanted the flowers to be bright pink. I spent 10 minutes searching my office for my Copic markers when my hubby informed me that he already packed them up and put them in our POD for the move! I was so bummed.... I had a plan and my markers were gone! So I did what any reasonable paper crafter would do: I had my husband unpack them! He wasn't very happy with me, but my card turned out great so I think it was worth it. ;-)

Thanks for stopping by! 

Erin.