BLEACHED FRIEND OF MINE

Hi there,

This is a scheduled post today, as I am in Scotland at my son, Struan's graduation and then jumping down to Italy for a week to visit old friends tomorrow. I am sharing a card using the new Wild Rose Stamp Set 785 and sentiment from the Nasturtium 2 Set 783, from the June Reveal.

To begin, I stamped the Wild Rose image in the four corners of the black cardstock square in Versamark and heat embossed with White Detail. The leaves and petals were "colored" using an Aqua Pen filled with bleach. The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Black Detail and I just tore around the saying. I used three copper brads to attach to the center of the front.  Sheer gold ribbon was wrapped around the bottom left corner and was attached to the back of the panel. This was layered to Kraft cardstock, which was pierced.

A gold brad was dipped in Versamark and heat embossed with Black Detail. This was then wrapped around a little hand made bow and inserted through the ribbon to the back. The front panel was layered to black and finally to a white base to finish.

Hope you've enjoyed this quick share today.

Till next time,

Shona

SNS Butterfly Sympathy

Hi there,

Well, unfortunately I'm back today with yet another sympathy card. .... and even more unfortunate, is that it is for the same person. After losing her older sister just three week's prior, a dear friend has now lost her father. Absolutely devastating for her mother and the remaining family. This is what I came up with for my friend.

Using the Poppy Stamps Clara Corner die, I die cut and embossed two of the corners out of white cardstock. I inked one of the corner pieces with Memento London Fog ink. They were placed kitty corner to one another on a black cardstock square, popping up the center flower with a foam square, for a little dimension.

The sentiment (from Sympathy Set 579) was stamped in the top left corner with Versamark and then heat embossed with White Detail. The butterfly was die cut using the Memory Box Lunette Butterfly die from white cardstock. I applied Versamark to the antenna and heat embossed with Belgian Cream. The butterfly body was applied with Versamark and then heat embossed with Black Detail. More Versamark was applied and then I heat embossed from underneath the piece with Magic Speckle to give the mosaic look.

A piece of sheer, white ribbon was attached to the left hand side, before being layered to the white card base and the butterfly was added to the bottom corner with a foam square for more dimension. I decided to leave the card just like that, simple and clean.

I also made a card using the same Corner die, for my friend's mother. I used silver butterfly stickers for this one, and the sentiment is from the same Sympathy Set 579.

That concludes my share for today. I am trying to get several cards taken care of, before we leave on Friday for Scotland. We have my eldest son, Struan's graduation next week in St. Andrews and then David and Calum and I are headed to Italy for a week, back to Scotland for a few more days and then home the 4th of July. I'm going to try to schedule another blog for next Thursday, then you won't hear much else from me 'till my return.

Till then,

Enjoy the beginning of summer,

Big hugs,

Shona

CRACKED ICE TEACUP

Hi there,

Today I'd like to share another card using one of the new June Reveal sets - Roses Set 784. My grandmother used to have a set of teacups that had roses on them, and when I saw this new Roses stamp set - I began to reminisce!

I began by finding a teacup template on the computer, printed and cut it out. I put the template along the tent fold of card and penciled around the template and then fussy cut through both layers. The rose image was stamped in StazOn Black and was colored using my watercolor paints.

The background to the teacup was then sponged with Dandelion Memento ink.

The entire piece was applied with Versamark and heat embossed with Clear Detail. Applied again with Versamark and then heat embossed with Super Thick Clear, I repeated the last step again to get a nice thick coating on the teacup. The piece was then placed in the freezer for three minutes (well, I actually forgot about it - while I was having a cup of tea - so it was probably ten!!) Anyway, it cracked very quickly when it came out. You just need to bend it a couple of times to create the cracks. I sponged over the cracks with Distress Ink: Brushed Corduroy, taking a tissue to rub the excess ink off the top of the image to ensure that the ink just lies in the cracks. I then applied a last coat of Versamark and heat embossed with the Clear Detail to seal in the distress ink.

On to the background. I ran a piece of orange cardstock through the Darice Flower embossing folder and then sanded the raised pattern, to give a distressed look.

I stamped one of the single roses from the set on the inside of the teacup card and used the same watercolor paints to color. Memento Dandelion ink was again sponged around the background. The teacup was then attached to the embossed piece and a strip of yellow ribbon was attached at the fold of the teacup. This was then layered to a piece of white cardstock, edged with 1/2" Tear-ific Tape. Mimosa Sparkle N Soft was applied to the sticky edges of the base.

I stamped the saying twice in Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Detail. The two little tags were cut out with the Memory box Stitched Main Street tags, to represent the tag of a tea bag. I sponged the tags with Cantaloupe ink before removing the die.

A yellow and white thread was used to tie one of the tags to the inside of the cup. It was popped up with a foam square.

The other tag was tied to the handle of the teacup. I used three colors of Nuvo Crystal Drops, Dandelion Yellow, Ripened Pumpkin and Gloss White to decorate the cup and the embossed background of the card. This finished off my card for today.

I'd like to join in the following challenges with my card:

Our Crafty Corner: Challenge No. 10 - Anything Goes

Two Paper Divas Challenge: Tea/Coffee/Cocoa

Crafty Creations Challenge #317: Tic, Tac, Toe (Sentiment, Image, Tag)

Till next time,

Shona