BOUNTIFUL SUNFLOWER

Hi everyone,

Here today to share a recent birthday card I made using the new Sparkle N Sprinkle "Donna's Stylin' Sayings Set".

First I took the lines image and stamped it all the way down the right side in Versamark on glossy white cardstock. Then I did the little dots image on the left side. The entire piece was then heat embossed with White Detail.

Next I took blue, purple and pink Nuance powders and sprinkled them on the card.

They were then spritzed with water to make this fun background.

I cut the Poppytamps Bountiful Sunflower die from the piece and then cut it again from a piece of purple cardstock. 2 1/2" Tear-ific Tape was attached behind the aperture and then I placed the purple impression in the space. Dogwood Rose Velvet Glitter was then burnished in to the open sticky areas.

I stuck a piece of 3/4" Tear-ific Tape to the back of a scrap of the purple cardstock and ran the Ellentina Happy Birthday die through my embossing machine. 

When it was cut, I removed the tape backing and stuck it on to the background piece. A little pink bow was made and was attached to the back of the card front. I layered it to pink before the white glossy card base to finish.

This came together fairly quickly, so I think I'll make a few more to have on hand. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Please leave me a comment to let me know you did!

Shona

THIS AND THAT

Hi there,

Another snowy delayed opening this morning!  Wish I had taken the opportunity of another photo!!  It was very pretty!

Gillian, (when I crept in at 5.20am to tell her, so she didn't have to get up so early to shower) was already awake and just about out of bed and said -"I hate snow!!"  She had a singing invitational with her school choir and she thought they were going to have to miss it.  But they got there to do their sing thing - so everything ended up fine.

Calum, my 12 year old, who also usually sleeps in, was down in the kitchen at 6.30am asking why he didn't get woken up!

Anyway, after all the early morning kerfuffle, I managed to get a few stamping things taken care off, and got a few extras projects taken care of too.  Our eldest, Struan comes home from uni. next Saturday (YEAHHH!)  for a couple of weeks, and I really want to keep those two weeks as free as possible.

I am also trying to clear up my "scraps", so this turned out to be a good exercise for that:

The first one, uses a brass stencil (which I am still trying to find out if is still around) with Velvet Glitters from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  I had an embossed piece of Forest Branches lying around - figured that could be seaweed! A frame made from flocking, and a little Happy Birthday saying and I was done:

Still with the fish theme, I had a couple of purple fish and thought I'd mix it up a little:

A little positive and negative - this way and that way?

Oh yeah, and use a marker for the saying - that way you can start "Wishes" with an "F"!

Now the third card, was much more rehearsed!  Actually I cased it from April's Technique Tuesday from a while back. I had started it back then and hadn't got to finishing it.  I kept it monochromatic (which as you can see was my theme here).

Loved how it came out:

Thanks for the inspiration April!

'Till next time!

Shona