Pink Scenery

 Hi there! Welcome back to my blog and my card for the Christmas Craft Creations Challenge.

Just to tie in with Valentine's Day, we would like to see anything pink in your creations this month!

So using different pinks, I set about my card. First I stamped the dotted background using A Stampin' Up set called Gorgeous Grunge. 

Both Memento Inks Rose Bud and Angel Pink were used for the background.

I think this idea looks best with a silhouette stamp, so I decided to do a little scene using a tree and two of the deer from a Simon Says Stamp set.

I had a Sparkle N' Sprinkle sentiment "Peaceful Wishes" that I thought would go well with the scene, however this was rubber, the silhouettes were clear mounted. So I put them on each side of the stamp platform, as I wanted to then heat emboss them with Sparkle powder. They were stamped with Versafine Clair Charming Pink and then heat embossed with the Sparkle powder.

The white stamped panel was mounted on to a layer of pink and then on to a white card base. An pink organdy ribbon finished off the card. Hope you're inspired to join in the February Challenge with us. Check out what the rest of the Design Team has for you and what you can win!

Till next time,

Shona

MUM'S IN THE PINK!

Time to get my Mum's Mother's Day card in the mail, as it is next Sunday in the UK. I started by sprinkling some Scarlet and Brilliant Red Brusho crystals on a wet glossy white piece of cardstock. .... then pink seemed to evolve! 

I stamped the lilies three times in StazOn black and cut them out using my Brother Scan N Cut (sure beats all that fussy cutting!) I then used three different shades of pink crayons and an aqua pen and colored the lilies. After they were dry, I applied Versamark all over them and heat embossed with Clear Detail. This gave them a lovely shiny look. I used a Sakura Glue Pen to apply Cyclamen Glitter to the petals and then some Dimensional Glue was used to add pink glass beads to the flower centers.

The Brusho background was cut with Spellbinders Crisscross die. I die cut the pink cardstock  with Spellbinders Branching Out. The lattice was attached to the back of the frame along with a piece of wide organdy ribbon before being layered to a piece of light pink cardstock edged with 3/4" Tear-ific Tape. Bubble Gum Glitter was applied to the sticky edges.

The two small heart brads on the tag were heat embossed with Raspberry Tart. The two glass heart buttons were heat embossed with Princess Rose. The dark pink button was already that color. The sentiment, from My Rose Garden Set was stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed with Raspberry Tart. It was cut and embossed with Spellbinders Grommet Tags, then sponged with Memento Rose Bud and attached to the background with the brads. The background was then attached to a white card base.

The white organdy ribbon was sponged with Memento Angel Pink before being made into a bow and threaded through the buttons. It is all attached to the card front with Dimensional Foam.

The lilies were also attached with Dimensional Dots.

Well, that's it for today. Early Happy Mother's Day to all you Brits!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

DRS #164: Use Buttons

In the Pink: For a Special Lady

Scrap & Craft Inspiration: Challenge #4 - Mother's Day

Craft Stamper: Take It Make It Challenge
Scrapy Land: Challenge 13 - use any brand of die that Scrapy Land sells