Sympathy Card

I've just made this card for a friend whose Mum passed away last week. White gloss card with Stamp-It Dandelion stamped in white versacolor and embossed with fine white embossing powder. Have swiped light and dark blue chalk pads, plus a pink chalk pad over the gloss card and then rubbed it down with a tissue. Swiped a gold ink pad around the edge and then embossed with gold embossing powder. Image was then mounted on textured blue cardstock.

Ribbons

A quick card using Hero Arts ribbon stamp set and sentiment. Ribbons have been stamped with versacolor inks. Have used Fiskars scissors on the cardstock around the sentiment and raised it up with foam tape.

Well I'm exhausted after all of these posts!! I find it easier to upload a few cards in one hit - but I had quite a few I needed to upload this time.

Jamaican Forget-Me-Not

You may have worked out I'm addicted to Hero Arts stamps (as well as flower stamps in general!). Again all stamps from Hero Arts except the sentiment on the vellum card - this is from Stamp-It. Have been playing with the Marvy Markers again. The sentiment stamps have been embossed either in gold or black embossing powder.

More Flowers!

This design was in a stamping magazine - and I just had to make it myself!! I love how simple the design is. All stamps are from Hero Arts.

It is giving me some ideas to try out on other cards now. I like how the silver embossing on the torn vellum makes this card so elegant.

Dry Embossed Cards

Here's some more of the dry embossed cards that I did in a class a while back now. All stamping has been done with a sepia ink pad. Images have been coloured with chalks - as has the dry embossing. The flowers on the first two cards have been cut out and raised up with foam tape. The third card has a printed flower border raised up with foam tape.

Pretty Cards Take 2

Here's some more cards with the pretty stripey background. All stamps are from Hero Arts. Again have used the tri-coloured brilliance pad for the background and wavy word border, and Marvy Markers for the flowers.

Background Work

I've been playing with my new Aud Design stamps. I'm planning on making a card or scrapbook page with this background. Have been using the resist-embossing technique again because it is just so pretty!!! Will post the end result when I finish things up. Now I just need to wave my magic wand and produce a few more hours to stamp away in!!

Pretty Happy Birthday Card

I'm a bit disappointed with how this card looks in the scanned image. The cardstock border around the flower looks very blue compared to how it looks normally! Again I've used the Hero Arts stipes - this time with a tri-coloured Brilliance pad. Wavy Happy Birthday is from Hero Arts and stamped with the same ink pad. Flower also from Hero Arts - have used blue, purple, and pink Marvy Markers.

Again - I think this looks better in real life than via the scanner!

Birthday Card For James

Here's a card for my new brother-in-law. I haven't had much time to stamp lately - so this was a very quick card!! Stripes are from a Hero Arts stamp - have used blue and green marvy markers for the colour. Happy Birthday stamp is from Penny Black - inked in Denim Adirondack ink. I think this card looks better standing on the shelf! The scanner sort of harshens up the image a bit.