Freshly Made #70

Hi there

It is has been a lovely mild Australia Day long weekend here in Melbourne.  However, as I listen to the radio,  my thoughts have been with those elsewhere on the eastern seaboard battling bushfires and heartbreaking floods once again.  Nature can be beautiful and extreme.

Today I have a card for this week's Freshly Made Sketch #70, using some more of the new goodies from the Seasonal Mini Catalogue that commences on 1 February, 2013 - that's less than one week away! It's a great sketch this week from Rita.

I have used another pair of designer papers from the new 'Print Poetry' paper stack. If this is the only thing you purchase from the new Seasonal Mini Catalogue, you will have a wealth of options for cardmaking.  The co-ordinating colours for this pair are Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, a touch of Gumball Green and I've used some Marina Mist as well.

The other new item is the lovely Vanilla 5/8" Flower Trim that is made up of soft organza rolled flowers on a netting base.  You can use it in a strip as a trim or as I have done by trimming off the individual flowers and clustering them together.  I love the softness and it is only about 1/4" high.

 

For the inside, I have used the 'Everything Eleanor' stamp set  to continue the floral theme.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Everything Eleanor, Vintage Verses (2013 Sale-a-bration)
Card stock & Papers	Midnight Muse, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, Print Poetry Paper Stack, In Colour Pattern Stack
Ink	Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Basic Pearls, Vanilla 5/8" Flower Trim
Tools	Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Scribbles Swirls Sizzlit (retired), Finishing Touches Edgelit, Big Shot, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Doily Lace punch (not SU), Dimensionals, Tombow glue

Thanks for looking!

ETA:  Thank you to Linda C for choosing this card as a 'Perfect Princess' this week.

Freshly Made #69

Hi there

It is a gorgeously cool and sunny day here in Melbourne.  So nice after the recent heat.  Today I have a bold masculine card for you based on this week's Freshly Made #69 sketch from Linda. I was inspired by some of the products I was able to preorder from the new Seasonal Catalogue that commences on 1 February 2013.  Lots of yummy things in there to get you inspired.  This is Linda's sketch.
The DSP is from a new paper stack called 'Print Poetry', which has a fabulous selection of small prints perfect for card making.  I love that there is so little waste with these new paper stacks.  The spotted paper with Midnight Muse, Marina Mist, Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla caught my eye and I decided to (voluntarily!) make a masculine card.  I have paired it with Midnight Muse embossed with the Chevron folder.  The embossing folder was brayered with Midnight Muse ink first, which gives an extra dimension to the end result.

The centre frame is from the new 'Just Thinking' single stamp.  It has a lovely friendship sentiment in the centre, but not what I wanted for a masculine card, so I have replaced it with one from the 'Word Play' stamp set.  The other new item is the big bold silver metal buttons that I have 'threaded' with narrow strips of cardstock.

For the inside of the card, I have used the 'Up, Up & Away' stamp set as I think it pairs well with the 'wish big' sentiment.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Just Thinking (New), Word Play, Up, Up & Away
Card stock & Papers	Summer Starfruit, Marina Mist, Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, Print Poetry Paper Stack (New), In Colour Pattern Stack
Ink	Midnight Muse, Marina Mist, Summer Starfruit, Soft Suede
Accessories	Summer Starfruit Stitched Satin ribbon, Designer Silver Basics Buttons (New)
Tools	Window Frames Framelits, Chevron Embossing Folder, Finishing Touches Edgelits, Circle Nestabilities, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Stampamajig, Sponge dauber, Glue dots

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend.

ETA:   Thank you to Linda C for choosing this card as a Perfect Princess this week.

More Freshly Made #64

Hi again

I have a second card for you, using the Freshly Made #64 sketch.  This is card uses one of the prints from the Festival of Prints DSP pack for the background and matching colours Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade & Very Vanilla.

I've inked up the a la carte 'Quint-Essential Flower' stamp for the first time.  This isn't a Christmas stamp, but works well layered up in traditional Christmas colours. The sentiment was embossed in Early Espresso as it blends better with these colours than black.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Quint-Essential Flower, More Merry Messages
Card stock & Papers	Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla (smooth & textured, retired), Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake, Festival of Prints DSP
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Versamark
Accessories	Basic Rhinestones
Tools	Finishing Touches Edgelits, Big Shot,  2 3/8"  & 1 3/4" Scallop Circle punches, 1/2" & 3/4" Circle punches, Corner Rounder punch, Dimensionals, Early Espresso embossing powder, Heat gun, Crimper

Thanks for stopping by.

Freshly Made #64

Hi there

Yet another Christmas card for you today, using this week's great Freshly Made #64 sketch from Cindy. Can you believe it, tomorrow it will be 2 weeks until Christmas day?  Time to send some cards, I think. Here is the sketch:

I coloured the Christmas bells image from the 'Bells & Boughs' stamp set with Copics a while ago and have been waiting for the right opportunity to put it to use.  I wanted to keep this card light and bright to go with the vibrant image.  I've added some gold sparkle this time, to match the gold coloured bells.

Project Details
Stamps	Bells & Boughs, More Merry Messages
Card stock & Papers	Real Red, Gumball Green, Whisper White, Gold Glitter card (not SU)
Ink	Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories	None
Tools	Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Petals a Plenty Embossing folder, Big Shot, 2" Circle Punch (not SU),  Dimensionals, Copics, White Gel Pen, White embossing powder, Heat gun

Have a nice day.

ETA: Many thanks to the DT for choosing this card for a Perfect Princess award.

Freshly Made #63

Hi there

I have another Christmas card for you today based on this week's Freshly Made Sketch #63 from Rita.  Here is the sketch.

I have flipped the sketch horizontally for this card, keeping it very clean and simple agin .  I love the sentiments from 'Greetings of the Season' stamp set for the lovely classic fonts. I have added a tiny red nose to the reindeer as well,  by colouring a rhinestone with a Copic marker.

 

 

Project Details
Stamps	Greetings of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla (smooth & textured, retired), Soft Suede (textured, retired), Champagne Glimmer paper, Festival of Prints DSP, Brushed Gold Metallic
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Basic Rhinestones, 1mm Rhinestone (not SU)
Tools	Framelits Labels die, Nestabilities Oval die, Ovals Bigz Die (retired), Leaping Deer die (not SU), Oval  Designer Frames embossing folder, Big Shot,  Wide Oval punch, Dimensionals, Clear embossingg powder, Heat gun

Thanks for stopping by.