Simply Stampin' meets the Friday Mashup

Two challenges in one today - Simply Stampin' which is a colour challenge using Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette and Marina Mist (more on this later!) and also the Friday Mashup which is a sketch mashed up with Versamark ghosting. Now I did try to do the ghosting technique with ghostly results (sorry ghastly!) so no mashup just the sketch. I thought I may as well use the colours in the SSC and that's where I got it wrong - it should have been Marina Mist but I had it in my head that it was Pacific Point so that's what I used. Never mind Friday Mashup I think I am suffering from Brain Mashup. Anyway onto the card - I started with a Soft Suede card blank matted with Very Vanilla which had been stamped with a flower from Growing Green. Tht tag is cut with the Two Tags die in Pacific Point and the overlay piece in Pink Pirouette with a piece of Soft Suede Taffeta ribbon tied around and a flower from the Boho Blossoms punch added on one side, the sentiment & spray is from Tiny Tags and punched with the Jewelry Tag punch. The flower at the top is made from 6 of the smallest petals on the Blossom Petals punch and 6 of the next size up, all in Pink Pirouette, with a circle in the centre. I saw the idea for this on Mary Fish's site, Stampin'Pretty, but my flower is very different from hers and much smaller. The petals were punched out and then I curled then round a scoring tool to shape them - I am pleased with how it turned out but it is very fiddly and time consuming so I don't think I'll be making many more :0) 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and come back tomorrow to see some really easy Disney treat bags.

Quilting with Scraps

A very quick post to show you a card I've rustled up for the Friday Mashup challenge which is Quilted Scraps. I had several scraps of the gorgeous Mocha Morning papers which, I have to confess, I haven't used since Christmas so I thought I would put them to good use. I punched 9 squares with the large Square punch and arranged them onto a Brushed Gold Square Scallop, cut with the Square Scallop die. A piece of Soft Suede Taffeta ribbon was tied around the panel before fixing to a card blank made with Naturals Ivory cardstock. A simple sentiment was stamped onto Very Vanilla, punched with a circle punch, matted onto a larger circle of Brushed Gold and placed in the centre of the card using dimensionals.A very easy card and an excellent way of using those scraps of paper that you never want to throw away!

Faux Mother of Pearl Mashed Up!

The challenge at the Friday Mashup is to make a project using the sketch (above) or the faux mother-of-pearl technique or 'mash it up' and use both. I decided to use both and came up with the card above.

I began by using the faux mother-of-pearl technique on a piece of Whisper White cardstock, using Wisteria Wonder and Pretty in Pink for the sponging. This was then used for the flower, cut with the Blossom Party die. the tiny flowers from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch set and the sentiment tag punched with the Modern Label punch. For the base I used a panel of Elegant Eggplant DSP with a piece of Whisper White matted on top which had been sponged round the edges with Wisteria Wonder and then a knot of the Scallop Dots ribbon was placed over the join (I tied the knot so the ribbon was on the plain side and not the dotty side) before fixing to a plain white card blank. The flower was mounted on a circle of Elegant Eggplant, cut with the Circles die and run through the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, and then positioned onto the card. It doesn't show up very well on the photo but the Faux Mother of Pearl is a lovely technique and gives a luxurious look to a piece of plain card - give it a go and see for yourself!

The weather here is awful today, rain and lots of it, so wherever you are and whatever you are doing have a lovely day and I'll be back soon. x

Easter Baskets

I am sneaking yet another post in today (5 posts in one weekend - now that's got to be a record!) and the reason for this is because I  popped over to the Friday Mashup challenge this afternoon and saw this

1. Make a project using the "colors Green & Yellow".
2. Or Make a "3-D project that's a Basket or a Treat Pouch".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Treat Basket/Pouch using the colors Green & Yellow". 

Now it just so happens that a couple of weeks ago I made these two Easter baskets that, quite by coincidence, fit the bill perfectly! 

Both are made with So Saffron cardstock and use flowers punched with an Itty Bitty Shapes punch, leaves from the Bird Builder punch and the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch either for or on the handle. The basket on the left is made with 4 Scallop Envelope die cuts and decorated on each side with an egg from Easter Blossoms, stamped in So Saffron and cut out. The one on the right is made with a Scallop Square, cut with the die, then scored and folded to make the basket (although it doesn't look like it in the photo, it is a lot smaller than the other one!) The sentiment is from Easter Blossoms and is punched with the Oval Punch and matted onto a Scallop Oval. 

All I had to do was to take some photos and, believe it or not, it had even got the green tissue paper in already!!

I have just seen the weather forecast and they say that this lovely warm, sunny weather is going to last until Thursday so, whatever you are doing, I hope you get the chance to enjoy it. Pop back tomorrow to see some more Easter cards which I have made for my grandchildren.