More Colour Mixing!

I'm really going against the grain with this card in my effort to use DIFFERENT colour combos! Although this one is quite subtle it is still using a mix of colours that I would usually steer clear of. I have used a base card of Naturals Ivory with a strip of Crumb Cake DSP, from the Neutrals Paper Stack. going across the card. I punched four 1" circles in Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive, Pacific Point & Wisteria Wonder and adhered these to the back of the Lace Ribbon Border, punched from Crumb Cake cardstock. This was fixed down the side of the card and a piece of Very Vanilla, punched with Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, placed alongside and the tiny dots were punched with a small circle punch. The sentiment is from Happiest Birthday Wishes and stamped in Pacific Point.

And another set!!

Ooooh two posts in one day and here is my entry for this week’s challenge at Simply Stampin' which is a ‘Sketch’ (see right). But before I tell you about the card I would like to say a huge thank you to the Simply Stampin’ Design Team for giving me a Top 3 spot last week for my Christmas Pillow Boxes, I will display the banner on my sidebar with pride!

Now onto the card – or should I say yet another gift set - using the very luxurious Brushed Gold cardstock, Mocha Morning Speciality DSP and Pines & Poinsettias stamp set.

First I stamped and gold embossed one of the stamps and the sentiment on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock which was then matted onto Basic Black cardstock. Two strips of Mocha Morning DSP and a strip of Basic Black, punched with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, were positioned onto a Brushed Gold card blank and the card topper placed on top. The ‘merry’ is from Pennant Parade and cut with the Jewelry Tag punch and some tiny Basic Pearls were added to the centres of the flowers. Of course I couldn’t just leave it there and had to make a gift box to match. This was made with the same products but using the sentiment from Just Believe and some Very Vanilla Satin ribbon to tie the top of the box.

Another Matching Pair!

I cut this card blank using the new Scallop Square die and added a piece of the Holly Berry Bouquet Speciality paper to the bottom half of the card and then covered the join with a strip of Real Red cardstock cut with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch. The holly leaves were made with Wild Wasabi cardstock and the oval and circle punch and the berries with a small circle punch covered with Crystal Effects and some Dazzling Diamonds. The sentiment from Petite Pairs was stamped in Real Red. I made the cone with the Petal Cone die in Wild Wasabi cardstock, stamped with the holly leaf from Pines & Poinsettias, and decorated again with paper from Holly Berry Bouquet Speciality DSP and Real Red grosgrain ribbon.

Gift set

It is my daughter's birthday and this is the set I have made for her. Bit of a butterfly theme going on here and this is not because she has any affinity with them, but purely because she wanted a memo board like the ones I have made previously! (middle right)

All made in Cherry Cobbler because she particularly likes red and I have used the Jolly Holiday DSP, which is now retired, for some of the embellishments.

The box (bottom left and bottom right) was made with the brand new Petal Cone die with the bottom points cut off, scored and made into a flat bottom box. I used the, also new, Scallop Dotted Ribbon punch to make a belly band and finished it off with butterflies cut with the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die and some Tiny Tags, cut with the Jewelry Tag punch. The money wallet is made with the Scallop Envelope die and  the embossed stripes on the birthday card was done with the new Stripes Embossing Folder and stamped with a sentiment from Perfect Pairs. I had great fun playing with all my new goodies and I'm sure you'll see much more of the gorgeous Petal Cone die - I love it!!!