Feel Better Flowers...

When I was younger, an old boyfriend brought me flowers when I was really sick. He called them "feel better flowers" and they did just that. I am guessing that this card would have the same effect on the recipient.

I used the Field Flowers stamp set and the Express Yourself hostess set for this card. I stamped in Pear Pizzazz, Tangerine Tango and Crisp Cantaloupe.

Here is the really cool inside of this card! The paper was Watercolor Wonder DSP from the Everyday Occasions catalog this spring.

 

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Stampin' Up!'s Field Flowers & New Embossing Folder...

 We made this card at a recent workshop and was a sneak peek at the new Modern Mosaic embossing folder.  This folder works awesome for the folder inking technique.  You simply ink one side of your embossing folder, place the piece of paper on the other side so that when you close it, you do not risk smearing the ink and then run it through the Big Shot.  Out comes a beautifully colored and embossed piece.  With a blender pen and some ink, you can fill in any areas that did not ink completely.  However, for this card, I wanted some of the areas to not be perfect.  I then used a Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds in the colored areas only.  The flowers were then stamped in Wisteria Wonder and Elegant Eggplant.

Here is the inside of the card.  The sentiments come from the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set.

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Field Flowers; Thoughts & Prayers
Inks:          Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive
Paper:      Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Other:        Modern Mosaic embossing folder, Elegant Eggplant scalloped ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Technique Tuesday - Gradation Technique....

Do you ever have trouble blending colors or trying to make your images appear more realistic with their color?  If so - like I do - here's a great technique for you.  This technique works on solid image stamps.

 Here's what you need for this technique:

• Solid image stamp - I used the flower in the bottom right of Stampin' Up!'s Field Flowers stamp set.
• Two coordinating colors of markers - I used Blushing Bride and Poppy Parade.
• Sponge Dauber
• Cardstock

 First, color your entire image with the lighter of the two colors.

 Then color the areas that you want to be darker.

 I colored around the entire outside edge of the stamp as you can see in this picture.

 Take the sponge dauber and gently press along the area where the two colors meet.  Since my stamp was fairly small, I used the edge of the dauber as opposed to the center of the sponge.

 Huff on the ink and stamp your image.  Doesn't that look pretty?

 I then stamped the stem and finished it by doing the same technique on the small flower.

Here's the card that I made with the technique.  I think it is a great way of transitioning between two colors in your stamping.  Enjoy!

Stampin' Up!'s Field Flowers Stamp Set....

I CASE'd this card a swap I received from Mary Ellen Byler and made a change or two to make it my own and I really like how it turned out.  I used the Perfectly Penned stamp set for the sentiment and feel like any of the sentiments from this set would work perfectly on this card.  What you will need to make these card is:

• Field Flowers and Perfectly Penned Stamp Sets
• Very Vanilla, Concord Crush, Wisteria Wonder and Pear Pizzazz Cardstock
• First Edition DSP
• Beautiful Wings Sizzlit Die
• Framed Tulips Embossing Folder
• Pear Pizzazz, Wisteria Wonder and Concord Crush Classic Inks
• Crochet Trim Ribbon
• Pearls

Card Swap At Convention....

This card was made by Mary Ellen Byler who presented this year at convention.  She is a twenty-something Amish gal who is tremendously successful as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  She also has a great sense of humor!  I have heard that she travels to the library to place orders and get online to Stampin' Up! since they have no electricity in their home.  Truly an amazing gal!
Her card is made using the Field Flowers and Perfectly Penned stamp sets on Wisteria Wonder and Very Vanilla cardstock.  She used Concord Crush, Wisteria Wonder and Pear Pizzazz inks.