SSINKMC31: Shades of Red

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create using some of the elements below. This month I went with three of the elements: Monochromatic, Single Layer, and Heat Embossing.

I grabbed four coordinating inks from the red family (Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, Rose Red, and Real Red) and went to two layering elements from a few different stamp sets. For most of the background images, I stamped off before stamping on the Whisper White sheet. This helped balance the colors and ink saturation. As a last touch, I heat embossed the edges of the large butterfly with gold embossing powder. A nice challenge for this week!

• Stamps: Kinda Eclectic; Timeless Textures; Botanicals for You; Watercolor Wings
• Inks: Blushing Bride; Melon Mambo; Rose Red; Real Red
• Cardstock: Whisper White
• Accessories: Gold Embossing Powder
• Tools:

Just for You Bundle

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card with a $50 bundle and Sale-a-Bration item. I just love the Botanicals for You stamp set.  The big bold greeting is perfect to accessorize. For this card, I stamped the "Just for You" sentiment in Lost Lagoon. I then made a mask by ripping some paper. From there, I stamped over the mask using the various pieces from the Botanical Gardens stamp set. Easy peasy! For a finishing touch, I glued on a Botanical Gardens Jewel.

Do you want to recreate this card? Buy the $50 bundle below and get the Botanicals For You Stamp Set (141234 Wood; 141237 Clear) for free!

$50 Bundle:

• Botanical Blooms (140757 $17)
• Botanical Gardens Jewels (140585 $7)
• Mint Macaron Ink (138326 $6.50)
• Blushing Bride Ink (131172 $6.50)
• Wild Wasabi Ink (126959 $6.50)
• Lost Lagoon Ink (133644 $6.50)

Items Used:

• Stamps: Botanicals for You; Botanical Blooms
• Inks: Blushing Bride; Calypso Coral; Wild Wasabi; Mossy Meadow; Mint Macaron; Lost Lagoon
• Cardstock: Calypso Coral; Blushing Bride; Whisper White
• Accessories: Botanical Gardens Jewels
• Tools:

SSINKCC30: Just for You

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the three featured colors. This combo just screams spring to me!

I decided to use my newest stamp set, Botanicals for You, a Sale-a-Bration featured product. This card is very simple, but has lots of detail and color. I hand cut a few of the flowers to give the card some depth. As a last touch, I added a few rhinestones for the extra bling!

• Stamps: Botanicals for You
• Inks: Wild Wasabi; Rose Red
• Cardstock: Wild Wasabi; Rose Red; Whisper White
• Accessories: Rhinestones
• Tools:

A Watercolor Birthday

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a birthday card. I decided to make a masculine birthday card featuring my new favorite technique (watercolor emboss resist) and my new stamp set (Botanicals For You SAB).  Watercolor emboss resist is a great new to me technique to create some great backgrounds. Simply stamp your image in Versamark and emboss with white embossing powder. Add a wash of water over the entire watercolor piece. Then drip ink onto the paper. The already wet paper will allow the ink to spread on its own. After it dried a bit, I added some more ink here and there to fill out most of the paper. To finish, take a paper towel and wipe off the excess ink. The ink should just wipe right off of the embossed section. Love this effect!

• Stamps: Botanicals for You
• Inks: Bermuda Bay; Pear Pizzaz; Versamark
• Cardstock: 2015-2017 In Color DSP (Cucumber Crush); Bermuda Bay; Whisper White; Watercolor Paper
• Accessories: White Embossing Powder
• Tools: Washi Label Punch; Aqua Painter; Heat Gun

Sunday Haul #2

A quick pop into Target for detergent and other house items and I came out with a calendar and some page flags. There were a ton of other One Spot items that I thought about getting, but I settled on just these two things.

My Stampin' Up order arrived this week. I picked up some club gifts and supplies for a few specific cards (they'll be highlighted on the blog in the next month or so).

• Blushing Bride Marker
• Bermuda Bay Reinker
• Pear Pizzazz Reinker
• 3 packs Extra Large Gift Box (not pictured)
• 5 packs 2014-2016 In Color Printed Clothespins (club gifts)
• 3 packs Kraft Grid Journal
• Another Thank You Stamp Set
• Wink of Stella
• Botanicals for You Stamp Set
• White Embossing Powder