Thursday, April 28, 2011

New Queen... QFTD58

This week it's the Queen of Red herself... jdmommy (Anne).
You can play along with the Queen for the Day challenge that I host on Splitcoast Stampers



For this card I was inspired by Queen Anne's lovely bird card. I don't have any bird stamps like this, so I thought I'd use my bird punch! I got to have some fun with inked embossing! I sponged a paper flower and added a few layers of red floral fusion and an antique brad. The corners are clipped with the scallop edge punch. I made this card in CHERRY COBBLER in honour of Queen Anne's favorite color!



Here you can see some of the details better.



For this card I was inspired by Anne's beautiful flower card. I kept the layout but changed the flower stamp. I tried to add some shadow with a marker to make it look more realistic and 3D. The reds I used here are BRAVO BURGUNDY and RIDING HOOD RED. I also used antique brads on this one. The flower is actually cut out of the frame and I added a few layers and ripped one edge.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

New Queen.... QFTD57

If you want to play along with this challenge on Splitcoast here's the link for the QUEEN FOR THE DAY CHALLENGE

I made these two cards in honour of Benzi (Brenda).



This card uses the EMBEDDED EMBOSSING technique! Very cool technique - I love it. You just glue layers together and emboss all of it in your embossing folder all at once!





I really liked her fun layout and colors. I used Flower for All Seasons, Vintage Vogue and Elegant Thank You.



Hope you have a very BLESSED Easter and are overflowing with THANKFULNESS!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

New Queen... QFTD56

You can find the Queen for the Day Challenge that I host on Splitcoast. Anyone is welcome to join in and play along.

Here are the two cards I made for the new Queen this week. CarrollAnn (MrsBoz)



For this card I punched the bird and branches in black. I colored my medallion with markers and spritzed with water before stamping.



I used the sketch from this week (and flipped it all around) to create this card. I was inspired by her use of the Autumn Days set.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Spring Awash



I combined the layout and the colors from this week at Splitcoast. This card also works for this week's Stampin' Royalty theme - SPRING!



The stamp sets I used - Awash with Flowers, Four Frames and Hodgepodge Happiness.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Embossed and Colored



This card is for my upcoming class. I stamped and masked the Fifth Ave Floral set and embossed in white on vellum. Then I used different colors of markers to color on top. The embossing resists the marker, so it is really easy to color in the lines.



I embossed the Cherry Cobbler piece. The vellum is attached to the layer of Peach Parfait with 3 brads and ribbon around one corner. The card base is Chocolate Chip.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

New Queen.... QFTD55

Another 2 cards for our new Queen for this week. You can find the Queen for the Day Challenge here. I invite you to join us!



Wow, was making this lattice card ever difficult! I'm not sure I want to try again (at least not right away!) I sure love the effect though.



I thought it was appropriate to use a Fall-To-Layout from Clean & Simple Stamping to honour Queen Harriet this week. I just love the textures and colors.