Marry Me!

Not literally you understand..... Hello today's card uses stamps from Stampin' Up's Marry Me set and I couldn't think of a title other than Wedding! This card was made for a friend of mine in Florida, who got married earlier this year. I was unable to make the wedding but luckily I did get to see the happy couple when visiting my sister recently.

The main image was stamped onto Stampin' Up! Whisper White card in Versamark and then covered in sticky stuff embossing powder and set with a heat gun. I then covered the image in Frosted Leaves gilding flakes and die cut it using Spellbinders Nestabilities Blossom Three.

This was then layered onto a card base from my stash, on which I placed a strip of Stampin' Up! Whisper White Organza ribbon, trimmed to the shape of the card.

I decorated the top left and bottom right corner of the card with a flourish cut from Whisper White card using Spellbinders Die D-Lites Fantastic Flourish One.

 

I added a couple of Stampin' Up! Pearl Basic Jewels. The sentiment also comes from the Marry Me set and was heat embossed in silver, and die cut using one of the tags from Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags Two, and topped of with two more Pearl Basic Jewels.

 

 

 

 

I placed the sentiment to the bottom left of the card, and added a few more pearls to the top right to balance the look.

 

I finished the card by stamping in Stampin' Up Basic Gray a quote from William Shakespeare, also from the Marry Me set, on the inside of the card, along with the flowers from the same set.

 

 

 

 

Tip: When heat embossing first cover your card with talcum powder as this will help prevent stray bits of embossing powder sticking to your card.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Angela

 

Ingredients

 

Stamps: Stampin' Up! Marry Me (retired)

Ink: VersaMark, Stampin' Up! Baisc Gray

Card: Stampin' Up! Whisper White, card base

Other: Spellbinders dies, Stampin' Up! Pearl Basic Jewels, embossing powder-Sticky Stuff, Frosted Leaves gilding flakes

 

 



Fishes and Coral

Hello everyone I hope you are enjoying the tennis, even if you are not a fan you have to agree that this year's Wimbledon has thrown up all sorts of surprises.

I have another thank you card to show you today, I really do make other cards as well, and will be show casing more of them very soon. Here is today's card:

 

I've used Clarity Tropical Fish 3 and Clarity Coral. Using Clarity's Theuva card I stamped the fish in Adirondack Black, masked it with a post-it note and then stamped the coral in Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral. I then coloured the image using a selection of Stampin' Up! marker pens.

 

 

I used the large Thank You stamp from Clarity and stamped it in Adirondack Black. Theuva card was then layered onto Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral card before being mounted on a card base from my stash.

 

 

I have a number of ideas for these stamps which I hope to be able to show at some point. I don't seem to have a great deal of time for stamping at the moment and with a stack of ideas to get through it is quite frustrating. I hope to be able to remedy the situation somewhat this weekend.

 

Thank you for stopping by

 

Angela

 

Ingredients

 

Stamps: Clarity Tropical Fish 3, Coral, Large Thank You

Ink: Adirondack Black, Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral

Card: Clarity Theuva Card, Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral

Other: Selection of Stampin' Up! Markers, card base

 

A Boating Thank You

Hello and welcome to today's blog. A couple of posts back I mentioned I had been busy making thank you cards. Today I'm showing you the one I made for my brother-in-law - Brad. His first love (next to my sister!) is the water and in particular being on his boat on the Gulf. I have to say that it's great fun and one of the things I look forward to doing whenever I visit my sister in Florida. As well as seeing her of course!

 So what better image to use than that of a boat:

The main image is Clarity's Boat stamp, which has been stamped onto Stampin' Up! whisper white card using Stampin' Up! pool party ink. The sea was added using one of the stamps from the Clarity Remountable Texture stamp set, again in pool party. The completed image was layered onto Stampin' Up! pool party card. You can see the sea a little clearer on this image.

I added a banner to the left of a larger piece of whisper white card made using paper from Stampin' Up! DSP In color 2012/2014 for the base which has been topped by paper from docrafts Papermania Ahoy There! paper pad.

The sentiment is the Clarity large Thank You stamp, stamped in pool party, before the smaller image was added to the larger white card which was then layered onto a card base in pool party.

Pool Party is a lovely colour and always reminds me of water.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Angela

Ingredients

Stamps: Clarity Boat ( BOAT-F), Remountable Texture stamp set ( REMTEX-J), Large Thank You ( MG019-D)
Card: Stampin' Up! Pool Party, Whisper White, In Color 2012/2014 Designer Series Paper
Ink: Stampin' Up! Pool Party
Other: docrafts Papermania Ahoy There! paper (6 x 6)

Happy Anniversary

Hello! As I mentioned yesterday, I made two cards for the Clarity Stamp Challenge but had a problem finishing one of them. In a moment of clarity I thought of turning the small 5 inch square card into an easel card! I just couldn't see it at the time - but I guess we all have moments like that.

I stamped the Clarity Calla Lilly onto Clarity Theuva card in Versamark and then used Stampin' Up! embossing powder in silver and heat embossed the image.

The card was then die cut using one of the dies from Spellbinders Decorative Labels One and layered onto Stampin' Up! bashful blue card, which had been die cut the smallest die from Spellbinders Grand Decorative Labels One. The whole was then adhered to the bottom half of a white card I had in my stash. The sentiment from Clarity's Remountable Happy Words was stamped using Distress Ink Black Soot onto Theuva card. The corners were rounded and layered onto bashful blue card which also had the corners rounded.

The sentiment was then adhered to the inside of the card at an angle, using foam tape to give height and to hold the easel part of the card.

As I mentioned yesterday, I haven't decided which of the two anniversary cards I will send to my parents for their 56th Wedding Anniversary.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Angela

Ingredients

Stamps: Clarity Calla Lilly, Remountable Happy Words
Ink: Versamark, Distress Ink Black Soot
Card: Clarity Theuva card, Stampin' Up! Bashful Blue
Other: Stampin' Up! Silver Embossing Powder, Spellbinders Decorative Labels One, Grand Decorative Labels One, We R Memory Keepers Cropadile Corner Chomper, foam tape

Clarity Challenge 4 - Mr & Mrs

Hello everyone, I was very pleased to be chosen as one of the top 5 in last month's Clarity Stamp challenge with this card. This month's Clarity Stamp challenge is Mr & Mrs, and includes weddings and anniversaries. I've stayed with a straight forward layout again this month, mainly due to time!

 

As it's my parents' 56th wedding anniversary later in July, I thought I'd make a card for them. I'll be honest, this wasn't the original idea I had, that card I'll post tomorrow. I made a smaller card, and the sentiment didn't fit it properly, so I started again. I then had a moment of 'clarity' and came up with a way of finishing the original card!!!! Anyway back to this card.

I love the Calla Lily stamp and so I stamped it using Stampin' Up! basic grey ink onto Clarity Theuva card which was then die cut using Spellbinders' Labels Twenty-Eight dies. I painted the Calla Lily with a selection of micra paints to give the flower dimension.



I've tried to capture the shimmer from the paints. The right hand bloom is the right colour, the others have come out much darker, thought I think you can get an idea of the finished image. I inked the edges of the Theuva card with Stampin' Up! So Saffron ink and then layered the image onto Stampin' Up! Old Olive card die cut in the next size up in the Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Eight die set

The whole was then layered onto a card base I already had, using foam tape to give the card dimension. The sentiment was then stamped in Stampin' Up! Basic Grey ink and Stampin' Up! pearl basic jewels were added to the top and bottom of the green layer.

Mum and Dad look at my blog so this is a bit of a give away as to what their anniversary card will look like this year. Of course I could decide to send the other one I made just to keep them on their toes!!

Thanks for stopping by and good luck if you have entered the Clarity Stamp Challenge.

Angela

Ingredients

Stamps: Clarity Calla Lilly, Remountable Happy Words set
Ink: Stampin' Up! Basic Grey, So Saffron
Card: Clarity Theuva card, Stampin' Up! Old Olive
Other: Perfect Pearls Micra powders, Stampin' Up! Pearl Basic Jewels, Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Eight, foam tape

By the Seashore Layered Card

Those who know me well know how much I love to be by the coast. Just being by the sea for a few hours seems to restore me both physically and mentally. I have a number of cards planned to reflect the sea or coast line which I will post once completed. Today's card uses elements from By the Seashore from Stampin' Up!

To make the card you need three layers of white card and three layers of coloured card, including the card base. The coloured card measurements are A5 (card base), 12.3 x 8 cm and 9.8 x 5.5 cm. The white card measurements are 14.3 x 10 cm, 11.8 x 7.5 cm, 9.3 x 5 cm. Layer up the white card and hold in place with glue dots or small strips of repositionable tape (be careful not to stick the layers together permanently).

I've used the starfish and sand dollar from the set and stamped them randomly onto the Stampin' Up! whisper white card in Stampin' Up! pool party and indigo island. The images won't stamp perfectly, because of the layers, but any unstamped areas of the image should be covered by the coloured layers.

When you have completed the stamping layer the white card onto the coloured card (in this instance I've used Stampin' Up! island indigo card).

Here is a close up of how the layers fit together. I have added a sentiment from Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty Banners, and then die cut using Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty framelits. This was added to the top layer with foam pads. Before adhering the smallest white layer to the smallest indigo island layer I wrapped some Stampin' Up! poole party bakers twine around it.

I added an insert on which I also stamped a starfish in pool party to pull the card and insert together.

On my latest trip to Florida, to see my sister Gillian, we collected a few Sand Dollars from the beach. These had been washed up by Topical Storm Andrea. I love these creatures, which are flat sea urchins and the legend that goes with them is just as beautiful. You can read a version of the poem here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Angela

Ingredients

Stamps: Stampin' Up! By the Seashore, Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Stampin' Up! Pool Party, Island Indigo
Card: Stampin' Up! Whisper White, Island Indigo
Other: Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty framelits, Pool Party Bakers Twine, foam pads from stash

Humming Bird Birthday

Hello! As you may know from an earlier post of mine, I find making cards for my male colleagues challenging at times. Today's card was made for one of my mature friends and I thought I'd bring him some colour in the form of a Humming Bird:



I've used the Clarity XL Postage stamp and mask again for this card. I first stamped the postage stamp using Stazon black ink onto Clarity Theuva card. Using the outer part of the XL postage stamp mask to protect the outer edge of the card I stamped the Clarity large trumpet flower and the Clarity large humming bird also in Stazon black. I coloured the flowers and birds using a selection of Stampin' Up! water based markers.



Hopefully you can see that the flowers have a slight shimmer to them. This was achieved by painting over the flowers  and the bird with Twinkling H2Os, which is why I used Stazon ink, Adirondack ink would have smudged with the paint. The card's corners were rounded and layered onto Stampin' Up! Primrose Petals card, which also had the corners rounded. This was then layered onto white card from my stash. The sentiment from Clarity was stamped using Stamping' Up! Primrose Petal ink.

I also stamped the card insert with the Clarity large trumpet flower:

Thanks for stopping by today.

Angela

Ingredients

Stamps: Clarity XL Postage Stamp, Humming Bird, Large Trumpet Flower
Ink: Black Stazon, Stampin' Up! Primrose Petals
Card: Clarity Theuva card, Stampin' Up! Primrose Petal, white card from stash,  paper for insert
Other: Clarity XL Postage Stamp mask, We R Memory Keepers Crop-a-dile Corner Chomper, Twinkling H20s, Stampin' Up! water-based markers