Summer Roses

Another watercolored rose using the Fifth Ave. Floral set! This is a set I fall in love with every time I use it!

~Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral.

~Paper: Confetti White base card, Shimmery Wt. CS, Paisley Petals DSP.

~Ink: Versa Mark, Cherry Cobbler refill ink.

~Accessories: Heat Gun, White Embossing Powder, Water Color Brush, Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Celery Ribbon, Lace Trim, Organza Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals.

Flower Garden

For the Flower on today's card, I embossed the image on Shimmery CS with Versa Mark ink and White Embossing powder and then watercolored it using Pumpkin Pie and Tangerine Tango refill inks and a small watercolor brush!

~Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral.

~Paper: Whisper Wt. CS, Shimmery Wt. CS, Paisley Petals DSP.

~Ink: Versa Mark, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Espresso.

~Accessories: Heat Gun, Wt. Embossing Powder, Watercolor Brush, Basic Pearls, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Peach Ribbon.

Paper Ruffles

I actually CASED this layout from a catalog and added just a couple of changes! I loved the idea of a paper ruffle so I used a piece of Botanical Gazette DS paper for the ruffle. Really a simple card, I punched 1/4" holes above each scallop and sponged the edges of the Pear Pizzazz DS paper with Pear ink. Added a distressed edge to the main image instead of framing it.

~Stamps: Fifth Ave. Floral, Teeny Tiny Wishes.

~Paper: Crumb Cake base card and scallop layer, Pear Pizzazz DS paper background, Confetti Cream CS, Botanical Gazette DS paper, Pink Pirouette CS

~Ink: Basic Black, More Mustard marker.

~Accessories: Pink Satin Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch, Basic Pearls, Aqua Painter, Crayons, Vintage Brads, Modern Label Punch, Distressing tool.

Easel Valentines

I love Valentine's Day! These were my swaps for my stamp group, I made the 5 layer heart buttons and then decided on the roses! LOL~ Usually we make the card first and then add an accessory or two but I made the buttons first, go figure!

So for these cards I made them 4 x 4 square and stamped the roses on Shimmery wt. C/S and then water colored with the aqua painter and re-inker drops on a paper plate. I will post the directions for the 5 layer button this week so if you don't allready have that, check back!

Supplies: Stamps: Fifth Ave. floral, Holiday Best (hostess) Paper: Pretty in Pink C/S, Real Red C/S, Shimmery White C/S, Sending Love DS specialty paper Inks: Basic Black, Markers: Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Regal Rose, Re-inkers: Real Red, Pretty in Pink. Accessories: Wide Oval and Scallop Oval and Pinking Hearts Border Punches, Bold Brights brads. For the button I used the Heart to Heart punch, crystal effects and Linen Thread.

Watercolor Rose

I actually made this card to coordinate with my Shades of Spring Paper Button! LOL  I touched the water color paper the greeting is stamped on with my aqua painter that still had some green on it. So I added touches all over it with green to make it look like I planned it that way. That's the great thing about Hand Stamped, if you make a mistake you can often do the same thing on the other side and turn it into a work of art! For this I masked off the stamped rose and stamped the leaves with Always Artichoke ink. I stamped two more extra leaves on a seperate scrap of watercolor paper and cut them out to layer against the rose. This SU watercolor paper is so awesome! I love to color with my markers inside an area and then wash over it with my wet brush, the color spreads so nicely with no Marker lines! Supplies used: Stamps: Fifth Ave. Floral, Le Jardin Botanique, Teeny Tiny wishes. Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, Watercolor Paper. Ink: Stazon Black pad, Markers: Old Olive, Orchid Opulence, Certainly Celery, More Mustard and Bashful Blue. Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Ribbon, Modern Label Punch, Linen Thread, Aqua Painter

Card Beading

Today's Card uses the SU Silver beads! Micro and Bungle. The SU bead duo assortments are perfect for Cards & Scrapbook pages! Offering no bulk for mailing too! They come in 6 different colors: Pink, Blue, Green, Orange, Red and Silver. I really love these beads and the unique look they offer so I'm going to try to post a project using them over each of the next few days! How fun! I embossed the flowers from Fifth Ave. Floral set on shimmery C/S with versa mark ink and silver powder. I used SU markers to color the flowers- Markers: Apricot, Banana, Pumpkin, Mustard. The aqua painter was used to fill in the darker colors, direct from the pen. Cut flowers out. I stamped the background with the new Vintage vogue set from the Occasions mini with silver Encore ink. The greeting is from Teeny tiny wishes set stamped with silver Encore ink. I also stamped with Silver & Black inks Punpkin Pie C/S and punched out the wide oval. Punch out the label with Brushed silver C/S and use the white gel pen for the dots.The centers of the flowers are the Micro Silver beads applied with Crystal effects and the corner and variously applied beads are the Bungle small beads applied with Crystal effects!