Mandy's flower

First of all I have some sad news to share for those that live in my surrounding area.  Our local stamping store 'THE PAPER PICKLE', is closing it's doors on Feb 23, 2019 after 15 wonderful years. I'm sure I can vouch for most of the stampers/scrapbookers that would visit Kims' store, it will be surely missed. So many great memories, lots of laugh and even tears.  I've made some great friends through teaching here, and hopefully our paths will continue to cross at some point. Wishing Kim all the best for whatever the future holds!

For my card, I'm back today to share another card from the Simon Says - Mandy's flower set with you.  Remember this card I posted a few weeks ago, well I had a couple of this image stamped out, so when I received my new Polychromos pencils (which I was just dying to try them out), I coloured up this image. again.

After colouring, I fussy cut it out and then layered it onto a piece of pink cardstock which was cut from a Flourishes die - Victorian oval template.

I stamped the sentiment onto some white c/s, cut fish tale ends and then added some fun foam and popped it up. Added clear wink of stella to the rose and leaves and then a few clear sequins to finish off.

Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:
Stamp - Simon Says - Mandy's flowers, PTI - sentiment from Painted Florals
Die - Flourishes - victorian oval template
Ink - black versafine, faber-castell polychromos pencils & gamsol
paper - Memory Box, pink, SU cranberry crisp
misc - sequins, wink of stella clear pen

Pauline

Using up Remenants

Hello everyone, and Happy Monday.  I hope you had a good weekend.

Today's cards that I'm sharing are using scraps from 'what's on my table'.  You know the stuff that you stamp but don't like or wasn't what you had in mind once you start it, then you toss aside.  Well, I have lots of those.  I have a few 'masculine' birthdays this month, so decided to go through my pile to see if I could salvage any of it.  I had success.

These were quick and easy, so here goes:

First card, I already had the leaf background stamp off (MFT stamps), and I already and the die cut Celebrate (MFT) inked up.  Added a few other elements and this is the end result:

My second card - I had the sponging already done.  Not sure what I had intended this one for, but I stamped Flourishes LLC - an image from Country Roads in black memento.  I then stamped a branch from Penny Black in scattered straw along the side, top and bottom, just to fill in the open spaces.
I felt it still needed something, so cut some scrap paper using MFT Flag Stax dies and added a brad. Not sure if the brad is a bit distracting from the image. What do you think?

I wish all cards were this easy to pull together. I'm off to enjoy the afternoon outdoors.  I'm off today, so need to get some much needed weeding done.

Enjoy your day!

Pauline

Spring has sprung

Good morning and Happy Monday.  Although it is raining out it is still a good morning, since I"m off today. It was a cold weekend, still wearing winter coat, hat & mitts as we ventured down to Pt. Pelee National Park.  It was a north west wind, which made it very cold.  But non the less we were able to see some migrant warblers at the tip.  We were lucky enough to see a Prairie Warbler (rare) but not a very good picture as it was gloomy and dark, but at least we can see we saw one! Some of the other varieties we saw were Yellow-rumped warbler, blue headed vireo, baltimore oriole, cape may, palm, black & white, warbling vireo, and a solitary sandpiper.

Since we are on the topic of birds, I thought I would share this card today.  I'm using an image from the Flourishes LLC set called Spring has Sprung. 

I stamped the image onto some white cougar 100 lb c/s, then coloured using prismacolour pencils.
I then cut it out using a Papertrey Ink die called Fun frames die.  I actually cut the rectangle piece a second time so I could layer it under the image piece for a bit of dimension.

I used my MFT- Die-namics stitched cover-up companion - vertical die to cut my designer paper - Pink Paislee- butterfly garden.  I used papers from the same collection for the 2 inserts.  Love how this looks!  To finish off, I added some silk ribbon, clear sequins and used my wink of stella clear pen for a bit of shimmer on the flowers.

This card could be used for many occasions, but I am using  it as a Mother's Day card!

I hope I have inspired you in some way today.  Have a wonderful day, and thanks for your visit.

Pauline

Vintage Hycinthia

Hi, I'm back today with another Mother's Day card to share.  I have so many Flourishes stamps that have never seen ink and this one in particular was one of them.

I remember my Mom always had these flowers growing in the garden, so pretty in the blue/purple tones.  I wanted to use this new paper pack so I went with a orange/red colour of flower.

I stamped the image using black memento onto some white card stock.  I then coloured the image using copics then used spellbinders labels twenty nine to cut it out.  I left the die in place then sponged some antique linen around the edges.

The orange/red layer under the image was cut using one of the dies from the MFT blueprints #15 set.
In triming the background paper down to size I made sure to leave some of the wording - like at the bottom of the card - let your beautiful soul shine - just love that.

Finishing touches include stitching, button, twine, glitter and some lace ribbon with blue velvet running through the middle.

Supplies:
stamp - Flourishes - Hycinthia
ink - black memento, antique linen distress ink, copics - E30, E31, E33, E35, YG01, YG13, YG67, R000, R00, R02, R05, R21, BG0000, BG 10
paper - white cougar 100 lb, SU cool caribbean, Prima - Bella Rouge, MFT - naturals
dies- spellbinder - labels twenty nine, MFT - blueprints #15
Misc - glitter, button, twine, ribbon

Thanks for the visit.  Have a wonderful week.

Pauline

Silhouette

It felt like winter again yesterday here in SW Ontario, we had snow!!!! and here I thought we were done with that.  It's cold again today -9C (-16C with the wind chill) but next week it starts to warm up again - lets hope it sticks around this time.  I see I have some of my bulbs already popping through the ground which is another sign spring is on its way.

Well lets get on with my card for today.  A few weeks ago, I wanted to try the 'smooshing' technique, where you apply ink to your craft sheet, spritz and lay our cardstock in it. It's amazing the different looks you get each time. Anyway I did up several using differernt colours, then never did anything with them.  

I had a request to do a 'guys' Easter card for a co-worker and I knew he loved to fish. The stamp set I gravitated to was from Flourishes - Kids Play.  The images in this set are all silhouettes so I needed some kind of background to stamp this on, and I just happen to have a smooshed background that fit perfectly.

See for yourself:

The inks I used for the background were - PTI - summer sunrise, berry sorbet, limeade ice, and aqua mist.  I then stamped my image using black versafine.

I used my wink of stella (clear)pen to add some shimmer to the water.

supplies:
stamp - Flourishes - kids play
ink- black versafine, PTI - summer sunrise, berry sorbet, limeade ice, and aqua mist
die - spellbinder square
paper - white, black, MME - hattie papers, Bo Bunny (polkadot)
misc - copper brads, wink of stella clear pen

See you soon, till next time...... have a wonderful weekend.

Pauline

Good luck to charm you

Hi everyone.  I was going through my 'picture' file to see what cards I have left to post and realized I never posted this card I made for a friend for St. Patrick's Day.  She want two cards, so I made them both the same since they were going to different families.

I have very limited St. Patrick's day stamps, but out of the few I have I always lean towards my Flourishes set called Irish Blessings.

Not a lot of explaining on this, used some dies, ribbon, stamps, sequins, paper and voila - done!

Supplies:
stamps - Flourishes - Irish Blessing, 
Paper - white cougar 100 lb, Basic Grey - Kioshi, kfraft
ink - versafine black
dies - spellbinder ovals, scallop oval,  MFT - blueprints die-namics #13 (for the stitched layer), Verve - Flourished Trim (for the scallop edging)
Misc - sequins, ribbon

I'm working on my card orders, so lots of cards to share. Stay tuned...
Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your day!

Pauline

SSSC #206

Hi.  I thought I would take advantage of doing this weeks challenge over at Karen Giron's blog -
Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge #206.  I very rarely ever have time to do the challenges that are out there, but since I have the day off, and was able to finish off some chores that needed to get done this morning, which leaves the afternoon just for me!

Here is the sketch :

 

For my image I'm using one of the stamps from the Flourishes set called Sunflowers.  This is the smaller version in the set.

Image was stamped using black memento, then coloured using copics.  Y21, Y23, Y28, YR23, G43, G99, YG93, E33, E59.
After cutting the sunflower out using a Spellbinder Circle, I sponged some distress antique linen around the image leaving the die in place.  Layered this onto a piece of dark amber/rust coloured c/s which was cut with a Spellbinder scallop circle.

Designer paper is from Prima - Sun Kiss.  I thought the card looked kind of plain at the bottom so I added a sentiment.  I used Just Because from PTI - Asian Fusion.  For the top part of the sketch I used a chipboard button.  I finished off with some glitter in the center of the  sunflower using my Wink of Stella pen, then applied a coat of Glossy Accents. I love how the glitter shimmers through the glossy accents.

Thanks for stopping in today.  Next up I will share a digital image I coloured.  Stay tuned.
Have a great day!

Pauline

Your one of a kind

Hey everyone!  I just wanted to say Thank you for all the visits and comments you have left on my blog this year.  It's people like you that keep me inspired to keep creating and sharing.

The card I created for today's post, is a total copy.  I was kind of in a rush - last minute request- for a 50th birthday card for her Mom just before Christmas, and I really didn't have time to get this done, so I went browsing through the gallery of one of my favourite stamp companies - Flourishes.  I have so many of their stamp sets, but this set is one of my favourites -Magnolias.  I found the perfect card that was originally created by Danielle Kennedy - you can see her version here - and this is my version.

Image was stamped on 100 lb white card stock (Cougar).  I then stamped it again on another piece and coloured this one with copics.  I then cut out a portion of the image and applied pop dots to raise it over the original image.   Designer paper is from MME - vanity fair - the blue layer is a piece of bazzill I had in my scrap bin.  Finished off with some cream lace, some silk ribbon from PTI and 3 prima flowers.  I added glitter to the petals and center of flower.  It turned out beautiful. Thanks Danielle for the inspiration on this one!

I have today and tomorrow off work, so plan on working on some more cards.  I have another order of 3 birthday, 3 wedding shower and 3 wedding cards to do.

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!

Hugs,
Pauline

Celebrate today

I made this beautiful card last week, so I thought I would share that with you today.

I would have to say besides Stamping Bella, the other stamp companies I love are Flourishes and JustRite.

Today's card I'm show casing a stamp used from JustRite called Poppies. For all you locals, this stamp set can be purchased at Paper Pickle.

I stamped the image on Papertrey white c/s, then coloured with copics. I used a s/binder labels twenty-eight to cut the poppies out, and then sponged some distress brushed corduroy around the edges to make it pop a bit.

Designer paper is Basic Grey - Serendipity.  This paper choice couldn't be more perfect for the poppies! Cardstock used was kraft and aqua mist (papertrey).

The tag was stamped with a sentiment from Papertrey Ink set called Mixed Messages, that was cut out using  a Flourishes die called - Classic Tags. 

Finished off with some beautiful cream chiffon ribbon, which has a been of sparkle sheen to it, as well as some pearls around the poppies.  I used a black spica pen for the centers of the poppies. 

I'm making this card for Mother's Day, to go in my sale basket.

Well, that's it for me, enjoy today, see you again real soon. 

Pauline 

Garden Picks

Hi everyone, hope you had a good weekend. I spent most of yesterday afternoon working on cards for my sale  basket out in Dresden, so thought I would share one of them with you. 

I used a Flourish set called  Garden Picks  for my card today.  I must say Flourishes is one of my go to stamp companies for all my 'nature related' needs.  I just love the variety of flowers they have and they are all so real to life looking.  See for yourself:

I started by stamping the image on white cardstock from PTI using black memento ink.  What I love about this set is that you have your choice of 3 different floral arrangements, you just stamp the jar and then insert the flowers you want!.

I cut the image out using a rectangle s/binder die, then layered  it onto a piece of cream c/s cut using Labels 23 s/binder die.

DP is from MME - Miss Caroline - Fiddlesticks. I used the flip side (mauve polka dot) for the strip along the bottom. Martha Stewart sea shell border punched was used on the edge.

Finished off with some lace, mauve seam binding ribbon (Flourishes), and some pearls.  I think I will put a Mother's Day verse inside this one.

Thanks for stopping by, have yourself a wonderful day.
Snow and rain in the forecast for today - YUCK!!!

I lift up my eyes ....

Goodmorning, how is the weather in your neck of the woods?  We have very high winds here started late last night, it felt like the roof was coming off the house, with all the creaking sounds, so needless to say didn't get much sleep, ended up going down and sleeping on the sofa.  Gusts up to 90/km, but they are suppose to die down sometime today to around 35 km.

As I'm drinking my coffee in my cozy little stamp room, I thought I would post a card that I made last week for my sale basket out in Dresden.  My ladies out there love 'inspirational' cards. This is what I came up with.

The sentiment is from Verve - Plain Jane stamp called
Psalm 121:1-2. The die used is from Flourishes.
This one is called Perfectly pierced classic hourglass. 
I love how you get a 2 in one - cutting and piercing all in one, and these dies cut like butter, so crisp and smooth edges.
Paper is from an older K & Co pack - Madeline - I've been hoarding this pack, all the papers are so pretty I just hate to use them - yes I have a sickness for sure - LOL.
Used a spellbinder edge die for the green on the bottom and for the green scroll along the upper left side, that is a new die from Spellbinders called  Shapeabilities dies D-Lites - Garden Weave, that I bought at Paper Pickle.  For all you local folks, Kim can order almost any of the dies/stamps from an assortment of different companies, so if you don't see it in her store she will be glad to order it in for you.
Finished it off with some lace, silk ribbon and lots of pearls.

Well there you have it, best get ready for Church.  I'll see you back here real soon as long as I don't get blown away!

Enjoy the rest of your day! 

 

Christmas Bough

Hi- just a quick post to share another Christmas card with you.  

My card today features an image from a stamp set by Flourishes called Christmas Classics.

I stamped the image on papertrey white c/s using black memento, then coloured using Copics.
I then cut it out using spellbinders marvelous squares, left the die in place and sponged some antique linen distress ink around the image.  Layered this onto a piece of sage shadow also cut from the same die set.  DP is Memory Box, which is then layered onto a piece of cherry cobbler c/s.

Added glitter and gold pearls for accents.  This was a very fast card, I think I will make a few more.

Hope your enjoying your Sunday.  Thanks for stopping by.

Till next time.......

Lenten Rose

Hi everyone.  Just  a quick post tonight before heading off to bed.  I was making some cards to take to Dresden for my sale basket tomorrow night and thought I would share one of them with you.

Have you ever used stamps by Flourishes?? I am in love with them.  Every month they come out with 3 sets and they are a must have.  The set I'm using tonight is called Lenten Rose.

Image was coloured with Copics and shading around the flowers and bottom of vase was done using prismacolour penciles and blended with gamsol.

DP is Basic Grey - Perhaps.  I used spellbinders large square die and large square scallop.

Finishing touches - stitching, glitter, lace and a bow.

That wraps it up for tonight.  This gal is tired. :)

See you again real soon, thanks for coming by.