My Favourite Pair

Well it's a new day, a new week, and another snow storm to start it off.  Forecasting another 4-8 inches today depending how the system travels, plus we got 4 inches Saturday night.  But then again it is winter.  I don't mind the snow but it's the frigid temperatures that come with winter.  BRRRRR!!!

Well hopefully my card today will warm you up some, for those that are experiencing cold weather.  I'm using Power Poppy's latest digital image called My Favourite Pair.

After resizing the no-line version, I used my Polychromos and gamsol to colour.  This is the first time I've used a no-line and I really like how it turned out.

I die cut the frame in white, then did another one in a soft yellow.  I sponged some frayed burlap distress ink around the edges, then adhered it to the white frame. I also cut a floral border to run up along the side of the card.

I stamped the h.e.l.l.o sentiment in smokey gray versafine. I added some white gel pen dots to the mauve flowers, then added wink of stella clear pen to those.  Finished with some enamel dots.

Supplies:
Image - Power Poppy digital - My favourite pair, Penny Black - snippet sentiments
Ink - versafine smokey gray, distress frayed burlap, Polychromos pencils & gamsol
Paper - Cosmo Cricket - Fleuriste, bazzill yellow, white cougar 100 lb
Die - Memory Box - Fairytale Flower border, MFT Scallop Stitched rectangle scallop edge frame
Misc - enamel dots, white gel pen, wink of stella clear pen

Thank you for stopping by today.  Have yourself a fabulous day!

Pauline

A little bit vintage

Hi everyone.  Hope all is well.  I'm back today to share a little bit different kind of a card using some chipboard, distressing, die cuts, flowers,  and some washi tape.

I have had these butterfly chip boards for quite some time, I bought that at a rubber stamp convention about 5 years ago.  Yes, I'm a hoarder, and really I didn't know what I was going to do with them!

I knew this card needed to be a bit larger than what I normally make to fit everything I had in mind.
I started with the leafy die cut from Memory Box, cut this from some scrap basic grey paper I had laying on my table. From this I designed my card.  The designer paper layer is 4 1/8 x 6 1/8.  I distressed the edges using some distress brushed corduroy ink.  I then used 2 different washi tapes to put along the bottom of this panel.  I very rarely use washi tape, although I have been collecting them  just because they are so pretty - lol.  I love how this looks, it looks as though it is made on the designer paper already.  I then layered this onto a piece of cherry cobbler, then onto a piece of darker tan (not sure what this is called, I found a couple of pieces in my stash, but not in a package) and then this was all layered onto my card base of soft suede textured - 7 x 5.

For the chipboard I sponged some brushed corduroy around the edges then layered this over the leafy diecut.  From there I added some Prima flowers, and amber rhinestones. The seam binding ribbon was some I had from a while ago, but seem to match perfectly - color wise - after making the bow I added a basic grey brad to the center to hold it together.  To finish off I added some more amber rhinestones to the front of the card as well as a studio calico wooden bird.

I hope you like my card today.  I ended up making 2 more of these - one for my friends 60th birthday and the other for my sale basket.  This one I will keep for a while - sometimes I find it hard to part with certain cards and this is one of them.

Enjoy your day! till next time,

Pauline