Dynamic Duos.....Warm Birthday Wishes

Happy Saturday Peeps!!!

This week at Dynamic Duos we have a great color challenge for you:

Primrose Petals and another color of your choice!

I went with Old Olive for my second color, my favorite green.

I used the Stampin Up SAB set called "Bloomin Marvelous".  I love this flower set and it makes such pretty cards. Of course you all know I love any kind flowers for card making!

I achieved the two colors on my flowers by stamping twice without re-inking the stamp.

I stamped several flowers and cut them out.

I did the same with the leaves using old olive ink. I stacked and arranged my "bouquet" of flowers on the die cut piece of whisper white. The die cut is from the Apothecary Accents framelit die set. The sentiment on here is from the Blooming with Kindness stamp set and is stamped with black stazon. 

The DSP is from the Patio party and Polka Dot Parade packs. I used some retired old olive taffeta ribbon.

The little butterfly is from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit. I added a bunch of basic pearls, on the flowers, the butterfly and in the top corners. 

Be sure and head over to the Dynamic Duos Blog to see what the rest of the team did with this color challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Valentine Greetings

Happy Friday Peeps!

So sorry for just getting this posted,  I have been busy with things and my poor blog gets neglected.

 Anyway this is a card I created on Tuesday using the COLOR CHALLENGE, this week on Splitcoaststampers. 

The colors this week are Soft Suede, Calypso Coral, and Pool Party.

I thought a bit about this before I hit upon the idea to make this card.

I had made a floral wreath on the card on my last blog post and so I thought I could do another one using these colors. 

I used my heart framelits to cut the heart shape into the base of the card which is
Soft Sued and then I embossed with the Woodgrain EF. I found out after doing this card  that embossing this along with the large heart opening makes the front piece a bit flimsy, so next time I will back it with another piece of card stock before cutting and embossing. I added a piece afterwards, trying to align it all up but it isn't as straight as I would like, not bad but not as nice as I want, so if you go to duplicate this you may want to use two pieces of cardstock glued together on the front. 

The flowers are all stamped and hand cut out using the Calypso Coral and Pool Party ink.

The stamp  set I used is of course, the Stampin Up Bloomin' Marvelous.

Don't you love how the flowers look against the Woodgrain embossed Soft Suede? 

The ribbon and button is from the Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button pack. 

I used several basic pearls for the flower centers and at the top corners of the front.

The sentiment is from the Grateful Greetings stamp set. 

I think it turned out nice but it is alot of fussy cutting so if you don't like doing that this card my not be for you...LOL!! 

Well, thanks for stopping by and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

Color Challenge....Forever Friends

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today I have a quick share for you, a card I made using the color challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers.

Such a pretty color combo this week, Wisteria Wonder, Rose Red and Pink Pirouette, with a dessert option  of Circles.

I decide to use a new Stampin Up  SAB flower stamp, you all know I LOVE this set, it is called Bloomin Marvelous and I can't resist a pretty flower stamp!

I did sneak in another color, I used some Wild Wasabi for my leaves, I tried to make my flower arrangements with out any greenery but it just wasn't looking right, so I played the rebel and added the green leaves.

The sentiment on here comes from the Stampin Up Friendly Words wheel, that I cut apart. This wheel is now retired, so I hope you already have it, cos this is a really neat section of the wheel and I like to use this sentiment when making a friend card and when I need to fill a bigger space in my main panel. 

I also LOVE the new Honeycomb EF from the spring mini, a must have. 

The base of the card is a 5 x 10 inch piece of Wisteria card stock folded in half.

BTW....

have you gotten the new Stampin Up Paper Cutter:

It is AMAZING!! 

I love mine so much, it has a wide base and you can measure and cut a standard size card without using the extended arm, that is my favorite part that and the fact the cutting and scoring piece is always in the cutting guide, no changing out when you need to score, so handy!! 

Anyway, back to the card. the next layer is Pink Pirouette. I then used some Confetti White that I embossed with the HoneyComb EF. The DSP on here is from a retired pack.

I then used one of the EF from the Delicate Designs pack to embossed the scallop strip with more Pink Pirouette card stock. I added some white ribbon between the layers and tied a double bow. I finished it all off with some basic pearls.

Thanks for stopping by today and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Dynamic Duos....Birthday Wishes

Happy Saturday Peeps!!

It is time for a new color challenge on the Dynamic Duos Blog.

This week is a Soft and Subtle pallet:

I am using a couple of items from the upcoming Stampin Up SAB flyer.

The flowers and leaves on here are from the Bloomin Marvelous stamp set and I also used a piece from the Happy Hello Simply Sent Card Kit.

The piece on the bottom of the card is cut from an envelope from the kit. I guess it was kinda a waste of an envelope, but I wanted to use this paper on my card and I can salvage the envelope with some other DSP, at another time.

I also used the new Honeycomb EF on the top half of the card, I LOVE this EF. 

I matted the bottom piece with some white card stock, I just laid the yellow piece onto some white and traced the design and hand cut it out. I distressed the edges of the white a bit to hide the imperfect hand cut piece. 

I used some retired whisper white satin ribbon across the two pieces. 

Be sure and head on over the the Dynamic Duos Blog and see what the rest of the team did with these colors! Sure hope you can play along!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki