Color challenge card

I made this card for the 2nd Fab Friday challenge.  It's a color challenge: Sahara Sand, So Saffron, and Basic Gray.

The card base is Sahara Sand.  I cut a Basic Gray layer (5 1/4 X 4) that I topped with First Edition DSP (crumpled and sponged with Sahara Sand and So Saffron) and Sahara Sand cardstock (embossed with the Fancy fan EF that was brayered with Sahara Sand ink).  I used Basic Gray taffeta ribbon over the seam, tied with a potato masher bow.

The flower is made with the Build a Blossom stamp set, Sahara Sand ink, So Saffron cardstock, blossom builder punch, and a neutrals glimmer brad.

The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Banners, stamped in So Saffron and Basic Gray, cut out with the Bitty Banners framelits, and tied on with white bakers twine sponged with So Saffron ink.

Happy stamping!

Inspired by clothing

At church on Sunday, one of the ladies in the choir was wearing a beautiful jacket that looked so spring-y! The colors were: Black, Baja Breeze, Poppy Parade and Daffodil Delight on a white background. It inspired me to make a card! I changed white to vanilla so I could use my First Edition DSP from the Occasions Mini. It's thinner, so it's perfect for layering! The card base is Daffodil Delight. The other DSP layer is from Greenhouse Gala and the level 1 hostess pack. I adhered them to Basic Black and ran them through the square lattice folder in the Big Shot. The stamp sets I used are Oval All (haven't used that in forever!) and Build a Blossom. The punches are: Blossom, large oval and scallop oval. I also used a Poppy Parade glimmer brad and Baja Breeze seam binding. I gathered it by pulling a thread from the center. Happy stamping!

Irridescent Blossom

Here's a card that I made for the March Creative Crew challenge on SCS. The challenge was to use Woodland Walk DSP or its colors: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi and Garden Green.
I stamped two of the blossom petals with VersaMark and then embossed them with Irridescent Ice EP. For the smallest petal, I inked the stamp in VersaMark and Crumb Cake before embossing. For the leaves, I stamped Garden Green onto Wild Wasabi cardstock.
After I punched the flower petals out, I punched them all with a 1/16" hole punch then put a Chocolate Chip brad through and fanned the petals out to form the flower.
Happy stamping!

Using my new stuff!

Almost everything I used on this card is new! I just got the Build A Blossom stamp set and coordinating punch from the Occasions Mini. I already love it! TIP: To punch out multiples of the petal, stamp them in a row and punch them out left to right.
I got the color combination from a blog. It was so unusual that I had to try it: Peach Parfait, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze and Whisper White. I stamped the petal in Riding Hood Red ink on Peach Parfait cardstock. After I punched out the petals, I stacked them together and punched a little hole at the end. A Peach Parfait glimmer brad holds them together, and I just fanned them out. The DSP is Greenhouse Gala, and the background is called Teahouse (new to me). I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of Whisper White, punched it out with the word window and then sponged Baja Breeze around the edge to make it stand out against the background of the card.
Happy stamping!