My first WICKED challenge card

As I posted on Monday, we had our first WICKED challenge on SCS. Here is the card I made for the color combo. The colors are So Saffron, Perfect Plum, Tangerine Tango, and Kiwi Kiss. This is definitely out of the box for me! I did the Emerging Color technique. I think it's really cool-looking. I dyed the vanilla taffeta ribbon by putting it into a sandwich bag with a few drops of Kiwi Kiss reinker and a little water. I smooshed it all around until the ribbon was totally colored, blotted on a paper towel and then dried it with my heat tool. (Be careful with the heat tool, the ribbon crinkles up very easily!)
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Refuge & Strength; Paper: Whisper White, So Saffron, Perfect Plum, Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss; Ink: VersaMark, Perfect Plum, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss; Accessories: clear EP, brayer, ticket corner punch, heat tool, Styled Silver HPH
Gotta run and read my new catalog!!
Happy stamping!

Love these Fresh Cut notes!

Here are the cards I made for this week's Workshop Wow challenge. The challenge is to use the retiring In Colors. I got the color combo from Emily who has been making some gorgeous cards using Soft Sky and Chocolate Chip together!
I got the idea for these cards from the card I made a while back where I masked off the card and just stamped on the petals. I loved that look but wanted something on the card itself. So I decided to take 2 note cards and stamp one in Chocolate Chip (yes, I need to reink my pad, LOL) and one in Soft Sky. Then I punched out the petals and used the 2 way glue pen to attach the Soft Sky petals to the Chocolate Chip card and vice versa. I did the petals one at a time so I could keep the pattern sort of lined up. Before I adhered the petals, I edged them in the same color they were stamped with.

This is how it looked after I glued on the petals. I just put a little dab of glue in the 3 spots where the petal pulled off near the middle. This left a little gap; you can see the light shining through in the top photo.

For the Soft Sky card, I used Mono Multi to adhere a felt flower and half pearl to the center, and I tore the edge of the card then added Old Olive around all the card edges. For the Chocolate Chip card, I tied Chocolate Chip ribbon through a ribbon slide and adhered it with Mono Multi. Then I sponged Soft Sky around all 4 edges of the card and stamped "For You" in Chocolate Chip.

Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Floral, Fresh Cuts; Paper: Fresh Cut Notes; Ink: Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive; Accessories: 2 way glue, Mono Multi, Flower Fusion, Pretties kit, Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Chocolate Chip polytwill ribbon

I am excited to report that my preorder from the new catalog will be here on Friday, so look for some new colors, stamps and accessories (Can you say "scallop border punch"???) in the next week! Whoohoo!!

Happy stamping!

Stationery Portfolio

This adorable stationery portfolio was this week's 3D challenge. It is made from an 8 1/2 X 11 sheet of cardstock and has 2 pockets inside to hold stationery. I used the 3/4" circle punch to make a string closure like you see on envelopes. I think we will be doing this in a future workshop as this would be a great gift filled with handmade cards!
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Enjoy Every Moment; Paper: Naturals White, Groovy Guava; Ink: Groovy Guava, Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi; Accessories: ticket corner punch, 3/4" circle punch, silver brads, linen thread
Happy stamping!