Pauline's horsey card

Look at this adorable card that my friend Pauline made for her niece. What a great use of the Wanted stamp set!
Happy stamping!

Teenage birthday card

I needed a birthday card for a girl who's turning 17 and loves horses. Wanted to the rescue! This layout is one of my favorites! It was the July WICKED sketch by Joanne Travis. It is awesome for using a square of DSP without having the DSP take over the whole card. This DSP is from Razzleberry Lemonade. The colors are Pumpkin Pie and Crushed Curry, and that helped set the color palette for the card. I started with a piece of Shimmery White so there would be just a hint of glitz on there. First, I stamped the horse in Soft Suede. I started at the right and then stamped multiple times, moving slightly to the left each time, to show the horse's movement. The sun is a 3/4" circle. I punched it from a Post-It note and used the hole to make the sun by sponging So Saffron (More Mustard would be a good choice too). Then I masked the sun with the punched piece and sponged Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie on the top half. The bottom half is sponged with Dusty Durango. (TIP: I use a sponge, but I swirl rather than stipple or pounce to get a softer look.) I added Soft Suede mats to the focal image as well as the Dusty Durango piece that the DSP is on; the Dusty Durango layer is stamped with Sanded in the same color. I distressed the edges of the DSP and sponged on Soft Suede. The card base is Crushed Curry stamped with Sanded in the same color. Soft Suede ribbon is the finishing touch.
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Another 3-D Card

Here is another 3-D card. We'll be making this at my next workshop. For this card, I used one piece of cardstock for the inside. I started with a piece of Naturals Ivory 3 3/4 X 7 1/2. I stamped the horse in Soft Suede. I started at the right then just kept stamping off to the left to show movement. Then I stamped a horse on another piece of cardstock, cut it out and adhered it with dimensionals. For the background, I used JanTInk's moonlighting technique. I punched a 1 1/4" circle from a Post-It note. I used the hole in the post-it as a stencil to sponge the sun in So Saffron. Then I used the punched piece to mask that circle. I added color in the following order: More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust and Close to Cocoa. Then I scored the cardstock at 3 3/4 and adhered it to the inside of the 3-D card. I put the adhesive on the Soft Suede piece--the left side and the top triangle of the scored side that folds in. That way, the inside piece will stay flat with no score line when the card is folded closed.
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Twist and Drag technique

This week's workshop wow challenge is the twist and drag technique. Here are the instructions from a glossy cardstock technique sheet I have: Choose a "solid" style stamp that is simplistic in design such as one that is a squiggle, or confetti, or thick dots. Ink your stamp of choice with a light color of ink. Then twist it (or drag it) onto your glossy cardstock. Repeat a few times to create a one-of-a-kind background.
I'm not totally happy with the result; maybe my ink pads were too juicy.
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Wanted; Paper: glossy, Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Kraft; Ink: Soft Suede, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry; Accessories: Chit Chat rub-ons, scallop circle punch, small star punch, ticket corner punch, 5/16" brad, chocolate chip narrow grosgrain ribbon, crushed curry grosgrain ribbon
Happy stamping!

Combining the old and the new

Here's a quick card combining an old set (Wanted) with the new In Colors. One of my blogging sisters did this first, and I think it's a great idea!
This card literally took about 15 minutes. I used some of the smaller stamps to create a background on Naturals Ivory cardstock. That is matted on Dusty Durango. The card base is Soft Suede. Add a few punches and the plain side of some new ribbon, and the card is done!
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Wanted, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Naturals Ivory, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede; Ink: Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede; Accessories: Crushed Curry polka dot grosgrain ribbon, small star punch, scallop circle punch, ticket corner punch, word window punch, modern label punch, gold brad
Happy stamping!