LaBlanche Foxglove

 

LaBlanche Foxglove stamp

Before I tell about my card today I first want to thank all of you who visited my blog yesterday and commented on that Heartfelt Creations pink and white card.  I was very happy to receive an email from SCS this morning telling me it has made the "Favorites" list.  That was exciting!   Many of you have emailed me and asked for the template for that card.  After a lot of research, I found it on SCS and it is called a "Center Step" card.  Here is the link for the tutorial.

Today I created a card with another LaBlanche stamp called "Foxglove" LB1063.  You can order this stamp from Joan's Gardens.  Have you seen all the new LaBlanche stamps that Joan just posted on her blog?  They are gorgeous.  Later Joan will be posting the new LaBlanche Christmas line and I can hardly wait!   They are fabulous -- sorry I have to make you wait to see them.  

When I saw this beautiful LaBlanche foxglove stamp on Joan's blog, I immediately thought it would be pretty with "Flower Soft" on the flowers, so that is what I have done today.  The image was stamped into an embossed frame created with the Marianne Design DS0908 embossing folder. The paper used is the LaBlanche Specialty Stamping Paper. The embossed piece was attached to a dark purple piece that was embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder to the right side of a 5.5" square card.  The image was colored with Copic markers then a mixture of lavender and violet Flower Soft was added.  A pretty piece of trim was added to the left side of the card.

As you know, all products I use can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

It is a beautiful day here in Washington so I am going to go out and enjoy the sun this afternoon.  Hope you are having a great weekend.

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Spring Cardinals Shadow Box

This is a 6" square shadow box. As you know, I love to create shadow box cards and these two cardinals seemed perfect for this type of card.  Green design paper was attached to both the top and inside of the box.  Spellbinder "Beaded Ovals" die was used to create the opening in the top.  A green marker was used to outline each of the scallops to give it a finished appearance.  The same Beaded Oval was used for the inside of the card.  The Heartfelt Creations "Rustic Bridge (684E)" was stamped on the Oval and colored with Copic Markers.  Pink Flower Soft was added to the trees.  (I added the pink Flower Soft to create the feeling that those are the flowering trees the birds are really sitting in.)
Both cardinals from the "HCPC 3388 Spring Cardinals PreCut Set" were stamped, colored with Copic Markers and cut out with scissors.  Additional cardinals and posy flowers were stamped, colored, and cut out with matching dies, then attached with dimensional dots. Soft Yellow Flower Soft was added to the center of each flower.  Spellbinders corners from the "Parisian Motifs" dies were added.  The side borders were created with the Martha Stewart "String Lace" punch. 

All products used on this card, including all the new Heartfelt Creations stamp sets, can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

Christmas in the Country

This is another one of my Design Team projects for Heartfelt Creations.  I love working with HFC stamps.  They always stamp so well and one of the most exciting things about this line of stamps is that they now have matching die cuts, made by Spellbinders, for many of the stamps, so you can create beautiful dimensional cards/projects.

I love this scene. The name of this stamp is "Christmas In The Country".  It was stamped with black Memento ink and colored with Copic markers. A silver metallic pen was used on the mailbox then Polar White Flower Soft and glitter added for the snow.  It was layered onto forest green card stock.  The white card is 5.5 inches square. 

The poinsettia is from the HCPC 2291 Regal Poinsettia 2 PreCut set. It was stamped twice with VersaMark on red card stock,  and clear embossed, then cut out with the Nestabilities "Blossom 2" die. It was attached with dimensionals.  The center was gold embossed on gold cs.

Heartfelt Creations products used on this project:  709G Christmas In The Country; HCPC 2291 Regal Poinsettia 2 PreCut PreCut Set; Blossom 2 Nestabilities.

 

Sending Sunshine

Doesn't this look like a beautiful place to sit and relax!  This card was created using Theresa Momber's "Sending Sunshine" stamp set, available from Gina K Designs.  I decided to create a scene using four stamps in this set.  First the tree was stamped on white card stock then the sky was sponged on.  The tree was colored with Copic markers.  I wanted to make the tree dimensional so l used purple Flower Soft on the flowers.  I love how this looks.

Next I cut a piece of Basic Grey design paper layered onto white card stock and cut the opening using an oval Nestability.  This was attached over the tree using dimensionals to give the card depth.  The bench, bird bath and butterflies were stamped and cut out then added with dimensionals.  The water in the bird bath has diamond glaze added to it.

The bench and bird bath looked like they were just "floating" on the front of the card so I used  scissors to create layered grass.  This seemed to ground these items.

This is a beautiful set by Theresa.  There are eleven images and five greetings so there are lots of possibilities for creating pretty scenes or to just use the stamps individually.