Today's Flower - Daisy

The Rosewood Daisy Head is a cute little stamp that can be used a number of different ways. Lauralee created these cards to demonstrate the versatility of the stamp.

This card shows the image stamped across the bottom of the card. Coloured and trimmed to create a decorative edge. Lauralee then scored the card just above the stamped images and slightly below the fold for dimension. I believe the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. Gems and ribbon were added to complete the card.




This card uses the Rosewood Daisy Head and Wildflowers to create the central image. The Daisy Head was stamped and embossed in white and inked to add colour. The images were cut out and gems added. The Wildflowers were stamped with 2 colours of green for interest. The pool of green at the bottom of the Wildflower image anchors the image on the card. The Daisy Heads were added and the card was distress with a soft yellow ink. I don't know who this sentiment is from.



The card with the orange ribbon shows a similar technique the to first card I've shown. The card on the right shows the Daisy Head stamped in lines across the card; coloured and a black gems added to finish. I don't know who this sentiment if from either. Lauralee uses a corner rounder on many of her cards. It adds a little something from the traditional square cards. A wrap of black ribbon and you are done.



I have also used the Daisy Head to create an all over background with a soft coloured ink.

A Few Last Dandelions

These are the last few cards that Lauralee created with the Rosewood Dandelion.

This first card has the dandelions stamped and embossed with white. Yellow ink was added to highlight the stamped imaged. I believe the sentiment is Hero Arts stamped in red. The corners were rounded and the stamped images were layered onto red cardstock. A couple of red brad and a wrap of red ribbon complete this beautiful card.



Close-up of same card. This photo really shows how much the addition of the yellow makes the dandelions pop off the card.



This card is so elegant. The dandelion was stamped and embossed in white. A scrap piece of white cardstock was punched to create an scallop edged layer. The addition of the red ribbon creates a classic layout. Sorry, once again I don't know who the sentiment is from.




Next post....daisies

More Dandelions

These cards by Lauralee are slightly different than the ones I shared here in the previous post. It does however show the versatility of the Rosewood Dandelion stamp.



The image was stamped and embossed in white on the reverse side of the vellum and highlighted with white ink. I don't know who the sentiment is from but it also is stamped and embossed in white. The vellum was layered onto the base card and some sewing store pearls added to accent the corners.



For this card, Lauralee stamped and embossed the image in white on the base card. She layered a piece of vellum over the stamped images and wrapped it with coordinating ribbon. A very simple yet elegant card.



These 2 cards show similar layouts to today's cards and yesterday's cards. The green card is stamped and embossed on the reverse of the acetate (both images are Rosewood stamps). A bit of coordinating ribbon and you are done. The blue card uses the same technique as the red (pink?) card above. The scarf yarn adds a nice fluffy look to the card. The faux stitching was created with a white Uniball pen. Sorry I don't know the origin of the sentiment of this card either.

A New Blogger

The most talented Lauralee has taken a leap of faith and created her own blog. She is just getting started but stop by and take a look here. The timing for the launch of Lauralee's blog is perfect. She sent Donna an album full of her samples from the Kitchener show that I will be sharing with you over the next few posts.

Lauralee was kind enough to help out Tom & Donna while they were in Kitchener. In Lauralee's conversations with Rose-Marie, Rose-Marie asked to her to create cards that would showcase the Rosewood Dandelion stamp. These are just the beginning of what she created.



The dandelion was stamped and embossed on acetate and the image was mirrored on the base card in a plum ink. The sentiment is also a Rosewood stamp that Lauralee has purchased as a cling mount and cut apart to make 2 images. A coordinating ribbon was added to complete the card.




This is basically the same card but she chose not to add the mirrored image on the base of the card.

Decisions

Our last challenge proved especially challenging for Donna. She chose a card design that was slightly different then the sketch but she couldn't decide which card she liked best. In the end this was the card she chose to submit for the challenge but these are the equally as beautiful cards that followed much the same design.






The same Cuttlebug die & embossed butterfly and sentiment with different bling. All were great cards but just slightly different with different appeal to each person she asked to choose a favourite.

Happy Mother's Day

A customer came into the store last week to exchange some duplicate stamps. She also had stamps that she had purchased at another store. This stamp from Hampton Arts spoke to me, so I bought it from her.

I stamped the image with Distress Ink Fired Brick, Memories Artprint Brown and Distress Ink Vintage Photo. I then stamped a set of matching butterflies from the stamp and enameled the butterflies. I didn't know until recently Distress Inks could be embossed. I popped the coordinating butterfly over the butterfly in the image. I ran the brown layering cardstock through the Sizzix Floral Flourish embossing folder. I am still amazed at how deep these folders emboss. On the first image, I chose to put the raised embossed layer face down and on the second card, face up. I didn't get the Fired Brick image finished. I just didn't have the right layering paper out and decided to finish it another day.

The first card is for my Mom, whom I will never be able to thank enough for all she has done for me. Happy Mother's Day Mom.



Distress Ink Vintage Photo




Memories Artprint Brown



Distress Ink Fired Brick

May Challenge Sketch

This is the sketch Laurilee sent us for this month's challenge but she has added a twist. She has stipulated that this sketch be tone-on-tone. Meaning all elements must be tints, shades & tones of one colour, examples white on white, green on green, red on red. You get the idea. Play along with us if you like.