Amazing Hardwood

Hi there, Stampin' Friends!  I love the Hardwood stamp.  The possibilities with this stamp are endless.  I have seen so many beautiful cards created with this stamp.  I have put together one of my own beauties!  It has been such a long, cold winter and we are all ready for the blessings of Spring.  The calendar says it is Spring, the robins have returned, and it rained yesterday instead of snowed!  Praise the Lord for His simple blessings of faithfulness.  The flowers and butterflies will come...

The Smokey Slate Hardwood provides a beautiful soft background for flowers and butterflies!  The butterflies were stamped with Black Stazon, colored, punched out, pressed into the Versa Mark pad, covered with clear embossing powder, and heat set, and shaped.  They almost look real!

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Hardwood, Stippled Blossoms, Papillon Potpourri, Amazing Family
Card Stock: Smokey Slate, Whisper White
Ink: Smokey Slate, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Black Stazon, Versa Mark, Watercolor Pencils (retired) for butterflies, Pool Party marker for shadow around roses and leaves
Tools: Elegant Butterfly punch, Bitty Butterfly punch, pearls, clear embossing powder, Stamp a ma jig , sponge

Feel free to leave a comment.  If you have questions, please ask!

Blessings ~
RaeDeen

Swallowtail Gift Set

Hi there, Stampin' Friends! My last post showed the beautiful Swallowtail card I received from my sweet friend, Donna. She was inspired by this video and so was I! (Thank you Brandy Cox!)  I created a 'set' of Swallowtail cards using the same technique.  I omitted the extra layer at the bottom.  Whether you color this beauty or not, it is stunning!  Just about any sentiment fits with the stamp.  I have used several different sentiments from stamp sets both retired and current.

Well, what do you think? I would love to hear.  Please leave a comment and if you have questions, please ask!

Supply List:
Stamp Set: Swallowtail, Trust God, Amazing Family
                  Retired sets: Wonderful Words, Occasional Quotes, Something to Celebrate
Card Stock: Basic Black, White
Ink: Black Stazon
Scissors, liquid Tombow glue

Blessings ~ RaeDeen

Amazing Postcard

Hi there, Stampin' Friends.  I bet you are just blown away to see that I have used the Postcard stamp...AGAIN! It has definitely climbed to the top of my favorite list and a stamp I do not plan on parting with.  Today's card is for a very special man in my life whom I love with all my heart. 

This is not my 'usual style' but I really enjoyed creating it.  The elephant is stamped 3 times: once on the card base and twice on a scrap. I colored the elephant, cut it out, shaped it with a stylus, and glued it on the card base. I then colored the hat, cut it out and glued it onto the elephant.  Once again, there is dimension here that is not picked up by the camera.

                                                      The Front of the Card:

                                             
                                                        The Inside of the Card:

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Postcard, Amazing Family, You're Amazing, Postage Collection, Pursuit of Happiness (retired)
Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red
Ink: Stazon, Basic Gray, Smokey Slate, Real Red Marker, Basic Black Marker
Framed Tulip Folder, Postage Stamp Punch, White Gel Pen

Walk in the Wild Postcard

 Hi there, Stampin' Friends.  That Postcard stamp stays close to my desk...just in case I need it and here it has found its way to card stock again. I have created a masculine card with a few layers and no bling.  The linen thread adds a nice masculine touch as does the Woodgrain embossing folder on the core'dinations card stock.

I ended up using a retired label for the "Thinking of You" because....I used my Stamp a ma jig and stamped the sentiment "perfectly crooked" and had to cover it up.  I like it this way though...it adds a little dimension.

Here are a couple of close ups:

 and...

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Postcard, Walk in the Wild, Gorgeous Grunge, Amazing Family, Postage Due
Card Stock: Naturals Ivory, Early Espresso Core'dinations
Ink: Soft Suede, Gumball Green

Woodgrain embossing folder, sanding block, Lots of Tags sizzlit (retired), sponge, and dimensionals, spritzing tool (retired), linen thread, aqua painter

Feel free to leave a comments and if you have any questions, please ask!

Blessings ~ RaeDeen

File Folder Friend

Hi there Stamping Friends!  Today's sample includes the use of a file folder...well, a piece of it anyway.  I love the 'vintage color' of the file folder.  Sometimes it's fun to step 'out of the box' and use something you normally wouldn't use when creating a card.  I started with the file folder layer...stamped the Very Vintage wheel lightly over the entire piece and built on that.  I really struggled deciding what elements to use and how to put them together.  It sat on my desk for a few days and then it came together to look like this...

                       
                                     and here is a close up to show some of the dimension

Thank you for looking.  Please feel free to leave a comment and if you have any questions...ask!

Supply List 
Stamp Sets: Chalk Talk, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Amazing Family, Take a Ticket wheel, Very Vintage wheel, Gorgeous Grunge
Card Stock: File Folder, Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Always Artichoke
Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Suede, Always Artichoke
Punches: Elegant Butterfly, Ticket, Bird Builder, Blossom builder
Seam Binding, Burlap Ribbon, Linen Thread, Pearls, 5 Handmade rolled roses,distressing tool,  liquid Tombow glue, hot glue 

Apothecary Art for Mother

Hi there Stampin' Friends!  Today's card took on a direction of its own.  This is not what I had envisioned when I started but I am happy with the end results.  The Floral Trim is one of my favorite embellishments!  It is soft and pretty just as it is or you can color by pressing it into your ink pad, spritz it with a mixture of rubbing alcohol and reinker, dip your aqua painter into reinker and brush on.  The Flower Trim is in the Spring Catalog and only available through May 31, 2013. 

On this card, I have trimmed two flowers off the trim and pressed them into my Raspberry Ripple ink pad.

 

 

 

 

 

                               A close up of the Flower Trim colored with Raspberry Ripple.

                         I used blender pens and Stampin' Write Markers to color the floral image.

                                                                The finished card!


                               



Stamp Sets: Apothecary Art, Amazing Family
Card Stock: Watercolor, Raspberry Ripple, Black, Gumball Green
Ink: Black Stazon, Stampin' Write Markers, Raspberry Ripple, Daffodil Delight

Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder, Labels Collection Framelits, Elegant Butterfly punch (for leaves), Champagne Shimmer Paint, Flower Trim, Blender Pen

Blessings ~ RaeDeen