Country Livin'

Hi there, Stampin' Friends!  Trucks n boots aren't just for guys!  Girls like 'm too!  Today's share is a birthday card for a very special young lady in my life, my precious daughter.  She does love her boots and trucks.

The truck and boots are stamped in Archival Black ink onto watercolor paper and colored with ink refills and an aqua painter.

Thanks for looking and if you have questions, please feel free to ask.

Blessings~
RaeDeen

Supply List:
Stamp Set: Country Livin', Hardwood, Wild About Flowers (sentiment on the inside)
Card Stock: Soft Suede, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Watercolor paper
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Archival Black, Blushing Bride, Always Artichoke, Smokey Slate, Soft Suede, Black reinkers
Other: Big Shot, Brick Wall embossing folder, Oval framelits (retired), Wink of Stella Clear (windows and headlights), Aqua painter, dimensionals, tombow multi purpose liquid glue

Elegant Western Wedding

Hi there, Stampin' Friends.  My daughter asked me to create a wedding card...it had to be western but it also had to be elegant!  That sent my thoughts spinning round and round.  The colors had to be black and purple and she needed it by next weekend.  YEEK!  Sometimes it takes me that long to come up with an idea.  I spent some time out of a couple of days making black and purple roses...thus the elegant part.  Western part....well, barns and twine come to my mind....and horses (or in this case a horseshoe!)  Here is what I ended up with......

I used the Wonderful Wreath Framelits and stamped the entire wreath in Soft Suede with the pine branch stamp from the set Ornamental Pine.  The center of the wreath is cut with a circle framelit instead of the inside framelit that come with the wreath framelits.   The roses were created with the Martha Stewart medium retro flower punch.  The 'barn door" was made by stamping the Hardwood stamp onto Soft Suede card stock with Soft Suede ink.  I used the matching marker to enhance the solid lines and also to add 'nails'.  I sponged over the 'door' with white craft ink.  The hinges were made using the Petite Pennants Builder punch.  I hope this meets the 'requirements' of elegant and western!  I enjoyed creating it.  It's nice to be challenged sometimes!

A close up:

 Thank you for looking!  If you questions or comments, please feel free to leave them for me.

Blessings ~
RaeDeen

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Hardwood, Ornamental Pine, Label Love (banner), From This Day Forward (retired),  Out West (for the horseshoe; retired)
Card Stock: Soft Suede, Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Ink: Soft Suede, White Craft, Soft Suede marker
Other: Wonderful Wreath Framelit Dies, Hole punch with Silver Dazzling Details, Martha Stewart medium retro flower punch and pine branch punch, twine from my stash, a non-Stampin' Up! brad, Stamp a ma jig (to alter the arrangement of the words on the Label Love stamp), Tombow liquid glue, hot glue, and foam mounting tape

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

Faux Silk Tulips

Hi there, Stampin' Friends!  If you are looking for a fun technique to add to your stamping, then you need to give the faux silk technique a try.  It has been around for a long time. However, I forget to how much I enjoy it and what a beautiful effect it produces.  Here is one of the cards I have created using this technique:

 

I have used an aqua painter to color in my tulips and Soft Suede to sponge around the image and give it dimension.

Feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think.  If you have questions, please ask!

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Blessed Easter, Hardwood, Blessings from Heaven
Card Stock: Soft Suede, Primrose Petals, Whisper White, tissue paper
Ink: Primrose Petals, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, Pool Party marker
Tools: Anywhere Glue Stick, Banner Framelits Dies, sponge, aqua painter, dimensionals

Blessings~
RaeDeen