Freshly Made Sketches

 

The newest sketch for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge was one I couldn't pass up! It was perfect to get another Valentine card completed. I flipped the circle elements to opposite corners due to a botched spot with my embossing - haha.

I combined a pair of new shapely heart dies and the love sentiment with some earlier released florals from The Greetery. I white embossed the Nifty Plaid background stamp from Ink to Paper on kraft. The flower centers were highlighted with white and black gel pens.

STAMPS: Nifty Plaid (Ink to Paper); Hoop Wreath (The Greetery).

PAPER: Classic Kraft, White, Autumn Rose (Ink to Paper); Martha Stewart Holidays mat pad.

INK: New Leaf, Ocean Tides, Harvest Gold, Cocoa Bean, Honey Nut, Raspberry Fizz, Autumn Rose (Ink to Paper).

DIES: Hoop Wreath, Crimped Frames, Shapely Hearts, Let's Have a Word: Love (The Greetery).

That's it for now. Today is a busy day with appointments for a hair cut and color in the morning, then the first Pfizer Covid vaccine is scheduled later in the afternoon. Have a wonderful day!    ~Wanda

Color Throwdown Challenge #627

It's time again for a new Color Throwdown challenge and this week, Lori is our hostess. She was inspired to use pale pink, blue and gray based on the inspiration photo. It was a perfect color combo to play with my new dies from The Greetery!

The Heart Leaf Posy Pocket dies are so sweet and were perfect to pair with the Forget-Me-Nots. I colored the flowers using Prismacolor pencils and some ink blending. The eucalyptus is the only gray on the card and was the first time I inked it up after having it over a month. So many stamps...not enough time - lol!

I then used a script sentiment and postal markings from the Pretty Postmarks set released last year. 

STAMPS: Pretty Postmarks, Petite Eucalyptus (The Greetery).

PAPER: White, Blueberry Sky (Ink to Paper).

INK: Sweet Blush, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Soft Stone, Weathervane, Green Parakeet, Ocean Tides, True Black (Ink to Paper).

DIES: Postal Frames, Heart Leaf Posy Pocket, BotaniCuts Forget-Me-Nots, Petite Eucalyptus (The Greetery) 

So...that's a wrap. We would love to have you play along with us this week.                          Happy stamping!     ~Wanda

Stock Your Stash

It's been awhile since I've played along with the Stock Your Stash challenge over on the Reverse Confetti blog, but I wanted to play with some newly released products I ordered. This month's theme is "Love is in the Air" and I'm needing to get my rear in gear and make some Valentine cards! :-)

Not only did I fall in love with this sweet dog image, but the Big Love  and Outlined Frame Cover Panel are dies to die for!

I color blended the base panel with Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple and Spiced Marmalade distress oxide inks on Bristol Smooth Surface watercolor paper. The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copics. I added some Glossy Accents to the nose.

STAMPS: Love is in the Air (Reverse Confetti).

PAPER: Flamingo, Tangerine, Salsa (Reverse Confetti); X-Press It Blending Card.

INK: Picked Raspberry, Candies Apple, Spiced Marmalade distress oxide ink; True Black (Ink to Paper).

DIES: Big Love Confetti Cuts, Love is in the Air Confetti Cuts, Outlined Frame Cover Panel Confetti Cuts, Hearts Confetti Cuts; Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

If you haven't checked out the latest release at Reverse Confetti, you really must!                               Happy stamping!     ~Wanda

Fusion Card Challenge: Flowers

It's time once again for a new Fusion Card Challenge and the inspiration photo has a great floral vignette plus there is a beautiful new sketch. You can do one or the other or do both for a fusion!

I decided to go with the inspiration photo only and was totally inspired by the coral/greenery colors in the arrangement.

I used the newly released Antique Wishes frame die and stamp set from Ink to Paper that includes the leaf images. Flowers are from the Big Balloon stamp/die set.

The frame was first stamped with the solid frame image using Sweet Blush ink. The wood highlights were then stamped with Pale Peony ink. I lightly sponged Mint Julep ink around the sentiment (from Just Sentiments: Together) and added the tiny rows of cross-stitching using Vintage Jadeite ink (from Beautiful Bouquet: Mother).

STAMPS: Antique Wishes, Big Balloon, Just Sentiments: Together, Beautiful Bouquet: Mother (Ink to Paper).

PAPER: White (Ink to Paper).

INK: True Black, Mint Julep, Vintage Jadeite, Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Tropical Teal, Sweet Blush, Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet (Ink to Paper).

DIES: Antique Wishes, Big Balloon 

That's it for today. Hope to see you in the gallery!      ~Wanda

 


 

Release Day at Ink to Paper

Release day is finally here at Ink to Paper! Products will be available to buy at 10 PM EST. Hopefully you have had a chance to see all the projects from the design team. Remember...if there is something you really want, be ready at 10 PM since the popular items can sell out rather quickly. 

Here is another card using the new Vintage Flair stamp/die set. It's a simple design and pretty self explanatory.

The sentiment was stamped in black twice using a MISTI, then I stamped with Versamark and embossed with clear powder on vellum. It gives a nice dimensional sheen with this extra step! The vellum was adhered to the card using two tiny glue dots behind the enamel dot embellishments.

STAMPS: Vintage Flair, Big Balloon Sentiment (Ink to Paper).

PAPER: Distressed Dots patterned paper, Luxe Gold, Honey Nut, White (Ink to Paper), Vellum.

INK: Lemon Tart, Bright Buttercup, Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Lovely Lady, True Black (Ink to Paper).

DIES: Vintage Flair (Ink to Paper).

OTHER: Black thread, Wood veneer butterfly, Black enamel dots.

        Happy stamping!                                     ~Wanda

Color Throwdown #626

 

Hello everyone! It's hump day and that means a new Color Throwdown Challenge. Lisa is hosting and was inspired to use plum, cream and black. I decided to go with a plum version of the new Feathered Friends 7 die that is part of the Ink to Paper release which will go live at 10PM EST. The Delicate Doilies dies are also part of the new release.

 

I die cut all the bird parts from white card stock, then used brushes to blend a variety of plum/purple distress oxide inks over Bristol Smooth Surface paper.

STAMPS: Nifty Plaid, A Little Wispy (branches), Vintage Flair (sentiment) - all by Ink to Paper.  

PAPER: Vintage Cream, Linen Vintage Cream, True Black (Ink to Paper).

INK: Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender, Black Soot (Distress Oxide inks by Ranger0.

DIES: Delicate Doilies, Feathered Friends 7 (Ink to Paper). 

We would love to have you play along with us, so hope to see you in the gallery! Happy stamping!                ~Wanda

 

ITP Reveal Day #4

Welcome back everyone! It's the fourth and final day of reveals before you can buy the new release items tomorrow at 10PM. Today, we are introducing Feathered Friends 7 dies + Feathered Friends Mini 7 stamp set and dies.

I started with these vintage styled patterned papers from the 8x8" pad called "Collage" by Tim Holtz. I then cut two of the XO heart frames and splattered them with yellow gold paint from Gansai Tambi's Starry Colors.

The pierced frame die was also cut from patterned paper and since it's so thin, I adhered it to another frame cut from kraft card stock. That makes it more sturdy to "pop" it up with foam tape.

I die cut all the bird parts from white cardstock and then color blended in earthy shades of green/tan/brown (see ink list below).

STAMPS: Bee-utiful (sentiment)
INK: Prairie Grass, Olive Twist, Fine Linen, Honey Nut Cocoa Bean, Canyon Clay; Versamark
PAPER: Rustic Cream, "Collage" 8x8 patterned paper by TIm Holtz
DIES: Pierced Feature Frames, Feathered Friends 7, Tiny Tags, XO Heart Frames
OTHER: Gold embossing powder, Jute twine, Gansai Tambi Starry Colors (yellow gold used for splatters)