Wedded Bliss

Hi,

Today is an exciting day. It's the wedding of my cousin to his beautiful bride. The family has been looking forward to this day for a few years.

For their wedding card I wanted to incorporate the wedding colours and the flourish design on the wedding invitation. The wedding colours are purple, pink, orange, and brown. The flourish design reminded me of the flourish in the Bliss stamp set. Choosing the stamp set was easy, but coming up with the layout that used all the four colours was trickier. In the end I'm happy with what I came up with.

Here's the card:

Here are the details for the card:

CS: Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
DSP: Brights Patterns Stack
Stamp Sets: Bliss, Silhouette Sentiments (Hostess - retired), Tiny Tags
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Embellishments: Basic Rhinestones,Pumpkin Pie 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon (retired), Vintage Trinkets
Tools: Big Shot, Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Jewelry Tag Punch

Thanks for stopping by,
Ana

Butterfly Flight

Hoppy Easter Monday! I hope that everyone has enjoyed celebrating Easter with family and friends. Hopefully you enjoyed some chocolate as well. I have another card in a challenge for today's post. I went to Stamping 411 again for this challenge Stamping 411. I like this sketch and I was happy to finally use my Lap of Luxury Designer Series Paper since I've had it for quite a while.

Here's the sketch:

Here's my card:

Here's the recipe:

CS: Concord Crush, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla
DSP: Lap of Luxury
Stamp Set: Bliss
Ink: (Stampin' Write Markers) Concord Crush, Pretty in Pink, Versa Mark
Embellishments: Very Vanila 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
Tools: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Paper Snips

Have a great day,
Ana

Easter card

Happy Easter everyone! I hope that you're enjoying the Easter weekend with friends and family. I'm enjoying having the time off to have a slower pace and I have more time for cards. This is the card I gave to Heather for Easter. The polka dots made me think of decorated Easter eggs. The DSP is retired, but I love the colours in the paper. Actually I'm using a few supplies that are retired. I need to use up my retired supplies so I could purchase some new things from Stampin' Up.

Here's the card:

Here's the recipe:

CS: Whisper White, Temping Turquoise
DSP: Petals & Paisleys (retired)
Stamp sets: Bliss, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Rose Rose
Embellishments: Basic Rhinestones, So Saffron 5/8" grosgrain ribbon (retired), Temping Turquoise 1/4" gros grain ribbon (retired), So Saffron brads (retired from the Rich Regals brads pack)
Tools: Modern Label punch, Word Window punch, paper snips

Enjoy the Easter weekend and I hope that you enjoy lots of chocolate!
Ana

One Card... Three Challenges!

So I've been a bit MIA lately (not that anyone is counting but it's been 10 days since my last post). Things have been crazy with things at school... DanceFest, ChoralFest, Spring Concert, etc. multiplied by 2 schools (I'm exhausted just reading all this)! It's a great time of the year at school but super busy!

I thought I would be efficient this weekend and create one card that met requirements for three challenges.

The challenges are...

1) Stamping 411 - Saturday Sketch Challenge #199 http://stamping411.blogspot.com/2011/04/saturday-sketch-challenge-199.html
2) Stampin' Up Only Challenges - # 16 It's Raining Cats and Dogs (Animal Theme) http://suochallenges.com/
3) Stampin Royalty - Challenge #67 Spring Has Sprung! http://stampinroyalty.blogspot.com/

The card I've created is an Easter Card that incorporates spring colours and a butterfly!

Details please...
CS: Regal Rose
DSP: Nursery Suite
Ink: Marina Mist
Stamp Set: Bliss and Teeny Tiny Wishes
Embellishments: Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon

Hope you enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by,

Heather

Circle Circus Fun

Hi there,

Another day, another challenge. This time around, I'm participating in the The Paper Players Challenge colour challenge with Baja Breeze, Poppy Parade and So Saffron http://www.thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/. These colours are bright and cheery, just like the weather outside today. For this card I was inspired to use my Circle Circus stamp set and create my own DSP. I really like the versatility of this stamp set.

Here's my card creation:

Here are the details for the card:

CS: Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Whisper White

Stamp sets: Circle Circus, Bliss

Ink: Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, So Saffron

Embellishments: So Saffron 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, Baja Breeze 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones

Tools: Scallop Edge Border punch, Crimper

Thanks for stopping by,

Ana

I LOVE PURPLE!!!

Purple is one of my favourite colours (along with teal, brown, green, and pink)! I'm obsessed with the SU colour Rich Razzleberry but one of my recent favourites the In Color Concord Crush. It's a super deep purple.

I created this card for a good friend who just got a new job. It combines two of my favourite colours - Pretty in Pink and Concord Crush as well as the Bliss stamp set : )

And drumroll please...... here it is!

Details please...

CS: Concord Crush, Pretty in Pink

DSP: Lap of Luxury

Ink: Concord Crush

Stamp Set: Bliss, A Word for You

Embellishments: Pearl from Pretties Kit

Tools: Stampin' Sponge, Modern Label Punch

Happy Monday to you!

Thanks for stopping by to check out our blog.

Heather

A Little Bit of Artwork

So I love the stamp set Bliss soooo much that I wanted to plaster the images around my house. Here is what I came up with for my barthroom.

I purchased some inexpensive frames and inked the mats using various colours and stamp sets. Inside, I stamped the Bliss motif and added some embellishments and other background stamps.

Here are the specific deatils:
Stamp Sets: Bliss, French Foliage
Ink: Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip
Embellishments: 1/4 Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Antique Brads

Thanks for stopping by!
Heather