Wild Rose Stamper

Stitched Leaves

Well, the card that was supposed to take a few days got stretched into a week, as usual.  An unexpected trip to the doctor and then to Michaels delayed this blog post a bit, but that's life, right?  I've been having the worst time sleeping and my Sonata just isn't cutting it anymore, so I went to the doctor last Monday for some help.  I had to see the NP instead of my doctor, who was on vacation, and it was not a good experience.  So I needed some retail therapy and actually felt well enough to go to Michaels on Thursday.  :)  I had a great time with my friend Kathy and spent way too long there.  We had to look at every single new stamp, of course, and it's a good thing there wasn't a sale, or I would have bought too many!  I had a good time at the dollar bin, too.  (If Michaels can make money on the dollar bin, then why is everything else in the store so much more expensive?)

On to the card!  It's all stamped, no designer paper at all!  I used only two stamps, both from Cornish Heritage Farms.  I think the Leaves backgrounder is my new favorite; I just want to use it on every card!  Anyway, the whole card started with the flower because I was admiring some of the embellishments in an online scrapbook store but was turned off by the prices, so decided to pull out some punches and Cuttlebug dies and make some of my own.  This flower was one of my better attempts and I think it turned out pretty cute.

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Materials:
Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms Leaves 3 and Scrapblock Music
Paper: Real Red, Naturals Ivory, misc. ivory
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Antique Linen Distress Ink
Accessories: SU Mini Library clips, flower punch, Cuttlebug die, buttons, black embroidery floss, sewing machine, Fiskars Threading Waters border punch

Celebrate you, Dad

I really liked this card by xiunyuki in the Splitcoaststampers Gallery and decided to CASE it as a Father's Day card for my dad.  I changed up the colors to suit my dad and substituted a birdcage set by Basic Grey.

The sentiment is from a retired hostess set, So Many Sayings, that was cut up into pieces to make it more versatile.  The forked tail of the sentiment was made with the square punch, because I'm hopeless at doing it with scissors!

Did you notice the new Bermuda Bay cardstock?  IRL, it has more green in it but I couldn't get Photoshop Elements to get it right without the other colors being skewed.  I embossed it with the birds and vines embossing folder by Cuttlebug which was perfect for this card!  Even the bird was just the right shape.

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Materials:
Stamps: Best Blossoms retired SAB, Stampin' UP retired hostess set, Basic Grey clear Porcelain set
Paper: Bermuda Bay new In Color 09-10, Yo Yo Yellow, white, Bazzill white card stock
Ink: Pink Passion, Gable Green, Summer Sun, black
Accessories: Nestabilities Classic Circle die, square punch, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Lilies of the Valley

This card has a lot of steps to it!  I stamped the image twice on Certainly Celery card stock, the second time on just a scrap. I colored in the leaves of both stamped images with my Copics, and the flowers of just the first with the white gel pen.  Then I cut out just the bottom leaves of the scrap piece.  I stamped the lilies image again on cream cardstock and traced over the lines of the sign with my Copic gold glitter pen and then shaded a little with yellow chalks.  The leaves were also colored in, even though they would eventually be covered up.  I cut out just the bottom part of the image that included the "happiness" sign and the bottom two leaves.  This was then layered over my main image, then, over that, I layered the Certainly Celery scrap leaves with double-stick foam tape.  All this was to not only achieve dimension, but it also allowed me to have a cream colored sign without it looking weird.  Clear as mud?

Everthing else was pretty basic.  The main panel was layered to a cream panel that I sponged with Antique Linen Distress ink and trimmed with the Flourish punch.  I love how it reminds me of a Victorian calling card.

I made this card for my mom for her birthday, as Lilies of the Valley are May's birth flower, and she said it was her favorite card I'd ever made!  You just never know what someone is going to like!  But, it made all the hard work I'd put into this card worth it.  :)

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Materials:
Stamps: Anna Griffin's Language of Flowers by All Night Media
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black
Paper: Certainly Celery, Neenah Solar White Classic Crest, cream
Accessories: Copics, White Gel pen, silk flower, adhesive half pearls, chalks, lace, gold cord, Martha Stewart Flourish border punch, Tim Holtz Distress ink Linen, Cuttlebug embossing folder Textile, Prismacolor colored pencils