Monthly Archives: June 2007

Now I know this card looks a little “warm” for this time of year! This gorgeous Daisy D paper arrived from Jacksonbelle’s Embellishments and this darling slipper stamp from Ellen Hutson, both about a week ago. Well, they just HAD to go together. I thought they both had that warm, cozy, get well soon feel. And seeing as I don’t currently have any Get Well cards in my stash, I thought it might be good to make one to have on hand. It was also a fairly cool, windy day here for this time of year and a cozy looking card was just what I wanted to make. 🙂 This card design also works for yesterday’s WT square card challenge and I’m back on my scalloped theme. I was having so much fun with it, I’m going to pick up where I left off and keep it going for a few more designs. 🙂

Cozy Get Well Soon

I just love the edging on these darling Daisy D papers. They come as 5.5″ square double-sided paper with prefinished edges. If you don’t like the edges….just trim them off, there is still plenty of paper to work with for a card design. I love hoe the patterns are scaled down to go with the small size. I usually make my square cards 5″ square or 5.25″ square. If I forget to specify, you can just assume they are that size. 🙂 Because I wanted to work with this paper’s edge, I made this card 5.5″ square. Oh hey! I just thought of something! Wouldn’t this paper be darling for a 6×6 scrapbook page?! While going through photos, looking for pics of my mom for a collage frame, I was enjoying so many good memories and thought it was a shame that they were all tucked away in boxes. I simply MUST start scrapping again! I’m thinking I’ll start small….a small mini album, or something along the lines of 6×6 size. It is not much larger than the cards I’m used to designing and well within my comfort zone. I don’t need huge projects or extra stress…smaller is better for me!

I used lots of edge sanding on this card to define the edges and bring out the design. This works really well as the patterned paper is very dark. I love how well the all the different patterns work together. The only cardstock used is the card base of Bravo Burgundy. For the background, I stitched around the patterned paper layer with my sewing machine…another comfort-look. I always think sewing reminds my of home and hand-crafted elements.

For the image, I stamped my little slippers onto oneof the patterned papers with Versamark Ink and then heat embossed with with Black embossing powder. Using small Fiskars scissors, I carefully trimmed it out. I then punched out a piece of green patterned paper from the swatches with a Mega Marvy Circle punch. The red was then punched with my Giga Marvy Scalloped Circle punch. After sanding edges and adhering the slippers, I stitched around in a circle. A little tied strip of May Arts ribbon runs under the image and around the card for some texture.

Quick Tip: When stitching in a circle, take two or three stitches while guiding around the curve, then with needle in down position, lift presser feet and turn slightly. This keeps the circle curve stitching as smooth as possible.

The last thing to add was the sentiment. I wasn’t quite sure how to incorporate it into the design. There wasn’t any room left in the circle for it and the paper design was quite busy and dark…stamping on it would be difficult to read. Inspiration finally struck. I would put the sentiment on the inside with it peeking through to the front with a punched window. I punched a large oval in  my card front. I then stamped and embossed my sentiment and punched it out with the smaller oval punch. It is so easy to adhere to the inside this way from the front to get it perfectly centered and the inside Bravo Burgundy cardstock makes a nice little frame and helps tie the design together. Voila, a comfy, cozy get well card.

Wishing you all a wonderful and sunny weekend!

Supply List:

Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy – Stampin Up

Patterned paper: Attic Heirloom Swatches – Daisy D’s

Stamps: Slippers – Lockhart, Faux Ribbon set – Papertrey Ink

Ink: Versamark – Tsunkineko

Other: Sewing machine, oval punches – Stampin Up, Mega Circle punch and Giga Scalloped Circle punch – Marvy, sandpaper, ribbon – May Arts, claret embossing powder

Thursday again! Seems like a very long time since last Thursday…it is amazing how fast everything can change. I managed to come up with a card yesterday but  then had to scramble for a Ways to Use it Challenge idea to fit it! LOL The challenge…a rather lame one LOL, is to Use square card designs. I’m sure that everyone will be able to play along. (wink) If you’d like to join in this week’s WT118 challenge, all are welcome! 🙂

Grateful Blossoms

This card is just not my favorite, but I’m sure you’ll forgive me under the circumstances. 🙂 I found my new Rhonna Farrer Autumn Leaves stamps on my desk from last week and decided to give them another whirl. It is the Autumn set that I used for my Laugh Every Day card. I bought the set from Scrappin’ Great Deals, a great new scrapbook supply store I just discovered recently.

The card base is 5″ sqare base made from Regal Rose cardstock. After stamping the doodle-style branches onto the kraft cardstock in black Stazon ink, I matted it with whisper white and adhered it to the card base. The image was then stamped on Whisper White and watercolored with a new tiny aquapainter-style brush by EK Success. I love the tiny tip and the control you get with it! I bought mine from Nancy at Stamp Art. Nancy will ship anywhere if you call her!

Quick Tip: Use Black Stazon instead of Basic Black when stamping with clear polymer stamps. I find you get a better impression and the ink beads less on the stamp.

After matting the image in black cardstock, I added a small strip of Cool Caribbean cardstock and layered it with a darling black strip of paper ric rac from Doodlebug Designs. It comes in a whole package of darling trims and you can purchase them in a wide variety of colors. The card still needed a little embellishment so I pulled out my Stampin Up Mat Pack and paper piercing tool and pierced little holes at the top of my image. I then took linen thread and a large needle and hand-stitched a few little stitches. Above the stitches I embossed “grateful” as the sentiment with black embossing powder. I’m sure you will be seeing lots of thank you cards on this blog in the near future. I have so many people to thank! I couldn’t leave the card without adding a little Cherry Blossom from Prima. I just adore any Prima (as you well know, wink) but these ones are one of my faves. In the center, I added a little Making Memories gem…a lovely little pearl sticker.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit. Hope you have a wonderful day!