Archive for May, 2010

Variations on a Mother’s Day theme – 3

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Last, but not least, is my final OSW card.  You can see the other 2 cards here.

Variations on a theme 3For this card I went back to the Big Shot and the embossing folders, this time choosing a floral pattern.  I also highlighted the embossing by brushing my sponge (in Summer Sun ink) along the raised portions of the design to help them stand out more.

I went back to the original mat of Basic Black, then Regal Rose.  I also stamped the inside of each of my cards (but I forgot to take a picture for you to see that).  I did stamp the envelopes and color them with my blender pen - you can see the envelope for this card peeking out to the left.  Additionally, I sponged the edges of my card with Regal Rose ink.

I hope all of my "Moms" had an extra special day!  Love you all!

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Variations on a theme – 2

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Here is the second card I made using my OSW (you can see the original post here).

Variations on a theme 2For this card, I embossed the background using my Big Shot and the dots embossing folder.  Because the background was dry embossed, I couldn't stamp my greeting directly on the background, so I stamped on a window sheet using black StazOn ink.  I attached the window sheet using pink brads.

For this OSW, I only matted it with Basic Black (leaving off the Regal Rose).  I really like the embossed background with the greeting floating on top.

(You can click on the picture to bring up a larger view).

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Happy Belated Mother’s Day!

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

I apologize this is late, but I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day (even if you aren't a Mom, you have a Mom)!

First of 3 Mother's Day cardsI know it has been quite some time, but I wanted to share a card (3 actually) that I made for the Moms in my life.

I started with a modified One Sheet Wonder (OSW).  By modified, I only used part of a sheet of card stock, not a full 8.5" x 11" sheet.  I used the Versamark resist technique, where I stamped my images on the glossy white card stock with Versamark ink.  Then I sponged over the images with Summer Sun and Regal Rose ink.  Once that was dry, I stamped with StazOn black to pop the images.  I really like how these turned out and I hope my moms do to!

I cut apart my OSW and then matted this one with Basic Black and Regal Rose.  This went on my Whisper White card, which I stamped the greeting in Basic Black.  I also added a heart eyelet in the left corner and spritzed the front with Regal Rose marker and Color Spritzer.

(You can click on the image to bring up a larger view.)

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