It's VSN!

Last night was a little teaser for tonight, which is Virtual Stamp Night on Splitcoast Stampers. The challenge was to make a scrapling, which is a very small strip of a card made from the remnant left when you cut a 4.25 x 5.5 inch card down to 4.25 inch square. I had never made one before, but I had so much fun making this one! I used scraps of Kiwi Kiss and Riding Hood Red for the card base, and added a piece of Raspberry Tart designer paper torn in half with distressed edges. The image, from the set A Little Something, was colored with markers directly to the stamp...a flower made from the five-petal punch, the boho blossoms punch, and a button tied with white cording finished it off along with a row of brads for balance. I am very pleased with the way it turned out. What do you think?!

VSN begins today at noon EST. I hope to play along and will be adding projects to my blog as the day progresses. Hope you play along 'cause it's gonna be fun!

New SU!

I just got a new box full of SU papers and stamps from the upcoming catalog, so I was excited to get to play with them today! The limited supplies challenge provided the perfect opportunity to keep it quick and simple! I used a standard envelope, tucked the flap inside, then cut a piece of pretty Raspberry Tart paper to decorate the bottom half. I used markers directly to the bird stamp for the top corner, and then used stamps and punches in different colored layers for the medallion. The card itself is a 4.25 x 5.5 piece of Kiwi Kiss cardstock, layered with a 4 x 5.25 piece of Cameo Coral, and topped with a 3.75 x 5 Whisper White layer stamped with the Love You Much image in Riding Hood Red. I colored the letters in with a Cameo Coral marker...wish I would have used a blender pen with Kiwi Kiss instead of the Old Olive marker for the little leaf...I'll remember that next time!

The goal of this challenge was a Valentine that you could quickly mass produce...this one gives lots of style for little effort! Hope you like it!

Upsy Daisy!

I just LOVE this stamp set and couldn't wait to get it inked up! I made these for a monthly demonstrators' swap that I participate in. This month's theme was a pocket card....you can barely see Pocket Silhouettes peeking from the top of the card that pulls out. These pocket cards are quick and easy and fun to make. I wanted this one to be girly so I used those gorgeous luminous pearls from the Pretties Kit and some wide Regal Rose grosgrain. The flowers were colored with markers (direct to stamp) with Pretty in Pink, and the stems in Close to Cocoa. Then the petals were *thumped* with Regal Rose. I like the mix of colors and the softness of the watercolor look. I hope you like it too!

Notes:
Stamps: SU! Upsy Daisy, Pocket Silhouettes, Best Yet
Paper: SU! Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Bella Rose DP
Inks: Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Markers, Pretties Kit, Paper Piercer

I'm heading back up to the stamp room to try to stamp a combo card for yesterday's color challenge and today's sketch. There's also week 2 of Leigh's Freaky Friday challenges....this week we are to make a non-Halloween card using a Halloween stamp. I have a couple of ideas that I'm anxious to put to paper. ;) Hope you're having a great week!