Memory Box Dies and Stencils

Hi everyone.  Tomorrow is supposed to be around 60 degrees, so I am already starting to have dreams of Spring. 

For today's card, I am posting one of the cards we will be doing in my Memory Box Floral class on Sunday.  I thought the colors were nice and bright and a nice break from the dreary winter we have had.

To make the card, I created a background using watercolor paper, three colors of Gelatos, and a lot of water to blend.  Once the card was dry, I placed the new Memory Box Diamond stencil on top (88522) and added some texture with chalks.  For the flower, I cut out the new Perky Poppy die (98762) twice...once in black and once in orange.  I pieced the two cut outs together so that my outline would be black and the petals orange.  To add some extra color, I sponged some Rusty Hinge Distress Ink to the base of the petals.  As a finishing touch, I stamped the Just a Note Combo saying (B1852).

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

IO Challenge- Blues

 

Hello everyone.  I hope you all had a very happy start to the new year.  Today will be the first Impression Obsession challenge of the year, and it is all about the color blue.

For my card, I decided to make a chalky background, so I covered a piece of white cardstock with turquoise PanPastel, stamped my Medium Snowflake background (E6266) repeatedly with Versamark ink, then sponged ultramarine PanPastel onto the snowflakes.  I could have started with a light blue piece of paper and stamped the snowflakes in a dark blue, but the chalk gives a softer mottled look that I wanted.

Next, I took a scrap of my chalky paper and stamped the Mitten Border Large (D8797) in Memento Luxe Danube Blue ink and added the saying with the same blue ink (Let it Snow C 13164).  I glued everything down as a pocket and added a teabag.  Normally I wouldn't add an unwrapped teabag, but the wrapper didn't match the blue color palette, so it had to go.  :)\

 

Need more blue  inspiration? Check out what the other designers have created:

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Ellen Taylor

Jeanne Streiff

Jenny Gropp

Kittie Caracciolo

Laura Fulcher (you are here)

Vicki Garrett

Want to play along? You can find all the information here, and you could even win a $25 IO gift certificate!

It's A Man's World Challenge

Today the IO team is creating "manly" cards. Everyone has a different approach to masculine cards, but for me, I try to keep clean lines and keep it simple. I also tend not to use much in the way of embellishments.

For my card today, I used the Sail Collage (H13022) as well as the Cover a Card Rolling Waves (CC123). I stamped both using Versafine Majestic Blue ink and then colored the scene with chalks. Usually I don't use cards for masculine cards because of the "soft" look. However, I thought it worked just fine for this card. Perhaps the dark colors and harsh lines needed a little softness.

 Want more masculine card inspiration?  Check out what Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, and Vicki created. Want to play along? You can find all the information here, and you could even win a $25 IO gift certificate!