Card Stock Vellum

Watercooler Wednesday, Challenge 58

March 9, 2016 · 2 Comments

It’s the middle of the week. Time to be inspired with another challenge!

Yep. That’s right. Over at Watercooler Wednesday Challenge, we really have a challenging challenge this week from Gail –

The reflection technique. Whew. This one really through me for a loop. But, I worked through it.

I decided to go with this nifty design –

Hillary (my daughter) was in New York recently to visit friends. Robin, my friend, never takes straight pictures. And, I really need to do something with all my pictures……I guess I had all this on my mind when I came up with the card.

This is sooo cool in person. The top cityscape is stamped onto Island Indigo. The ‘reflection’ is stamped onto vellum. I flipped it to create the ‘reflection’ here. Works beautifully!

My ‘Polaroid frame’ was cut using the trimmer. It was quicker than looking for the framelit we used to have! This looks like a real picture and as if it was ‘handwritten’ at the bottom. The sentiment from the Sale-a-Bration set, What I Love, really did the trick here!

Have I inspired you to try the ‘reflection’ technique yet????? This was way easy. You should see the other designers takes on the sketch and play along with us.

Leave me a comment. Comments make people happy!

Happy Stampin’

Libby

Fun Fringe Friday

March 7, 2014 · 10 Comments

Happy Friday! Is it the start of Spring Break for you? For many it is.

Today I decided to really challenge myself with a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches –

It’s an interesting one, right?

And, I thought I needed some direction as this sketch really through me. So, off to a color challenge at Paper Pals Arts –

I just got my Fringe Scissors in and I was really itching to create something. And, from my recent posts, I’m on an Ombre kick too! These colors sort of looked Ombre. So, here we go, my take on this challenge –

Kind of cool, right? The sideways fringing? That was fun let me tell you! I think I got the angling correct on this card. I used vellum as my strip across and made a sort of flowery accent.

TIP. To make even fringing cuts, place a line of Sticky Strip were you’d like to stop fringing. The scissors will cut through the Sticky Strip, it’s just really difficult. It would probably mess these scissors up. After I fringed my pieces, I adhered them to a base the size I needed then trimmed it.

I am really pleased with this card. Are you? Love to read what you think!

Happy Stampin’
Libby

Triple Flower Fun

February 10, 2014 · 4 Comments

Like challenges? I really enjoy card challenges. They inspire me. They get my creativity going. I’ve pinned several, as I always do and I’ve been itching to play around with some.

I have my first challenge of the year, I think. This is from CAS(E) this Sketch!, it’s Sketch 63. Very clean design. Very my style.

I immediately went to my punches. I decided on three scaled flowers. Then, I went for the corresponding stamp sets. After stamping and punching my flowers in StazOn, going for a classic black and white card, I decided it was too harsh. So, out came the Card Stock Vellum to soften things up a bit.

This is what I came up with. Clean and classic.

My base is a Note Card from Stampin’ Up. Layered with an embossed panel, my flower sits atop a Paper Doily. I sort of had to scrunch it up to make the size look better. I used Dimensionals between each layer. Added a lot of height. Hard to photograph, but in the end – it’s GORGEOUS!

After I finished the design, I decided on the sentiment. I didn’t have one to start.

I used the newest Petite Petals Flower Bundle here. Love it!

Happy Stampin’

Libby