Creative-Sketches Challenge-CS25H

This week on Creative-Sketches we have a Sketch and Holidays or Celebrations challenge. Create your project using our Sketch with some kind of Holiday or Celebration as the subject. If you would like to join in on the fun here is there link: http://www.creative-sketches.com/

Here is my version: For Plant a Flower Day
I really love this time of year so my card is an explosion of Spring Colors. 

Supplies for this card:
Card Stock:                     Perfect Plum, Blushing Bride, and Old Olive
Ink Pads:                         Perfect Plum, Versa Mark
Stamps:                           Bliss from Sale-s-Bration Mini
Punches:                          2 3/8 Scallop Circle
Textured Impressions:    Square Lattice
Embosslits:                     Beautiful Wings
Ribbon:                           Chanilly and Pretty in Pink
Basic Pearls, Vintage Springtime Dsp from Occ Mini
Glue Dots, Sticky Red Tape, Snail

I hope everyone enjoys my  card today and I hope to have more soon in my Springtime series. 

Welcome to SU Stars March Blog Hop

I am so excited that Sunday if officially spring.  It is that time again for SU Stars monthly Blog Hop that is happening this weekend March 19/20. The start time is Saturday morning at 7am PT/8am MT/9am CT/10am ET and the posts will be up thur Sunday night at Midnight.

If you started at the beginning then you arrived here from the very talented  Jane Hignite, at her blog http://stampwithjane.com/ then you are right  on track. If you get lost along the way then go back to the beginning at http://su-stars.blogspot.com/  where you will find the list of blogs.

This month we are focusing on items from the Occasions Mini or make something welcoming in Spring. I chose to make my card from the Occasions Mini and make it Springtime as well.

It is so easy with all the new Designer Papers,Ribbons, and Buttons!  My card is also being entered in the weekly challenge at Creative Sketches CS24T Technique-Fancy Fold, Cuts, or Punches. I chose to do a Fancy Fold card for both.   This is NOT my original design for the fold on the card I CASED it from Patrice Herrera at http://mylittlepatchofdirt.blogspot.com/. I also believe you can find the original on Splitcoaststampers or in Fancy Fold CD over at Technique Junkies. I did design and decorate this finished card. I adjusted some of the measurements to fit my theme. It is only right to give credit where credit is due.

Here is the outside of my card:

Here is the inside of my card: This is a photo of my brother and his wife, I thought it went perfect in the empty space and sentiment from Elegant Style stamp set.

Supplies Needed:

1 piece of Old Olive Card Stock - 8 1/2 x 5 1/2
2 pieces of card stock 1 in Perfect Plum and 1 in Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper (DSP) -5 1/4 x 1 7/8
2 pieces of card stock 1 in Perfect Plum and 1 in Springtime Vintage DSP - 5 x 1 5/8
1 piece of card stock of Perfect Plum 5 x 4
1 piece of Springtime Vintage DSP 4 7/8 x 3 ¾
1 piece of Whisper White Card Stock - 2 7/8 x 5/8
1 piece of Old Olive Card Stock - 3 7/8 x 6/8
1 piece of Springtime Vintage DSP - 4 x 5/8
1 piece of Perfect Plum card stock 4 1/2 x 1 7/8
1 piece of Perfect Plum card stock 4 ½ x 3 ½ (for photo)
1 piece of scrap Old Olive to make the leaves
SU Elements of Style Stamp Set
SU stamp pads; Old Olive, Perfect Plum
1 Medium Rosette
VersaMark
Glue Dots, sticky tape
1 Perfect Plum Marker (I used to color the Rosette)
1 small Basic Pearl
Clear Embossing powder
Bone Folder

That should do it. I am posting on Monday the step by step picture tutorial on how I made my card for anyone who would like it.  Now on to Mary Campbell over at http://mimitojett.blogspot.com.  I just know she has something wonderful to show you.

Elements of Style-Neutral Shadowing Tutorial

I had a few request to how I did my version of Neutral Shadow that I posted for the SU Tour. Well I did it using my favorite stamp set Elements of Style. It looks longer than it is to do the technique, I know this is suppose to be clean and simple, but I have a hard time not adding lace, pearls, ribbons to my cards. I just love the Vintage look.

Supplies:
Cardstock:      Crumbcake, Soft Seude
Ink pads:         Soft Seude, Versa Mark, Craft Whisper White
Markers;          Cherry Cobbler, Soft Seude, Crumb Cake
Embossing Folder Framed Tulips, Rosettes from Occasions Mini
Clear Embossing Powder
Victoria Lace and  Basics Pearls
Beautiful WIngs Embosslits Die

Let's get started: I stamped first with Versa Mark, then I restamped with Craft Whisper White

 Then stamped on crumb cake card stock.

Then gathered up my embossing tray, heat gun and clear embossing powder and embossed the image. 

Then I took Soft Suede Ink pad and it should have been a stencil brush but I didn't have one and used
some of my paint brushes. The softer one worked better for me. What you next is tap the ink and stipple or add ink to the outline of the stamp you used(almost like stenciling). Becareful because too fast and cause the shadowing to go outside the lines and smudge.

When you are finished it should look something like this.

I then ran Soft Seude card stock thru the Framed Tulip embossing folder

 Then I gathered up what I was going to use to complete my card. You will see I already used the embosslits and made my butterflies, cut my strip of  lace.

I took 3 rosettes and clored them to match the colors in my card. Here I show how I colored one using Cherry Cobbler, and then a picture of them finished.





Then I added small basic pearls to the centers of the rosettes.

Then I ran a strip of sticky tape along the left side of the card, added the lace in a zig zag. I added Butteflies and Pearls. At the bottom I added the Rosettes. Sorry no pictures of how I did this my battery died on my camera.  Here is my finished card and I hope you like how it came out.  

I finished the inside with a piece of Crumb Cake card stock I ran thru the Framed Tulip embossing folder and added a large Butterfly. I added a Thinking of You sentiment.

Please let me know what you think of my picturtorial.