Lucky me!

As promised, I'm back with another card featuring the soon-to-be-gone Sweet Pea designer series paper! This time I'm using one of the sheets with a super fun circle pattern. I immediately thought of using the Circle Circus stamp set to repeat the circles on the cardbase. I used a simple watercoloring technique - stamp a line-art image with classic ink and then use an aquapainter to pull the ink in so you can color the image. Easy!

Thanks for stopping by!

~~Marilyn~~

Stamps: Eight Great Greetings, Circle Circus
Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Brown, Always Artichoke, Rose Red
Accessories: Sweet Pea designer series paper, aquapainter, stampin' dimensionals

Vintage Butterfly

Another card today featuring one of the many free products you can earn during Sale-a-Bration. Vintage Labels has three elegant images and three sentiments. Don't forget to use Stazon ink whenever you use an aquapainter for watercoloring! This color combo is a new one for me - Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry and Blush Blossom. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

~~Marilyn~~


Stamps: Vintage Labels, Dreams du Jour
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Blush Blossom, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Ink: Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Stazon Black
Accessories: scallop circle punch, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots impressions folder, aquapainter

Cupcake Wishes

This card is CASEd from a card featured in the new Occasions Mini Catalog (p. 5). When the creativity just isn't flowing, CASEing is the solution! If you're not familiar with CASEing - it stands for "copy and share everything." Find a card or a project that catches your eye, use it as a starting point and then let things happen. In this case, I used the same color cardbase and the general idea for the image panel. But I changed the other colors, changed the image, changed the ribbon, moved the sentiment and didn't use a button. By the time you finish, you've created something uniquely yours!

So the next time you find yourself stuck or just plain uninspired, use someone else's creation as your inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!

~~Marilyn~~

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes, Heard from the Heart
Cardstock: Kraft, Bashful Blue, Melon Mambo, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Stazon Black, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Melon Mambo, Yoyo Yellow
Accessories: aquapainter, Pretty in Pink grosgrain ribbon, stamp-a-ma-jig, stampin' dimensionals

Sparkly cupcakes

With so many of the designers series papers (DSP) retiring (because they include In-Colors), I'm on a quest to use it up. I made a fun birthday card using the fabulous Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set (could be because I'm addicted to cupcakes!).

I used just a strip of Washington Apple DSP on a layer of Whisper White, edged with the eyelet border punch. I stamped the cupcake with Stazon so I could use my aquapainter to color in the image and then made them nice and sparkly with some Dazzling Diamonds. I layered on some textured Pink Pirouette and added just a small tab of ribbon.

Enjoy!

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, textured Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Washington Apple designer series paper, aquapainter, eyelet border punch, 2-way glue, Dazzling Diamonds, Bashful Blue striped grosgrain ribbon, stampin' dimensionals