Bridal silhouette

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (Vintage Cream)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Iconic Images, Tiny Tags), Waltzingmouse (Vintage Labels 18)

Ink:  Stampin' Up! (Chocolate Chip), Clearsnap (Dune), Papertrey Ink (Tea Dye duo)

Tools:  Papertrey Ink (Music Score, Linen & Canvas impression plates, tag die), Spellbinders (Labels 18 die), EK Success (circle punch)

Accessories:  Martha Stewart (ribbon), Ranger (Perfect Pearls), Michaels (pearls), thread

Hi there!  Just popping in to share a card I made for a recent Paper Crafts call that wasn't picked up.  The category was silhouettes for brides and babies, which led me to create this little number perfect for an engagement.

To make this card, I stitched a piece of Vintage Cream cardstock debossed with PTI's music score impression plate onto a Cream card base. 

For the focal point, I die cut and stamped the large frame from Waltzingmouse's Vintage Labels 18 and punched out the center circle.  The silhouette from PTI's Iconic images was stamped onto another piece of Vintage Cream cardstock, debossed with the Linen & Canvas impression plate, and adhered behind the frame, which is popped up on foam dots.

You can't see it in the photo, but the frame was sprayed with Perfect Pearls mist to give it a nice shimmer.  For the finishing touches, I added a crown of pearls to the silhouette and a tiny tag tied with wrinkled ribbon.

I hope you'll come by tomorrow, as I have two posts lined up, including the newest ColourQ challenge.  Thanks for visiting!

Happy Birthday ColourQ!

Hello, friends!  I'm so glad you stopped by today, because it's a very special week at the ColourQ.  The challenge is celebrating its second birthday with color combo #104, and there's a fun twist this week.  In addition to a fabulous color palette (as always!), we are choosing a past Colour Queen to CASE!  Arielle has worked hard to create a photo album of all of the past winners, which you can find linked on the ColourQ blog.  I hope you'll take some time to browse through all of the amazing creations and choose a favorite to CASE!

For my card, I chose an awesome grid design by Colour Queen #74, Lindy G.  You can check out her winning card along with all of the fabulous Courtiers HERE.

I love the versatility of Lindy's design!  She used some wonderful patterned papers on her card, but since I didn't have patterned papers in the challenge colors, I used a few different techniques on the blocks to give them some interest.

Lots of Papertrey goodies on this one!  Three of the colored squares are stamped with medallions from Iconic Images.  Three more squares are debossed with impression plates (Polka Dot Basics, Cane Print, and Diamonds).  Two squares use the faux embossing technique, where I die cut a shape from the same color cardstock and adhered it to the square, trimming the edges to fit.

The squares were adhered to a white panel, then I stitched a grid with brown thread just like in Lindy's original.  For the ribbon, I decided to wrap it around the top corner and add a simple die-cut tag, from PTI's Tiny Tags.

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! (Early Espresso, Rose Red, Pool Party, Old Olive), Papertrey Ink (white)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Iconic Images, Tiny Tags)

Ink:  Stampin' Up! (Rose Red, Pool Party, Old Olive, Early Espresso)

Tools:  Papertrey Ink (Polka Dot Basics, Cane Print, Diamonds impression plates, flower, heart, tag dies)

Accessories:  Michaels (ribbon), thread

It was so much fun revisiting the past Colour Queens for this challenge, and I hope you'll take a peek at the gallery, too!  Happy birthday to the ColourQ, and many thanks to Arielle for inspiring us every week with amazing color palettes and for all of the hard work she puts into the challenge!  Be sure to stop by the ColourQ blog to congratulate her!

Thanks for visiting!

Tuesday Trigger: Squares to Cherish

Hello there!  I'm back with a card I whipped up for the latest Tuesday Trigger challenge.  I went with a very literal interpretation of this beautiful crocheted afghan:

I am in love with the medallions in Papertrey's Iconic Images, and I knew they would make a fabulous "quilt".  I pulled colors from the afghan to stamp a patterned background which I then stitched for a quilted look.

For the focal point, I crocheted a simple granny square with embroidery floss and topped it with a button.  The sentiment is from PTI's Quilter's Sampler.  I'm looking forward to giving this card to a dear friend I will be staying with next week, especially since I taught her to crochet when our kids were babies.

All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless noted:

Cardstock:  Rustic Cream, Ocean Tides

Stamps:  Iconic Images, Quilter's Sampler

Ink:  Ocean Tides; Black, Lettuce, Dune (Clearsnap)

Tools:  Pinking shears (Fiskars)

Accessories:  button, DMC floss, thread

Thanks for coming by to take a peek at my card today!  Have a good one!

ColourQ #95

Good morning!  The summer is just flying by, don't you think?  But another Tuesday means a new ColourQ challenge, and this one is especially yummy.  Check it out:

I don't have the new In Colors from SU yet, so I subbed Pacific Point for Island Indigo and PTI's Berry Sorbet for Calypso Coral.  I still love how these colors look together!

I used the limited edition set Iconic Images from Papertrey Ink to stamp the bottom of the main panel with aqua medallions.  I added the silhouette with Pacific Point and one of the sentiments from the set in Espresso.

For a pop of coral, I hand cut a tiny flower from cardstock, added a pearl center, and adhered it to the silhouette.  I've seen a number of people use pearls and flowers to decorate stamped silhouettes, and I think it will be fun to play with different embellishments for this stamp.

I rounded one corner of the main panel and added two more pearls, then placed it on a mat of Pacific Point cardstock.  The card base is Early Espresso with a strip of Berry Sorbet to balance the coral flower.  I popped the main panel up on foam dots to give it a little bit of of dimension.

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! (Early Espresso, Pacific Point), Papertrey Ink (Berry Sorbet, white)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Iconic Images)

Ink:  Stampin' Up! (Pacific Point, Early Espresso), Clearsnap (Seaglass)

Tools:  We R Memory Keepers (Corner Chomper)

Accessories:  Michaels (pearls)

I do hope you'll play with us this week!  And if you don't have the new SU colors, you can still play along with what you have that's close.  We just want to see your creations!

Thanks for your visit today!  Have a happy Tuesday!