Think About Color Thursday - Lion Reflection

I recently created this cute little card as a thank you note for a friend.  The color combination is:

Crushed Curry, Basic Gray, and Ruby Red.  

Since Ruby Red is a retired color, you could substitute the current shade of dark red, Riding Hood Red.

The Crushed Curry cs layer is punched with the Scallop Trim Border punch.  That punch jazzes up anything!

Two stamping techniques make this card very interesting.  The thumping technique with Stampin' Write markers onto the rubber of the rubber stamp in several "lion-fur" shades is the method for creating the variegated colors on the lion's fur.  Using the reflection technique is how the lion is transposed upside down.

Sponging around the main image softens it and gives the appearance of water to the upside down reflection.  The top portion of the image is sponged very lightly with Basic Gray, while the bottom portion is sponged with Basic Gray and blue.

Linda

Whatever Wednesday - Baby Peanut

Here's a baby card I created recently.  The photo isn't the best quality here, thanks to my skill level again, but hopefully you can see it well enough!

I incorporated several stamps and embellishments to pull this one together.......The Apple Blossoms stamp set that I showed you on Monday is used for the background of little circles.

Are you wondering how the leaves are created?  The Five-Petal Flower Punch!

Linda

Tuesday Tips - Designer Notebooks

Look at the little notebooks I made!

These notebooks are fun to make - I bought inexpensive notebooks and cut Whisper White cs to fit the front of the notebook.  After some pretty stamping, I'm ready to jot some notes down.

Linda

Map It Monday - Happy Cajun

The map layout for this week incorporates the look of a ripped-out notebook page.

I have used the Spiral Border Punch as the tool to make the main image piece look like that notebook page.

Don't you just love, love, love this stamp set?  It is a Level 2 Hostess Set from the current catalog!  {It's called Apple Blossoms!}   One of my hostesses at a recent workshop earned this stamp set - I loved it so much that I just HAD to order lots of new toys so I could earn it too.  lol

Several oval punches and a circle punch also contribute to this card's style.  The bottom edge of the card is punched with the Scallop Edge Border Punch.

I added color to the edges of the main image piece with sponging color from an inkpad........the Cajun Craze is sponged around all of the edges, and the bottom edge is ripped to appear distressed and sponged with Marina Mist ink.

That brings me to the color combination.....Cajun Craze, Marina Mist and Crumb Cake.  Yummy!

Sorry I am a few days backed up with my blog posting this week.....I had some technical problems.

Have a great week!

Linda

Fast Friday - Cherry Crabby

Fast Friday again!  Today’s quick card showcases the happy new color called Cherry Cobbler.  It makes me smile!  Notice the message on this card…….no crabby here…..cuz Cherry Cobbler makes me smile.

The stamp is from a set called “It’s the Thought” in the recently retired Occasions Mini Catalog (just retired yesterday, so boo-hoo if you don’t have this stamp set, but there’s lots of new stamps in the new Holiday Mini Catty and the big IB&C to choose from!).

The reason this card is so fast is because this is all I did:

On a 4 x 4” card, score the card front only in both directions on a paper trimmer with the scoring blade.

Stamp the crabby crab in Cherry Cobbler Classic ink onto a Whisper White cs.,  Any shape will do….The stamp is small enough to fit in plenty of punches.  There’s even a new 2 ½” circle punch in the new Holiday Mini catalog!  Or, you could simply cut a small piece of cs into a square.  I have cut a large scalloped circle for this card – this can be done with a die, including Stampin’ Up’s Scallop Circle #2 Bigz Die.

Adhere the white cs with Stampin’ Dimensionals onto the card.

Easy but pretty!

Linda

Think About Color Thursday - Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray, Pear Pizzazz

It's so much fun creating cards with one of my new stamp sets, Silhouette Sentiments.  It's a Hostess Level One Stamp Set from the current IB&C.  The set has several miniature flowers on stems, including one with a little silhouette of a bird sitting on a branch, along with some versatile messages.  The best thing about the message stamps is that the font is so small that they tend to fit in just about any of Stampin' Up's medium sized punches and many small sized punches!  No guesswork when adding a message to a card as to which punch will fit which message!

Notice the button?  It's one of the new Corduroy brads in Basic Gray!   Adorable little buttons and brads come in several sizes, all in Basic Gray corduroy (other colors available)!

One of the littlest flowers from the Silhouette Sentiments stamp set is stamped repeatedly to create a patterned background.

Linda

Whatever Wednesday - NEW HOLIDAY MINI RELEASE and GREENHOUSE GALA DSP!!!

WOO-HOO!  Today is September 1st, and that means it is the first day we can purchase awesome stuff from the 2010 Holiday Mini Catalog!  If you would like a hard copy of the mini catalog from me, please email me at lahinks@gmail.com.  I will be happy to give you this mini catalog filled with new products available for a limited time and an ocean of ideas!  Take a look......

click here to view this mini catalog !!!!

 MORE EXCITING NEWS for you if you might be interested in becoming a Stampin' Up demonstrator.....if you join Stampin' Up before October 18, 2010, they are giving you this to-die-for stamping tote FOR FREE.  I wanna join again. :(    I wish I could start over because I want that tote for free. :)    I am ready to support you as you start your own business - just email me or give me a call to discuss the possibilities!

Does the pattern on this beautiful tote look familiar?  The Greenhouse Gala dsp from the big Idea Book & Catalog is transformed into fabric on this remarkable tote!  Speaking of Greenhouse Gala, why not adorn today's card with Greenhouse Gala dsp?  Here's what I created today.

I'm lovin' this designer series paper!  Great color combo:  Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie.  Wow!

Have a fantastic day!

Linda