happy mother's day card

Hi everyone,

I bought this amazing stamp set a few days ago and I couldn't wait to try it out. It's called Impressions No. 14 from the Butterfly Garden Collection by pinkpaislee. All the images are so pretty and perfect for a vintage or a shabby chic look. 

The bird cage and flowers were embossed in white over a piece of dsp from K&Co (Chocolate Neopolitan Collection). The sentiment from Women of Life by PapertreyInk was stamped in Dark Brown ColorBox Chalk Ink and clear embossed. The decorative corners were done with the Scallop Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers.

I added some pearls randomly on the polka dots to create more texture. Aren't those images gorgeous? 

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

For a Funky Mother

Hi everyone,

I swear sometimes I feel like I'm suffering from split personalities. Yesterday's project was all shabby chic and today.... THIS !

Is there a cure for this?! This card is so far away from the frame of mind I was in yesterday. It's all about poppin' vibrant colors and I quite like it. The main color is Melon Mambo and the border at the bottom was punched with a Martha Stewart punch (large double punch arches combo set). I created the background with an image from SU's Fifth Avenue Floral that I repeated, masking along the way to create a grouping of flowers. The image was inked with Whisper White  Craft Ink and outlined with a Copic marker (#RV19). I didn't come up with this technique; I saw it on Nichole Heady's blog. I lovedhow it turned out.

Of course, I had to add some bling. The sentiment was first stamped with Versamark over a piece of vellum then heat embossed it in white. The two score lines at the top and bottom of the vellum helps to mask the score tape underneath (another idea I stole from Nichole!).

So now I just have to find a funky mom to give this to on Mother's Day!

Have a nice stampin' day !!!