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 !!!

Sparkly Fun Friday -- Gifty Bella with A Spoon Full of Suger Challenge #133

Sparkly Fun Fridays features a sparkly or glittery project using shimmer paints, embossing powders, glitters, rhinestones... anything shiny to welcome the weekend in a fun way!!!

 

Hi everyone,

It sparkles and it shines and it's Christmas all over here in Montreal! We got a good dump of the white fluff at the beginning of the week and it got me into the spirit of things. And I've decided to play along with A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #133, which was to make a Christmas card!

Ooooh, lots of sparkly things on here. First of all, the background was dry embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and my Big Shot -- love the effect. Its different shades of whites I got from the embossed CS really reminds me of patches of snow. The stamp is from Stamping Bella but the name escapes me. I know it's not particularly a Christmas stamp but I made it into one by adding lots of glitter and a little tag that says "merry" from Stampin' Up!'s Tiny Tags stamp set.

Some White Opal Liquid Pearls on the dress, lots of Dazzling Diamonds on the gift and a bling on the tag gives this a very festive look. Oh, and let's not forget the glitter shoes and bows!!! Yeah, I went all out. Here are the markers I've used.

Have a nice stampin' day !!!