Two Toned Stamped Flowers

Hello.  I'm here with a Make It Monday card.  Today's caught my eye because I have been stamping two toned peacock feathers lately :)

I followed Melissa's technique when I colored the flowers from Beautiful Blooms II.  I used SU cubes in Lovely Lilac and Orchid Opulence.

The two step SU Wild Rose set was used for the leaves (Amuse grass & moss) and rose buds (Amuse wheat & ocean)  The tall wispy flower is from PTI Life (SU lovely lilac & Amuse heather).  The sentiment is from PTI Damask Designs (Versafine black).

And hiding in the back is that versatile peacock feather.  That makes three very different cards using the same stamp.  I sure am getting my money out of it.  You can see the other cards here & here.

I also wanted to share with you my technique for achieving the multi colored feather.

First I stamped it in Amuse grass.  Then I used a sponge to add color in layers starting with SU really rust and Amuse ocean for the center.

I love the soft blended look.  I can see doing this with quite a few stamps in my collection.

Thanks for stopping by ~
Rebecca

CAS-ual Friday CFC92

I love to stamp my own backgrounds so this CAS-ual Fridays challenge was right up my alley.  But hmm, what stamp to use...

Sometimes I find a stamp I like but I only use it in one style of card.  I only see it as Shabby Chic, Elegant, or Country.  I have been trying to force my self to make the products I own more versatile.

That being said,  I decided to use the Stampendous peacock feather I used to make Mother's Day cards for another challenge.  Those cards were elegant and sparkly.  This card is rustic in design.

My favorite part is the cork Hello.  It was cut using a PTI die from their new self adhesive cork sheets.  I love this stuff!  I cuts like butter and adds so much texture.

Thanks for stopping by ~

Rebecca

Make It Monday 105

This weeks MIM #105 is all about making your own glitter trim.  I decided to make  Mother's Day cards. 

I started with a card base of Bazzill Blue Calyspso.  The peacock feather is from Stampendous and is stamped with SU Taken With Teal and AMuse Grass.  

 

The Mother sentiment comes from PTI Mother Stamp Set and is stamped with Versafine black.

The bottom trim piece is a Fiskars punch that I ran through the Xyron and sprinkled with SU Dazzling Diamonds.  When I was finished I had second thoughts about the black so I made another.

This time I used AMuse French Roast for the sentiment.

I chose a glitter color named New Penny.  I thought I would like it better than the first card but I'm not sure.  I like the sentiment but I think the glitter is a bit heavy. 

Thanks for stopping by ~

Rebecca