Blue Plaid OSW -- 2

Yesterday, I posted several Blue Plaid OSW cards. Here are the rest in that series — this group with a nautical theme.

The template I used was designed by Carol Lovenstein, something I found on Pinterest. Part of the plan with these was to use up a bunch of leftover images and make as many cards as possible — for a variety of uses — in a short amount of time. All paper is from DCWV or Recollections, other details noted for individual cards. Click on any image for a larger view.




Stamps: Lighthouse (Calm Seas, Stampin' Up); Happy Birthday (unknown)
Ink: Basic Black, Blue
Accessories: Circle punches (Marvy), Brad




Stamps: Set Sail (SU, retired) ~ Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Word Window punch, dimensionals,
Computer printed greeting





Stamps: Set Sail, Ephemera (SU, retired); Birthday Basics (PTI)
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Word Window punch

 


Stamps: Set Sail (SU, retired); Birthday Basics (PTI)
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Word Window punch




Stamps: Set Sail (SU, retired); Birthday Basics (PTI)
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Word Window punch



4th of July Cards 2012

A couple of cards for the 4th of July...

I meant to post these on Monday, but forgot I wanted to add a third pic and it was still sitting in 'drafts' on Tuesday. Oops. Ah, well...never too late to share, right?

The first featured a retired stamp set from SU that I have not used in ages. Figured it was past time to pull it out again and wipe off the dust. The second uses a panal from cards made in 2009. I found a bunch of extra panals and used a few for some quick, easy cards.

STAMPS: Thankful Thoughts (Stampin' Up)
INK: Night of Navy, Real Red (SU)
PAPER: DCWV

STAMPS: Let Freedom Ring (Papertrey)
INK: Night of Navy, Real Red (SU)

Stop and Smell the Flowers

A birthday card for one of my nieces...

Stamps: Scene in a Garden (Stampin' Up), Vintage Picnic Sentiments (PapertreyInk)
Paper: DCWV
Ink: Basic Black, Perfect Plum
Accessories: Colored pencils and blender pen

Dimensional Daisies

A clean and simple card, using dimensional stickers.

Stamps: Handwritten Notes (Papertrey)
Paper: white, pink (DCWV)
Ink: Basic Black (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Dimensional Daisy Stickers (Martha Stewart)

Let Freedom Ring

Happy 4th of July!

I hope everyone is enjoying a safe and happy holiday.

Yesterday I posted two fourth of July cards made for this week's SCS sketch challenge. Today I share what most of the cards sent out looked like. First, I started with my new "Let Freedom Ring" set from Papertrey.

I started by positioning several of the stamps on my largest acrylic block. My apologies for the poor image quality, but I do not have a digital camera and clear stamps on acrylic do not scan very well. Still, I think you get the gist of it.

Next, I stamped those images repeatedly on a sheet of 8-1/2 x 11 inch white cardstock in Real Red, basically making my own designer paper, or what stampers call a "one sheet wonder," so that it looked like this:

Next came the cutting. I had intended to use that week's card sketch from SCS, SC234, but it just looked too plain and blah. So...I pulled out these eagles I already had stamped up, matted them, and positioned them in the lower right corner, popping them up for dimension. Looked much better, in my opinion. White brads in the upper left corner helped balaance out the finished cards.

Stamps: Eagle (Wildlife Reserve--Stampin' Up), OSW image (Let Freedom Ring--Papertrey)
Paper: Cherry Splash (Bazzill), Kraft and Navy (Wausau Papers), White (Xerox cardstock), designer paper (DCWV)
Ink: Navy Blue, Real Red
Accessories: Oval Punches (Marvy), Brads (Hot Off the Press)