Stamp: Freebie from CMPC
Oh dear, should've given the poor piggy at least one if not two mats to sit on, but I obviously forgot to do that. I coloured the image with watercolour pencils and added some Cosmic Shimmer on the heart for a bit of bling (which, of course, is not visible in the photo *sigh*). I used deckled scissors for the edge and added pink chalk as well. The patterned paper, dotty heart brad and self-adhesive ribbon continue the pink theme.
Again a simple and quick card. I stamped the heart with wisteria Fluid Chalk and back it with a darker shade. The lilac scroll card was just the right size for a card blank. I attached a piece of purple organdy ribbon on the card with metal spirals and secured it with glue which I hid behind the image. For finish, I spelled the message with alphabet bubble stickers.
A simple and elegant wedding card. I stamped and embossed the rose on a square piece of white card and embossed the edges as well. I wrapped gold embroidery floss around a cabinet-sized card blank and gathered the threads together with double-sided tape. I covered the other side of the tape with a piece of pale pink mulberry paper and layered the stamped image on top with a foam pad.
I love that stamp, but boy it's a tough one to use. It took several attempts to get the amount of ink and and pressure right and to achieve a good image. I stamped it onto slightly ribbed white card (it states in the wrapping that it's meant for business cards, but I doubt I'll ever use it for that purpose) in deep red and cut it into a rectangle. I stamped the greeting onto a scrap of the same card and backed both with red and silver handmade paper. I layered dotted vellum on top the card blank and attached it from the middle with two eyelets. Two pieces of narrow satin ribbon add the finishing touches. I had trouble getting the one at the spine go nicely through all four holes and to get the bow to the front, but it seems I made it in the end (although I can't remember how).
I added drops of Glossy Accents to imitate dew drops and edged the panel with gold dimensional paint. I made tiny incisions to the card blank's edges and twined silver embroidery floss around it. I snipped the loop from a heart button with wire cutters and fixed it with a glue dot so that it gathers the threads togehter.
The red rose is from a gift wrap I actually have forgot I have (should probably use it more often). I backed it with cardstock because it was a bit flimsy anbd tried to curl up. To continue the theme, I covered a card blank with black and white rose vellum. I covered the glue with the central panel and peel-off corners and edged the central panel with peel-off border.
The stamped image is again from a swap. I coloured it in with watercolour pencils and spread the colours a bit with waterbrush. I cut the deckled edge with decorative scissors and highlighted it with pink chalk. I decorated half the card blank with rose-patterned paper and fixed the stamped image onto the card. Finally, I stamped the text on the card with Distress Ink Fired Brick. I also glued a strip of the patterned paper on the envelope (the heart sticker didn't make it in the end).
I stamped the definition onto white paper (could have used something nicer though) and tried colouring the L with a red gel pen at first, but it didn't work so I left the image as it was. I backed the image with red mulberry paper, tufted the edges and fixed it onto grayscale rose paper. As I didn't have a gromlet setter, I used craft knife to make slots for the gromlet and bent the prongs with hammer. The red heart embellishment finished the card nicely.
I stamped the heart collage on watercolour paper with Distress Ink Fired Brick. I definitely should've inked and distressed the edges of the image, but it didn't occur to me then. Now it's a bit too "clean". I backed it with deep red card from BasicGrey's Blush collection, fixed a red flower brad and a piece of gingham ribbon to upper left corner and attached the whole to a card blank.
I coloured the stamped image (again from a swap) in using a mixture of techniques (coloured pencils, watercolour pencils and chalks), because I had trouble getting the shades right. I punched slits to the corners, wrapped a strand of metallic embroidery floss around the panel and mounted it first on cream patterned paper (the sheen on the paper reflects the flash, hence the bad photo) and then on a square card blank. I made the envelope to the shame theme from cream-and-gold rose-patterned gift wrap.
