Happy Thursday! Welcome to another Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff day! One of our neighbors is going through a rough time, so I thought I’d create a card for her.  I’ve always been a huge fan of Irises – my husband’s grandparents have beautiful ones surrounding their home in Montana.  I have a few in my yard as well, but nothing like the ones up North.  That being said, I knew Lindsay’s Iris and Bud stamp would be perfect for a Thinking of You type of card. I started in Photoshop with a palette size of 2.5′”x5” and resized my image accordingly.  I duplicated the Iris layer and then colored the lower layer with Jodiann’s Chalkies Styles.  Then I set the upper flower layer blend mode to Soft Light and applied a watercolor paper texture to it.  The blue background is a fabulous digi-paper from Designs by Kristine’s new Daisy Mae kit.  I printed the flower and background layer together in addition to 2 extra flowers.  I trimmed the flower and bud and layered it with pop-up dots.  I added color, shimmer, and additional detail with my Spica glitter markers (Orange, Peach, Lavender, Lemon, and Olive). The DP layer is edges with Ballet Blue (SU). I layered the assembled flower group onto a DCWV glitter panel (Holiday Mat Stack) that I edged with my Martha Stewart Loops edge punch and trimmed with sheer olive organdy ribbon. I added tiny adhesive pearls (Michaels) for a bit of dimension.  The card base is from my stash and is embossed with my Big Shot and Flourish (SU) texture plate. I dabbed Lavender ColorBox Fluid Chalk ink across the base to highlight the embossing.  The sentiment (SU-retired) is stamped in Vintage Violet (SU).

That’s all from me – be sure to visit Lindsay’s blog if you haven’t already – there’s always fabulous ideas and freebies to be found as well as the links to the other DT blogs.

Challenges I Played In

• Bee Crafty – Bloomin’ Marvelous
• Stampin’ When I Can – Embossing
• Kaboodle Doodles – Anything Goes with a Dash of Purple
• Prairie Fairy Designs – Glitz and Glitter
• Sir Stamp A Lot – Punch It

  Welcome to Tiffany Doodles very first challenge! Join us for a chance to win up to 7 digital stamps from the Tiffany Doodles stamps.  All you have to do is create a card based on this FABULOUS sketch from Jenyfur using any stamp you like (though we’d love it if you chose a Tiffany Toodles image – and she has LOTS of freebies available). You have until June 30th to link your project at the Tiffany Doodles blog. Here’s what I came up with using Tiffany Doodles Cake digital stamp set.

I started in Photoshop, I created the mat layers and then sized the cake to fit. The digital papers are from a fantastic mini created for me by Designs by Kristine called Colors of Shannon. The cake is colored with my favorite styles – Jodiann’s Chalkies. I printed each layer individually so that I could add a few more touches during assembly.  I added sparkle to the dots with my clear Spica marker and some shine and dimension to the frosting bead using Glossy  Accents.  The faux stitching was added using my white gel pen.  I created the scallop border with an EK Success punch.  I embossed the green DP with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots D folder and added the sentiment (retired SU), stamped with Rose Red craft ink (SU) and coated with Spica glitter pen.  The card base is parchment yellow from my stash.

I guess that’s all from me! Nadya and I will be spending our last day in Montana visiting family before starting our 3-day journey home.  Have a great week!

Other Challenges I Played In:

• AI Factory – Punch
• Clearly Inspired – Birthdays
• Drunken Stampers – Birthdays
• Easy Craft Projects – Green
• Your Next Stamp – Border Punch

Happy Thursday! Today is day 2 of Nadya’s and my road trip – we’re heading to Montana to visit her Great-Grandparents.  Yesterday we drove the first leg of our journey – to Santa Fe.  We spent the afternoon/night with my MIL – Nadya thoroughly enjoyed the swimming pool visit and carousel ride “Baba” suggested.  Now we’re heading to Denver, where we’ll have another stop over.

For today’s project, I used one of Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff fabulous new releases – Girl Thing.  I loved the purse and matching pun sentiment, so I “had” to create with them. The fun patterned paper I used to piece the purse is from Designs by Kristine – Colors of Shannon (yep – a kit named just for me!!!) as is the polka dotted DP.  The remaining colors and mats were creating using Jodiann’s Chalkies  styles – I REALLY love these styles – in case you hadn’t noticed.  I created the digital embossing behind the purse using a Photoshop filter from Akvis.The sentiment mat is digital vellum – easily created by adjusting the layer opacity and adding some shadow.  I printed everything out as individual layers so I could more easily add embellishments.The brads were added with Smooch and I added some shimmer to the sentiment with my silver Spica marker. I used Glossy Accents on the purse strap and the beads.  Instead of the clasp, I added a coordinating mini-button from my stash.

That’s all from me – if you didn’t arrive here from Lindsay’s blog, make sure you check it out.  She has a coordinating freebie and the links to the rest of the DT blogs.

Challenges I Played In:

• Aimee’s Challenge Blog – Something For A Girl
• Crafty Anne’s Challenge Blog – Lots of Color
• Delightful Sketches – Texture
• Paper Play Time – Groovy
• Wee Memories – Piecing