2013 Artisan Entry Blog Hop -- Day 2

Welcome to the Artisan Entry blog hop for 2013!  Us gals, unfortunately, didn't get "the call" from Stampin' Up, but wanted to join this hop and show you what we worked so long and hard on.  I hope that you enjoy my entries and hope that you'll follow the hop for the next ten days!

If you've been following the hop, you'll have come here from 

Kandi Phillips' beautiful blog, Kandi & Company.  

Here is one of my cards that I entered.  I tried to be consistent with all my pieces, using the Tea for Two DSP to link my entry together.

Stamps:  Vintage Verses, Collage Curios, Elements of Style

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Primrose Petal, Gumball Green, Tea for Two DSP

Ink:  Gumball Green, Primrose Petal, Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice Textured Impressions folder, Window Frames Collection framelits, Designer Builder Brads, ¾” Circle punch, Crystal Effects,  Artisan Embellishments kit, Old Olive 3/8” striped organdy ribbon, sponges, 3/16” Metallic brads, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Festive Paper-Piercing pack, Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue, SNAIL Adhesive

The next blog stop after mine is to Anna Black's blog, My Creation Station.  

Please enjoy the rest of the hop!!

2013 Artisan Entry Blog Hop -- Day 1

Welcome to the Artisan Entry blog hop for 2013!  Us gals, unfortunately, didn't get "the call" from Stampin' Up, but wanted to join this hop and show you what we worked so long and hard on.  I hope that you enjoy my entries and hope that you'll follow the hop for the next ten days!

If you've been following the hop, you'll have come here from 

Kandi Phillips' beautiful blog, Kandi & Company.  

This is my first of the two 3D projects:  a bouquet of roses.  

Stamps:  Collage Curios

Paper:  Whisper White, Tea for Two DSP

Ink:  Lucky Limeade, Pink Pirouette

Accessories:  Big Shot, Petal Cone Bigz L, Fancy Flower punch, Basic Pearl jewels, Vanilla seam binding, Soda Pop Tops, Vanilla Shimmer Smootch Spritz, sponges, Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue, hot glue 

 The next blog stop after mine is to Anna Black's blog, My Creation Station.  

Please enjoy the rest of the hop!!

Harvest of Thanks

This is a card made using the new set Harvest of Thanks.  The images from this set are very "me", i.e. retro shabbiness!  Also, the images fit with the Apothecary Accents framelits. 

All products used are SU!, unless otherwise noted.

Stamps:  Harvest of Thanks

Paper:  Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Sweater Weather dsp

Ink:  Black, Crumb Cake, Close to Cocoa, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Riding Hood Red, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard

Accessories:  Big Shot, Apothecary Accents framelits, Ticket-Corner punch, brads, In-Color Dahlia Adornments, Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, Cherry Cobbler seam binding, Summer Starfruit stitched satin ribbon, sponges, Aquapainter, Dimensionals

Truly Grateful!

Here is my first effort with this new set from the SU! Holiday mini -- Truly Grateful.  The images from this set are amazing and I can see that I'll be using it a lot this fall.  

What you can't see:  the "parquet" is stamped in Chocolate Chip over the Tangerine Tango fabric pattern from the Sweater Weather dsp.  I thought that the image over the dsp gave some nice texture to the project.

All products used are SU!, unless otherwise noted.

Stamps:  Truly Grateful

Paper:  Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Vanilla, Old Olive, Sweater Weather dsp

Ink:  Black, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, More Mustard, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry, Riding Hood Red

Accessories:  Big Shot, Labels framelits, Ticket-Corner punch, brad, Burlap ribbon, Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, Always Artichoke 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Always Artichoke seam binding, Festive paper piercing pack, Dimensionals, Aquapainter, sponges, white gel pen

papillon potpourri!

This is just something pretty that I worked up with the Tea for Two dsp and Papillon Potpourri.  The Pool party butterflies are popped up, which gives this card an interesting texture.

All products used are SU!, unless otherwise noted.

Stamps:  Papillon Potpourri, From My Heart

Paper:  Pool Party, Island Indigo, Early Espresso, So Saffron, Tea for Two DSP

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Island Indigo

Accessories:  Big Shot, Perfect Pennants BigZ die, 1” and 1 ¾” Circle punches, Bitty Butterfly punch, Basic Pearl jewels, Soda Pop Tops, Chocolate Chip Scallop Dots ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals, 3/16” Metallic brads, Crystal Effects, Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue, SNAIL Adhesive, sponges

Congratulations to Ellie and Raimond!

Congratulations to my daughter, Gabrielle, on her silver medal in the 2013 USHJA Children's Jumpers Championships, held June 19 - 23 at the Georgia International Horse Park, in Conyers, Georgia.  In  six rounds of competition over fences between 1.15m and 1.20m in height, they only had one rail down in five days of competition.  Pretty fabulous, if you ask me!

The Championships took place on the Grand Prix field, built for the 1996 Olympic Games.  The entire venue was spectacular.

The June issue of the Paper Crafters Sampler is here!

It's a red, white, blue theme for the month of June.  Stars, stripes and fun 'Sweet Liberty' themed table decor.  Great projects for July 4th, Memorial Day, Veterans Day or flag day.

 

The template of the month is the "Simply Starry" favor box.

Go here to purchase your online copy today!

Shabby Post Card

Okay, I don't know what my most favorite part of this card is!  For a semi-complicated card, this one put itself together pretty quickly.  I will say, however, that I had to get up in the middle of the night to put the Crisp Cantaloupe Boutique Details embellishment on.  I knew that the card was a little too modal, but I couldn't figure out how to fix it.  Picking out the Crisp Cantaloupe pretty was just the right note to set the whole card off!

You may not be able to see it, but the "I like loving you" sentiment, the stamp  and the larger outer layer are printed on a subtle Pistachio Pudding/Vanilla pattern from the Venetian Romance dsp.  I think that it gives a lot of texture to the whole composition.

All products are SU!, unless otherwise noted.

Stamps:  Post Card, Lovely Romance, Postage Due, En Francais

Paper:  Vanilla, Early Espresso, Venetian Romance dsp

Ink:  Basic Brown, Crisp Cantloupe, Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze, Pistachio Pudding, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke, Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede

Accessories:  Big Shot, Apothecary Accents, Ticket-Corner punch, Postage Stamp punch, brads, Antique brads, In-Color Boutique Details, Pistachio Pudding stretch ribbon, Aquapainter, Dimensionals, sponges