Good Thursday morning......

my friends. It is day 3 of ISC's sneak peek and I tell ya, you will love it. Today I've decided to share a card with you that was made with a set that is called "Let It Bloom". It is one of the smaller sets, but let me tell ya, it is so fun. For this card I used a base of SU Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette and my all time favorite Basic Grey Porcelain DP. I can't get enough of this yummy combination of brown and pink. For my flower I stamped all three sizes of the flower on a sheet of marbled kind of looking pink paper from the Porcelain DP pack cut them out and layered them, holding them together with pop dots and to give them dimension. I also curled the pedals a bit by using my stylus. Everything else on this card is pretty obvious :D. See for yourself...




Grateful..........




Recipe:
Paper: SU Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey Porcelain

Stamp: Let it Bloom ISC

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories: Nesties petite scalloped ovals, Basic Grey Opaline pink half pearls flourish, light pink sheer ribbon from my stash, Dew Drops from the Hyacinth Mix.

Don't you just love those colors together? I really like this marbled paper that is in the DP pad, as it gives the flower a little more of a realistic look.

A few months back I discovered those fun little flourish pearl thingies from Basic Grey and just had to give them a try. They gave me a little of a hard time at first, you know after all they are sticky and tend to twist on you, but I got them under control and I love the way they add just that right little touch without being too overpowering ;D.

Well, that is it for right now. Please, make sure you come back tomorrow as we have a very special offer for you. No, I am not telling any more of it today, it is a surprise ;D;D.

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Hello you all....

and welcome to day 2 of ISC's sneak peeks. Today I have a card for you that I made with a set that will be released on Friday 11. September 2009 and it is called "Shades of Autumn". This one was real fun to create as I went a little outside of my comfort zone and had to think on how to get the effect that I wanted without having (yeah, I know, I am way behind, I still don't have my copics, my vacuum gave up on me so my hubby had to buy me a new vacuum instead of those copics, darn it ;D) the right tools, but I think I am pretty close on what those sea grass leaves look like in Fall by using some DP and my old faithful watercolor pencils. Not perfect, but pretty close ;D. So let me tell you a little about how I achieved the look of my card before I actually show it to you. I had some Scrapperdashery DP leftover from a previous project and I stamped the sea grass leaves on it in VersaMark and embossed them with brown embossing powder. After that I used 3 different shades of brown of my watercolor pencils and blended them together with my blender pen (yep, not my watercolor brush ;D) and to make the edges a little more worn and antiqued I simply ran my Tim Holtz distressing tool over the edges and then sponged the edges with Chalk Box Dark Brown and Creamy Brown. Since I was going for Fall colors for this card I chose SU Chocolate Chip for the card base layered with some PTI Vintage Cream which I also distressed with Chalk Box Bisque and Creamy Brown. After I adhered the Vintage Cream layer on the base I added the stamped image panel unto it with dimensionals. To give this last panel a little more interest I added four Ginger colored Dew Drops in the corners wrapped some Antique Gold silk ribbon from Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply Ribbon store around it and to finish it off I stamped the sentiment in Memento Rich Cocoa unto a scalloped oval which I cut out with my Nesties scalloped ovals dies. See for yourself.....





Sure do miss ya...



Recipe:

Paper: SU Chocolate Chip, PTI Vintage Cream, Scrapperdashery DP

Stamp: Shades of Autumn

Ink: VersaMark, Memento Rich Cocoa, Chalk Box Bisque, Creamy Brown, Dark Brown

Accessories: Nesties scalloped ovals, antique gold colored silk ribbon, brown embossing powder, Watercolor pencils in 3 shades of brown, dimensionals, Ginger colored Dew Drops

What ya think?

Well, this is it for day 2 of the sneak peek. I hope I'll you back tomorrow for another peek.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

It is once again sneak peek time...

Oh my goodness, where has time gone? Another month already gone and it is time for Innovative Stamp Creations sneak peek for the September release. You are in for a treat this month. There is a little bit for everyone. Today I am showing you a little peek of a set called "The Tropics". This stamp sheet is very versatile and I had fun creating with it. See, I have been in a little more masculine card making over the last few weeks and this set can be used for either feminine or masculine cards. For my sneak peek I chose some rustic cream cs from PTI and some textured cs from a DCWV pad in chocolate brown. To get use out of the script stamp that is included in this sheet I took it and stamped it on rustic cream cs in SU Mellow Moss. The stamp is appr. 1" wide and appr. 5" long so not an entire BG stamp but real easy to align. I did not even use a guide or anything, I just went for it ;D. To give it a little more interest I cut the script panel with my Nesties curved rectangles die and distressed the edges by running a chalk box cats eye over them in Creamy Brown. To give it a little more earthy feeling I added some Jute ribbon I found in the $ bin at Michael's. For my image I chose this palm leaf and stamped it in SU Mellow Moss and colored it in with watercolor pencils. To add a sentiment I used the three simple words "keep in touch" stamped on one of the Nesties Ribbon Tag Trios in SU Close to Cocoa which I attached to the card by threading some stitched grosgrain ribbon through. To make the palm leaves pop a little more I matted them with DCWV textured chocolate cs which I punched out with my 1.5" scalloped square punch and voila, you've got the finished card.



See for yourself.....

Recipe:
Paper: PTI Rustic Cream, DCWV textured chocolate brown

Stamps: ISC The Tropics

Ink: SU Mellow Moss, Close to Cocoa, Chalk Box Creamy Brown

Accessories: Nesties Megabilities curved rectangles, Nesties Ribbon Tags Trio, Making Memories celery stitched ribbon, Offray Jute ribbon, EK Success 1.5" scalloped square punch, Watercolor pencils, 3D pop dots, double sided tape

What do you think?

If you like this set make sure to head on over to Innovative Stamp Creations on Friday 11.September 2009, when this set will be available to purchase.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today. I will have another sneak peek for you all tomorrow so make sure you'll come back :D. If you have a minute head on over to see the other gals from the DT, they can be found in the my sidebar. You will be in for a treat, they have some really cool cards to show you as well.

Hugs and have a wonderful day,