Card of the Day - Anniversary Mashup!

 Hello and welcome back! We're starting to get into the heart of wedding season, which means it's anniversary season too! Here's today's card:

A few days ago I made some anniversary cards that used the negative image of the large die from Beautiful Brushstrokes. This left me with lots of pieces that I didn't want to waste but wasn't sure how to use. Then I saw this week's sketch challenge at Paper Craft Crew and the lightbulb went on!

I pulled out my trusty Color Coach to find a combination that included Rococo Rose, and found this one - Rococo Rose, Merry Merlot, and Mint Macaron. I never would have come up with that on my own but I kinda like it!

Although I added the "Happy Anniversary" sentiment inside, you could use this card for any occasion.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Eastern Beauty, A Little Lace (envelope), Beautiful Bouquet (inside sentiment)

Paper - Whisper White Thick Cardstock; Merry Merlot, Mint Macaron, and Whisper White Cardstock; Love You Always Specialty DSP

Ink - Mint Macaron, Rococo Rose

Accessories - Basic Pearl Jewels

Tools - Big Shot, Beautiful Brushstrokes Dies, Eastern Medallions Dies, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Card of the Day - A Little Lace

Hello and welcome back! Today's card was inspired by a post in a Facebook group that I'm in. One of the members said that she had lots of stamp sets that have never seen ink and that she was going to make a card each day with a never-used set, working alphabetically through her collection, starting with retired sets. I have a feeling that would take me a really long time! But I thought I'd take up the challenge starting with current sets. (I don't know that I'll make one every day, but if I can do a couple days a week, I'll be satisfied!) My first unused set is A Little Lace. I found some design inspiration in the catalog and chose some colors from a challenge blog.

I used the coordinating dies to create the lace background and fussy cut the stamped element after coloring with Stampin' Blends. The sentiment is stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder, then punched with the Lovely Labels Pick-a-Punch

I also added a bit of ribbon and a die-cut oval. If I were to make this card again, I might try stamping the main element on Crumb Cake. It's a little stark on Whisper White, but the colors definitely show up better on white.

This card is for the color challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - A Little Lace

Paper - Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, and Whisper White Cardstock; 2020-2022 In Color DSP

Ink/Coloring Tools - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark; Stampin' Blends: Misty Moonlight Dark and Light, Crumb Cake Dark and Light, Night of Navy Light

Accessories - Silver Metallic Edge Ribbon

Tools - Big Shot, Stitched Lace Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Lovely Labels Pick-a-Punch, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals