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

CC&S 238 - Life is Beautiful

Hello and welcome back! Today's card is for the Timeless Tuesday double challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches. 

And here is today's card:

Lucky for me that I have that large stash of retired products, because I was able to pull out all of the cardstock colors! Since the colors are retired, I decided to use current stamps and dies. The Eastern Beauty stamp set and coordinating Eastern Medallion Thinlits were perfect for this sketch. I love that the thinlits can be layered in many different ways and can be used with the Layering Circles too.

I hope you like this card!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi



Supplies used:

Stamp set - Eastern Beauty
Paper - Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Certainly Celery (retired), Bashful Blue (retired), and Pretty in Pink (retired) cardstock
Ink - Basic Gray Archival
Accessories - Pearl Basic Jewels
Tools - Big Shot, Eastern Medallions Thinlits, Layering Circles Framelits, SNAIL, Tombow Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

TGIFC#109 & PP#346 - Faux Dry Embossing

Hello and welcome back! Today's card is for two challenges - the inspiration challenge at TGIFC and the sketch challenge at the Paper Players.

Here is today's card:

I spent way too much time browsing on Pinterest today and found a wonderful technique video from Alisa Tilsner for faux dry embossing. With all of the dragonfly inspiration from Rochelle Blok, I thought this would be the perfect way to try it out!

I created my card base from Smoky Slate cardstock and then die cut 7 of the small dragonflies from the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits and glued them onto the card front using the Tombow glue. I lined them up diagonally like Alisa suggests in her video. I was able to use some of the parts I cut off to fill in the empty spaces. Then I just added a banner of Pink Pirouette, a sentiment from Eastern Beauty, and a little sparkle with some Silver Glimmer Paper. It's a pretty simple card, but it packs a lot of punch, don't you think?

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

--Cindi



Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Eastern Beauty
Paper - Smoky Slate, Pink Pirouette, and Whisper White cardstock, Silver Glimmer Paper
Ink - Basic Gray Archival
Tools - Big Shot, Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits, Layering Squares Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Banner Triple Punch, Tombow Multi Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals