This is one of the cards we will be making at the Awesome Autumn Class next Sunday (the 19th) at 2pm (my place) We will be making 5 cards using all beautiful autumn colours like Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust and more. The cards will feature techniques such as Chalk and Versamark Watermark, Glossy cardstock, water colour, water misting and more. There is still room to sign up so e-mail me today. $25 or FREE when you make a purchase of $75 (merchandise total before tax and shipping) or more that same day.
I can't believe I haven't bought the stamp set "Lovely as a Tree" before this year. It's been around for ages but I finally broke down and bought it this fall. I've really enjoyed stamping this particular stamp on various backgrounds. This background was done with my SU watercolour crayons and my aqua-painter on watercolour paper. The other stamps I used was the Sanded background stamp and the "warm wishes" stamp is from the Beautiful Borders stamp set.
I am having so much fun with the stamp set "Inspired by Nature" This is a card we made at last month's Stampers Club meeting using the stamp set and a technique called Faux Silk (instructions below) I also used the the "To You from Me' stamp from the Hostess set Best Yet and the Background stamp "Sanded" Faux Silk Technique
1. On a piece of white tissue paper I stamped the cone flowers with Riding Hood Red, Old Olive and Close to Cocoa.
2. While it was drying I stamped the grass image with Kiwi Kiss on Very Vanilla Cardstock.
3. When the tissue image was dry I crumpled it up and then flattened it out. I covered the Vanilla cardstock panel with a glue stick and gently pressed the tissue paper image overtop, trimming the extra tissue paper away.
Although it's hard to see the texture in the picture it's a really nice technique.
This is a quick and easy card I made using the new "Wow Flowers" stamp set out of the new catalogue. I am such a word-a-holic when it comes to stamping that even thought I try to make cards without the words (so I can stamp words on later when I desperately need a card for something) I end up taking a picture with a word stamp. I love the colours in this card. The new In Colours Tangerine Tango and Kiwi Kiss look great with thre Apricot Appeal. I've been working hard at stretching myself creatively and attempt to expand my colour combinations!
It's almost the end of the summer so I have been looking forward to fall. I know back home there wasn't a heck of a lot of summer this year. It's been pretty rainy here too but we've also had some beautiful days and whether its sunny or overcast hanging out by the ocean has been wonderful!
Check out the new colour, Pink Pirouette, which looks great with chocolate chip. Pink Pirouette is the perfect pale pink, lighter and softer than Pretty in Pink. I think it will be fabulous on baby girl cards.
I just love how simple and easy these cards were to make. Although these cards were made from sets in the soon to be old catalogue, Doodle This and Smarty Pants, this design will be one of the cards we will be making at my new catalogue party on August 28th. 
Here is a card I made using the soon to be retired Sweet Shapes. I used Lavender Lace, a colour I don't use very often. The patterned paper is from the Certainly Celery Prints Designer Series Paper. I made the little circles using the paper piercing template from the Mat Pack (page 189) and the uni-ball Signo Gel pen. I might have to get use to using the circle template and a gel pen because almost all ofthe eyelets are retiring. While they might come in different colours Stampin Up has told us they won't be repackaging them so I am really going to miss the white and the Real Red, I use those colours a lot.
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On this card I did a very cool spritzing technique with ink re-fills and water. In two mini water spritzers I filler them both with water. I added about 5 drops of Purely Pomegranate to one and about 5 drops of Summer Sun to the other and shook the both well. On Naturals Ivory I spritzed the summer sun a few times and then I spritzed the Purely Pomegranate a few times until the paper was covered. This technique works better on the heavier cardstock such as the naturals and the confetti type over the Whisper White and Very Vanilla. The stamps I used on this card are the soon to be discontinued Polka Dots and Petals and Much Appreciated, stamped with the Purely Pomegrante and Pumpkin Pie inks. I also used a ticket corner punch on the corners..JPG)
I know that this card isn't very seasonal but Peaceful Wishes was one of the stamp sets on the Stampin Up retiring list yesterday. The mistletoe on this card was made by inking up the stamp with an Always Artichoke ink pad. I then used a Q-tip to remove the ink from the berries and then I used a Bravo Burgundy marker to colour them in. The Peaceful Wishes was stamped in Versamark Watermark and embossed with white embossing powder.
