This card is created for the "anything-goes" challenge at Joan's Gardens, where we are to create a card for someone special. Mine is for a special lady.
I made this one beginning with two-sided textured decorator paper by K&Company, with the card design inspired by the gate-fold card shared on pp 18 and 19 in this month's Papers and Pixels Magazine--techniques by Meg Loven in a gate-fold buckle card. I didn't catch the front with a banner as she did, rather a riveted scalloped punch sentiment by SU inked in Kaleidaacolor Cappuccino Delight ink. The flowers are from various sources, but the main mulberry paper flower came from Wild Orchid Crafts and others are from I Am Roses . The design is heavily spritzed with gold Tsukinko Shimmer. The flowers lie on top of part of the Heartfelt Creations Bella Rose leaves stamp and die-set. The green flourish and corner decoration are die cut from Victorian Romance Flourish (DL151) by Cheery Lynn Designs sold at Joan's Gardens.
This trimmed gate-fold card is created for the anything-goes challenge at Joan's Gardens this week,--a card for someone special in your life (focus maybe on men, boys, masculine). For this card I used a Close to my Heart Stampset called Perfect Day, and embossed black ink following a SplitCoastStampers tutorial by Jen Shultz called Distress Marker Coloring. This card is created on watercolor paper and uses Tim Holtz Distress Markers collection available at Joan's Gardens (so is the black embossing powder). I used Versafine -fine detail archival ink by Tsukineko to stamp the images, and the design was inspired by a similar Lighthouse stampset that Joan carries by Try Fold (Art Impressions). Inside the first fold is a Fancy Tags stamped "ticket" (CL02080) from a Just Right Cling Set available at Joans. The other sentiment reads: "Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
The At Joan's Gardens Challenge this week is a (mostly) pink and black card with embossed background and ovals. The background is embossed with Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder (a SU product), and accented with rectangular and square rhinestones (Recollections-Michaels). I used Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Ovals (Spellbinders S4-113) for the pink and black matting available at Joan's Gardens, which has an holographic sticker by Starform #390 Transparent Glitter Sticker (from pop-ups etc) The butterfly and background are sponged with pink ink, and the butterfly is embellished with Stickles Star Dust by Ranger, also available from Joan..The Swallowtail butterfly is a Stampin UP Stamp that is heat-embossed with glossy black embossing powder.
This week's challenge At Joan's Gardens is a pink, white and black card that uses ovals and an embossed background. I used a Cuttlebug bubbles embossing folder for texture on the white cardstock. The decorator paper is from my stash (from a 4x6 paper pad block of glitter paper that the cover has come off of, so I don't know the manufacturer). The sentiment stamp is by Just Right Stamps CR03815. The oval die cut and the pink "buckle" is from the S5-161 set by Spellbinders called Majestic Elements Radiant Rectangles (There are 20 possible designs in this wonderful set of dies, available at Joan's Gardens.) The edge trim is silver and black glitter sticker-lines by Starform. (#1004).
This Breast Cancer Awareness card is created with pink, white and black, and uses the Texture fade Bubble embossing folder by Tim Holtz (Sizzix 657846). The Butterfly is Spellbinders Shapeabilities Les Papillions Two (S4-395) These products are available At Joan's Gardens, and the card is created using the Weekly Challenge guidelines for the week of June 6, 2013. Cardstock, Ribbon and the H (is for Hope) stamp are all by Stampin Up.
This gate-fold card is embossed with Sizzix 658285 Textured Impressions embossing folder "Dots Set." I've used copics and Tim Hotz Distress Markers to color little Dolled Up Miss Daisy from the Flower Power collection by Wendy Hall. The Butterflies are SU Embosslits, Beautiful Wings, and the white and gold ringed edge detail and Best Wishes sentiment are by Starform available at Pop Ups Etc. The oval and matting were cut from Lifestyle Crafts oval dies. The little rhinestone centered white flowers are commercial. I used Sakura's Glaze pens on the daisy on her hat.
The Challenge at Joan's Gardens this week is a green, white and purple card, with purple flowers added, on a leaves background and using a sentiment.
The background white cardstock is embossed with Sizzix 657139 which is a scattering of holly leaves. I used two colors of green cardstock and cut leaves using the Marianne Creatables LR0156 die and then superimposed those cut-work leaves over the holly detail. Those I then brushed with two colors of chalk by Pebbles. I used Elizabeth craft designs black poppy peel off design, stuck to shimmer purple cardstock by Tim Holtz. I created leaves for the poppies using Cheery Lynn Borders Die, Build a Flower 1 (B181). These are edged with the black Glaze pen by Sakura, so they mimic the black sticker outline of the Elizabeth Crafts sticker The sentiment is a SU stamp edged in a silver holographic line, and placed on the smallest of Romantic Rectangles die by Spellbinders S5-090. Feathers tucked into the design, a pearl and little bees finish this Birthday card. I wasn't sure where this card was going when I started,---but this is how it ended.
It really is a lttle wild, and I thinnk the idea of lightly chalked cutout leaves would be pretty if they wree white. Almost all of the products I used came from at Joan's Gardens.
The challenge this week At Joan's Gardens is a purple, white and green card, with leaf background, purple flowers, and a sentiment. This card uses vellum flowers cut out of Spellbinders beautiful dimensional Embosabilities Folder E3D-03 Delightful Daisies pressed with my E-Bosser. A purple flower from my stash forms the center of the vellum daisy. The centers, brushed with both Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Victorian Velvet) and purple chalk, are then touched with liquid pearls (Ranger platinum pearls) The leaf background is a cascade of autumn leaves that are embossed with Sweet Stamps Embossing Powder (Fine Detail White). I then watercolor-washed over the embossing with Distress ink by Tim Holtz. Silk leaves were living at the bottom of my flower canister and some purple rhinestones finish this. The purple base cardstock and sentiment are by SU. Most of these products came from At Joan's Gardens.
A friend's birthday is coming up, and I made her this card using my new Sizzix Poppy Die (658416) from Susan Tierney's garden, and following her tutorial. I used a dab of flower soft on the inner stamen, and brushed the petals with Tim Holtz Distressing ink (Soot). Rhinestone flourishes are by Jolene, and sticker sentiment vertical Happy Birthday is (from pop-ups-etc). The Border punch is an EK punch and the Birthday embossing folder is by Cuttlebug. Almost all of these supplies are also available At Joan's Gardens.
I made this white and blue card for a friend who had open heart surgery today. Get Well Soon, Don, our thoughts and prayers are with you as you recover. This is for At Joan's Garden Challenge where we are to use blue and white, multiple layers, then and post the basic card, then embellish or accent it and repost it. I used papers by Bazzil and MME (Moments paper pad). The dies I used, available at Joan's Gardens, are Classic Petal Edgeabilities (Spellbinders ES006) stacked up and popped up, and Spellbinders Large Labels (S4-168.) The Sentiment, four-leaf Good Luck clovers, and holographic narrow lines are Starform Stickers. Navy organza ribbon is by Offray, and little brads frame the sentiment.
