Happy Banner Birthday

Today is Wednesday and so is time for another sketch  the from the Paper Craft Crew! It has been a busy day for me…appointments and doggie walks and out for dinner and a show in town for night  - a very infrequent  but will be worth it occasion but means this will be a short post today :-)

So without further ado here is this week's sketch:

And here is my card…I really wanted to try and create something  fun and "hip" with this one and use the Banner Blast stamp set and punch instead of ribbon.

The card base is Strawberry Slush and it looks so bright and cheerful with the Smoky Slate and Coastal Cabana :-) I stamped the Hardwood background with Smoky Slate onto White card stock and then added to a layer of Woodgrain embossed SS card. For the Banner each image is on a Dimensional ( of course!) and the little White Baker's Twine bows at each end give an illusion that there is twine all the way along.

And "Bling" is the middle name of this card ( if it had one LOL!)

Card stock: Strawberry Slush, Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Coastal Cabana

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana

Stamps: Flower Shop, Banner Blast, Papillon Potpourri, Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)

Accessories : Big Shot, Woodgrain EF, Leaves Sizlit die, Word Bubble Framelits, Flower Punch, Banner Punch, Whisper White Bakers Twine, Basic Rhinestones

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card today and I hope you feel inspired to check out what the other talented designers at the Paper Craft Crew have made and maybe have a go too :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Just Add Ink #182

When the power went off today it seemed to be the perfect time to sit down and look at completing this page in my Epic Day Journal. The challenge at Just Add Ink this week is to Just Add Frames...and as an added bonus I think Just add CUTE is true here too! This photo is of my gorgeous niece Nikita taken just after she woke from a nap - note the sleep tousled hair :-) while she was visiting with her family from NZ earlier this year.

 

For the Frame I used the Square Framelits and a technique for lengthening the size of frame by only passing the framelit half way or so through the Big Shot before repositioning the framelit to the desired length with the top cutting portionUNDERNEATH the card stock so as to just cut the sides and bottom. I cut the inside part of the frame with my paper cutter( not being game enough to try it with the smaller squares this time!) and then embossed it with the Chevron EF and adding with dimensionals.

The little banner is created with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits and Hexagon punch..and a little Papillon Potpourri butterfly - my new favourite set! This came together more easily than I expected - and love how SU! products are so well colour co-ordinated! From the Inks and Papers to the Washi tape!!

Products Used:

Epic Day Journal

Card Stock: Crumb cake, Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Epic Day, Hearts Amore Specialty

Inks: Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Gumball Green

Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Flower Shop, Ciao Baby

Accessories: Big Shot, Squares Framelits, Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Hexagon Punch, Pansy Punch, 7/8'scallop circle punch. Epic Day Washi tape, Linen Thread,Basic Rhinestones, Non SU Coloured rhinestones

Happy stamping until next time!

Jan