It's Christmas in July at Stamp Something!

Hi there! It's time for the next Stamp Something Challenge! It's been about 90 degrees here everyday, so it's just a bit hard to get into the spirit of this week's challenge, but do your best because it's Christmas in July time! We have a great sponsor this week...it's DRS Designs! I hope you'll play along for your chance to win a great prize!

I have used two DRS stamps on my card today...Berry Wreath and Silent Night Sheet Music! They were both printed on a gorgeous embossed English Rose covered vellum by K & Co. The background is matted with a pink parchment, then a layer of black and the ivory base. All the edges are all inked in brown.I fussy cut the berry wreath and colored in the berries with various Copic markers.

There's some burgundy ribbon topped with rosey seam binding, a beautiful sheer bloom and a fabric rose too. And this spray of berries I purchased during the holiday clearance sales was just waiting to give this card a bit of dimension and punch of fun!

Stop by the Stamp Something Blog for all the details of the challenge. While you're there, check out the latest challenge samples and join in the fun! Have a great weekend!

Hydrangea Birthday Card...

Hi there - you know, I can't remember the last time I had a whole weekend off and I didn't have anything planned, I had no one expecting me to be somewhere at a certain time and nothing to do...except whatever I want to do! Yup, that's what I got to do all weekend. So, I did spend quite a bit of it in my crafty room.

I have a card to share with you that I made with one of my newest stamps. It's a stamp by Make and Impression. After you stamp the image there is a blank space where the flower petals go. This entire space gets covered in mini punched petals. The punches are made to match the stamps. Let me tell you, this is a job better
accomplished by someone with shorter fingernails than me! I spent a lot of time just trying to get these just right! I also decided that because my sentiment was the only wordage on the card, I should put a hydrangea on the inside too...I have to say, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. It's a bit discerning when you stamp the image, color the leaves and see a giant blank, uninteresting space and then you have to make it pretty and interesting. I just love the dimension they give to the card. I took a close up so you can see for yourself!


Challenges:

Color Throwdown #101 - colors pictured above
Cupcake Inspirations #69 - cupcake picture inspiration (I chose the icing color)
DRS Designs July Sketch Challenge - great sketch!

Crafty Recipe:

Stamps: Make an Impression mini hydrangea (and matching punch), DRS Designs sentiment
Inks: Memento tuxedo black, ColorBox blue lagoon, ColorBox blue iris
Paper: Basic Grey Urban Prairie, Bazzill cardstock
Copics: B26, B39, BG000, BG02, G99, YG17, YG63
Other: K & Co. paper lace ribbon, Diamond Stickles, KI navy ribbon, Prima dragonfly

I really hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by today!