Fabulous In-Colors

 My sister is an avid gardener and she has beautiful gardens to show for it. I made this cute set of cards for her they all fit into a box that looks like a garden cart. It was designed by Lisa Young a couple of years ago, I updated it slightly by using this years new In-Colors. (Click on the pictures to see a closer view.)
I really loved the final result!

Stamp Sets: Fabulous Florets and Perfectly Penned

Ink: Gumball Green(126861), Midnight Muse(126860), Primrose Petals
(126858), Raspberry Ripple(126859) and Summer Starfruit(126991)

Paper: Whisper White(100730), Gumball Green(126840), Midnight Muse(126843), Primrose Petals(126841), Raspberry Ripple(126842) and Summer Starfruit(126839)

Accessories: Flower Designer Brads(retired), Silver Brads(119741), 1 1/4(119861), 1 3/8(119860) and 1 3/4^(119850) Circle Punches, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch(119275)

Thanks for stopping by,

Sharri

Reason to Smile!

 This card was created using the July promotion set Reason to Smile. It is a case of a fellow demo, Sandi McIver, I love how she used the stamps in the set to create the background on the bottom of the card. The card recipe is:

Paper: Baha Breeze(111352), Old Olive(100702)
Ink: Baha Breeze(126960) Old Olive(126953)

Stamp Sets: Reason to Smile, Perfectly Penned(w-122890 or c-122892)

Accessories: White Gel Pen(105021), White Organza Ribbon(114319), Blender Pen(102845), Big Shot(113439), Fancy Fan embossing folder(127751), Finishing Touches Edglit(127010), Labels Collection Framelits(125598)


I used a blender pen to color the line image. The picture doesn't show it well but I didn't let the gel pen dry enough and managed to smudge the white in places so please learn from my mistakes.

The weather is HOT here this week, for me anyway, I don't do heat and humidity well. I hope you are enjoying your week, where ever you are!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sharri

Never Ending card

I have wanted to create one of these "Neverending Cards" for a long long time and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to do so. The DSP paper seemed perfect for it. I wanted it to go with the Guest book so again I used the Berry Blossoms DSP(122350) retired, Calypso Coral(122976) and Basic Black(121045) card stocks.
The tutorial for the card can be found on various forums you just need to look for it. The fun part of this card is that it opens and opens and opens returning to the front where you start again and again. To decorate this card I created a 3D flower using the Blossom Petals Builder Punch(121808) The instructions for this flower can be found here, on Mary Fish's blog post.
 The measurements for the card are 6x6 inches, it is decorated with 1.25" square punches in Calypso Coral cardstock(122976) and then 1"punches of the DSP Berry Blossoms(122350) these were then embellished with Basic Pearls(119247).

The second side of the card used the Fruit and Flowers(w-122605 or c-122607), Perfectly Penned(w-122890 or c-122892) and On Your Birthday(111664)retired stamp sets stamped with Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade and Wisteria Wonder  inks.

It is decorated with 1.25" square punches in Wisteria Wonder cardstock(122922) and then 1"punches of a piece of Whisper White card stock(100730) that was stamped randomly all over the surface, some of these were then embellished with Basic Pearls(119247).

 The next turn of the card gives us this view; again using the same colors as the second side.
Some punches using the cardstock and the flower from the retired Triple Blossom punch were randomly added as well.

The stamp sets for the center of this section is again Fruit and Flowers and Smarty Pants(115070) retired and more basic pearls.

 The last page/turn reveals this... Here the 1.25" square punches are in Lucky Limeade and the DSP is the 1" square punches.

 The sentiment comes from the set Full of Life(111500)retired. More basic pearls here too. when you open this view you are back to the start and you can keep on going and going and going....

It was fun to make and my 7yr old nephew had great fun turning and turning it.

Thanks for coming by,

Sharri