I love the Sketch Challenge over at Global Design Project #146 this week. Check it out. With every new Stampin’ Up! catalog I get excited about the new products, invest in them and sometimes never use them. This really makes me made at myself. So this year I was more discreet in my investment AND have focused on creating several projects using one stamp set at a time. Right now I am focused on the…
Today’s card has a clean design and was very quick to create. You can see there is very little stamping, my Big Shot did all the work. The color palette is the focus of the card and was inspired by the Global Design Project Color Challenge this week. Typically I would layer purple and green together as I usually love that combination. However as I was creating my card Grapefruit Grove seemed to pop against…
Stampin’ Up!’s Garden Impressions Designer Series Paper (DSP) is the most beautiful DSP I have seen SU release. One side has muted tones and the other brighter watercolor images. Often some DSP can be difficult to use as the patterns are large and can quickly overtake a project. That is not true with this DSP as every image can be the focal point or compliment the focal point of your project. My projects today are…
The Nature’s Poem Designer Series Paper (DSP) is the star of this card. There is a subtle white and crumb cake texture pattern behind the greenery which inspired me. I framed the DSP with Soft Suede card stock just an 1/8″ larger than the DSP. A bit of Linen Thread adds balance to the sentiment from the Rooted in Nature coordinating stamp set. The sentiment was stamped in Soft Suede ink and then quickly covered…
