Connie-Shadow Heart

Today I played with an older Sweet Pea stamp.

This beautiful heart image comes from Plate #27 

and is titled "Shadow Heart"

You can see the entire plate by clicking

HERE

This plate has several beautiful images plus very nice sayings.

I more or less CASEd this card from one I received 

a long time ago from my sister...thanks Sam!

Supplies:

ribbon by Reasonable Ribbon

Creative Memories circle cutting system

Background paper, lace paper and pearls from my stash

I plan to send this beauty to some very close friends for their

anniversary, but it would work well for many different 

occasions.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

Connie

Butterfly Collage

Today I would like to share a simple card using the Butterfly Collage image from plate #27. This sheet includes two additional stamps and two sentiments and they are all beautiful!

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Butterfly Hearts

Hi Sweet Pea Stampers, Micki here.
With all the gorgeous new stamps Sweet Pea Stamps has been releasing, sometimes I tend to forget about the beautiful older stamps in my arsenal. Plate #27 is a wonderful set of stamps that lend themselves to just about any theme or sentiment.
So for my card today, I played with my Sizzix Movers & Shakers die to create a window card which I thought would highlight the small Butterfly Heart from Plate #27 perfectly.

I'm ashamed to say that I"ve had this die for two years now and this is the first time I've used it. I did have a little trouble making sure the inside panel with the butterfly hearts lined up right, but then had a 'lightbulb' moment and used a plastic report cover (die cut) as a template.

I used the sentiment 'Amore' that comes on Plate #27 paired with a metal heart from my stash.
To add just a little pop of color, I used red embroidery floss on the metal heart.

Here's another look at the card.

Gotta love this awesome plate. So versatile oh and also perfect for technique backgrounds. Hm..... I think I'm off to play some more.

Amore

Something a little different....for me anyway. What do you think?

I wasn't sure about this card. When I'm not sure, I walk away from it, let some time pass and re-evaluate.

This shadow heart and the "Amore" sentiment are from Plate 27 . Beautiful, what I call 'collage' type stamps. You have to head over to the store to see the other stamps on this plate!!

This card is a very 'clean & simple' type card. Unless you are analytical like me, this card should take no more than 5 minutes to make.

I took the Spellbinders frame die and ran it through my Ellison to emboss only. Then used the same die with some DP from my scrap basket, this time to cut the paper. Attached the insert piece to the card. I used pigment ink to stamp the shadow heart, then cut it out using good ole fashion scissors (I generally use a craft knife). Found some ribbon that matched almost perfectly with the heart, which I wrapped around the front of the card. I used my craft knife to cut a slit on the fold end, the width of the ribbon. I attached the heart with foam dots hiding the ribbon ends. I used my oval punch on the "Amore" and finally decided to put in the lower right corner within the embossed frame. Don't ask me how long I agonized over that one, lo.

Did you notice something? No copics..... maybe that's why it didn't feel right at first. But it was fun to step outside my comfy zone and try something different. That's what makes these stamps so versatile.

More Diagonal Tri-fold cards

I had so much fun making these small diagonal tri-fold cards that I've made more of them. You can see the dimensions and more about how these cards are put together in a previous post dated Jan 25, 2010. Or, you can Google 'diagonal tri-fold cards' to get more info about them.
I stamped this beautiful butterfly collage stamp found on Sweet Pea plate #2 using black India ink onto a background piece created on glossy card stock. Sorry for the glare that appears on my picture of the card front. Before doing anything else I used a Cuttlebug border embossing folder around all 4 sides of the front of the card. I then measured and cut a piece of silver metallic ribbon and attached it to the back of the butterfly image. I then attached the image and ribbon only to the left upper triangle of the card front.

With the left front panel partially opened you can better see the embossed edges of the front panels. I like how this Cuttlebug embossed border works so well with the design of the stamp. I think it provides an elegant, yet simple, look to the card.



The inside of this card is very simple. The 2 sentiments used are also on Sweet Pea Plate #2. I stamped them onto orchid card stock and trimmed with a decorative edge scissors. This is a small card and I think too much would overpower it. After all, it's the thought that counts.... and I love the thought that this sentiment is conveying.


For this diagonal tri-fold card I've chosen a sentiment as the front of the card. This sentiment and the images inside can be found on Sweet Pea plate #17. I love this sentiment and think this card is perfect to send to a special friend for no special occasion... just as a reminder that his or her friendship is special.
After cutting and folding the blue card stock, I cut a piece of decorative paper to be slightly smaller than the front panel. I cut that piece on the diagonal and attached each of the triangles to the left and right of the card front. I stamped the sentiment onto a small piece of blue card stock and then trimmed using an EK Success border punch. I attached a sheer blue ribbon to the back of the sentiment and then attached just the left side of the piece to the front left triangle of the card front.

In this picture I've flipped open just the left side of the card so that you get a better sense of how this card is folded. And you can see how the sentiment attached to the front of the card is only attached to the upper left triangle of the front of this card.



This is the card fully opened. These angel images are also on Plate #17. The miniature images on the left and right panel are the same as the image on the center panel. I stamped the miniature images onto an alcohol ink created background and the central image was stamped onto a piece of water color paper that I had sprayed with watercolor spray I had mixed using water and pearl ex powders. I matted the central angel image onto a piece of pink card stock so that it would pop a bit off the card.

The heart collage image found in the center of this card is on Sweetpea Plate #27.
After cutting and folding the card I ripped a piece of handmade background paper that a friend had given me. This piece is actually made from a brown paper bag! I centered it across the card front before cutting it in half on the diagonal and then adhered to the card front with double sided tape. I stamped the heart collage image using india black ink onto a piece of white card stock that I had sponged with various colors of distress inks. I trimmed to slightly larger than the heart. I measured and cut a piece of purple ribbon so that it would fit around the card and tie into a bow. I taped the ribbon to the heart first and then attached the left upper portion of the heart image to the left upper triangle of the card front only.

In this picture I've opened up just the left side of the card. I used some gold metallic heavy card stock pieces on the inside and stamped 2 of the sentiments and 1 of the other images from Plate #27. The card stock really soaked up the ink so the words and images are fairly light colored even though I used black india ink.


With the card opened to it's fullest, you can see the placement of the sentiments and the image more clearly. I used another piece of the same background paper on the inside center panel. I think it helps to highlight the stamped sentiment.

Bird Collage stamp

Take a look at Sweet Pea plate #27; there are some great collage images there. Check out this bird collage image.
I stamped the image with black VersaFine onto a piece of background that I had created with various colors of inks. I mounted it onto a piece of wine colored card and then onto a piece of gold card that I ran through the Cuttlebug with an embossing folder. Before attached the entire piece to the black card, I wrapped and tied a copper colored ribbon around the bottom of the card.
Chrissy

Connie-Be My Valentine

This set lends itself to love very well doesn't it? I stamped several of the small Sweet Pea Stamps hearts in red on white paper and one large heart on a white scrap which I trimmed and sponged black around the edges. I affixed the large heart with pop dots and added tiny jewels on both sides. I punched the corner and set a small red jewel in each before layering onto black and then red base.

For the verse I put tape over the word "love" before inking with black and then removed the tape and colored with red marker the word, then stamped. As you see, it gives another slant to the verse that way.

This card was published in Vamp Stamp News in the February 2010 issue and it is running on my anniversary....how cool is that?

Connie

Connie-Sweet Valentine Resist

My "Winter Watcher" card used the Nestie Pendant with a scrap of wax paper for ease in removing bits of paper.  Well,  this card uses the scrap of wax paper in a resist to show you what you can do with your "leftovers".

Supplies:

Sweet Pea Stamps Plate #27

Jewels-Michaels

Distress Ink-Ranger "Fired Brick"

Wax paper-grocery store

Iron-laundry room?

Text paper

Nestie Pendant-Spellbinders "Fleur De Lis"

Cuttlebug

Designer paper-DCWV

VersaMark pad-Ranger

Detail white embossing powder-Stampendous

Glue dots-homemade

Directions:

I laid the wax paper cutout on a scrap of white paper and then a pc. of text paper over that and ironed with a hot iron to melt the wax.  Then I brayered distress ink over that, rubbed with a paper towel to remove the excess ink.  You can see the faint outline better IRL.  I layered some DP along one side, added some red jewels and stamped the verse in VersaMark ink and detail white EP...stamped the large heart over a pc. of distressed paper and embossed in white EP, using pop dots for dimension.

Now if I could only figure out more ways to use my leftover turkey that are as much fun as this was...