Swap card

Our team, the INKlings, regularly have training days and at these training days we quite often exchange swap cards. The card I have to share with you today, was one that I designed for our most recent swap. I knew what I wanted to do, but was unsure of what colours to make the card with. After a quick flick through my dsp stash to see what papers I had enough of, I had three choices, and in the end I chose this paper from the Bella Rose paper pack. Here is my card. It is made using one of my favourite colour combinations, riding hood red and pirouette pink. The design is a Mojo Monday sketch from a while ago that I had saved onto my computer. Using sketches are great, as it takes all the thinking out of designing your cards.

For the white panels, I stamped the Birthday Cheer and Wishes sentiment first and then put them through the Big Shot with the perfect polka dots embossing folder. The top panel was done by punching out a 1 1/4" circle and placing it over the end of the panel. I then had to use the crop-a-dile to punch some small holes to put the ribbon through.

The cocktail glass was stamped in stazon on some whisper white card and then coloured with my blender pen and inkpads. I used the 1 1/4" circle punch to punch it out, and mounted it onto a 1 3/8" pirouette pink circle and a riding hood red scallop circle. To give it a little dimension, I stamped the umbrella again on a scrap of card, coloured it in, cut it out and then mounted it over the original with dimensionals. Here is a close up of the cocktail glass.

I should have used some crystal effects or dazzling diamonds on the glass, but as I was running out of time to get them finished, this had to do. What do you think I would love to hear your comments.

Wow I have done a good job posting this week - three posts - maybe I am back on track again - here's hoping!

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamps: Cheers to You, Cheer and Wishes
Card: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Pirouette Pink

DSP: Bella Rose

Ink: Black stazon, Riding Hood Red, Pirouette Pink, Tangerine Tango, Pacific Point

Punches: Scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle, 1 1/4" circle

Other: Big Shot Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Crop-A-Dile, Stampin' Dimensionals, Blender Pen

Congratulations

A very special couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago, and this is the card I made for them.

I wanted an elegant colour palette and while flicking through my card sample box I came across a card that I had received from Carol Dunstan, which was just the colours I was looking for. She had used champagne glasses on her card and I thought they were perfect. I changed the card around a bit to make it my own, and this is what it ended up looking like. I started off with the going gray card base and stamped En Francais all over it with versamark ink. I stamped the congratulations sentiment in basic gray ink, cut it out and then used my slit punch to make the rounded pieces on the four corners. I mounted it onto a piece of basic gray cardstock and then placed some pearls in each corner.

The strip of paper comes from the bella bleu dsp. which I also mounted onto basic gray card. I stamped the champagne glasses in stazon ink, coloured the champagne with my barely banana marker and then placed two way glue on top and sprinkled dazzling diamonds over it. I then used the 1 1/4" circle punch to punch it out, did a 1 3/8" circle out of basic gray and mounted them both together.

I tied a piece of whisper white 1/4" grosgrain ribbon around the block and did one of Teneale's special bows with taffeta ribbon, finishing it off with a button from the button latte pack.

Here is a close up of the champagne glasses and bow.

I stamped "Happy Anniversary" on the inside as well. I was really pleased with the card, and I am sure Noni and John loved it too.

Til next time.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Cheers to you, cheer and wishes, En Francais

Ink: Black stazon, basic gray, barely banana

Card: Basic gray, going gray, whisper white

DSP: Bella bleu

Accessories: 1/4" white grosgrain ribbon, white taffeta ribbon, button latte button, slit punch, 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" circle punches, pearls, two way glue, dazzling diamonds, stampin' dimensionals

Cheers to you

This is the card I made for my brother-in-law's 40th birthday this week. It was a no-brainer as to what stamp set to use - Mark loves beer - well most males do!

I had a quick flick though my papers looking for something that had a yellow/cream in it about the colour of beer and came up with this one from the windsor knot paper pack.

I used chocolate chip for the card base (I am going to challenge myself not to use chocolate chip on my next card, as I seem to use it on just about every card I make!).

I put the paper on the base and then did a strip of sage shadow with chocolate chip on top. I ran a piece of vanilla taffeta ribbon around the block and placed one of the large cream grommets over the top of the ribbon and tied in a knot in the centre of it. I stamped 8 of the beer mugs onto some whisper white card and coloured them in with my blender pens and so saffron and more mustard ink. I then cut them all out and mounted 7 of them onto the block with some dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment (using my stamp-a-ma-jig) in chocolate chip ink, stamped it out with the large oval punch and then cut it off just under the sentiment, before adhering it to the card front.

Here is a close up of the beer mugs.

I finished off the inside of the card too. I was doing this a lot last year, but I guess have just been a bit lazy lately, so haven't been doing it so much.

This is the inside. I just stamped "happy 40th birthday" across the middle, with my stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect placement, did a strip of card and dsp along the bottom and adhered the last beer mug with a dimensional.

I hope Mark likes it.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Cheers to You, It's your birthday(R), unknown numerical

Ink: Black stazon, more mustard, so saffron

Card: Whisper white, chocolate Chip, sage shadow

DSP: Windsor knot

Accessories: Vanilla large grommit(R), vanilla taffeta ribbon, stampin' dimensionals, blender pens, large oval punch, stamp-a-ma-jig