Back in the Stamp Room

It's been much, much too long, but I finally made another card... and posted it!  I miss posting.  And I don't even have a good excuse!  At any rate, another looooovely sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches.  

I've been wanting to do a herringbone card for a little while now, and the Sale-A-Bration DSP is just freaking beautiful, so I got to work...

 

Not to toot my own horn, but I adore this card.  I don't want to give it away!  But I am.  Tomorrow.  To a good friend and co-worker.  I hope I get the requisite oohs and aahs!

And here is a close-up of the depth, to help you completely adore this card as well:

Hopefully I'll be back posting again much sooner this time around.  I finally got a smart phone, and my oh my was the picture loading process simplified!  So perhaps I won't be so lazy.

Thanks for checking out my blog today!  Have a good one!

Supplies Used:

Card Stock:  Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Ink:  Soft Suede

Stamp Sets:  Petite Pairs

Other:  Big Shot, Labels Framelit, snowburst embossing folder, 2-step Bird Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Blossom Builders, Lucky Limeade ribbon from the Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack

Freshly Made Glimmer

Not much time to post today, it's past my bedtime, but I wanted to get this up in time to enter!  This is a small 4.25 x 4.25 square.  The darker glimmer paper is just silver with some Wild Wasabi ink.  I got the sketch at the wonderful Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge.

The birthday girl who received this is also a stamper and loves bling, pink and green.  So I did my best!

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Freshly Made Birthday

I had to take a break from Christmas cards because I have a lot of December birthdays, too (mine included... although I don't make myself a birthday card)!

Knowing I needed a birthday card, I immediately pictured three little gifts in Freshly Made Sketch lucky #13.

I wanted to find a color challenge to pair it with, but I didn't find any that I liked for the friend I was making this for, so I just went with my own colors.  

This card is pretty simple, but oh so cute!  Check out what I did on the inside for some nice symmetry:

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The Glitter Incident

Boo for missing another Freshly Made Sketch!  But at least I didn't miss two in a row.  Here's FMS8:

 

I needed a birthday card for my SIL, and I tend to add extra glitz and glam when I make cards for her, so I wanted to try out my newly acquired Dazzling Diamonds.  It was my first foray into glitter.  Although the final product actually glitters quite nicely, the process was not my finest moment.  Here's the card:

 

I apologize for the poor picture quality.  I forgot to take the picture before I gave the card away, so I classily took it with a cell phone after the fact.

Long story short, I used pewter embossing powder, and sprinkled the dazzling diamonds on immediately after heating it, but it dries quickly, so I only got a little sparkle on some of the letters.  Which led me to my brilliant thought... if I sprinkle it on each letter immediately after heating, it should still be melted enough to adhere.  Except I didn't think it through all the way.  I ended up sprinkling it on the L while the heat gun was blowing on the B, which in case you didn't notice, is right next to the L.  Glitter EVERYWHERE.  And I didn't stop after the first letter, once the glitter was in the air, I just went for it.  I can't imagine how much glitter I wasted, but it worked... you can see the LBT is glittering away nicely!  Not that I'll be doing it again!

Supplies Used

Card Stock:  Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Concord Crush, Cheerful Treat DSP (Hostess)

Ink:  Melon Mambo, Versamark

Stamp Sets:  Well Scripted, Broadsheet Alphabet

Other:  Big Shot, Designer Frames Embossing Folder, Finial Press Embossing Folder, Wide Oval Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Pewter EP, Dazzling Diamonds, 5/8" Organza Ribbon, Silver Twine (non-Stampin' Up)