I am in Salt Lake City attending the Stampin' Up! convention. It's been a great first few days. I've even met a few blog followers. Here are a few of my other swaps besides the vellum wedding card I shared in another recent post:
This card uses the set Flower Fest which is featured in the Summer Mini Catalog AND the new 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalog. This is yet another variation of a favorite color combination I started using several years ago based on the colors in an Art Deco room we stayed in at a bed and breakfast. I originally used Blush Blossom and Mint Melody with Black embossing. Later I switched it up to Blush Blossom and Sage Shadow while the latest combination is Blushing Bride and Pool Party. Since both of these are In-Colors, no doubt I'll be revamping the combo again in the future!
- I colored the petals with a Blushing Bride marker and then accented them with my aquapainter and Calypso Coral ink.
- The leaves and bottom panel are a new in-color, Pool Party.
- The texture on the panel is made with the Fancy Fan letterpress plate, another new item.
- I used black 1/8" grosgrain between the Blushing Bride and Pool Party panels.
- All stamping is done with versamark ink and Black embossing powder.
- The card base is White Naturals. I've had a few conversations with other demos who didn't recognize this. I don't think I've seen it used much lately but we do carry it. While it is not as polished looking as the Whisper White it makes for a sturdier card. Another aspect of this cardstock that I liked for this card is that it has teeny, tiny black flecks which help to mask any stray bits of embossing powder. I did this in Minnesota humidy so that was particularly helpful.
- The greeting on this card is from the set Upsy Daisy. I did another variation of this card with "Thanks for being a friend" from the Summer mini set, Happy Greetings.
This is a card I did for my July WOWswappers group. We met to exchange in person during our lunch break today.
- This card features a new set, Snow Much Fun. Isn't this guy cute. A couple of preschool boys were checking him out while I waited at the MSP airport and insisted his name must be Frosty.
- My accent layer beneath the snowman echoes the strips in the snowman's scarf. The stripes were cut from polka-dat DSP (More Mustard, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade) which had been run through the lattice embossing folder.
- I stamped the snowman on watercolor paper with Black Stazon ink.
- I colored with markers, uisng the aquapainter when necessary to blend.
- The colors I used to color the snowman include: ( in the order applied - it's a good idea to work from light to dark/bright when coloring!)
- Sahara Sand - for shadows, boots
- Pool Party - snowman shadows, scarf
- So Saffron - scarf
- More Mustard - scarf
- Lucky Limeade - scarf
- Soft Suede - buttons and boots
- Pumpkin Pie - carrot
The theme for convention this year is GROW, which lends itself to some striking convention graphic design. It also means Shelli opened convention yesterday morning by talking about gardening experiences in her family. I though it was appropriate that my husband had just emailed me some photos from our own garden to let me know what I was missing. He had the first berries for supper last night so I'll be able to look forward to raspberries when I leave the excitement of convention behind later this weekend.
Well, it's light enough for to go for a quick walk before breakfast. I'll post more pictures of other cards that I was considering for my swap a little later.
Okay, so I'm a little late - but I've been saving the post and just CASED your Flower Fest card, Chris, and will share it as a non-Christmas project at my next stamp camp - I will give you full credit. I would not have thought of the Blushing Bride/Pool Party combination. TFS
Posted by: Sue Duffy | December 05, 2011 at 05:06 PM