Creative Nugget: Today I'm giving you a sneak peek of a brand new stamp set called "Happy Place," being released by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps this Thursday. Please see my side bar for information about the June Release Blog Hop and Release Party. These happy flowers are so much fun to color and paper piece. Since I'm on a mission to use up my scraps of patterned paper, I took some favorite Bo Bunny papers and pieced the background together like a quilt. I kind of got carried away with my paper choices and this panel turned out a little larger than the sketch! LOL! The circle panel was stamped with Friendship Script before mounting it on a True Black scalloped circle. All of the panels were mounted on a Select White card base that was embossed with a new stripes impression plate to give it some texture. Some ribbon, a tiny tag...love these, and rhinestones, finish the card.
The Christmas version is a little more like the sketch:
I hope you'll find time to play along with The Sweet Stop sketch this week. Here are some fabulous samples by the Sugar Babies to give you some inspiration.
Sugar Babies
Thanks for taking the time to stop by. Come back again on Thursday for a fabulous June Release Blog Hop!
Hugs,
Cathymac
Card Recipe
Stamps: Happy Place, Friendship Script (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps), Tiny Tags (PTI)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Peeled Paint, Pumice Stone, and Broken China Distress Inks (Ranger)
Paper: Select White, True Black (PTI), Neenah Solar White (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps), Back to Basics DP (Bo Bunny)
Accessories: Rectangle, Circle, and Scalloped Circle Nesties (Spellbinders), Tiny Tags Die (PTI), Baker's Twine, Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Rhinestones (Recollections), Copic Markers BG000, 01, 45, 49, 53; V000, 12, 15, 17; YG03, 17, 21, 23
6 comments:
Wowie Miss Cathy! this is so Pretty Pretty and So Cheery too! Don't you just Love it when you can use up scraps and create something Beautiful all at the same time! 8-) Love all the patterned papers you put together, it does remind me of a summery patch work quilt! 8-) Your Christmas Version is just Fabulous too! Love the image and sentiment and festive dp's! 8-)
Hope you have a Wonderful weekend my friend! 8-)
Hugs
Shannon
Both cards are beautiful, Cathy. I especially love the colors and coloring on that first one...GORGEOUS!
The background to those cheerful flowers is so much fun!! And the Christmas card is already in my inspiration file!!
Ohh what GREAT colors - love the color blocking! Beautiful work on the Christmas card too - Hope you have a BLESSED day!!!
Lovely cards Cathy! Both version look great. I love how you put pattern papers together. You have such a great eye for that. The paper-pieced flowers look so pretty! The light sponing looks great on both cards.
Cathy I just LOVE that flower card!! The colors the paper piecing, well just everything!! It's so pretty and I agree with Shannon it does kinda remind of a quilt! Hope your having a great week! Sounds like it might get a little "warmer" for the weekend!
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