Hello Friends, It’s a two post Wednesday. If you are arriving from Penny Black Please scroll down for my SNEAK PEEK NO. 3 and my tutorial on embossing with parchment paper & vellum! FUN š
I just love the Simon Says Stamp Challenges here. They really get me thinking out of the box. The challenge this week is to “make your own embellishments”. I couldn’t wait to get started. As you might know that each week you can win one of these $50.00 vouchers! Wait until you see what the DT has created to inspire you on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog!
I used Spellbinders NESTED POINSETTIAS from Nestabilities Dies here to create my large flower and the flower on each card in my set of six thank you notes.
I love the look of torn paper all distressed and inky! I think of thiscard sometimes and I wanted to create something similar but, different. I ended up making a set of thank you cards to insert into the “card”.Ā The paper for the thank you cards I made are Basic Grey “kioshi” and the colors were perfect with all of the distress ink. Hereis the link for the paper. For the thank you notes I cut out each corner of the paper with the Poinsettia die here. I had ended up with 6 cut out holes and 6 small poinsettias. I distressed each one with two different distress inks. The colors in total that I used were Bundled Sage, Crushed Olive, Broken China, Tumbled Glass, and Chipped Sapphire. Once all the parts were distressed I inserted the flowers into the top corners mixing the papers. I used some tape on the back to hold them in place. I punched some circles for the center with this punch. Then I added some white dots & stitching with my favorite gel pen by Uni Ball.
Each thank you card was stamped with this same sentiment (from Penny Black) on a different piece of this yummy paper from Basic Grey.
For the large flower I cut two medium flowers from white scrap paper & three small flowers from the Poinsettia die. I distressed them with the Broken China, Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire. The leaves were cut from the last flower and used as petals. I distressed them with Bundled Sage & Crushed Olive. I stamped everything with my go to background stamp called Letter Background from Penny Black. White accents were created with the only gel pen that works 100 % of the time for me by Uni Ball.
The torn part of the card was created the same way as I did the flower so please refer to those directions. Let me know if you have any questions. The soft part of the background is lined with vellum. Speaking of vellum…. I have been sharing tips all week on different ways to use vellum so I hope you will scroll down for my Monday and Tuesday posts.
I’ll be back tomorrow. Thanks again for all of your lovely comments. Hugs, Kathy
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I love Ranger’s Distress Inks
Video-watercoloring w/distress ink
gorgeous projects..thought of never want to buy this nestie goes up and up and up again become a must :p..
what an awesome set Kathy, Great idea for your flower…. superb as usual
Wow Kathy, amazing creation…. such a great idea to slot the cards into the holder. Beautiful.
A drop dead gorgeous set of cards! And I LOVE the card holder, all inky and distressed–such a great idea! The flower is pretty awesome, too! Love it all!
A beautiful set Kathy, love the rich inky colours and the pretty papers x
Jenny xx
Beautiful cards and love the colours, superb, such a lovely flowers too.
Hugs Linda
Fabulous card holder and cards kathy !! I lOVE these ,, the flowers are fab and the faux stitching really is a perfect touch !! š
luv
Lols x x x
What an adorable card set Kathy š
great flower!
What a stunning creation Kathy, it jumped out at me this morning on the Simon Says blog:)
You have a unique style that shows in your work. Fantastic x
absolutely stunning!
Kathy this is stunning, a gorgeous set and a beautiful match of colours.Joey x
I LOVE when you get a card all inky! Gorgeous thank you’s and the outside card is fabulous! What a creative idea!
Thank you for the inspiration. This is something that I could make for my sister! I have been wanting to try making different flowers after seeing pictures of all of the different ones at CHA. I love how you used the kioshi (my favorite, but probably not my sisters favorite) paper! You made a wonderful note set! Thank you for sharing it.
Katie
very nice project !
AWESOME creation, Kathy!! Have fun with Simon Says š
Fabulous set Kathy, I love your colours and your flowers are stunning!! Your faux stitching finishes them all perfectly.
hugs
Heather xx
Beautiful set of cards Kathy. Bright and cheery!
Gorgeous set of card Kathy.
luv
Debby
oh oh, B-e-a-u-t-f-u-l!!! Luv the flower you made, the design & the color! That’s nice to be able to put those thank you notes inside of that pocket! š Yesterday, i went to look for Uni ball (white pen) but nobody carries it š My white pen doesn’t work well, and i get frustrated…lol…
Hi Kathy,
Gorgeous work!! I love the vibrant hues and the stitching is fab!
*mwah*
Steph
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Gorgeous! Thank you for the inspiration!
WOWZERS! This is absolutely gorgeous, Kathy! Love the gorgeous flowers too! Love the white detailing with the Uni Ball pen that really makes everything just pop!!!!! STUNNING!
Hugs,t
Wowwwww, love the rich colors. Awesome, Kathy!