Struck by Inspiration

What are ya gonna do?  When inspiration hit ... you gotta be creative! Right?

Here are a couple of cards I made while waiting for a friend to pop by for a visit.  It's a new stamp set from a recent order; Water Colour Trio stamp set (I just love it - so pretty!)  I used a combination of Bright Bold and Rich Regal colours to make these pretty cards.

This one is Very Vanilla on Rose Red card stock with accents of Tempting Turquoise punched with the Pinking Hearts boarder and corner punch, the Scallop Oval, Large Oval and Oversized Oval punches too.  I used my markers with Rose Red and Regal Rose from the Rich Regals and Green Galore and Gable Green from the Bright Bolds.  The butterfly was done in Basic Brown, Brilliant Blue, Only Orange with a tiny touch of Yoyo Yellow from the Bright Bolds - but as it was the 3rd stamp without a reload, it's very VERY subtle (touched up the body and added the antenna after stamping).


Note: Rose Red & Regal Rose will both be with the New colours in the "Colour Renovation" but both Gable Green and Green Galore will be retiring at the end of June *sniff sniff*  I have been a bright bold girl since day one and I hate to see any of "my" colours retire!  But there will be some of the past "In Colours" that will be back as part of the upcoming Colour Renovation.  Stay tuned for more on this - or email me for a list of the New Colours and the list of colours that will soon be gone.

This card was just one accident after another! *chuckle*  I had intended to put the mounted stamped image with the Tempting Turquoise background on this card front but once I put the ribbon in place, I hadn't left enough room for the edge of the ribbon on the left hand side.  I had stamped 3 different image one after the other on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock, and this image was in the middle.  For some unknown reason, when I was cutting the 3 images apart, I wasn't paying attention when I lined up my cutter for the right side of this one and cut through through the butterfly!  After a moment to think about it, I decided to cut the remaining image in 3 so I could spread them out as I did above.  At first I was going to mount them on another piece of cardstock but once I had made the error with the width of my ribbon bubbles, I knew that the solution was to slip the one piece INTO the bubble to get the spread that I wanted... and it worked!

Regal Rose Ribbon, Very Vanilla & Green Galore card stock, Ice Pink Rhinestone brads (same markers as above - 2nd stamp off of the butterfly).

I just love happy accidents, don't you?

I did have one more image but I haven't finished that card yet ... I'll post it as soon as it's finished, I promise!

Punch Happy Cards!

As most of you know, I am a bit of a Punch maniac!  I am always so impressed when I see cards that have used the punches in such new and creative ways ... well I hope that I've got one for you! 

I made a flower using the new key tag punch that kinda looks like a dandelion on account of the colours I chose *chuckle*  I used the oval scallop punch for the clouds and although you cannot see it, the large circle scallop as the base and guide for my key tags.  Then filled in the center with the large blossom from the boho blossoms punch (trio)

What do You think?

Then I did some standard layouts with boarder punches - very frilly looking.  I love them.  I only have the corner punch for the scallop trim and hope I'll be able to get the scallop trim boarder too (I missed it from sale-a-bration!) but I have both corner and boarder pinking heart punches.  The new celery green satin ribbon just so pretty too!

It was Hubby's Birthday too so I made one for him as well!  Large oval punch, folding tab punch, corner round punch and the new small heart punch but I had to hand trim the wood grain heart with my snips.  The large heart punch that I have would have worked perfectly for the blue dotted heart stamped in the background.  Note the new bashful blue satin ribbon?  And the sweet tiny little library clip?

 

I hope my cards inspire you to try some of your own! 

Don't forget - let me know if you are running low on any supplies!  I am always happy to have a Mystery Hostess Party with everyone getting a chance to earn free stamp sets and product! Or call a few of your friends and host your own stamping party - just let me know where and when and I'll do the rest!

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