Baltimore Regional 2013 Swap #2

I promised you another card and I'm here to deliver.  This card is all about purple, specifically Pale Plum and Wisteria Wonder, I've never used these colors together but they work and I'm glad that both of these colors will be remaining as part of the color refresh.  I started by taking a piece of Wisteria Wonder cardstock and running it through the Big Shot with the Framed Tulip embossing folder.  Next I used the Lacy and Lovely stamp set and randomly stamped the different doily images with the two colors of ink.  I also added a strip of Wisteria Wonder DSP from the 2011-2013 In Color Designer Series Paper stack along with some Wisteria Wonder Ruffled Ribbon.

 

I love the text of the greeting, and guess what, it's in the same stamp set so you're all ready to create with just one stamp set.  I punched the greeting out with the Oval punch and then matted it with a Pale Plum piece that was punched out with the Scalloped oval punch.

 

I love how soft and feminine this monochromatic card is and you could definitely change it up by just changing the colors and using the same stamps and layout so it's definitely flexible.

 

Hope you enjoy the rest of your Saturday!

 

Diana

Baltimore Regional 2013 Swap #1

 Happy Saturday!  I'm so excited today is Stampin' Up!'s regional conference in Baltimore and I'm currently on the road heading up to the event with some friends.  A big part of any Stampin' Up! event is card swapping where you make several of the same card and then swap them with other people so you get lots of new ideas and techniques, it's so fun to see how people can take the same items and create things so uniquely different.  I've scheduled a two posts today to share with you two of the cards I'll be sharing today.  This first card is for a flower themed swap and uses the Betsy's Blossoms and Wacky Wishes stamp set.  This card is pretty straight forward.  I used the Floral District designer series paper and actually stamped the small blossoms in Calypso Coral ink directly on the DSP to add some additional detail.

 

For the flower I used the circle stamp image and then used the flower petal punch and punched it out twice and offset to add dimension to the flower.  I also used a 7/8" scallop circle punch to punch the inner layer and then added an In Color designer printed brad for the center.  A piece of Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon adds some additional texture to the card.

 

Enjoy and don't forget to come back later this afternoon for the second card.

 

Diana