The challenge today was to create a page that was not square so I chose a heart shape!! So fun!
No Bunny Like You
Curls & Swirls
Date Disks
Ink:
VersaMark
Claret Palette Ink
Other:
Velvet Brads
Mia's Cottage Tag
Ribbon
Pop Dots
This next card measures 4x4. You can make a card this size fairly quickly! I used one of my favorite bazzill cardstock colors that comes in the Blue Greens Monochromatic paper pack: aqua. LOVE it!!The base of this card and the scalloped border are TAC's brown. I used Water Lilly Green Palette ink for the umbrella and then rolled the edges of the stamp in Burnt Umber Palette ink. The sentiment comes from the "Seeds of Blessings" set.
I wanted to make a card using bright colors too...after all it is Spring! So, here it is: I tried to find sentiments from various TAC sets to help you to think outside the stamp set with how this set can be used. In fact, I didn't make any invitation cards at all with the set, even though many of the sentiments can be used for that. This sentiment is from the "More Abundance" set.
Here is a very, very simple card that you can make in minutes! I love the purples in this one. The dotted strip is from "Friendship Strips" and I thought it worked very well with an umbrella. The sentiment is from "Everyday Events". I just cut the sentiment from the image it was "attached" to and stamped it in Noir ink. The purple ink is Spring Pansy VersaMark.
And, last but not least, another card inspired by a bag that Dawn McVey made. You can see hers here. I used Coral Red 3, Yellow 1 & TAC Brown cardstock. The yellow umbrellas are stamped with Thatched Straw VersaMark ink and then I used a brown tombow marker on the handles. The top pink umbrellas were stamped with Belle Rose Palette Ink.
Isn't that ribbon fun? I put a piece of red-lined sticky tape across the whole width of the card and then bunched it up as I laid the ribbon down. Then, I took glue dots and adhered each one down so that they didn't pop straight up. Simple and fun!! Love the look!!
Well, that's it for today! If Laurie and I have inspired you to pull this set out and create with it, post a comment with the link to your creation! Laurie and I would love to see what you make!
To finish the project off, I put some clear glass pebbles in the bottom of the jar and put a burgundy candle on top. That's all there is to it! Simple and fun and makes a great gift!
Here is a closeup of the scarlet paper (which looks more orangey than scarlet in these photos). I stamped the flower image from the "Floral Labels" set using VersaMark ink and then also stamped a row of the flowers from the "Linear Sentiments" on the side & bottom edges of the cardstock to add a subtle element to the page.
Be sure to check out these other Angel blogs with ideas on using your stamps on scrapbook layouts:
Melisa - http://paperliciousdesigns.blogspot.com/
Barb - http://fosterdesignhouse.blogspot.com/
Stacy - http://stacy.typepad.com/
Ellie - http://www.elliesstampgarden.com/
Carol - http://stampincarol.blogspot.com/
Trudy - http://trudystreasures.blogspot.com/2009/04/graphic-blooms-scrapbook-page-blog-hop.html
LaurieW - http://www.soapboxcreations.blogspot.com/
Maria - http://stampinfoolmeier.blogspot.com/
Anna - http://scrapandcrap.blogspot.com/
Bridgett http://hoosierstamper.blogspot.com