Tea, anyone?

Here's another photo taken with my new photo set up....

Stamps:  Tea Shoppe
Ink:  Perfect Plum
Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery
Markers:  Certainly Celery, So Saffron
Accessories:  Tea Lace Paper Doilies (p. 5 Spring Catalog 129399), Subtles Buttons (Perfect Plum shown), Bakers Twine in Whisper White, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder (p. 36, Spring Catalog 127819)

Give this color combo a try!  All three colors are from the Subtles color family.

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Experimenting with photography and simple cards

One of the things I want to learn more about is photography....  Here's an experiment.  Does it look any different than my normal blog posts?  Be honest!

I was also experimenting by making a simple card.  My challenge was to use 3 colors, 1 image stamp set, 1 greeting stamp set and 1 punch.

This card uses:
- Color combo:  So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Perfect Plum
- Mixed Bunch Stamp Set (125537 clear-mount, 125532 wood-mount)
- Made for You Stamp Set (126342 clear-mount, 126340 wood-mount)
- Blossom Punch (125603)

More Sweet Scoops!

The colors look as yummy as the ice cream. A cute combo of crushed curry, melon mambo and chocolate chip this card is sure to please!

I received this card in a mail-in swap coordinated by a demo friend in PA.

Elements of Style - Summer Mini

Here's one of the cards I received from my Summer Mini swap. It was made by my friend, Karen Burke. I like her color combo: Kraft, Bravo Burgundy, Regal Rose and Bashful Blue. Her ribbon technique is really cool too.

Birthday Card for Dear Husband

My husband's birthday was on Friday. I wanted to make a manly-man card. I make so many cards with flowers and girly colors that this was fun!

My color combo:

Soft Suede card stock

More Mustard card stock

Always Artichoke ink

More Mustard ink

Not Quite Navy ink

Dusty Durango ink

Stamps: Four Square (FREE until the 31st with a $50 order), Baroque Motifs (one of my all time favs)

I heard from the blog designer... it's going to be cool!

Dream Gardens

The stamp set shown in this card is one of my favorites. (I don't have it YET.) I love tea and teapots and I love the detail in the images.

This is Leadership Swap. I think the colors (soft suede, crushed curry and not quite navy) are quite clever.

What a quick, simple card!

Elegant Eggplant and Bashful Blue????

Yup. Elegant Eggplant and Bashful Blue. That's the color combo that was stuck in my head last week.

Apparently the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder was there too... and the Scallop Border Punch.

I'm usually a pink and green girl. This was a nice change!

Stamps:
Happy Moments (FREE with a $50 order this month)

Punches:
Scallop Border
Eyelet Border
1 3/4" circle
1 3/8" circle
1 1/4" circle
1 " circle

Other:
Ice Rhinestone Brad

Dreaming of Spring...

When I had the heat gun out the other day, I had to try this technique too -- embossing on vellum.

Whisper White craft ink, Card-stock vellum (not the thin stuff), White embossing powder, heat gun... Voila... Dreaming of Spring!

Stamps:
Pick a Petal
Tiny Tiny Wishes

Punches:
Large Oval
Small Oval
Scallop Border


Color Combo: Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Whisper White