Monday, November 28, 2011

Sending Love

Ranger's Seafoam White Embossing Powder and Hero Arts CG145 Reversed Flowers and Leaves
This is for the weekly card sketch challenge at Stars and Stamps. I like the simplicity. I put together 7 card  quickly using the sketch and I learned something. Do my stamping before I put my cards together. I thought since they were in panels I could just cut out all my panels and put them together quickly and then do my stamping and coloring. Unfortunately when I started stamping I started running into problems. Only this card is completed and I basically had to take it apart fix the areas that didn't stamp well and put it back together on a new base.

Stars and Stamps Sketch Challenge # 97
For this version of the card, I used Ruby Red shimmer paper for the base then cut the panels from shimmer paper in Gold and Silver and stamped them with the Hero Arts CG145 Reversed Flowers and Leaves background stamp using VersaMark ink and embossed with Ranger's Seafoam White embossing powder. I then stamped "sending LOVE your way" and the hearts with the blue ink from the  Archival Brillance Peacock ink pad from Tsukineko on Iced White paper.  The stamps are from Hero Arts. The background stamp is CG145 Reversed Flowers and Leaves, the message and a heart from Trees, Birds and messages CL 182, more hearts from Share Laughter CL 151 & one tiny heart from Sending Happy CL 305. I love how you can mix and match the Hero Art sets.


More to do!
Three of the other cards are with shimmer paper in the same colors but different combinations and 3 are pink with Yellow, Orange and Pink paper with a dot pattern. I'll probably do the all the shimmer cards like this but may do something different with the pastels. I hope to finish the up tomorrow and ship them off to Operation Write Home. I don't want to miss the Archway Cookies deadline.


6 comments:

Dixie Cochran said...

LOVE the shimmer on the card! So soft and pretty!

Donna Hanley said...

This is a very pretty card. I love the shimmer paper and those stamps are very sweet. I learned that same lesson years ago, always stamp first, then adhere. LOL

Ronni Unger said...

Just lovely - the paper is beautiful - well done! TFS

Holly Iossa (Homeschool Homestead) said...

That card is so pretty. I love the effect. We must be neighbors. I am in Ranger, GA. Lived here all my life.

Linda said...

Love the stamping...TFS!!!

Julie said...

Love this approach to the sketch, Ruby! I really like the shimmer paper and the heat embossing together. Thanks for joining us in this week's OWH Stars & Stamps Sketch Challenge!

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