Card for March unit swap!!

I have to say that I am so proud of myself for not waiting till the last day to figure out what I was going to make for my swap this month!! I actually knew 3 weeks ago what I was going to make!! I just did not start assembling until today! LOL Some habits are hard to break!!


For this swap we were to use That's Amore papers and colors and think outside of the box and not just think "Love" with this paper pack. I chose to make the 3 1/2 x 8 card. So, this is what I came up with..... a sparkly flower!! I just LOVE glitter!!! Notice that I put glitter on the brad in the center of the flower too!


To create the flower, I stamped the large flower in Blush ink then rolled the edges in Tulip ink. I repeated the process with the scalloped middle and for the green part I inked it in Garden Green and then rolled the edges in New England Ivy ink. After all was stamped, I cut out the large flower and then sponged the edges with Tulip ink to create a darker edge. I then used my Fine Ball Point Zig glue pen and went around the edges, the center and the brad and sprinkled Prisma Glitter to it all.

The stem of the flower was hand drawn on after I adhered the leaves and then hand stitched with Garden Green embroidery floss.

Supplies:
Stamps: CTMH Cottage Floral and Simple Stitches
Paper: CTMH That's AmoreInks: Blush, Tulip, Chocolate, Garden Green and New England Ivy
Embellishments: Prisma Glitter and Garden Green brad
Thanks for hanging in there with me and for stopping back to see if I have posted!!

Hope this inspired you in some way!!

Jen

Hydrangea Bittybloom....Isn't she just the sweetest thing?

I LOVE this little Hydrangea Bittybloom!! In the past I have had a hard time purchasing any other stamps than Close to my Heart. I always felt that if I was going to purchase stamps, I might as well purchase ones that I can use for my business. WELL that idea has been completely thrown out the window! There are just too many cute stamps out there for me not to buy. After oohing and aahing over the darling stamps at Stampingbella.com for quite some time, I finally broke down and bought 8 stamps. Hydrangea Bittybloom was one of them and after playing with her I will be placing another order for more of the Bittyblooms!!

For my card I used paper from the new Spring Idea Book called That's Amore. If you would like to see all of the papers and colors in this pack just click on the Spring Idea book on my sideline. I have to admit this was my least favorite paper pack in the Spring Idea book. But as always, once I get the papers in my hands and play around with them I always end up loving them.

I inked the image in black Staz On and then again in VersaMark and stamped onto Vanilla Cream CS and embossed the image with clear embossing powder. This way it was so much easier to color in each individual flower without the marker bleeding into the next flower. I stamped and embossed the image 2 times, cut out the skirt and leaves from one image and popdotted them on the first image for dimension.

Supplies used for card:
Stamp: Hydrangea Bittybloom
Paper: CTMH My Reflections That's Amore paper pack
Ink: Chocolate, Blush, Baby Pink, Sweet Leaf and Garden Green
Embellishments: CTMH Blush Ribbon Slide, Colonial White ribbon, paper flowers from Chocolate Mini-Medley and sponged in Blush, Sparkles bought from Archiver's.
Other supplies used: Clear embossing powder, Black Staz on, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder and Oval Nestabilities

Hope you have found a little inspiration today!

Thanks for stopping by, please come back again!

Jen