Denim Thanks

Hello everyone,

Today's post is another thank you card in this latest series.

The printed papers are Pink Paislee "Indigo Bleu" Jacquard and Denim.  The sentiment is Stampin' Up Four Square stamped in Close To My Heart Outdoor Denim on Recollections Vanilla.  The twine is from Target.  The upper right square is highlighted with Silver Pearl Liquid Pearls.

I'm particularly fond of this card.  I love the very vintage feeling in such a modern layout.  I couldn't choose one particular pattern from this collection so I decided to use them all.  The beautiful of coordinating paper collections is that they all generally work wonderfully together.  This is neither a real feminine or masculine card so I thought it may also be suitable for a family thank you.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Polka Dot Butterflies

Hello everyone,

Today's card is meant to be a Pinterest case.  It didn't quite work out how I intended.

The printed paper is Pink Paislee Bullseye layered on Stampin' Up Soft Sky.  The top layer, more Soft Sky, was textured with Craft Concepts Butterfly Kisses embossing folder.  The sentiment is Rubbernecker Best Wishes stamped in Early Espresso on Very Vanilla.  The embellishments are Recollections.

I've seen a multitude of punched cards on Pinterest lately that I find very appealing.  Unfortunately this isn't exactly like the cards I was attempting to case.  I wanted to punch a vertical row but for the life of me, couldn't figure out how to get it to work.  I think I figured out where I went wrong and will give it another try. I think this is still a great card, these polka dots work really well with this butterfly punch, so there are no regrets!

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

A Blessing

Hello everyone,

Today's card is for a very, very good friend. I picked her up a little something on my recent travel and wanted to craft her a special card to go with it.

The patterned paper is Pink Paislee Indigo Bleu Denim and Jacquard. The butterfly is a Spellbinders Wonderful Wings which was cut from a piece of watercolour paper that was painted with LuminArte Twinkling H2Os and glittered with Glitter Ritz Cool Highlight Microfine Transparent glitter. The bottom butterfly is cut from more of the Pink Paislee paper. The vertical strip is Quickutz Quickstripz Tropical which was textured with Craft Concepts Butterfly Kisses embossing folder.. The sentiment is Papertrey Ink Signature Greetings stamped in Nick Bantock Prussian Blue on Stampin' Up Very Vanilla. The embellishments are Oregon Raindrops.

I love this card. I just picked up this Pink Paislee paper because I thought the pattern was perfect for cards and I found the colours very appealing. That being said, it was more difficult than I thought to find a green that would work. Next time it will be blue all the way.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Another Baby Girl

Hello everyone,

I had planned to craft two cards today but the World Cup kind of interrupted those plans. I'll have another baby boy card for tomorrow. My plan for this card was to use today's Sweet Sunday Sketch but to stay away from pale colour and go more vibrant. I'm also applying this card to today's Paper Sundaes challenge which was to use multiple layers.

The background paper is Generations Traditional Stackers textured with Sizzix Butterfly Dance. The middle layer is DCWV Textured Brights. The top layer is Pink Paislee Bullseye. Martha Stewart's Optic Drop border punch was used on the middle and top layers. The sentiment is Stampin' Up Lovely Labels mounted on a scrap of Very Vanilla. The ribbon is Sheer Creations from Michael's.

I love this baby girl card. It is not really traditional but still obviously girly. The ribbon was more spontaneous as I didn't have a ribbon that worked perfectly off the bat. That said, I like the rainbow and the colours do work with the dots.

I'll have another baby boy card tomorrow so I hope you come back to SPI again tomorrow.

Gisèle