Inspired Designs

A Quick Update ... I Have Entered Painting Hell!!!

Sorry for the lack of posts in the the past two weeks but I have been busy painting.  My husband is going to be building a garage so I thought I should get some reno's completed inside the house before he kicks the outside work into full gear. 

At first I was just going to paint the twin's bedrooms and now it has blossomed into painting the whole main level of the house.  I have been busy washing walls, repairing drywall, sanding and painting.  It is consuming every waking minute and now is invading my dreams! LOL  Yes, I actually had a dream about picking out the colors for my bathroom and painting it last night.  I guess I have had an overdose of paint fumes and drywall dust lately.

I am hoping to have the majority of the painting done by the end of the week and then I will be back to stamping and posting.  I am really looking forward to finally ordering some new decor elements.  I will definetly be posting pics of those when I get them up on my freshly painted walls. 

Thanks for your patience and understanding.  I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!

Shasta Daisy Birthday Wishes

I wasn't going to do the Clean and Simple challenge this week because I didn't think I had the time.  It was an inspiration challenge based on a cool art print site and once I saw this print, I knew I just had to participate.

I absolutely love the SU! daisy die and I just love the simplicity of that stunning print. I ended up using two large daisy diecuts and one middle-sized one.  I sponged so saffron ink on around the inside of all three daisy diecuts and then adhered them together, off-setting each of them so that all the petals are visible.  I added a pumpkin pie corduroy button to the center of the daisy, to mimic the flower's center in the picture.

The daisy was attached to matted pumpkin pie and basic black cardstock.  This mat was adhered to a whisper white cardbase.  I tied a length of striped pumpkin pie ribbon around the lower portion of the cardfront and added a basic black stamped birthday sentiment from the "A Little Birthday Cheer" set in the lower right corner.  This was a super quick and easy card to make!

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Stamps: A Little Birthday Cheer

Ink: So saffron, basic black

CS: Whisper white, pumpkin pie, basic black

Accessories: Pumpkin corduroy buttons, big shot, daisy die, pumpkin pie striped ribbon, sponge

A Barely Lavender Rose

Yeah!!!  I am back and stamping for fun.  Last week was full of preparing for technique classes and making cards for weddings and retirements.  There was no time to post anything and I really missed stamping just for fun.  

Today's color challenge is based on using barely banana, lavender lace, going grey and basic black.  I decided to do the re-inker watercolor technique on the rose from the Fifth Avenue Floral set.  I just love the effect that this technique creates.  The colors softly blend into each other and the results are stunning.  

My rose image was stamped on shimmery white cardstock in versamark ink and then heat set with black embossing powder.  I used a water bottle, aquapainter and lavender lace and barely banana re-inkers to color my rose.  Once I had achieved the desired look I wanted I set the image aside to dry and put the rest of my card together.

I incorporated all four colors into the mats on my card.  This challenge gave me a reason to use my long forgotten basic grey dp that I never seem to use.  I added a pierced border around the dp mat and tied a length of whisper white organza ribbon around the large matted layers.  These were popped off the barely banana base with dimensionals.

I popped the watercolored rose off matted layers of whisper white, lavender lace, basic black and barely banana cardstock.  These were adhered to the center of the cardfront using dimensionals.  I decided not to add any kind of sentiment to the cardfront.  I thought it looked better without the clutter of another layered mat.

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Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral

Ink: Versamark, lavender lace, barely banana

CS: Whisper white, lavender lace, barely banana, basic black, going grey dp

Accessories: Aquapainter, black embossing powder, heat gun, crafter's tool kit, dimesionals, whisper white organza ribbon   

Just for You Daisy

The kitten is finally more like herself today but she is starting to pull at her stitches.  I made her a collar to limit her access to them but she absolutely hates wearing it. 

Can you believe I used the votive lampshade template and adhesive velcro dots to create it! LOL  I couldn't get one from the vet yesterday, being that they were closed for Canada Day so I was left to fashion one myself.  I amost considered stamping on it but I think DH would have thought I was absolutely crazy if I did that.  Anyhow .... on to the card ..... 

This is a CASE and slight modification of Stacey King's Thanks-a-Daisy card.  She is incredibly talented when it comes to using punches and I love checking out her blog to see what new things she has come up with.

The petals were made with the large oval punch.  I sponged the lower half of the petal with pink passion ink and added some lines with a pink passion marker.  The center of the flower is a 1" barely banana circle that has been sponged with so saffron ink.  A white gel pen and creamy caramel marker were used to add accent dots randomly on the the circle.

The layered sentiment was created from the large and small oval punches and the scallop oval punch.  The "just for you" sentiment is from the new Teeny Tiny Wishes set.  I love the simplicity of this card.  It is very quick and easy to put together.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Thursday!

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Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Basic black, pink passion, so saffron

CS: Bashful blue, regal rose, whisper white, barely banana, certainly celery dp

Accessories: White gel pen, creamy caramel and pink passion markers, large and small oval punches, scallop oval punch, 1" circle punch, pretty in pink taffeta ribbon, dimesionals, sponge daubers

White gel pen, creamy caramel and pink passion markers, large and small oval punches, scallop oval punch, 1" circle punch, pretty in pink taffeta ribbon, dimesionals, sponge daubers

Hippo Baby Bib

This is the card that I just finished for my new neice's baby gift.  Becky Robert's had posted the sweetest baby gift set and card and I had to try replicating a bib card.

I used the Big shot and the some circle and scallop circle nestabilities dies to make the bib.  The white circle was adhered to the regal rose scallop circle and folded in half.  I used the 1 3/8" circle punch to punch a neck opening in the top of the bib.  The scallop circle punch and the 1 3/8" circle punch were used to create a scallop edging for the neck opening which was adhered in place after the polka dot background had been stamped.

I added a pretty in pink polka dot stamped background to the front of the white bib. I stamped the hippo from the Pun Fun set in basic black ink on the front of the white circle and then again on scrap whisper white cardstock.  I cut the hippo and balloon images out of the scrap cardstock and watercolored them with pretty in pink and regal rose inks.  They were adhered over the stamped images on the front of the bib.

I punched two flower shapes from regal rose cardstock and adhered them on either side of the neck opening, over the ends of the whisper white tafetta ribbon.  I  added a 5/16" white circle brad to the center of each flower.

I am hoping to participate in the sketch challenge today but I have to get ready for my technique group tomorrow.  Have a great Wednesday!

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Stamps: Pun Fun, Polka Dot background

Ink: Basic black, regal rose, pretty in pink

CS: Whisper white, regal rose

Accessories: Big shot, nestabilities, aquapainter, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, three flower punch, whisper white  5/16" brads, whisper white tafetta ribbon