Go Granny Go Birthday Card

I designed this card on Friday, October 8, 2010 for Marge Cook, my mother-in-law, on the occasion of her 95th birthday. It’s a 5 ½” x 4 ½” card. I chalked the edges of the card and the ovals with Outdoor Denim Exclusive Inks.

PRODUCTS
Stamps:
• SparkleNSprinkle Go Granny Go [1516-308G] and Go Granny Go!!! (phrase) [3180-397A]
• Close To My Heart For Every Occasion stamp (D1187)
• Close To My Heart The Present (D1436)

Stickles
• Black Diamond
• Silver

Copic Markers
• E33 Sand
• B05 Process Blue
• E00 Skin White
• RV29 Crimson
• R20 Blush
• C-1 Cool Gray
• Y08 Acid Yellow

Paper
• Close To My Heart Outdoor Denim (1275)
• Close To My Heart White Daisy (1385)

Other Products
• Close To My Heart Exclusive Inks Outdoor Denim (Z2140)
• White Satin Ribbon
• Spellbinders Nestabilities, Classic Scalloped Ovals Large
• Close To My Heart 3” x 3” Acrylic Block
• Close To My Heart 1” x 1 ½” Acrylic Block
• Close To My Heart 2: x 3 ½” Acrylic Block
• Close To My Heart Sponge Dauber (Z726)
• Inkssentials Opaque Pen White
• Close To My Heart Bone Folder Z1204
• Sizzix Big Shot
• 3M ATG Gun
• Mini Pop Dot

DelCastle Craft Show, Deck the Halls Card

I stumbled across this Fluffles Garland wood-block stamp by Stampendous last year and fell in love with it. Unfortunately, I never had much time to do anything with it, are started designing cards to take to the Delcastle Holiday Craft Show at DelCastle High School next Saturday. I used Close To My Heart Tulip, Chocolate and New England Ivy markers to adhere colors right onto the stamp. After a moistening "huff" I stamped the design onto Areopostale Parchment cardstock (I'm using Up my stash), backed it with brown 8.5"x11" brown cardstock from my stash, and added a sentiment from an old cardmaking set. I colored my little cat and the bulbs with copic makers and blinged it up a bit with Stickles. I also added some pop to the branches with a silver glitter pen.

Stop by our booth at DelCastle Technical High School on Saturday, November 7 to see what more we have created.

DelCastle Craft Show, Equestrian Card

My friend, Melissa Fulgham and I, will be participating in our first craft show this Saturday at DelCastle Technical School, Wilmington, Delaware. I'm excited about some of products I'm debuting.

For years I've been planning on developing a series of equestrian cards and pages for my daughter, so I grab any equestrian (English style) stamps I stumble across. While most of the cards I'll be showcasing at the craft show are Christmas-oriented, I couldn't help myself when I saw a preview debut of this equestrian stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms. I ordered it on Wednesday, the stamp arrived Friday and I spent most of Friday night and Saturday crafting the stamps.

On this card (I have three sets of 5 notecards priced at $20 per set). In this case, I used an ochre 4"x5.5" card base. The second level is Aeropostale parchment cardstock on which I used Boxer Scrapbook Production's English Rider Limited Edition Stamp. These are
smaller than normal stamps and are ideal for inchies or background stamping.

For this background paper, I used the ribbon, dressage horse and "equestrian" word element. I added a bit of bling to the stamped ribbon with a dollop of Stickles. The blue framing is Close to My Heart's Moonstruck cardstock. The top layer stamp is from Cornish Heritage Farm's Saturday Evening Post collection. This is called "Horse and Rider Girl/Lady and was released on October 27th.

After stamping the horse and rider, I experimented with Copic markers, Waterman watercolors, and watercolor pencils to enhance the detail. General Kimberly watercolor pencies 704 Brown and 715 black worked best.

I used three colors in my stamping: Close to My Heart's Chocolate, Vineyard Berry and Moonstruck. I chalked each layer's edges with Moonstruck. I'm pleased with the outcome and plan to experiment more with this stamp.

Check back later for more projects that I'll be featuring at next week's craft show.