Greeting Cards instead of Recipe Cards

Clearing the unnecessary junk out of the garage so I can get the truck in has proven to be a monumental task. In an effort to retain some sanity, I've come back from the garage long enough to try some card techniques in new ways (for me).

For this month's Clean and Simple Style Stamping at Hero Arts, two cards to thank the ladies who put on a lovely evening hike last month.

For the planner and idea person:

Inkadinkado 98171•K stamped in VersaColor 19 Cyan

on Neenah Classic Crest Natural

Mat: Scrap from my stash; card is Bazzill Basics Island Breeze 

Interior of planner card:

The same natural stock

Sentiment: Splendid Day 2284 from Hampton Arts,

masked for bg stamp from HA Good Thoughts, set CL 443

both in Memento Bahama Blue Dewdrop ink

Mask cut with Cutterpede deckle-edge blade

I swear, this next card must be made with photo-sensitive paper. No matter where I shot it, or what I did for light—natural, incandescent, or flash—each shot was a different color, and none match inside and outside under the same conditions. None of the shots match the actual card, either!! Oh, well... I still like it in all it's flavors.

This photo doesn't show it well, but the green actually sparkles in the light due to the translucent DEP

For the speaker:

Bazzill Basics card & mat, Classic Purple, stencil on Heather

Dreamweaver LM 140 Lily of the Valley stencil

Paste embossed with DEP and translucent DEP mix

Colored initially with mowed grass distress ink (didn't work on the DEP)

Recolored with Colorbox/Doodlebug Limeade

The interior of this card took several attempts. First, the right color for the card, HA Little INKER (dark purple, but not named) was so juicy that it bled through the first mask (that I was reusing from the blue card). I was also using a different bg stamp that didn't work as well as I'd hoped. So I went back to my Hero collection for a different bg.

Then I tried again with a new, double-Post-it mask. Turns out that two Post-it notes for the mask created a small problem for this all-over design: the bg stamp wasn't giving me the whole image.
I ended up masking the sentiment area to stamp the bg. Then I stamped the sentiment in the open space. This mask was cut with the same deckle edge as the one above, but with two Post-its to block ink seepage, it rounded itself in the actual impression. Who am I to question? I like it!!

Interior of speaker card:

Heather cardstock for art;

HA Butterfly Field CG 176

Splendid Day 2284 from Hampton Arts

both stamped with HA Little INKER (dark purple)

Another Thank-You card, for one of the many angels in my life:

Image from HA CL 449 Delicate Blossoms set

Stamped with Colorbox/Doodlebug Limeade,

Colored with Copic markers

Card: Paper Company, Tango collection, Red; mat: Bazzill Grape Delight

Art on Neenah Solar White

This card is a double emboss for my dear friend's birthday. I wanted to use her favorite colors, and I wanted her to laugh. When I first colored the greenery, I wasn't thrilled with it. However, after it sat for a couple of days, I liked it a lot more. It's grown on me over time. I hope she likes it...

The bg stamp is Hero Arts CG 145,

sentiment is from the Fiskars laugh set

Because I wanted her to laugh, I played some more on the inside:

Stamp sets: HA CL 582, CL 491, and Fiskars

ColorBox (don't recall which purple), and VersaMark

And she did, indeed, laugh!!

That was more than enough for one post, so it may have to last a month or two or three...

 ;o)

Thanks for stopping by!