Animal Outing Note Cards and Box

The animal outing set is so sweet! The main colors that I used for this project are: calypso corral, pear pizazz, old olive, tranquil tide, and very vanilla.  As you can see I also used scraps of paper from the share what you love dsp and wood textures dsp pack.  I think these would be a great thank you gift, thinking of you gift, or just because!

TGIF Challenge #TGIFC153

Thank goodness it is Friday! Right!  Today I am playing along with TGIF Challenge 153. This weeks challenge is 'anything goes'. I was inspired by the design that Stesha Bloodhart, one of the designers, posted.

 

I decided to step a little outside my comfort zone and play with a color that I'm typically not drawn to as much, calypso coral.  I just love how this turned out. The calypso coral works really well with the metallics in the springtime foil dsp. And I thought that the black embossed background really makes everything pop!  The flowers from the springtime foil dsp is fussy cut and attached using dimensionals. I made the banner, with the sentiment, pop by using my bone folder to curl the paper in both directions to make it slightly wavy and I sponged the edges with calypso coral.

Thank you for looking! 

Kerry

Springtime Foil Paper

I just love the springtime foil specialty designer series paper that came out for the last half of sale-a-bration. In this picture I showcase two techniques.

Left Card:  I cut a piece of the foil paper and slid or brushed the dapper denim ink pad directly on the paper. I decided that I liked the visible brush strokes because it gives it a bit of a distressed look. Then I took a kleenex and wiped the paper to remove the ink from the foil part of the paper, kind of like buffing the paper.  Added a quick sentiment, cut out with a stitched framelit and finished off with some shimmer ribbon. Tada! so quick and easy!

Right Card: I cut a piece of the foil paper, colored in the floral images with the Blends alcohol markers, added a bit of gold glitter paper along the top and bottom and finished off with a sentiment stamped and punched out.

Playing with Stampin' Blends

I have been having so much fun with the new Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. The colors coordinate so nicely with the ink pads and because the markers are alcohol based they color / fill in space smoothly...in other words they blend nicely! They really give your projects that involve coloring a very professional look.