Recently I went a little crazy... OK, crazier than usual... and placed my first order with
Papertrey Ink. I am now the proud owner of 13 of their stamp sets. I
told you I went crazy! But where have I been that I am just now getting into Papertrey Ink? Their stamps are
fabulous and I had such a blast yesterday playing with their
Vintage Picnic, Vintage Picnic Sentiments and
Guide Lines. I need to practice a bit to get used to lining them up right and I need to get used to wearing this brace on my hand but, all in all, I am just tickled with this card.
First I tried the
Wrinkle Free Distress Technique on Curious Iridescent Cryogen White 89# Cover. It is the same as SU's Shimmery White. My first 3 attempts were way too dark.
Sherry Cheever I am not! I used Worn Lipstick, Dusty Concord and Shabby Shutters Distress Ink and finally put a strip of the Shappy Shutters along the center of my non-stick sheet with just a square of the Worn Lipstick and Dusty Concord on each side of the strip. I then switched to SU's Regal Rose, Certainly Celery and Lavender Lace to stamp the background design with
Guide Lines.
I could stamp with that set all day! The combinations are endless.
I stamped the picnic basket and flowers with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto another piece of the same cardstock and colored with my Prismacolor markers - Violet Mist, Parma Violet, Avacado, Light Olive, Pink and Magenta. Cut the basket out with a Spellbinders circle die, cut and embossed a Certainly Celery frame using the same circle die and an inverted scallop circle inside and mounted it all to a Rose Red piece cut with a Spellbinders Labels 3 die.
Next came the Certainly Celery strip edged with a Martha Stewart Border Punch, mounted to a wider strip of Rose Red, wrapped with ribbon and tied in a bow. This was mounted to the left side of my background and then the basket piece was centered in the remaining area and the sentiment stamped underneath in black.
Just an update on the Robin and her brood. The eggs hatched and there are 3 babies in the nest but "Baby Huey" is the only one I've been able to photograph. He (or she) is the biggest and has no fear so to take this photo all I had to do was whistle and he popped up looking for food. He certainly won't be winning any beauty contests yet. LOL
I am really loving these Verve stamps. For the second week of July's Viva La Verve Sketch with a Twist, the twist was to use either the Poppin' Pastels or the Burned Batik technique. I went with the Burnt Batik technique although I did it the Technique Junkies way.
The colors are SU's Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla and Bashful Blue. The Chocolate Chip panel was embossed with a Quickutz Embossing folder, punched with a Fiskars Embossing Border Punch then highlighted with Brilliance Galaxy Gold. The Very Vanilla panel, the ribbon slide label and the Fleur de Lis were cut and embossed with Spellbinders dies.
Tomorrow I will be posting the card I made using the Sketch with a Twist for the 2nd week of July.
This afternoon I got to open up my new stamps and play. This card was made with Verve's Wishful Elegance and Miracles Blossom. SU inks were Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi and Sahara Sand on SU River Rock, Soft Sky and Sahara Sand cardstock. Ribbon is from SU, sentiment is Printworks and the die cuts were done with Spellbinders plain and scalloped octagons. I am really looking forward to using the other sets I ordered as well as Verve's Anniversary Blog Hop on August 1st.
It amazes me how much the gardens have changed in what seems like such a short time. The Serenity Garden has gone from Spring to Summer mode. The vegetable garden is growing strong and needs 2 more trellises. My husband designed and built the first one for my Butternut Squash. Isn't it wonderful? He plans on making 2 more before the cucumbers get much bigger.
And my poor Robin is sitting on the nest looking so bored. She won't be bored much longer though.
