Working on Easter Cards

Here is one of the cards I came up with for easter. Some how I've always associated Easter with sunrise.

The stamp set is Upsy Daisy, colors are lovely lilac, cameo coral, certainly celery and chocolate chip.

Stamping with Friends

Friday night I spent the evening stamping with two old friends. It was so much fun to catch up with both of them.

This is one of the card I made while we were stamping. The card base is Whisper White Card stock. I've been using this as my card base a lot recently because I really like the clean white border. The background is garden green designer series paper from the level one hostess set.

The stamp is one of my favorites, Upsy Daisy. It's so easy to use. Now matter what color or technique you use it's beautiful.

Sale-a-Bration Paper

I love that Stampin' UP! is now giving choices besides stamp sets for Sale-a-Bration. This card uses the Designer Series Paper and the Celery Ribbon from the ribbon bundle. I used the Upsy Daisy stamp set, stamped with versa mark and colored with pastels. I love that you can get multiple colors on the images. You can do a lot with pastels, this technique is called poppin pastels. If you don't have them, now is a great time to get them. If you were to purchase the upsy daisy stamp set, Pastels and a versa mark pad you would qualify for a free sale-a-bration item like the paper or the ribbon on this card.

To learn more techniques using pastels or any others, schedule your own class. Make it a girls night out! 3 projects for $5, just let me know what techniques you are interested in. Contact me for available dates!

Coloring with Markers

My markers are used almost every time I stamp. However I'm not a fan of coloring in line images. I like to use my markers to get different colors on a solid image stamp. On this card I used my markers to color the stems garden green, and to color the flowers really rust and apricot appeal. Just remember when you do this to start with the lightest color first and when you are done coloring lightly breath or "Huff" on the stamp so that the ink is remoistened from your breath, then stamp as usual!

A little Petal Pizzaz

Here is another new set that I received. It's called Pedal Pizazz. It has great bold image flowers that are very easy to use. The sentiment is from Upsy Daisy (I really like the sentiments in that set). I love white cards. I think sometimes we go overboard with layers and colors when white is enough. I added a little punch to this card by adhering the large flower with a dimensional.

Stamp Sets: Pedal Pizazz, Upsy daisy

Colors: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Basic Black

Accessories: Paper snips, 1 inch circles punch, dimensional