Everything Eleanor

Can you believe, I have had this gorgeous stamp set for three months, and this is the first card created with it? What makes it even worse, is it was number one on my wish list and could not wait to get it!

Can anyone relate?

The card above is Very Vanilla, stamped with En Francais background stamp in Crumb Cake, which is attached to a piece of DCWV cardstock from my stash. Scroll from Everything Eleanor is stamped in Soft Suede, also the sentiment from Vintage Verses.

The flowers from Everything Eleanor are stamped using the Rock and Roll method...first stamped in Crumb Cake then the edges of the stamp gently rolled in the Soft Suede ink. It makes such a difference, and a very easy technique. 

One just needs to remember, stamp in the lighter ink then roll in the darker ink! The other way around, just messes up your ink pad.

Flowers are popped up on foam dots and pearls added to the centre of each flower.

My preference is to add something decorative to the inside of cards, and have used a 'card front sized' panel of Very Vanilla, embossed in the Lacy Brocade folder, with a Very Vanilla die cut over it, using the Top Note die. A small flower from the Everything Eleanor set is adhered to the top right-hand corner.

Beautiful Birthday and Stippled Blossoms

This did not start out to be a purely Stippled Blossoms blog site! Thought I was finished with this wonderful stamp set, and then saw a posting by Rebecca Scurr, of a gorgeous card.

Rebecca had seen a similar card created by Leonie Schroder, and had posted her own variation. Rebecca has kindly given me permission to copy her card, and I have done so below, with my variation  using the stunning Beautiful Birthday stamp.

You may check out Rebecca Scurr's blog to see what other wonderful cards she has created!

Stampin' With Rebecca

Below are my four cards, based on Rebecca and Leonie's creations.

Stamp is Beautiful Birthday, and inks are Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, with Pear Pizzazz and Certainly Celery for the leaves.

Inks are So Saffron and More Mustard, with Pear Pizzazz and Certainly Celery for the leaves.

Inks are Wisteria Wonder and Elegant Eggplant, with Pear Pizzazz and Certainly Celery for the leaves.

Inks are Rose Red and Pretty in Pink, with Pear Pizzazz and Certainly Celery for the leaves.

Putting It All Together!

Card making is an adventure!

 The new stamp sets arrive, and our first cards will probably incorporate most of the elements of that set, which has been designed by Stampin' Up! to go together.

What happens, when you have made as many cards as you want to, with that particular set?

You mix it up!

The card above has the chevron from Oh Hello, a medallion from Daydream Medallions, a sentiment stamp from Vintage Verses, a butterfly from Papillon Potpourri...you get the idea....

Here is another example. The banner is from Hearts a Flutter, tucked under a Lattice die cut. Then the sentiment stamp, is PART of the Just Thinking stamp, but instead of being cut out with a Window Frames framelit, the central sentiment has been punched out with the 2.5 inch circle punch, which leaves just enough of the border to frame the sentiment. 

The next card has some of the same elements, with the Just Thinking card cut out with the Window Frames framelit, but then the sentiment on that stamp is overlaid with the sentiment from Delightful Dozen, punched out with the 2.5 inch circle punch.

The possibilities and variations for mixing up elements from our stamp sets are exciting! I do like to get good value from my purchases, don't you?

Stippled Blossoms Variations

This would be one of my favourite stamps - and one I had glossed over in the current catty. Thankfully someone posted some gorgeous cards on their blog using Stippled Blossoms and it then became a 'must-have!"

Here are some examples of the versatility of Stippled Blossoms: 

This one is stamped in Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder ink, on Wisteria Wonder cardstock.

The sentiment in Elegant Eggplant showcases the wonderful, single stamp Just Thinking, which is cut out using the Window Frames framelit. I like to use a suitably stamped Top Note die cut for the message inside cards and this one is also stamped, using the smaller flower from Stippled Blossoms. 

A similar card,  stamped in Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink, on Pink Pirouette cardstock. The Just Thinking sentiment is stamped in Wild Wasabi ink.

Another variation, this time stamped in Marina Mist and Bashful Blue inks, the roses are fussy-cut and adhered to the card with foam dots; the leaves are stamped using the retired Pear Pizzazz ink, and Certainly Celery. The sentiment is from the Vintage Verses, SAB stamp set, cut out with the Apothecary Accents framelit. The card front is embossed with the Lacy Brocade folder. Papillon Potpourri butterfly punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch from SAB 2013. 

Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink combination above, displaying the gorgeous sentiment stamp, Beautiful Birthday, which would be one of the best value stamps in the entire Stampin' Up! catalogue. The Happy Birthday sentiment has been cut out using a framelit from the Ovals Collection, backed with retired Blushing Bride DSP cut out with the Labels framelit. Leaves in Wild Wasabi. Cardstock is Pink Pirouette. 

The card below uses the Stippled Blossom stamps again with the Regal Rose and Petty in Pink combination, with the variation of the Apothecary Art stamp on watercolor paper, using the markers Melon Mambo, Regal Rose and Pear Pizzazz for the watercoloring.