Greetings! My wish is that you enjoy many small surprises to brighten your day!
Today, I'd like to share some easy-peasy cards. I love this technique because it is MISTAKE PROOF.
First, I perused the craft room and brought out THREE, (count 'em) THREE, virginal stamps, all three purchased sometime between 2000 and 2005. Some of the inks were unused as well. These are 5x7 cards.
TIP:
ink colors can set the mood:
First came the background, where Hero Arts 113317 Large Delicate Woven Fabrics image was randomly stamped with 2 blue DIs. Next I smooshed and/or distressed in pink inks - some with a pale pink distress, and others with brilliant VFC Charming ink.
They both give a different look: one more vibrant, the other more vintage.
Finally, foliage image by Stampa Rosa J67-139 Alesa Baker Designs was stamped in VFC Medieval Blue. With a Quickie Glue Pen, areas in the background were "painted" so pale pink glitter could be added for extra dazzle and sparkle.
Stamp, die cut, distress the focal image (sorry for the poor photo):
The vibrant inks make a more contemporary feel. The flowers have also been glittered, and so has the background of each card:
I LOVE GLITTER:
The Spun Sugar pale ink made a more vintage appearance:
This technique enlivens cards that focus on a sentiment:
and it's fun to use on the coordinating envelopes as well:
Thanks for popping by!
Products Used:
- Stamps: Stampa Rosa J67-139 Alesa Baker Designs, Hero Arts 113317 Large Delicate Woven Fabrics, Stampin' Up! Early Spring,
- Dies: Spellbinders 5x7 Modern Stationary, MS Doily Lace Trim punch
- Inks: VersaFine Clair Charming, Versafine Clair Medieval Blue, Distress Spun Sugar, Distress Chipped Sapphire, Distress Faded Jeans
- Other: White Detail embossing powder, Navy and White cardstock, pale pink glitter, clear glitter, navy blue glitter, Sakura Glue Pen
- Retro Rubber Challenge #153 Tic Tac Toe (bottom row of challenge board). 3/12 (3 virginal stamps 15-20 years old)
- Try it On Tuesday (Mar 2) Say It With Flowers (Classic and timeless joy and love) 3/16
- Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #491 Anything Goes 3/15
- Double D Challenges (Mar 3) Book Covers inspired by the top right cover with Navy and Pink. 3/15
- A Bit More Time to Craft #135 AG 3/15
- NEW NEW NEW Inspiration Station #1 Inspiration Board (Blue & White) 3/15
Stamping Hugs,
Love the beautiful stamp and fabulous stamped background that
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Carol x
Hi Donna,
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This is a gorgeous design- great techniques, beautiful stamps and lovely sparkle! Love the envelopes too- makes it even more special to receive- I can vouch for that personally :))
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Lovely to see you posting again Donna, fabulous techniques. love the colours and stamps you have used and of course your fabulous sparkle.
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Hi Donna it is lovely to see a post from you again. The cards you have made are gorgeous. Thank you for sharing. Take care. Hugs Jackie
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful cards Donna, I always enjoy your explanation of how you create your cards! Hugs, Donna
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lot of good work These are lovely ..........Lis
ReplyDeleteSuch fun cards! Love the color and design. Love that you can make a collection of cards at the same time. Love that you decorated the envelopes to match. This is a clever design that I can use as inspiration with whatever stamps I have. You are forever an inspiration to me.
ReplyDeleteWow! The combination of the three stamps and the colors of the inks really make for a great set of gorgeous cards. Each is so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, love the design and the colors. Thank you for joining Retro Rubber Challenge Blog.
ReplyDeleteLovely cards, Donna. The blue sparkle is beautiful. Lovely dies and stamps. [Bunny]
ReplyDeleteLove these cards . The colours work so perfectly together. Your talk through of your making them is very clear.. hugs Mrs a.
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Thank you for sharing Donna, your cards are always stunning as with all the beautiful sentiments. Just love the detail and explanation you provide. Hugs, Lori m
ReplyDeleteWOW! These are all just stunning Donna! Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Book Covers’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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WOW, that is a lot of stamping! So good to see you back in the craft room. What gorgeous colors you chose and the cards turned out absolutely beautiful. Love the matchy envelopes too. Need to do more of that! Now to invent a way to show how beautiful glitter looks in a photo..........
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Sue
Oh what beautiful cards, Donna. I love the blue and pink and yes, so amazing how changing the shade of one color makes such a difference.
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Hugs Monica
beautiful stamps and cards Donna
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I so enjoy reading how you do your fabulous cards Donna x. These are absolutely beautiful, unique and glorious. What a pretty focal stamped image and I love the bakcogurnds and the bit of glitter x ....great that you have co-ordinating envelopes too x. So good to see your blog post Donna x.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful set of cards Donna, lovely images and colours.
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WOW!! You've been busy, those are some beautiful cards and I'm so happy you shared them with us at RETRO RUBBER this time.
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Maria/DT
Hello my friend - your cards are absolutely beautiful - you did a great job as always. Hope all is well with you and your family
ReplyDeleteWow Donna these are stunning, I do love the way you stamped and colored these, such pretty colors, I like how you used the punched border with your sentiment too, of course you used glitter, and that made them lovely! I love your second card too, love the stamping around your sentiment, Stunning creations!!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful collection of cards Donna, you have created beautiful backgrounds for your lovely stamps - you have shared some fabulous techniques and thank you for the tips.
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Gorgeous! I love the vintage, eclectic feel to your assembling of cards! Very pretty with the glitter, too! Thanks for playing with our grid this week at Retro Rubber!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful Donna. I can assure you, nothing is mistake proof with me. lol!!
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Cathy
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Fabulous! Love that fabric texture image, and how you stamped and smooshed to create your pretty backgrounds! They really have that WOW factor! So many wonderful creations! I can't believe you know the year you bought things, they are all a blur in my craft room lol Be well! xo~
ReplyDeleteBeautiful project, GREAT choice of colours from our mood board, thanks for entering our current challenge, "BOOK COVERS " ♥ delightful design and colours.
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I love the "old is new" idea and find it a fun self-challenge. These stamps are as beautiful now as ever, and it's wonderful that you brought out not one, but three virginal stamps! The main image goes perfectly with the woven background stamp. Your cards and envelopes are gorgeous, and while you were at it you made several, so now you can feel better about putting the stamps away again. Yay!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards Donna...but you always create beautiful cards! Thanks for entering your designs in the New challenge at Inspiration Station! Donna, DT
ReplyDeleteDonna, Glad you are feeling better! You brain is always creating. Your cards are fabulous! You never cease to amaze me. Take care, stay safe and stay healthy!
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Jan
These are gorgeous 😍 thank you for joining Penny's Paper-Crafty 😊 DT Parvathi Tripathi
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards and fantastic technique! Thanks for joining us at Try it on Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteWow Donna what a fabulous use of the stamps and look at how many you have created, I am totally impressed not only by that but at how gorgeous they all are, way to go!! Thank you so much for joining our challenge at Double D!
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These are gorgeous Donna. Thank you for sharing the tutorial, I'm going to give it a try. I especially love the colours you used. Beautiful!!!
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and nothing but happiness, come thru your door!
♥ Lena
WOW Donna these look sensational and so very beautiful I love the design, images and colours,excellent work
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lorraine x
What a gorgeous collection of cards, Donna and thank you for the detailed steps on how you created them. I love that you created matching envelops too - it makes the recipient feel that something very special has landed on their doorstep... and they'd be right!
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Carol x
Wow! This is superb Donna. So pretty and so perfectly done. Thanks for sharing with us at Double "D" Challenges.
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I saw that you won and so deservedly. This is beautiful and elegant looking. I love the touch of pink as well. I may copy from you if you don’t mind.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet card! Thanks for joining us at Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge. DT Kathy [myasperations.blogspot.com]
ReplyDeleteBeautifully put together Donna - great to see how you created them.
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Helen x
Just simply breathtaking, Donna! I hope your posting more means you are doing better! Hugs! Thanks for the walk-thru, I'm Pinning! xoxo
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