A Card for a Friend and a Challenge

I am so happy to be back posting a challenge card from Stamping 411. I had started by stamping this flower from Fifth Ave floral stamp set and coloring it by outlining with Elegant Eggplant marker and filling in with blender pen, then I cut them out. My friend, Kye Ann, yes pronounced like the pepper, asked me what I was going to do with those flowers and I said I have no idea. But when I started putting them on background paper they looked best on white and I wanted black and I matted it with black and it just came together easily. I ran the "vase" through the Big Shot inside the Elegant Lines embossing folder to get texture onto the vase.

The recipient of this card loves purple and loves pansies so I hope this card makes her very happy.

Supplies:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral

Ink: Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard, Pear Pazzaz

Paper: Pear Pazzaz, Basic Black, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

Tools: Paper Snips, 2-step Bird punch, Ornament Punch, Scallop Trim border punch, Elegant Lines ef, Big Shot, sponge, corner rounder, dimensionals

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Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.

Ed's Birthday Card

I made this card a long time ago, when this stamp set first came out in the Holiday mini catalog last year. I made the background paper with post it notes and a brayer and then stamped and embossed the medallion on top of it and also stamped the swirls from Baroque Motifs on the bottom piece. If you look real closely you can see the smallest pearl right in the middle. The Wild Wasabi is embossed with the lines ef. The card got a lot of admiring on Sunday when I gave it to Ed my brother in law for his birthday.

Here is the inside of the card, I always like to put some kind of lighter card stock inside when I'm using a dark color for the base of the card. It makes it so much easier for the recipient to read the message and sort of ties everything together.

Let me know if you have any questions and thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.

Supplies:
Stamps: Day of Gratitude, Baroque Motifs, Happiset Birthday Wishes
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Black Craft, Basic Black
Tools: Eleganat Lines ef, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Scallop Trim border punch, basic pearls, black 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, clear embossing powder

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