We have free rein over at Stampin Up Only #SUOC239, challenge this week - and I've chosen to use SU Waterfront. As I've just started to cut up the lovely DSP Perennial Essence I used this as a background for my card and also for my choice of inks.
I used Blackberry Bliss for the mountains and Old Olive for the trees and the grass. Basic Gray was used for the little house and some retired Cameo Coral ink for the background. The sentiment is from the same set and was stamped in Blackberry Bliss - I used a stitched framelit to cut it out and layered it onto some more of the DSP. A heart gem was added together with some Wink of Stella on the mountains. I used a piece of Blackberry Bliss as the main cardstock.
Our challenge for you this week at SU Only challenge is to add Embellishments - simple you would think so why did it take me ages to think of something! And then I came up with a Christmas card - what a surprise.
The set I've used is current Winter Woods but the papers are retired. I started with some green card stock and added some of the retired DSP called Be Merry. I used a retired embossing folder in a Holly Pattern for the white part and joined both of them with some retired Washi tape from Warmth and Cheer. I stamped the tree in both Garden Green ink and Tranquil Tide at the edges to give it a bit of dimension. I added some Garden Green twine and popped it up on dimensionals. Lots of lovely red rhinestones give the tree lots of sparkle. The sentiment is from SU Merry Patterns and cut out with a retired banner framelit.
I'm excited that this card was chosen this week as one of the Favourites over at SplitCoast Stampers
We are celebrating the new Sale-A-Bration 2019 catalogue today at Stampin Up Only Challenge. I chose to use some of the new Botanical Butterfly DSP which you get free. I'm no longer an SU Demo but I do still have friends who are and I was lucky enough to receive some of this lovely paper from them as a RAK.
The black and white paper intrigued me as I found it unusual for something as colourful as a butterfly so I challenged myself to use it. It goes really well with the purple which is another colour I rarely use so that decided my colour palette. I used the small butterfly image from a retired set Kinda Eclectic and used Versamark ink to stamp the purple card stock. The larger butterfly was from another retired set Nature's Perfection. I was excited to find that this stamp actually fits my retired Butterfly punch perfectly. I coloured the butterfly with a Wink of Stella dipped into Perfectly Plum ink to give it a shine. The other butterfly was simply punched out of some of the black and white paper. The sentiment is from Jar of Love.
I'm also adding this to TGIF Challenge #TGIFC199 which is also looking at Sale-a-bration goodies.
