Very Simply Susan

Today’s sweet looking card is another use of the Blooms & Bliss DSP and is a complete departure from the green card I showed the last post (which you can see HERE! ). As usual once I start on a pack of DSP, the ideas start coming!  I used the Love & Affection set because I thought I did not have the Blooms & Wishes set   I later found out I did!  I hate it when cannot even remember what I do and don’t have!  It is not a good sign. 🙂

This card uses a simple color scheme of Blushing Bride and Sweet Sugarplum. The stamped flowers required a lot of masking to get the look.   When it came time to add the sentiment, I really wanted something small.  The unusual shape was created using the Decorative Label Punch.

To make the unusual shape, I stamp the sentiment and then punch it out over the sentiment.  Then tack it onto a piece of copy paper with some removable adhesive and punch out where I want it under the sentiment.  Then I clip the “funny parts” off the shape. For the backing, I punch out another piece.  Then trace the shape of the sentiment shape on copy paper and tack that on the backing where I want it and use that to punch out the other side.  This clip off the “funny parts” again and there you have it!  Punches are so versatile for cutting out unusual shapes.

Recipe

Papers: Blooms & Bliss DSP, Blushing Bride, Sweet Sugarplum
Stamps: Love & Affection
Embellishments: Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon
Tools: Decorative Label Punch

Today’s wonderful card in shades of green is my entry for the Global Design Project #GDP044.  This is “Case The Designer” week and the challenge allows for a pretty liberal interpretation of that.  What I wanted was a watercolor look without having to watercolor.  The Blooms & Bliss DSP gives a lot of great choices for a watercolor background.  I also used the paper to create a layer of the butterfly as well.  I chose the shades of green papers #1 because I love green and #2 because I love the Mint Macaron and Island Indigo together.  In this paper they create the look of Malachite.  So, this is my interpretation of this weeks #GDP044 “Case the Designer Challenge”.  You will see plenty of other really fine work by clicking on the logo below.

To give the butterfly an even more watercolor look, I cut out another of the butterfly thinlit in Indigo Ink, stamped the butterfly “body part” on it and then clipped away until I had the look I thought I wanted.  Then I just added wisps of Island Indigo ink to make it look even more watercolored. I am very happy with the way it turned out!  To match the dotted background on the sentiment banner, I used the dotted border from Watercolor Wings and stamped off in Mint Macaron.

Recipe 

Papers: Blooms & Bliss DSP, Island Indigo, Mint Macaron, Whisper White
Stamps: Watercolor Wings
Tools: Butterfly Thinlits, Bunch of Banners Framelits, Big Shot