What stamping I’m doing the next few days, I won’t be able to share. So I thought this morning that I would finish up a card that I started working on last Friday night at the Cincinnati Stampin’ and Pamperin’ Retreat. I was playing with some chalk inks, and threw this combination together just for fun. When I got home, I added a few stickles in the center of the flowers and down the lines of the watering can. I didn’t want to leave you all week without any stamping, so I decided to finish the card this morning.
Imagine if you will, last Friday night, in Cincinnati at a stamping retreat, for SCS members and SU demos. I’m there at my table and I’m playing with some new stamps from Papertrey Ink and my new Colorbox fluid chalk ink 
. I suppose I got by with it cause I am a little bit BAD and a little bit dirty!
Now I have to tell you that I have taken close to 20 pictures of this card, haven’t liked a one of them – this just isn’t the true color, but I’m convinced that greens and pinks are the hardest to photograph. I finally gave up and this is what you are getting.
I broke into some new Crate Paper that I got from Jacksonbelle Embellishments to finish off the image. I used the corner rounder punch to make the scallop border and then punched holes using my 1/8″ circle punch. Those layers were put together onto Buckaroo Blue cardstock and then sewn together on the sewing machine (which I doubt I will never take down now). The ribbon was criss-crossed on the diagonal and brought together on the right-hand side of the card. I punched the corners of the image using the ticket corner punch and then layered those together, punched a hole on the side for the bow. After it was finished, the card looked a little off balance, so I quickly stamped the sentiment and using the small and large oval punches layered those and mounted them to the image. Both the image and the sentiment are raised on mounting tape. The card front was then mounted on a card of Buckaroo Blue.
Stamps: Green Thumb by Paperetrey Ink
Ink: Colorbox Fluid Chalk Inks
Paper: Whisper White, Buckaroo Blue, Brunch Collection by Crate Paper
Accessories: Ribbon, Mounting Tape, Stickles, Various Punches
I hope everyone has a great weekend, and if I find some time to stamp for fun, I’ll let you see!
Well if the colors are off in the photo – I’d love to see it in person, because it looks great on my monitor! I like the scallop border, sort of reminds me of an awning, as if the flowers are sitting in a window. Super cute! 🙂 Have a nice weekend!
Your floral arrangement looks so lovely with that paper. I love the scalloped edge with the punched holes, the sewing and stickles. Beautiful!
Super…what a bountiful bouquet!
OMG, it’s beautiful Sherry! I have both the paper, which I bought today and this stamp set, and now I MUST case this idea!! You do the most beautiful work!!
I agree is this is off I must be just fantastic in person b/c this is one beautiful card!
This is just gorgeous, Sherry! Pink *is* hard to photograph (And lavendar right behind it), but I really can’t imagine the colors looking any better than they do here!
Such a lovely card, I agree, if you colors are off, I love to see it in person.
Great job, thanks for letting us see the finished card.
Just beautiful Sherry! I must confess that I’m a bad girl too (being a SU demo, what am I doing at Archiver’s every week, picking up chalk inks and acrylic stamps and the like?)! Being bad feels so good though! 🙂
Love those vivid colors and the way you did the scalloped border at the top! So very beautiful! I have a sewing machine and never use it (and my hubby is always nagging me to mend some of his clothes). Think it would piss him off too much if I sewed on cards? I’m so bad….
Linda
what a fabulous card!
Sherry, I can’t imagine what color this is supposed to be, but it sure looks fabulous here! I love what you do with this Papertrey set. The paper, colors, card design–all awesome!