I worked with two color sets for these cards...
(1) Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Ruby Red, Baja Breeze
(2) Soft Sky, Baja Breeze, Blue Bayou, Not Quite Navy
... with gold glossy cardstock and brushed silver cardstock thrown in for good measure.
The designer paper is mostly SU!'s Holiday Treasures, with an appearance by Urban Garden as well. The Ribbon Dove card has a layer of DSP on it, but which one is a mystery to me -- probably from last catalog.
The white and chocolate chip rub-ons are from SU!'s Chit Chat set.
Stampin' Up! sets used: Happiest of Holidays, Swirling Stars jumbo wheel, Holiday Sampler, So Many Scallops, Print Pattern background, Swirls background
Other SU! materials: Scallop circle punch, Scallop border punch, Boho Blossoms punch, 3/8" circle punch, Key Tag punch, Ticket Corner punch, Corner rounder, Not Quite Navy brads, white grosgrain ribbon, Soft Sky stitched grosgrain, gold cord, Stampin' Dimensionals
I realized after all the pictures were loaded that I neglected to put a watermark on the photos. I just don't have it in me to redo and upload fourteen photos, so you're all on your best behavior in terms of piracy. The watermark for these would include the © Stampin' Up! on most if not all the cards, since I did use SU! materials on all of them. Many of the stamps are non-SU!, so if you have any questions about what's what, drop me an email.
I didn't take pictures of the insides of the cards, but many of them are decorated. As is my habit, I also made coordinating envelopes for each card.
Okay, enough blabbering. Let's look at the pics!
Card 1 - Triple Scalloped Circles
Card 2 - Three Hanging Stars
Of this batch of cards, this is my favorite! I tend to gravitate towards blues anyway, but the Gold Fire Opal embossing powder is just stunning. This is also the first card ever that I used my new Scor-Pal on to make a double-line dry embossed border on the white panel. OOoooo, ahhhhh!!!
Card 3 - Three Gold Ornaments
All three ornaments are embossed with detail gold embossing powder.
Card 4 - Ribbon Dove
This one is also a favorite of mine. I embossed the dove with Bridal powder, so it shimmers pastel colors in the light. I broke into a bottle of Robin's Nest dewdrops for the embellishments in the four corners. The funny shaped panel was cut by my upline using the Top Notes die in the Big Shot die cutting machine. Cool!
Card 5 - Poinsettia Paper with Punched Flowers
I'm really pleased with how the Stickles in the centers of the flowers make the card pop in person. I wish I had taken a pic of the inside of the card, too, as I put a trio of the punch flowers in the lower left corner and it looks really classy!
Card 6 - Silver Peace Snowflake
I've fallen in love all over again with detail silver embossing powder! Can you see the Print Pattern stamp in the background?
Card 7 - Irridescent Peace Snowflake
I tumbled into a box of specialty paper scraps when I was putting this card together, and out came some shiny irridescent cellophane stuff (which I was saving for dragonfly wings, but hey! this works too!). I wasn't sure the greens in it go with Not Quite Navy, but the more I look at this card, the more I like it. The peace snowflake is embossed with Hologram Highlights powder. I used three different colors of dewdrops to bring out the colors in the cellophane layer.
Card 8 - Gold Peace Snowflake
I found some glossy gold cardstock in my magic scraps box, too, and decided to put it to good use as the layer under the snowflake. The outside gold border was done with a gold metallic Sharpie and a straightedge.
Card 9 - Horizontal Panel with Bow
Sweet and simple!
Card 10 - Horizontal Panel with Tie
... as if I need an excuse to use my scallop border punch. *smile*
Card 11 - Hope Dove
The swirls in the word "HOPE" inspired me to use my Swirls background stamp, possibly for the first time. Another Top Notes panel for you Big Shot fans.
Card 12 - Heart Ornament
I embossed the ornament using Chocolate Chip ink and clear powder, then colored it in with blender pens. The ornament top is colored with the oh-so-cool Sakura stardust gelly roll pen.
Cards 13 and 14 - Blue and Silver Panel
I enjoyed making this card so much that I did it twice! (and may do it again!). There's my renewed love, detail silver embossing powder, once again.
Marni, if you went ahead and read this ridiculously long post, you may still be suprised since you don't know which ten cards you'll be getting. *grin*
Any of my other fans out there, please accept my apology for a post this long. I promise (as a courtesy as well as in the spirit of self-preservation) that I will make future posts shorter or, if I have a lot to post at once, I will break it up into several smaller posts. Thanks for hanging with me this time!
I'd love to hear which card(s) are your favorite, since I'm too close to be objective on which are "best." Leave a comment?
2 comments:
my favs are # 6 and 8...love them all, tho
13/14 2 and 7 in that order...way nice!
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