An Improvement

At the suggestion of a friend, I trimmed back the big peacock feathers to the edge of the cards. Much better, I think!

What a Difference a Feather Makes!

Today I followed through on my idea to make some peacock cards similar to those I made last week. Although these are the same design, I had to use different size and shape feathers since I ran out of the small ones. Makes for a different look, don't you think?

Peacocks Cards!

I found my stash of peacock feathers AND my peacock stamp from Prickly Pear Rubber Stamps all in the same day last week, so I figured the Universe was trying to tell me something. (Eat more chocolate?) Actually, I've had my mind set for awhile now to make some peacock cards for a friend of mine in Nevada who owns some peacocks and sent me a whole lot of feathers to use for decoration and art projects... but life keeps happening and I kept getting sidetracked. I'm working on a batch of cards to send her (this month, I hope), so finding the peacock stuff was quite serendipitous.



I'm pretty happy with these cards, considering they're rather different from the kinds of cards I've been making lately. The card base is Tempting Turquoise stamped in Lovely Lilac with a peacock feather stamp (not sure what company now that I've put it away). The central stamp image is embossed on Glorious Green cardstock with (how fitting) "Peacock" embossing powder, which turns rainbow colors depending on how long you apply heat to it; and then layered on a bit of Lovely Lilac. The crowning touch was the addition of real peacock feathers, adhered with just a bit of two-way glue. I'm please enough with these that I think I may make a few more, since these two cards are already spoken for.

Eight before Eight

I had a restless night, so I got up early and made these eight cards before 8:00 a.m. -- go ahead, be impressed! I know I am!



The focus for this batch was once again SU!'s Cutie Pie designer series paper. I also found a sheet of Wordsworth quote stickers that were just begging to be used. Flowers are Bazzill Wings.

White Rub-ons on Black.... Cool!

I had just a few white rub-ons left, so I whipped these two cards together using Basic Black on a Whisper White card base. Little dots are made by my trusty white gel pen.

More Cards with Cutie Pie Designer Paper

Cutie Pie Paper with White Rub-ons and Pretties

I'm having computer troubles, so to keep myself sane I whipped up a handful of simple cards tonight. I think they're all pretty self-explanatory, except for the last card -- that's a bling crystal in the center of the rub-on flower.

More Rub-ons

Just a few more cards using the Love and Happiness rub-ons from Stampin' Up!

Late Night Cards

I was supposed to be putting the stuff on my bed away, but instead I just HAD to make two more cards. (You know how that goes.)



I think I set my record in number of eyelets used on this first card: 8... eight!!! I was just goofing around with the Three for You flower punch, but I liked how the little posies look layered on the printed paper so I went with it. I used Stickles in the little circles on the print instead of pulling out my Dazzling Diamonds and glue pen again. (The cat is still glittery from the last episode.)






I meant for the rub-on on this next card to go on the So Saffron card base, but I think the body heat from the cat (who insists on laying on my stuff when I'm not looking) made it start to stick to the printed paper. Sooo, I went with the flow. The card seems a bit busy to me, but I think it still works.

Rub-ons!!

Yesterday I broke into my new SU! rub-ons (the FREE Love and Happiness set being offered as part of this year's Sale-a-Bration promo)... and I gotta say, I'm in love! I'm astonished at how easy they are to use and how good they look; and I'm tickled pink that I got TWO sets of these rub-ons -- and I may go for a third if I can scrape up the funds for another $50 order.



I've made four cards so far, all using the Cutie Pie double-sided designer paper and coordinating color cardstock. This was my first time using rub-ons since I was a kid and got some Beatles Yellow Submarine Blue Meanie rub-ons in a cereal box. (I probably just dated myself there, haha.) I took my upline's suggestion on my first card to use a stylus to rub with instead of the high-tech popsicle stick provided with the kit, but I had better luck with the popsicle stick on subsequent cards. With the stylus, the rub-on looks sort of embossed into the paper, while with the popsicle stick I got a nice, smooth rub, no indents.



I really like how the black contrasts with the bright colors on this first card. Card base is So Saffron, and I'm almost embarrassed at how easy this card was to make.






I used Certainly Celery as the base for this next card. Versamarked background flowers are from the Just Like You set. A quick punch with the Word Window, and ta-da!, card was done. How cool is this?






The Love and Happiness rub-on set includes four sheets, one each of black, white, old olive, and chocolate chip rub-ons in the same design. I decided to try my hand using some white ones on Rose Red cardstock, and I love love love how it turned out!






Here's a close-up of the rub-on. I hope the pic shows just how crisp it looks.






I'm not so sure about this next card, but I'll chalk it up to experimentation. Card base is Bashful Blue, ribbon is double-stitched Purely Pomegranite (close enough to Rose Red to pull it off, I think), and I used a rub-on on the ribbon itself. It worked great! My 2-way glue pen threw up on the card, so I have Dazzling Diamonds glitter in more places than planned. (It was a case of operator error... I don't blame the glue pen.) Hey, ain't it neat how the scalloped rub-on fits perfectly into the SU! scallop punch? I startled the cat when I noticed this, I was so excited (*grin*).






I want to keep working on my rub-on/Cutie Pie cards, but I have to tackle the mess on my bed first. I had my home health aide pile everything that was in my "hell hole" on the floor onto the bed so that I would be forced to deal with it before I hit the sack tonight. At the moment I'm regretting that brainiac idea, but I'm sure it'll be nice to have things put away when I get up in the morning (assuming I don't just dump everything on the floor at bedtime!) Wish me luck!