Vellum Flowers

When I saw this sketch at Sketch Frenzy Friday, I immediately thought vellum.  Especially since the design includes some brads which makes it easier to attach vellum to cardstock.  The colors at Paper Pals Arts add the palette for my design.

 

 



I embossed the vellum with the Stylized Flowers embossing folder from Cuttlebug.  I layered that over Calypso Coral.  Since the vellum added more of a white element to the card, I added white ribbon.  The whole thing is layered over Baked Brown Sugar.

Hope you like my card.

All items Stampin' Up unless noted

Stamp: Label Love
Paper:  Baked Brown Sugar, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Vellum
Ink:  Calypso Coral
Other:  5/8" White Ribbon, Label Love Punch, Cuttlebug Stylized Flowers Embossing Folder, Recollections Brads.

All Dressed Up to Thank You

Here is my card for today.  I am playing along with the following challenges today:

Freshly Made Sketches 102, Paper Pals Arts Color Challenge, and Stampin' Royalty Challenge #192 - Patterned Paper:

 

 

Sometimes I think it is almost easier for me to make a card when I have some constraints on the elements I can use. If you have been "collecting" paper, inks, dies, punches, etc. for awhile, it can almost be overwhelming because you have so many choices.  The Dress Up Framelits from Stampin' Up are fairly new for me and I really had fun using them for this card.

 



 

Thanks for looking today.

 

All Items Stampin' Up unless noted

 

Stamp:  Regarding Dahlias

Paper:  Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Summer Starfruit, Print Poetry DSP

Ink:  Early Espresso

Other:  Basic Pearls, Dress Up Framelits, Summer Starfruit Ribbon

Thanks for the Challenge

The last challenge was so much fun, I thought I would try it again.  For today's card I again combined a sketch challenge with a color challenge.  It takes a lot of the guesswork out of choosing elements for cards to start with these challenges.  The sketch is from Paper Pals Arts and the color inspiration came from Color Throwdown:

 

 

I turned the card vertically and replaced one of the rectangles with an oval.  I think it still captures the essence of the challenge.  I love the way the black embossing powder really defined the design of the flower.  I colored the flower using Stampin' Up's blender pens.  The pearls complete the overall look.  Hope you like it.

 

 

 

 

Stamp:  Best of Flowers - 25th Anniversary, Simply Sketched

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry

Ink:  Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberrry, Versamark

Other:  Black Embossing Powder, Basic Pearls, Blender Pens, Lifestyle Crafts Oval Dies