Pleasant Poppies for the Pals

There's nothing like a bit a brown to make Real Red look amazingly vibrant!  Ever since Stampin' Up! brought out Stampin' Blendabilities Markers, I've been dying to dig out my Pleasant Poppies stamp and use it with them.  This week's challenge from Pals Paper Arts was the perfect opportunity!
Here's the colour swatch from the challenge:

Now, I know that we only have Blendies in Cherry Cobbler, but since it is a three shade assortment, if you go a little heavier on the lightest shade, it really looks like Real Red to me.  What do you think?

• I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Whisper White cardstock and coloured in the poppies with the Blendabilities assortment as mentioned above, and using Crumb Cake on the stems.  I carefully cut out the poppies with my Paper Snips, but left the cardstock intact at the bottom of the image.
• On my Soft Suede card base, I added some Park Lane Designer Series Paper in Soft Suede, and then some Crumb Cake DSP from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack. 
• I stamped the sentiment from the Feel Goods Stamp set (it's really the day for oldies today!) in Versamark Ink and heat embossed it using Early Espresso Stampin' Emboss Powder as a neutral on Vellum cardstock.
• I cut slits on either side of the vellum in order to pass the Crumb Cake Seam Binding ribbon through and used the ribbon to attach the vellum to the card base.  I also added some Glue Dots on the vellum under the ribbon, where they couldn't be seen, to help hold it. I tied a bow in some Crumb Cake Seam Binding ribbon and added it with Glue Dots on the left of the sentiment.

I'm really pleased with the way this card turned out. You should definitely try this colour combination! I love how the neutrals make the red positively glow!

I'm leaving today for holidays in Mexico, but will be able to keep in contact through email and facebook if you need anything! I'll be home in about 10 days, when I will resume my regular blog schedule.  I have another post scheduled for Friday and I'll try to post some pictures of holidays in between.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!


Product List

Pleasant Poppies Clear-Mount Stamp Set [129499]	Pleasant Poppies Wood-Mount Stamp Set [132061]	Feel Goods Clear Stamp Set [129684]	Feel Goods Wood Stamp Set [131916]	Park Lane Designer Series Paper [133694]
Neutrals Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack [130132]	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856]	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115318]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Cherry Cobbler Assortment [130995]	Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Crumb Cake Assortment [131004]	Early Espresso Stampin' Emboss Powder [128980]	Crumb Cake 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon [122332]
Heat Tool [129053]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]
Glue Dots [103683]

A Little Bit of Sweet for As You See It Challenges

I kinda lied yesterday when I said that this post was the last valentine I had to show you for my grandkids!  I totally forgot that today's card was one I was going to show you as well. But because this card was my entry for As You See It Challenge #074, I couldn't post it until today! This little bit of sweetness is for my only granddaughter, Cedar, and it illustrates the AYSI theme of "Sweet"!

And here's the beautiful little girl who will get this card:

I used markers on the sentiment stamp in order to choose the words that I wanted to use and leave out the rest and I had some Blendy fun with the cake.

• I'm also entering this card in The Paper Players Colour Challenge of Basic Black, Real Red and Calypso Coral, even though there are a couple of extra stripes with Crisp Cantaloupe as well.

• The delicious looking cake is from Your Perfect Day Stamp set.  I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured it with Calypso Coral Blendabilities and the lightest Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities marker (which looks to me like Real Red). I cut it out by hand and cut off the two birds on the top so it would look more like a regular cake than a wedding cake. It really stands out on that Basic Black background.
• There is actually a stamp that has Sweet as it's main sentiment, and it is part of the Cycle Celebration Stamp set. The stamp actually says "Celebrate a Sweet Birthday", but because this is a valentine, I only coloured the Sweet with my Stampin' Write Markers and left out the other words.  It's 'sweet' that the stamp also has some hearts in it, to make it even more like a valentine! It is coordinated with the Decorative Label Punch as well, and to get the black backing for the sentiment, I simply punched out another Decorative Label shape from the Basic Black cardstock and then snipped it in half vertically, trimming off the little knobs in the middle and mounting it on both ends of the sentiment (with a gap in the middle).
• The background DSP is from the Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Stack, which has lots of Valentine designs, but also many designs that could be used all year round, like the pattern I used.  It is a great value at $8,50 for 48 sheets!
• The little hearts are punched with the heart punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack from Basic Black cardstock and Red Glimmer Paper.

 Now, because I'm an equal rights Grandma, I didn't want you to think that my other grandson didn't get a valentine.  He got a lovely one with a pirate theme, similar to the one below:

Because this was a cased project from someone who I can no longer find on line, I didn't want to feature it, but I wanted you to know that this handsome little chap:

Wyatt got a valentine from Gramps and Grandma as well!

Holidays!!

Starting on Monday, I will be on long awaited holidays in Mexico!  I'm so excited and I have decided to take a bit of a break from daily blogging in that I won't be posting every weekday while away. I will have a couple of posts to keep you going for the week and a half I'm gone, and I will resume my five day a week schedule when I return!  There will be a post on Monday for sure and one on Friday for As You See It Challenges, and we will see how it goes from there. I hope you will miss me a little, but they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Product List

Your Perfect Day Clear Stamp Set [138853]	Your Perfect Day Wood Stamp Set [138850]	Your Perfect Day Photopolymer Stamp Set [137160]	Cycle Celebration Wood Stamp Set [130270]	Cycle Celebration Clear Stamp Set [130273]
Hey, Valentine Clear Stamp Set [138570]	Hey, Valentine Wood Stamp Set [137135]	Stacked With Love Designer Series Paper Stack [137779]	Red Glimmer Paper [121790]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Calypso Coral Assortment [130996]	Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Cherry Cobbler Assortment [130995]	Real Red Stampin' Write Marker [100052]
Calypso Coral Stampin' Write Marker [131902]	2013-2015 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [131260]	Whisper White 5/8" Satin Ribbon [134549]	Real Red 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon [119251]	Decorative Label Punch [120907]
Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]