More SU In-Colors

Here are two more cards I made with the new Stampin' Up in colors Lucky Limeade and Wisteria Wonder.  I am also entering it in Paper Sundae's Stitching challenge.

The Lucky Limeade card is a single piece.  I cut a 5.5x3.75 inch piece of Whisper White and used the scalloped border punch on all sides.  There is a tutorial on Splitcoast that explains how to round the corners.  Next I ran a piece of Limeade through my cuttlebug embossing folder, attaching it to the base, then stitching around the edge.  The little bag is from Michael's and comes in a pack of 25.  I cut a mat for inside the bag and added the sentiment from Word Play in Lucky Limeade ink and Whimsical Words in Jet Black Staz-On.  I cut slots to slide a gift card in.  I wraped the baggie in organza ribbon, tying it off with a piece of jute twine and topping it with a white gem.  I punched the Word Play sentiment with the decorative label punch, then used a scrap piece of Limeade to make a mat on the ends of the punched image, then mounting with dimensionals. 

with enclosed card showing

The other card is an A2 Wisteria Wonder base.  I used the Martha Stewart lace border punch on a 3 inch piece of Whisper White to make the strip.  Then I layered a 2.5 inch piece of WW and the three 1 1/4" squares of Wisteria, after running them through the cuttlebug embossing folder.  I stitched around the edges of each square and the white strip.  The sentiment is from the dollar bin at Michael's and inside is a Word Play sentiment that says "You're in my thoughts; you're in my heart."  Thanks for looking!  April

Playing with new SU colors

So you saw Calypso Coral in the last post.  This one is Island Indigo.  I used Grunge Rock and Word Play stamp sets, 1 3/8" square punch, scalloped circle punch, Brights glimmer brads, hemp twine, and the decorative label punch to make this card.  I punched out the squares and ran them through the cuttlebug embossing folder.  Then I punched a scalloped circle, cutting it apart at every third scallop.  The little packages are mouned on a dimensional.  The sentiment is punched with the decorative label punch and mounted with dimensionals over Early Expresso baker's twine.  Inside, I used the sentiment from
Grunge Rock.  Thanks for looking!  April

Laughter

This one is for Deconstructing Jen's sketch #8 and Stamp Something's July Digi challenges. 

The base is the new SU in color, Calypso Coral, and Very Vanilla.  The layered the middle two and then ran it through the cuttlebug with the dotted embossing folder.  I left a bit at the end to add the scalloped border in Whisper White.  I used Early Expresso baker's twine and a button to wrap the corner of the card.  The image is the Japanese Princess from Pixie Dust Studios and is colored with watercolor pencils.  I cut her out and added pearls to her hair, before mounting her and adding the sentiment.  Inside is the full sentiment from SU's Word Play and is cut out with the decorative label punch.  Thanks for looking!  April

Happiness Always

This is for Anyone for Anya's June sketch and Paper Sundae's Sundae Bar challenges.  For the Sundae Bar we have to use at least two of the following: purple, gems, wings, paper piercing.  I got three of the four in by using purple on her top, pearls in her hair, and piercing the image.
The base is Whisper White cardstock with layers of Basic Grey and water B&T papers.  I embossed the Whisper White in the swirls folder, alternating between the embossed and debossed sides.  The image is Mermaid Anya from TGF and is colored in watercolor pencils with accents of Sukura Stardust gel pen.  I cut her bodice, arms, face and part of her hair in two layers, then added mini pearls to the hair.  The image is cut out using deckled rectangle Nestabilities, then pierced at opposite corners.  The sentiment is from SU's Whimsical Words and is stamped in Dove Grey Staz-On.  I added a safety pin and tied a bit of jute twine before mounting with a dimensional.  The mini bottle is from Tim Holtz.  I used a piece of Very Vanilla, stamped with "faded script" stamp from Stampabilities in Brown Bag.  I distressed the edges and inked in Chestnut Roan and Charcoal cat's eye chalks, then rolled into a scroll and placed in bottle.  I used a bit of liquid glass to seal the cork and attach to the card, adding a scrap of jute twine to the bottle.  Thanks for looking!  April

close-up to show layers

Sugar & Spice?

Here is one for TGF's Mystery Monday CASE. 

The base is Whisper White from SU with layers of Basic Black and the really cute pink baroque paper from Hobby Lobby.  I added some skittles around the edges and made custom skittles from scraps of paper.  I used a 3/16" punch and some liquid glass to attach them to the skittles, then used glue dots to adhere to the card.  The sentiment is printed on cardstock using Curlz MT font and punched out with the decorative label punch from SU. 

The image is Wild Sprout's Ebony from TGF.  Ebony is colored in watercolor pencils and has accents of Sukura Stardust gel pen.  You can't see it and I didn't take a pic, but she is pieced in several layers.  Layer 1 is the base with Ebony stamped on it, Layer 2 is the shirt and head, and Layer 3 is the bangs and headband.  She is just to cute and very much like Twilight's Alice.  I just love the Wild Sprouts!  They come in rubber or digi formats and are just so much fun. 

Inside, I used some scraps and a pieced flower to coordinate.  Thanks for looking!  April

close-up of inside of card