I have been racking my brain all weekend to come up with ideas for my swaps at Convention. I have never been before and I am so excited to go. I want to make sure I have a decent card to swap. I love this color combination! I use it a lot. For some reason this color combination speaks to me. The blues and green give me such a cool and serene feeling and the pop of Calypso Coral is enough to make the card interesting.
The other thing I like about this card is the technique I used on the flower and leaves. It is called Water Splash. All you have to do is is stamp the image with Classic Ink and then spritz a little water on the stamp and then stamp the image. I love it because it creates such a neat effect on the image. The supplies that I used for this card were:
STAMP SETS: Petite Pairs, Fabulous Florets, En Francois
PAPER: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Whipser White
INK: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Calypso Coral
ACCESSORIES: Finishing Touches Edgelits, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Big Shot, Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, Dimensionals
I am pleased how this turned out. I already started to work on this card. I plan to finsh and cut all the pieces but leave the adhering them together until I leave for Salt Lake City. I am going out to Salt Lake City by train! Yes, by train. It will take 2-1/2 days to get there so I plan to take my swaps and finish them on the train. It will help the time go by faster I am sure. Off to do some work today and later will come back to working on my swaps. Enjoy the day!
This is the second novelty card that we will be working on this month. This card is a Mother's Day card with a pop up center which holds a gift card. I love this stamp set "FABULOUS FLORETS" Thank goodness this stamp set is staying. I would be so sad if this set was being retired. I have used this color combination before. It is Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango and Pear Pizazz. I think these colors go so well together and I think they are terrific colors for a Spring or Summer card.
I wanted to also show you how I decorated the envelope. My adopted upline ( I am an orphan ) Pennie always tells us not to have naked envelopes. And she is correct. When you decorate your envelopes, the person who receives your card will get a smile on their face even before they open the card. What a wonderful way to make someone happy.
And finally this is what the inside of the card looks like. The only think is, you probably should put in a real gift card. I did not have one but wanted to show where you would put one. what a great surprise for your Mother or Mother-in-Law when they open the card and find a gift card inside.
I made this card this morning and made it into a birthday card by replacing the sentiment on the front of the card. I really love this card. It turned out better than what I had envisioned. I hope you enjoyed this card also. Enjoy the day!
