Lynn Powell

Stamp A Memory Sneak Peak

Here is a sneak peak of a layout created for Stamp A Memory:

 

To see more details go to Stamp A Memory

Have a great day!!

Lovely As A Tree Birthday Card

Just thought I'd share with you a birthday card I made for my partner's birthday this week:

 

I haven't used the Lovely As A Tree stamp set for a while so I pulled it out to make this card. It is such a versatile set and I'm really happy with the way it turned out. I've masked the centre tree so I could stamp the two outer trees & then I coloured the centre image with markers (not the best job of colouring LOL!!!)

Here is the inside of the card:

 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

 

Card Recipe:

• Newsprint DSP
• Very Vanilla, Basic Black & Cherry Cobble cardstock
• Lovely As A Tree stamp set, Silhouette Sentiments (hostess set)
• Certainly Celery, Old Olive & Early Espresso markers
• Black Stazon ink
• Scallop Edge Border Punch
• Twine

 

 

SAM March 2011 Challenge

Good Morning!!

Hope you are enjoying this (slightly) cooler weather!  Makes a nice change doesn't it - I am sooo over the heat!!

The StampAMemory challenge for this month is to CASE a layout from the current Idea Book & Catalogue. I chose to CASE this layout from  page 76:

 

And this is the result:

 

Looks totally differnet, doesn't it!! I like using multiple photos on a layout, so the photo placement really appealed to me, as did the embellishments in the bottom left corner.

To create my layout, I used paper from the 'Greenhouse Gala' range of DSP for my background and also to cover the chipboard flowers from the 'On Board Mix & Match'. The stems of the flowers have been coloured firstly with Whisper White Craft ink, then Old Olive, and just for a bit of added bling, I filled the centre of one of the flowers with rhinestones. To create my number 50, I covered some chipboard with  'Certainly Celery' cardstock, then diecut it with the 'Simple Numbers' Bigz Die. See the oval chipboard shape in the centre of the layout?? That is the middle of the number '0' that has been stamped with 'friends' from the 'Just Believe' stamp set. Waste not, want not I always say!! (lol) The 'Notes and Details' stamp set has been used to create my journalling block - it was just the right size! 

I had fun creating this layout and hope you like what I have come up with.  To see more fabulous & inspiring layouts, head on over to Stamp A Memory and check out what the other very talented Design Team Members have created for this month's challenge. And while you are there, why not enter into the challenge for yourself. We would love to see what you come up with!!

Layout Ingredients:

• Greenhouse Gala DSP
• Certainly Celery & Pumpkin Pie cardstock
• Just Believe & Notes & Details stamp sets
• So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler Inkpads
• Basic Rhinestones, Paper Daisies, Vintage Type Rub-Ons, Clear Rhinestone Brads, Designer Brads
• Simple Numbers Bigz Die, Itty Bitty Punch

 

 

Masculine Just Believe

Here is another card created with the oh so versatile "Just Believe" stamp set:

 

I've used a couple different techniques to create this card. Firstly I've used the maksing and brayering techniques to create my first layer image on Confetti White cardstock. I have then stamped my image again onto a pieace of darker cardstock (the same size as the first layer) using versamrk ink and heat embossing with white embossing powder.  This layer has then been cut into sections and layered on top of the original image.

It looks quite effective, don't you think?? This would be good for a masculine card

 

Ingredients:

Elegant Soiree DSP

Confetti White, Early Espresso cardstock

Blue Bayou, More Mustard, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Versamark inkpads

White embossing powder, twine, Vintage brads, Scallop border punch

 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!