Lynn Powell

Growing Green

Here's a card I made yesterday using the 'Growing Green' stampset:

 
The Growing Green stampset is a line image set so you can colour the image however you want. For this card, I have stamped on watercolour paper using versamark ink and heatset it with black embossing powder. I've then used my inkpads and aqua pen to colour the images with Certainly Celery & Old Olive ink (for the stems) and Bashful Blue & Marina Mist for the flowers.

I've also used the French Foliage & Grunge Rock stampsets to give my card a more vintage feel. I am really quite happy with the way this card has turned out and think I might make a couple more!

What do you think???

 

Card Recipe:

• Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, watercolour cardstock
• Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Versamark inks
• Black embossing powder, aqua pen
• Botanical gazette DSP (from the Autumn - Winter Mini)
• Growing Green, French Foliage, Grunge Rock stampsets
• Brads
• Old Olive taffeta ribbon

Case Study Challenge #53

The muse for this month at Case Study is the totally awesome Chupa. The challenge wa to CASE any of the cards on her blog, so this is the one I chose to CASE:

http://ipalamountain.blogspot.com/2011/08/tsg120-color-challenge.html

 

And this is what I have made:

I loved the layout and the layers Chupa had used on her card, plus I loved the bow as well (i just love ribbon bows!!). I've switched the layout around though but have tried to keep the layers the same.

The stampset I have used is one from the new 2011/2012 catty that is due out on September 1st - it's called 'Forever Young'. The paper is also from the new catty and is called 'Timeless Portrait'. I've also used images from a couple of stampsets that are sadly retiring - ''Sense Of Time' and 'Friends 24/7'.

I noticed on Chupa's blog that in a few of the gorgeous cards she has created, that she had used a spiral border embellishment, so instead of the usual scallop border punch, I used SU's spiral border punch for a change.

I did a little whoopsy on this card and accidentally tore a corner, so instead of having to re-stamp another image, I just curled the corner over (you wouldn't have known if I hadn't told you LOL!!).

I hope you like what I have created - thanks so much for looking!!

 

Card Recipe:

• Timeless Portrait DSP
• Forever Young, Friends 24/7 & Sense of Time stampsets
• Distressing Kit
• Not Quite Navy Brads, Black Satin Ribbon
• River Rock, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler Cardstock
• Tools: Large circle punch, Scallop Border punch (to create the scallop circle), Spiral Border Punch

 

 

Mini Concertina Album

Here is a sneak peak on an album I have created on the Stamp-A-Memory website:

 

To view more, click here:

Case Study Challenge #50

 
It is the 1st Anniversary of The CASE Study Challenge blog and to celebrate, the challenge this month is to CASE a card from one of their fabulous Design Team members. I have chosen to CASE  a card from the awesome Teneale Williams.

This is her card:

 
And this is what I have come up with for my entry:

 

I adore Teneales' work and I simply love the 'Because I Care' stamp set, so I have used the same stamp set and the same papers as Teneale has done. I have also pretty much stuck to the same layout as well (though I haven't used as many layers) but instead of a card, I have made an Easel Desktop Tidy/Calendar. At the end of the month, you just remove the current month on display and replace with the next month. The drawers can be filled with whatever you like!

Here is a view from the top:

 

I just love how Teneale uses lots of layering and gives her work a vintage feel - she is such a super-talented lady! Thank you Teneale for providing such inspiration for us all and allowing us to CASE your work!!

Ingredients Used:

• Botanical Gazette DSP
• Early Espresso, Very Vanilla Cardstock
• All A Flutter, French Foliage, Because I Care stampsets
• Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Marina Mist inkpads
• Vintage Brads, Old Olive Satin Ribbon

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Time To Say Goodbye

 

Hundreds of products from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue are retiring to make way for new products in the next catalogue, so now is the time for you to get them before they're gone. Some of the products are 25% and 40% off.

Click here to download a copy of the Retiring List.

You will need to be quick, as these items usually sell fast. Contact me today to place your order

 

Stamp A Memory August Challenge

It is Stamp A Memory's 2nd birthday, so the challenge this month is to scrap a celebration. I have scrapped a double layout of Candace's 18th birthday:

 

Because the photos were quite colourful, I've used papers from the Sweet & Sour Specialty collection and Wild Wasabi Cardstock to match (it looks a lot brighter in real life!!). My background was created by using one of the stamps from Circle Circus stamp set to randomly stamp over my background cardstock with Whisper White ink.

Do you like my scalloped border trims? I've made those by firstly using the scallop border punch on one long edge of cardstock, then I've created the holes with my crop-a-dile. Easy!!

Ingredients Used:

• Wild Wasabi Textured Cardstock, Early Espresso, Confetti White , Basic Black cardstock
• Sweet & Sour Specialty DSP, Love Letter DSP (used on my chipboard letters)
• Paper Daisies, Earth Elements Brads, Big Designer Buttons, Jumbo Eyelet, Twine
• Crumb Cake, Whisper White ink
• Tools: Crop-A-Dile, Scallop Border Punch, Bigshot, Simple Letters Alphabet Die

I would love to see what celebrations you have to scrap - you can enter the challenge at Stamp-A-Memory and also checkout the fabulous creations by the other Design Team Members.

Thanks for looking.

Lynn