Day 29 Thoughtful Branches

Hi All
          The card I'm sharing today was inspired by a sketch I saw on Pinterest by Skipping Stones Designs SSD71 check out their blog here.  I love using sketches to help me spark my card creating process.  Sometimes I have a particular shape or image I'm trying to incorporate or sometimes I just want to try something different.

For this card I wanted a soft look with tone on tone colours offset by Very Vanilla.  I chose to use Rich Razzleberr, Sweet Sugarplum and Pink Pirhouette.  I stamped each of the coloured panels using the same colour ink except for the Pink Pirhouette the colour was too light so I used Blushing Bride to Stamp the leaf images.  I paired that with the curly cursive sentiment from Balloon Celebration and some die cut leaves from Beautiful Branches Thinlits.

Stamp Sets: Thoughtful Branches, Balloon Celebration
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Sweet Sugarplum, Blushing Bride
Card: Rich Razzleberry, Sweet Sugarplum, Pink Pirhouette, Very Vanilla
Punch: Triple Banner
Big Shot: Beautiful Branches, Die Brush
Accessories: Tear Tape Adhesive, Dimensionals, Tombow Glue, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Cheers Peggy

Day 27 Thoughtful Branches

Hi Stampers
                    The card I'm sharing today is a birthday card and uses the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set to provide subtle backgrounds and the Brick Wall Embossing Folder to complete the look.  I also used the card crumpling technique on the die cut petals to give them some dimension and shape. I stamped and cut two sets of petals to enhance the 3D effect.

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches, Gorgeous Grunge, Birthday Blossoms
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Tip Top Taupe, Chocolate Chip
Card: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Big Shot: Beautiful Branches, Die Brush, Brick Wall EF
Punch: Triple Banner
Accessories: Gold Metallic Thread, Sponge Daubers, Tear Tape Adhesive, Tombow Glue, Dimensionals

Cheers Peggy

Day 26 Thoughtful Branches

Hi All
          Happy Friday, we are almost to the end of August and so far I'm keeping up with my goal to blog a new project each day using the Thoughtful Branches Bundle.  Today's card uses collage as the technique which is a technique I usually struggle with.  This time though I had something particular in mind I used Whisper White as the base card and maskes off all but a rectangular section in the middle.  I stamped my images in my chosen colours and used sponges to apply ink and blended the colours to my satisfaction.  A nice simple clean one layer card.

Stamp Sets: Thoughtful Branches, Petite Petals, Grateful Bunch, Build a Birthday
Ink: Pear Pizzaz, Old Olive, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant
Card: Whisper White
Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Whisper White Organza Ribbon

Cheers Peggy

Day 23 Thoughtful Branches

Hi Again
               The card I'm sharing today is quite a simply one and uses the second leaf/branch image in the Thoughtful Branches Stamp Set.  I haven't used purple colour schemes for a while and thought I'd use a nice simple two tone effect using Wisteria Wonder & Elegant Eggplant.  I'm not sure if you can tell but the Elegant Eggplant Leaves punched out using the Festive Flower Builder have Clear Wink of Stella on them for an added bit of sparkle.

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant
Card: Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant
Punch: Festive Flower Builder, Decorative Label
Accessories: Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush, Tear Tape Adhesive

Cheers Peggy

Day 19 Thoughtful Branches

Hello All,
                In today's card I feature some of the products from the new Holiday Catalogue.  To give you a little taste of what is coming up in the new catalogue.  There are so many gorgeous goodies it's hard to know what to get first... at least that was my problem.  I have seen the idea to use the stamp images below to make flowers by a number of different people.  But in this instance I cased the idea from Connie Collins an Artisan Design Team Member, Connie's projects are gorgeous.

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches, Thoughtful Banners
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Sweet Sugarplum, Pear Pizzaz
Card: Pear Pizzaz, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Big Shot: Cable Knit Dynamic Embossing Folder
Punch: Banner Duet
Accessories: Glitter Ribbon Pack, Sweet Sugarplum Marker, Adhesive, Dimensionals

Cheers Peggy

Day 18 Thoughtful Branches

Hi Stampers
                    Well wow, how did we get to Thursday all ready, the days just keep flying by.  Before we know it Christmas will be looming.  Luckily enough the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue will be coming out September 1st to help us be prepared.  If you'd like a copy let me know and I'll organise to get one to you.  But enough of the future onto today's card another in the One Sheet Wonder Set.

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches
Ink: Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Dapper Denim
Card: Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White
Big Shot: Beautiful Branches, Magnetic Platform
Punch: Triple Banner
Accessories: Sponge Dauber, Mint Macaron Mini Striped Ribbon, Tear Tape Adhesive, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Cheers & Happy Stamping Peggy

Day 17 Thoughtful Branches

Hiya Everyone,
                         Hope you are loving the limited release Thoughtful Branches Bundle available exclusively till 31st August.  It is a beautiful set and quite versatile, if you've seen pinterest at all recently it's been flooded with wonderful ideas for uses for this Stamp Set and Thinlits.  To show the versatility of the stamp set I've stamped the apple/cherry image but made it into an orange simply by stamping in pumpkin pie rather than a red.

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches, Sheltering Tree, Sitting Here
Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie
Card: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie
Big Shot: Beautiful Branches, Die Brush
Punches: Triple Banner
Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Linen Thread, Paper Snips, Tombow Glue, Mini Glue Dots, Tear Tape Adhesive

Cheers Peggy
 

Day 16 Thoughtful Branches

Hi All,
           For today I'm sharing the fourth card from my One Sheet Wonder Card Set.  As I've said before I love the simplicity and the easiness of making cards using this technique.  I hope you'll give it a try.  Don't you just love the new In Colour Dapper Denim.  I sure do I must admit I love the colour blue, light or dark it doesn't matter to me they are all lovely.  This colour reminds me a little of the retired Not Quite Navy which was a personal favourite.  These cards feature three In Colours the Dapper Denim, Mint Macaron and Tip Top Taupe.

 

 

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches

Ink: Dapper Denim, Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe

Card: Dapper Denim, Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White

Big Shot: Beautiful Branches, Magnetic Platform

Punches: Triple Banner

Accessories: Mint Macaron Mini Striped Ribbon, Sponge Dauber, Mini Glue Dots, Tear Tape Adhesive, Dimensionals

 

Cheers Peggy

Day 15 Thoughtful Branches

Hello Stampers,
                          Hope your Monday is off to a fine start!  Monday's are always a little hard to get started and I admit Monday morning is not my best time, I try and make sure I have easy tasks for a Monday morning.  Let's hope it continues on to beautiful day!

Something I can enjoy wholeheartedly is sharing this next card with you.  I love the larger leaf stamp from Thoughtful Branches.  If you've been checking out my posts this month you'll notice I've used it quite a bit, it's so pretty.  Hope you like how I've used it on this next card.  I also used a combination of orange and red tones in the card as a variation on autumn tonings for the leaves.  The card base is Cherry Cobbler and the Hardwood Panel is Peekaboo Peach.  It doesn't look like it but that's probably my lighting and poor photo editing skills, however I am practicing I promise.

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches, Hardwood
Ink: Peekaboo Peach, Calypso Coral, Watermelon Wonder, Cherry Cobbler
Card: Cherry Cobbler, Peekaboo Peach, Whisper White
Big Shot: Beautiful Branches, Magnetic Platform
Punches: Scalloped Tag Topper
Accessories: Whisper White Bakers Twine, White Perfect Accents, Sponge Daubers, Mini Glue Dots, Tear Tape Adhesive, Dimensionals

Cheers & Happy Stamping Peggy

Day 14 Thoughtful Branches

Happy Sunday,
                         Today's card is the third one in the One Sheet Wonder Set that I made.  I love One Sheet Wonders it's so nice and easy to make multiple cards quickly.  A nice satisfying feeling especially if your sometimes short on time.  For this set of cards I chose to co-ordinate them with banners made using the Triple Banner punch I love how easy this punch makes creating multiple size banners.  No more off centre cut banners for me...

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches
Ink: Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Dapper Denim
Card: Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White
Big Shot: Beautiful Branches, Magnetic Platform
Punch: Triple Banner
Accessories: Sponge Dauber, Mint Macaron Mini Striped Ribbon, Tear Tape Adhesive, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Cheers Peggy
        

Day 13 Thoughtful Branches

Hello Everyone,
                           Here's another card I whipped up this week and a new colour combo I tried out.  I wanted to feature the new Peekaboo Peach as I sometimes have trouble including orange tones in my colour schemes.  I also wanted to use some Chocolate Chip because it's been a sorely neglected colour lately, for some reason I'm reaching for the Early Espresso or Tip Top Taupe instead.  Then to balance out those two colours I added in a little Cajun Craze, so it looked like an autumn theme colour scheme (rhyming unintended).  So you guessed it I used the gorgeous leaf stamp to pair them with from Thoughtful Branches.  Then I added a sentiment from Gift from the Garden which just seemed to beg to go with this card.

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches, Gift from the Garden
Ink: Peekaboo Peach, Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip
Card: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Peekaboo Peach, Cajun Craze
Punches: 1 3/4" Circle
Accessories: Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush (it's on the leaves but hard to see sorry), Adhesive, Dimensionals

Happy Stamping Peggy

Day 10 Thoughful Branches

Hi All
          For my creation today I wanted simple and clean.  I had in my head the idea of the leaf image stamped in multiple colours and my first thought was autumn tones.  But I've used those tones before as it's a natural choice so I thought I'd mix it up.  I chose these colours as they are in the one colour collection and funnily enough my ink pads are stacked in this order Island Indigo, Night of Navy, Rose Red and then Perfect Plum.  I've always thought how pretty they are sitting there together so I thought this was the time to put ink to stamp and get them onto a card.  How do you pick your colours?  Even though you cannot see the sparkle I've brushed Clear Wink of Stella over each of the leaves to give them something extra.

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches, Tin of Cards
Ink: Island Indigo, Night of Navy, Rose Red, Perfect Plum
Card: Island Indigo, Whisper White
Accessories: Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush, Dimensionals

Cheers & Happy Stamping Peggy

Day 9 Thoughful Branches

Hello Again
                    Hope your weeks off to a fine start.  I love Tuesdays, it's got something to do with it not being Monday and being into the week I guess.  Anyway the card I'm sharing today is one of a set of six I made from a One Sheet Wonder.  In case your not aware of what that is you take a mix of images that you like and stamp them over an entire sheet of card as a background.  The card can be A5 or A4 depending on your size preferences.   I find that people newer to this technique prefer to start off with an A5 sheet of card it's a little less daunting.  Once you have stamped your background you then cut it up to make a whole stack of cards.  It's a wonderful way to make co-ordinated cards and can be quick and easy.

I knew as soon as I saw the cute leaves and bird images in this set that I was going to do a One Sheet Wonder with them.  All I had to do was decide on my colour combo, as you can see I went with Dapper Denim, Mint Macaron and Tip Top Taupe, so it was an In Colour party.  I must admit I like the pop of the Dapper Denim against the more subtle tones of the Tip Top Taupe and Mint Macaron, I hope you do too.

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches
Ink: Mint Macaron, Dapper Denim, Tip Top Taupe
Card: Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White
Big Shot: Beautiful Branches, Magnetic Platform
Punches: Triple Banner
Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Mint Macaron Mini Striped Ribbon, Tear Tape Adhesive, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Cheers Peggy