Tune in Tuesdays - Black/White & a splash of Color!

I made this card a while back and had thought of sending it for a magazine call or card contest. But, I liked it so much I couldn't bare to part with it and now the main image is retiring so if you like it, you can buy it on sale!

I used stamps from both the Vintage Backgrounds and Fanciful Vintage to achieve my collage on the back panel - and the tulip is from the Flower Collage Trio set. I used Tombow markers to color it in and I hope you like it!!



And now for my blog candy winner...

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So that means Heidi O. won my Hope Perches set. Congratulations!! I'm going to dig around for your address but if you see this post Heidi, just shoot me an email!

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I hope I am not boring you to tears! I just was very happy with the way some of these items turned out and I wanted to share them with you. What helped inspire me so much is the sketch designs that The Angel Company is now including in their catalogs...I find it helps stretch me out of my one layer comfort zone! tee hee...

The Flower Collage Trio has been around for a long time and it's really one of my favorite styles. I can't believe all of the new collage type stamps we suddenly have again and it's so exciting. I'm forward to inking up my Fruit Collage stamps from last month and may just have to take them on vacation with me! The scor pal makes this diamond grid a sinch and it really pops when you drag a little ink across the top or sand it lightly. (This was one of my favorite sketches and my ladybug card did make it into the catalog using this layout!)





Card Materials:
Stamps: Flower Collage Trio
Accessories: Catalynne paper, assorted Bazzil and DCWV paper, Soar with it Collection ribbon, scor pal, Tombow markers and aquabrush


My friend Christi once sent me a link for a cute little purse and I ended up using the pattern for a non card submission. This would be perfect for wrapping up a little necklace or chocolate for that special someone!





Materials:
Stamps: Petal Pack
Accessories: Juliette Soar with it Collection and cardstock, Ava Embellishment Jar (button), embossing powders, Versamagic inks and ribbon

CPS Sponsor - Part 2

My last post featured All Things of Nature, one of my first stamp sets from The Angel Company. This stamp set is another old favorite of mine! I have had so much fun this week, not only as the sponsor of the Card Positioning System (CPS) blog sketch, but also playing along with my own creations!

For this card I brought out the “big” tools that I bought as half priced items when I was a “hostess” for a party sized order with The Angel Company (TAC). With TAC, not only do you earn a free stamp with every $30 you spend, but as the hostess for a $100 show...you earn a free stamp set, can get a hostess discount of 20% and earn one item (anything in the catalog!) for half priced. What a deal.

Card Materials:

Stamps: Flower Collage Trio
Paper: Catelynne, DCWV Green #1 and Pink #1
Accessories: Bind it All, Scor Pal, Tombow Markers, twine, buttons, Palette inks

Have you checked out the design team's creations over at the CPS blog? You can find out there how to WIN a free stamp set valued at $19.95 - just by playing along with this sketch. And don't forget to check out my last post...I'll keep adding my sketch cards this whole week! I am having so much fun - I hope you are too!