You are my sunshine!

Hello and happy Tuesday! I have dragged myself out of my sick bed to share this card with you! It's my entry into the HSS sunshine theme challenge!

It was inspired by a stamp I saw in the new US SU catalogue which features a sunflower. This is as near as I can get! I covered the medallion background stamp with Daffodil Delight ink, then a layer of Pumpkin Pie around the edge and then ran a Tangerine Tango pad around the very outsides to give them further definition.

I was not happy with my original stamping as I thought that the centre wasn't yellow enough so I stamped the centre again and punched it out using the 1 3/4" circle punch. The sentiment came from the set, Something Sweet, and was stamped in Tangerine Tango also. I cut it out freehand to keep the swirly-ness as it reminds me of rays of sunshine.

Tangerine Tango is soooo overlooked in my projects. I love the colour so I aim to use it more!

Still loving the Medallion stamp, this time embossed in Black.

The original idea was taken from a sweetie favour I saw on SCS and I adapted it to make this card. To make the 3D embellishment, you take a strip of patterned paper (mine was from Love Letter) 12"x1.5" and edge it with a border punch. The strip is then concertina'd and the ends stuck together to make a circle. When this is flattened you can adher it to your project. (Shimelle Laine did a great tutorial for these at Christmas time last year if you want a video tutorial)

The cherub and sentiment come from the set Clearly For You (in the Spring Mini) and were punched out with the 1" and 1.25" circle punches. A splash of Real Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon and some card make the design "POP"!

Hope you like!

Medallion Magic

This is a card I thought up that was really quick. This medallion stamp is great fun to use as it is simple and you can get great effects. The colours I've used are Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight and Tempting Turquoise.

The sentiment is from the Level 1 Hostess set Afterthoughts. It's been embossed in black to make it contrast with the stark white and bright colours.

Vintage Dasher CASE'd

This card really stood out when I saw it. The use of a single colour that has been layered is just so elegant. The original, by Sue White, was made in Concord Crush. I thought I would make it even icier and use Bashful Blue.

The method is pretty straightforward although there are a number of steps:

1. Stamp Dasher in Early Espresso on a piece of Whisper White CS and cover with a strip of scrap paper

2. Using Bashful Blue on the En Francais background stamp, stamp this randomly over the whole of the base, get rid of the scrap paper

3. Stamp using the Medallion background stamp on the 4 corners of the card

4. Using a Sponge Dauber, dab Bashful Blue ink around the edge of the CS

5. Using a different Sponge Dauber, dab Champagne Mist shimmer paint around the edge of the card

6. Stamp a sentiment using Night of Navy ink

7. Stick the Whisper White CS to a piece of Night of Navy CS and punch 2 large holes using a crop-a-dile

8. Thread Whisper White 1/4" grosgrain ribbon through the holes and tie a knot. Trim the edges and then adher to the Bashful Blue card base.

Hope you are having a nice weekend. I had a stamp a stack of Christmas cards class today. It was lovely as a met a new lady and we had a nice chat and stamped together. Tomorrow is looking like a day of housework (boo) - needs must!