Impression Obsession Weekly Challenge - Shapes

This week the new Impression Obsession Challenge is to create a card that is shaped. The challenges are fun and the prize is a 25.00 gift certificate to IO. I already was selected once before and it was so much fun shopping for my stamps!

I wanted to create a flower. This sent me searching through my punches and dies to see which one might make a good petal. I decided to use my trusty Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 4 die.

This is how it looked when I was finished...

The laying flat view:

Recipe:

1. Cut 6 petals from white card stock of each size. The sizes started from the second to smallest die and up two more sizes.
2. Spray all the pieces with a lovely shimmery coat of Lemon Zest Glimmer Mist.
3. Lay the medium petals in the center of the largest petals and spray them with Tuscany Sun Glimmer Mist.
4. Spray the smallest petals with Tuscany Sun Glimmer Mist.
5. Stamp the largest and smallest petals with red pigment ink.
6. Stamp the middle petals with orange pigment ink.
7. Sponge the edges of the large petals with brown dye ink.
8. Spritz the white card stock for the bees with the Lemon Zest glimmer mist.
9. Stamp the bees using a black pigment ink.
10. Apply orange stickles to the bees and the button for the center of the flower.
11. Each petal was rolled onto a pencil first the long way and then in half.
12. Die Cut two circles for card base. 3 1/2".
13. Attach the largest petals on the bottom of the petal to the circle. Push the petal up in the middle and flat again at the end.
14. Repeat for all petals.
15. Attach button in the middle.
16. Cut out bees and pop dot onto card.

Products:

• Impression Obsession - 8129, A8128 Left & Right Bee Side
• Impression Obsession - F2051 Small Swirl Background
• Versafine - Crimson Red, Habenero
• Memento - Rich Cocoa
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels 4, Large Circles
• Button
• Embroidery Thread
• Ranger Stickles - Orange
• Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist - Lemon Zest, Tuscany Sun

The next project I am working on is a few cards for Jennifer McGuire's Cards for Kids Drive.

As always thank you for stopping by... It is greatly appreciated!

Suzz

Inspiration...

I have been struggling again with ideas and inspiration the last couple of days... So I used an idea that Cathy over at the Moxie Fab World blog initiated for Tuesday Triggers... The idea is to find something beautiful that inspires you and create a card from that inspiration. I decided to go exploring and see if something inspired me to create.

I found inspiration in a pillow from Crate and Barrel:

I was thinking an all white card with layers of embossing. Of course somehow I ended up here:

The current challenge at Hero Arts blog this week is to use glitter... So I figured why not stay with the circles and layers but add edges of glitter.

The color happened by accident. In all my playing I used a purple StazOn on my Antique Flower Background stamp. I had wiped it off several times thinking it was clean. Unfortunately after I die cut all my circles and started to stamp with my versamark I was picking up a faint purple.

I decided to go with it...

Recipe:

1. Die cut 3 size circle multiple times. (I made 8 flowers in all and used the nestabilities large circle set.) I used the smallest 3 circles from the set.
2. Stamp using versamark the antique flower background all over on all of the circles. Heat emboss using clear embossing powder.
3. Crumple up every circle multiple times to soften the edges and the circles.
4. Sponge Memento Plum around the edges of the circles.
5. I then used a Zig glue stick to add glue around the edges and dipped the edges into the glitter.
6. Pop dot the circles together. Add gem in the center.
7. The rest is putting it together. I folded some ribbon in half and tucked it in various spots to make my foliage.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Antique Flower Background
• Nestabilities - Large Standard Circles
• Versamark
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Zig Glue Pen
• Penny Black - Full of Life
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
• Memento - Plum
• Martha Stewart - Ribbon
• Fairy Dust - Glitter
• Versafine - Imperial Purple

Well I hope you are having a beautiful weekend. We are! The weather is gorgeous.

Suzz