Blooming with Kindness in Red, Black and Sahara Sand

When I saw Create with Connie and Mary's color challenge CCMC212 this week to use the colors of Real Red, Sahara Sand and Basic Black, I knew I wanted to make a card with it!  Then I saw the perfect sketch to use at Stamping 411, SSC267.  I was all set!  The sketch just called out to me to use my new Blooming with Kindness set again, so here's what I came up with:

The blossom was stamped with Real Red on Whisper White cardstock.  I cleaned the stamp then sponged it with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint and stamped over the red.  (Be sure and clean your stamp immediately after stamping with the paint).  Then I used the NEW-in-the-Holiday Catalog Window Frame Framelits to diecut the large flower, then cut a second of the same size from Basic Black cardstock.  I cut the black cardstock framelit in half and used it to layer under the white framelit.  The Champagne Mist perfectly coordinates with the Sahara Sand color, and although it doesn't show well in the picture, it has a beautiful shimmer in real life.  : )

Sahara Sand cardstock wheeled with black using the fabulous new Alhambra Jumbo Wheel (#126940) makes the banner.  This was layered onto Basic Black which has been treated with the NEW Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder (Holiday Catalog) which is seen better in the first and last pictures.

 The card base is Real Red.  I used a strip of the wheeled Sahara Sand and a narrow black strip inside the back to carry the design through the card.

Close-up time!  You can see the texture on the black background plus the Red Glimmer Brad I used in the center of the flower.  The greeting is from Itty Bitty Banners and was diecut using the Bitty Banners Framelits.  I trimmed the red diecut down using the lines of the stamp as a guide (easy-peasy) then layered it on a Sahara Sand Framelit banner.  A tiny flower punched with the flower from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (set of 3) is underneath the red Glimmer Brad for accent.

 

                                                               

Blooming with Kindness stamp set of 6, wood or clear

Window Frame Framelits set of 6   #129021,  $26.95

Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder    #127819    $7.95

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Thanks for visiting!  Drop by anytime!  : )

Margaret

Blooming with Kindness Birthday

I seem to be gravitating to the use of turquoise (or blue) plus yellow in several of my latest cards which I'll be posting here soon;  It must be the bright sunshine of this hot summer, plus wishing for a swimming pool in which to cool off!  lol!   The card I'm posting today is using the new Blooming with Kindness set which has this beautiful large single blossom stamp!

The large blossom was stamped in Pumpkin Pie ink onto Daffodil Delight and cut out with the fabulous new Framelit set in the just available fab new Holiday Catalog:  Window Frame Framelit!  I diecut a second layer from Pumpkin Pie cardstock using the next larger size framelit in the set then dry embossed it with the Houndstooth Embossing Folder.

 

 I used Dazzling Details to accent the blossom by following the petal lines as a guide.  I used a Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Brad from the Brights Collection in the center, underlaid by a small blossom of Tempting Turquoise punched with the BoHo Blossoms Punch (I use this punch all the time, do you?)  This is attached to the larger Pumpkin Pie layer with Dimensionals.

 

The card base is Pumpkin Pie cut 4-1/4"x11" overlaid with a 4"x5-1/4" piece of First Edition Designer Series Paper.  Next layer is a 3-1/2 x 5-1/4" piece of Tempting Turquoise cardstock that was treated to the Scallop Edge Punch down both sides then run through the Big Shot in the new Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, also from the new Holiday Catalog!  Finally a slash of 1/8" Black Taffeta Ribbon with a greeting from the Itty Bitty Banners set diecut with the coordinating Bitty Banners Framelit.  There are FIVE beautiful greetings in the Blooming with Kindness set which one could use here too!

Blooming with Kindness stamp set,  wood or clear

  

Window Frame Framelits set of 6   #129021,  $26.95

Houndstooth Embossing Folder    #123134    $7.95

Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder    #127819    $7.95

You can purchase these or any other Stampin' Up! products from my online store HERE using Mastercard, Discover or Visa, and they will be shipped directly to your door from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for your visit!  Have a creative day!

Margaret