Happy Accident

I was working on a card using this Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper. I had made my cut for a 4"x5-1/4" piece of it and then my paper cutter blade fell down on the remaining 4"x6-3/4" piece and cut it diagonally. I hate when I do that! Usually I just put that piece back in the package and hope I will use it later. But this time I challenged myself to make something with it. I like how it turned out. 

The stamped image is from the Another Great Year stamp set. I stamped once on white and cut with circle punches and then stamped a second time on Crushed Curry and fussy cut the banner to layer.  I colored the candles with Blendabilities markers. More circle punching in Tangelo Twist and Crushed Curry and a strip of the Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim and all layered on a stamped piece of Tangelo Twist. The dots were made using a stamp from the Work of Art stamp set. (You gotta get it!) After everything was layered I had a few of the Bermuda Bay sequins laying on my work surface so I added them to the card and topped them with a little rhinestone. I love when little mishaps turn into happy accidents!

CASE of Manufactured Card

Have you noticed that card manufacturer's are producing cards that look hand made. I think we have them worried!
Here's a CASE of a card I received recently. The manufactured card had stems that were scripted words. Honestly I like mine better because the purchased card had to be turned on its side to read the script. And it didn't have the embossed vellum like mine does. I colored the Basic Jewel Rhinestones with blendabilities markers and the vellum was colored using a sponge dauber and ink pad of the same color. The stem is actually the balloon string from Celebrate Today stamp set and the flower is from Petite Petals. I used the Petite Petals punch, too.

Two cards today that take the stamps and create something new! I love how Dawn Olchefske (upper card) and Connie Babbert (lower card) used the stamps to create these Works of Art.
The sun on the top was made using a round circle of stamp rubber that was the center of a stamp in a retired set. This was the very first stamp I put to my Tangelo Twist ink pad. Since the pad was really juicy and I wasn't thinking about that I got a splattered edge to my round image. Happy accident!
The bottom card uses the "line" brushstroke image as the stem and the smallest of the rectangular brushstroke stamps to make the leaves and petals for the flower. So pretty. A few rhinestones scattered on the card give it added sparkle.
That's it for this week. I had fun using the Work of Art stamp set and didn't even make all the cards I've pinned using it. I'll keep playing with it. When I use a stamp set I begin to see ways to create other cards with it. The pinned cards are like a springboard for me to get my creative juices flowing.
Have a great weekend!

Today's card is another CASE from Deb Currier. I wish I could get a better photo. I used the Banner framelits to cut a piece of vellum and then I punched the top edge of the banner with the Scalloped Tag Topper punch. The vellum was adhered using mini glue dots hidden beneath the button and heart.  All the stamp images come in the Work of Art stamp set.

Fabulous Work of Art

Today's card is a CASE Mary Fish at Stampinpretty. This is a really quick card to make, The only part that takes much time is cleaning the stamp between the colors. I really like the new InColors but hadn't opened my Tangelo Twist stamp pad until making this card! I'll be using these colors some more for fall cards.

Work of Art for this Week

For this week I've decided to feature the Work of Art stamp set from Stampin' UP! When I first saw this stamp set I knew I wanted it. I've had it for some time and have used it a bit but had never really played with it. There are so many cards I've pinned to my CARDS board on Pinterest using it so, in celebration of World Card Making day I pulled it out and created cards. I'll be sharing one each day of this week.

Today's card is really very simple and a CASE from Deb Currier at ARTfelt Impressions. 

I used the Natural and Old Olive Two Tone Trim from the Holiday catalog. The zig zag image was stamped off (ink up the stamp then stamp on scrap paper before stamping on your card stock) to give a lighter impression. 

The card stock for the base is the Naturals Ivory from Stampin' UP! That was a happy accident. I'm running low on Very Vanilla and waiting for my order to arrive. So, decided to use the Naturals and it really looks nicer with the trim than the vanilla would have. I love it when things just come together.  I don't know if you noticed it but there is a little rhinestone gem inside the hear. It adds just a bit of sparkle to the card. 

Happy Monday, Happy stamping!