I created this card for two challenges that are new to me. Friday Sketchers has a sketch that I followed and Daring Cardmakers asks that we add sparkle and bling to our cards. My card features Layers of Color Flower Child art stamp set as the focal point. I’ve also used Layers of Color Fleur Heart art stamp set on the petals and center of the flower. The background is created with handmade papers.
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| Inspired by a friend that had a baby last week, here’s a collection of rubber stamped paper arts that are designed around a baby shower theme using Layers of Color Flower Child art stamp set. |
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| For the mother who doesn’t know if it’s a boy or girl, this aqua, white and brown color combination works beautifully. The “B” emblem is raised up off of the card with foam tape. The embossing is done with Cuttlebug embossing dies. And it’s colored with pencil, markers, gel pen and Brilliance Coffee Bean brown ink (which has a lovely shimmer!). |
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| The oval card is removable and can be made into a magnet or gift tag for later use. |
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| A simple white box is stamped and sealed with a sweet baby tag. Imagine what delicious and pretty goodies you could present inside! |
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| And finally, to close out a memorable time with family and friends, a Thank You card sending sweet love. The Thank You and the left heart are raised up off the card with foam tape. Hope this collection has inspired you! |
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Coins are the theme at Layers of Color Challenge this week. Here’s my artwork. I hope this Gothic Arch inspires you!
| Remember discovering a coin on the ground when you were a child, and how exciting that was? I would pick it up and sing, “Find a penny, pick it up!…all day have good luck!”. My children would call the shiny ones, “girls”. I still look for found coins, but instead of picking them up, I point them out to any nearby children, just to see their smiles shine! |
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| Image from Dover, background paper from Shabby Cottage Studio. All stamps used are Layers of Color Art Stamps, Flower Child, Architectural Blocks, Fleur Heart and Renaissance Hearts. |
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| Details include rick-rack, fringe trim, colored pencil, acrylic paint, stitched on heart charm, French coin replica from an old belt, and handwriting. |
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Cammie has a Heart to Heart Blog Candy Giveaway where she is encouraging us to make a “Thank You!” card for those who care for Alzheimer’s patients. Her cause is heartfelt and her story is touching. Layers of Color is supporting Cammie, and honoring World Alzheimer’s Day, by donating two art stamp sets (winner’s choice)! If you participate, I’d appreciate it if you’d list ‘Layers of Color’ as a manufacturer. Thank you, and good luck!
My Heartfelt Appreciation For All You Do
Here’s my contributing card:
It’s made with Layers of Color Beaded Frames and Garden Borders art stamp sets, Paper Whimsy image, a copy of a floral textile and a canvas background painted with acrylics; all placed on orange cardstock with a black envelope.
The challenge at Dans Ma Maison Il ya…une Fleur. A perfect opportunity to use my “Fleur” stamp on a birthday card. There are over a dozen birthdays I’ll celebrate between now and the end of the year, so this is the first of many.
| I used glossy card stock, alcohol inks, Staz-On ink, Dover image, Layers of Color Fleur Heart and Garden Borders art stamp sets, pencil, marker and a copy of an early floral engraving…all for a card in the shape of a house. |
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Here’s my answer to Layers of Color Challenge to use apples in our artwork. I altered a child’s school triangle with the theme of a childhood crush.
I imagine a boy in his classroom with his schoolwork on his desk in front of him. He should be concentrating on the lessons but, his mind wanders as he dreams of the apple of his eye.
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I used old ledger paper that listed one of the purchases as apples, and fruit from a Victorian vignette. Layers of Color Flower Child heart stamps reflect his childish love, as does the golden hue of the gold leaf around the edges. A captivating Paper Whimsy image is the focus of his heart.
Did you ever wonder about the origin of the phrase, “Apple of My Eye”? The saying originally meant the central aperture of the eye, presumably because apples were sphere-shaped objects. Now, this phrase is usually figurative meaning something, or more usually someone, cherished above others.
It first appeared in Old English in work attributed to King Aelfred (the Great) of Wessex, AD 885, called Gregory’s Pastoral Care. The earliest recorded use in Modern English is in Sir Walter Scott’s Old Mortality, 1816:
“Poor Richard was to me as an eldest son, the apple of my eye.”
It also appears in the King James Bible Translation from 1611 in the Book of Psalms 17:8
“Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.”
The original Hebrew for this idiom can be literally translated as “Little Man of the Eye.” This is a reference to the tiny reflection of yourself that you can see in other people’s pupils.
And now you know. There’s your little back-to-school lesson of the day. :0) Have a good one, and remember…An apple a day keeps the doctor away!
Metal plus delicious equals, metallicious. Spell check doesn’t like it, but I think it’s right word to title this piece. As a metallic entry for Layers of Color Challenge and an altered art entry for Arty Girlz challenge this week I submit, “Metallicious”, a small silver plated dish that I embellished with mixed media.
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I’m enjoying using Paper Whimsy transparencies. This one is placed over a copy of an 1880 French floral textile then enriched with micro beads, embroidered lace (a wonderful gift from an international friend), acrylic paint, a jewelry finding, and Layers of Color Fleur Heart stamp (leaves stamped, inked, cut out and creased into 3-D form). A small, but sweet 4″ treat.
Mixed Media Silver Dish
