Etsy Inspired 81

This week's Etsy Inspired Challenge EIC81, takes us to a shop called Ponder and Stitch, which sells fabric cuffs. My inspiration was one in a retro floral print, which inspired me to use this flowered paper.

Papers are by Cosmo Cricket, and the sketch is from this week's CAS challenge at SCS. The bunny is from a 2002 SU Sale-a-bration set. The acrylic tag is stamped with a sentiment from KI Memories. There is a touch of colored pencils on the bunnies, and some VersaMagic Bamboo inked sponged on the edges.

White Wedding

It just so happens that both the SmArt-Word Challenge and Stamping for the Weekend have a monochromatic card challenge going on right now. For me, it was the perfect opportunity to make a wedding card for my niece, who is getting married in May.

If you're doing all white, texture is the way to go, so I used the Swiss dot folder on one layer, and used the love postage stamp embossing folder as well for another layer. I silver-embossed a wedding cake (StampCraft) and used a white organza ribbon with silver edging. There's a little bit of piercing, but it didn't really show up in the photo.

I wanted the card to be fresh and white without being too frilly -- after all, there's a groom who will be getting the card as well.

Wood inspired thanks

This week's Etsy Inspired Challenge takes us to a store called 3 Dots Jewelry, where the artisan sells jewelry that is made from wood. The wood tones and geometric shapes of this necklace inspired me to pull out a set of funky shapes from Purple Onion Design and every color of brown ink I own. The result is this CAS card for EIC79

The ink colors are Versacolor Sand Beige, a copper, and Colorbox Chestnut Roan.

This also qualifies for this month's SmArt Word challenge, which is to do a monochromatic card.

EIC 78 Mermaids

This week's Etsy store is Fantasy Prints by Maigan Lynn, who does wonderful mermaid scenes. I love mermaids (don't ask me why, I'm definitely not a fish when it comes to playing in the water), and I have lots of mermaid images, so this was a fun Etsy Inspired Challenge for me.

Maigan Lynn has all sorts of lovely, girly color combos for her mermaids. I went with the green and pink combo, which is actually entitled Luna de la Mar. My image is from Faerie Song Art Stamps, which has a couple of different mermaid plates for those of you who love mermaids as much as I do.

EIC 77, inspired by bees

Seems like it's been ages since I had a chance to do the Etsy Inspired Challenge. For EIC77, this week's shop is United Thread, which sells original prints. I was inspired by a piece called Bees and Dandelion.

The flower from Autum Leaves is black embossed on Cosmo Cricket paper. The bee wings are covered with gold microbeads (source of sentiment unknown). I also added a row of microbeads under the strip of ribbon in the corner -- I bought these beads several months ago, and just started using them; what fun they are.

More glitter

I liked my first glittery card for the SmART-Word challenge this month (the word is GLITTER) so much that I made another one. What a fun, fast way to add some pizzazz. I just cover the entire image with double-sided adhesive and sprinkle on the glitter.

The images are from a little set by Impression-Obessions -- kind of their version of the Studio G dollar sets, I guess. I could't resist the hummingbird when I found him at a stamp show a few weeks ago. The dark blue piece is embossed with a script folder.

The little card that grew...

This card started out as a simple card, but it grew and grew as I piled on more and more stuff -- so not like me.

The idea was inspired by this week's Etsy Challenge EIC 74, which is a photographer called Traveling Mama. I was inspired by this photo of the Eiffel Tower.

I also wanted to do something for this month SmartWorks Smart Word challenge, which is "glitter." Paris seems pretty glittery to me -- it is, after all, the city of lights, and what's glitter but a way to reflect light.

I used this week's Card Positioning layout CPS153.

I stamped the Eiffel Tower on a white oval, covered it with double-sided adhesive paper and covered it with glitter. (The glitter is light blue in the tube, but it took on a lavender tinge once it got on the paper.) I stamped the script background (Lasting Impressions) on white and the star background (SU) on pale lavender paper, and sponged some lavender ink on white silk flowers. The "travel" and "adventure" tags are computer generated. Used black rick-rack along the edge of the background papers, mounted all on black.