Eastern Elegance Get Well

I'm so sad that Eastern Elegance Designer Series Paper is retiring and I did not get full use of my package! I love the colors and the femininity of this beautiful paper, but I just didn't use it all up YET. 

I needed a couple of Get Well cards, so I chose this Tea Party stamp set (also never-used!) and then replaced the sentiment on the image stamp with the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes that I stamped onto a Bitty Banner.

At the very beginning of creating this card, I accidentally scored on the wrong line! So I just made up the difference on the right side of the card with a smaller strip. I decorated it with a piece of DSP that I had trimmed with the Scallop Border Punch. All is right with this accidental fold.

Having so much fun creating after so long, I leisurely stamped the teapot of flowers from Tea Party onto the inside panel for a little extra touch. I used Smoky Slate, Pistachio Pudding and Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Markers to color directly onto the rubber stamp. I like how the teapot looks like an antique silver pot.

One more close up of the "tag" I made. It's a Chalk Talk Framelit in Smoky Slate, layered with the two different stamped and die cut/paper-snipped images. I colored the flowers with Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker. The Crushed Curry lace border that I "pearled" is another image form the stamp set that I cut a bit shorter than it really is. The rich ribbon is the NEW Hello Honey In Color in 3/8" stitched satin, which is very close to the Crushed Curry color.

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Creative Crew Color Focus

My last Creative Crew card for September is this beauty. I can honestly say, I think this is a pretty card! 

The challenge was to use Eastern Elegance Designer Series Paper or the colors Smoky Slate/Coastal Cabana/Crushed Curry and make a card for someone you admire. This is for a dear friend who is always looking positively no matter what the circumstances. She inspires me!

I LOVE the stamp set Papaya Collage. It's so elegant and you can do so much with it. The frame is gorgeous cut out and popped up on Stampin' Dimesionals. You can also cut out the middle and frame anything you stamp or place in that space. I chose to frame the frame as well, using Eastern Elegance Designer paper, then a Smoky Slate mat, and THEN the wonderful Ruffle Stretch Trim in Coastal Cabana. Such a luxurious look! The sentiment "friends" is from the stamp set Sweet Essentials. This challenge is numbered: CCREW0913DF

I hope you enjoyed my four Creative Crew projects. I will have four more next month. Thank you for looking and I hope you take a moment to comment, as I love to hear what you think! 

I hope you are inspired to create your own cards, too! If you want to play along, just upload your card in the Splitcoast Creative Crew Gallery for September. Here is the link to see all of the challenges: September 2013 Self Improvement Month

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Color Focus/Friend Creative Crew Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Smoky Slate

Designer Series Paper: Eastern Elegance

Stamps: Papaya Collage, Sweet Essentials

Ink: Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana

Embellishments: Whisper White Stitched Grosgrain, Coastal Cabana Ruffled Stretch Trim

Creative Crew Catalog Focus

This Creative Crew Challenge was to use a stamp set from pages 111-119 in the Annual Catalog and make something in a new way for me! I used the Happy Day stamp set and the Double Z Fold on this card. We were also to keep two colors from the Eastern Elegance challenge (you will see that card tomorrow!) and I used Coastal Cabana and Smoky Slate.

Here is what the card looks like when it's open. There is plenty of room to write your sentiments down and I repeated the border that I have on the outside panels in a vertical way on the top part of the panel inside.

Here is a close up of the main element on the front. I stamped the lacy element from Happy Day lightly onto Whisper White card stock. I cut it out using the Circles Collection Framelits and then added a Smoky Slate border that is from the Perfect Pennants Die. Over the lacy element I stamped "sweet" after coloring just that part with my Coastal Cabana Stampin' Write Marker.  A pearl finishes my elegant circle. The Whisper White Organza ribbon holds my card closed when tied in a bow.

I hope you liked looking today! Play along here: CCREW0913CF

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Catalog Focus Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Coastal Cabana, Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Eastern Elegance

Stamps: Happy Day

Ink: Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana

Big Shot: Finishing Touches Edgelits, Perfect Pennants Die, Circles Collection Framelits

Embellishments: Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Basic Pearls