Birthday dots

I enjoyed making this card as a response to Sunday Stampers #202 (SSC202) and Hand Stamped Sentiments #312 (HSSCC312). I ended up with a cheerful, colourful card for my niece's birthday. I've been tinkering around with the Piece of Cake stamps, but adding a little dsp meant that this time it all came together for me. Here's the result:

Ingredients:
Stampin' Up! card (Whisper White, Calypso Coral), Piece of Cake stamps and punch, Well Written dies, Softly Falling embossing folder, watercolour pencils (Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue, Calypso Coral), Happiness Blooms DSP
Other: Stazon black ink

Sneak Peak #2 of Needlepoint Nook

I'm just loving this new set, which I was lucky enough to order early through attending OnStage. I've used it here for Sunday Stamps' Challenge SSC192. I love the colours in the DSP so have chosen to use the same colourways here, with just a little of one of the reverse-sides as a base. I also used another recent acquisition, Stampin' Up's 'Corrugated' Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. It makes a great base when used with coloured card, I think.

 

Ingredients:
Stampin' Up! card (Berry Burst, Whisper White, Night of Navy)  ink (Berry Burst, Balmy Blude, Old Olive, Night of Navy), Corrugated Embossing Folder, Needlepoint Nook Suite (stamps, dies, DSP)
Other: Rosie's lace trim.

Christmas with beach colours

I'm just squeaking in under the wire to get this card entered, so I'll be brief: the colour palette for Sunday Stamper's challenge SSC91 was beautiful - we were challenged to use at least three of these colours:

Since I'm currently on my yearly mission to make southern hemisphere Christmas cards, I seized the day:

Pretty tricky colours to match from what I had, so this is as close as I could get!

Ingredients:

Stampin' Up card (Marina Mist, Whisper White, Crumb Cake), ink (Crumb Cake, Dapper Denim), Stamp and Dies (Beautiful Baubles), watercolour pencil (Balmy Blue)

Other: Water colour pencils (Faber Castel's Raw Umber and Cream, Derwent Inktense Deep Indigo)