Today's Card Making Project....and some Crafty RAK-y-ness

I am on fast-forward today...

ful of energy and ready to GO!

In about 15 minutes, I'll be working on a large card project for my friend John, who is a Vet.

(The same friend who asked me to create 50 of these cuties a few weeks ago)

This time..I am working on 50 pet sympathy cards...

So that when a "patient" of his passes on...he can send a card...

I'll be using these images..

both the cat and the dog

and 

John has selected the sentiment that says...

"Pets are heaven's angels...."

I found this sweet little stamp set at SparkleNSprinkle (.com)

(Pet Sympathy Stamp Set #472P5)

I've sent John a photo of the proto-type of the card....

a mock -up...

a very rough preliminary look at what I had in mind..

and he loved it..

so today is the day that I will work on making 50 of these cards...

25 cat sympathy...

25 dog sympathy...

He also asked me to whip up some "other" dog cards...

no special request...noting specific

so I've got something in mind for that as well..

but that will most likely be tomorrow's project..

When I finish the sympathy cards..I

I'll share them here on my blog...

and now..

on to the Craft RAK-y-ness

I've got some duplicates of Stampin Up SAB (Sale-a-Bration) stamp sets

that I received with my SU order..

WAYYYY too many for me to hold on to...

So I will be posting a set later tonight...or tomorrow... 

here at my blog...

and will do a giveaway of that stamp set.

So if you haven't signed up for email updates to this blog yet...

take a sec to do that now...so that you won't miss out on this giveaway...

as well as future giveaways

(email sign up is at the upper right of this blog page)

Have a great Sunday my friends...

I am headed out to the studio now to work on the sympathy cards..

I hope that you find some time in your day for a little bit of creativity, as well.

Michelle.

Peony Garden Gorgeousness and Ultra High Embossing Powder

Love

Love

Love

I

am

in

Love

with the 6x6 Peony Garden Background Stamp 

from The Ton...

and

Ultra High Embossing powder.

I FINALLY had time to take Peony Garden out of it's packaging 

and do what I have so been wanting to do with that stamp...

Water color it!

I've had a few things in mind for Peony Garden.

Heat emboss with white embossing power ...then water color

Heat emboss with gold embossing powder ...then water color

Heat emboss with Ultra High embossing powder ..then water color.

and so...

I did all 3!

If you are wondering which I like most...

the answer is...

NONE!

Because it would be impossible to say which I liked most.

I truly love all 3!

But you might have a favorite....and that's okay...

So let me show you

and you can decide

But first....

I must tell you who the stars of this show are

They are:

Peony Garden Background Stamp by The Ton

White Fine Detail Embossing Powder & Gold Fine Detail EP

both by Sparkle N Sprinkle

Ultra High Gold EP by WOW

Zig Pure Color Real Brush Markers

LCI Metallic card stock

Crafter's Companion Water Color Card Stock/paper

and

  PTI White card stock for card bases. 

The Peony Garden background stamp is large...

it's a 6 x 6 cling stamp...

I used the original full sized MISTI for all of the stamping

(perfect for this large 6 x 6 cling stamp)

For this particular card I only wanted use a portion of the image

It was stamped with Versamark ink..

onto Crafters Companion Water Color card stock

(my #1 fave water color paper)

heat embossed with white ultra fine detail embossing powder.

Water colored with Zig Pure Color brush markers 

After the painted image air dried...I trimmed it down selectively....

and matted it on shimmery green metallic card stock

The areas that look grey (background) in the photo are actually a beautiful sky blue

(it just wouldn't show in the photo...in spite of retakes and retakes galore)

and a close-up

Then I created a 5 1/2 x 5/1/2 card...using the entire stamped image.

Stamped it out with Versamark using the MISTI...

Heat embossed with Utra High embossing powder

(that was the moment that I fell in love with ultra high embossing powder)

after the heat embossing... I water colored with the Zigs

and this time..matted the completed image on metallic violette card stock

Isn't it gawwww-juss???

I am in love-overload-mode

I'm not sure what I am in love with more...

The image itself

The image itself water colored

or

The image embossed with Ultra High embossing powder 

and a close-up

and because we are talking abut Ultra High embossing powder..

I will do an ultra close close-up shot 

so that you can see what Utra High embossing powder looks like 

in it's state of ultra gorgeousness.

I really really love that the Ultra high adds so much texture.

and the bumpy look reminds me of the texture of a leaf...

it's perfect for this card!

Big image

Big embossing powder.

Makes sense to me!

and then...

just because I love gold embossing coupled with water coloring...

I stamped the peony garden stamp one more time with Versamark

heat embossed with gold ultrafine embossing powder

water colored with the Zigs

and matted the image with the beautiful metallic violette card stock

and there you have it...

More gorgeousness from this beautiful Peony Garden Background stamp from The Ton.

and a close up..

and now..

I'm sure that you understand why I started this blog post saying

Love

Love

Love

Card loving friends: These beauties are available for sale, or special order, at The Bellissima Card Shop. The direct link to the Card Shop is at the top of this page...The shop has cards for every occasion.

Card making friends: I won't close with a supply list today....because I listed all of the supplies at the beginning of this blog post. As always, I hope that my cards inspire you to create some cards of your own.

Thanks for visiting...

and be sure to check back this weekend for a nice little giveaway!

Michelle.