Perfect Pear

I have always loved the stamp sets that play on words.  The set Picture This that was available as a past hostess set were filled with sentiments that did just that.  This is the anniversary card I made for some friends that has an anniversary coming soon.  See the cute sentiment on the bottom right.  Love it!

To get inspired I decided to play along with the sketch challenge this week at Paper Craft Planet.  If you want to play along, click here.

Materials used are stampin’ up! Unless noted

Stamps: Picture this (retired), love you much

Paper: crumb cake, taken with teal (retired), soft suede.thoroughly modern (retired)

Ink: soft suede marker, chocolate chip, old olive marker, rose red marker

Accessories: rhinestone, epoxy brads (retired), dimensionals

Punches: scallop border

Techniques: basic stamping

Note of Appreciation

This is the second card for my May card class.  I really like how these turned out.  I wanted to play with the iridescent ice embossing powder from SU!  I stamped the main image two different ways.

The first one I stamped the image, Extreme Guitarist in Brilliant Blue and colored over it with a Versamark marker.  Then I covered the image in iridescent ice embossing powder and embossed it.  It sparkles just enough to make him look like a Rock Star.

The second one I stamped the image in Versamark ink on Brilliant Blue cardstock and covered it in iridescent ice embossing powder.  Then I embossed it.  This one really sparkles.

Materials used are stampin’ up! Unless noted

Stamps: extreme guitarist, picture this (hostess set), texture jumbo wheel

Paper: black, brilliant blue, taken with teal, whisper white

Ink: versamark, brilliant blue, black, taken with teal

Accessories: black grosgrain ribbon (other), silver brads (other), iridescent ice embossing powder, versamark marker

Punches: word window, modern label

Techniques: embossing