Because I Care

Did you miss me last week?  I missed seeing all of you, had a busy week, so no stamping got done.  I was finally able to get in the craft room on Friday and had a relaxing day making a couple cards for one of my friends.

My friend will be mailing these cards to her mother-in-law for her birthday and Mother's Day, purple was the color requested.

I used my Blendabilities to color in the flower and stem, oh how I wish we still had these, I LOVE to color!  I know I used a lot of retired/retiring products but this is what I came up with.

Stamp sets: Well Scripted and Because I Care
Ink: Black Memento ink
Card stock: Whisper White and Wisteria Wonder
Background Color Collection-Subtles
Tea Lace Paper Doilies
Beautifully Baroque
Basic Rhinestones and Pearls

I hope her mother-in-law likes her card!

See you again soon, Mary

Faux Leather Techinque

OK, here is the other faux leather that I tried and I really like it much better with the tan fun foam. I know that the stamp set is not a manly stamp but I still like the look of it. I left off any sentiments so if I need a quick card, I already have one in the craft room ready! Here is the link again for this techinque:http://thestampcamp.com/blog/10/11/faux-leather-video/

The stamp is from Stampin' Up- Because I Care and the green cardstock is embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder from SU. I used my Bow Easy to make the bow.

Suppose to get really cold tonight, hard freeze, hope it kills all those little things that make everyone sneeze! Hope you have a crafty day...............Mary

Testing Out a New Technique

Well I'm sharing two cards that I made over the week-end with a new technique called Faux Leather. You take some Fun Foam and heat it up with a heat embossing tool until it get warm/hot, than you place a inked up stamp on it for about 30 seconds, while applying some pressure and it will leave an impression in the foam. Now I, in all my craftiness, got the hair brained idea to use white foam instead of tan because I don't have any manly stamps to play with (oh that doesn't sound to nice, does it)! Well, I'm just not to sure if I like it with the white foam. What do you all think?? The brads on the right card are some that I tried to make the same color as the flower with some glitter added to it, but I'm not impressed with them either. Oh well, live and learn. Click on picture to see up close. Here is a link for a video on how to do this:http://thestampcamp.com/blog/10/11/faux-leather-video/
I will show you what this same stamp looks like on tan foam. If you try this, let me know, I would like to see your creation! The stamp set is from Stampin' Up-Because I Care, scallop punch is also from Stampin' Up, cardstock from Archiver's, ribbon and rhinestones are from Michael's.

I hope you have a nice day......Mary