As soon as I saw the stamp I’ve used in the main image of this card I just knew I had to have it.  Something about the botanical type stamps that I totally love – probably because the stamps are great used on their own or as part of collage style stamping.

Usually I colour flowers in reds but I simply adore cards with blue flowers and I thought this particular image would look great in blue so that was my inspiration to get this card started.  To make this card I stamped the flower image with StazOn on Vanilla cardstock then I stamped over the top of it with the Weathered background stamp and So Saffron.  On top of that I stamped the En Francais background stamp very lightly with Old Olive.  After taking care of the background I coloured in the flowers using Baja Breeze inkpad with an Aquapainter.  The edges of the cardstock were distressed using Stampin’ Up!’s Cutter Kit and then sponged with some So Saffron ink to give it some warmth.

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Rubber Stamps:
Le Jardin
Weathered  (background)
En Francais

Inkpads:
StazOn Jet Black
Baja Breeze
So Saffron
Old Olive

Cardstock & Paper:
Very Vanilla
Baja Breeze (smooth and textured)
Old Olive textured cardstock

Accessories:
Kraft Taffeta Ribbon
Pretties Kit (Small ivory pearls)

Tools:
Aquapainter
Cutter Kit
Sponge Daubers

Adhesives:
SNAIL Adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Glue Dots

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Can you tell I’m loving rub-ons at the moment?  This tree image is so fresh and fun that I had to use it as my main image for this card.  While I enjoy making very complex cards sometimes it’s nice to make something that’s clean and modern looking which is what I decided to do with this card.

Very simply, the tree rub-on was applied to some Vanilla cardstock and then I wrapped some ribbon around the base to ‘ground’ the tree image.  The ribbon actually has white spots under where I put the rhinestones and although I didn’t want to cover them up as the ribbon is gorgeous just as it is, I did want to jazz up the card without making it fussy.  I find that adding some small embellishments to ribbon help take a card to another level without overwhelming it.   Next time you’re looking at a card thinking “it needs something else, it needs something else”, try adding some small embellishments to ribbon on the card and I’m sure you’ll like the results.

All products used on this card are by Stampin’ Up! and available for purchase through me at angelasargeant@gmail.com

Cardstock & Paper:
Baja Breeze
Kiwi Kiss
Very Vanilla

Accessories:
Fleurettes II (Stampin’ Up! Australia Summer Mini Catalogue 2009/2010)
Clear Rhinestone Brads (whole brad used for flower centre and rhinestones removed from the brad to adhere to ribbon)
Ribbon Originals – Pigtail
Bright Delights Rub-ons

Adhesives:
SNAIL Adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Glue Dots (to adhere the rhinestones to the ribbon)

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With four camera’s in the house you’d expect that I’d be able to find one that works! Not so.  And because of that I haven’t been able to blog… after all, who wants to hear me ramble without any photos of my latest cards? So I finally found where my husband had ‘carefully put away’ the recharger to his camera and here I am.

I can’t seem to get enough of this beautiful flower stamp, I suppose I use it often because it’s easy to use and colour and suits almost any occasion.

Often times I’ll get asked how I start my cards, whether I start with what colours I want to use or what stamp etc.  In this case I started with the rub-on that’s on the left of the card.  It’s just so elegant and beautiful that I really wanted to incorporate it somehow in my card so I figured the best way to do that is to start with the rub-on.  This gave me an easy start because I just used Red and Chocolate for my colour combination as it’s the colours that are used in the pack of rub-ons.  The rub-on was applied to some Chocolate Chip cardstock then I pierced some holes at the top and bottom of the card to give me a frame for my main image.  The flower was stamped onto watercolour cardstock with StazOn ink then coloured in with an Aquapainter and inkpads.  So that’s my tip for today on making a card with minimum fuss… start with a rub-on border and take it from there!

All products used on this card are by Stampin’ Up! and available for purchase through me at angelasargeant@gmail.com

Rubber Stamps:
Bloomin’ with Beauty

Inkpads:
Riding Hood Red
Kiwi Kiss

Cardstock & Paper:
Riding Hood Red
Chocolate Chip
Watercolour paper

Accessories:
Dots & Designs Rub-Ons (Border) – from the Australian 2009-2010 Summer Mini Catalogue
Chit Chat Rub-ons (Congratulations sentiment) – from the Australian 2009-2010 Summer Mini Catalogue

Tools:
Paper Piercer
Mat Pack

Adhesives:
SNAIL Adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals

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