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