Hello and Happy February, Everyone!
I’m so thrilled to be
the So Suzy Stamps Guest Designer for this month! February is my favorite month
for so many reasons! Three of the main ones are: Both Suzy and I have our birthdays, my
wedding anniversary is this month, and it's tax refund season! I know Suzy
thinks I’m odd for that last one but it’s always fun to make big plans about
how responsible I’m going to be THIS year with my refund! I know full well it’ll be spent on Scan N Cut
accessories and the new Tim Holtz Distress Crayons, but it’s always fun to play
grown-up.
Well let’s get to it. Valentines is right around the corner.
Suzy has an amazing range of stamps in her shop that work so well for romantic
themed cards. My favorite are the Paris
themed stamps. The sentiments are beautifully scripted and replace
apostrophes with hearts, and who doesn’t love hearts!
For each of the cards I’ll show you today, I used the Tulip Stem stamp.
The first card features the Mon Amour stamp. I love this
stamp with the O replaced with a heart. The size is great and the script is beautiful!
To make this card, I simply cut a piece of white card stock,
inked the stem up in both Shabby Shutters and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and the
flower and sentiment in Victorian Velvet. I used 100 lb card stock which did
tend to bleed a little with the distress inks but I think it lends itself to a
softer, more romantic sort of stenciled or airbrushed look. I then matted my
white card stock on two shades of pink and adhered it to a white card base.
For my next card, I paired the Tulip Stem with the J’Adore sentiment. I stamped my
stem in Mowed Lawn and the bottom half of my flower in Festive Berries Distress
Ink and the top in Worn Lipstick. It gave it a nice Ombre effect. I then
stamped the sentiment in Festive Berries.
I mounted my image on a distressed red card stock, then onto
another deeper red card stock, and further distressed the edges using a sanding
block. I then mounted it onto a white card base, keeping a 1/8 inch boarder.
What’s a So Suzy card without some snark? For my last card,
I again used the Tulip stamp and this time paired it with the Common Sense stamp from
the Snarky section of the shop.
I again stamped my stem in Shabby Shutters Distress Ink and
used both Seedless Preserves and Milled Lavender. I then stamped the sentiment
in Seedless Preserves and mounted it to dark purple card stock onto a lavender
base card.
If you haven’t picked up the Tulip Stem stamp be sure to do
it right away! It’s so beautiful and makes a lovely focal point for cards of
any occasion. I hope you enjoyed the clean and simple cards this week and I’ll
see you again next week featuring another set of cards!
Cheers!
Beautiful all the cards!!!!!. I love so much that stamp.
ReplyDeleteCongrats for being SoSuzyStamps Guest Designer
Thank you for your encouragement Maria!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty!
ReplyDeleteThank you Janis!
DeleteSuper gorgeous CAS cards! Well done, girl!
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DeleteI have big shoes to fill after last month's GD!
DeleteLove that tulip. Was my first so suzystamp. Great color Aimee
ReplyDeleteYou were smart making it your first. I don't know what took me so long to discover this gem!
DeleteCuteness!
ReplyDeleteShukran Salima!
DeleteWow Aimee! ^__^ Congratulations my friend on your guest DT member assignment! Fabulous set of CAS cards and the tulip stem is my favorite flower stamp!!! ^__^ Thank you for sharing and big panda hugs! <3
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