Yet Another Twilight Card

I couldn't help myself and ended up making another card inspired by Twilight. This time, there is no red in sight! I've based this card on Bella's bed linen, although I swapped the plain and patterned sections around so the heart wouldn't be so lost in the middle. The strips of Perfect Plum were rolled up into coils, and rolled back on themselves numerous times to get a fine wrinkle look to them (which is hard to see in the picture).

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Basic Black, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum
Stamp Sets: Always, Thoughts & Prayers, Fresh Cuts
Inks: Basic Black
Accessories: Basic Black marker, dimensionals
Show watched while creating: I broke with tradition... Doctor Who.

Freshly Cut For You

A new month means new challenges over at the Elite Challenges Blog. This month the stamp set challenge (ssc) is Fresh Cuts, and while creating my card for the blog I made another one to share with you here. The main image has been stamped in Chocolate Chip which I then carefully coloured in with the fine tip of my markers (the fine tip not being as wet and thus less likely to cause the non-waterproof Chocolate Chip ink to bleed or run). The solid leaves didn't come out as dark as I would have liked, so I stamped them again on Chocoalte Chip cardstock, trimmed them out and attached them to my card with mini glue dots to give it some dimension and make them really pop.

In the supplies list below you will see that I have listed a Kiwi Kiss marker. Stampin' Up! have not made markers for the In Color colours, but I have created my own by washing out another marker and reinking it with Kiwi Kiss ink. Now that the markers are available individually this is so easy to do. If you'd like to find out how, see my tutorial here.

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Pale Plum, Chocolate Chip
Stamp Set: Fresh Cuts, Baroque wheel
Inks: Pale Plum, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Pale Plum marker, Perfect Plum marker, Kiwi Kiss marker, Chocolate Chip taffeta ribbon, small oval punch, Styled Silver Hodgepodge, mini glue dots, dimensionals
Show watched while creating: The Lion In Winter

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

And no, I don't have wedding cards to share with you!

I'm sharing these cards in reverse order of how I made them. The card above uses completely current SU items, among them are retiring chipboard, Designer Series Paper and two In Colors - Soft Sky and Blue Bayou. I made this one in part so you could see the difference between some of the old and new product, and just how nicely the old and new mix.
Here's my card as it was intended. Something old is Soft Sky, a retiring In Color; the chipboard flower which is from the retiring Onboard Accents; and the Berry Bliss DSP which is also retiring. Something new is Baja Breeze and Pink Pirouette, forthcoming In Color colours (the sentiment is also from a new set). Something borrowed is the layout, this is from Julee's Mojo Monday challenge. The blue is more for the first card that has Blue Bayou, but Soft Sky, Baja Breeze and Blue Bayou are all in the same vein of greenish blues. If you loved Soft Sky and Blue Bayou I'm sure you'll love Baja Breeze, look how nicely it coordinates!

I also love how Pink Pirouette is so different to Pretty In Pink. You think Pretty In Pink is rather pale until you see it beside Pirouette... I can see myself using the colour a lot. I also think it's rather cool that Pirouette is so close to the base colour of this Berry Bliss paper with Pretty In Pink being the colour of the motifs.

And it's only now that I have thought "I should have put a Pretty In Pink brad in the middle of the flower"! Oh well, I still like both cards and that's two more ready to grab when I am in a hurry!

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Soft Sky used on both cards. First card also uses Blue Bayou and Pretty In Pink. Second card uses Pink Pirouette and Baja Breeze instead.
Stamp Sets: Priceless, Fresh Cuts
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky used on both cards. First card also uses Blue Bayou, second card uses Baja Breeze instead.
Accessories: Berry Bliss DSP, Onboard Accents chipboard, 1 3/8" circle punch, sponge dauber, Soft Subtles brads.
Show watched while creating: Heroes