This is one of those projects that just falls together perfectly without any effort! I was playing around with some of my new stamps from Stamper’s Dream and the whole project was finished in about 45 minutes - the average for a project like this would have been twice that long.
I started by stamping two circles from the My Favorite Things stamp set Build a Bouquet in Mellow Moss craft ink. I then masked off the circles and stamped the stem image using Chocolate Chip craft ink. The bold planter image was stamped with Bashful Blue Craft ink and the detailed image with the swirls was stamped over it with Not Quite Navy craft ink.
The flower image is from Hero Arts’ Flower Icon stamp set. I stamped it using More Mustard ink, trimmed it out and added a rhinestone to its center. I stamped a small star image from the Build a Bouquet stamp set on the large green circle to appear as a leaf, and then mounted the flower image with a dimensional.
The scallops were created using my word window punch to punch out more mustard cardstock and then sewing them to a piece of Not Quite Nave cardstock. The Not Quite Navy cardstock was embossed using the Textile Cuttlebug folder and a hammer to get a partial embossing and more distressed look. I also ran my distresser along the bottom edge to rough it up a little.
The Twill tape is the last few inches that I had on the roll. I guess I’ll need to buy some more now. I wanted to pull out the cream color of the twill tape so I stamped the two star images from the Build a Bouquet to appear as moss at the top of the planter.
I wrapped a piece of moss colored cardstock around the pad and stamped part of a sentiment from the Grateful Greetings stamp set. I also made a coordinating pen using the flower images from the Build a Bouquet stamp set.
Here is a close-up of some of the little details.
Denise on 18 Jan 2008 at 10:42 am #
Love this! Very classy and clean.
Lori J on 18 Jan 2008 at 12:05 pm #
Great job! You altered this notebook very nice. :0)
Laurie Schmidlin on 18 Jan 2008 at 1:22 pm #
I just adore the clean lines of your work! The colors on this are so fresh…yet soothing at the same time! I also just love that top scalloped border!!
Michelle R on 18 Jan 2008 at 7:55 pm #
What a beautiful project! I can’t believe what you’ve done with those stamps! Just fabulous! And your border with the word window punch is sheer genius!
Rose Ann on 18 Jan 2008 at 9:36 pm #
I love your pen/pad set!! This turned out so nicely!
kerianne on 19 Jan 2008 at 12:19 am #
Awesome…just awesome!!!
Andrea Walford on 19 Jan 2008 at 9:08 am #
Love the beauty and simplicity of this project!
Jennifer S on 20 Jan 2008 at 10:14 am #
I really like the look of this! the mustard scallops are great with the not quite navy strip. that is a pretty MFT set - one that is my VERY long list from them!!
so glad that you are a designer for Stamper’s Dream! isn’t she great?!?!
I’m a big fan and buyer from her.
Carole (TruCarMa) on 20 Jan 2008 at 2:27 pm #
Awesome job with this, Kurtis — I’m going to send a link to it to Kim (the MFT Lady). I know she’ll be thrilled to see you playing with MFT stamps! : )
kim on 20 Jan 2008 at 3:22 pm #
Fabulous card! Clean, fresh and with incredibly creative details! Wow!
stampingkwilter on 23 Jan 2008 at 7:07 pm #
Wow all that took 45 minutes…..those were 45 minutes well spent!
Mel M. M. M. on 30 Mar 2008 at 2:30 am #
What a fantastic idea to hammer the embossed page. You ROCK! :0) Mel