maria's craft room

Scalloped Dahlia

I couldn't wait to share this scalloped dahlia.  I've had the flower ready for a few days but I hadn't assembled the card until this morning.  And I think I've found a new favorite thing - square cards!  This particular one is a 5" square of purely pomegranate stock.  The dahlia is from SU's Cutie Pie designer paper and check out the center - - I dusted off my build-a-brad and put it to use!  Today must be a day to dig out unused items...I even unearthed my old SU Small Talk set for the sentiment.  The dahlia was made using my blue Marvy scalloped circle punch and I used both my Sakura stardust glitter pen and my black Spica glitter pen to create the faux stitching.  Check out the scallops on the dahlia...I used my stardust glitter pen to put a dot in the center of each.  Carries out the dot motif and adds some sparkle.  Fun stuff!

Until next time...M

Supplies:
Ink:  SU basic black
Cardstock:  SU purely pomegranate stock and Cutie Pie designer paper
Stamps:  SU small talk
Other:  SU blue taffeta ribbon, pewter build-a-brad, paper piercing tool, Sakura stardust glitter pen, black Spica glitter pen

Friendly Challenge

I was 'email talking' with one of my friends the other day and I offered her a gentle color challenge - make a card that incorporates pink, blue, green and white.  I haven't seen her results yet (I'm certain it'll be fabulous) but this is what I did.  It's part of the same batch of Bella's I've been working on for a few days, so the layout is similar to what you've been seeing from me recently.  But did you see what I did?  I threw in some faux stitching - fun stuff!  I just pierced the paper and then traced over with a white gel pen to give the illusion of real stitching.  I happen to think that faux stitching in zig-zag is more believable than faux stitching in a straight line but this is probably because I can't draw in a straight line.  *sigh*

Until next time...M

Supplies:
Ink:  SU! basic black
Stamps:  cakeabella from Stamping Bella, sentiment from Piece of Cake by Papertrey Ink
Cardstock:  SU! old olive, Papertrey white, SU! patterned paper (retired...forget name right now)
Other:  Prima blossom, JesseJames glitter bead, Signo white gel pen, Sakura clear glaze pen(bella's smile), SU! watercolor wonder crayons, aquapainter, Sakura stardust glitter pen (cake plate)