Simply Dressed in White Blog HOP!

STAMP SIMPLY DRESSED IN WHITE (and Ivory) BLOG HOP! Today several of The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store designers are creating white on white creations with white ribbon (or ivory) especially! Sharon has put together RIBBON KITS of Everyday Whites, Fancy Whites, Bridal Whites and two Ivory Sets, available in The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store! And to top that off, The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store is running a SPOOL RIBBON sale, 15% OFF any SPOOL (not cut yardage) of White or Ivory Ribbon. Sale begins today running until 8 a.m. EST Wednesday, June 30.

How about a clear acetate card today? My stamped image comes to us from the Clearly Wordsworth Stamp Set, I'm So Glad found in The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. It contains one heart image, I stamped it twice to get the image you see on my card! So easy to do, since the stamps are clear you can see the exact placement! A closer look at the detail, I dry embossed my image, then cut out using Spellbinders dies. I cut two of each die shape, so I could attach one to the front side and one on the backsides, to hide all adhesives! The 1 1/4" gorgeous silk ribbon is double looped adding a bit more fullness. I cut the acetate out within the frame creating a window using my craft knife. And a peek of the card inside, this view reveals the backside of the frame, and the inside image. The swirl gems are stickers! So, really a very simple clearly white on white card! I know there is glare on the photos! What was I thinking, clear acetate along with rhinestones! Extremely hard to photograph! Take good care and have a blessed weekend everyone!

******************************************************************** Check out the white on white creations our Stamp Simply Ribbon Store designers have created, just for you!

Sharon Johnson - Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Holly McMillen, Toy's Haven

Deb Saaranen, Dream in Color

Linda Duke, Linda"s Works of Heart

Sherry Cheever, Walkin' on the Bad Side

Barb Schram, Explore.Dream.Discover. YOU'RE HERE!

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STAMPS: Wordsworth Clear Stamp Set, "I'm So Glad"

PAPER: Clear Acetate, GinaK White Cardstock

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black

OTHER: Silk Ribbon from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, Taylored Expressions Tiny Gems, Kaiser adhesive pearls, TomBow Mono Multi Glue, Foam dimensionals, Spellbinders Nestabilities rectangle & scallop rectangle dies, Making Memories Wedding Deco Pins, Recollections Rhinestone swirl Stickers, Kassie Brocade Cuttlebug folder

Simply LOVE, Always!

SIMPLY LOVE, ALWAYS!

This card is created for two challenges today! First a LOVE card for Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply, Love is in the Air, #72 Challenge! I love her challenges...they are no stress and simple! Check her blog, NoTimeToStamp? for all the info! This also fits the challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. The challenge for limited supplies today is simple! Stickers with minimal stamping is pretty simple! The red glitter stickers are FaLaLa from Making Memories. The beaded heart was purchased at Michaels. Fiskars threading water border punch was used for the bottom of card front. It is so hard to photo a clear card! Ugh! Hopefully you can get a good idea of the layout! Glue dots are placed behind the stickers on the inside front to attach SU black cardstock so adhesive will not show! I used my Papertreyink Heart Prints for inside sentiment. I like the way the word, Love, on the front flows to the inside to complete the sentiment; Love Always! I used StazOn white to stamp Always, and then went over the word with my white InkEssentials pen. The StazOn was not white enough for me! I hope you have had a good week! I have been under the weather, hence my lack of posting! I think it's a virus going around! Still not up to par, but getting better!

Take good care and Have a Great Weekend!

Summer on the Patio, Clearly!

OK, this is my last clear card stock creation for a while! I am just loving this this crystal clear card stock with the new releases though! I cut and scored my piece to create a box, but without a back! The white stamped card stock completes the box back. I wanted a window look to this card, so hence the valance! Using the threading water punch for edging, and Sugared Basic Grey DP to coordinate with the Copic colored images! I had a super hard time getting a good photo, with the glare and shadows! Sorry!

Close up view of coloring! Another perk with FLOURISHES new release, SUMMER ON THE PATIO, is you get the small chair in two positions! One facing left and one facing right for easy stamping! The creation had too much empty space at the bottom so I added sheer ribbon from Michaels, a button from my button jar, created a tag, and cut out a copic colored topiary from FLOURISHES Siberian Iris stamp set.

This concludes my clear card stock creations this week! LOL, I hope you have enjoyed them and be sure to keep checking out all the other design team creations with FLOURISHES products!

Julie, Leslie, Susan, Faith, Linda, Sharon, Nancy.

THANKS so much for celebrating with me this week! I love working with FLOURISHES clear stamps and products and hope you have enjoyed these creations! More to come! Take good care, I'll be back on Monday!

Have a blessed weekend!

Sweet Lemons on the Patio and CPS!

Lemons, oh how sweet! From FLOURISHES new release, Summer on the Patio set. This is a wonderful image that comes in two sizes to accommodate the patio table that is included in the set. This and my previous post are but two of the many patio accessories that enable you to create a superb patio scene. Practicing with my Copic markers again! The bowl or basket was a hard one!. Let alone trying to make the three look relatively alike! I love the vibrancy of the lemons though! Using clear card stock, this time I stamped a little flourish image from the FLOURISHES set, Siberian Iris. The sentiment is from the FLOURISHES set, Sweet Treats. I did not write down copic colors, once I get more efficient with them I will start writing colors down and showing you how I am achieving my final result! For the white swirl I used my new white opaque StazOn.

When using clear card stock, in order for adhesives not to show, planning how the card elements will be assembled is important. The white lemon image square is adhered on the outside of the clear card. The yellow square you see edging the white square is adhered on the inside front directly behind the white square. I applied one small piece of adhesive on the Boxer Basic Grey DP to hold the dp piece on the inside back. One the outside back I added a scalloped circle with two lemonade glasses to cover the adhesive! The sentiment strip has running adhesive all along it's length, which helps hold the dp in place too! This pic helps you see more of the inside view of the card. I love this Basic Grey DP. The yellow dew drops add just a bit of pizazz without taking away from the image. The card layout is my interpretation of the CardPositioning systems layout challenge this week! If you like layout challenges check it out! I made this card for Latisha! I don't know if she visits here or not, but she is hostessing a FLOURISHES swap over on the SCS FLOURISHES member forum. I am including this card in my swaps as a thank you to her for all the organization and hard work it takes to conduct a card swap! A shout out THANK YOU to Latisha! Hope you have been enjoying the creations highlighting FLOURISHES new releases! Check out the other fabulous design team members blogs to see what they have been up to! Julie, Susan, Leslie, Faith, Linda, Nancy, Sharon.

Check back this weekend! I have yet another clearly amazing card to show you! Until then, take good care!

Clearly Copics Out On the Patio

Today's challenge over on SCS is Crazy for Copics. Well, I can use all the practice I can get! I love the markers, but to be honest, it is hit and miss right now when I use them. I am getting better and do love how this turned out though. I used an image from SUMMER ON THE PATIO, a new release from FLOURISHES. Designer paper and white stampers select is from PAPERTREYink. Yellow papers are Prism, Sunflowers light and medium. Memento Black Tuxedo ink is used along with various Copic Markers. Sorry, I did not write down colors. Inside view to show you card stock placement on front and back of this crystal clear card stock base. Where I stategically placed my adhesives is behind this layering so it will not show when card is complete! The clear card stock is so so nice, heavy but yet as it's described, crystal clear. Love the simple photo corner and sugared embellishment to tie the colors of the flowers and dp together.

Thank you so very much for the kind comments and congrats on my recent FLOURISHES guest designer spot! My heart is warmed and I hope you know I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to write them! You will want to stop back tomorrow for a clearly (hint) terrific creation! See you then!

Celebrate with Flourishes

YES! It's time to CELEBRATE! I will be a guest designer for Flourishes for the next three months! I LOVE their incredible stamps and know you will to!

Flourishes is releasing 3 new sets today and here are three creations using one of the sets called, SUMMER BOTANICALS. By the creations here you can see the many looks achieved from one stamp! The above card measures 3 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches, perfect fit for a business envelope. I inked my stamp by dabbing the ink pad directly on my stamp. Colors used on all creations are ColorBox Chalk inks: Pink Pastel, Warm Red, Lime, and Olive Pastel. On the above card I stamped twice before re inking stamp. The sentiment Celebrate is from one of the other new release sets! Machine stitching, adhesive pearls, and the super cool large button add pizazz to the stamped image! Gotta love that!

A single stamped image provides a stunning look for this card. Cut out with a rectangle nestie and layered on olive green card stock embossed with the swiss dot cuttlebug folder, then mounted on a rose red card stock piece embossed with a scor pal is color perfect.

Bloom is stamped with StazOn on clear card stock and cut with a cuttlebug tag die. The tag is positioned to have bloom read off the end of the flower stem. The stem and flower are outlined with a light gray copic marker. Label is attached with green ribbon from Michael's Dollar bin and gorgeous pink sheer found at FLOURISHES.

I love the clear tag with the sentiment! It adds so much to the overall design and is so easy to accomplish!

The same image, with a dramatically different look! Shabby, but oh so nice! I wrinkled the image piece of card stock. Added some Tim Holtz distress tattered rose ink. Got out the MM distress tool and went to town on the Basic Grey DP and card stock edges.

Some french knots, and hand stitching with embroidery floss is wonderful for this look. And notice the dimension on the stem and leaves? This is a FANTASTIC new product called FLOWER SOFT. It is acid free and comes so compact when you open it multiplies like no tomorrow! Colors galore and it will last you forever! Apply with a tack glue, I used Aleene's Flower Soft high Tack PVA glue. So little is needed for a WOW impact. Take a look at the demo here using this new Flower Soft Product!

To finish the card I added dew drops in each corner. A piece of sheer pink ribbon along with a tied piece of embroidery floss.

Take a look at the other FLOURISH design team members to see what they have been up to! Their creations are spectacular! Jan Marie, Sharon, Nancy, Julie, Susan, Leslie, Faith, and Linda.

Thanks for stopping by and celebrating with me! Tomorrow will bring another creation with a new FLOURISH set! Take good care and see you soon!