Open Sea swap

This was my second swap for the new catalog swap that I am in.  I got this idea from a flowery card a friend at Memories Manor had with her.  I again was not sure at first what I thought of this card but I ended up liking it when I was done.  It uses the new stamp set called Open Sea.  I am really loving this stamp set and hope they add it to the new catalog coming out for the year.

Cupcake

Course 9 - Dessert

• Apple Pie
• Steamed Pears
• Cherry Creme in Chocolate Cups
• Cupcake
• Chocolate Volcano Dessert

Let me just say it's a darn good thing we could only pick one of each course because dessert is by far my favorite part of any meal and I could of picked all of these to make up five of my courses.  I narrowed it down to a cupcake though and in doing so my instructions were to have texture and at least one red embellishment.  I used

 the vintage wallpaper embossing folder for my texutred background.  And made my rose with the owl punch.  My friend Sylvia showed me how to make this and in a few posts from now I am going to post my tutorial, my version.  If I knew how created this doll of a thing then I would love to give you credit however I have no clue at this point who created it.  I spritzed it w/shimmer paint to make it shine.

Bacon

Course 8 - Pork

• Bacon
• Mu Shu Pork
• Roasted Pork Tenderloin Encrusted w/Hazelnut Paste
• Stuffed Pork Chops w/Cranberries
• Pork Stir Fry

Bacon, yup that was my choice - I have no clue what the rest of these are because I am not a big meat eater as it is so I picked the only one I knew.  By picking bacon I had to make my card brown and w/wavy texture.  I used an embossing folder for that.  First is a picture close up of my bird w/his blingy rhinestone eye.  Can you tell I love the new rhinestones and pearls yet.  And the second is my whole card.

Popcorn Shrimp

Course 6 - Shellfish

• Popcorn Shrimp
• Spicy Shrimp w/Ginger-Garlic Long Beans
• Steamed Lemon Grass Crab Legs
• Rock Lobster
• Oysters Rockefeller

I picked popcorn shrimp - I was to incorporate curls and swirls.  I used elegant bouquet embossing folder, some die cuts, and punchs.  I added some rhinestones for bling and a butterfly.  This is not one of my favorite cards out of the bunch and I definately have to say at this point I was trying to hurry because the first 10 people done won a prize.  They were up to 5 people being done so I needed to step it up some.

KFC Fried Chicken

 Course 5 - Poultry

•  KFC Fried Chicken
•  Peking Duck
•  Pheasant Pot Pies w/mushrooms
•  Hawaiian Pineapple Chicken Skewers
•  Thanksgiving Turkey

I bet from my card that you guess I picked KFC Fried Chicken.  I was to use red, white, and black with stripes.  I used the Lattice die for my backgrounds, the cupcake punch and big shot.  My cupcake has a glitter on top to give it some bling.  And to get my checkered on cupcake wrapper I used my embossing tool and ruler.

A Kiss Goodnight

The next 10 posts are all going to be about a 10 course Meal, first we were given a sheet w/different courses listed.  Under each course were five things to choose from.  As I list each card, I will share w/you the five options we had, which one I picked and what it entailed.  We turned these sheets back in and then were given a different copy back showing what we had picked along w/a description on how to make our card.  For example: this card is

Course 1 - Cocktails

• Fuzzy Naval
• Mojito
• A Kiss Goodnight
• Mah Tai
• Shirley Temple

I picked A Kiss Goodnight - I had to use a Raspberry color, add some texture and a splash of shine.

So on my card I used Rich Razzleberry, and Melon Mambo paper, embossed it w/an embossing folder from my local craft store.  Added some pearls to the flowers, and put my saying up on dimensionals.  To top it off and give it my shine I added some spritzing shimmer paint.

SCS Challenge

This was one of the cards I made for the anything goes swap, the rules were:

Anything Goes FULL CARD SWAP


This should be a full card. You may use any stamps, paper, etc. Do your best work!

I also used this for SC320 sketch challenge also.
I used basic black as my base, cherry cobbler, and print patterns dsp.  My embossing is with an embossing folder from my local craft store (my anything) and th rest is all SU! products.  I do have a couple things on dimensionals which is hard to see in the picture but I do love this card.  I also stamped with cherry cobbler ink on the one piece using Vintage Vogue stamp set. and to finish it off I placed my rhinestones....I love using those.

Friend - Valentine defined

I made this card as a swap for one of my upline meetings.  I used the Framed tulips embossing folder.  My other colors are gray and pretty in pink.  Both my punched hearts are on dimensionals.  I also used the real red for the word friend which is defined under valentine from the Valentine Defined stamp set and punched that out putting it on a piece of dimensional. 

I made this card for a sketch challenge on split coast.  I used Melon Mambo for my base, with the framed tulips ebossing folder.  I then put Chocolate Chip w/the edges roughed up and dsp.  My saying is from the stamp set Filled With Love is up on dimensionals.  I used some buttons for embellishments. And then punched out a pretty in pink heart and put it up on a dimensional.