New England Stamper

DIY Shimmery White

I love to use shimmering white card stock, but it's pretty expensive.  I usually buy the Stampin' Up!'s Shimmery White Cardstock ($7.95 for 10 sheets) and Papertrey also offers a White Shimmer Cardstock ($8 for 12 sheets). 

When I was making this card today, I was excited to discover that I could make my own with Babys Breath Shimmerz Spritz!  I spritzed a piece of Papertrey Stampers Select White cardstock with one fine coat of the Spritz and it looked exactly like Shimmery White cardstock.  I'm so happy because I love to use this cardstock but am always afraid to use my stash because of the cost.  Take a look!

I made the card for Dawn McVey's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge this week.

Here's the finished card:

Hope you're having a shimmering day!

Supplies (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Tea for Two
Paper: Stampers Select White & Ripe Avocado
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Babys Breath Shimmerz Spritz
Accessories: Raspberry Fizz Classic Grosgrain ribbon, Spring Moss Topnotch Twill & Dew Drops
Tools: Spellbinders Labels One, Big Shot

Time for Tea

For today's card I cracked open my new Papertrey stamps that my daughter gave me for Mothers' Day - she knows how to win her mummy's heart!  It's called Tea for Two and aside from having several really cute teapots, the sentiments are really adorable. They are perfect for the cards to send to your girlfriends.

 

I made the card for today's Clean and Simple challenge on Splitcoaststampers - my favorite challenge of the week!  The challenge was to use only black, white and one bright color on your card.  For my bright color I chose Papertrey's Raspberry Fizz and I added black accents with the sentiment, black dots on the scalloped oval and the Making Memories ribbon.

For the layout, I was inspired by sketch on Clean & Simple Stamping that they posted several weeks ago.  If you love CAS cards, subscribing to their blog is a must.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Supplies (all Papertrey Ink unless noted)
Stamps: Tea for Two
Paper: Stampers Select White, Raspberry Fizz
Ink: Raspberry Fizz and Black Memento
Accessories: Black & white gingham ribbon (Making Memories)
Tools: Marvy punches

Sweet & Simple Saturday

Today's Sweet & Simple Saturday card uses the colors from Kristina Werner's color challenge - Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White - yummy combo.

I used one of the first Papertrey stamp sets for this card - Text Boxed, which has sat unloved on my shelf for ages.  I find it tricky to get a good even ink coverage on the negative stamps in this set and so I wound up using a brayer to get a good impression. 

The flower centers were stamped with Baja Breeze and covered with clear Dew Drops.  The sentiment is from the A Muse acrylic set Simple Wishes.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Text Boxed (Papertrey Ink), Simple Wishes (A Muse Art Stamps)

• Paper: Papertrey white, Kiwi Kiss & Chocolate Chip

• Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip & Baja Breeze

• Accessories: Valet Ribbon (SU), Dew Drops