Friday, December 28, 2007

C.C. Designs Sneak Peek!

C.C. Designs is releasing two new Little Bit Kits: Love Ya Much and Love Ya Lots. Let me just tell you -- if you loved Lucky and Lulu, you'll flip for these sets! Along with that adorable dog and cat there are a bunny, two lovebirds, a lion, and a pig, plus some sweet sentiments! The sets will be available at All That Scraps on January 4. I made this card with the lovebirds from Love Ya Much. I thought this piece of BasicGrey Romani paper would be perfect with the birds, so I built the card around it. I tried to channel the spirit of Julia Stainton on this one -- she does shabby chic so beautifully!!! :)


To make the card base, I machine stitched a border around the paper, then I distressed the edge by hand. The image was stamped in Basic Black ink and colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. After I finished coloring, I traced over the image lines with a Sakura clear glaze pen to give them a little more definition. I sponged Bashful Blue ink around the vanilla circle and the card base. The scalloped circle was punched from more Romani paper, then I pierced the scallops. To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment and added a Prima flower and some May Arts ivory dotted ribbon. I love the way it turned out -- it's sweet, simple and feminine!

I have to admit, I'm glad to be doing something other than Christmas cards! I really like the spring-like look of this card -- it would be great for Valentine's Day or for any time you need a romantic card! I'll have more sneak peeks for you over the next few days, so please come back for more! Thanks for visiting today! :)

Stamps: Love Ya Much (C.C. Designs) Cardstock: Very Vanilla (SU!) Paper: Romani (BasicGrey) Ink: Basic Black, Bashful Blue (SU!) Other: Mega Circle Punch & Giga Scalloped Circle Punch (Marvy Uchida), flower (Prima), ribbon (May Arts), clear glaze pen (Sakura), paper piercer, sponge, dimensionals (SU!), sewing machine

7 comments:

Sharon (notimetostamp) said...

Adorable card -- just love it!!! It is so very fresh and springlike -- a breath of fresh air!!! Wonderful colors and design -- a great card -- thanks so much for linking it!!!

Bonnie said...

What a sweet card! The colors are perfect and so refreshing!

Dawn Easton said...

So cute! Those birds are adorable! I really like how you sewed and then distressed this card...fantastic idea!

Tricia T said...

I love your card. The birdies are so, so sweet!! I just love these sets!!

Deb said...

Oh wow! I've seen the pig stamp on Tricia's blog, and the lion stamp somewhere else and now these sweet little birdies! This is such a must have set!

I love this card! The design - the distressing - it's just an incredibly beautiful card!

Anonymous said...

Adorable!!! Love your stitching and distressing!

Anonymous said...

This is just the sweetest card. I love your card style and only recently discovered your blog. These cards are absolutely delicious and I envy anyone who has received one from you!