Saturday, June 26, 2010

Welcome to the 12th stop on the June 2010 VC_Rocks blog hop! VC_Rocks is a virtual celebration of the new catalog and annual convention of Stampin' Up!, my absolute favorite rubber stamp company! You may have arrived here from Lisa's Crafty Place where you saw her gorgeous tile coasters. If you didn't, and would like to see them, along with lots of other terrific artwork created by my fellow Rockers, you can start at the beginning by going here. There is so much to be excited about with the release of the 2010-11 catalog and idea book from Stampin' Up! Fresh, new colors, a wide variety of stamps, and fabulous new accessories from punches to ribbon to embossing folders. But a few of our favorite things are retiring at the same time. So before we put the current catalog away, I'd like to share a card made with one of my favorite retiring stamp sets, Embrace Life. Not only is this stamp set retiting but so are a couple of the colors used on this card, Cameo Coral and Mellow Moss.
Stamp images on Whisper White card stock with Mellow Moss ink. Color the images by picking up ink from the lid of Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, and Cameo Coral pads with a blender pen. Sponge Cameo Coral ink around the edge and adhere to Always Artichoke card stock mat. Card base is Mellow Moss with a layer of Ginger Blossom DSP on the left. Tie Mellow Moss taffeta ribbon around matted image and adhere to card front. The card design was cased from Sharon Rogers.
Thanks for stopping by! Leave a comment and be entered into a drawing for some fun blog candy! Random drawing on Monday, June 28th so be sure to check back to see if you're the winner! Your next stop along the blog hop is Mary Campbell's blog where she has a lovely and useful project for you!

27 comments:

Loni said...

Great job Veronica! Congratulations on earning your Blog Hopper badge!! Hugs, Loni

Kris Sobolik said...

Mellow Moss is a color I am really going to miss. Love the card, thanks for sharing!
Kris Sobolik
ksobolik@hotmail.com
www.maddiebugdesigns.blogspot.com

Lynn said...

Very pretty! The soft colors go well with the delicate image. Good job!

Lynn
hiscreation2 at hotmail dot com

Kimm BT said...

wonderful job with this card... very soft:)

Anonymous said...

oh oh oh pick me, pick me...LOL...Just looked at your recent cards...love them all....Peggy

Dee in N.H. said...

Very pretty. Love those colors together.

Alexandria said...

This is a very pretty card! I'm sad that this stamp set is retiring.

Mary Olson said...

I am going to miss mellow moss too. Love the hop - lots of ideas how to use the stamp sets.

Carolyn Sharkas said...

Veronica, what a soft and pretty card. I love it. thanks for sharing, and for joining in on the hop.

Holly / InkPaperStamps said...

This card has such a soothing elegance to it, Veronica--finding this in the mailbox would almost be like a mini spa visit!

Sassy Shirley said...

Lovely card, so soft. I am really, really (did I say really??) going to miss this set and some of the retiring colors too - esp. Mellow Moss.

Anita said...

Beautiful card! anitamocha@charter.net

Anonymous said...

Pretty card! I have some small pieces of the dotted (like yours) that I could use with the plain. Another duh moment! Thanks for sharing - love your coloring of the flowers too.

Chris R. from Iowa

ckrobinson01@hotmail.com

creations by jackie said...

Very lovely card, using cameo coral and mellow moss gives the card such a soft, vintage look. Thanks for sharing your artwork

Linda H said...

Love the colors, sorry to see it go.

Beth B said...

Beautiful card, Veronica! I hate to see all those colors go! :(
bethbeaty at earthlink dot net

Babe O'Mara said...

What a beautiful card. The colors are so soft and soothing. I'm going to miss Mellow Moss too.
Babe
youiesmom@att.net

Vickie Kertz said...

This is one of my favorite colors and it is going. Well done!!!

jengd said...

Cute card! I love the clean look of it!

Patricia Gessner said...

It's a shame that set and mellow moss are retiring. They obviously make a great combination to create a very pretty card.

Patrice said...

Veronica. I will be so sad to see Cameo Coral leave us I used it all the time ! But then again I am really excited about the new SU colors too. Your card is really lovely That would make a great RAK hahahahah. Thanks for sharing your amazing talent with us! (Shameless plug for this card)lolol

Carey said...

I'm loving the card and the colors. I will really miss the mellow moss but I know there will be lots of other things to take the place. Thanks for the inspiration.

Carey Rogers
aka Roscoe's mommy

Brenda said...

Really nice card. Love how you did it. TFS

Kim Overholt said...

I'm glad I paged down... I love your colors on the shaving cream technique card!!!

semj said...

I love your card! Simple but elegant! Just what I like.:) You do such a nice job, I love all your cards!

Sarah

Anonymous said...

What a nice color combo. Nice blender pen work as well.

Vonnie said...

Great cards! i am going to love this hop.
Yvonne