Fancy Swap Hop - Faith in Nature and Vintage Vogue

Hi Everyone.  Happy Friday.

I am so glad you popped in to check out the Fancy Card Swap Blog Hop. 

A group of us did an organized swap at the Stampin' Up! 2011 convention and there are some amazing projects to share with you.  I know you will enjoy visiting the 9 hops on this swap tour. 

If you are on the blog hop, you may have reached me from the very talented Julie Beltramo.  The next stop on the tour is across to fabulous Nancy Ferb.

For my Fancy Swap card, I absolutely had to use the new Stampin' Up! hostess set - Faith in Nature.  I am in love this set.  It lends itself to very clean and simple cards, or.... well, more fancy cards :-)  You can see more of the cards that I made using this set by clicking here.

Here's my card all wrapped up in it's clear envelope for safe keeping.

Here's a close up of the pear.  I colored this with Stampin' Up! Classic waterbased inks and a Blender Pen.

I used two greens for the pear - Lucky Limeade and Pear Pizzazz.  They were layered on with my blender pen.  The middle piece was colored using So Saffron.  The background to the pear was colored using Soft Suede, the same color as the base of the card.

I didn't do much to the inside.  I just made use of the same newsprint and some Very Vanilla card stock to carry some of the components from outside in.

I layered the tag and then layered the pear on top of it.  I stamped the focal image onto the tag, then again onto spare card stock.  I colored both images and then "fussy cut" around the pear and the leaf and mounted it to the tag using Stampin' Dimensionals.  The tag was adhered to the base using Stampin' Dimensionals, too.

As the base First Edition newsprint was a little bright, I used the Stampin' Up! distressing ink "tea stain" to make it look a little older.

Tip: If you want to know how I color using my Classic inks and a blender pen, you can check my video on this technique by clicking on this link.

Here's the recipe for my card - all ingredients Stampin' Up!

• Card stock:  Very Vanilla, Soft Suede
• Stamps:  Faith in Nature (focal image).  This stamp comes in English, French and Spanish.  You can see full details on this stamp at this link.  Sentiment is from the Vintage Vogue set - full details at this link.
• Inks:  Black StazOn.  Soft Suede, So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz and Lucky Limeade Classic Inks
• Accessories:  Antique Brads (details here).  Ribbon is Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding ribbon (details here).  Mini library clip (details here)
• Tools:  Big Shot and the Two Tags Die (details here).  Scallop border punch, Snail, Stampin' Dimensionals.  Blender Pens
• Designer Series Paper: First Edition.  This comes as a digital download, or in normal DSP.  (details here)

Thanks for visiting with me and don't forget to pop along to  Nancy or back to Julie for your next stop on the tour.  I hope you all have a fabulous Friday and a wonderful weeked.

To Elizabeth and Julie - thanks for allowing me to be a part of this great swap!

Hugs

Jaydee

Comments

[Rach]

Oh my. Oh my oh my. This is stunning. The Pear Pizazz and Lucky Limeade are gorgeous together. The Soft Suede is the perfect neutral to compliment them. As for the layout, CAS perfection. Gorgeous. :o)

I got this set in English and am now wishing I had picked up the French instead. ;o)

[Beverly]

That card just *WOWS* me! Love it Jaydee . . . terrific job and love how you done the inside of it. I always love to decorate the inside of the card.
I don't recall of receiving this one in the mail : )
Have a great weekend lady

[Elizabeth Price]

I absolutely loved your card when I received it in fact it was one of my very favorites.

[Michelle]

Your card is gorgeous! I love how you watercolored the image!