i {heart} bling

Today we have a really special blog hop and challenge going on all around the Planet! It's all about BLING! You can call it paper make-up, jewelry, bling, whatever -- it's that little bit of glaze, glitter and dazzle that you ad to your cards to give them that "finishing touch." The Supernovas are using the new Petal Press stamps, Summer Garden, for our projects from i{heart}papers and we'll show you just how versatile one stamp set can be!

I made my card using this week's Taylored Expressions sketch challenge. I stamped the set's jar image on white cardstock and added the lilies image to the top, then colored the image with Copic markers. I chose the colors for the lilies to coordinate with the monchromatic roses/pinks in the My Mind's Eye designer paper I used on the cardfront. The colored image is matted on a scalloped rectangle, then layered on a strip with squares of plaid patterned paper, found on the opposite side of the print I used to cover most of the cardfront. I stamped the set's "with love" sentiment in black ink on one of the plaid panels.

For my bling, I cut apart a crystal flourish and placed pieces of it coming from either side of the image. I also added some Glossy Accents to the bottom of the jar image to give it a glassy, watery look.

OK, now it's your turn! Make a card with a lot of dazzle and you could win the new Petal Press stamps, Summer Garden, from i{heart}papers. All you need to do is tag your card "iheartbling" and upload it to the Planet. We'll be keeping an album for everyone that shows off all the entries so far!

Looking for some inspiration? Check out what the other Supernovas made!

• Adela Rossol


• Lynn Mercurio


• Wendy Price


• Tammy Hershberger


• Lori Tecler (you're here!)


• Sankari Wegman


• Susanna Boyd

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: The Petal Press Summer Garden stamp set, Couture Cardstock medium weight white Copic blending cardstock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic markers (BG0000, BG000, YG95, RV0000, RV00, R83, R85, C00), Nestabilities rectangle and scalloped rectangle dies, My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary-Little Miss Muffet "Delight" kit, Ranger Glossy Accents, Zva Creative crystal flourish

other: Rose Red and Pretty in Pink cardstock (Stampin' Up!); foam tape