 
Good morning friends :) I’m popping in to share a card with one of my favorite colorways. I’m not sure when the inspiration grabbed me, perhaps I was looking at my coffee or thinking about creamy chocolate when that “go” button clicked in my mind for a tone on tone card with cream and brown. It’s one of my favorites for sure and I’d like to think that the colors are classic. I pulled out one of the new sets by JustRite Papercrafters along with the die template made to match – Botanical Medallions and Banners along with the matching die template – Nested Oval Medallions. I paired it up with Spellbinders™ Labels Twenty Two and Spellbinders™ Floral Flourishes. The filigree background is done with a border punch using the technique I demonstrate HERE.
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Stamps: JustRite Papercrafters – Botanical Medallions and Banners, Nested Oval Medallions
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Cream, Bazzill
Ink: Amuse – French Roast
Accessories: Spellbinders™ Labels Twenty Two, Spellbinders™ Floral Flourishes, seam binding, lace, Spare Parts Flowers, Pearl Pic, Satin Ribbon, Recollections Pearls, EK Success Border Punch
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Since it’s a very rare occasion for me to make an A2 card – I decided to whip up a quick one. My favorite card size is 5″ x 7″ but this little one was a lot of fun. It was precisely the amount of real estate I wanted for the small sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs in their Dream Set. I added a couple of store bought doilies as a layer then added a distressed flower and some seam binding.
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Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs – Dreams
Paper: My Minds Eye
Ink: Colorbox Chalk Ink – Rose Coral
Accessories: Seam Binding, Pearl Brad, Silk Flower, doilies
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I’m in a crafty mood today, how about you? I’m wishing you both a creative and rewarding day. See you tomorrow and thanks so much for stopping by!!
Good morning blog friends! I confess, it is no secret that I’m partial to background stamps! Recently I received a couple of background stamps from JustRite Papercrafts and besides the Fleurista Newsprint Background Stamp that I’ve used several times this month, I fell in love with the Heart Scroll Background Stamp. It’s huge and it has a very large motif with bold lines – I immediately wondered how it would look overstamped or combined with another background stamp. I experimented with colors and came up with a double stamped background that I really like. It’s an easy technique and I give you the 1, 2, 3 and additional pictures at the bottom of my post.
My card is a simple two layer card. I let the beauty of the double stamping show as much as possible.
I also used JustRite Papercrafts Summer Words for the sentiment. Both the flag and the heart in the upper left corner were cut using – Vintage Labels and Banner Dies
So in my mind the jury is in . . . because the Heart Scroll background has big bold elements – I think it will work in tandem with many of the other JustRite Stampers Backgrounds :-) You can click on the three thumbnails below to see the sequence to coordinating a double stamped background.,
  
1. Stamp your first background stamp with distress ink – when picking your two stamps be sure to test them before going on to the real thing. I try to pick a small print and a large print for the overstamping.
2. Stamp your second background stamp using embossing powder, then emboss with clear embossing powder.
3. Using a distress in sponge, smudge over the embossed cardfront using an ink of your choice. This is the resulting panel you’ll get.
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Stamps: JustRite Papercrafts – Heart Scroll Background Stamp, Fleurista Newsprint Background Stamp, Summer Words
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Cream, Bazzill, Versamark
Ink: Victorian Velvet Distress Ink, Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Accessories: .Vintage Labels and Banner Dies, Clear Embossing Powder, Lace, Seam Binding, Twine, Paper Doily, Safety pin, pearls, flowers, gauze
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Absolutely stunning! Thanks.
Both are simply beautiful cards, Becca! The cream and brown does remind me of a good cup of coffee with cream! I Really like the sentiment from the Dream collection! Have a wonderful day and thanks for sharing!
As always, your cards are just gorgeous!
Beautiful card!! Love the lace and the lattice work as well as the neutral colours.
Good Morning, Becca, love the coffee colors. thank you for the video regarding the border punch, and the one on all around the page. these add so much to any of your designs. and can be matched so well with the other colors you would choose. That lace is gorgeous too. A stunning creation…..thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and talent. ……have a good day, and another cup of coffee……hugs and smiles.
Becca, these are luscious. Thanks for sharing.
Becca, you are my crafting hero!! I honestly have the worst time trying NOT to copy your ideas!! I like to get ideas from your ideas and you have so many, you keep me coming back for more every time!! I always eagerly anticipate your blog posts so you can further inspire me and help me push my boundries of ideas :)
These two cards are amazing and so creative! I love the tone on tone card, so much! I have been playing around with my first pack of Kraft paper, and I love the look! Your card just inspires me more :)
~ Amanda :)
By the way, I love your Peg Bow Maker!! :)
I absolutely love your card. Those colors are tops in my book. You always make me smile when I see your cards. Just beautiful. The ribbon and the lace just make the card so elegant!! Thank you ever so much for sharing your beautiful cards. Linda
I KNEW that’s what you used on the filigree background Becca! AND it was a guess! :) SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!! And your little pink card to just GORGEOUS TOO!!!!!!!!!! VERY VINTAGE!!!!!! :) Thanks for showing us! :)
Wath a beautiful day 2 cards and a tutorial.
Both are very nice . Merci
Francine
Just gorgeous! Both of them!
Stick pin lace and flowers oh my. Such beautiful cards you have made Becca. Love them both the first looks very old world to me and the other so feminine and sweet. Beautiful work Becca. As always Becca, TFS!!! :-D
Love the coffee and cream colour. Brill card.
Pretty cream and chocolate card. Love the lace. Wondering where you bought it from…
I just adore the lace on your first card. It really is stunning. The card is gorgeous.
I have never before commented on any crafting site but I find your videos and demonstrations so inspiring that I just could’nt not say so , the information that you give on materials and there uses could’nt be clearer and I thank you for giving me the desire to aspire to create better and better work.
Kindest regards . Christine.
My day is made – two Becca cards to drool over. I have a big weakness for tone on tone cards and your coffee with cream creation is a masterpiece. It stands up and demands to be noticed. And we do.
I also have a weakness for pink and the sentiment from ODBD. Indeed, I just happen to have received the Dream set a couple of weeks ago and love it to bits. You set off the sentiment beautifully, as you always do.
Becca you are brilliant! I just tried making the background and oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!!! It worked – it even works with the more open border punches like MS hydrangea punch! You have opened a whole new door for me…thanks bunches!
Hugs,
Beth P
Your cards are always sooo beautiful Becca. Love those flowers and your gorgeous ribbons and bows. You have such a flair for creating things of beauty.
A Becca-Fan red-letter day!!! TWO gorgeous cards to amaze us in just one post!!! What a treat! Such beautiful artistry in each card. So much inspiration. Thank you so much, Becca, for sharing your imagination with us!!
Wow, there’s a reason your blog is called Amazing, because YOU ARE! It’s all I can do to follow other people’s paths and I so admire your originality and the way you figure out new ways to use our tools. Thank you so much!
Both cards are so beautiful Becca! I really love that lace on the cream and brown one!
I’m terribly in love with your cards. Thank you for sharing and inspiring!
I really like this colorway, too. But its all the other things that you add that make your cards so special.
I have a question for you, Becca…you mention in today’s post that you may have been drinking your coffee and that could have inspired this card, but my question is..do you have parts of cards, maybe backgrounds, bows, flowers etc already made up to put together later? Do you have days where you just make parts of cards in different colors to be added to different cards later?
thank you
Julie
In reply to JulieB on Comment#24 – I truly am a frugal stamper, I save everything and if something didn’t work for the card I’m working on – it goes in the bow basket, the die cut basket or the embellie basket for a gig on another card or project. For this card the filigree background, the bow and the Labels Twenty Two die cut came out of one of my baskets of cast offs. In any case, it is never foresight (as in making things in advance) it is aftersight (as in oh gosh, I can’t let that go) :-)
Lovely as always – I’d love to know where you get your laces and ribbons from – do you have a favourite supplier?
In Reply to Gael on Comment#25 – This lace is from Hobby Lobby!! It’s polyester but I tea dyed it anyway :-)
Gorgeous cards!!!!
Gorgeous Becca! I don’t remember you ever before posting an A2 size card. Yet for me, that’s almost all I make, since I make lots and lots of cards for Operation Write Home. A2 is their preferred size. Thanks for sharing you’ve been on a roll lately!
R/
Both cards just lovely indeed.
I love your creme and chocolate tones card. Thanks for the tutorial. I know that you used the Modern Cube Large Edge Punch in the tutorial but I wondered which one is on the card…Did you use the Scroll Pattern Large Edge Punch in this card? Please, please, please give us the full details.
In Reply to Joanne on Comment#29 – Yes, I did use the EKSuccess Scroll Pattern Large Edge Punch :-). This background was a cast off I had left over when I made this similar card on March 17th located HERE You can do it too – be sure to see the tutorial HERE and use a 4″ x 4″ piece of paper.
Absolutely STUNNING! Seriously, you are amazingly talented!!
Diane
So Beautiful! Love the soft browns and creams. You never cease to amaze and delight
Oh! Becca these two cards are stunning! Thank You for making my day and helping me to get my creative juices flowing. Hugs! Patricia
Beautiful card-love the sentiment!
Oh Wow both cards are just goregous but I would have to say the first is my favorite, love the colors, lace, flowers and terrifci layering of the dies!