Sneak Peek: Timeless Treasures and Are We There Yet?

Today's first sneak peek uses Theresa Momber 's "Timeless Treasures". You will love this collection of vintage images, perfect for collages, ATCs, nostalgic scrapbook pages, or "pretty cards"! I had an idea to spotlight the beauty of each her pieces in the "Inspiration Mosaic" I peeked Sunday, this way it reminds me of curio cabinet or printer's drawer. This card is just two layers! I began with a base of Pure Luxury Chocolate Kiss and a Soft Sand mat. After stamping the frame in Vivid Coffee Bean I masked around the border and stamped a quote from this set all over the frame in Antique Linen Distressing ink (click for close up you will see some words peeking through!) and then swiped the pad all over to create a worn patina. When you remove your mask, you still have this beautiful clean border that really makes your stamping pop.

Next I stamped the images into each section and colored them with a few browns and a gold just a bit darker than the CS, and added shadows with a warm gray. I pieced the clock face with some Pure Luxury Ivory, and added a few highlights for shine on the chain and key and to the hour glass and bifocal lenses, doesn't that make it look like real glass?! Much more than if you'd stamped on white paper, on this Soft Sand neutral the reflection really pops and makes it look transparent, so don't be afraid to go a little darker with your cardstocks when you are stamping your images to color. "Memories" from the set is stamped on the bottom. I love how the boxes also compartmentalize each piece like a separate memory. ("Memories...in the corners of my miiiind..! LOL! ) At first glance these sets don't seem like they'd go together, but I am just beyond thrilled with how this card turned out!

TIP: I did NOT mask the watch, just stamped it over the grid. To get rid of where the lines went through my image, I went over them with the Inkssentials white pen and colored as normal with my Copics, a perfect fix! This works on a light colored CS, try it!

The next peek uses Rupa Shevde's "Are We There Yet?" Full of travelling images, I chose to paper piece this "good times van" with some Basic Grey Sultry DP and popped it up. The little leafy branches from "Tropical Flowers" were a perfect match for the DP so I added a few of those to the top to complete the scene for an off-roading adventure to go with the trail-blazing quote! How's that for a girlfriend's getaway or "just be you!" card? The sateen flowers were colored with Copics to match.

Cardstock is Pure Luxury White , Chocolate Kiss and, how do you like this new juicy Green Apple releasing this month?! It is the perfect green, I could eat it up!!


More peeks tomorrow! Are you loving this release so far??
Asela Hopkins
Cathy Tidwell
Cindy Lawrence
Donna Baker
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Gina Krupsky
Jessica Fick
Joanne Basile
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Theresa Momber

and, be sure to check out our CenterStage Spotlight Design Team member's blogs for a card made with Timeless Treasures by Shannon Bracken and Brenda Turner has a card to show us that she made with the fun Are We There Yet? stamp set too!