Mojo Monday's The Open Sea

  Well I had a very small group turn up for my stamp a stack this month, but I was so tired it was nice to sit and relax a little this time.  I did manage to make two of the five cards while they were stamping too, so that was nice.  This is the only masculine card that we did, but I loved how it turned out.  I used Mojo Monday's sketch challenge here for the design and saw a few cards out there that used similar colors to this that I liked.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  The Open Sea & Curly Cute

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Island Indigo, Pool Party & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Island Indigo & Pool Party

StazOn Black

Punch:  1 1/4" Square

Another Fabulous Florets

He is Risen!  Happy Easter Everyone!  

Since it's Sunday that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  I thought about making a few lilies to put on my card since it's Easter, then changed my mind when I remembered how much work they are!  Instead I fell back on one of my trusted flower stamp sets and embossed the flowers in baja breeze and pool party.  What you can't see very well in the picture is the flecks of certainly celery that I have  spritzed on the card, but that's the way the picture turns out sometimes. lol  Don't forget to check out the other cards using this same sketch here over at the Red Hot Stampers blog.  If you're feeling adventurous why not give the sketch a try.  It was nice and simple this week. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Fabulous Florets & Curly Cute

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party, Baja Breeze & Certainly Celery

VersaMark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  White

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Certainly Celery Shimmer Paint

Pink Papillon Potpourri

 Today's card is another one of my February stamp a stack cards.  Yup, it's another spring card.  I have no idea if there are any pink butterflies out there, but there is on this card! :)  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Papillon Potpourri & Curly Cute

Card Stock:  Basic Black & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Pretty in Pink

StazOn:  Black

Embossing Folders:  Elegant Lines & Designer Frames

Punch:  Elegant Butterfly

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Red Hot Christmas Party

Well it's been one of those weeks for me...stressful!  I'm sure no one else has ever had a week like that. lol  As I'm writing this I can feel myself starting to relax a little because I know my busy week is almost done.  Whew...I survived!  I've enjoyed each thing I've done, but I think I need to slow down just a little.  Now on to today's cards.  Last night was our Red Hots' Christmas party and it's always a lot of fun!  We had great food, lots of laughs, games and of course gifts.  And this year we decided on a $5 gift exchange for our gifts.  All I can say is I am not a shopper so I decided to give a box of chocolates and make a few cards.  My last post shows a card that I made using gold snowflakes.  Well after cutting out the large snowflakes I could not throw away my scraps like I usually do because the glimmer paper is so pretty and I felt wasteful if I did.  So I set them aside then starting thinking that maybe I could use them somehow on a few cards for my gift and these are the cards I came up with...

I also decided to enter these into the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge since it's a monochromatic challenge and these seem perfect for it.  Plus I've been lacking in the challenge department this week!  

Of course I had to have a box to store them in too. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Perfectly Penned & Curly Cute
Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla
Glimmer Paper:  Champagne
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Soft Suede
Embossing Folder:  Lacey Brocade
Bigz Die:  Snow Flurry
Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Soft Suede
Shimmer Paint:  Champange Mist

RHSSC61

It's Sunday and time for another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  This week I used the set Everything Eleanor and used colors from the color challenge blog Color Me Beautiful.  I wanted the card to be simple, yet elegant.  I just wish I could have caught the shimmer on the card, but it just wasn't cooperating this time! lol  Check out the other cards at The Red Hot Stampers here.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Everything Eleanor & Curly Cute

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Early Espresso & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, 

River Rock, Early Espresso & Basic Gray

Stampin' Write Marker:  River Rock

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Beautiful Wings Birthday

Today's card is my last March stamp a stack card and I think my favorite out of the bunch.  Probably because it was the last one I made, and I was just glad to finally have figured out what five cards I was going to be doing! lol    

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Curly Cute

Card Stock:  Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla & Everyday Enchantment DSP

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Riding Hood Red

Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

Embosslit Die:  Beautiful Wings

Ribbon:  5/8" Satin in Very Vanilla

Jewels:  Basic Pears

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Season's Greetings

This week I'm going to show you the cards I had for my December Stamp a Stack.  If  I don't do it this week Christmas will be here and gone before I know it!  Since I won some Not Quite Navy ribbon playing Bingo and haven't used this color a lot I thought I would give it a try and see if I could make a Christmas card with it.  I have to say I'm pretty pleased with it...especially since I didn't make one change and whipped it together pretty fast.  Why can't more of my cards go together like this?! lol



Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Curly Cute
Card Stock:  Not Quite Navy & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Not Quite Navy
Embossing Folder:  Northern Flurry
Sizzlit Decorative Strip Die:  Northern Frost
Ribbon:  5/8" Grosgrain in Not Quite Navy (retired)
Jewels:  Basic Rhinestones
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

June SAS ~ Sympathy/Thinking of You Card

Ok, I need to quickly get a card posted today before I head into work.  Today's card is one we made at my June Stamp a Stack.  I seem to be stuck with a certain color combo though.  I really like Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla together, but they seem to be the perfect combo for sympathy/thinking of you cards.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Elements of Style, Curly Cute, 

Because I Care (retired hostess) 

& Peace and Comfort (retired a LONG time ago)

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Soft Suede & Crumb Cake

Ribbon:  5/8" satin in Very Vanilla