Birthday Blooms

It's Friday, so that means another card made using the Friday Mashup challenge.  This week I'm hostessing the challenge and this is what I have for you...

Create a project using a "Background Stamp".

Create a project with "something 3-D on it".

or Mash it Up! and create a "project with a 3-D element and a Background Stamp".

I love using background stamps since they add to any card.  I have to admit I have a hard time leaving white space on my cards!  I did a little on this one just to change things up a bit...plus it wouldn't fit across the whole card. lol

I thought I'd go all out on the 3-D part of this challenge only because it's been quite a while since I've had a chance to make any flowers like this.  It's up to you what you want to do to to make something 3-D.  Check out what all the other designers made HERE.  Lots of  different ideas out there, and that's what makes it so fun. :)

I can't forget to add where I got my colors from.  They are on this week's challenge from the ColorQ Challenge.  As soon as I saw these colors I knew they were what I wanted to use.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Dictionary & Simply Sketched (retired)

Card Stock:  Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Island Indigo, 

Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pear Pizzazz

Framelits:  Circles Collections

Punches: 1 3/4" Circle Scallop (used to make flowers) 

Bojo Blossoms & Builder Bird

Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Happy Father's Day or Birthday :)

I have a quick post for you today.  I made this birthday card for my father-in-law's birthday last week and thought it would make a good Father's Day card too, so I whipped up another one (but I'm not giving it to him for Father's Day too! lol).  This is such a quick and simple card to make using a little old and a little new. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  World Map, Dictionary, 

Express Yourself & Traveler

Card Stock:  Soft Suede & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Soft Suede & Crumb Cake

Sponges

Fabulous Florets in the Spring

Today I have another card to show you for the Friday Mashup challenge #155. We have a great challenge for you from Avery this week...

Create a project using the Colors " Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder & Wild Wasabi".

Create a " Shaped card".

Or Mash it up and create a "Shaped Card using the above Colors".

   I really enjoyed creating this card since the colors were great to work with, and I like to occasionally make shaped cards.  It's always simple to do when you have framelits to use. :)   Make sure you stop by the Friday Mashup HERE to check out the other great cards the designers made using this sketch.          

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Fabulous Florets, Dictionary & Blooming with Kindness

Card Stock:  Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party,

Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight & Wild Wasabi

VersaMark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  White

Framelits:  Ovals Collection

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges

Stippled Blossoms Birthday Wishes

Today I have a card for you using this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge. This was a great sketch to work with, and I actually had a few ideas in my head.  I used this color combo though since I haven't done any cards with it in a while.  Head on over to Try Stampin' on Tuesday's blog HERE to check out what the other designers have made using this sketch.  Oh, I almost forgot to add what the twist is for the week...use a photo.  I decided to "frame" a flower for my photo.  Hope you like it and are inspired to join us this week at Try Stampin' on Tuesday

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Stippled Blossoms, Simply Sketched & Dictionary

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Soft Suede & Crumb Cake

Framelits:  Squares Collection

Ribbon:  1/2" Seam Binding in Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Creative Crew Creations for November

Welcome to November!  It's hard to believe it's already here.  Where has the year gone?!  Just to warn you my first post for this month is a long one since I'm going to combine all of my Creative Crew projects into one post instead of doing four this month.  I tried to keep my projects and little more simple this time.  I like to go all out and need to learn to do simple but elegant.  So let's start from the beginning...

Oh November, the time of sweaters & blue jeans, cocoa & fires, and just about every kind of yummy food you could ever be thankful for! This month we're going to take ourselves a trip down memory lane and remember what we have to be thankful for.

The first challenge...DSP/Color Focus: Since we're starting Sweater Weather why don't we take our trip down that road first. Show us Chocolate chip, Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Tangerine Tango all getting happy together.

Since we've had our leaves on the trees for so long here in Michigan I figured I'd use the Lovely as a Tree set using the colors from the first challenge.  

I like to stamp the image on the inside after I've stamped the first time.  It leaves the same image just a lot lighter so you can write over it.

The second challenge...Creative Focus: KITS! We have a mountain of kits to choose from, they make a class or a workshop easy peasy! The next part of our trip takes us into packaging territory, show us something with the Pretty Packages line on pages 158 & 159 of the main catty or any of the kits or packages in the mini catty, tell us why you choose what you did.

The reason I chose this kit is because you can make so many cute things using the bags and tags and add anything you want to it to match what you're using from the kit.  Plus I have an open house coming and I'm trying to figure out ideas for some of the make and takes. :)

Just a close up. :)

The third challenge...Holiday focus: Did you know that November 26th is national cake day? Trip number three is to be inspired by the cake pictures and show us what creation one of these cakes led you to, please see the attached ideas.

I usually like color, but I love black and white cards as well.  Since it's November and a month to be thankful I thought it would be nice to make a thank you card that's clean and simple.

I had to make a matching envelope too. :)

The fourth and last project...Scrapbook focus: The last leg of our journey is to take that walk down memory lane and share a favorite childhood memory, event, toy, or treat on scrapbook page, mixed media project or with This & That!

Well, a scraper, scrapbooker (not sure what you call it!) I am NOT!  But I didn't want to do a mixed media this time, and I don't have a This and That journal so a scrapbook page it is.  I decided to make a quick page of when we brought our kids to Disney World with my brother's family in 1998 and for our fifteenth anniversary in 2005.  I made quite a few visits there while growing up, and it's also where we went on our honeymoon.  Love that place! :)  I think it's time to go back!! :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Lovely as a Tree Card

Stamp Sets:  Lovely as a Tree, Dictionary & Express Yourself

Card Stock:  Chocolate chip, Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand, 

Soft Sky & Tangerine Tango

Classic Stamp Pads:  Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand, 

Crushed Curry & Tangerine Tango

Punch:  Modern Label

Candy Dots:  Neutrals Collection

Decorative Bag

Stamp Sets:  Festive Flurry & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Coastal Cabana & Bermuda Bay

Framelits:  Festive Flurry

Ribbon:  3/8" Ruffled Stretch Trim in Coastal Cabana

Tag a Bag:  Gift Bags & Accessory Kit

Jewel:  Basic Rhinestones

Thank You Card

Stamp Sets:  Hello Doily & Blooming with Kindness

Card Stock:  Basic Black & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Smoky Slate 

StazOn:  Black

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Scrapbook Page

Stamp Set:  Everything Eleanor

StazOn:  Black

 Card Stock:  Basic Black, Real Red, 

Pacific Pride & Garden Green

Punches:  1/2" Circle, 3/4" Circle, 1" Circle & 1 3/8" Circle

Pool Party Poppies

Today's card is one I made up for a friend using this week's Paper Players' sketch challenge.  I think I went all out in blues this time, but I still like it. :)  I'm hoping she gets it in the mail before she sees it here or in any of my other galleries! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Pleasant Poppies, Dictionary

& Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Pool Party & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party & Coastal Cabana

Embossing Folder:  Fancy Fan

Punch:  Scallop Edge Border (retired)

Ribbon:  3/8" Seam Binding in Pool Party

Framelits:  Ovals Collection

Smooch Sprtiz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Aqua Pens & Sponges

Perfect Pansies for Summer's Last Hoorah!

Summer's last hoorah!  That's today's Try Stampin' on Tuesday's theme that goes along with their sketch challenge.  One of the things I think of when I'm thinking about summer is all the flowers that I get to enjoy.  My pansies tend to last quite a while after the other flowers have frozen and died because they do like cooler temperatures.  That's why I picked them to put on my card.  Earlier this month I posted a card that had pansies made the same way as I made these.  I love the new pansy punch, but wanted my flowers to have a little dimension like the real flowers do so I cut the petals out and did some sponging to come up with these flowers. 

I thought I'd do a little extra on the inside this time too. :)  Don't forget to see what the other designers made over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday HERE.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Dictionary & Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Rich Razzleberry & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Rich Razzleberry & Crushed Curry

Stampin' Write Marker:  Rich Razzleberry

Punches:  Pansy & 2 1/2" Circle

Framelits:  Circles Collection

Candy Dots:  Brights

Jewels:  Basic Rhinestones

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges

RHSSC - Everything Eleanor

It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  I had an idea going through my mind for this sketch after being inspired at our Red Hot meeting on Thursday.  One of the ladies showed a bunch of crafts she's been working on and some of them had paper flowers on them.  It's been a while since I've made some paper flowers, so I thought it would be a good time to give another one a try. :)

Don't forget to check out what the other Red Hot Stampers made HERE.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Everything Eleanor & Dictionary

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Basic Black & Cherry Cobbler

Sizzlits:  Little Leaves

Jewels:  Basic Rhinestones

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges

RHSSC - Postage Due

Since I had two ideas going through my head when I did the Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge, and because it's our 100th challenge I thought I'd post a second card.  It didn't turn out exactly like I had imagined, but what card ever does?! lol  Remember we are giving away blog candy for our 100th challenge, so make sure you head over to the Red Hot Stampers HERE to see what it's all about. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Postage Due &  Dictionary

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler & Whisper White

StazOn:  Black

Punches:  1" Square & 1 1/4" Square (retired)

Framelits:  Squares Collection (smallest one)

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

RHSSC 97 - Field Flowers

Well, it's a good thing it's Sunday and time for another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge or I might not be posting on here...kind of like this past week.  I should have a few things this coming week since I've been working on gifts for the ladies I'll be staying with at convention this week. :)  I've also been working away at my swap cards.  I came up with something I liked with way too many steps, but that's what I'm doing anyway because I like it! :)  One reason I mentioned all of this is because a lot of posts are going to involve this stamp set and most of them will be this color.  Why?  Because that's what's all over my craft table so I figured that's what I would use. :)  So here it today's card which I must say was challenging for me!  Don't forget to check out what the other Red Hot Stampers made on their blog HERE.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Field Flowers & Dictionary

Card Stock:  Perfect Plum & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pear Pizzazz, Perfect Plum & Wisteria Wonder 

Punches:  Scallop Oval, Large Oval & Bitty Butterfly

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Smootch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges