Happy Birthday!

Today's card is for my wonderful upline, Glenda!  It was her birthday yesterday, so I wanted to make her a special card. :)  My inspiration for her card is from a few different places.  I first saw this flower on the cover of the Stampin' Up! Stampin' Success demonstrator magazine and loved it! The card design is from the Paper Players sketch challenge...so glad these are out here because it's nice to have a design so I don't have to come up with one.  The flower is from my garden.  Late in August I finally got some beautiful flowers from one of my dahlia plants that I thought was going to die earlier in the summer.  When it finally bloomed I took some pictures in hopes of recreating one of them. Definitely not the same as the real flower, but I love how it turned out!  Just wish the picture turned out better. :(

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  So Saffron, Gumball Green & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  So Saffron & Regal Rose
Embossing Folder:  Delicate Designs
Bigz Die:  Daisies Flower #2 (retired)
Punch:  Blossom Petals Builder
Framelits Dies:  Labels
Ribbon:  5/8" Organza in Whisper White
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist
Crimper & Sponges

Lovely as a Tree

Last night I was going through all the sketch challenge blogs that I follow to get a little inspiration and was able to come up with this card.  I LOVE the colors together!  These colors were inspired by the Less is More challenge #83.  Hmm...now that I think about it I'm not sure if it is as clean and simple as it should be because of all the sponging I did. :(  Guess I should have done a little masking.  I also used the Paper Players challenge because their theme is using leaves or trees.  I've had my Lovely as a Tree set sitting out wanting to do another card with it, but waiting for just the right idea...and this was it! :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Lovely as a Tree & Blooming with Kindness

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Crumb Cake, Soft Suede,

Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink & Pink Pirouette

Versa Mark

Embossing Folder: Delicate Designs

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

SQSC27 ~ The Paper Players ~ Open Sea

Today's card is for a couple of challenges.  I've missed making cards for the different challenges out there, so I decided to use them to help me come up with cards for my March stamp a stack.   I used Stampin Queens Sketch Challenge 27  for my design and The Paper Players Challenge 83  (CAS masculine) to decide what to put on it. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  The Open Sea

Card Stock:  Night of Navy, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler & Crumb Cake

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Cherry Cobbler

Punch: 1 1/4" Circle

Embossing Folder:  Stripes

Texturz Plates:  Backgrounds 1

Monochromatic & Gate-folded Birthday Card

On my last post I said I was hoping to sneak in a few more cards...well, I managed instead to do one card for three challenges. :)  The Paper Players new challenge for the week is Birthdays...I can always use b-day cards!  I also wanted to do the Monochromatic challenge on Hand Stamped Sentiments because I love doing those type of cards.  I also decided to do the gate-fold over on The Friday Mashup.  I haven't done one of those in a long time...actually I didn't even know it was called the gate-fold.  Guess I can still learn something new every day. :)  I was already working with two of these colors for some punch art, and I love them together so this is what I chose for my monochromatic color theme.  I've actually done quite a few cards with these colors.  They just seem to work so well together.  I just made a card last week with this stamp set too, but it was calling my name again, so it's what I went with. 

Yes, I always seem to be putting a close up shot of my card.  Don't know why, I just do! ;)  In this case it helps you see the shimmer paint a little better...

...and, of course, the inside of the card.  Most of the time I like to make sure I have more than just a stamp on the inside.  If you've noticed, I like to use a faded version of what I put on the outside of the card.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Inspired by Nature, On Your Birthday & Vintage Labels (retired sale-a-bration)

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Soft Suede & Crumb Cake

Stampin' Write Markers:  Soft Suede & Crumb Cake

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

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Inspired by Nature

I wasn't sure how today's card would turn out, but I wanted to give it a try even though I wasn't sure about the colors. The Paper Players challenge this week was to use Baja Breeze, Poppy Parade and So Saffron.  I didn't have Poppy Parade so I substituted it with Real Red.  I'm glad I gave it a try because I really like how it turned out. :)  I used Mojo Monday's sketch challenge 186 for my design.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Inspired by Nature & On Your Birthday

Card Stock:  Baja Breeze, Real Red, So Saffron & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Real Read, So Saffron & Certainly Celery

Versa Mark

Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

Punches:  Modern Label, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle & 1 1/4" Circle

Ribbon:  1/4" Taffeta in Daffodil Delight

Clean and Simple

Hello everyone... I'm finally back and glad to be blogging again! I must say that being out of town two weekends in a row and getting ready for a workshop (between homeschooling and work) just called for a much needed break from blogging.  Now that I've had one it's time to get busy again.  I've titled this post clean and simple to go with The Paper Players challenge this week.  I wanted the first two cards for my workshop this week to be "clean and simple"...so here is the first card we made.  I actually got the basic idea for this card from my upline, Glenda.  You can view her card here.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Silhouette Sentiments & Afterthoughts
(both are hostess sets)

Card Stock:  Rich Razzleberry, Garden Green & Whisper White

Classic Ink Pad:  Rich Razzleberry

Stampin' Write Markers:  Rich Razzleberry and Garden Green

Punch:  Decorative Label & 1 3/4" x 7/8" Oval 

Big Shot Embossing Folders:  Perfect Polka Dots & Framed Tulips

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Beautiful Butterflies

Well, I am finally back after a bit of a break.  I was up north working at a camp for the weekend and couldn't seem to catch up on everything that needed to be done, so it was my cards that had to be put on hold.  Today's post is for a couple of challenges I try to do every week.  I'm doing Ann's Color Challenge #38 from The Paper Players and Saturday Sketch Challenge #194 from Stamping 411.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Afterthoughts
Card Stock:  Early Espresso, Baja Breeze & Pink Pirouette
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Baja Breeze
Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper
Bit Shot Embosslit Dies:  Beautiful Wings
Punches:  Decorative Label, Scallop Trim Border & Scallop Trim Corner
Ribbon:  5/8" Grosgrain in Early Espresso

Carnations!

A few days ago I said I was going to be making some more carnations, after all they are my favorite flower.  When I saw the The Paper Players challenge to make anything that brings spring to mind I couldn't resist, and the Stamping 411 Challenge was the perfect sketch to use for the idea I had going on in my mind.

Yesterday I also made this little 3x3 thank you for a friend.  

I guess the only downside to these cards is you'd have to mail them in a box!

If you didn't see my other post on how to make carnations and would like to see how, click here.  Oh, before I forget, I did use deckle scissors for these two cards, just to see if I liked it.  I think either way works!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

5X5 Card

Card Stock:  Perfect Plum, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi & Whisper white

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Perfect Plum

Big shot Embossing Folder:  Elegant Bouquet

Ribbon:  5/8" Grosgrain in Marina Mist

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Tools:  Crimper & Paper-Piercing Tool

3X3 Card

Cardstock:  Regal Rose, Garden Green, So Saffron & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Regal Rose

Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

Punch:  1 3/8" x 5" Oval

Tools:  Crimper & Paper-Piercing Tool

Flight of the Butterfly

Today's card is one I made for two different challenges.  The The Paper Players challenge is "Fun with Fabric", and since ribbon is the only Stampin' Up! "fabric" I have right now I decided to see if I could come up with something a little different with the ribbon.  I also used Stamping 411 for my sketch because the ribbon square happened to work perfectly with challenge 192. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Flight of the Butterfly

Card Stock:  Rich Razzleberry, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, So Saffron & Whisper White

Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

Punch:  Butterfly

Ribbon:  1/8" Taffeta in Rich Razzleberry, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery & So Saffron

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Happy Wedding Day

Today's card is one that I've been thinking about for a couple of weeks.  I've always loved the white cards with just a touch of color on them, and I thought it would be a great idea to use for a wedding card for my nephew and his bride to be.  As I was looking around at different sketch challenges I found one that I thought would go great with what's been going through my mind...The Paper Players Challenge # 35.  Thank you, ladies, for your idea and your challenges.  This is the first one I am doing with the Paper Players. :)

I wanted the color I used to coordinate with their wedding colors, however I knew we did not have the color of ink I needed.  I ended up sponging Pacific Point around all the edges and then going over it with Wild Wasabi.  It was too green when I did that, so I carefully sponged back over it again with Pacific Point until the color matched the invitation.  Yes! I got it to match perfectly! 

I got the idea for scoring the flower petals from this video here.  I'm not sure what her name its, but she makes beautiful flowers!  Thank you for the idea!

Thanks for looking and have a great day! 

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pacific Point & Wild Wasabi

Big Shot Embossing Folders:  Vintage Wallpaper, Elegant Lines & Elegant Bouquet

Punches:  Blossom Petals & 1 3/4" x 7/8" Oval 

Jewels:  Basic Pearls
Shimmer Paint:  Champange Mist