Birthday Bunch

Some of you might remember Stampin' Up came out with a project I posted about a couple of weeks ago the Bloomin' Bouquet Project Kit.  At my upline's last demo meeting we put the set together.  They weren't too difficult to make, so I thought I'd make a couple of my own kind.  I grabbed the Mixed Bunch set and came up with these flowers.  I made it into a b-day card for my sister-in-law. :)  I used the Mojo Monday #293 sketch challenge for the design, and the Paper Players color challenge #145 for the colors.  I must say, I thought it was hard to get good pics when I use shimmer paint, but the heat and stick powder with dazzling diamonds is worse!  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Mixed Bunch, Teeny Tiny Wishes & Build a Blossom

Card Stock:  Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse,

Gumball Green & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse

 & Gumball Green

Punches: Modern Label,  Word Window, Blossom

& Blossom Petals Builder 

Ribbon:  3/8" Satin in Raspberry Ripple

Buttons:  Vintage Faceted Designer

Heat & Stick Powder

Dazzling Diamonds

Open House Thank Yous

Although I haven't posted much on my blog lately I've been keeping busy.  I had my daughter's open house to plan and get ready for last week.  Now that it's over and done with (yeah!) I had to make the thank yous for it.  Since her colors were blue and white I made the cards those colors to stick with the theme.  I was sick of working on the cards so I grabbed the stack I had done and quickly took a couple of pics. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Hello Doily, Perfectly Penned & Everything Eleanor

Card Stock:  Pool Party & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Pool Party

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

RHSSC - Delightful Daisies

Welcome to another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  Yes, I used a retired Bigz die to make my flower.  That's because we had my daughter's open house yesterday and had Gerbera Daisies that were white and blue on all the tables.  They were just beautiful and I felt like making flowers similar to them. :)  I also made doubles today since it's Mother's Day.  I always end up making my mom and mother-in-law the same card, just change the colors.  I have no idea why I do that.  I guess because once I come up with an idea that I like I figure why not make two of it. :)  Don't forget to check out other cards using this same sketch HERE at the Red Hot Stampers blog.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  ?? Retired Sentiments Set

Card Stock:  Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads  Pool Party & Wisteria Wonder

Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

Bigz Die:  Daisy #2 (retired)

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

Serene Sunset

I must say making cards for teenage boys is way too hard!  Right now I don't really have any sets that fit them, so I decided to just sponge and stamp a scene for my nephew.  Probably not his thing, but I sure enjoyed making the card.  I wish the camera would have taken a better picture too, but it just couldn't get it to show that the sponging in the picture is darker than what it looks.  That's just the way it goes sometimes!  

 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Serene Silhouettes & Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock:  Island Indio, Basic Black & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Island Indigo, Pool Party, More Mustard,
Lucky Limeade & Calypso Coral
StazOn:  Black
Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice
Punches:  Word Window & Modern Label 
Sponges

RHSSC - Mother's Day Card

It's Sunday and time for another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge card.   We had an additional challenge to also make it a Mother's Day Card.  Well, that was easy enough to do. :)  It might not look like I followed the sketch because it is a little hard to see in the picture  but I did. :)  I scored lines on my card instead of using ribbon or additional paper.  I didn't want to block the doily stamp. :)  I'm also entering it into the Paper Players theme challenge since it's Mother's Day.  Don't forget to check out what the other Red Hot Stampers made this week with the same sketch.  Check them out here.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Hello Doily & Serene Silhouettes

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  More Mustard & Calypso Coral

Stampin' Write Markers:  Raspberry Ripple, Calypso Coral & Always Artichoke

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

Simply Scored Scoring Tool

Soft Swallowtail

Today's card is the last of my April stamp a stack cards.  My daughter designed this card as well.  Notice no Whisper White or Very Vanilla on the card! :) 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Swallowtail, Papillon Potpourri  & Best of - Flowers

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake & Raspberry Ripple

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Rose Red, Soft Suede & Early Espresso

Punches:  Elegant Butterfly & Bitty Butterfly

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Midnight Muse Moon

Hello everyone!  Today's card is for my brother-in-law's birthday.  I don't think he looks at my blog, so I think I can post it early. lol  So there are a couple of reasons I made the card this way...meaning why I made it dark.  Do you ever look to the west after the sun sets and it seems like all across the horizon there is a haze of rainbow colors?  I know I do!  Other times I look to the west and the night sky is this beautiful dark blue color.  I wanted to capture that color on a card and finally did it! :)  I usually sponge all of the colors when I have a moon in the background like this, but I wanted to try my hand at using the brayer.  I don't use it much at all and thought I should get some practice with it if I ever want to be good at it. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set: Lovely as a Tree

Card Stock:  Midnight Muse, Basic Black,

Whisper White & Glossy White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Midnight Muse, Island Indigo & Pool Party

StazOn:  Black

Punches: 1 1/4" Circle, 1 3/8" Sqaure & 1" Square

Embossing Folder:  Woodgrain

Brayer