Celebrate Today!

Happy 4th of July!  And Happy Birthday to a stamping friend of mine whose b-day happens to be today.  She makes hundreds of cards for others, so I think she deserves one on her special day too.  I wonder if one of these years I should make her a normal every day card instead of one that's red, white and blue?  We'll see next year, but for this year I used the Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge #49 HERE to help come up with her card.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Cherry Cobbler & Night of Navy

Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

Framelits:  Window Frames

Punch: 1 1/4" Scallop

Sponges

Inky Fingers Club Summer Session

Today I thought I'd send a little snippet of another card I made for the Inky Fingers Club Summer Session.  I'm one of the guest designers and my cards are featuring sponging using one of the new sets in the catalog.  I'm sure you can tell which set is if you have the Stampin' Up! catalog. :)  I love this set, and it's great for masculine and feminine cards.  I've spent more than a few hours coming up with the ideas for my cards, taking lots and lots of pics and writing, writing, writing.  I thought I would hate writing all of the step-by-step instructions because I knew they were going to be pretty detailed, but I actually enjoyed it! :)  If you'd like to join the Inky Fingers Club Summer Session click HERE (you need to scroll down the page to sign up since all the info is below the pictures).  If you're not sure what this is all about here is some info for you to check out...

Inky Fingers Club
Summer 2013 Session
July 7th through July 20th

All New Stampin' Up! Products
Over 50 Exclusive Designs
Creative Card Sets and Containers
14 Daily Tutorials
Talented Guest Designers
Step by Step Directions
Lots of Photos

Daily Challenges with Prizes
Original Artwork Shipped to Members

Yes, I wonder who will end up with the cards I've created.  I just hope they enjoy them...and send each one of them out to someone special. :)  That's what I love about making cards.  I put a little bit of myself into each one I create hoping to bring joy to someone on their special day, or a little comfort on one of their sad days.

I would love for you to become a member and join me and the other designers at the Inky Fingers Club HERE!  If you do decide to join and become a member please send me your email by clicking on the "Contact Me" box at the top of my blog. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Field Flowers For You

Just another quick post of one of my June stamp a stack cards using a past Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge from a couple of weeks ago. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Field Flowers, Everything Eleanor,

En Francais & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral & Pear Pizzaz

Ribbon:  3/8" Ruffled Ribbon in Calypso Coral (retired)

Clay Molds spritzed with Calypso Coral

Happy Birthday to my Hubby!

It's Sunday so that means it's time to post another Red Hot Stampers' sketch card.  Since it's my hubby's birthday today I thought I'd use this week's sketch challenge to make his card.  It went together pretty quickly too.  Well, except cutting out the anchor, but that wasn't too bad. :)  Don't forget to check out what the other Red Hot Stampers made this week HERE.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  The Open Sea & Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Pool Party, Island Indigo & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party & Island Indigo

Punch:  1 1/4" Circle

Sponges

Inky Fingers Club Summer Session

Well, it's been a few days since I've blogged, but today's post is kind of special since it's for a project that I've been working on for a few weeks.  I'm sure you've seen a few posts where I've talked about the Inky Fingers Club.  I was asked to be a guest designer for the summer session, and today I'm showing you a few pics of all the Stampin' Up! supplies I've used to create my projects.  Notice how everything is laid out pretty neatly?  Yup, I'm a neat stamping freak, so I couldn't take pictures of everything being messy because I clean up as I go along.  Not sure if that's good or bad. lol  As much as I'd like to I can't show you any pics of the cards (gotta build up the suspense), but I do have one small snippet of one of the cards...and it's not even from my favorite card of the bunch!  As you'll see on the small little sample at the bottom of this post, it involves sponging.  Yes, I love all different sorts of sponging, but these cards in particular are all different scenes I've created using sponges, ink and and of course my Stampin' Up! supplies.  

I've taken a lot of pictures and will have step by step instructions for each card.  Remember there will be a  lot more designs out there than just mine when you sign up for the summer session. :)  Here is the info I've posted before to give you an idea what all of this is about.  Don't forget to email me if you've joined the summer session. 

Inky Fingers Club
Summer 2013 Session
July 7th through July 20th

All New Stampin' Up! Products
Over 50 Exclusive Designs
Creative Card Sets and Containers
14 Daily Tutorials
Talented Guest Designers
Step by Step Directions
Lots of Photos

Daily Challenges with Prizes
Original Artwork Shipped to Members

I would love for you to become a member and join me and the other designers at the Inky Fingers Club HERE!  If you do decide to join and become a member please send me your email by clicking on the "Contact Me" box at the top of my blog. 

And like I promised, here is the little snippet of one of the cards.  Can you guess which one of the four pictures up top has all the stuff I used to create this card? :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Serene Silhouettes Graduation

    Today's card is for this week's Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  I must say I had a hard time with this week's sketch!  I finally just sponged in some colors on the semi-circle to kind of show a sunset since it seems that's all I've been working on lately, then stamped one of the trees from Serene Silhouettes.  I also needed one more graduation card, so it kind of served a dual purpose today.  

If you like the look of sponging and aren't sure how to do it I have four cards that I made for the Inky Fingers Club Summer Session.  They range from pretty simple to a bit of work, but I will have detailed instructions and a LOT of pictures for each card.  Here is some more info you can check out if you're interested...

Inky Fingers Club
Summer 2013 Session
July 7th through July 20th

All New Stampin' Up! Products
Over 50 Exclusive Designs
Creative Card Sets and Containers
14 Daily Tutorials
Talented Guest Designers
Step by Step Directions
Lots of Photos

Daily Challenges with Prizes
Original Artwork Shipped to Members

I would love for you to become a member and join me and the other designers at the Inky Fingers Club HERE!  If you do decide to join and become a member please send me your email by clicking on the "Contact Me" box at the top of my blog. 

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

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Serene Silhouettes & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Bermuda Bay, Pool Party & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight,

Bermuda Bay & Pool Party

StazOn:  Black

Framelits:  Circle Collection

Sponges

Cherry Cobbler Floral Fusion

Today's card is one of my June stamp a stack cards.  Believe it or not I just recently bought the Floral Fusion sizzlet die and couldn't wait to use it.  I was thinking of using it with the Lattice Bigz Die at first until I remembered I had a new embossing folder to use...the Modern Mosaic folder.  I figured that would work well as a lattice background. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Cherry Cobbler

Embossing Folder:  Modern Mosaic

Sizzlet Dies:  Floral Fusion & Little Leaves

Jewels:  Basic Rhinestones

Sponges