Express Yourself Birthday

This is another one of my September stamp a stack cards. Yes, I used a retired set again, but it's my all time favorite fall set.  I sponged all of the color onto the stamps instead of putting the stamp directly on the ink pad.  It blends the colors together well and doesn't make it quite as dark.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  French Foliage & Express Yourself

Card Stock:  Always Artichoke, Sahara Sand & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Always Artichoke, Sahara Sand 

& Rich Razzleberry

Ribbon:  3/8" Seam Binding in Very Vanilla

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

Walk in the Wild Birthday

Today's card is one of my masculine cards for this month's stamp a stack.  I used The Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge to help me out with the sketch.  Seems like I need all the help I can get lately! 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Walk in the Wild, Lovely as a Tree 

& Wetlands

Card Stock:  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Chocolate Chip & Crumb Cake

Embossing Folder:  Woodgrain

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

Framelits:  Ovals Collection

Sponges

 

Gorgeous Grunge Christmas

It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge card.  I went a little different than normal using Christmas ornaments with the gorgeous grunge streaks underneath.  I guess it's a pretty clean and simple card for this week's challenge. :)  Don't forget to check out what the other Red Hot Stampers made over at the Red Hot Stampers' blog HERE.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets: Ornament Keepsakes, Gorgeous Grunge

& Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Elegant Eggplant & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Elegant Eggplant & Perfect Plum

Framelits:  Holiday Ornaments

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges

French Foliage

Well, I couldn't resist...I had to use a retired fall set.  I love the set French Foliage and used it for a couple of challenges today.  My colors come from the Color Throwdown challenge and the sketch is from Mojo Monday.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  French Foliage

Card Stock:  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake,

Baja Breeze (retired) & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake,

Cajun Craze & Baja Breeze (retired)

Soft Snowflakes

Today is very exciting for me...I've joined the Try Stampin' on Tuesday team, and I'm happy to share my first card with you as a designer!  I've seen a lot of Christmas cards out there already and thought I'd pull out one of my favorite sets from last year and use it ~ Snowflake Soiree.  Since I had a window sheets packet sitting around unopened I decided to give them a try too.  I ended up embossing white snowflakes on a small piece of window sheet layered on the front over pool party card stock. Then I also stamped and embossed a few more on the front part of the card where it's just clear and the "love you" under the ribbon.  The Circles are attached to the pool party card stock underneath the window sheets.  I found out how quickly and easily we can hide where we attach our layers and ribbons, etc. when using regular card stock.  I had to be a little creative in a few spots with this card! 

Just a couple more pics so you can see the card at different angles and not just straight on. :)

Pop on over to the Try Stampin' on Tuesday blog HERE and play along if you get a chance. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Snowflake Soiree & Express Yourself

Card Stock:  Pool Party & Whisper White

Window Sheets

Versa Mark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  White

Punches:  1/2" Circle, 3/4" Circle, 

1" Circle, 1 3/4" Circle

Framelits:  Circle Collection (1 1/2")

Ribbon:  5/8" Organza in Whisper White

Regal Rose

It seems like I'm in a flower making mood the past couple of days.  Maybe it's because I know before long they'll be gone, and I want to enjoy the last little bit of my flowers outdoors while I can.  And that just puts me in the mood to make them...who knows. lol  Since I wanted to make a rose I thought the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge was the perfect sketch to put it on.  I also used the ColourQ Challenge for my card's colors.  They were definitely a challenge for me and I wanted to see what I could come up with using them.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Express Yourself

Card Stock:  Basic Gray, Regal Rose (retired) & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Island Indigo, Basic Gray,

Raspberry Ripple & Regal Rose (retired)

Embossing Folders:  Perfect Polka Dots & Fancy Fan

Simply Scored Scored Tool

Sponges