St. Patrick's Day

Today's card is made for Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge #42.  I must admit this has been my hardest challenge yet!  First, I didn't have any St. Patrick's Day stamps and needed to borrow a few from a friend (Thanks Christy!), and second, I've never made a card for this holiday before.  At least the colors were simple...green and white. ;)  I did manage to stamp Happy St. Patrick's Day on the ribbon, but it doesn't show up as much as I had hoped.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Lucky Shamrock & Go Green (retired)

Card Stock:  Wild Wasabi & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Wild Wasabi

Big Shot Embossing Folders:  Perfect Polka Dots & Square Lattice

Punches:  Full Heart, Small Heart & 1 3/4" Scallop Circle

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Whisper White

Lightning McQueen

Happy Birthday, Andrew!  Last Thursday was my nephew's birthday, but they celebrated it yesterday with grandparents and a great-grandma.  A few weeks ago I made Mator for his brother, and said I would make Lightning McQueen for him. 

Just like Mator, this card was a LOT of work, but so worth it!  I did a lot of cutting and re-cutting to come up with something I was happy with.  As usual I always want to give credit where credit is due.  I got the idea for this from Julia Rae Brokhoff.  Thank you Julia!       

Carnation Birthday Card

Well, I must admit I love my laptop and the power cord decided to die on me the other day...ugg.  Well, I guess my desktop is going to have to do until I get my new adapter...after I figure out everything on here because it's just not the same!  Today's card is one my son and I made for his girlfriend's b-day.  He said it had to have blue and her favorite flower is a carnation.  Nothing like asking me at the last minute...well around twenty-five minutes to be exact.  I jumped on the computer and Googled images of Stampin' Up carnations.  I came across this lady's blog here (thanks, Marie!), and we were able to whip up a nice card in no time!  I know I'm going to be trying this flower again!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Marina Mist

Punches:  Scallop Circle & Modern Label
Big shot Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots
Jewels:  Basic Pearls
Crimper for leaves

For You ~ Silhouette Sentiments

Today's card is one I made with colors I haven't used before, but have seen together and really liked.  I got the layout from SCCSC Sketch Challenge on Stampin' Connection.  I didn't even know it was out there until yesterday when I saw someones card with the challenge listed.  This challenge is really nice because it has all the card layouts listed in one place and you can click on each one and check them out pretty quickly.  If you are a Stampin' Up Demonstrator on Stampin' Connection you can click here to see the list of sketches.

If you want to see this sketch challenge and all the samples click here.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Silhouette Sentiments

Card Stock:  Crumb Cake, Soft Suede & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Crumb Cake & Soft Suede

Punch:  1 3/8" x 5/8" Oval

Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

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

Mojo Monday Challenge 180

Today I made a card for Mojo Monday Challenge 180.  I don't think I've ever made a round card before, so I figured it was time I give it a try!  I wasn't sure what to do at first because I've made so many fancy, feminine cards lately I wanted to take a short break from them.   After taking a minute to look at the sample, the idea of using the smaller circle as the moon popped into my mind...and of course, I had to use my sponges to create that effect.  So, I got busy, sponged away and this is what I came up with.  Hope you like it.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

 

Stamp Sets:  Lovely as a Tree & On Your Birthday

Card Stock:  Night of Navy, Marina Mist & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Garden Green, Marina Mist, Perfect Plum, 

Rose Red, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie & Daffodil Delight

Punch:  Word Window & 1 1/4" Circle

Big Shot:  Scallop Circle Bigz Die

To create the sponging effect, just start lightly sponging and keep doing it until it's as dark as you would like.  Then start with the next color making sure they overlap to create the blended effect.  I do have one stripe that stands out, but I did that on purpose to try and follow the Mojo sketch having two circles and one rectangle.  

Butterfly Gift Card Holder

Today's post is a gift card holder that I made for a game I play when I hold workshops.  It was pretty simple and quick to make, which is a good thing because I seem to have a hard time keeping up lately!

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Stamp Set:  Flight of the Butterfly

Card Stock:  So Saffron, Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist

 & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  So Saffron, Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi

 & Marina Mist 

Punch:  Butterfly

Ribbon:  1/8" Taffeta in Marina Mist

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Petal Cone Die Box

Today's post is another thing I've been thinking about for a few weeks.  At our last Red Hot Stampers meeting our upline, Glenda, had all of us cut out two of the Petal Cone Dies using any color we wanted, and you guessed it....she asked us  to make something out of it.  For some odd reason I chose Always Artichoke ~ don't ask me why~ and now I needed to figure out what to do with it.  Well, that's where these challenges come to the rescue!  I saw challenge 56 from Hand Stamped Sentiments.  It was all about dies, and that's what I was doing.  So I decided to do a box and put some kind of flower on top... 

...but what color  should I use for my flower?  That's where my next challenge, #41 from Stampin' Celebration helped out.  I love the colors they put out there for us to use.  This challenge has shadowing on the table cloth that makes it appear green and the flowers were just the color I needed to go with Always Artichoke.

Thanks to all the ladies out there who put a lot of time and effort into these challenges for us!

I finally came up with this lovely box.  Not sure what kind of flower I would call it, but I think it looks similar to some pictures I've seen of some dahlias, so I'll go with that. :)  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  Always Artichoke, Rich Razzleberry & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Rich Razzleberry & So Saffron

Big Shot Dies:  Petal Cone & Daisies Flower #2

Punches:  Boho Blossoms & 1/2" Circle

Ribbon:  5/8" Grosgrain in Rich Razzleberry

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

I sponged the daisies with Rich Razzleberry and So Saffron then attached the three layers of the large daisy to each other and curled each layer to my liking.  I repeated the same step with two layers of the medium daisies and one layer of the small daisy. I attached it to the box with velcro, so it's relatively easy on and off.

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

Because I Care

Today's card was made for a new friend and fellow demonstrator who is going to be sending the birthday cards she receives to servicemen and woman overseas to send to back to their loved ones.  I've read about this quite a bit lately and am glad I have a chance to participate.  Click here if you'd like to read about what she's doing.

Stamp Set:  Because I Care & On Your Birthday

Card Stock:  Perfect Plum, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Perfect Plum & Certainly Celery

Punch:  Scallop Trim Border & Modern Label

Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Baby Buggy

Today I have a 3x3 card for a baby shower that's coming up soon.  What color do you make the card when you don't know if it's a boy or girl?  A mixture like this.  The green and yellow just didn't seem to be working out, so I put just a touch of each color in with a lot of white!  

Card Stock:  Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Certainly Celery and Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Certainly Celery & Bashful Blue
Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots
Punches:  Scallop Trim Border & 1/2" Circle
All other circles were cut with a circle cutter and the handle cut by hand

Lovely as a Tree

Well, I'm a little slow getting this card out today, but that's life sometimes.  I'm just glad things have been cancelled around here because of the snow and ice, giving me a chance to have a day of stamping all to myself...well, at least half of a day. :)  Today I'm doing a masculine card for the Mojo Monday challenge.  I can't say it's as pretty as what I normally make, but I'm getting a little low on guy cards and need to build up my supply.  I think I need to start building up a supply of new masculine stamp sets too! 



Thanks for looking!

Stamp Set:  Lovely as a Tree
Card Stock:  Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler & Very Vanilla
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Old Olive, Chocolate Chip & Cherry Cobbler
Punches:  Modern Label & Word Window
Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice

Blossom Petals

Today's card is a challenge from my upline, Glenda.  She challenged us to pick a card or scrapbook page from the Idea Book & Catalog or the Mini Catalog and copy it using a different stamp set, ink colors etc.  I picked a card on page 155 from the Idea Book & Catalog and this is what I came up with.  

Thanks for looking and have a blessed Sunday.


Stamp Set:  Because I Care
Card Stock:  Rich Razzleberry, Garden Green & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Rich Razzleberry
Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper
Punch:  Blossom Petals XL
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist
Sponge (for flower petals) & Crimper (for leaves)

Spring Daisies

Can you tell I'm thinking spring lately with the cards I've been making?  Seems like all my cards have flowers of some sort or another lately. :)  Today I made a card for two different challenges. 

 Stamping411 Challenge 191 gave me the sketch to work with and Stampin' Celebration Challenge #40 gave me the colors.  

I'll admit I had a hard time trying to get the right balance with the colors at first, but I really like how the card turned out. :)  
Thanks for looking and have a great day!



Card Stock:  Daffodil Delight, Garden Green & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Real Red & Daffodil Delight
Punch:  Modern Label
Big Shot:   Embossing Folder Perfect Polka Dots & Flowers Daisies #2
Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Real Red
Crimper for leaves

Because I Care ~ Mojo Monday

If you checked out my blog post yesterday, you can see that I used the same stamp set and colors for my Mojo Monday card as I did for Stamping 411.  I always like to make at least two cards when I'm stamping.  I either make them identical or similar...it's just easier to do that.  After all, you already have the beginning of a card started for a second one once you've cut the first!



Lately as I've been checking out other ladies' cards on sketch challenges, I found I was coming across one lady's cards/blog quite a bit...Kasey, from Kasey's Craft Corner.  I guess I just really like her style of cards! :) Anyway, one of her cards showed instructions on putting a scalloped border under ovals and circles.  I was seeing that quite a bit and wondering how it was done.  Now that I figured out how to do it I figured Mojo Monday's card sketch challenge was the perfect time to give it a try.  Maybe a lot of you already know this trick, but I didn't.  If not and you would like to see how it's done click here, check out her card, scroll down and it will bring you to her instructions.  Thanks Kasey! 

Stamp Set:  Because I Care

Card Stock:  Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Perfect Plum & Certainly Celery

Punch:  Scallop Trim Border

Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper

Ribbon:  5/8" Satin in Certainly Celery

Jewels:  Basic Rhinestones

Thinking of You

I needed a sympathy card and decided to use the stamping 411 sketch challenge to help me out...again!  I love how ideas can come together so easily with just a little bit of help.

I used the hostess set Because I Care.  I think this is one of my favorite sets because I seem to be using it all the time!

Stamp Set:  Because I Care

Card Stock:  Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Perfect Plum & Certainly Celery

Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper

Ribbon:  1/8" Taffeta in Certainly Celery

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Mator

Happy Birthday to my nephew, Thomas.  He had his b-day yesterday and I needed something he would like.  This is a total case from Julia Rae Brokhoff.  I don't know how she came up with this, but I'm so glad she did!  For those of you who are Stampin' Up! Demonstrators you can view her card here.

Nope, I'm not even going to try and put the recipe down here!  All I'll say is it was a lot of work, but worth it!
Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Final Valentine for 2011

Yesterday my daughter asked me to quickly make a valentine card for her best friend who loves owls.  So I pulled out the owl card I made at a Big Shot club with my upline, Glenda, changed the colors to go with Valentine's Day...and this is what I came up with.



Card Stock:  Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Real Red (for sponging)
Big Shot Dies:  Scallop Circle, Scallop Circle #2, Top Note & Birds & Blooms (for eyes and feet)
Punches:  Five Petal Flower (for beak), 1" Circle & 1/2" Circle
5/8" grosgrain ribbon:  Pretty in Pink

Valentine

Well, my son impressed me...  He needed a Valentine's card for his girlfriend and asked me to help him (how many 17 year olds would do that!).  I'll admit I was being pretty lazy and wanted to copy a card exactly like I posted a couple of days ago.  He saw it and said, "I'm not tying any ribbon!".  So all we did was center the hearts and card stock under them, leave out a few of the smaller hearts, and definitely leave off the ribbon.  I told him where to cut, how to use the Big Shot, where to put the adhesive, etc. and I think he made a pretty nice card.  Of course, I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so I did have to make sure everything was just right...and it actually was. :)

Card Stock:  Early Espresso, Real Red, Pretty in Pink & Whisper White

Punches:  Full Heart, Heart to Heart and Small Heart

Big Shot Embosslit Die:  Scalloped Heart of Hearts

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

3X3 Valentines

A few weeks ago my daughter asked me to make Valentines for her daycare kids.  These are the cute 3x3 cards I came up with.  Hope she likes them...I haven't even showed them to her yet! ;)



Card Stock:  Real Red & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Real Read & Basic Black
Punches:  Heart to Heart & Small Heart
Stampin' Pastels & Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint