Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Lovely as a Tree Anniversary

Today's card is the first card I made for Try Stampin' on Tuesday.  I love using blues when I'm doing a winter scene and trying to do just the right shading on the hills.  However I wanted to make another card because I forgot to check the theme.  I could have left it, but wanted to do both the sketch and the theme. :)


I did just a little bit on the inside too.  Sometimes I just like to add pics on the inside so I don't have to write so much (plus it just looks nice).  It's not that I don't like writing notes.  I just don't always know what to say or feel like I'm always writing the same thing in every card. lol


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Lovely as a Tree & Express Yourself
Card Stock:  Night of Navy, Soft Sky & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Night of Navy & Soft Sky
Punch: 1 1/4" Circle
Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer
Sponges

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

TSOT Autumn in the Air

Today is Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge.  I whipped up a card and was happy with it until I realized I forgot to check out the theme!  My card was suited more for winter than for autumn in the air!  So I went back to the drawing board.  I just could NOT come up with something that had those dots!  Well I made them stars on my first card, so I decided to do the same with my second card.  I've been seeing a lot of orange, black and purple cards out there for Halloween too so I decided to go with that color theme for my card and sponge the colors on, then add the stars in the night sky using a gel pen.  As you can see I also rotated this card.  My other one is vertical and I'll have to show it to you some other time this week. :)


Don't forget to check out what the design team made using this sketch at Try Stampin' On Tuesday HERE.  If you're game give it a try and show us what you've made too. :)


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Serene Silhouettes & Express Yourself
Card Stock:  Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Pink Pirouette,
Blushing Bride, Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze & Always Artichoke
StazOn:  Black & Versa Mark
Stampin' Emboss Powder:  White
Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice
uni-ball Signo Gel Pen:  White
Sponges



Monday, September 23, 2013

Pink Birthday Wallet

Just another quick post for you today...a wallet.  A pink wallet at that!  My daughter is a nanny for a couple of kids and she requested that I make a birthday wallet for the girl that she watches.  So being the wonderful mom that I am ;) I made if for her.  





I even made a fake credit card, driver's license and library card.  This time I didn't have to put the money in it though! lol


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Mixed Bunch
Card Stock:  Regal Rose (retired)
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Regal Rose (retired)
Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice
Sponges

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Birthday Poppies

It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge card!  I must say I feel carded out lately and went with something pretty simple.  I used the aqua painter brush and colored in my flowers.  That was the only part that took a little bit of time.  Don't forget to check out what the other Red Hot Stampers made using this same sketch.  Check them out HERE. :)




Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Express Yourself
Card Stock:  Blushing Bride & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral & Pear Pizzazz
Embossing Folder:  Flower Garden
Framelits:  Ovals Collection
Candy Dots:  Subtles
Aqua Pens
Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer


Thursday, September 19, 2013

Dress Up

Another quick post today of one of my September stamp a stack cards.  I've had the Dress Up framelit for a while now and decided it was about time I used it.  I usually see the dress cut out with some sort of DSP which I don't have!  Gasp!  I know, I just never buy it.  So instead I went with classic black and white and used the stamp set Creative Elements for the design on the dress.



Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Creative Elements & Simply Sketched
Card Stock:  Basic Black & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Basic Black
StazOn:  Black
Framelits:  Ovals Collection & Dress Up
Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper (retired)

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

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



Tuesday, September 17, 2013

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