Thank You- A Clean and Layered Card for Two Challenges :-)

Hi Again Stampers!

I wanted to create another card this weekend and decided to play along with the CMCC46 Colour Me! Challenge along with the CCC49 Catherine and Cathy Thankful Challenge.

Again, I hope you will find the time to visit both sites to see the wonderful Design Team cards as well as their fantastic galleries! 

I used quite a few of my scraps to create this Clean and Layered (CAL) card:

Ink the sentiment from the retired set, Short & Sweet using Night of Navy Classic Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.  Create the banner ends using a Hexagon Punch and mount onto Night of Navy cardstock, creating banners as well with the Hexagon Punch.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Wplus9 Studio Maple Leaf Die to cut the maple leaf from the retired Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper (DSP). Set the leaf aside for future use and punch out the negative using the 2 ½” Circle Punch.

Punch another 2 ½” circle punch from Night of Navy DSP and two circles from Night of Navy cardstock.  Layer the Night of Navy DSP behind the maple leaf die cut.

Layer the two Night of Navy cardstock circles together to create a frame and mount the maple die cut image onto the layered circles. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Adorning Accents Edgelit™ to cut a piece of Whisper White and Tangerine Tangelo Twist cardstock. 

Use the Big Shot™ to emboss both pieces along the cut edge with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Begin the layering process- layer the two embossed pieces onto a piece of Night of Navy DSP, trim and mount onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Tangelo Twist cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock, trim and mount onto the Whisper White card base.

Add a small strip of Night of Navy across the top of the embossed/die cut Whisper White layer and a larger strip of Night of Navy cardstock to the center of the panel. 

Add the Retro Fresh Washi Tape over the larger strip in the center.

Mount the focal image using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the retired Sycamore Street Designer Button to the center of the leaf (with a small strip of Night of Navy to mimic thread).

Add the sentiment with Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Short & Sweet

Ink: Night of Navy

Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Tangelo Twist; retired Night of Navy, Sweater Weather DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Adorning Accents Edgelit™, retired Sycamore Street Designer Button, Punches- 2 ½” Circle, Hexagon; Retro Fresh Washi Tape

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a marvelous Monday!!

Seahorse Thinking of You - Another Color and Sketch Challenge

Hi Stampers! 

Here is a card that I created using the CCMC312 Color Challenge along with the SC497Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge. 

 

I hope you will find the time to visit both challenge sites- great inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Ink the script stamp from By the Tide using Sahara Sand Classic Ink and stamp repeatedly onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  

Stamp the seahorse from By The Tide over the script using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock. 

Stamp another seahorse onto a sticky note (or scrap paper) to create a mask, mask the image that you stamped on the Whisper White cardstock.  Ink the coral stamp from By the Tide using Hello Honey Classic Ink and stamp over the masked seahorse image.

 Ink the Nantucket stamp from By The Tide using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink and stamp off onto scrap paper before stamping onto the cardstock.

Add a bit of distressing using the Gorgeous Grunge splatter stamp with Sahara Sand Classic Ink.  

Use the Big Shot™ with the Window Frames Collection Framelits™ to cut out the image along with the same size window from a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock.

Cut the Blackberry Bliss window framelit™ in half and layer behind the seahorse image.  

Use a Sponge Dauber to lightly sponge Hello Honey Classic Ink around the edges- oops!  I had to do this step since I accidentally had some ink from coloring a white button (that I decided not to use) and had a few yellow smudges on the outside of image- duh! :-) 

Ink the World Map background stamp using Sahara Sand Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Sahara Sand cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock, trim and mount  onto the Whisper White card base.

Use the Big Shot™ with the retired Adorning Accent Edgelit™ and cut a piece of the Moonlight Designer Series Paper (DSP) along with a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. 

Trim the Moonlight panel and mount onto the Blackberry Bliss layer.  Sponge a bit of Hello Honey Classic Ink around the edges as well :-)

Add the 3/8” Hello Honey Stitched Satin Ribbon bow to the center and adhere the layered seahorse image per the sketch.

Ink the sentiment using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink and stamp along the bottom.

Color the Pearls using the Dark Daffodil Delight Blendabilities™ marker and add to the lower portion of the DSP layer to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: By The Tide, World Map, Gorgeous Grunge,  Kind and Caring Thoughts (retired hostess set)

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Sahara Sand

Paper: Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Sahara Sand, Moonlight DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Window Frames Collection Framelits™, Adorning Accents Edgelits™ (retired),  3/8” Hello Honey Stitched Satin Ribbon, Sponge Dauber, Sticky Note or Mask,  Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a great week!

Bonjour, My Friend- A Monochromatic Color Challenge

Hi Again Stampers! 

I decided to stay up again until the wee hours and create a card for the DD63 Dynamic Duos ColorChallenge (I know I should be sleeping but I seem to be more creative in very late at night :-)))…

If you have a chance, check out the Dynamic Duos site- so many cards created with just the two colors-it is amazing!!

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ and emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock using the Pretty Print Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.  

Trim to size and adhere to a piece of Garden Green cardstock.

Stamp the outline solid leaves from Gently Falling onto sticky notes and carefully cut out.  Using Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink, stamp the solid leaves onto Whisper White, masking as you stamp. 

Ink the outline leaf images using Garden Green and stamp/mask over the images creating the border.  Carefully cut out the border and adhere to the embossed panel.  

Add the Pear Pizzazz brads in the upper right hand corner and adhere the entire panel onto a layer of Whisper White and Garden Green cardstock.

Stamp the sentiment onto Whisper White cardstock using Garden Green Classic Ink and cut out using the Big Shot™ with the Adorning Accents Edgelit™.  Emboss with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, trim to size, add the Pear Pizzazz ½” Seam Binding Triple Ribbon Bow along with the Garden Green border strip at the bottom.

Mount the sentiment to the lower portion of the card front to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Gently Falling, My Friend (French- Chere Amie)

Ink: Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Garden Green

Accessories: Big Shot™,  Pretty Print and Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Adorning Accents Edgelit™, ½” Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding Ribbon, Brads (retired)

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a wonderful Thursday!!

Happy Birthday Wishes- Three in One (well almost:-))

Hi Stampers! 

This has been a busy week again, but I wanted to take a moment to relax in my craft room and create a card.  I decided to use what I thought were the Just Add Ink JAI154 Colors (accidentally used Summer Starfruit versus So Saffron, I hope this will be OK:-)) along with the FMS73 Freshly Made Sketch and the theme of Birthday from Shop Our Stash Challenge #89 ( a new challenge blog for me).

Again, I hope you will take the time to visit each site and check out their great Design Team projects as well as all of other Challenge entries- so much inspiration- just love our craft!!

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the retired Finial Press Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Midnight Muse cardstock.  Using the Adorning Accents Edgelit™ cut the edge of the embossed Midnight Muse and a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Emboss the edge of the Whisper White with the matching Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder. 

Ink the Sunflower background stamp with Midnight Muse Classic Ink and stamp onto Summer Starfruit cardstock.  Carefully cut out the Sunflower image and adhere to a piece of Whisper White cardstock that has been stamped with the En Francais background stamp using Midnight Muse Classic Ink. 

Stamp a piece of Summer Starfruit with the En Francais stamp as well for the bottom portion of the card.

Stamp the Birthday Medallion from the retired set, Happiest Birthday Wishes and punch out with the 1 ¾” Scallop Circle Punch.  Add with SU! Dimensions , add the Summer Starfruit banner (crimped with The Paper Crimper), triple satin stitched bow and pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Sunflower (background), En Francais (background), Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)

Cardstock: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White

Ink:  Midnight Muse

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Adorning Accents and Finial Press (retired) Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Adorning Accents Edgelits™ Die, 1 ¾” Scallop Punch, 1” Square Punch (for banner), Crimper Tool, Pearls, 3/8" Midnight Muse Satin Stitched Ribbon

Thanks again for stopping by- have a great weekend!

CQC159 Always Thankful- A More Masculine Card

Hi Stampers!

What another wonderful fall week here on the East Coast!!  After a long week at work, I finally had a chance to spend some time creating a card for this week’s CQC159 ColourQ Challenge.  If you have not had the chance, check out the Design Team samples as well as the other entries- terrific examples of how one set of colors can be designed in so many different ways.

There are a lot of changes happening at my office (our company is relocating our office to a different state) and quite a few of us will not be making the long commute each day.  This week will be the last week for one co-worker- he is starting a new job next week and I struggled trying to locate a masculine card in my stash for him (I need to create more masculine cards)!!

I thought that this week's colors would be great for a masculine card so I chose to create a one to help fill in the gaps of my card "inventory" :-).

To create this card:

Using the “D” Acrylic Block, ink with Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.  Mask the white areas around the block stamped image using a sticky note or cardstock and stamp the feather images within the block image using Only Orange, Tangerine Tango and Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink.

Remove the masks and de-static the stamped images using the Embossing Buddy®.  Stamp the long feathers using Versamark™ ink and heat emboss with Basic Black Stampin’ Emboss® Embossing Powder. Trim around the edges cutting around the large feathers, attach the stamped sentiment below (layered onto an XL Oval Punch from Basic Black cardstock).  FYI- Originally I was trying to create a one layer card with this technique but I did I forgot to de-static the card when I stamped the sentiment, therefore I had to trim and layer- see now you know all of my secrets!! :-)

Close-Up of Collage (Acrylic Block Technique)

Use the Big Shot™ to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and a piece of Basic Black cardstock using the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.  Ink the interior smooth edge of the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder with Tangerine Tango Classic Ink and emboss a piece of Tangerine Tango Cardstock. 

Cut the Whisper White embossed piece with an Oval Framelit™ or Ovals Original™ Die and the Tangerine Tango embossed piece along the bottom edge with the Adorning Accents Edgelits™ Die (to mirror the oval in the sentiment and along the side).

Punch a circle from the scrap of the Tangerine Tango embossed panel using the 1 3/8” Circle Punch and assemble all of the panels onto a Whisper White cardstock layer (I split the Basic Black background layer for additional interest and added the strips of embossed Basic Black from the strip left from the "split").

Stamp Sets: Always Thankful, Soft As A Feather (both retired)

Ink: Versamark™, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, retired Pear Pizzazz and Only Orange

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Lacy Brocade and Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Adorning Accents Framelits™ Die, Sizzix™ Ovals Framelits™,  Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® Basic Black Embossing Powder, Acrylic Block ‘D’,  XL Ovals and 1 3/8” Circle Punches

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a wonderful week and find some time to relax and stamp!!

CQC151 Full of Blessings

Hi Stampers!

I decided to create a card this evening and with fall on the horizon here on the East Coast, I chose to use the CQC151 ColourQ colors- they seemed so "fall-like" to me.

This is another quick, easy CAS card:

Use Basic Black Classic Ink to stamp the focal image onto Whisper White cardstock.  Watercolor the image with the Aqua Painter (I used the ink from the Tempting Turquoise and Pumpkin Pie pads) and colored the bird and a few shadows with the Gray Watercolor Pencil.

Center the Apothecary Accents Framelit™ over the image and cut using the Big Shot™.  Cut another piece using Basic Black cardstock and layer behind the watercolored image (I cut the label die piece in half). 

Punch a hole in the corners, attach the 5/8” Black Stain Ribbon and the Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Button Brad (both are retired). 

Layer over Basic Gray Designer Series Paper (retired Hostess Level I pack) and a Whisper White layer cut with the Adorning Accents Edgelit™ and embossed with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder ( stamp the sentiment before adhering to the layers).   Layer a piece of Pumpkin Pie DSP under the Adorning Accents layer and mount onto Basic Black Cardstock.

Add the 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon bow to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Full of Blessings

Ink: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, SU! Gray Watercolor Pencil

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie DSP, Basic Gray DSP (retired Hostess Level I pack)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Apothecary Accents Framelit™ , Adorning Accents Edgelit™ , Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Button Brads (retired), 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon (retired) 

Thanks again for dropping in for a visit- I hope all of you have a blessed week!

Friendship- CAS with Butterflies

Hi Stampers!

While I had the Daydream Jumbo Wheel in my hand, I wanted to create one more Clean and Simple (CAS) card and decided to use the crisp and bright colors in the Create with Connie and Mary CCMC214 ColorChallenge. 

If you have not had the time to visit their site, I would highly recommend it.  The Design Team samples are wonderful and so diverse and the entries are as well.

To create this easy CAS card:

Ink the Daydream Jumbo Wheel using Midnight Muse Classic Ink and stamp or roll onto Whisper White cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Gumball Green Core’dinations Specialty Paper and sand the embossing to expose the lighter core (FYI- just a friendly warning- this paper creates a lot of "fuzz" that you could save and make your own version of flower soft:-)).  

Also with the Big Shot™ cut a piece of Whisper White and Daffodil Delight with the Adorning Accents Edgelits™ and emboss with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Layer the Daydream panel onto Midnight Muse and the embossed curved panels (adding the sentiment before adhering to the Gumball Green embossed background).  

Stamp the butterflies using Midnight Muse Classic Ink onto Whisper White, punch out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and also punch two butterflies from Midnight Muse cardstock (for the shadow layer). 

Add the butterflies to the panel, the ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon triple bow and Rhinestones to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Daydream Jumbo Wheel, Best of Everything

Cardstock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Midnight Muse, Gumball Green Core’dinations Specialty Paper

Ink: Midnight Muse

Accessories: Big Shot™, Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders- Fancy Fan and Adorning Accents, Adorning Accents Edgelit™,  Large Oval Punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Rhinestones, ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon

Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope you like this card- have fun stamping this week and God Bless!