TCC131 Woodland Nursery

Hi Friends!

Welcome to The Card Concept #131 {Woodland Nursery} Challenge!   

I just love the sweet animal images on this inspiration photo, don’t you?  I do not have a need for many baby cards but I wanted to create a few for my “stash” (most of mine are now for the grandparents versus the parents since my age group is no longer having babies, lol!).

I had purchased this Bo Bunny set over a year ago and thought it would be perfect for this challenge.  I am still working on the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenges and used the SC777 Sketch for the layout.

I am also playing along with the 2 Crafty Critters Crazies #36 “Anything Goes” Challenge and the Alphabet“Something for Youngsters” Challenge.

I had fun creating this card:

De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool.  Position the animal stamp images into a MISTI™ stamping tool (or use an acrylic block), ink with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, stamp onto the prepared cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool. 

Once the embossing has cooled, watercolor the images using watercolor pencils and water-based markers.  Layer onto black cardstock, fussy-cut and set aside.

Die cut the square openings on a piece of gray cardstock and emboss with a woodgrain embossing folder.

Mount the embossed/die cut panel onto a piece of white cardstock.  Mount the entire panel onto a piece of black cardstock before adhering to the white card base.

Heat emboss the sentiments images (Baby Zoo- Altenew) onto black cardstock with white embossing powder, trim and mount onto the card front using dimensional foam (or, I prefer, scrap pieces of chipboard).

Add the animal images (also with chipboard or dimensional foam).

Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to their cheeks and finish off the card with a few silver sequins.

Stamp Sets:  Forest Friends (Bo Bunny), Baby Zoo (Altenew)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Smoky Slate Flirty Flamingo, Dusty Durango; Derwent™ Watercolor Pencils; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black (both Stampin’ Up!), misc. gray patterned paper from my stash

Tools/Accessories: Gemini, Jr™, MFT Stitched Square STAX Dies, Embossing Buddy®, Clear & White Embossing Powder, retired Woodgrain Embossing Folder (Stampin’ Up!), Heat Tool, Silver Sequins

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by!  I hope I have inspired you to create your own card based on our {Woodland Nursery} photo and link up to our gallery at The Card Concept- we would love to see what inspired you! The challenge is open until Monday, March 30^th  at noon EDT. 

TCC95 And Baby Makes Three!

Hi Friends!

It’s time for the #95{Owl Cherish Our Friendship} Challenge at The Card Concept!

Isn’t this a cute photo?  The owls look adorable as well as the wonderful colors and patterns and I was inspired to create a Clean and Layered Mixed Media card using the retired Stampin’ Up! sets- Baby, We’ve Grown and Cuddles & Kisses.

 

I have owned these sets for a few years but had never inked up the images for this card.  So many stamps and so little time- lol!!

I used the TGIF Challenges #163 Sketch Challenge for the layout and am also participating with the Retro Rubber #88 “Anything Goes” Challenge (both stamp sets are several years old).

Just a reminder that The Card Concept is a bi-weekly challenge that has an inspiration photo along with a suggestion of design styles that you can choose from to create your card- Clean and Simple, Clean and Graphic, Clean and Layered, Shabby Chic, Freestyle Collage, Classy and Elegant and Mixed Media (or you can combine several styles for your own style).

If you have not had a chance to visit us at The Card Concept or visit the other challenge sites yet, I hope you will find time to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Ink the owl image from Baby, We’ve Grown with archival black ink, stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool. Once the embossing has cooled, use Stampin’ Write Markers to color the image (the colors I used are listed below in the card recipe).  

2). Die cut the owl panel with a rectangle die and using the same die, die cut another rectangle from Lemon Lime Twist cardstock.  Layer both panels onto Rich Razzleberry cardstock and trim close to the edge.

3). Die cut a piece of designer paper with a stitched rectangle die (I used a piece from my stash and I am not sure of the manufacturer).  Mount onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock.  Adhere the entire panel to a white card front.

4). Die cut two banners from designer paper (this piece was from the retired SU! Razzleberry Lemonade DSP) with a stitched jumbo fishtail banner die.  Mount the banners directly onto the card front and add the Lemon Lime Twist panel on an angle (per the sketch).  Mount the owl image panel with dimensional foam.

5). Stamp the sentiment from Cuddles & Kisses with archival black ink onto a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Trim the panel and create the flag banner with the retired SU! Hexagon Punch.  Mount onto Rich Razzleberry cardstock and repeat the flag banner ends with the punch.

6).  Mount the sentiment onto the card front (using dimensional foam on the top half) and add the retired button (I used a slim piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock as “thread”). 

7). Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the owls.  Finish off the card with a few iridescent sequins and Nuvo™ Morning Dew Crystal Drops to the owl’s eyes (hard to see the shimmer and the dimension on the eyes in the photo- sorry).

Stamp Sets: Baby, We’ve Grown, Cuddles & Kisses (retired Stampin’ Up!)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Lemon Lime Twist, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Sky, Tangerine Tango; Spectrum Noir™Clear Glitter Pen, Nuvo™ Morning Dew Crystal Drops

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, retired Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper (all Stampin’ Up!), misc dsp from my stash

Tools/Accessories:  Big Shot™, My Favorite Things™ Dies- A2 Stitched Rectangles STAX Set 2, Jumbo Stitched Fishtail Banner STAX (retired); retired SU! Button, sequins from my stash

Thanks for taking the time to visit! I hope I have inspired you to create your own card based on our {Owl Cherish Our Friendship} photo and link up to our galleryat The Card Concept- we would love to see your interpretation!!

SC685 Welcome Sweet Baby

Hi Friends!

It’s time for the weekly sketch at Splitcoaststampers! 

Carey is our #SC685 sketch designer this week and I decided to create a baby card for my stash using Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.

I am also incorporating the International Art & Soul #27 “Use Stuff You Already Own” Challenge (all of the paper and embellishments retired years ago), the Alphabet Challenge “X for Xtra Special Occasion” Challenge and the Retro Rubber #80 “Dotty for You” Challenge (both stamp sets are over a  year old- Little One 2015, Precious Poppies 2013).

If you have not had a chance to visit the Splitcoaststampers’ Sketch gallery or other challenge sites yet, I hope you will do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool. Ink the carriage image and sentiment from Little One with Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink and stamp onto the cardstock.  Apply clear embossing powder and heat set with the heat tool.

2). Once the embossing has cooled, fussy cut the carriage and die cut the sentiment with a flag banner die.  Use a water-based marker to color the carriage (I also used distress inks and once dry, added picket fence distress stain to tone down the color and finished off with a clear glitter pen).

3). Die cut the designer series paper with a stitched rectangle die and create the little triangle with a stitched strip die (cutting on the diagonal per the sketch).  Mount the designer papers onto a piece of chocolate cardstock and add a scrap strip of chocolate cardstock over the seam before mounting the triangular shape.  

4). De-static the lower right hand corner, stamp the sentiment from Precious Poppies with embossing ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder.  Trim the panel and adhere to the white card base.

5). Die cut white cardstock with a doily die, position as per the sketch and trim off the excess doily (again, per the sketch).  Mount the doily onto the card front and adhere the fussy-cut carriage with dimensional foam.

6). Mount the sentiment onto chocolate cardstock, trim close to the edge and mount onto the card front with dimensional foam.

7). Create the triple ribbon bow from chocolate satin ribbon, adhere to the card front (I used hot glue) and add the corduroy brad (remove the brad points) to the center.

8). Add pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Little One, Precious Poppies (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Versamark™; Stampin’ Write Baja Breeze abd Soft Sky Markers; Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and Picket Fence Distress Stain; Spectrum Noir™ Glitter Pen

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip; retired Parisian Breeze Specialty Designer Series Paper (Stampin’ Up!)

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, MFT A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 1, MFT Fishtail Banner STAX Dies, Whimsy Stamps Doodled Doily Die, Embossing Buddy®, Clear and White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, AquaPainter™, 5/8” Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, Soft Sky Corduroy Brad, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to visit! If you have a chance, we would love for you to join us at Splitcoaststampers for this week’s sketch challenge!  Hugs and I hope all of you have a great week, sweet friends!

TCC78 Hello Baby

Hi Friends!!

Woohoo! It’s time for the new #78 Pastel Party Photo Inspiration Challenge at The Card Concept!

I just love all of the fun pastel colors, the sweet stuffed animals and the cat figurine and plate in this sweet inspiration photo that Lesley found for us! I decided to use the new Stampin’ Up! Cat Punch and Quilt Builder Framelit™ Dies to create my Freestyle Collage/Shabby Chic card.

I also incorporated the As You See It #158 "Doily Dreams" Sketch Challenge and the Joy of Sets #006 -“Letter T” Challenge into the design (I used Teeny Tiny Wishes).

If you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you will find the time to check out the rest of the wonderful Design Team cards at The Card Concept as well as the entries at the other challenge sites- fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Trim a piece of Whisper White cardstock, mount onto a piece of Pool Party cardstock, trim again and mount onto a piece of Pink Pirouette cardstock. Mount the entire panel to the Extra Thick Whisper White card base.

2). Die cut a piece of Pool Party cardstock with a stitched rectangle die and mount onto the card front.

3). Create the quilt block using the new Quilt Builder Framelits™- I used retired Stampin’ Up! designer papers- Crushed Curry (from an old hostess pack), Pool Party and Pink Pirouette along with Whisper White cardstock.  I cut four of the quilt dies and pieced all four onto squares of coordinating cardstock (for this card I used Whisper White as the frame and base).  Add a white tea lace doily behind the quilt and adhere the strip of retired Pool Party ¼” stitched satin ribbon with the pink button embellishment.  Mount the entire quilt assembly onto the card front with dimensional foam.

4). Use the Cat Punch to punch out three cats- one from Pink Pirouette cardstock and two from Whisper White cardstock.  Layer the pieces together and mount onto the card front with dimensional foam.

5). Ink the “Hello Babby” sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes with archival black ink, stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and create the fishtail banner with the retired Hexagon Punch (or by hand).  Mount the sentiment onto piece of Pink Pirouette cardstock (allowing just the end to peek out), tuck the end under the Cat Punch and adhere to the card front with dimensional foam.

Stamp Sets:  Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Extra Thick Whisper White, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette; retired DSP- Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Big Shot™, Quilt Builder Framelits™ , Cat Punch, MFT Stitched Rectangle STAX Dies, White Tea Lace Doily, ¼” Pool Party Stitched Satin Ribbon, Pink Pirouette button, Hemp Twine

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by!  I hope I have inspired you today and that you will be able to join us for the #78“Pastel Party” Challenge at The Card Concept! 

Welcome Little Miss Croghan Blog Hop

Hi Friends!

Today is a special day- Lesley and Corey Croghan are expecting their first child, a baby girl and we are having a "Welcome Little Miss Croghan" blog hop in her honor!! Lesley is not only a wonderful person, wife, friend and card designer, but she is also the creator of many card challenge blog sites !! She truly is an inspiration to all of us! 

I have known Lesley for several years now and started off Guest Designing on The Paper Players, become a regular designer on the Dynamic Duos DT and am currently designing on The Card Concept DT.  She is very supportive and encouraging- such a joy to know and I am so thrilled to be able to be part of the “Little Miss Croghan” Blog Hop!  Congratulations Lesley and Corey!!

Since I love to participate in online challenges, I incorporated the Splitcoaststampers'CC594 Color Challenge along with the SC633 Sketch Challenge and the Simon Says Wednesday "Use More than One Die or Punch" Challenge into my "Welcome Baby" card for Lesley.  

If you have any questions on how to create this card, please let me know.  We are hoping that you will take a moment to hop along with all of us and you can see the rest of the cards in the blog hop here.

  

Stamp Sets: Welcome Baby (SugarPea Designs)

Ink/Mediums: Watermelon Wonder, Pear Pizzazz, Peekaboo Peach

Paper: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Peekaboo Peach, Watermelon Wonder

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, Quilt and Polka Dot Embossing Folders, MFT Stitched Rectangles and Circle STAX Dies, MFT Horizontal Strip Dies,  MFT Blueprints Dies, Pierced Star Die (retired Whimsy Stamps), Rhinestones

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and I hope you have a great week!

SUO155 Cute and Cuddly- Made with Love

 Hi Friends! 

It’s time for the SUO155 “Cute and Cuddly” Challenge at SU-Only Challenges! There are so many fun stamp sets that could be used for this challenge so I decided to ink up “Made with Love” and create a Clean and Simple (CAS) baby card- babies are cute and cuddly, right :-)?  Plus I think that the sweet little animal images in this set are adorable:-)

I did a bit of stamping surgery (gasp! I cut off the sentiments from each of the animal images) before creating this card and incorporated the Pals Paper Arts PPA313 Color Challenge into the design.

I hope you will stop by the SU-Only Challenge site to check out the rest of the Design Team projects as well as the Pals Paper Arts gallery- fabulous inspiration from all!

This card was very easy to create:

Ink the cute little rabbit, cat and deer image from Made with Love using Stampin’ Archival Basic Black ink, stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Color the images with Stampin’ Write Markers- Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Tip Top Taupe.  Add a few highlights with the White Gel Pen to the eyes ad spots on the deer.

Cut each image out using the Big Shot™ with the Tags and Labels Framelits™ and also cut three of the coordinating larger tag from Flirty Flamingo cardstock for layering.

Layer the image tags onto the Flirty Flamingo Tags and add a Pearl at the top of each tag.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Peekaboo Peach cardstock, trim in half and layer onto a piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock.

Stamp the sentiment onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock using Stampin’ Archival Basic Black ink and layer at the top of the Flirty Flamingo panel.

Stamp the little heart from Made with Love using Tip Top Taupe ink onto a scrap piece of Tip Top Taupe cardstock, add the Delicate White Doily (cut in half and layered) to the card front and use the stamped Tip Top Taupe layer to cover the cut edges.

Add the cute little animal image tags to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Made with Love

Ink: Stampin’ Archival Pad™- Basic Black, Tip Top Taupe; Stampin’ Write Markers- Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Tip Top Taupe; White Gel Pen

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Tip Top Taupe

Tools/Accessories: Big Shot™, Tags and Labels Framelits™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Delicate White Doily, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by and we hope to see your Stampin’ Up! Only project in our “Cute and Cuddly” Challenge gallery!

Hello Baby- Zoo Babies for a Color and Sketch Challenge

Hi Again Stampers!!

Here is the final card that I designed Friday evening using the Create with Connie and Mary CCMC335 Thursday Sketch Challenge along with the Splitcoaststampers’ CC518 Color Challenge (see details here and gallery here).  

Again, if you have not already done so, I hope you will find the time to visit the above challenge sites to check out the wonderful Design Team samples as well as the inspiration from their galleries!

To create this card:

Using Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink, stamp the giraffe image from Zoo Babies onto Whisper White cardstock. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Ovals Collections Framelits™ to cut out the image along with another oval from Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock.

Cut the Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock oval in half and layer behind the giraffe image.

Use the Big Shot™ to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Alphabet Press Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock,  trim again and mount onto the Coastal Cabana card base.

Use the 1” Square Punch to punch out the pieces from Lullaby Designer Series Paper (DSP) and alternately mount onto a piece of Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock.

Trim the paper pieced panel, mount onto the card front and add the oval focal image using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Create the paper bow from Coastal Cabana cardstock using the Bow Builder Punch and mount the bow to the card front.

Stamp the sentiment using Coastal Cabana Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, punch out using the Word Window Punch and punch another Word Window shape using Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock.

Split the Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock Word Window piece in half and mount behind the sentiment.

Add to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Zoo Babies

Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana

Paper: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe; Lullaby DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Alphabet Press Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Oval Collection Framelits™, Punches- Bow Builder and Word Window; Pearls

Thanks again for visiting- have a terrific Sunday, my friends!