Get Well Wishes for a Color, Sketch and Inspiration Challenge :-)

Hi Stampers!!

I had a chance to stamp in the wee hours this morning and decided to create a card using the Pals Paper Arts PPA262 Color Challenge along with the Just Add Ink JAI274 Inspiration Photo  (I was inspired by the natural elements along with the contrast and bit of green). 

I  also used the FMS198 Sketch Challenge for the layout (but I am too late to link to the actual challenge at FMS :-)). 

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 their fabulous galleries!

This card was fairly easy to create- use a Sponge Dauber to sponge Pool Party and Mint Macaron Classic Ink onto a Chalk Talk label created from Whisper White cardstock.  

Stamp the goose image using  Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto another piece of Whisper White cardstock, color with Tip Top Taupe Classic Ink and Stampin’ Write Markers, fussy cut out the goose and ink the grass only from the goose stamp using a Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker onto the sponged tag. 

Adhere the goose image using Stampin' Dimensionals® onto the tag, layer another Chalk Tag tag from Basic Black cardstock behind the  focal image tag and add the additional white layered tag per the sketch.

Add  a few strips of Basic Black cardstock (I used scraps and punched the ends with the Hexagon Punch) onto the embossed Tip Top Taupe background panel, trim and mount onto Mint  Macaron, trim and mount onto the Basic Black card front.

Use the Bow Builder Punch to create a bow from Basic Black cardstock bow, add to the tag along with a retired Pool Party button.

Mount the layered tags to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals® and the sentiment to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets:  Wetlands, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Stāz-On® Jet Black, Mint Macaron, Pool Party, Tip Top Taupe; Stampin’ Write Marker- Tip Top Taupe, Basic Black

Paper: Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories: Big Shot™, Chalk Talk Framelits™, Boho Chic Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Sponge Daubers, Punches- Bow Builder, Hexagon;  retired Pool Party Sycamore Street button

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a terrific Tuesday!!

Another CC511_CCC15 Christmas- Joy

Hi Again Stampers! 

While I had the CC511 Splitcoaststampers CC511 “Old Cake Whisperer”Color Challenge Colors available, I decided to create a second card for both the CC511 Challenge as well as the CCC15 Splitcoaststampers Christmas CardChallenge :-)

Again, if you not have already visited the Splitcoaststampers galleries, I hope you will find the time to do so- wonderful ideas from all! 

To create this Clean and Layered (CAL) card:

Use the Big Shot™ along with the Chalk Talk Framelits™ to cut the tag from a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock.  Emboss with the Big Shot™ and the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.  

Add the 7/8” Sahara Sand Lace Trim to the bottom of the tag, add the strips of ¼” Green Satin Ribbon along with the strands of Pearls. 

Ink the Joy bell image using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.  Color the image using retired SU! Watercolor Pencils (undiluted) and add shadows with the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker, trim the image and mount onto a piece of Old Olive cardstock. 

Add the focal image to the tag using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Create the paper bow with the Bow Builder Punch from Old Olive cardstock.  Add the Antique Brad to the center of the bow and adhere at the top of the tag.

Emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock using the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, trim and layer onto the piece of Crumb Cake cardstock used for the tag (the background layers will cover the tag cut-out and reduce the weight for mailing).

Add a piece of retired Merry Moments Designer Series Paper (DSP) to the lower part of the Crumb Cake card front and add the scrap piece of ¼” Green Satin Ribbon to cover the edges.

 

Ink the Joy bell image using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.  Color the image using retired SU! Watercolor Pencils (undiluted) and add shadows with the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker. 

Trim the image and mount onto a piece of Old Olive cardstock. 

Mount the tag to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Evergreen Holiday (Inkadinkadoo)

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, SU! Watercolor Pencils, Stampin’ Write Sahara Sand marker

Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Old Olive; retired Merry Moments DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Wood Grain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Chalk Talk Framelits™, Pearls, Bow Builder Punch, Antique Brad, ¼” Green Satin Ribbon (from my stash)

Thanks again for stopping by- have a wonderful Monday!!

DD88 Love and Sympathy- Roses and Butterflies for Comfort

Hi Stampers! 

This week’s DD88 “Bold & Cheery” Dynamic Duo Challenge combines Real Red with Island Indigo.  This color combination is fresh and bright and I think these colors are fabulous together (but I do tend to struggle with bright colors :-))

Again, I hope that you will find the time to stop by and check out the rest of the Dynamic Duos Design Team projects and create one of your own using this week’s colors - we would love to have you join us!!

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog

Anne Marie Hile

Annette Elliott

Angel Johns

Caroline Bredeson

Cindy Brumbaugh

Holly Endress

JoAnn Burnham

Julie Gearinger

Michelle Bala

Sarah Fleming 

Tenia Nelson

To create this card:

Using Island Indigo Classic Ink, stamp two of the butterflies from Papillon Potpourri (re-inking before stamping the second image) and the sentiment from Love & Sympathy onto Whisper White cardstock.

Punch out the butterflies using the Elegant Butterfly Punch and use the Big Shot™ with the Chalk Talk Framelits™ to cut out the sentiment (also cut another Chalk Talk frame the same size from Real Red cardstock).    Cut the Real Red Chalk Talk frame in half horizontally, trim off the pointed ends and layer behind the sentiment.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Modern Mosaic Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Real Red cardstock (trimming the Real Red as well).

Create the rolled roses: 

For the larger roses use the 2 3/8” and the smaller ones use the 1 ½” Scallop Circle Punch- punch out the different size scallop circles from Real Red cardstock, run through the retired Crimper Tool twice and “scrunch” by hand, cut a wavy spiral toward the center on each one, roll up starting from the outside edge toward the middle and adhere using Tombow Multi-Adhesive or a Hot Glue Gun (I have been using the Hot Glue Gun lately and loving it!).  Here is a basic written tutorial from Splitcoaststampers with the idea using Designer SeriesPaper- I have found that cardstock is sturdier and will allow more manipulation of the petals to give a realistic look…  After creating the roses, don't forget to punch out a few leaves from Island Indigo cardstock using the Bird Builder Punch :-) 

Add the sentiment to the Modern Mosaic panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals®, using adhesive of your choice (I used the Hot Glue Gun again :-)) proceed to add the leaves, follow with the rolled roses and add the butterflies last.   Adhere the entire panel onto the Whisper White card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.  

Add the Pearls to the bodies of the butterflies to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Papillon Potpourri, Love & Sympathy

Ink: Island Indigo

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Real Red, Island Indigo

Accessories: Big Shot™, Chalk Talk Framelits™, Punches- Bird Builder, 2 3/8” and 1 ½” Scallop Circle, retired Crimper Tool, Pearls, Hot Glue Gun (optional)

Thanks again for taking the time to drop by- I hope you can join in the fun with our DD88 Dynamic Duos “Bold& Cheery” Challenge!

DD83 Happy Birthday!

Hi Again Stampers! 

I wanted to share with you the card that I created for my husband’s birthday using the DD83 Dynamic Duos ColorChallenge (I could not post this the week of the actual challenge since his birthday had not occurred yet :-)

We love to watch birds and the Canadian Goose in Wetlands seemed to be the perfect choice for his card this year- I did not add pearls but did sneak in a satin bow (real men love ribbon- right?) :-)

To create this card:

Stamp the Canadian Goose image from Wetlands using Basic Black Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and also onto a piece of sticky note paper (making sure that some of the sticky strip is under your stamped image).  Cut out the image from the sticky note and place the mask over the Canadian Goose.

Punch out a circle using the 1 ¼” Circle Punch from another sticky note and place the circle part of the mask over the Canadian Goose image and using a Sponge Dauber with Marina Mist Classic Ink, create the sky portion.  Remove the circle mask and lightly sponge a bit of Marina Mist Classic Ink in a circular pattern over the moon to give more dimension.

Keep the mask in place for the Canadian Goose image and sponge Crumb Cake Classic Ink along the bottom to create the foreground.

Remove the masks and stamp the grassy image from Wetlands using Basic Black Classic Ink along the right hand side (stamp a few times to build up the grasses). 

Color the Canadian Goose image using the AquaPainter™ with Crumb Cake and Basic Gray Classic Ink.  Add additional details with the Stampin’ Write Basic Black marker- darken the neck and face area, add lines for the feathers on the body of the goose and add additional grass lines to tie the foreground to the grasses on the right.

Use the retired Color Spritzer Tool with the Basic Black Marker to lightly spritz the lower and left hand side of the image (replace the masks for the Canadian Goose and moon before spritzing).   Remove the masks and add a few details to the grassy areas using the Chalk Marker as well as the eye and neck/cheek area of the Canadian Goose image.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Deco Labels Framelits™ to cut out the image, layer onto a Chalk Talk tag (split into two and separated to elongate behind the image) and a 2 ½” Circle cut into two and adhered behind the image showing on the sides only.

Use the Big Shot™ to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Chevron Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (only emboss 2/3 of the layer).  Add the Marina Mist Designer Series Paper (DSP) with the Basic Black scrap strips at the top and bottom (to give the appearance of being layered onto Basic Black but not the weight for mailing).

Add the ½” Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon and adhere the entire panel onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock and again onto the Whisper White card base.

To finish off the card, add the Canadian Goose focal tag image using Stampin’ Dimensionals® along with the banner sentiment and 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon bow.

Stamp Sets: Wetlands

Ink: Basic Black, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Chalk Marker, Stampin’ Write Basic Black Marker

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Marina Mist DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Chevron Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Deco Labels and Chalk Talk Framelits™, Sponge Daubers, 2 ½” Circle and Hexagon Punch, ½” Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, retired products- Color Spritzer Tool,  5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon

Thanks again for stopping by- my husband seemed to love this card and we had a wonderful time celebrating him!!  I am so fortunate to have such a loving man who means the world to me!!  

Have a great week stamping and creating- I will be sharing the new SU-Only Challenge tomorrow morning (hope you can visit again soon!) :-)

Touch of Nature- Another Card using the DD77 Color Challenge :-)

Hi Stampers!!

I hope all of you are having a fabulous Wednesday!!  I wanted to share another card that I created using this week’s  DD77 Dynamic Duos “Bright and Sassy” colors- if you would like to join in on our challenge, it is not too late (the challenge ends tomorrow at 12 noon PST)!

I created this card from scraps, previously printed images and punched/die cut items :-)   I like to reduce the bulk of my cards by using punches or dies to cut out the layers that will be hidden and use for future projects.  I recently took the time to organize all of these scraps by type (i.e.  2 ½” Circles, Chalk Talk, etc.), so it is now much easier to use them on a daily basis- love my scraps!

To create this card:

Using My Digital Studio (MDS), print out the flower image from the stamp brush set, Touch of Nature onto Whisper White cardstock and color using Stampin’ Write markers in Real Red, Bermuda Bay and Sahara Sand (for the shadows).   Use the Chalk Marker to create the highlights around the center of the flower.

Use the Big Shot™ and the Oval Collections Framelits™ to cut out the flower, add the 2 ½” Circle of Basic Black cardstock (previously embossed with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder). 

Mount the flower image onto a Window Frames Framelit™ cut from Bermuda Bay cardstock and again onto a Chalk Talk Framelit™ cut from Basic Black cardstock. 

Add the 5/8” Real Red Satin Ribbon Bow (retired) along with the sentiment from the MDS brush set, Simple Friendship (printed onto Whisper White cardstock and punched with the retired Small Oval Punch).

Use the Big Shot™ with the Chevron Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock and again onto a piece of Real Red cardstock and adhere to the Basic Black card base. 

Add the focal image panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

I decided to leave this card as clean as I could- I really had to resist the urge to add Pearls or Rhinestones- lol!!

Stamp Sets:  Touch of Nature, Simple Friendship (both MDS)

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand, Chalk Marker

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Real Red                                                   

Accessories: Big Shot™, Framelits™- Chalk Talk, Window Frames; Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders- Chevron, Square Lattice, Punches-2 ½” Circle, Small Oval (retired), 5/8” Real Red Satin Ribbon (retired)

Thanks again for stopping by!   If you have not done so yet, I hope you will have a chance to enter your project into our DD77 DynamicDuos Color Challenge- we would love to see your creations! 

Have a wonderful evening- God Bless!

SUO83 O Holy Night- A Favorite Sentiment

Hi Stampers! 

The SUO83 Stampin’ Up! Only Challenge is “Favorite Sentiment” and I decided to use the sentiment set from the 2013 Holiday Mini, O Holy Night along with the chalkboard technique to create another Christmas card for the Splitcoaststampers CCC13 Christmas Card Challenge.

I hope you will drop in to visit the SU-Only Challenge site and check out the rest of the Design Team!!  If you have a chance, we would love to see your “Favorite Sentiment” card using Stampin’ Up! Only products. 

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the Petals-A-Plenty Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock.  Distress the edges using the Distressing Tool and lightly sponge Illuminate Pigment Ink over the flowers and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ along with the Finishing Touches Edgelits™ to cut the edge of two scrap pieces of Silver Foil (one piece approx. 2” wide and the other just large enough for the Edgelit™).  Emboss the larger piece using the Big Shot™ with the Pretty Print Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and adhere to top of the Cherry Cobbler background.

De-static a piece of Basic Black cardstock with the Embossing Buddy® and stamp the sentiment using Versamark™ ink.  Apply Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder and heat with the Heat Tool.  Once the powder has melted and cooled, trim the cardstock to size.

Trim the small piece of die cut Silver Foil to fit the bottom of the embossed chalkboard sentiment and layer onto a Tea Lace Paper doily. 

Cut a tag from a piece of Basic Black cardstock using the Big Shot™ and the Chalk Talk Framelits™- distress a bit with the Distressing Tool.

Split the Chalk Talk tag into two horizontally and spread apart to adhere behind the White Paper Tea Lace Doily (just allowing the ends to peek out from under the sentiment layer) and mount the entire focal panel to the Cherry Cobbler/Silver Foil layer using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Tie a double bow using the Organza Ribbon and attach the Frosted Finishes Embellishment (love this embellishment!) to the center using Mini Glue Dots.  Add to the top of the tag to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets: O Holy Night

Ink: Versamark™, Illuminate

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Silver Foil

Accessories: Big Shot™, Chalk Talk Framelits™, Petals-A-Plenty and Pretty Print Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Finishing Touches Edgelits™, Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder, White Paper Tea Lace Doily, Frosted Finishes Embellishment, Sponge Dauber

Thanks again for stopping by to visit-  I hope you can join us for our FavoriteSentiment Challenge!

Friends Never Fade- Final Card from Inspiration Photo :-)

Hi There Stampers!!

This is the sixth and final card that I created yesterday based on the terrific SR199 Stampin’ Royalty Inspiration Photo and a modified version of the Splitcoaststampers SC449 Sketch Challenge.

Hopefully, if you have not done so yet,  you find the time to you will visit their sites and check out all of the fabulous designs!!

If you have not been following this card series and are wondering why I created six cards from one inspiration challenge, I have more details in my first post here  :-)

To create this card:

Using My Digital Studio (MDS) print out the Friends Never Fade image onto Very Vanilla cardstock using the black printer ink (re-size the image a bit).

To distress the image a bit, color in the flower/sentiment area using Sahara Sand and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write markers and when dry add a few highlights with the Chalk Marker. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Chalk Talk  Framelit™ to cut out a tag from Very Vanilla cardstock and cover using scraps of the retired Newsprint DSP.  Distress by hand and with the Distressing Tool and use a Sponge Daubler to sponge on Crumb Cake Classic Ink.   

Mount onto scrap pieces of Basic Black cardstock (previously embossed with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder). 

Add the Very Vanilla rolled flowers and the black satin ribbon bow.  FYI- the rolled flowers were created with 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punch, cut a wavy spiral toward the center, roll up and adhere with MultiPurpose glue, sponge with Crumb Cake Classic Ink and add the Pearl in the center. 

Distess a piece of retired Newsprint DSP with the Distressing Tool and use a Sponge Daubler to sponge on Crumb Cake Classic Ink.  Add to the Basic Black card base.

Add the distressed Newsprint center with the crochet trim (from my stash) to the panel.  To distress this layer, crumble the DSP by hand and lightly sand with the Sanding Block.  Sponge with Crumb Cake and Early Espresso Classic Ink, add the Basic Black cardstock strip at the top and bottom before adhering the crochet trim). 

Add the Pearls  to finish off the card.  

 Stamp Sets:  Friends Never Fade (MDS)

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Stampin’ Write Markers- Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand

Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, retired Newsprint DSP

Accessories: Sponge Dauber, Distressing Tool, 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punch, Pearls, Black Satin Ribbon  and Crochet Lace(from my stash)

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I had a great time creating these cards yesterday from scraps and “stash” items (although still barely made a dent :-)))

Hope all of you have a fabulous Monday!!

True Friends- A Sketch and Photo Inspiration

Hi Again Stampers!!

This is the third card  created based on the wonderful SR199 Stampin’ Royalty PhotoInspiration as well as the PP169 Sketch at The Paper Players. 

I truly hope you will have the time to visit each site and check out the Design Team samples as well as the other wonderful entries...

Again, I used very limited supplies and have more details for the reasoning behind that decision here :-)

To create this card:

Using the Big Shot™ emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Adhere the retired piece of checkerboard background paper to scrap strips of Basic Black cardstock (I have numerous strips left over from trimming and if it is a small frame, I can add the strips without anyone knowing it is not a solid piece of cardstock- oops, until now :-))

Adhere the checkerboard panel to the embossed Woodgrain background, add the black satin ribbon strip (from my stash) with the three little banners (also from retired background papers) and mount the entire panel onto the Basic Black card base.

Create the tag from Basic Black cardstock using the Big Shot™ and the Chalk Talk Framelits™.   

Attach the black satin triple ribbon bow at the top of the tag.  Add the the sentiment (a pre-printed My Digital Studio (MDS) image onto Whisper White cardstock punched out with the 1 ¾” Circle Punch and mounted onto 1 ¾” Circles from Basic Black carstock) along with the cat die (cut from Sahara Sand cardstock and stamped with the Mixed Bunch flower using Sahara Sand Classic Ink). 

To finish off the card, add the Rhinestones in the three different sizes along the top left for the sketch, the collar on the cat and the lower right (just because :-)).

Stamp Sets:  Friendly Words (MDS), Mixed Bunch (on the cat- hard to see)

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Sahara Sand,

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, retired Neutrals background papers

Accessories: Big Shot™, Woodgrain Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Chalk Talk Framelits™, 1 ¾” Circle Punch, Rhinestones, cat die cut (non SU!), black satin ribbon (from my stash)

Thanks again for stopping by- I still have three more cards to post!!  Hope you are having fun creating in your craft space!

Thinking of You- A Masculine Autumn Card

Hi Stampers! 

The SUO Challenges SUO81 Challenge is to “Make Something Masculine”  so I  decided to pull out one of my favorite new stamp sets, Walk in the Wild and incorporated a few other challenges- colors from the FabFri28 Challenge and “fussy-cutting/tearing” from The Friday Mash-UpFM130 Challenge. .  

I truly hope that you will have a chance to stop by challenge sites- great inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Using Sponge Daubers with Old Olive, Tangerine Tango and Rich Raspberry Classic Ink to ink up the bold leaf stamp from Gently Falling and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.

Carefully cut out each leaf and place each leaf onto a piece of scrap paper to sponge additional ink as needed onto the leaf.  Use the Chalk Marker to create the veins and gently roll the edge of the leaves to give a realistic appearance.

Using Whisper White Craft Ink, repeatedly stamp the script stamp from Notable Notions along with Off the Grid and Gorgeous Grunge onto Basic Black cardstock. 

Add the layer of Season of Style Washi Tape along with the torn Whisper White paper (embossed with the Big Shot™ and Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder).  Mount this entire panel onto Whisper White cardstock and again onto a Basic Black card base.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Chalk Talk Framelits™ to cut a frame from Basic Black and Whisper White.  De-static the Basic Black tag with the Embossing Buddy® and stamp the Off the Grid background stamp using Versamark®ink, apply Stampin’ Write White Embossing Powder and heat with the Heat Gun.

Do the same steps as above with the sentiment from Wetlands and once cooled, add the Whisper White embossed/torn layer (this was from my scrap bag and already had the curve from a punched out area on another card).

Add the leaves to the background with Mini Glue Dots, add the Chalk Talk frame using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the additional leaves. 

Stamp the pheasant from Walk in the Wild using Early Espresso Classic Ink and color using the AquaPainter™ with ink from the Tangerine Tango, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberru Classic ink pads as well as the Stampin’ Write markers in the same colors.  

Carefully “fussy-cut” the pheasant and grass image and add to the tag with Stampin’ Dimensionals® .  Adhere three Tangerine Tango Candy Dots to finish off the card.

 Stamp Sets: Walk in the Wild, Wetlands, Gently Falling, Off the Grid, Notable Notions, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Versamark™, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango- Classic Ink and Stampin’ Markers, Early Espresso

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Old Olive

Accessories: Big Shot™,  WoodgrainTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Sponge Daubers, Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder, Chalk Marker, Tangerine Tango Candy Dots, Season of Style Designer Washi Tape

Thanks again for stopping by! I hope you can take the time to create a masculine project for our SUO81 Challenge- we would love to see your creations!

Happy Birthday- Celebrating with Three Challenges

Hi Stampers! 

This weekend has been a wonderful so far celebrating birthdays in our family (three birthday celebrations this week) :-)).

 

Today we celebrated my twin nieces 18^th birthday (I will be posting their cards later this evening) but wanted to share the card I created for my stepmother- we will be celebrating her later today :-)

I decided to use the ColourQ CQC208 Color Challenge along with the fabulous PPA173 Pals Paper Arts Sketch and the Just Add Ink JAI184 “Just AddBows” Challenge (again, I hope you will take the time to visit each challenge site- amazing Design Team samples as well as other entries!! :-)). 

To create this card:

In My Digital Studio (MDS), open a blank 8.5 x 11 custom page and insert the stamp image Pleasant Poppies and resize.  Print the image using your computer printer and punch out with the 2 ½” Circle Punch.

 

Punch another circle from Basic Black cardstock using the 2 ½” Circle Punch, cut in half. 

Color the image using SU! Watercolor Pencils and adhere the Basic Black pieces to the outside edge to give a frame to the Poppies.  Adhere to a Chalk Talk Frame (created with the Big Shot™ and the Chalk Talk Framelits™ from Basic Black cardstock), add the row of Pearls at the bottom edge of the frame along with the banners from Real Red Designer Series Paper (DSP). 

Add the 5/8”Basic Black Satin Ribbon bow and adhere the sentiment (from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped in Basic Black Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, punched with the Word Window Punch and adhered to a Basic Black frame punched from the Modern Label Punch).

Use the Big Shot™ along with the Pretty Prints Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White and adhere it to the Basic Black card base.  

Add the vertical strip of Basic Black cardstock along with the Real Red DSP , adhere the focal image and add the Pearls to the sentiment and at the top of the tag frame to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets:  Pleasant Poppies (MDS), Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Basic Black Classic Ink

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Chalk Label Framelits™,  Pretty Print Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Punches- 2 1/2" Circle, Word Window, Modern Label, 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon (retired), Pearls

 Thanks again for stopping by- have a great Sunday!!