Love You- Three in One!

Hi Stampers!   

I finally had a chance to be creative again this evening and decided to participate in this week’s PP80 Sketch Challengewith The Paper Players (love the sketch Anne Marie!) along with the colors from this week's CQC122 ColourQ Challenge and the Stampin' Royalty SR109 “Valentine's Day- It's All About Love” Theme Challenge.  Again, if you have the time, please stop by each of these sites and check out all of the fabulous inspiration!

To create this card:

Emboss a piece of Crumb Cake using the Big Shot™ with the Elegant Bouquet Impressions™ Embossing Folder and a piece of Real Red Designer Series Paper with the Finial Press Impressions™ Embossing Folder.  Lightly sand the Real Red layer and stamp  the background stamp from Charming with Crumb Cake ink lightly over the Crumb Cake layer.

Use Stampin’ Write markers to color the floral image (I used Real Red, Regal Rose and Basic Black) and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.  Emboss with the Big Shot™ and the Designer Label (Oval) Frame Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.  Carefully cut around the edge and layer onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock (cut with the Framelits™ Labels Die. 

Punch out a few flowers with the Boho Blossom Punch from Real Red and Basic Black cardstock, add the 5/8” Black Satin Ribbon, Pearls and sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Charming, Short and Sweet

Paper: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Real Red DSP

Ink: Basic Black, Stampin’ Write marker s- Basic Black, Real Red, Regal Rose

Updated version- added ribbon, pearls and a few more flowers 

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders- Elegant Bouquet, Finial Press, Designer Label (Oval) Frame, Framelits™ Labels Die, Sanding Block, Mediium Oval Punch (retired), Boho Blossoms Punch, Pearls, 5/8” Black Satin Ribbon


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I decided to add additional pearls, ribbon and flowers to add more "pizzazz":-)


If you have the time, let me know which one you like better....




Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you enjoy this card and the rest of your week- God Bless!

Happy New Year! A New Start on Christmas?

Happy New Year (well, almost:-))  !!

I love the colors that my stamping friend, Ann chose for The Paper Players PP76 Challenge and wanted to create another Christmas card.  

I know, most of you are tired of Christmas but I am re-committing my Christmas card effort in 2012.  I must confess that even though I started in January last year, I under  estimated how many I actually needed so I am now publicly stating this commitment (and will post my progress each month) in hopes that this will help me be more accountable and I will accomplish my goal :-)

I decided to combine Ann's color challenge with this week’s CCMC182 Create with Connie and Mary Sketch Challenge and used a new set (sneak peak).

To create this card:

Ink the stamp image using Versamark™ ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Gold Embossing Powder and heat emboss with the Heat Tool.  Once the image has cooled, punch out the images using the Postage Stamp Punch. 

With the Big Shot™ emboss a piece of Cherry Cobbler with the Finial Press Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and emboss a piece of Very Vanilla with the Elegant Bouquet EF. 

Lightly spray the Very Vanilla embossed panel with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (this step does not show up on the photo but adds a bit more glitter and gold), layer with the Cherry Cobbler cardstock pieces, 5/8” Satin Ribbon and a punched border with the Lace Ribbon Punch.  

Add the sentiment to finish off the card

Stamp Sets: Fresh Vintage Stamp (sneak peek), Teeny Tiny Wishes

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler

Ink: Versamark™,  Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Big Shot™, Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders- Finial Press and Elegant Bouquet, Heat Gun, Stampin’ Emboss® Gold Embossing Powder , Punches- Decorative Label , Lace Ribbon Border and Postage Stamp, 5/8” Satin Ribbon (from my stash)

I hope you like this card and will try to post one more card for 2011 tomorrow (before we leave to visit our friends and family).   

I am so very thankful for all of you who faithfully visit my blog and your comments are so encouraging to me- God Bless you in 2012! 

SSC192 Get Well Wishes

Hi Stampers! 

I created a quick CAS card using this week’s Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge SSC192 (see http://www.stamping411.blogspot.com/ )- if you have a minute to check out the site, the Design Team projects as well as the other submissions are truly gorgeous!

Stamp Sets:  Nature Walk, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  SU! Markers- Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze

Accessories:  Big Shot, Elegant Lines EF, XL Tag, Modern Label and Word Window Punch, Pearls and ribbon from my stash

Thanks again for stopping by and I hope all of you have a wonderful week! 

Button, Button- Set Sampler

Hi Stampers! 

Boy, has it been a busy month for me!  I can now finally share with you the set sampler that I have been working on using the new set Button, Button from the Occasions Mini catalog. 

I am part of Cindy Foder's downline and at our last quarterly meeting, she asked me if I would be willing to stamp the card fronts for the set samplers that are rewarded to the top demonstrators.   It is her custom to ask for a volunteer to stamp the set samplers and she needed 8 card fronts (4 sets of 2) with the first set consisting of 15 cards each,  second set of 9, third set of 7 and last set of 6 (a total of 54 card fronts).   Each set should have a few more embellishments or techniques than the last and she wanted to highlight the new stamp set from the Occasions Mini "Button, Button".

Set #1- Get Well Wishes and Just for You- 

The first card has the floral button heat embossed with Black EP onto Whisper White.  Punch out the button with the 1” Circle Punch and layer onto the flower from Daffodil Delight (punched with the Scallop Punch and embossed with the Big Shot and the Square Lattice EF).  Add the pearl to cover the buttonhole.  The sentiment is stamped using Teeny Tiny Wishes in Basic Black and punched with the Curly Label XL Punch.  The background layers are Basic Black and Whisper White embossed with the Big Shot and the Square Lattice EF.  Layer all onto Daffodil Delight to finish off the card. 

The second card utilizes one of my favorite techniques, Emboss Resist with Cherry Cobbler and Chocolate Chip ink. The sentiment is from the Hostess Level III Occasional Quotes set and the Pinking Heart Border Punch and Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding finish were used to off the card.

Set #2 –Welcome Baby and Someone Cares-

For the Welcome Baby card, emboss the Garden Green background with the Big Shot and the Vintage Wallpaper EF.  After stamping the Whisper White cardstock with the multiple button stamps in Garden Green, Marina Mist and Melon Mambo and sentiment from Curvy Verses in Garden Green,   punch the edge with the Pinking Heart Border Punch and run the entire piece through the Crimper Tool.  Attach the 5/8” Marina Mist Satin Ribbon to complete the card.

For the Someone Cares card, ink the inside of the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder with Concord Crush before embossing the Peach Parfait cardstock.  Combine this with the Whisper White Square Lattice EF and Concord Crush punched with the Eyelet Border Punch.  Stamp the sentiment from the Hostess Level II set Occasional Quotes in Concord Crush onto Whisper White, punch out with the Decorative XL Label Punch and layer with Concord Crush.   

Set #3–Thinking of You and Happy Birthday-

The Thinking of You card incorporates a technique called “Embedded Embossing.”  The buttons from Button, Button are randomly stamped in Real Red, Pink Pirouette and Certainly Celery onto Whisper White and punched out with the 1” circle punch.  Using the Fancy Flower XL Punch with Pink Pirouette cardstock for the flower and punch the  leaves from Certainly Celery using the 5-Petal Flower XL Punch (cut in half). 

Adhere the leaves, flower and flower center to the Real Red layer and run the entire piece through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice EF.   Add Dazzling Diamonds with the Two-Way Glue Pen after the dry embossing.  Use the Big Shot with the Elegant Lines EF with a piece of Pink Pirouette, mount this onto a Real Red layer.  Mount the floral focal piece onto Whisper White and stamp the sentiment from Curly Cute in Real Red.  Punch the edge with the Eyelet Border, attach the 1/4” Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon and Rhinestones to finish off the card. 

The Happy Birthday card’s focal image was created with the Emboss Resist technique on Whisper White with Baja Breeze, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry and Tangerine Tango Classic Ink.  Once the embossing layers are completed, run the entire piece through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice EF. 

Mount the focal image onto Whisper White and Rich Razzleberry.  Add the 5/8” Rich Razzleberry Satin Ribbon to a larger piece of Whisper White and mount the focal image.  Stamp the sentiment from A Word for You in Rich Razzleberry and punch the edge with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.  Adhere the Rhinestones and mount the entire layer onto an embossed piece of Basic Black using the Big Shot with the herringbone pattern plate from the Textured Backgrounds I set. 

Set #4–Thank You and With Sympathy-

The Thank You card is Heat Embossed with Gold EP on Early Espresso cardstock.  Mount onto a layer of Crumb Cake embossed with the Square Lattice EF and attach the 5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon and Antique Brad.

The With Sympathy card uses Emboss Resist on the Newsprint DSP with Clear EP and sponged with Early Espresso and Basic Black Classic Ink.  Emboss the Very Vanilla cardstock using the Finial Press EF with the Big Shot along with the background piece of Basic Black (hard to see in the photo).  Sponge the reverse side of the embossing on the Very Vanilla layer to highlight the de-bossed area and punch the edges using the Eyelet Border Punch.  Finish off with  1 1/4” Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, pearls, sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes and the Modern Label Punch. 

It was my honor to be able to create these cards for my "sister" demonstrators!  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask and I love reading all of your comments.  Have a great week stamping and I hope I have been able to motivate you to try something new this week!