Sale-A-Bration- What I Love :-)

Hello Friends!

I hope you are having a terrific week so far!  I had a chance to play around with some of the new 2016 Sale-A-Bration sets today and created a card using the “What I Love” stamp set.

I wanted to participate in a few of my favorite online challenges, so I decided to use the CQC323 ColourQ Challenge, the SC119 Sketch from Stampin’ Celebration and the theme of the Inkspirational #99 “Thank You with SomethingNew” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the above challenge site galleries yet, again, I would encourage you to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

De-static a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Embossing Buddy®, ink the outline flower image from What I Love using Versamark™ Ink, stamp onto the prepared cardstock, apply Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Color the image with the Blushing Bride and Melon Mambo Stampin’ Write Markers, spritzing with water to blend the colors, re-color as needed and fussy-cut out the flowers.

Ink the Definitely Dahlia background stamp with Blushing Bride Classic Ink, stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim the panel, add the distressing with the large Gorgeous Grunge splatter stamp using Melon Mambo and Pool Party Classic Ink , stamp the sentiment with Melon Mambo Classic Ink as well as a few of the leaves.

Add the banner elements  using the Banner Triple Punch to create the banners (I had the woodgrain piece of Crumb Cake and the retired Pool Party DSP already I my stash and mounted both on scrap pieces of Melon Mambo cardstock).

Trim the background panel and mount onto Melon Mambo cardstock, trim again and mount onto the Pool Party card base.

Punch the leaves from Crumb Cake cardstock, sponge Melon Mambo Classic Ink over the edges and add to the card front along with the Gold Thread loops.

Add the embossed flowers using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  What I Love (2016 SAB), Definitely Dahlia, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Versamark™, Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, Pool Party; Stampin’ Write Markers- Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo, Pool Party; retired Sweet Shoppe DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing  Folder, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Banner Triple Punch, Leaf Punch (MS), Gold Thread, Water Spritzer Bottle

You can never have too many “thank you” cards in your stash and I can see that I will be using the What I Love stamp set for many different occasions for sure!

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope all of you have a fabulous evening!

Honeycomb Happiness- Hello, Sweet Friend

Hi Friends!

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!  Today, I wanted to play along with the new stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration catalog, Honeycomb Happiness (I just love this cute little chick image :-)).

I decided to use the Sugar Pea Designs Sugar Sketch SPDSS35 along with the Simon Monday“Something New” Challenge (this set is brand new).

Again, if you have not visited the above challenge sites yet, I hope you will find time to do so- terrific Design Team designs and as well as their galleries!!

To create this card:

Ink the chick image from Honeycomb Happiness with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.

Color the image with Stampin’ Write Markers- Daffodil Delight, Delightful Dijon and Pumpkin Pie (using a AquaPainter™ to blend).

Carefully cut out the bird image and set aside.

Create the tag element with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch from Whisper White cardstock and cover with retired Sweet Shoppe and I Am Me Designer Series Paper (DSP) with Real Red scraps for layering.

Add the ¼ White Tea Lace Doily along with Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Island Indigo Ribbon and Rhinestones.

Layer the retired Sweet Shoppe DSP onto Real Red cardstock (rounding the corners of each with the Envelope Punch Board), layering again onto Pool Party cardstock and finally onto Real Red cardstock.

Mount the layered background panel onto the Whisper White card base and add the Island Indigo strip per the sketch.

Heat emboss the sentiment from Six-Sided Sampler using Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder onto Real Red cardstock and punch out with the Sweetheart Punch.

Add the sentiment to the lower part of the tag and mount the tag onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

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

Stamp Sets:  Honeycomb Happiness (2016 SAB), Six-Sided Sampler

Ink: Versamark™, Stāz-On® Jet Black; Stampin’ Write Markers- Daffodil Delight, Delightful Dijon, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Real Red; retired Sweet Shoppe and I Am Me DSP

Accessories:  Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder, Punches- Scalloped Tag Topper, Sweetheart; White Tea Lace Doily, Rhinestones, ¼” Island Indigo Stitched Satin Ribbon, Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon

I know that “cute-sy” is not my normal style but don't you think that this little chick is just too adorable :-) ??

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a fabulous evening and tomorrow morning will be the start of the 2016 Card Concept Challenges!  Hope you can stop back again soon-hugs!!