CCREW0512CF- Triple Treat Love

Hi again Stampers!

Here is my card for submission for the CCREW0512CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Catalog focus:Time to Blossom! Think of May flowers. We have lots of flowers in the catalog: stamps, punches, paper flowers, Big Shot dies, buttons, etc.. Use any or all of these in a project.

Again, this card highlights all of the In-Colors on one card along with a few other retiring products…

To create this card: 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock. 

Stamp the Triple Treat Flower three separate times each time with a different ink- first time with Concord Crush, then with Peach Parfait and again with Poppy Parade Classic ink. Punch out the flower portions and assemble the flower. 

Layer the card using the doily from Flirtatious Specialty DSP, embossed panel using the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (this was a scrap piece I had from a previous project).

Add the flower with SU! Dimensionals , the ½” Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding Bow and the little tag sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Triple Treat Flower, Tiny Tags

 Ink: Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade

Cardstock:  Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride and Concord Crush DSP (retired In-Color Hostess Pack), Flirtatious Specialty DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders- Vintage Wallpaper and Perfect Polka Dot,  Punches- XL Fancy Flower, 5-Petal Flower, ½” Circle, Jewelry Tag, Handheld 1/16”; ½” Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, Pearls, Metallic Wire

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you enjoy this card and if you have the time to join us this month, please do!  Just create a card and upload to Splitcoast Stampers  using the keywords  CREW0512CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM.  Have a great week and have fun stamping!

Triple Treat Embedded Christmas

Hi Stampers! 

Here it is again, another long week has passed and I have not had a chance to stamp a card for a challenge- I am having withdrawal symptoms :-)!  

I decided to take a break from making my bulk Christmas cards to create a quick easy Clean and Simple card using the bright fun colors for this week’s CQC115 ColourQ Challenge along with the FM15 sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches. 

To create this card:

Ink the Triple Treat Flower with Real Red Classic ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock (stamp a total of four flowers in Real Red).  Clean the stamp and stamp the flower again onto Whisper White using Regal Rose Classic Ink.  After cleaning the stamp one more time, use a Glorious Green Stampin’ Write marker to ink up the center of the Triple Treat Flower stamp and stamp onto a scrap piece of Whisper White. 

Use the Fancy Flower punch to punch out all of the Triple Treat flowers in Real Red.  Punch out the five petal area  of the Regal Rose flower using the 5-Petal Flower Punch and punch out the Glorious Green center using the ½” Circle Punch.

Cut one of the Real Red flowers in half and adhere the halves at an angle onto Whisper White cardstock.  Adhere two of the remaining flowers onto the Whisper White cardstock as well (this creates the angled layer for the sketch).  Use the Big Shot™ with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions ™ Embossing Folder to embed the flowers into the background. 

Assemble the final Real Red flower with the Regal Rose petal section and Glorious Green center onto a piece of Glorious Green (embossed with the Finial Press Textured Impressions ™ Embossing Folder).  Add the Green Galore leaves (created with the 5-Petal Flower punch and a score line up the center of each leaf).  Mount this panel onto Real Red cardstock, add the 5/8” Real Red Satin Ribbon, Sentiment Label and Rhinestone to finish off the card.

 Stamp Sets:  Triple Treat Flower, Come to Bethlehem

Ink: Real Red, Regal Rose, Glorious Green Stampin’ Write marker

Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red, Glorious Green, Green Galore

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Square Lattice and Finial PressTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Punches- Fancy Flower, 5-Petal Flower, Decorative Label, ½” Circle,  Rhinestone, 5/8” Real Red Satin Ribbon

Thanks again for stopping by! As we finalize our preparations for Christmas, may we never forget the "Real Reason for the Season"- Christ the Lord!

I hope all of you have a wonderful week and have fun stamping! 

Triple Treat Gatefold Card- Three Challenges in One!

Hi Stampers!  

It has been an extremely busy week, but finally I had a chance to spend a few minutes in my craft room stamping!  

 I decided to make a CAS card for three of my  favorite weekly challenges- The Paper Players PP61 Sketch Challenge, the Hand StampedSentiments HSSMC82 Monochromatic Challenge and the Friday Mashup FM22 GatefoldChallenge.

If you have a chance, stop by their sites and you find wonderful samples and ideas galore!

To create this card:

Using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool, score a piece of 5 1/2” x 8 1/2” Whisper White cardstock at 2 1/8” and 6 3/8” to create the folds needed for the Gatefold Technique.  

With the Embossing Buddy®, de-static a piece of Whisper White and stamp the Triple Treat Flower with Versamark ink.  Apply Black Stampin’ Emboss® Powder and heat with the Heat Tool.  

Stamp a second flower with Basic Gray Classic Ink, punch the center section of both flowers out with the 5-Petal Punch, the centers with the ½” Circle Punch and the outside edge with the Fancy Flower Punch.

Adhere the Designer Paper (1 7/8” x 5 ¼”) to the front panels and a piece 4" x 5 1/4" inside of the card.  Adhere the 5/8” Black Satin Ribbon over the front edges on both sides of the Gatefold.  

Mount the punched out flower image onto Whisper White cardstock (punched with the 2 ½” Circle Punch) and mount the entire focal image onto a 3” Circle of Basic Black cardstock.  Adhere the left side of the focal image onto the left panel of the card and attach the bow to the top of the circle. 

Use a Filigree Designer Brad on the right panel to finish off the card (this will keep the "gate" closed by tucking the circle behind the brad).

Stamp Sets:  Triple Treat Flower

 Ink: Versamark®, Basic Gray

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Night and Day DSP (retired)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, 3” Originals Circle Die, Embossing Buddy®, Black Stampin’ Emboss® Powder, Heat Tool, Punches- ½” Circle, 5-Petal, Fancy Flower, 2 ½” Circle, 5/16” Hand-Held, 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Filigree Brad  

Thanks again for stopping by- have a great Labor Day weekend!

Triple Treat Flower- Experiment #2

Hi Stampers! 

In my continuing effort to create a swap card for the quarterly Joyful Hearts Demonstrator Meeting on August 6^th, I decided to try a CAS card using the Triple Treat Flower stamp. 

In my first attempt for a swap card (see previous post) I had incorporated one of my favorite techniques, emboss resist with dry embossing but the card was a bit too involved to recreate multiples in time for the swap.

To create this card: 

Stamp the new "a la carte stamp" Triple Treat Flower with Island Indigo ink onto Whisper White cardstock and punch it out with the XL Fancy Flower Punch. 

Use the Big Shot with the Top Note Die and cut a piece from Island Indigo and Early Espresso cardstock.  Emboss both pieces with the Finial Press EF and cut in half.  
 

Emboss a piece of Old Olive with the Square Lattice EF.  Adhere the Top Note pieces and adhere the 5/8” Old Olive Satin Ribbon.  Mount onto a piece of Early Espresso.

Stamp the sentiment with Island Indigo and punch out with the Decorative Label Punch.  Punch another piece with the Decorative Label Punch to layer behind the Whisper White.  Tuck under the Old Olive Ribbon and add the pearl to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:   Triple Treat Flower, Sincere Salutations

Ink: Island Indigo

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Island Indigo, Early Espresso , Old Olive

Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice and Finial Press EF, XL Fancy Flower and Decorative Label Punch, 5/8” Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Pearls

Although this card was quick and easy, I was not sure if I liked the Old Olive against the Old Olive (I only have a few ribbons that had not retired),  so I decided that I would not participate in the swap.  

With this decision still nagging at me, Friday evening brought new insight when I decided to try a quick card using the new background stamp Sweet Floral.  

Stay tuned-  I will post the final card that I chose to start to create at 10 pm on Friday evening (before the 8:45 am meeting the next morning)-yes, I know,  nothing like waiting until the last minute, but at times, that is how inspiration works for me :-)

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you have a blessed week!

Triple Treat Flower- Experiment #1

Hi Stampers!  

This week has been extremely busy and I did not have a chance to create a card for some of my favorite weekly challenges, but I did find time to stamp and experiment:-)

Yesterday I attended the quarterly Joyful Hearts Demonstrator Meeting and am so thankful to my wonderful upline, Cindy Fodor- she is so fabulous!  We had a great time (as always) and one of the highlights of our quarterly meetings is the card swap with my fellow demonstrators (25 cards using current product with a minimum of two layers and one embellishment).  

This time, due to many other commitments during the week, I was struggling with the design of the swap card.  In my first attempt, I chose to use the brand new background stamp, Hello Doily along with the new “a la carte” stamp, Triple Treat Flower.  Since I still had Calypso Coral and Early Espresso out from the CQC95 ColourQ Challenge, I decided to pair the colors with Baja Breeze and Early Espresso.

To create this card:  

De-static a piece of Whisper White with the Embossing Buddy and stamp the Hello, Doily background stamp using Veramark ink, apply Clear EP and heat emboss with the Heat Gun.  Using Sponge Daubers with Island Indigo and Early Espresso ink, sponge over the entire image.  Remove the excess ink over the embossed images with a moistened paper towel and carefully cut out around the edges.  Cut the image in half with the paper cutter. 

Emboss a piece of Baja Breeze and Calypso Coral cardstock with the Big Shot and  the Vintage Wallpaper EF. Lightly sponge with Early Espresso ink and spray both pieces with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint.  

Stamp the Triple Treat Flower image three times- first in Baja Breeze ink, then in Coral Calypso ink and lastly in Early Espresso ink (don’t forget to clean the stamp between each color:-))  Use the ½” Circle Punch to punch out the center in Baja Breeze piece, the 5-Petal Punch for the Calyspo Coral piece and the XL Fancy Flower Punch for the Early Espresso piece. 

Emboss a piece of Early Espresso with the Big Shot and the Square Lattice EF and punch the border with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.  

Stamp the sentiment with Early Espresso ink onto Whisper White, punch out with a 1 3/8” Circle Punch.  Layer the pieces, adhere the flower with SU! Dimensionals and add a pearl to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets:  Triple Treat Flower, Short & Sweet,  Hello, Doily

Ink: Versamark, Baja Breeze, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso

Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice and Vintage Wallpaper EF, Scallop Trim Border, Punches- ½” and 1 3/8” Circle, 5-Petal Flower, XL Fancy Flower, Pearls, Baja Breeze Seam Binding, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (mixed with 70% alcohol)

After creating this card, I realized that I would not have enough time to create 25 more so it was back to the drawing board :-)

Thanks again for looking- I will post the next sample design and the final swap card soon!

Get Well Wishes - Another Clean and Simple Card

Hi Stampers!  

 I decided to create another Clean and Simple (CAS) card using this week’s PP56 Sketch from The Paper Players along with the colors from the Splitcoast Stampers CC333 Island Tango Delight (the center of the little flowers is the only Daffodil Delight used on the card) and since this card is a Get Well card, it also qualifies for the SUO24 Get WellWishes Challenge . 

 

To create this card:

Using SU! markers in Tango Tangerine, Island Indigo and Daffodil Delight color the Triple Treat Flower image, “huff” on the stamp to re-moisten the ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.  

Punch the flower image out with the XL Fancy Flower Punch and mount onto an embossed piece of Tangerine Tango (here I used a scrap that had already been embossed with the Square Lattice EF).

Emboss a piece of Island Indigo with the Elegant Lines EF, trim and assemble the panels.  Add the sentiment and 5/8” White Satin Ribbon to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Triple Treat Flower, Teeny Tiny Wishes

 Ink: Island Indigo, SU! Markers- Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango

Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice and Elegant Lines EF, 5/8” White Satin Ribbon, Punches- XL Fancy Flower, 1 3/8” Circle

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a great time stamping this weekend!

CQC93 Clean and Siimple Card

Hi Stampers!  

I decided to use the colors from this week’s CQC93 ColourQ Challenge for this CAS card – the colors are bright and fun!  If you have a chance to check out the ColourQ, the Design Team created some excellent examples and all of the other entries are fabulous as well! 

 

To create this card:

Stamp the Triple Treat Stamp with Real Red and Marina Mist onto Whisper White.

Using the Fancy Flower Punch, punch out the Real Red image and punch the center of the Real Red flower with the ½” Circle Punch.

Use the 5-Petal Flower Punch to punch out the Marina Mist portion and layer the center and the Marina Mist flower with SU! Dimensionals.  Add a pearl to the center of the flower. 

Use the Big Shot to emboss a piece of Pear Pizazz with the Vintage Wallpaper EF and spray with Frost White Shimmer Paint mixed with 70% alcohol,  Use the 2 ½” XL Circle Punch and the Decorative Label Punch to punch out the Pear Pizazz layers.  Mount the flower embellishment onto the Circle and layer the Pear Pizzazz label onto a Marina Mist layer already punched with the Decorative Label Punch. 

Add the embossed panel of Peach Parfait (embossed with the Square Lattice EF) and a strip of Whisper White punched along the edge with the Eyelet Border Punch, Add the strip of Marina Mist DSP and layer the Real Red strips (from my scraps).  Mount onto Whisper White and again onto Real Red.

Stamp the sentiment in Real Red and punch out with the Large Oval Punch.  Adhere the sentiment and attach the Real Red Satin Bow with a Mini Glue Dot to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:   Triple Treat Flower, Herb Expressions

Ink: Real Red, Marina Mist

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Real Red, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, Marina Mist

Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice and Vintage Wallpaper EF, 5/8” Real Red Satin Ribbon, Pearls, Frost White Shimmer Paint Spray, Punches- Fancy Flower, 5-Petal Flower, ½” Circle, 2 ½” XL Circle, Large Oval, Decorative Label, Eyelet Border Punch

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- have a blessed Sunday!