PPA74 Happy Birthday!

Hi Stampers!

Tomorrow is my husband’s birthday and I wanted to create a card that had a more masculine feel (i.e. no pearls or glitter :-)) and I decided to use this week’s Pals Paper Arts PPA74 Celebrity Sketch Challenge (http://www.palspaperarts.com/). 

This card is quick and easy, although it was difficult not to use my Big Shot:-)  I chose the Friends 24-7 set for two reasons- first, we love watching birds together and second, he is my best friend 24-7 for almost 28 years now!  I love him so much- I hope he likes this card!

To create this card:

First, de-static a piece of River Rock with the Embossing Buddy and stamp the bird image from Friends 24-7 in Versamark, then in Night of Navy Classic Ink.  Heat emboss with Clear Embossing Powder (EP).  Sponge the edges with Night of Navy and layer onto Night of Navy and Very Vanilla cardstock.

 Stamp the flourish image onto the DSP and sponge the edges with Night of Navy.  Adhere the 1 ¼” Night of Navy Striped Grosgrain Ribbon. 

Stamp the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes onto River Rock, punch out with the Curly Label XL Punch and sponge the edges with Night of Navy.  Use the same punch to punch out a piece of Vary Vanilla to back behind the sentiment.  Adhere to the back of the focal image and attach to the card.

Stamp Sets:  Friends 24-7, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper:  Night of Navy, River Rock, Very Vanilla, DSP (retired)
Ink:  Night of Navy, Versamark
Accessories: Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Clear EP, Curly Label XL Punch, 1 ¼” Night of Navy Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

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

With Sympathy- CCMC130 and CQC64 Challenge

Hi Stampers!   I created this card using the CCMC130 sketch challenge from Create with Connie and Mary (www.createwithconnieandmary.com)  along with the colors from this week’s ColourQ Challenge #CQC64 (www.colourq.blogspot.com).  One thing I love about sketch challenges is that you can generally flip the sketch, re-position the ribbon, etc. to create a card that is uniquely yours.  I decided to change the position of the ribbon on this card so you could see more of the focal image.

To create this card:

Using Real Red Classic Ink stamp the focal image from Fresh Cuts and color using SU! Markers in Pear Pizzazz, Regal Rose and Real Red.  Using a Sponge Dauber, sponge the edges in Real Red and layer onto Regal Rose. Using the Pinking Hearts Border Punch along the lower edge, adhere the focal image and spray the entire piece with Frost White Shimmer Paint spray.

Emboss a piece of Pear Pizzazz using the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper EF and spray with Frost White Shimmer Paint.  Emboss a piece of Pink Pirouette with the Square Lattice EF, adhere the layers and attach the 5/8” Real Red Satin Ribbon.

Layer onto Real Red, add the pearls and finish with the sentiment.

Stamp Sets:  Fresh Cuts, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Pink Pirouette, Real Red

Ink: Real Red

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice and Vintage Wallpaper EF, Pinking Hearts Border, Small Oval and Medium Oval Punches, 5/8” Real Red Satin Ribbon, Pearls, SU! Pear Pizzazz, Real Red and Regal Rose Markers, Frost White Shimmer Paint

Thanks again for visiting - I hope all of you have a great week!

Merry Christmas!!

I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

I have truly appreciated all of your encouraging comments and feel as though we have already met in person- thank you for your friendship and the inspiration I have received from all of you!  

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Two Cards for the Same Challenge!

Hi Again Stampers!

I just had to create two cards using the cake inspiration photo from Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge CCMC129 (http://www.createwithconnieandmary.com)- I just love all of the bows and they were calling out to
me:-)   Please see the earlier post for the first card that also uses the sketch challenge from Stamping 411 with the Operators. 

To create this card:

Using the Big Shot and the Perfect Dots EF, emboss a piece of Whisper White and spray with Frost White Shimmer Paint. 

Tie three bows using 5/8” Marina Mist Satin Ribbon.   Create three floral images using the round stamp from Just Believe with Marina Mist ink, punch out with the 1 3/8” Circle Punch and spray with Frost White Shimmer Paint (hint- I use the heat gun to dry the Frost White Simmer Paint mixture with 70% alcohol quicker).  Add a pearl to the center of each image. 

Stamp the sentiment in Marina Mist and adhere to the lower bottom of the card.  Adhere the ribbons and floral images to finish off this quick card.

Stamp Sets:  Just Believe, Heard from the Heart  

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Marina Mist

Ink: Marina Mist

Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Dots EF, 1 3/8” Circle Punch, 5/8” Marina Mist Satin Ribbon, Pearls, Frost White Shimmer Paint

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a joyful Christmas celebrating the birth of Christ!

Thank You – Two Challenges in One!

Hi Stampers!

I created this card using this fantastic cake inspiration photo from this week's Create with Connie and Mary(http://www.createwithconnieandmary.com) Thursday Challenge CCMC129 - check out the Design Team's cards along with the other entries- they are truly gorgeous!   

I also used the unique sketch challenge from Stamping 411 with the Operators SSC182 (http://www.stamping411.blogspot.com/).  Again, this site has so many wonderful designers on their Design Team plus the great submissions- what a wonderful place to visit each week!

 

To create this card:

Using the Big Shot and the Elegant Lines EF, emboss a piece of Whisper White and spray with Frost White Shimmer Paint. 

Emboss a piece of Marina Mist with the Vintage Wallpaper EF and using the “debossed” side, sponge on Whisper White craft ink. Round off the edges with the Corner Rounder Punch.  Attach the 5/8” Whisper White Satin Ribbon.

Cut a piece of striped Bashful Blue DSP and round off the edges with the Corner Rounder Punch.  Stamp the floral image from Happiness Shared with Marina Mist ink on Whisper White (this image looks more like purple since I actually forgot to clean the stamp first and it had Cherry Cobbler ink from a previous card-oops!- so I repeated the Cherry Cobbler, stamp off numerous times, then Marina Mist for the thank you sentiment to match the ink:-)).

Using the Circle Cutter Plus, cut a 3” circle from Marina Mist, adhere the focal image and add a pearl in the center of the flower.   

Finish the card off with the sentiment from Short & Sweet and punch out with the Word Window Punch.  Use the Modern Label Punch with Bashful Blue for the final layer.   


Stamp Sets:  Happiness Shared  
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Marina Mist, Bashful Blue
Ink: Marina Mist (mixed with Cherry Cobbler by mistake), Craft Whisper White

Accessories: Big Shot, Elegant Lines and Vintage Wallpaper EF, Bashful Blue DSP,  Corner Rounder, Word Window and Modern Label Punches,  Circle Cutter Plus, 5/8” Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Pearls, Frost White Shimmer Paint

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

PPA73 CAS Lace in Place!

Hi Stampers!    I created this card for this week’s Pals Paper Arts PPA73 CAS Lace in Place!  Challenge (see http://www.palspaperarts.com/).  Once again, the Design Team as well as all of the other entries have done a fabulous job! 

For me it is difficult to create a CAS card- I always want to add more pearls or brads:-)
I still feel that I may add more embellishments to this one before I mail it, but I wanted to share it with you and if you have time, please post a comment to let me know if you think it needs "more":-)

To create this card:

Emboss a piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock using the Big Shot along with the Square Lattice EF. 

Adhere a piece of 5/8” Old Olive Satin Ribbon and 5/8” Victoria Trim onto a pice of Concord Crush cardstock.

Stamp the Fast & Fabulous floral image using Concord Crush ink (I actually used the SU! Marker versus the inkpad since I did not have the pad within arm’s reach) onto Very Vanilla cardstock and color with SU! Pear Pizzazz and Marina Mist markers.  Spritz with the Concord Crush marker and sponge the edges with Concord Crush ink (again you can use the marker and apply the ink from the marker to the Sponge Dauber versus the ink pad).  Layer this focal image onto Very Vanilla cardstock. 

Stamp the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes onto Very Vanilla cardstock, punch out with the small oval punch and also punch a Very Vannilla oval using the Medium Oval Punch.  Sponge the edges of the smaller oval with Concord Crush.

Layer and adhere to the Concord Crush background.  Spray entire card with Frost White Shimmer Pain (mixed with 70% alcohol).  Layer onto Very Vanilla to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Fast and Fabulous (Hostess Level II), Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz
Ink: Concord Crush

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Sponge Dauber, Color Spritzer Tool, SU! Concord Crush, Marina Mist and Pear Pizzazz Markers, Small and Medium Oval Punch, 5/8” Old Olive Satin Ribbon, 5/8” Victoria Crochet Trim, Frost White Shimmer Paint  

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you have a blessed week celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ!

CQC63 Thinking of You

Hi Stampers!

I wanted to participate in this week’s ColourQ Challenge CQC63 (http://colourq.blogspot.com/ ) and although the colors were a bit of a challenge for me, the Design Team outdid themselves again with their gorgeous samples. 

This card utilizes several pieces of cardstock that I had previously embossed with the Big Shot and the Square Lattice Embossing Folder (EF) along with other strips of cardstock from the color challenge.  It is a fairly easy card to create – very little stamping and mostly layering and a few punches.

First stamp the medium floral image from Greenhouse Garden in Rudy Red (stamped off for the first step of the 2-Step Stamping) on Whisper White and use the second stamp with Ruby Red for the center of the flower and for the sentiment.  Punch the floral image out with the 1 3/8” Circle Punch and layer this onto a Ruby Red layer punched from the Decorative XL Label Punch.  Use the Word Window and Modern Label Punch to create the border for the sentiment and add Dazzling Diamonds and Pearls to finish off both elements.

Punch the lower edge of Kiwi Kiss with the Pinking Hearts Border Punch and layer over the Bermuda Bay. Add this to a layer of Whisper White that has an embossed edge on the bottom.  Add lace (this lace was from my sewing stash), the Chocolate Chip embossed layer, the Ruby Red layer and another layer of embossed Chocolate Chip and final layer of Bermuda Bay. 

Add the 5/8” Whisper White Satin Ribbon bow and the focal image along with the sentiment to finish the card.

Stamp Sets:  Garden Greenhouse, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Chocolate Chip and retired Bermuda Bay, Kiwi Kiss and Ruby Red
Ink: Ruby Red

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Pinking Hearts Border, 1 3/8” Circle, Decorative Label XL , Word Window and Modern Label Punches, Pearls, Dazzling Diamonds, 5/8” Whisper White Satin Ribbon , Non SU! lace from my stash

Thanks again for visiting - I hope you enjoy this card and that all of you have a wonderful week preparing for Christmas!

PP28 Favorite Color Combination Challenge

Hi Stampers!

I created this card for the PP28 Favorite Color Combination at The Paper Players (http://www.thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/).  The samples this week are incorporating some fabulous color combinations- when you get a chance, check out the beautiful Design Team cards along with all of the other wonderful entries- as usual, the inspiration abounds!

I had a difficult time with this challenge because I love all of the SU! colors, but lately  Early Espresso has been one of my favorites so I decided to focus on muted colors to allow the Early Espresso to be the focal color.

To create this card:

Using the Big Shot, emboss a Crumb Cake panel with the Square Lattice EF.

With Early Espresso ink, stamp a piece of Whisper White with the main floral image from Elements of Style and color the image with Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette and Wild Wasabi SU! Markers.  Use a Sponge Dauber with Crumb Cake ink to distress the Whisper White portion of the cardstock with another with Early Espresso along the edges.  Using an Early Espresso marker along with the Color Spritzer Tool to “spritz” over the stamped image. 

Layer the image onto Crumb Cake and Early Espresso cardstock- punch the edge using the Scallop Trim Border Punch and add the pearl detail.

Finish off the card with 5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon and the sentiment.

Stamp Sets:  Elements of Style, Thoughts & Prayers  
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, SU! Markers, Medium Oval and Scallop Trim Border Punch, Color Spritzer Tool, Sponge Daubers, 5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by and reading your comments brings such joy to my day!  I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!