CCMC151 Thank You

Hi Stampers! 

I created this card for this week’s 
Create with Connie and Mary #CCMC151 
Sketch challenge (see www.createwithconnieandmary.com).   

The Design Team samples are fabulous as always and the other submissions provide so much inspiration- I love their weekly challenges! 

To create this card:

Use the Embossing Buddy to de-static a piece of Whisper White.  Stamp the anchor, compass, globe and ship image from the new set, The Open Sea with Versamark ink and heat emboss with Clear EP.

Use Sponge Daubers with Soft Suede and Early Espresso Ink to fill in the images and with wipe with a damp paper towel to reveal the embossing.

 

Hand trim around the globe and anchor image and use circle punches to punch out the ship and compass images along with corresponding layers from Early Espresso cardstock.

Use the Big Shot with the Square Lattice EF to emboss a piece of the Nautical Expedition DSP and lightly sand with the Sanding Block to distress the paper.  

Tie a few knots in the Natural Hemp Twine and layer the pieces onto a piece of Whisper White (sponge the edges with Soft Suede to “antique”).

Attach the anchor and sentiment (also embossed and sponged) with Vintage Trinkets and mount the entire card front onto Early Espresso cardstock.

Stamp Sets: The Open Sea, Short and Sweet

Ink:  Versamark, Soft Suede and Early Espresso

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Early Espresso, Nautical Expedition DSP

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF­­­, Decorative XL Label Punch, 2 ½” XL Circle Punch, 1 ¼” and 1 3/8” Circle Punches, Sponge Daubers, Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Clear EP, Natural Hemp Twine, Vintage Trinkets

Thanks again for stopping by- have a wonderful week!

CQC85 Heartfelt Thanks

Hi Stampers!  

Wow, another week has passed by already!  I wanted to create a card for this week’s CQC85 ColourQ Challenge (see http://colourq.blogspot.com).   The  inspiration photo  would have been “purr-fect” for the retired set Cool Cat from SU! but I decided to use the new set Strength and Hope.   I may still create the Cool Cat card at a later date…:-)

To create this card:

Using Chocolate Chip ink, stamp the background stamp En Francais onto a piece of Sahara Sand and Peach Parfait DSP.  Ink the smooth side of the Finial Press EF with Chocolate Chip ink and emboss both pieces. 

Mount these layers onto Whisper White, Basic Gray and Chocolate Chip. 
 

Color the scroll image from Strength and Hope with a Basic Gray and Peach Parfait SU! Marker and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.  Stamp the butterfly image in Basic Gray over the scroll images and stamp the butterfly again in Basic Gray onto Peach Parfait cardstock.  Cut out the butterfly from the Peach Parfait and adhere on top of the Basic Gray butterfly (to allow the antennae to show from the lower image).  Distress the edges with the Distressing Tool and adhere to a Chocolate Chip layer.  

I used scraps of Chocolate Chip and Basic Gray that were previously embossed with the Square Lattice EF.  The Basic Gray piece was punched using the Decorative Label XL Punch and cut in half.  

Stamp the sentiment on Whisper White using the Peach Parfait and Basic Gray markers and punch out with the Designer Label Large Punch.  Layer onto Peach Parfait and Chocolate Chip (also punched with the Designer Label Large Punch and cut in half to layer behind the sentiment). 

Finish off with pearls and spray with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (mixed with 70% alcohol).

Stamp Sets:   Strength and Hope, Hodgepodge Happiness, En Francais

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Basic Gray, SU! Markers- Basic Gray and Peach Parfait

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Gray, Chocolate Chip, Peach Parfait, Sahara Sand DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice and Finial Press EF, Brayer, Decorative Label XL Punch, Designer Label Large Punch, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Distressing Tool, Pearls

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a wonderful Sunday!

CCMC150 Get Well Wishes

Hi Stampers! 

I created this card using the colors from this week’s Create with Connie and Mary Color #CCMC150 challenge(see http://www.createwithconnieandmary.com).   If you have a chance, stop by their blog and check out the great Design Team samples and other entries. 

These colors seemed a bit masculine, but I wanted to try out the new Flower Garden EF so I decided to create a floral card.   

To create this card:

Brayer Poppy Parade on the smooth side of the Flower Garden EF and emboss with the Big Shot using Whisper White cardstock.   Trim and mount onto Not Quite Navy (NQN) cardstock. 

Stamp the large floral image with NQN Classic Ink onto Sahara Sand cardstock.  Mask the flowers to stamp the overlapping images.

Layer the background and use a few scraps from Poppy Parade and NQN.   Stamp the sentiment onto Whisper White and punch out with the short end of the Decorative Label XL Punch and rotate and punch again to create the small tag.  Complete the same process with Poppy Parade, cut in half and layer behind the sentiment.  Add the satin bow to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets: Fabulous Florets, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Not Quite Navy (NQN), Poppy Parade

Cardstock:  NQN, Poppy Parade, Sahara Sand and Whisper White

Accessories: Big Shot, Flower Garden EF, Square Lattice EF­­­, Decorative Label XL Punch, 5/8” White Satin Ribbon

Thanks again for stopping by- have a blessed week!

CQC84 Mother's Day

Hi Stampers! 

Last week we did were not able to join my sister-in-law for Mother’s Day and I decided to create a new card for tomorrow’s celebration (well, looking at the time- today’s celebration).  Since she loves yellow, I decided to use this week’s CQC84 colors from the ColourQ Challenge (see http://colourq.blogspot.com).  

To create this card:

Stamp the floral spray from Watercolor Trio (retired) with Old Olive (first stamp off on a piece of scrap paper) onto Whisper White.  Color the floral image with SU! markers in Not Quite Navy (NQN), Old Olive and Daffodil Delight.  Use the Color Spritzer Tool with the NQN marker to spritz the image and round the corners with the Corner Rounder Punch.  Sponge the edges with Crumb Cake and lightly in the center to antique and tone down the white.

Punch a piece of Daffodil Delight and NQN with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch. Layer with additional pieces of Daffodil Delight and NQN (embossed with the Finial Press EF).  Layer onto the stamped image and add pearl strands.

Use the Big Shot to emboss a piece of Crumb Cake with the Finial Press EF (on the edges only leaving a flat area in the center).  Use a Sponge Dauber to lightly apply NQN over the embossed panel and attach scraps of Daffodil Delight and NQN (embossed with the Square Lattice EF) and Whisper White punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.  Stamp the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punch the sentiment using the Word Window Punch.

Layer all onto Whisper White and again onto Old Olive.

Stamp Sets:   Watercolor Trio, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  NQN, Old Olive, SU! Markers- Old Olive, NQN and Daffodil Delight

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, NQN, Crumb Cake

Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice and Finial Press EF, Word Window Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Sponge Daubers, Pearls, Color Spritzer Tool

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a blessed Sunday!

Sailing on the Open Sea- Two Challenges in One!

Hi Stampers! 

I love colors in this week’s Paper Player’s PP46 Challenge (http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com) and decided to create a card using these colors along with the great SSC202 sketch at Stamping 411 (see http://www.stamping411.blogspot.com). Again, the Design Team projects at both sites are fabulous- check them out!

First stamp the ship image in Early Espresso onto Whisper White.  Create a mask of the ship with a Post-It note and also punch a circle from a Post-It Note for the sun/moon (remember to allow some of the sticky part of the note to be part of your mask :-)). 

Use Sponge Daubers to apply Cherry Cobbler and Not Quite Navy (NQN) ink to the sky and sea areas.  Punch image out using the 2 1/2" XL Circle Punch and layer with NQN cardstock punched with the same punch (cut the NQN in half to allow the edges to "peek out".  Layer the entire image onto a 3" circle of Early Espresso (I used the 3" Originals Circle Die with the Big Shot).

Use the Big Shot with the Square Lattice EF on a piece of the new Nautical Expedition DSP (love this paper!) and lightly sand with the Sanding Block to expose a bit of the white core (in real life, this looks like a worn bandana material!):-)

Use the brayer to apply NQN ink to Whisper White.  Use Early Espresso ink and stamp the ledger stamp from The Open sea iand the sentiment from Sincere Salutation.  Trim the ledger and mount into the embossed panel.  Use some of the other stamps in the set to randomly stamp around the sentiment and use the XL Decorative Label Punch with a layer of Early Espresso from the same punch.  

Add the Bakers Twine and Antique Brad for the finishing touches!  

Stamp Sets:  The Open Sea, Sincere Sentiments

 Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and  Not Quite Navy (NQN)

Cardstock:  Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, NQN, Whisper White, Nautical Expedition DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, 3” Original Die, 2 ½” Circle Punch, Decorative Label XL Punch, Brayer, Antique Brad, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine

I apologize if this becomes a duplicate post for some of you- blogger seems to have had some issues this week.  I had originally posted this on Wednesday eve but when I was able to check on blog on Friday, it had disappeared!  Not sure why, but it was not even in the draft state.  

Thanks for all of your encouragement- have a great weekend!

Poppies in Paris- Two Challenges in One Card!

 

Hi Stampers!
I created this card using the colors from this week’s Pals Paper Arts PPA92 Challenge (see http://www.palspaperarts.com) and the CCMC149 sketch challenge from Create with Connie and Mary (see http://www.createwithconnieandmary.com).  You will need to check out their sites to see all of the amazing creations that both Design Teams have created along with all of the other fabulous entries!   

I must admit that I have not used Poppy Parade as often as the other In-Colors but I do love the drama that it creates when paired with the other colors in this challenge:-)

To create this card:

Heat emboss the images and sentiment using the Embossing Buddy to de-static the cardstock and Black EP.

Use the Big Shot to cut the tag from the Two Tags Die and emboss the Poppy Parade panel using the Framed Tulips EF.

Color the flowers using SU! Markers in Peach Parfait and Poppy Parade.  

Assemble the panels and finish off with pearls and satin ribbon.

Stamp Sets: Artistic Etchings, Fabulous Florets, Fresh Cuts

Ink:  Versamark

Cardstock:  Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz DSP, Peach Parfait DSP

Accessories: Big Shot, Two Tags Die, Framed Tulips EF, Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Black EP, Pearls, Small and Medium Oval Punch, 5/8” Black Satin Ribbon

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

Best Wishes - Color Challenge Swap Card

Hi Stampers! 

Finally I have been able to stamp again!  I want to thank all of you that visit my blog daily- it is so encouraging to me that you have taken the time to stop by my little blog:)  It means so much to me, especially since the past few weeks have been very stressful at my full-time accounting job.   

My upline, Cindy Fodor had her quarterly demonstrator meeting this morning (we had such a wonderful time!) and I had a difficult time becoming deciding on a design for the swap card.  We were focusing on sets from the new Summer Mini and I since I seemed to be experiencing a "design block", I did not start on the swap card until last night (of course, worked on them until the wee hours of the morning- my penalty for procrastination:-)). 

I decided to use the colors from this week’s ColourQ CQC83 (if you have a chance, please see http://colourq.blogspot.com for the Design Team samples and all of the other entries).  The colors are so bright and "summery" - one of the main reasons I love the color challenges is that they definitely “challenge” me to use colors that I would not normally pair together and this color challenge was no exception:-)  Generally it is acceptable to add a neutral so I chose black (I love black with turquoise and yellow). 

To create this card:

Use the embossing buddy to de-static a piece of Whisper White cardstock and stamp the image from Fabulous Florets with Versamark.  Apply Clear Embossing Powder and heat emboss.  Apply Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait and Tangerine Tango Classic Ink with Sponge Daubers and wipe off the excess ink from the embossing when finished. 

Use the Big Shot to emboss a piece of Tempting Turquoise with the Vintage Wallpaper EF and a piece of Basic Black with the Square Lattice EF. 

Layer the Basic Black onto the Tempting Turquoise and layer the focal image onto the Basic Black.  Attach the 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon bow and layer the entire panel onto Basic Black.

Stamp the sentiment from Short and Sweet in Basic Black on Whisper White and punch out with the Word Window Punch.  Punch a layer of Basic Black and Tempting Turquoise with the Modern Label Punch (cut the Tempting Turquoise Modern Label piece in half and trim the center area at angles so you can mount this behind the Basic Black layer and the Tempting Turquoise layer will only show on the ends).  Assemble the layers, position on the card and adhere the pearls. 

Stamp Sets:   Fabulous Florets (Summer Mini), Short & Sweet

Ink:  Versamark, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait, Tangerine Tango

Cardstock:  Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise,  Whisper White

Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice and Vintage Wallpaper EF, Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Clear EP, 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Sponge Daubers, Pearls, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch

Thanks for stopping by- I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend and Happy Mother’s Day! 

PP44 The Open Sea

Hi Stampers! 

I want to thank all of you who take the time to visit me each day- you are all such an encouragement to me!

This week has been extremely hectic and somewhat stressful- we have had quite a few tornado warnings and my DSL internet connection does not work well during rain or electrical storms so it has been difficult to post anything this week.  Fortunately, we did not have any tornadoes touchdown in my neighborhood, but my thoughts and prayers are with all of those who did suffer from the devastation this past week. 

I wanted to “play” with Lesley’s Sketch Challenge PP44 at The Paper Players- (see http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com  for more details)- love this sketch Lesley!  I decided that this sketch is perfect for a couple of the new items from the SU! Summer Mini so I decided to create a hybrid card.   Check out the Paper Player's website to see all of the other examples- I was not the only one who decided to play with their new "toys":-)

To create this card:

De-static the Whisper White cardstock using the Embossing Buddy and stamp the clock image from Sense of Time with Versamark ink.  Heat emboss with White Embossing Powder.  Stamp the globe image from The Open Sea in Not Quite Navy (NQN) Classic Ink and repeatedly stamp the remaining images in the set in NQN as well.  Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Soft Suede to antique the entire image – gently wipe off the ink from the embossed images.

Carefully cut the clock image out and tear the edges around the remaining cardstock.  Heavily sponge more Soft Suede ink to give it the appearance of burnt paper.  Cut a strip from the new Designer Series Paper- Nautical Expedition (love this paper) and distress using Soft Suede ink and scrunching the paper by hand.  Use the Spiral Border Punch on the edge and add additional distressing with Soft Suede. 

Print the ship image from My Digital Studio (I chose NQN as the color, reduced the size and “mirrored” the image.  Print onto Whisper White cardstock, punch out using the Decorative Label XL Punch and distress with Soft Suede.

The finishing touches include an embossed panel of NQN using the Finial Press EF, Vintage Trinkets with the Modern Label Punch for the sentiment and an Antique Brad with the new Baker’s Twine to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets:  Sense of Time, The Open Sea (stamp and digital stamp brush set)

 Ink:  Not Quite Navy, Soft Suede

Cardstock:  Cherry Cobbler, NQN, Whisper White, Nautical Expedition DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot, Finial Press EF, Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, White EP, Decorative Label XL Punch, Modern Label Punch, Spiral Border Punch, Sponge Daubers, Antique Brad, Vintage Trinkets, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine

Thanks again for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend- God Bless!