Foxy Friend- Two Challenges in One!

Hi Stampers!

I had another opportunity to stamp today (yea!)  and decided to create a card using the new set, Life in the Forest, along with the PPA187 Colors from Pals Paper Arts and the FMS118 Sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  

  

I do hope that you have had a chance to visit both sites- great ideas and inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Using Basic Black Classic Ink, stamp the fox image onto Whisper White cardstock and color using Stampin’ Write Markers in Real Red and Sahara Sand.  “Fussy-cut” the image out by hand.

Cut a square piece of Soft Sky cardstock and stamp the tree image using Basic Black Classic Ink.  Color with the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker and add the torn snow banks (Whisper White cardstock torn by hand and layered over the foreground area).

Adhere the fox image and create a few shadows and highlights on the snow with the Sahara Sand and Soft Sky Stampin’ Write markers.

Add the snowflakes using the Chalk Marker, trim the image and mount onto a piece of Real Red cardstock.

Stamp the sentiment using Real Red onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Add the horizontal panel of Soft Sky cardstock (layered onto Real Red strips) and adhere the focal image using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

To finish off the card, mount the entire panel onto the Real Red card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Stamp Sets: Life in the Forest, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Classic Ink Pads- Basic Black, Real Red, Chalk Marker,  Stampin’ Write Markers- Real Red, Soft Sky, Sahara Sand

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Soft Sky

Accessories: none

Thanks again for stopping by!  I know this style is a bit unusual for me but I am looking forward to creating a few more cards with the new stamp set, Life in the Forest- it has the cutest animal images :-) !  

Birthday Greetings- A Trio of Roses

Hi Stampers!

This week has been very busy and I did not have a chance to spend as much time as I would like in my craft room, so I am so thankful that I could design and create today (thanks to my understanding hubby :-)).

I wanted to create a card using the Fusion Challenge #1 Sketch and PhotoInspiration along with a Birthday theme for the Stampin’ Royalty SR209Challenge. I hope you will find the time to stop by both sites to check out their great Design Teams and other entries as well!

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ along with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder emboss a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock (I already had a scrap piece embossed in my stash) and the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Etcetera Designer Series Paper (DSP).

Trim the DSP, mount onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and mount the entire panel onto a piece of Basic Gray cardstock.

Add the embossed Fancy Fan strip of Very Vanilla cardstock to a piece of Basic Gray cardstock along with the sentiment from Wetlands, adhere at the lower part of the panel.  

Add the vertical strip of DSP with the die cut edges (cut with the Big Shot™ and the Finishing Touches Framelits™) to the center of the panel.

Create the rolled roses from Very Vanilla cardstock (see the basic Splitcoaststampers tutorial here).  Punch two scallop circles using the 2 ½” Scallop Circle Punch and one scallop circle using the 1 ¾” Scallop Circle Punch,  crimp all with the Crimper Tool and on each scallop, starting at the outside, cut a wavy spiral from the outside towards the center and roll up.  Use Multi-Purpose Adhesive or hot glue to hold the flowers in the rolled position and also to adhere onto the DSP vertical panel on the card front.

 Add the 1 ¼” Two-Tone Gray Double Ribbon bow and the row of Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Wetlands

Ink: Basic Gray

Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Gray, Etcetera DSP 

Accessories: Big Shot™, Fancy Fan and Square LatticeTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Finishing Touches Framelits™, Punches- 2 ½” , 1 ¾” Scallop Circle, XL Oval, retired 1 ¼” Basic Gray Two-Tone Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful Sunday!!

With Deepest Sympathy- A Hybrid Card for the DD85 Dynamic Duos

Hi Stampers! 

Here is another card that I created using this week’s DynamicDuos DD85 Colour Challenge- “Bold & Cheery” Garden Green and Summer Starfruit.  

The DD85 challenge has been extended for an additional week- we are hoping to see your creation in the Dynamic Duos gallery :-)

To create this card:

In My Digital Studio (MDS), open a blank 8.5 x 11 custom page and insert the Sunflower and the sentiment from Thanks for Caring to be printed (arrange the images on the blank page leaving room for cutting out by hand, etc. and filling the page before I print on my printer).

Print out onto Whisper White cardstock and color the Sunflower background image using Stampin’ Write markers in Summer Starfruit. Add a few highlights to the Sunflower petals using Moonlight Smooch™ Pearlized Accent Ink, fussy cut the image and cut in half.  

Use the Big Shot™ with the Pretty Print Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock and the retired Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Garden Green cardstock.

Adhere the embossed piece of Whisper White to the Garden Green card base, add the split Sunflower image and the vertical Garden Green embossed piece mounted onto Whisper White cardstock (I used scrap Whisper White strips on the side :-)).

Use the Big Shot™ with the Ovals Collection Framelits™ to cut out the sentiment along with another oval the same size from Garden Green cardstock.   Split the Garden Green oval in half and adhere to the back of the sentiment.

Mount the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®, add the 5/8”   Organza Ribbon bow along with the Pearls to finish off the card.  

Stamp Sets:  Sunflower, Thanks for Caring- all MDS versions

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Write marker- Summer Starfruit

Paper: Whisper White, Gumball Green

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Pretty Print and retired Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Ovals Collection Framelits™, 5/8” Organza Ribbon, Pearls, retired Moonlight Smooch™ Pearlized Accent Ink

Thanks again for stopping by!  Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday- God Bless!

A Year In Review- My Favorites from 2013

Hi Again Stampers!!

JustAdd Ink’s Challenge this week is to share your favorite project from 2013, so I thought I would share a few of my favorites from this past year.

Most of my favorites involve scenery or animals - we tend to create images using what we love, don't we?  

January 2013- Created my own DSP with the floral stamp and neutral colors

March 2013- A combination of digital and tradtional cardmaking techniques (a "hybrid") 

May 2013- A CAS Card using punches and dry embossing

July 2013- This was a unique color challenge :-)

August 20013- Masking and Sponging with my new favorite set "Wetlands" 

August 2013- A fun "girly" card - punches, stamps and digital 

A fun "hybrid" card- had to include this one since I love cats :-)

Oct 2013- Another one that used a cat die - had fun creating the background from scraps

 

Nov 2013- A Masculine card using Distressing and Embossing for texture

 

Nov 2013- Homemade DSP with Masking, Background Stamps and Distressing

Dec 2013- Masking, Stamping and DSP but No Big Shot :-)

Dec 2013- Final Card for the New Year (another "hybrid" card) 

I hope you enjoyed these cards and I am looking forward to creating in 2014.   If you have a chance, let me know which one is your favorite or your favorite technique- would love to hear from you!

Have a great week and have fun stamping!!

PPA186- Merry Christmas Golden Ornaments

Hi Stampers!!

I wanted to create a card using this week’s Pals Paper Arts PPA186 Colors and the first Christmas card for 2014 (I signed up again for the Splitcoaststampers’ Christmas CCC14 Card Challenge).  Last year I still did not get to mail all of the cards that I wanted to mail- will try again this year :-)

I hope you will find the time to stop by the both sites to check out all of the designs- great inspiration by all!

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ along with the retired Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Cut the ornament die cuts from the Gold Foil Paper and attach to a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Carefully hand cut around the ornaments and add the Gold cord.

Stamp the sentiment using Island Indigo Classic Ink – trim and cut the banner points using the Hexagon Punch.   Add the Island Indigo banners (punched from the new SAB Banner Punch) and mount to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® .

Add the triple Satin Ribbon Bow (from my stash) tucking the ends behind the panel and mount the ornaments to the front of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals® (adhering the Gold cord behind the panel).

To finish off the card, mount the entire panel to the Whisper White card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Stamp Sets: Christmas Greetings

Ink: Island Indigo

Paper: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Gold Foil

Accessories: Big Shot™, Ornament Die Cuts, Hexagon and Banner Punches, retired Gold cord, Satin Ribbon from my stash

Thanks for stopping by- I hope you have a great Tuesday!

Je T'aime- Happy Anniversary!

Hi Stampers!!

This week my husband and I celebrate our wedding anniversary and I thought the CQC222 ColourQ Challenge colors would be perfect for a card with a masculine vintage feel. 

My husband and I love to go "antiquing" and on our honeymoon, found our first antique honey dish.  Once of the criterias for our collecting the honey dishes has been that they have to have a bee image, beehive or the square honeycomb shape so when I found this paper from Graphic 45 with a few bee images, I thought it would be perfect for our anniversary card.  

Again, if you have not already done so, I hope you will find the time to stop by the ColourQ site and check out all of the designs- such inspiration!!

To create this card:

Stamp the images from Off the Grid, Gorgeous Grunge and Established Elegance using Basic Gray Classic Ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock. 

Stamp the bee image from Nature’s Pace using Basic Black Classic Ink, color using Stampin’ Write markers (Sahara Sand and Smoky Slate) and create a few gold highlights with the Stampin’ Dazzle Gold Marker and white highlights with the Chalk Marker.   Sponge a bit of Crumb Cake Classic Ink to distress the paper a bit

Trim the image and mount onto a piece of Gold Metallic paper and again onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock.  Add a few scraps of Gold Metallic paper to the sides and mount the focal image using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Add the sentiment banner and chipboard accent to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Nature’s Pace, Gorgeous Grunge, Off the Grid, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Gold Metallic Paper, Graphic 45 DSP

Accessories: Sponge Dauber, Antique Brad, Hexagon Punch, Graphic 45 Chipboard piece

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

DD85 Petite Petals Anniversary

Hi Stampers! 

This week’s DD85 “Bright & Cheery” Dynamic Duo Challenge combines Garden Green with Summer Starfruit.  I thought that this color combination looked like spring so chose to create a floral card:-)

I hope that you will stop by and check out the rest of the Design Team projects and create a project of your own using the two colors - we would love to have you join us!!

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog

Anne Marie Hile

Annette Elliott

Angel Johns

Caroline Bredeson

Cindy Brumbaugh

Holly Endress

JoAnn Burnham

Julie Gearinger

Michelle Bala

Sarah Fleming 

Tenia Nelson

 To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the Framed Tulips Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  

Trim the outer edge and adhere the ¼” Grosgrain Ribbon (wrapping the edges behind the Whisper White embossed panel).

Mount the embossed panel onto a piece of Garden Green cardstock and again onto the Summer Starfruit card front.

Using a brayer, lightly apply Summer Starfruit Classic Ink in a random pattern onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock. 

Using Garden Green Classic Ink, stamp the Flowering Flourishes image over the brayered area and add additional detail using the En Francais background stamp (also inked with Garden Green Classic Ink but stamping off once before applying to the brayered/stamped piece).   If necessary, fill in any of the areas of the Flowering Flourishes image using a Garden Green Stampin’ Write marker.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Deco Labels Framelits™ to cut focal image piece and a piece of Garden Green cardstock.  Layer the floral panel onto the Garden Green frame (cut the Garden Green frame in half horizontally in the center and split apart a bit to adhere behind the floral focal image).

Mount the focal image panel to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Repeatedly stamp the Petite Petals stamp using Garden Green Classic Ink onto Summer Starfruit cardstock (re-inking the stamp for each impression) and use the Petite Petals Punch to punch out the flowers and adhere to the panel using Mini Glue Dots. 

Stamp the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes using Garden Green Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and punch out using the Word Window Punch.  Mount the sentiment onto a punched Modern Label piece from Garden Green cardstock- add to the focal image and card front using a Stampin’ Dimensional®. 

Using an AquaPainter™ add Frost White Shimmer Paint to the petals and background layer.  Add the Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Petite Petals (2014 Occasions Mini), Flowering Flourishes, En Francais, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Garden Green, Summer Starfruit

Paper: Whisper White, Garden Green, Summer Starfruit

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Framed Tulips Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Deco Label Framelits™, Brayer, Punches- Petite Petals, Word Window, Modern Label, Pearls, retired Frost White Shimmer Paint, AquaPainter™, ¼” Green Grosgrain Ribbon (from my stash)

Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend and find the time to play along with us at the Dynamic Duos!

Happy New Year! Imagine the Possiblities :-)

Happy New Year Stampers! 

It’s time for the new SUO87 SU-Only Challenge- the theme is “Colors of January” and I decided to add The Friday Mashup! FM140 Challenge.

When I think of January colors, I think of the New Year along with the elegant colors of Gold, Silver, Black and White and in the Mid-Atlantic states, January generally means snow. 

I decided to use My Digital Studio (MDS) to create this card but the stamp set would work just as well….

To create this card:

Open a blank 8.5 x 11 project in MDS insert the Lovely As A Tree image (the trees in a row), copy and insert a second image.  Change the color on the second image to Smoky Slate and position behind and to the left of the first image.

Insert the large pine image and enlarge a bit, copy and add a second image directly on top of the first image (to darken and thicken the pine needles). 

Insert the sentiment from Word Play – re-size and position in the lower right hand corner.   Go to the Arrange tab and “group” the entire arrangement and re-size to fit your card. Print onto Whisper White cardstock and hand trim around the large pine (gently fold the top of the tree down) and use the trimmer to cut around the scene. 

Create a mask from a sticky note and use a Sponge Dauber to apply Smoky Slate Classic Ink for snow banks and in the sky area. 

Adhere to a trimmed piece of Basic Black cardstock and again onto a trimmed piece of Silver Foil paper.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Trim and mount onto a Basic Black card front.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Typeset Alphabet Bigz™ Original Die to cut the “2014” out of Gold Foil paper.  Emboss the numbers along with a scrap strip of Gold Foil paper with the Big Shot™ and the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Adhere the embossed Gold Foil paper strips to the sides of the card front (I used Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive) and mount the tree image panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.   Add the 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon bow to the lower left hand corner of the image.

Punch a circle from Basic Black cardstock using the ¾” Circle Punch and adhere a Frosted Finishes Embellishment to the center.

Add the embossed Gold Foil numbers to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® overlapping a bit and adhere the Frosted Finishes Embellishment in the center of the zero.

Mount the entire card panel to the Whisper White card base.

Stamp Sets: Lovely As A Tree, Word Play (both MDS)

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Smoky Slate

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Silver and Gold Foil

Accessories: Big Shot™, Stylish Stripes and Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Frosted Finishes Embellishment, Sponge Dauber, 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you will find the time to visit us and enter your project into the SU-Only SUO87 “January Colors” Challenge.

Have a Happy New Year!!