Sunflower Fun- Two More Cards with the New Blendabilities

Hi Stampers!

Here are the last two cards that I created last night using the PP195 Paper Players Color Challenge (I only submitted this card to the challenge but since I had the colors out and find it difficult to combine green with any orange tone colors, decided to keep creating and working on this color combination). 

Again, for the six cards (see the other four in the last four posts), I used My Digital Studio and had printed the images out onto Whisper White cardstock, colored them all at one time and then created the cards.

I decided to use the new Stampin’ Blendabilities™ for the coloring along with traditional card making techniques for the rest of the cards…

To create these cards:

Open a blank document in My Digital Studio (MDS), position the Sunflower background image (reduced a bit) along with the sentiment from Thanks for Caring (for the next card),  print onto an 8 ½ x 11” piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Color the flower using the Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Blendabilities™ Collection markers and use the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker for the center.

Carefully “fussy-cut” out the Sunflower image and cut the image in half. 

For the first card, use the Big Shot to emboss a piece of So Saffron cardstock using the Pretty Prints Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and mount onto a piece of Early Espresso cardstock.  Add the Sunflower and leave the edges of a few of the flower petals free from adhesive and curl with your fingers a bit.

Use the Big Shot™ to emboss a piece of Epic Day This and That Designer Series Paper (DSP) using the retired Finial Press Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and lightly sand with the Sanding Block.  Add the panel to a layer of Early Espresso cardstock and mount onto the Pear Pizzazz card base.  Add the Pear Pizzazz DSP horizontal panel (also mounted onto Early Espresso cardstock).

Adhere the Sunflower panel to the card front and add the sentiment (stamped from the retiring Hostess set, Express Yourself using Early Espresso Classic Ink).

Add the Pearls to the card front to finish off the card.

For the second card:

Add the Sunflower image to a piece of Old Olive DSP and mount onto Early Espresso cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the retired Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of So Saffron DSP (the DSP I used was from a previous Hostess set years ago) …add to the Early Espresso card base and adhere the Calypso Coral piece from Epic Day This and That DSP at the bottom.

Add the Sunflower panel and adhere a piece of 5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon to cover the seam. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Chalk Talk Framelits™ to cut out the sentiment and adhere onto another piece cut from Early Espresso cardstock (from the same framelit™, cut in half).  Using the Background Builders, stamp So Saffron Classic Ink over the sentiment using the script border stamp.  Add the Antique Brads and mount onto the card front.

Add the Pearls to corners and sentiment to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets: Sunflower, Thanks for Caring (both MDS versions), Express Yourself (2013-2014 Hostess set), Background Builders

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Blendabilities™ - Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Collections; Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker   

Paper: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Designer Series Paper- Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Epic Day This and That, retired Hostess Level I Pack (So Saffron)

Accessories: Big Shot™,  Pretty Print, retired Vintage Wallpaper and retired Finial Press Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Sanding Block, Chalk Talk Framelits™, Hexagon Punch, Antique Brads, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by- now off to do some housework (lol)!  I hope all of you have a wonderful and fun weekend- God Bless!!

FMS136 Thank You- More Fun with Blendabilities

Hi Stampers!

Here is another card that I created last night using the FMS136 Freshly Made Sketches Challenge and the PP195 Paper Players Color Challenge. 

Since I already had the images printed from My Digital Studio, I decided to use the new Stampin’ Blendabilities™ along with traditional card making techniques for this card as well (in fact, last night all six cards were created using MDS images, Blendabilities™ and traditional card making techniques).

I hope you have a chance to check out both sites to see their wonderful Design Team projects as well as the other entries!!

To create this card:

Open a blank document in My Digital Studio (MDS), position the Lovely As A Tree branch image (enlarged a bit) and print onto an 8 ½ x 11” piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Color the leaves using the Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive Blendabilities™ Collection markers, use the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker to create shadows and the Baked Brown Sugar Stampin’ Write marker to color the acorn.

Cut the image out using the Big Shot™ with the Circle Collections Framelits™, cutting another circle from Calypso Coral cardstock.  Hand cut the Calypso Coral  circle in half and adhere the main image to the frame.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Square Lattice Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Pear Pizzazz Designer Series Paper (DSP) and adhere to a piece of Calypso Coral cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of So Saffron cardstock and adhere to the Calypso Coral card base.

Add the Pear Pizzazz embossed panel and add the Burlap Ribbon pieces to the card front for the lower horizontal panel on the sketch (I cut the edges off the Burlap Ribbon and took pulled the ribbon apart to use the individual strands).   Add the embossed Calypso Coral layer (embossed with the Woodgrain folder and the banner points were created with the Hexagon Punch).

Add the focal image using Stampin’ Dimensionals®, adhere the sentiment and button to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets: Lovely As A Tree (MDS version), Short & Sweet

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Blendabilities™- Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive Collections; Baked Brown Sugar and Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Markers  

         

Paper: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Old Olive DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™,  Woodgrain and Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Circle Collection Framelits™, Hexagon and Word Window Punch, Burlap Ribbon, Brights Collection button

Thanks again for visiting- I still have two more cards to share from my stamping fun last night!! 

PPA204 Together Forever

Hi Stampers!

I wanted to create a Clean and Layered (CAL) card using the Pals Paper Arts PPA204 Sketch Challenge and decided to incorporate My Digital Studio images along with the new Stampin’ Blendabilities™ and traditional card making techniques.

I hope you have a chance to check out the Pals Paper Arts site- so much inspiration from all of the Design Team projects as well as the other entries!!

To create this card:

Open a blank document in My Digital Studio (MDS), position the Pleasant Poppies background stamp (reduced to fit the card sketch) along with the sentiment from Together Forever and print onto an 8 ½ x 11” piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Color the poppies using the Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Blendabilities™ Collection markers. Use the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker to create shadows.  Trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Pretty Prints Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock, trim and mount onto the Basic Black card base.  

Adhere the vertical strip of Old Olive Designer Series Paper (DSP) to a piece of Basic Black cardstock and add to the Cherry Cobbler panel. 

Add the focal image using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.  Create the banner points on the sentiment using the Hexagon Punch and layer onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock (also creating the points with the Hexagon Punch).

Add the Cherry Cobbler button with the retired Black Hemp Twine and Pearls to finish off the card.  

Stamp Sets: Pleasant Poppies, Together Forever (both MDS versions)

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Blendabilities™- Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Collections, Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker   

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Whisper White, Old Olive DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Pretty PrintTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Hexagon Punch, Pearls, retired Cherry Cobbler button, retired Black Hemp Twine

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!

One Layer, One Word and One Sketch- Having Fun with Flowers, Stampin' Blendabilities and Challenges!!

Hi Stampers!!

I wanted to play around some more with the new Stampin’ Blendabilities™ and decided to try a one layer card using the Create with Connie and Mary CCMC303Sketch Challenge and the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge ODBDSLC202 F-L-O-W-E-R Recipe Challenge (use at least four of the letters).  

I have Flowers (F), Layer (L), Olive (O), Words (W) , Embellishment (E), Rectangle (R) - love Our Daily Bread Design Challenges and this was a fun recipe/word challenge!  I also love participating with the weekly Create with Connie and Mary Color and Sketch Challengesand I hope you will have the time to check both sites out!!

I decided to combine My Digital Studio (MDS) along with the traditional stamping for the sentiment, etc. since I could re-size the image a bit larger than the stamp, plus the printer ink is water based and the markers are alcohol (so I did not have any bleeding on the ink – love the new markers!! :-))

To create this card:

Open a blank document in My Digital Studio (MDS), position the floral spray from Elements of Style (mirroring the image) and print onto an 8 ½ x 11” piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Color the floral spray using the Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive Stampin’ Blendabilities™. Use the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker to create shadows.

Use the Big Shot™ with the new Project Life™ Cards and Labels Framelits™ to cut out the image (the bottom portion was cut off from the die and the Envelope Punch Board was used to round the corners on the bottom- waiting for my Project Life™ Corner Rounder):-)

Mask the flowers at the bottom using a sticky note and ink up the trellis stamp from Summer Shilhouettes using Sahara Sand Classic Ink and stamp the vertical element of the sketch.

Stamp the sentiment from Love and Sympathy using Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink and using the retired Color Spritzer Tool, add a bit of spritzing using the Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Write marker (originally I had not planned on this but I had a few areas of the card that had unintended marks or bumps from the adhesive, so the spritzing is covering up those “errors”)...love how you can fix "errors"- lol!!

Adhere the panel to the Rich Razzleberry card base and add a few Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Elements of Style (MDS version), Love and Sympathy, Summer Silhouettes

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Rich Razzleberry, Stampin’ Blendabilities™- Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive Collections, Stampin’ Write Markers- Sahara Sand, Rich Razzleberry

Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Big Shot™, Project Life™ Cards and Labels Framelits™, retired Color Spritzer Tool, Envelope Punch Board, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by (I will be sharing more cards later this evening)!  Hugs to all of you and have a great weekend!

Together Forever- A Sneak Peak for the Paper Players

Hi Stampers! 

I had a great time in my craft room last night and created several cards using My Digital Studio, traditional stamps and a sneak peek of the new Blendabilities™.  I created several of the cards using The Paper Players PP195 Color Challenge – So Saffron, CalypsoCoral and Pear Pizzazz. 

I hope you will have time to check out the Design Team as well as the other entrants- great job by all!!

To create this card:

Open a blank document in My Digital Studio (MDS), position the floral spray from Elements of Style along with the sentiment from Together Forever and print onto an 8 ½ x 11” piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Color the floral spray using the Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive Blendabilities™ . Use the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker to create shadows.

Use the Big Shot™ with the retired Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of So Saffron and Pear Pizzazz Designer Series Paper (DSP), lightly sand to expose the white core.

Create the paper lace with the Big Shot™, the Large Scallop Edgelit™ and the Delicate Designs Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Layer the embossed DSP and paper lace onto the 5 ½” Square piece of Whisper White cardstock and add the ½” Ruffled Calypso Coral Ribbon to hide the seam.

Cut the floral spray image out using the Big Shot™ along with the Heart Collections Framelits™ and also cut out the same size heart using Calypso Coral cardstock.

Layer the hearts using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the Pearls to finish off the card.

 

Stamp Sets:  Elements of Style, Together Forever (MDS versions)

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Blendabilities™- Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive Collections,  Stampin’ Write Marker- Sahara Sand

Paper: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, retired So Saffron and Pear Pizzazz DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Heart Collection Framelits™, Large Scallop Edgelit™, Delicate Accents and retired Lacy Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Pearls, retired Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend and will post the rest of the cards later this evening :-)

Celebrate- Stars Abound!

Hi Stampers!

I wanted to create a Clean and Simple (CAS) card using the Pals Paper Arts PPA203Color Challenge along with the CTS75 CAS(E) This Sketch! Challenge and the FM159 Friday Mashup Challenge (used two retiring stamp sets).  

  

I hope you have a chance to check out all of the challenge sites- so much inspiration from all of the Design Teams and the other entries!!

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the Sizzix Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock and again onto the Night of Navy card base.

Create a tag using the Scallop Tag Punch from a 2” piece of Night of Navy cardstock and layer onto another tag created with the same punch from a piece of retired Outlaw Designer Series Paper. Add a scrap strip of Cajun Craze and Night of Navy cardstock to center part of the tag.

Stamp the star image from Simply Stars using Night of Navy Classic Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and punch out using the retired Star Punch.   Add a small star to the center (punched out from Cajun Craze cardstock using the retired Merry Minis Punch Pack) and add a metallic brad to the center.

Add the layered star to the tag along with the sentiment from Express Yourself (retiring Hostess set) and add the tag to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets: Simply Stars, Express Yourself (Hostess Set)

Ink: Night of Navy  

        

Paper: Cajun Craze, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, retired Outlaw DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, SizzixTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Punches:  Hexagon, Scallop Tag Punch, Merry Minis Punch Pack, retired Star, Metallic Brad

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

Happy Birthday- May Flowers!!

Hi Again Stampers! 

I am having so much fun making rolled flowers that I decided to create a spring card for the Seize the Birthday “May Flowers” Challenge using the Just Add Ink JAI214 Sketch along with the CQC240 ColourQ Challenge.

I was inspired by the inspiration photo and decided to pull out Stippled Blossoms to create my own background or Designer Series Paper (DSP) :-)

If you have not had time to do so, I hope you will have a chance to visit all of the challenge sites and check out the wonderful Design Team projects as well as the other entrants- again, inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Create your own Designer Series Paper (DSP) by repeatedly stamping the solid floral image from Stippled Blossoms using Pink Pirouette Classic Ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  

Ink the corresponding floral line image using Strawberry Slush Classic Ink and complete the Two-Step Stamping process, add a few leaves using Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink and retired Sage Shadow Classic Ink.   

FYI- You can barely see the stamped embossing folder (Honeycomb) under the flowers so I did not mention this step...will need to add more moisture and color when I try the embossed stamping technique- lol!!

Punch two lattice layers from another piece of Whisper White cardstock using a Lattice Border Punch. 

Cut the "homemade" DSP on a diagonal (per the JAI214 sketch) and adhere the stamped images alternating with the punched borders onto a piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock.  Trim and mount onto a piece of Strawberry Slush cardstock and add the ¼” Sage Shadow Grosgrain Ribbon to the edges of the lattice.

Stamp the sentiment from Express Yourself (hostess set) using Strawberry Slush Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and create the banner points using the Hexagon Punch.  Adhere to the lattice strip using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add a few Pearls to the corners .

Add the small “Seed” Pearls to the lattice and to the centers of the stamped flowers.

Create the rolled flowers from Strawberry Slush cardstock (use the 2 ½” , 1 ¾” and 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punches- punch the scallop circles, hand cut a wavy spiral from the outside of the scallop circle toward the center, use the Bone Folder to curl the edges of the petals a bit, roll up from the outside edge and adhere using Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive or a Hot Glue Gun).

Add the leaves from retired Sage Shadow cardstock (created with the Bird Builder Punch) to the rolled flowers and adhere to the front of the card using a Hot Glue Gun or Mini Glue Dots. 

Mount the entire panel onto the Whisper White card base to finish off the card.  

Stamp Sets: Stippled Blossoms , Express Yourself (hostess set),

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz, retired Sage Shadow

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, retired Sage Shadow

Accessories: Punches: Hexagon, Bird Builder, Scallop Circle- 2 3/8”, 1 ¾”, 1 ¼”;  AquaPainter™, Pearls, retired ¼” Sage Shadow Grosgrain Ribbon, Lattice Border Punch (Martha Stewart)

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a great Monday!!

Amazing Grace for an Amazing Mother!

Hi Stampers! 

I wanted to share the Mother’s Day card that I created for my wonderful sister-in-law using the Our Daily Bread Designs ODBDSLC201 “Wing It”Challenge along with the Stampin’ Royalty SR227 Flowers Challenge.  She is a fabulous mother of three wonderful children and we are so lucky to have her in our lives!!  She loves the Lord, music, is an accomplished pianist and piano teacher plus my husband and I used to sing Amazing Grace as a lullaby when we babysat the kids- I think this card will hold a special memory for her, I know it does for us :-) !!

I hope you will have a chance to visit both challenge sites and check out the wonderful Design Team projects!

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ to cut out the Piano Border Die using Basic Black cardstock and layer onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  

Distress the lower edge using the Distressing Tool and use a Sponge Dauber with Crumb Cake Classic Ink to slightly “age” the piano keys and paper.

Ink the Our Daily Bread Stamp, Amazing Grace Hymn with Early Espresso Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Use the Distressing Tool to distress the paper and sponge a bit of Crumb Cake Classic Ink over the distressing. Adhere to the Basic Black card base, add the piano key portion to the lower part of the card and add a scrap piece of Basic Black cardstock to cover the seam in the middle.   

Create the rolled flowers from Real Red cardstock (use the 2 ½” , 1 ¾” and 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punches- punch the scallop circles, hand cut a wavy spiral from the outside of the scallop circle toward the center, use the Bone Folder to curl the edges of the petals a bit, roll up from the outside edge and adhere using Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive or a Hot Glue Gun).

Add the leaves from Garden Green cardstock (created with the Bird Builder Punch) and rolled flowers, adhere to the front of the card in a cascade pattern using a Hot Glue Gun or Mini Glue Dots.

Stamp the butterflies from Papillon Potpourri using Basic Black Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock. punch out using the Elegant Butterfly Punch and sponge Pool Party and Crumb Cake Classic Ink onto the wings.

Stamp the sentiment from the Hostess set, Express Yourself onto a scrap piece Whisper White cardstock and create the banner points using the Hexagon Punch,   layer onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock and create the banner points again with the Hexagon Punch. 

Mount the sentiment onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the rose and butterflies to the card front. 

Using the AquaPainter™ with Frost White Shimmer Paint, apply the paint to the piano keys, the butterflies and the sheet music. 

Add the Pearls to the corner to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potppourri, Express Yourself (hostess set), ODBD Amazing Grace Hymn

Ink: Basic Black, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Pool Party

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red

Accessories: Big Shot™, Memory Box Piano Border Die, Punches: Hexagon, Bird Builder, Scallop Circle- 2 3/8”, 1 ¾”, 1 ¼”;  AquaPainter™, Distressing Tool, Sponge Daubers, Pearls, Frost White Shimmer Paint

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a wonderful Mother’s Day!