Inky Divas Challenge - Week of November 23

Last week's challenge posted by Crystal was to create a card using either the circle or oval collection framelits.  The card had to include the colours Pool Party and Lost Lagoon as well.

I did a search on Pinterest for Pool Party and Lost Lagoon and was amazed at the number of cards out there that included both of these colours.  The one I decided to CASE was one posted by Brian King - check it out HERE.  I love the little bit of green along with the two shades of blue.

I covered the snowflake with Whisper White Craft Ink, sprinkled it with Iridescent Ice embossing powder and then heat set it.  I added an iced rhinestone to add a bit more sparkle.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Flurry of Wishes
Ink - Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White
Card Stock - Lost Lagoon, Whisper White
Other - Snowflake Elements, Iced Rhinestones, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Stampin' Dimensionals, Circle Collection Framelits

Woodlands

When I first saw the Woodlands Embossing folder in the 2015 Holiday Catalogue it didn't register with me that this was something I was going to need.  As more and more samples hit Pinterest and various blogs I follow I quickly realized that I better order it.  By the time I placed the order the item was backordered and I was pretty far down the list.  The folder finally arrived a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't wait to get a card made.  Most of the cards I have seen used the beautiful stand of pine trees in the Wonderland Stamp set but I used the single pine included with the Lovely as a Tree stamp set.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Lovely as a Tree, Festival of Trees, Versatile Christmas
Ink - Soft Sky, Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler
Card Stock - Whisper White, Mossy Meadow
Other - Woodlands Embossing Folder, Banner Punch, nonSU cutting dies, Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin' Up! Video - Masking Technique

Fun Fold

Kimberly Van Diepen recently shared a cute fun fold card she had made and her post included a video on how to make the card.  Check it out HERE.  I decided to make mine using the cute penguin from the Snow Place stamp set.  I also used the coordinating framelits to cut out the hat and tie.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Snow Place

Ink - Memento Black, Cherry Cobbler, Tangelo Twist Marker

Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Old Olive, Merry Moments DSP

Other - Rhinstones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Snow Friends Framelits, Scallop Border Punch, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, 2" and 2 1/2" Circle Punches, Googly Eyes, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Banner Punch

Let it Snow

I recently ordered the Stampin' Up! bundle that includes the Window Framelit and the Happy Scenes stamp set.  Unfortunaely the framelit is on backorder but I did receive the stamp set.  I saw a card posted by Peggy Murwin and had to CASE it.  You can see Peggy's card HERE.  I copied everything but instead of using glitter I used some Stickles glitter glue and added an Iced Rhinestone to the centre of the snowflake element.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Happy Scenes
Ink - Soft Sky, Mossy Meadow
Card Stock - Whisper White, Soft Sky
Other - Iced Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Circles Collection Framelits, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Banner Punch, Stickles, Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Snowflake Elements

Stampin' Up! Video - Make a Notepad

Stampin' Up! Video - Bold Butterfly and Butterfly Framelits

Another Pillowbox Treat Holder

For this snowflake pillowbox I used pretty much all retired Stampin' Up! products.  I used one of the white pillowboxes I had cut, stamped it with the three sizes of snowflakes from the Endless Wishes stamp set (retired), added a bit of Washi Tape (retired) and a long retired felt snow flake that I embellished with a large rhinestone (retired).

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Endless Wishes (retired)
Ink - Smoky Slate
Card Stock - Whisper White
Other - Silhouette Cameo eCutter, Large Rhinestone (retired), Washi Tape (retired)

Remember Them

They are our fathers, brothers, mothers and sisters, neighbours … heroes.

Canada's Veterans.

Their courage, service and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

November 11, let’s remember them.  #Remember Them

2015 Remembrance Vignette click for a short video

Christmas Treat Holders 3

For this treat holder I went back to one Judy and I had made last year.  It had been shared on Mary Fish's blog - you can find it HERE.  There is also a video with the steps to make the treat holder. Mary's sample holds one Ghiradelli chocolate square but we wanted it to hold two so we cut the card stock a little longer and scored it so that there was a little over 1/2" between the two lines.

I decided to use the penguin from the Snow Place stamp set and cut him out using the coordinating Snow Friends Framelits.  The penguin's tie and candy cane are from the same sets.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Snow Place
Ink - Black Memento, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Marker
Card Stock - Whisper White, Merry Moments DSP
Other - Snow Friends Framelits, Ornate Tag Topper Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, 1/8" Real Red Taffeta Ribbon (retired), Googly Eyes

Stampin' Up! Video - Alternate Ideas for Spider Web Doilies

Check out this video showing alternate ways to use the Stampin' Up! Spider Web Doilies

Inky Divas Weekly Creative Challenge

This week's challenge was to CASE (Copy And Share Everything) a card and post it to the Inky Divas Facebook page along with a link to the original card.

My card is one I found on Peggy Murwin's blog HERE.  There were no dimensions or directions but I did see in the comments that Peggy had followed directions posted by Julie Davison HERE.  I followed the directions for the card dimensions as the score lines but adjusted the placement of the cut line.  Rather than using Julie's measurement of 1 1/2" my cut line is at 1".

Card closed:

Card open:

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Snow Place, Lots of Joy
Ink - Memento Black, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler
Card Stock - Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Basic Black, retired DSP
Other - Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Snow Friends Framelits, Mini Glue Dots

Happy Halloween

Inky Divas Weekly Challenge - Week of October 26

This week's challenge was to create a winter themed card using vellum and at least one of the colours Lost Lagoon, Smoky Slate and Cherry Cobbler.

My card uses Lost Lagoon and Smoky Slate with a little Basic Black card stock and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.

I stamped the trees onto the vellum panel using Versamark Ink and heat embossed it using white embossing powder.  I then ran it through the Softly Falling embossing folder to add a little texture. Behind the vellum is a Smoky Slate panel.  I stamped the single pine tree using Lost Lagoon ink. The vellum panel was adhered with glue dots.  They do show through so I added some rhinestones and snowflakes to cover them.

Using the Sleigh Ride edgelits I cut the houses from Lost Lagoon card stock and the horse and sleigh from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Lovely as a Tree, Happy Scenes
Ink - Lost Lagoon, Versamark
Card Stock - Smoky Slate, Lost Lagoon, Basic Black, Vellum, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Whisper White
Other - Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Sleigh Ride Edgelits, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Word Window Punch, Candy Dots (Neutrals Collection), Rhinestones, White Embossing Powder,  Modern Label Punch (retired), Snowflake Embellishments (retired), Lost Lagoon 3/8" Silky Taffeta Ribbon (retired but on Clearance Rack)

Christmas Treat Holders 2

This is a second pillowbox I amde using my eCutter.  I do like the snowman but I think he may be a bit big for a table favour.

Stampin' Supplies
Ink - Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker
Card Stock - Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie
Other - Silhouette Cameo eCutter, Itty Bitty Accent Punches (Hearts), Star Punch (retired); Real Red 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (retired), Iced Rhinestones, Google Eyes, Poinsettia Embellishment (non SU)

Christmas Treat Holders

I have started playing with ideas for treat holders to use as table favours and to have on hand for little gifts.  In the 2015 Holiday Catalogue Stampin' Up! included a square pillowbox die.  Although I didn't buy it, I was intrigued with it.  The finished box is about 4" square and the package of dies includes several dies to cut out embellishments.

I thought a pillowbox would be a great treat holder but a 4" square box would be too big for what I wanted so I decided to see if I could create my own using my Silhouette Cameo eCutter.  I did have a pillowbox in my downloads but it was not a square but I was able to resize it to create a box with a finished size of 3" x 3" - a perfect size to hold two Ghiradelli Chocolate Squares.  I was able to cut three boxes from one sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" card stock.

The first one I made is a "Santa".  Pretty quick to make and I think it will make a great little gift or table favour.

Stampin' Supplies
Card Stock - Real Red, Black Glimmer Paper, Silver Glimmer Paper
Other - Silhouette Cameo eCutter, 1 1/4" Square Punch, 7/8" Square Punch (nonSU), Owl Builder Punch (buttons)

Note - when I make more of these Santa boxes I will probably reduce the size of the belly band to 3/4"; the silver buckle will be punched with the 1" square punch and the black insert will be 3/4" square.

Inky Divas Weekly Challenge - Week of October 19

This week's challenge was to create Fall or Halloween Card Candy.  For those of you who aren't familiar with Card Candy - it is simply elements that can be attached when making cards.

I decided on a Halloween theme for my entry.  There were no restrictions on what Stampin' Up! products could be used - current/retired.  I used a combination of current and retired products including My Digital Studio.  All of the elements have been attached with repositionable adhesive so could be easily removed to add to a card front.

Once all of the elements had been adhered to the background piece I packaged it in a cellophane bag and attached a topper.  Sorry for the glare - no matter what I did I couldn't get a good photo.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Teeny Tiny Wishes, Merry Everything, Mingle All The Way (retired), Fall Fest (retired)

Ink - Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie

Card Stock - Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Basic Black, Black Glimmer

Other - Spider Web Doilies, Tag Punch, Owl Punch, Oval Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch (retired), Fun Fall Framelits (retired), My Digital Studio (retired), Silhouette Cameo eCutter

Sheltering Tree

This is another card I on World Card Making Day.  I wanted to see if I could create an Autumn card using the Sheltering Tree stamp set.  Overall I am happy with the card but there are a few things I might change if I were to make it again - for sure I would not smudge the ink!

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Sheltering Tree
Ink - Early Espresso, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Pear Pizzazz, Gold Glimmer
Card Stock - Whisper White, Early Espresso
Other - Confetti Hearts Border Punch, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of October 12

This week's challenge was to create a card using one of Stampin' Up's decorative masks and to include punch art.  I had seen THIS card on Pinterest and decided to recreate it using punches for the pumpkins rather than stamps and framelits.

I am quite happy with my little ghost in the pumpkin patch!

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Tags 4 You (retired)
Ink - Basic Grey, Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie
Card Stock - Basic Grey, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip
Other - Large Oval Punch, Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch (retired), Tag Punch (Retired); Fun Fall Framelits (retired), Circles Decorative Mask, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Black Baker's Twine, Black Chevron Ribbon (retired), Pumpkin Pie Button (retired)

Time to Chill

I love the little penguin in the Snow Place stamp set.  I have borrowed that set along with the coordinating framelits from Judy for a little bit.  When I saw Connie Babbert's card a few days ago I knew that I would be CASEing it.  You can see Connie's card HERE.

I totally copied Connie's card except for the "iceberg" the penguin is standing on.  Rather than using Whisper White card stock,  I used Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.  Love it!  I don't have the Washi Label punch so I improvised the look by using a deckle edge blade in my rotary cutter.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Snow Place
Ink - Memento Black, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie Marker
Card Stock - Whisper White, Real Red, Smoky Slate, Merry Moments DSP, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper
Other - Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Snow Friends Framelits, Silver Mini Brad, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots