Celebrate Today

I have almost depleted my supply of the Bohemian DSP.  This card was perfect to use up some of the small scraps I have been hoarding.  The original was posted by Mary Brown (aka stampercamper) HERE.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Celebrate Today
Ink - Bermuda Bay; Blackberry Bliss; Hello Honey
Card Stock - Whisper White; So Saffron; Bohemian DSP
Other - Ballons Framelits; Stampin' Dimensionals; Rhinestones; InColor Sequins (retired); Mini Glue Dots

Freshly Made Sketches 204

This morning I decided to participate in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge for this week.  This is the sketch posted on the website HERE.

I had some scraps on my table from a couple of recent projects so I thought I could use some of them to create a card.

I had a little piece of the vellum I had stamped with silver snowflakes left over from yesterday's card and a scrap of Night of Navy cardstock from the stairstep card I posted earlier today.  I also had a scrap of Shimmery White on the table along with the Endless Wishes stamp set.

I wanted a "mailable" card so rather than add a layer stamped with the snowflakes I masked the card base and stamped the snowflakes directly onto it.  I trimmed the Night of Navy and vellum pieces to the size I wanted and used the scrap of Shimmery White to die cut the sleigh.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Teeny Tiny Wishes; Jingle all the Way; Endless Wishes (retired)

Ink - Night of Navy; Encore Silver Metallic (retired)

Card Stock - Whisper White (thick); Night of Navy; Vellum

Other - Sleigh Ride Edgelits; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots; Rhinestones

Stairstep Card

During the summer I had been browsing on Pinterest and was quite intrigued to find a link to purchase cutting dies coordinating with the Lovely as a Tree Stamp Set by Stampin' Up!.  I knew I had to have them as well as the dies to coordinate with Ornamental Pine.  After thinking about it for a couple of days I ordered them and they arrived last week.

I saw THIS card on Pinterest and followed the link to the stamper's website.  I have never done this style of stairstep card before so I decided I was going to give it a try.  The trees on the original card were hand cut - I was so happy to be able to use my new dies.

I'm not sure about the sentiment stamped directly on the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.

Here's a look from the side -

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Lovely as a Tree; Gorgeous Grunge; Many Merry Messages (retired)

Ink - Versamark; Midnight Muse (retired)

Card Stock - Whisper White; Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper; Midnight Muse (retired); Brushed Silver (retired)

Other - Heat Tool; Stampin' Dimensionals; White Embossing Powder; nonSU Framelits

Merry Everything

Today's card is a CASE of a card I saw this morning on my upline Josée Smuck's blog.  You can see her card HERE.

Josée used the Holiday Foil Designer Vellum available in the 2015 Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue for her background.  I don't have that but wanted to make this card right away.  I used vellum cardstock and stamped the snowflakes and stars with Encore Silver Metallic ink.  The snowflake stamp and silver ink are both retired items.  The little stars are included in the Jingle all the Way stamp set.  I adhered the vellum panel to the card stock layer with glue dots and then added the rhinestones to the snowflakes to hide the glue dots.

I used Shimmery White cardstock to cut the trees and houses using the Sleigh Ride edgelits.  The house layer is adhered with stampin' dimensionals.  The greeting is stamped with Memento Black ink and is from the Jingle all the Way stamp set.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Jingle all the Way; Endless Wishes (retired)
Ink - Memento Black; Encore Silver Metallic (retired)
Card Stock - Whisper White (thick); Pacific Point; Shimmery White; Vellum
Other - Sleigh Ride Edgelits; Rhinestones; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots

Christmas in Summer 12

This is another card I saw on Pinterest last year.  The original has some stitching and a bit of sponging on the edges but I didn't do that for my card.  I wish I had as it really added a lot to the look of the card.  You can see the original HERE (you will have to scroll down a bit).

The patterned paper is from the retired Trim the Tree Paper Stack.  I may have to go back to the card and perhaps do a little faux stitching - I just don't see me pulling out my sewing machine to stitch on a card.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Festival of Threes
Ink - Garden Green; Memento Black
Card Stock - Crumb Cake; Crushed Curry; Chocolate Chip (scrap); Trim the Tree Paper Stack
Other - Linen Thread; Tree Punch; Itty Bitty Punch Pack; Stampin' Dimensionals

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of September 13

This week's challenge was to create a fall themed card using brayer and/or sponging techniques.  It's been a while since I picked up my brayer so this was definitely a challenge for me.  I don't know how many backgrounds I discarded during the process.  In the end I am pretty happy with my card.  No falling leaves but I think the colours at least meet the fall theme.

The sky was brayered using So Saffron, Calypso Coral and Cajun Craze.  I sponged the hills with Chocolate Chip.  The sand was sponged with Sahara Sand and Soft Suede.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Wetlands; Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - So Saffron; Calypso Coral; Cajun Craze; Chocolate Chip; Sahara Sand; Soft Suede; Memento Black
Card Stock - Whisper White; Chocolate Chip; Cajun Craze
Other - Brayer; Sponges; Stampin' Dimensionals

Christmas in Summer 11

I decided to duplicate a card I had made earlier (HERE) but used a different die from the Wonderful Wreath Framelits set.  I really like the simplicity of the design and a bonus is that it won't need extra postage to mail it.

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps - Festival of Trees
Ink - Old Olive
Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler; Whisper White; Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper; Under The Tree Specialty DSP (retired)
Other - Wonderful Wreath Framelits; Tree Punch; Rhinestones; Frosted Sequins Embellishments (retired)

Halloween 3

This is another super cute Halloween card I saw last year posted by Mary Fish HERE.  It was really quick to put together - cut a couple 3 1/4" squares of designer series paper, adhere the ghost and a bit of linen thread and the sentiment and you are done!

Stampin' Suppplies
Stamps - Good Greetings (retired); Fall Fest (retired)
Ink - Memento Black
Card Stock - Whisper White; Motley Monsters DSP (retired)
Other - Fun Fall Framelits (retired); Linen Thread; Stampin' Dimensionals

Snow Place

On Thursday I went over to Judy's and after lunch we sat down and stamped!  It's been a while since we stamped together and it felt good.  Judy had bought the Snow Place stamp set and coordinating Snow Friends framelits from the Holiday catalogue so we had decided that we were going to make a couple of cards using it.  A few weeks back we had seen a card posted by Anne Granger using that set and decided we wanted to CASE it.   Anne had followed a layout posted by Kimberly Van Diepen.  I had also made a few card using that same layout.

Here are the links
Anne's Card
Kimberly's Card
My Cards - Card 1; Card 2; Card 3

When recreating Anne's card we used the same colours but added a bit of texture by using the Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing folder for the layer behind the focal image.  We considered several different folders but decided on that one because it reminded us of an igloo.  Rather than using a piece of ribbon we used the striped stamp from Lots of Joy to create the little bit of horizontal interest.

The card base and embossed panel use the thicker Whisper White card stock now available from Stampin' Up!.

Don't you just love the little penguin?

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Snow Place; Lots of Joy
Ink - Bermuda Bay; Smoky Slate; Memento Black; Tangelo Twist Marker
Card Stock - Whisper White; Bermuda Bay
Other - Snow Friends Framelits; Rhinestone; Stampin' Dimensionals

Holiday Catalogue CASE

Every time there is a new Stampin' Up! catalogue - Annual, Holiday or Occasions - I immediately start my Wish List and then start to edit it.  When I received the 2015 Holiday Catalogue there was so much I wanted.  As I started to look at my list of "must haves" I realized that I really needed to whittle it down.  I had seen a Halloween card on page 39 and decided I needed to buy all of the elements for that card.  That meant an embossing folder, a stamp set, a set of framelits, ribbon, Designer Series Paper and spider web doilies.

When I started thinking about it I realized that I could make a very similar card using supplies already in my craft room!  I had ordered the Spider Web Doilies but that was all I purchased for this card.

To make the background I opened My Digital Studio and pulled up the Motley Monsters DSP download.  I imported the tree pattern into a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" photobox, changed it to black and white and then changed the opacity.  I had some halloween downloads and found a couple of ravens so added them to my background and then printed onto Smoky Slate cardstock - I was a happy girl - it was better than I thought it would be!  So now I had my background.  I layered on the doily and trimmed off the excess.  I found some Rich Razzleberry Satin ribbon (retired) and some retired Washi tape and added them to the card.

Next I needed the word BOO!  There is a set of framelits that include the word BOO! (page 49) and although tempted I didn't get it.  I have an eCutter so I opened the design page and created the word and sized it as closely as I could to what I thought the framelit would produce.  Cut it out of whisper white card stock, tied a bit of Black baker's twine and applied it to the card.  Happy! Happy!

Next was the circle in order to finish the card.  Back to My Digital Studio.  The stamp used on the sample in the catalogue coordinates with the 2" circle punch.  In MDS I added a circle punch and colour filled it with Pumpkin Pie  The next step was to create a text box and type in the word spooky. I found a font that I thought would work, adjusted the size, coloured it white and layered it onto the circle punch.  Next I found a stamp with the eyes.  I changed the colour to white and then positioned it below the word spooky.  I printed it out onto matte photo paper (the colour is better than printing to Whisper White), punched it out and adhered it to the card with dimensionals.  The last step was to adhere the completed panel to a base of Basic Grey.  Happy! Happy! Happy!

So after all that here is the card!

Stampin' Supplies
Card Stock - Basic Grey; Smoky Slate; Whisper White
Other - My Digital Studio (retired); Spider Web Doilies; Stampin' Dimensionals; eCutter; Rich Razzleberry Satin Ribbon (retired); Washi Tape (retired - I can't remember the name); Basic Black Baker's Twine

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of September 7

I made a second card for this week's challenge to create a Fall themed card.  I have had the Festive Fireplace stamp set and coordinating Festive Fireside Framelits sitting on my shelf for several weeks so I decided it was time to get them out.

I hand cut the fireplace and mantel

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Festive Fireplace; Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - StazOn Black; Tangerine Tango; Early Espresso; So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze and Chocolate Chip Markers
Card Stock - Whisper White; Basic Black; Hello Honey; Tangerine Tango; Chocolate Chip; Old Olive; Basic Grey; Farmer's Market DSP
Other - Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots; Circle Punches - 1/2", 3/4" and 1"; Spider Web Doilies; Festive Fireside Framelits; Bird Builder Punch; Fine Tip Glue Pen; Blender Pens

Halloween 2

Sounds like a scary movie!

This is another of the Halloween cards Judy and I are making this year.  One version uses the "face" stamp from Fall Fest (retired) and the other uses googly eyes.  This card is a CASE of one we saw on Mary Fish's blog last year (click HERE).

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Ghoulish Greetings (retired); Fall Fest (retired)
Ink - Memento Black
Card Stock - Whisper White; Crumb Cake; Basic Black; Pumpkin Pie; Motley Monsters DSP (retired)
Other - Spider Web Embossing Folder (retired); Fun Fall Framelits (retired); Word Bubble Framelits; Rhinestone (coloured with a Black Sharpie); Stampin' Dimensionals; Googly Eyes

Inky Divas Weekly Challenge

Julie's challenge for this week was to create a "Fall" themed card using only current Stampin' Products.  At first I didn't think I would participate because I don't have any current stamps that would fit the theme - I kept thinking falling leaves and the retired French Foliage stamp set.  Then I remembered I have the Wondrous Wreath stamp set and coordinating framelits that could be used with autumnal colours.  I had to create the banner greeting using MS Word as I didn't have a current to fit the theme.  The "wood" panel is a piece of DSP from the Farmers Market pack.  I only had one piece as part of the share I received from Sandi MacIver but I could have used the Hardwood Background stamp.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Wondrous Wreath
Ink - Crushed Curry; Cajun Craze; Always Artichoke; Elegant Eggplant
Card Stock - Crushed Curry; Cajun Craze; Always Artichoke; Very Vanilla; Farmer's Market DSP
Other - Gold Metallic Button; Linen Thread; Burlap Ribbon; MS Word

Christmas in Summer 10

Last year when the 2014 Holiday Catalogue was released, Kimberly Van Diepen posted a Christmas card that caught my attention and I saved it to Pinterest intending to make one.  That didn't happen for last Christmas but this year I remembered the card and decided I needed to give it a try.  You can see Kimberly's card HERE.

I used some of my retired stash so I am even happier with the card.  Judy had bought the On Point Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from last year's Holiday Catalogue and I had embossed a bunch of card fronts in a few different colours.  On this card I used one of the Cherry Cobbler panels.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Festival of Trees
Ink - Mossy Meadow; Cherry Cobbler; Hello Honey
Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler; Whisper White; Silver Glimmer; Trim the Tree Paper Stack (retired)
Other - Itty Bitty Punch Pack; Natural Old Olive Two Tone Trim (retired); Handheld Stapler; Angle Tag Topper Punch (retired); On Point Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (retired)

Halloween

Judy and I are getting a start on our Halloween cards.  This first one was found on Pinterest - see it HERE (you'll have to scroll down a bit).  Although we liked the card we decided to use the retired Spider Web embossing folder as a background.  We loved it!

The words are stamps we found in My Digital Studio (retired) and we cut them out with the Word Bubble Framelits.  Before removing them from the framelits we did a narrow outline around the edge.  They are popped up with dimensionals.  We added various sizes of googly eyes to finish the card.

Stampin' Supplies
Card Stock - Basic Black; Whisper White
Other - Spider Web Embossing Folder (retired); My Digital Studio (retired); Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots; Googly Eyes

Christmas in Summer 9

I have four cards to share today using the Wondrous Wreath stamp set.  I used a tutorial I found on the Create with Connie and Mary website.  If you click HERE you will get to the site and then just scroll down to see the list of free tutorials on the right hand side.

I'm still trying to use up some of my retired Designer Series Paper packs, one of them being the Trim the Tree Paper Stack from the 2014 catalogue that was featured in the instructions for these cards.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Wondrous Wreath; Good Greetings (retired Hostess set)
Ink - Pistachio Pudding (retired); Garden Green; Cherry Cobbler; Memento Black
Card Stock - Whisper White; Crumb Cake; Cherry Cobbler; Trim the Tree DSP Stack
Other - Wonderful Wreath Framelits; Metallic Buttons; Gold Baker's Twine; Crisp Cantaloupe Thick Baker's Twine (retired); Gold Sequin Trim; Rhinestones; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots; Triple Banner Punch

Christmas in Summer - 8

The Inky Divas challenge for the week of August 9 was to create a card using the "Faux Torn Edge" technique.  The sample card was beautiful and used the Wetlands stamp set - a perfect set for this technique.  Julie created a beach scene with her Faux Torn Edge.  You can see it HERE.

I am still trying to get as many Christmas cards completed as I can so I decided to use my Lovely as a Tree stamp set along with the torn edge technique to create a wintry scene.

Here's my card

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Lovely as a Tree; Good Greetings (retired Hostess set))
Ink - Garden Green; Pool Party; Soft Sky; Memento Black
Card Stock - Whisper White; Garden Green

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of August 31

This week the challenge posted by Crystal was to create a card using Whisper White and Vellum card stock.  I had already been thinking that a card I had posted here last week might look good with a vellum panel on it.  You can see that card HERE.  I replaced the white panel behind the focal image with vellum.  As with the original card I embossed that panel with the Stylish Stripes folder - passing it through once, flipping it over and passing it through again - to get a plaid look.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Festival of Trees; Lots of Joy
Ink - Cherry Cobbler; Crushed Curry; Mossy Meadow
Card Stock - Whisper White; Cherry Cobbler; Vellum; Crushed Curry (scrap)
Other - Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder; Tree Punch; Itty Bitty Punch Pack; Stampin' Dimensionals; Rhinestones

Bohemian Birthday

I have been trying to use every scrap of the Bohemian DSP I received in the product share I purchased from Sandi MacIver.

The card layout and colours are the same as a couple of other cards I have posted but this time I used the Stylish Stripes embossing folder to create the plaid effect on the Delightful Dijon panel

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Happy Birthday Everyone; Kinda Eclectic

Ink - Blackberry Bliss (Ink Pad and Marker); Bermuda Bay and Delightful Dijon Markers

Card Stock - Blackberry Bliss; Delightful Dijon; Whisper White; Bohemian DSP

Other - Stylish Stripes embossing folder; InColour Sequins (retired); Burlap Ribbon; Stampin' Dimensionals; Rhinestones

Sketch and Stamp - SB119

I played along with Sketch and Stamp again this week.  You can link to the site HERE to see the cards made by the design team and if you scroll to end of that post you can view the cards posted by other participants.

My card uses mostly retired products - I am still determined to use some of my older and retired stamp sets for this year's Christmas cards.  Although I strayed a little bit, I think my card fits pretty well with the sketch.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Scentsational Season (retired); Cheerful Tags (retired)

Ink - Cherry Cobbler; Soft Suede; Early Espresso Marker; Baked Brown Sugar (retired)

Card Stock - Whisper White; Cherry Cobbler; Vellum; Merry Moments DSP

Other - Pearls; Circle Framelits; Brick Wall Embossing Folder; Mini Glue Dots; Stampin' Dimensionals; Holiday Collection Framelits (retired)

Christmas in Summer 7

I am determined to use Christmas themed stamp sets that I have bought in previous years to do some of my cards this year.  I still have a list of things I want from the 2015 Holiday Catalogue but for now I decided to use some retired sets.  The first one is a CASE of a card I saw on Pinterest - it uses the Lots of Stars stamp set which I don't have but I do have the Bright and Beautiful set from the 2014 Holiday Catalogue.  I decided to use that along with the Stars Framelits.

You can see the card I found on Pinterest HERE.

I am pretty happy with my card and will be making more but I think I will use Mossy Meadow ink and card stock for the green star (I used Old Olive).

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Bright & Beautiful (retired); Endless Wishes (retired)
Ink - Old Olive; Crumb Cake; Cherry Cobbler
Card Stock - Crumb Cake; Old Olive; Whisper White; Cherry Cobbler; Gold Glimmer
Other - Stars Framelits; Stampin' Dimensionals; Tea Lace Doilies; Itty Bitty Accents punch pack; Striped Ribbon (retired); Large Polka Dot Embossing folder; Extra Large Rhinestones (retired)

Happy Anniversary George & Louise

Today my brother in law and his wife celebrate 48 years of marriage.  How great is that!  This is the card I made for them.  This is another CASE of a card posted by France Labreque HERE.  I had posted a birthday card earlier this month (August 12) using the same layout.

I was happy to see how well the Itty Bitty Accents Epoxy Stickers fit into the impressions made by the Happy Hearts embossing folder.

I couldn't find an "anniversary" stamp in my collection to use on the card so I went to My Digital Studio (no longer available) and chose one of the stamps there.  I resized it a bit and then printed it out onto Whisper White card stock.  I punched a scrap piece of card stock using the Confetti Hearts Border punch and then sponged the hearts onto my focal piece..

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - none
Ink - Melon Mambo
Card Stock - Kraft; Rich Razzleberry; Whisper White; Bohemian Designer Series Paper
Other - Confetti Hearts Border Punch; Hello You Thinlits; Triple Banner Punch; Itty Bitty Accents Epoxy Stickers; Metallic Button; Linen Thread; Handheld Stapler; Burlap Ribbon; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots; My Digital Studio (retired)

Two Posts in One Day!

All day I kept thinking about the card I posted this morning and how easy it would be to "step it up".
For this second card I decided to emboss the white panel using the Stylish Stripes folder to create a subtle plaid effect.  I have used this technique several times since I first saw it on Michelle Last's blog HERE.  It just adds a little bit of texture to the background without being too fussy.

The only other change I made was to use Pearl Embellishments rather than the Rhinestones on the first card.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Festival of Trees; Lots of Joy
Ink - Cherry Cobbler; Crushed Curry; Mossy Meadow
Card Stock - Whisper White; Cherry Cobbler; Crushed Curry (scrap)
Other - Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder; Tree Punch; Itty Bitty Punch Pack; Stampin' Dimensionals; Pearls

Are Your Crafting Supplies Collecting Dust?

If so, you have to check out Kimberly Van Diepen's post today where she addresses an issue most of us have experienced - your crafting mojo has deserted you and you can't seem to get back to it.  Click HERE to read her post and then follow along with her to create a beautiful card.

Although I have been posting every couple of days lately there had been a long period where I wasn't posting because I wasn't creating.  I was so happy the day I went back into my craft room and started making cards again.

For my card today I used the same measurements as Kimberly's and decided to use stamps, paper and ink that were sitting on my desk.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Festival of Trees; Lots of Joy
Ink - Cherry Cobbler; Crushed Curry; Mossy Meadow
Card Stock - Whisper White; Cherry Cobbler; Crushed Curry (scrap)
Other - Tree Punch; Itty Bitty Punch Pack; Stampin' Dimensionals; Rhinestones; Cherry Cobbler Blendability Marker (retired)

Christmas in Summer 6

This card was also found on Pinterest when I searched for Festival of Trees.  You can view the original by clicking HERE.

I made two versions of the card.  I just switched up the colours and changed the size of the banner for the second card.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Festival of Trees; Endless Wishes (retired); Endless Birthday Wishes
Ink - Cherry Cobbler; Mossy Meadow; Whisper White
Card Stock - Crumb Cake; Whisper White; Mossy Meadow; Cherry Cobbler; Gold Glimmer Paper
Other - Tree Punch; Itty Bitty Accents Punch; Triple Banner Punch; Stampin Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots

Christmas in Summer 5

I have been using the Festival of Trees stamp set and coordinating punch a lot lately to get a head start on my Christmas cards for this year.  Pinterest is a wonderful source of great ideas to CASE (copy and share everything) or to use as inspiration for your own creativity.  Truthfully I mostly CASE.

This is one of the cards I found when I did a search on Festival of Trees on Pinterest.  You can find the original HERE.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Festival of Trees; Wondrous Wreath
Ink - Garden Green; Cherry Cobbler
Card Stock - Whisper White; Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper Stack (retired)
Other - Tree Punch; Dazzling Details (Cherry Cobbler); Stampin' Dimensionals

Christmas in Summer 4

A few weeks Anne Granger posted a card using the Lots of Joy stamp set from the 2015-2016 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue.  You can see it HERE.  I loved the use of the new Corrugated Paper.  I had a small sheet of it in the product share I received from Sandi MacIver so I decided to CASE Anne's card.  I didn't have the metallic thread Anne used so I unravelled some of my gold baker's twine and used the thread from that.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Lots of Joy; Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - Mossy Meadow; Cherry Cobbler
Card Stock - Whisper White; Smoky Slate; Mossy Meadow; Merry Moments Designer Series Paper; Corrugated Paper
Other - Thick Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine; Gold Baker's Twine (gold thread only); Rhinestone; Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities (retired); Stampin' Dimensionals; Tree Punch; Lots of Labels Framelits; Word Window Punch

Sketch and Stamp - SB118

Again this week I played along with a sketch on the Stamping and Blogging website.  You can see the sketch for SB118 HERE.

The Lots of Joy stamp set was on my table so I decided to use it for my card.  I also had some bits and pieces of Merry Moments DSP, gold glimmer paper and the Itty Bitty Punch Pack on my desk so I used them as well.

Here's my card.  In addition to following the sketch I used Sandi MacIver's layout.

Here is the inside of the card

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Lots of Joy
Ink - Old Olive; Cherry Cobbler
Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler; Whisper White; Gold Glimmer Paper; Merry Moments DSP
Other - Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots

Hello

My card today uses a couple of tools I have not used for a while - my Silhouette Cameo eCutter and My Digital Studio (now retired).

In the new Holiday Catalogue Stampin' Up! has introduced a window frame framelit but I don't have it yet (it is on my wish list).  I used the ecutter to create the window frame and window box.  The tree image is Lovely as a Tree and although I do have the stamp set the images were too large so I used the My Digital Studio download and resized (and cropped) it.  I also used the little bird from the Festival of Trees download (resized it too).  I used my Old Olive ink pad and a blender pen to highlight the grass and leaves and then sponged more old olive for the ground.  Soft Sky ink was sponged to create the sky.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Good Greetings (retired)
Ink - Cherry Cobbler; Old Olive; Soft Sky
Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler; Whisper White; Chocolate Chip; Corrugated Paper (Kraft); Daffodil Delight
Other - Candy Dots; Itty Bitty Accents punch; Tea Lace Doily; Stampin' Dimensionals; Silhouette Cameo; My Digital Studio; Mini Glue Dots

Sheltering Tree

I have become quite addicted to creating cards using an acrylic block to stamp.  For today's card I used Stampin' Up!'s block D to create the background.  I applied colour to the block using markers, spritzed it with a bit of water and stamped it on Whisper White card stock.  I decided to use the Sheltering Tree photopolymer stamp set - I like the look of the silhouette against the background.  A little bit of linen thread and the card was done.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Sheltering Tree
Ink - Memento Black; Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey and Lost Lagoon Stampin' Write Markers
Card Stock - Whisper White; Basic Black; Lost Lagoon
Other - Linen Thread

Another Monarch Butterfly

I recently needed a get well card and I had an extra butterfly on my stamping table so I decided to use it.  I saw THIS card on Pinterest and started from there.  For my background I used Smoky Slate ink and love the subtle look behind the butterfly.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Watercolour Wings; Butterfly Basics; Sassy Salutations
Ink - Pumpkin Pie; Tangelo Twist; Memento Black; Smoky Slate
Card Stock - Whisper White; Basic Black
Other - Triple Banner Punch; Basic Black Baker's Twine; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots; Bold Butterfly Framelits; Butterfly Thinlits

Sketch and Stamp - SB117

I decided to play along with Sketch 117 on the Stamping and Blogging website HERE.

One of the cards posted by a design team member - Michelle Last - featured the Stylish Stripes embossing folder.  She put the cardstock into the folder and embossed it, then she flipped the piece over and embossed it again ending up with a subtle plaid look.  Click HERE to see Michelle's card.

I really wanted to try out that technique and combine it with a card I had seen on Pinterest.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Lots of Joy
Ink - Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green
Card Stock - Whisper White; Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green; Silver Glimmer
Other - Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder; Lots of Labels Framelits; Tree Punch; Stampin' Dimensionals; Itty Bitty Accents Punch; Rhinestones

Masculine Birthday Card

I still have several masculine birthday cards to make - this is the latest one.  I CASEd France Labreque's card posted HERE.  I don't have the embossing folder or stamp set France used so I used what I have on hand.

I have to say Delightful Dijon - one of the 2015-2017 InColors - is not a favourite.  I may have to buy a pack of the Bohemian DSP - I got a small supply through a share and have almost used it all up. It's great for those masculine cards.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Endless Birthday Wishes; Dotty Angles
Ink - Delightful Dijon; Blackberry Bliss
Card Stock - Blackberry Bliss; Delightful Dijon; Bohemian DSP
Other - Hello You Thinlits; Metallic Gold Button; Linen Thread; Burlap Ribbon; Handheld Stapler; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots

Monarch Butterfly

I had bought the Butterfly Basics stamp set and coordinating thinlits from the Occasions Catalogue and was happy to see that they are included in the 2015-2016 Annual Catalogue along with a new butterfly bundle.  The stamp set is Watercolor Wings and the coordinating framelits are Bold Butterfly.  The really great thing is that the framelits and thinlits work with both stamp sets.

My card today uses the Watercolor Wings set - a multi step set.  I stamped the bold image with pumpkin pie and for the next layer used Tangelo Twist ink.  The final detail was added with Memento Black.  I cut out the image using the coordinating framelit and then cut out the detailed butterfly in Basic Black to layer on top.

The background was created by scribbling Smoky Slate ink onto a clear block, spritzing it with a bit of water and then "stamping" onto the white cardstock.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Watercolor Wings; Happy Birthday Everyone

Ink - Memento Black; Tangelo Twist; Pumpkin Pie; Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker

Card Stock - Whisper White; Basic Black

Other - Big Shot; Bold Butterfly Framelits; Butterfly Thinlits; Rhinestones; Stampin' Dimensionals; Clear Block E

Happy Anniversary Mum and Dad

My parents are celebrating their 64th wedding anniversary today.  This is the card I made for them:

The card is a CASE of a wedding card I saw on Pinterest.  You can see the original HERE - it's the third photo from the top.

I used a piece of Timeless Elegance Designer Paper and added some colour with my Blushing Bride Marker  I added a few pearls, a bit of long retired Pleated Ribbon.  The Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set was perfect for the sentiment as I didn't want it to be too big.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - Memento Black; Blushing Bride Stampin' Write Marker
Card Stock - Whisper White; Blushing Bride; Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper
Other - Blushing Bride Pleated Ribbon (retired); Pearls

CASEing Mary Fish

I saw a really pretty card posted by Mary Fish and then when she added a video showing her technique for watercolouring with blender pens I knew I had to give it a try.  You can see the video HERE.

Mary only coloured in the stems and leaves but I decided to do the flowers as well.  I don't have any of the new Designer Series papers but I did find some in my stash that I felt would work.

Hope you like it.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Butterfly Basics

Ink - Memento Black; Old Olive; Blackberry Bliss

Card Stock - Whisper White; Blackberry Bliss; retired DSP

Other - Basic Black Baker's Twine; 2" Circle Punch; Blender Pen; Rhinestones; Stampin' Dimensionals

The Open Sea

The Inky Divas challenge posted for the week of August 1 was to create a card with a window effect.  I had seen a card on Pinterest that I thought would meet that challenge and would give me a chance to dust off The Open Sea stamp set.  You can see the original card HERE.

For the background I inked up the images, stamped them off once on a scrap of paper and then stamped the card stock  The ship and sentiment were stamped with StazOn Black and the "water" was coloured in using a blender pen.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - The Open Sea; Fabulous Four
Ink - Smoky Slate; StazOn Black; Bermuda Bay
Card Stock - Smoky Slate; Bermuda Bay; Whisper White
Other - Deco Label Framelits; Circle Framelits; Stampin' Dimensionals; Candy Dots; Blender Pen

Wetlands

I love the Wetlands stamp set especially the little water birds (sandpipers?) and was so happy that it is included in the 2015-2016 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue.  I decided to make another card for last week's Inky Divas challenge - use an acrylic block as a stamp.  There are many techniques for this - for my previous card I applied the ink directly to the block and immediately stamped on the card stock.  For this card I used my Stampin' Write markers to scribble the colours onto the block.  I then spritzed it several times with water and applied it to the paper.  I knew I wanted to use the Wetlands stamp set so I applied three colours to try to get the illusion of beach, sea and sky.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Wetlands
Ink - Crumb Cake, Marina Mist and Pool Party Stampin' Write Markers; Memento Black Ink
Card Stock - Whisper White; Basic Black; Pool Party
Other - Clear Block E; Stampin' Dimensionals; Water Spritzer

Christmas in the Summer 3

Another of the Festival of Trees cards that I found on Pinterest also used the Circle Card Thinlits die.  I hadn't used mine for quite some time so I decided to put it to use.  The original card can be seen HERE.

The tree on the original tree was stamped with Old Olive ink but I am very happy with it in the Lost Lagoon.

Stampin' Supplies:

Stamps - Festival of Trees; Good Greetings (retired); Endless Wishes (retired)

Ink - Lost Lagoon; Smoky Slate

Card Stock - Smoky Slate; Lost Lagoon; Whisper White; All is Calm DSP (retired)

Other - Silver 1/8" Ribbon; Itty Bitty Accents punch (star); Silver Glimmer Paper; Tree Punch; Circle Card Thinlits; 2 1/2", 2", 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches; retired Washi Tape; Mini Glue Dots; Stampin' Dimensionals; Rhinestone