Washi Tape

A while back while visiting Pinterest I came across a pretty card posted by Kristina Werner - you can see her card HERE.  I really liked it and wanted to recreate it using Stampin' Up! products.

Although the background is looking pale pink in the photo it is really Whisper White.  Kristina's card used a gingham pattern on the bottom.  I did not have any stamps or paper to duplicate that, but I did receive the Gingham Garden Washi Tape I had ordered.  I think it worked out really well.  I used a little bit of Crystal Effects to highlight the cherry on the cupcake.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Banner Greetings (Hostess set); Create a Cupcake

Ink - Pool Party, Melon Mambo, Early Espresso, Real Red

Card Stock - Whisper White, retired Designer Series Paper

Other - Gingham Garden Washi Tape, Create a Cupcake punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Crystal Effects.

Chalk Talk and Gorgeous Grunge

In spite of promising myself that I would not buy everything in the new Stampin' Up! catalogue, I am well on my way.  I could not resist getting the Chalk Talk bundle - it includes the stamp set as well as the coordinating framelits.  I also loved the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.

I don't go on Pinterest very much, but I did notice a card posted by Amy O'Neill that uses both of these stamp sets.  You can see Amy's card HERE.

At first I was thinking there was too much "splatter" but I love the look of the card!  Amy hand cut the layered heart, I didn't.  I used the small heart punch - it's a little smaller than the stamped image, but I am good with how it turned out.

Supplies

Stamps - Gorgeous Grunge, Chalk Talk

Ink - Summer Starfruit, Coastal Cabana, Smoky Slate, Primrose Petals

Card Stock - Whisper White, Smoky Slate

Other - Chalk Talk Framelits, Primrose Petals Stitched Satin Ribbon, Rhinestone, Baker's Twine, Small Heart Punch

Masculine Card # 6

This card is one I saw on Diana Gibbs' blog several weeks ago.  You can see it HERE.  When the stamp set The Open Sea was introduced a few years ago in a mini catalogue I bought it right away knowing I would be able to used it over and over for great masculine cards.

Supplies
Stamps - The Open Sea, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - Chocolate Chip
Card Stock - Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Other - Woodgrain Embossing folder, Circle punches, Clip (retired), Essentials Paper Piercing pack

Inky Divas Weekly Creative Challenge - Week of July 15

This week's challenge was a sketch.

Here is my card.

I turned the sketch on it's side and rather than the rectangular layer I used a paper doily.  The flower was created using white tissue paper punched with the blossom and pansy punches.  The blossom cutouts were coloured Melon Mambo and the pansies were coloured Daffodil Delight.  See the video below showing how the punched pieces were coloured using a brayer.

Supplies -
Stamps - A Dozen Thoughts
Ink - Melon Mambo; Daffodil Delight
Card Stock -  Melon Mambo; Daffodil Delight; Whisper White; Pear Pizzazz; Polka Dot Parade DSP
Punches - Blossom, Pansy and Two Step Bird (leaves)
Other - Fan Fair embossing folder; Itty Bitty Banners Framelit; Gingham Garden Washi Tape; white tissue paper; non SU paper doily; Rhinestone Brad (retired); Stampin' Dimensionals; brayer

Masculine Card # 5

I made this card weeks ago and forgot to take down the information for the inspiration card I had seen.

This card uses a retired stamp set, retired DSP and retired circles Bigz Die.  

Supplies

Stamps - Sense of Time (retired), Distressed Dots

Ink - Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Card Stock - Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Neutrals DSP (retired)

Other - Clip (retired)

Masculine Card # 4

The Stampin' Up! Idea Book and Catalogue (IBC) is just that.  It is crammed full of wonderful stamping supplies, but is also full of ideas for making cards and other paper crafts.

My card today is one I saw on page 101 of the current IBC.  I used a different stamp set for the sentiment and used a framelit from the Chalk Talk set rather than the Windows Collection framelit used in the sample.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - The Open Sea, Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)

Ink - Basic Black, Crumb Cake

Card Stock - Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Naturals White

Other - Colour Spritzer (retired), Crumb Cake Marker, Chalk Talk Framelits, Antique Brad

Inky Divas Weekly Creative Challenge - Week of July 8

This week the challenge was to create a card that makes you think of summer and use colours from the Stampin' Up! Brights collection.  We were also to use stamps for the current Stampin' Catalogue.

My card is a birthday card and it does make me think of summer.  There are a lot of summer birthdays in my family and extended family.

CASEd from Marelle Taylor http://www.marelletaylor.com/2013/07/grungy-lizard.html

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Gorgeous Grunge, Tag It!

Ink - Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry

Card Stock - Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry (Textured), Whisper White

Other - Decorative Label punch, 1/2" Circle punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Inky Diva's Creative Challenge - Week of July 1

The challenge for the week of July 1 was to use only the base card and one additional layer!  It turned out to be a little harder than you would think.  I finally came up with this card using the Summer Silhouettes stamp set.

I used a little bit of Dazzling Details (glitter glue) on the flowers.

Stampin's Supplies

Stamps - Summer Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials

Ink - Early Espresso, Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding

Card Stock - Strawberry Slush, Whisper White

Other - Dazzling Details

Masculine Card 3

This is another card posted by Angela McKay http://www.northshorestamper.com/2013/06/stampin-royalty-challenge-181.html.

I don't have all of the supplies Angela used so I used what I had on hand

Supplies

Stamp Set - Delightful Dozen

Ink - Night of Navy, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight markers

Card Stock - Whisper White, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Regals DSP (retired), Brights DSP (retired), Polka Dot Parade DSP, Brads (retired), Large Star punch (retired).

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

Hope you have a great Canada Day!

Masculine Card 2

Recent cards posted by Angela McKay have been great Masculine cards.  I have CASEd two of them to fill the request I received to make some masculine birthday cards.

This is the first of those two cards

You can see Angela's card here http://www.northshorestamper.com/2013/06/going-to-graduation.html.  Angela used an embossing folder and Coredinations card stock which I don't have so I used my chevron embossing folder.

Supplies

Stamp Set - Banner Greetings (Hostess)

Ink - Summer Starfruit

Card Stock - Riding Hood Red (retired), Summer Starfruit, Basic Grey, Neutrals DSP pack (retired)

Other - Chevron Embossing folder, Adorning Accents edgelits, Summer Starfruit ribbon, Basic Grey brad (retired)

Masculine Card

I was asked if I could make some Masculine cards and when I saw Nancy Riley's card featuring the Sale a Bration set Feeling Sentimental (now retired) I decided to CASE her card.  You can find Nancy's card by clicking the link http://stampinat6213.blogspot.ca/2013/06/now-that-im-on-summer-break-from-work.html.

Nancy was inspired by carcs posted by Rita Wright and Julie Davison

I  don't have the First Edition DSP (also now retired) but I do have the digital download and had printed a sheet of it several weeks ago.

I love the bicycle image.  I stamped it full strength and then without re-inking I stamped it twice more.  LOVE it!  I don't have any designer series papers with chevrons, but I did received this month's My Paper Pumpkin kit and it has a chevron stamp so I stamped that onto Very Vanilla card stock and then cut it out using the Banner die from the Hearts a Flutter Framelits set.  I also cut one from some Early Espresso card stock.

Supplies

Stamp Set - Feeling Sentimental (retired)

Ink - Soft Suede, Early Espresso

Card Stock - Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, First Edition DSP (printed from My Digital Studio)

Other - Linen Thread, Neutrals button (retired), Hearts a Flutter Framelits

Inky Divas - Creative Challenge - Week of June 24

The challenge for this week was to use new stamps, punches/dies, colours and to follow the sketch provided.  For this card the sketch fell by the wayside but I did use a lot of new products.

This is the sketch:

I used the Flower Shop bundle that includes the Flower Shop stamp set and coordinating Pansy Punch.  The ink and card stock colours are all part of the new InColours collection.

I CASEd a beautiful design by Mary Brown for this card.  I love the red, black and grey that Mary used but I am very pleased with my colours too.  My card measures 5 x 5.

Supplies
Stamps - Flower Shop, Paper Pumpkin Welcome kit
Ink - Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding Marker
Card Stock - Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White
Other - Little Leaves sizzlit, Boho Blossoms punch, Pansy punch, Large Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Colour Spritzer (retired)

Daffodil Delight - Card 2

This is another card I CASEd from Nancy Riley.  You can see her card by clicking the link http://stampinat6213.blogspot.ca/2013/06/summer-caseing.html.

Nancy was inspired by a card posted by Rita Wright.  Here is the link to Rita`s card - http://ritascreations.blogspot.ca/2012/02/fms24-my-sketch.html.

Supplies
Stamp Set - Petite Pairs
Ink - Jet Black StazOn
Card Stock - Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Other - Boho Blossoms punch, Little Leaves sizzlit, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pak, Designer Frames embossing folder, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder (retired), Daffodil Delight 1 1/4" striped ribbon (retired), Basic Pearls.

Daffodil Delight

Recently Nancy Riley posted a couple of cards she had made using Daffodil Delight.  I tend to shy away from bright colours so I decided to CASE a couple of Nancy's cards.

You can see her post by clicking on this link - http://stampinat6213.blogspot.ca/2013/06/summer-caseing.html.

This is the first of the two cards I CASEd - it doesn't show well in the photo but I added little dots of Dazzling Details on the flowers.  Nancy's card was a square, but mine is a standard 5.5" x 4.25".  Nancy's inspiration was a card posted by Mary Brown - here is the link http://stampercamper.com/?p=1902

Supplies

Stamp Set - Summer Silhouettes, Express Yourself (Hostess Set)

Ink - Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White (craft)

Card Stock - Daffodil Delight, Basic Grey, Whisper White, Polka Dot Parade DSP

Other - White Embossing Powder, Button (retired), Baker's Twine, Dazzling Details, Scallop Border punch

Weekly Creative Challenge - Inky Divas - Card 2

I made a second card using this week's colour challenge - Soft Sky, Rich Razzleberry and Tempting Turquoise.  I forgot to bookmark the source for this card.

I really like the Soft Sky card stock, but the ink just does not show up as well as I would like it to.  I used the Label Love and coordinating Artisan Label punch as well as A Round Array and the 7/8" scallop circle punch.

Supplies
Stamp Set - Label Love, A Round Array
Ink - Rich Razzleberry, Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise
Card Stock - Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise
Other - Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Baker's Twine, Artisan Label punch, 7/8" scallop circle punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Brights Buttons (retired)

Weekly Creative Challenge - Inky Divas

This week's challenge was to use the colours Soft Sky, Rich Razzleberry and Tempting Turquoise.  I don't use a lot of the Brights colours, however I had seen a card on Pinterest that would be great using these colours.

Here are the challenge colours

My card

Link to original card http://www.handstampedstyle.com/2013/05/simple-but-stunning.html

InColour Butterflies

I saw THIS card on Pinterest and liked that it used all of the new InColours and the brand new Smoky Slate.  I had purchased the Papillon Potpourri stamp set and coordinating punch a few months ago, but hadn't really used them yet so this was a perfect opportunity to get to work with them.

I copied it as posted.  I used a different butterfly stamp and didn't have the Stampin' Up! doilies but other than that it is the same.

Supplies

Stamps - Papillon Potpourri,  Banner Greetings (Hostess)

Ink - Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush

Card Stock - Whisper White, Basic Black, Smoky Slate

Other - Fan Fair Embossing folder, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Glue Dots, Paper Doily (nonSU)

Clockworks

I don't own the Stamp Set Clockworks, however I did get the digital download when it was first released.  Until a day or two ago I forgot I even had it until I was browsing on Stampin' Connection (a site available only to Stampin' Up! demonstrators) and saw a number of cards using the stamp set.

I got to work in My Digital Studio and came up with this hybrid card

I had to resize the images (in MDS they are quite big).  I measured each element shown in the catalogue (fortunately all the stamp images in the catalogue are actual size) and placed them randomly on my page.  For the base card I coloured the images with Early Espresso and printed it out onto Crumb Cake card stock.  The focal image was printed onto photo paper (matte).  After cutting it to the size I wanted I matted it onto a piece of Summer Starfruit card stock and then onto some Midnight Muse that had been embossed with the Houndstooth embossing folder.  I used one of the stamps from Teeny Tiny Wishes for the greeting and punched it out with the Modern Label punch.

Supplies

My Digital Studio - Clockworks Stamp Brush Set

Card Stock - Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit

Stamp Set - Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink - Early Espresso

Other - Modern Label Punch, Houndstooth Embossing folder, Stampin' Dimensionals

Weekly Creative Challenge - Inky Divas

This is the fourth week of creative challenges in the Inky Divas group.  There was a sketch provided and the challenge was to use NEW stamps and tools from the new Idea Book & Catalogue.  A bit of a stretch for me as I had not yet ordered any stamps other than a few "Word" stamps.  The challenge was posted on Monday and my order was scheduled to arrive on Thursday.

This is the sketch

I decided not to make a card - I did a little notebook.  I had seen the notebook idea on Becky Roberts' blog a while back and followed her instructions for the booklet and then followed the sketch for the decoration.  You can see Becky's notebook HERE.

Supplies

Stamp - A Dozen Thoughts (new)

Ink - Island Indigo

Card Stock - Pacific Point, Pistachio Pudding, Tangerine Tango, Venetian Romance DSP (printed from My Digital Studio)

Other - Artisan Label Punch (new), Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pak (flower), Rhinestone, 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Whisper White (retired)

My Digital Studio Challenge - Freeform Zig Zag Lines

The challenge posted this week was to use the Freeform tool in My Digital Studio and the new Happy Life Hostess download.  You can see the challenge on Heather Summers' blog by clicking HERE.  You can see Kimberly VanDiepen's layout HERE

Rather than doing a 12 x 12 layout I decided to create a cover for a notepad.  I basically copied Heather's layout although I did use different Designer Papers from the Happy Life download.  I recoloured some of the papers.  The word note and the little saying below it are from the Back to School download.  I used various embellishments - some recoloured (I LOVE that feature in MDS).  I printed it out, cut it to fit and adhered it to my note pad.

I got the notepads at the dollar store (Dollarama) - 3 in a package for $1.25.

Simply Sent Card Kit

During Sale a Bration I was fortunate to earn a few free products and one of my choices was the Happy Hello Simply Sent Card Kit.  The kit contains everything needed to make 8 cards.  Four of the cards had a greeting already printed on them.  There were self adhesive die cuts, rhinestones, baker's twine and even coordinating envelopes.

This is the first card I made with it's matching envelope.  The Hello was already printed on it so all I had to do was add the die cuts, the twine and the rhinestone.  Easy peasy!

For the second card I used one of the cards that did not have a greeting.  I cut it in half, added my embellishments and then adhered it to a basic grey card base.  I adhered the plain half to the inside of the card.  The greeting is from the Sassy Salutations stamp set.

Thanks for stopping in.  Have a great day!

BDay Under Construction

A while back Heather Summers posted a layout she had created in MDS using the BDay Under Construction download.  Click HERE to have a look.  I purchased the download and then decided I would give Heather's layout a try for some of the photos from my mother-in-law's 90th birthday last November.  I kept to Heather's layout, but changed the colours and DSP used.  Love that feature in MDS.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Fabulous Florets

Finally I am happy with my card!  I saw THIS card and started from there.

I made this card yesterday and kept looking at it thinking I like it but there's something wrong.  I decided I was not toally happy with the banner - well the stamping on the banner to be exact.  I had inked up the stamp with Versamark and then lightly tapped it onto my Calypso Coral ink pad, stamped it onto the vellum card stock, sprinkled on clear embossing powder and then heat set it.  I liked it but felt the greeting just did not show up very well.  I tried stamping the greeting with various colours and finally settled on black.

Supplies
Stamps - Fabulous Florets, Friendly Phrases (retired), Fresh Vintage (retired)
Ink - Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Versamark, Basic Black
Card Stock - Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Vellum Card Stock
Other - Whisper White Satin Ribbon (retired), Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by.

Thank You

I saw this card and really liked it but I didn't have the stamp sets used.  I really liked the idea of the jar as a flower vase and regretted not buying that stamp set when it was available but then I remembered that I had purchased the digital download.  MDS to the rescue!

I printed the jar image onto Crumb Cake card stock and stamped the leaves from Fabulous Florets in Old Olive.  The flowers are from the Pretties Kit (retired but on the clearance rack).  The centres of the flowers are retired Epoxy Brads.

There is new product on the card as well - I used the Label Love stamp set and Artisan Punch (can be purchased separately or as a bundle).  I also used the stamp set A Round Array and the coordinating 7/8" scallop circle punch.  A little bit of Daffodil Delight 1/8" taffeta ribbon (retired), some distressing and the card was done!

Supplies
My Digital Studio - Perfectly Preserved Stamp Brush
Card Stock - Crumb Cake
Stamps - Fabulous Florets, A Round Array, Label Love
Ink - Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Whisper White Craft (retired?)
Other - Artisan Label and 7/8" Scallop Circle punches, Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (retired), Pretties Kit (retired but available on Clearance Rack), Distressing Tool, Stampin' Dimensionals, Epoxy Brads (retired)

Thanks for stopping by.

2013 - 2015 InColours

This card features all of the five new InColours.  Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding and Strawberry Slush.  I CASEd a card Heather Summers posted a while back.  Heather did some machine stitching on her card, but I haven't yet made that step.

I only pre-ordered the bundle that included card stock and ink so I improvised to give the effect of designer series paper.

Using Versamark ink I stamped the Dot, Dot, Dot stamp (retired) onto both Coastal Cabana and Pistachio Pudding card stock.  I also used one of the stamps from Hearts a Flutter and stamped it onto Whisper White using the Baked Brown Sugar ink.  I coloured one of the large rhinestones with a sharpie - the colour is not as close to Coastal Cabana as I would like it to be.

Supplies
Card Stock - Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Stamps - Hearts a Flutter, Express Yourself (Hostess Seet), Dot, Dot, Dot (retired), Punch Posies (retired)
Ink - Baked Brown Sugar, Versamark, Crumb Cake
Other - Apothecary Accents Framelits, Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Heart Sizzlit (retired), Heart to Heart punch (retired), Large Rhinestone, Basic Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals

MDS Challenge - #SMDSSK3

Each Monday Kimberly VanDiepen and Heather Summers post a My Digital Challenge on their blogs.  This is week 28.  Kimberly posted a sketch and when I saw it I knew I wanted to create a card rather than a scrapbook page.   I needed a card for a friend and wanted to use one of the sayings in the Be Yourself digital kit.  I created the card front following the sketch and then printed it onto Matte Photo Paper, trimmed it to the size I wanted and adhered it to the Rich Razzleberry card base.

This is my card

Supplies
Card Stock - Rich Razzleberry; Matte Photo Paper
My Digital Studio - Be Yourself Kit, Sycamore Street embellishments (ribbon recoloured to Rich Razzleberry), Rich Razzleberry Baker's Twine, Bookstagram Kit (arrow)














Here is the sketch

You can see Heather's layout HERE

Kimberly's layout can be found HERE

Triple Time Stamping

Triple stamping is not a new technique and I have posted other cards using it in the past, but this one that I saw on Sandi MacIver's blog also includes emboss resist.  I had to try it out.

I pretty much copied Sandi's card although I don't have the stamp set she used for the leaves.  I also used Pool Party instead of the soon to be retired Baja Breeze.  I used a different sentiment (I don't have the set Sandi used).

Supplies
Stamps - Fabulous Florets, Thank You Kindly (retired)
Ink - Real Red, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Versamark
Card Stock - Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake
Other - White Embossing Powder, Stampin' Dimensionals

Clean & Simple Card

I have copied this card exactly as I saw it while checking out blogs a while ago.  I forgot to mark down the source so can't direct you to the original.  The card features the Petite Curly Label punch and the coordinating stamp set Pretty Petites that were introduced during this year's Sale a bration event.  The punch will be carried over to the new catalogue, but the stamp set won't.  Although the 2011-2013 series of InColours is retiring at the end of the month, two of the colours on this card will be part of the refreshed core colours offered by Stampin' Up!  Calypso Coral and Pool Party will now be part of the Subtles collection.

Supplies

Stamp Set - Pretty Petites 

Ink - Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade

Card Stock - Whisper White, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade (retiring)

Other - Petite Curly Label Punch, Dimensionals, Designer Printed Brads (retiring), Calypso Coral, Pool Party (retiring) and Lucky Limeade (retiring) Baker's twine

Colour Challenge - SBTS #23

A few weeks ago Kimberly VanDiepen posted a colour challenge using Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, So Saffron and Strawbery Slush (new InColour).   I wanted to participate in the challenge but just could not get going on it until I saw these cards posted by Gretchen Barron.  I knew that I would be able to make a card I was comfortable with using bright colours that I am definitely not comfortable using.

I have used lots of retired and soon to be retired products on this card

Supplies

Stamp - Express Yourself (new Hostess set), Itty Bitties (retires May 31), 

Ink - Jet Black Stazon, So Saffron, Strawberry Slush

Card Stock - Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Strawberry Slush (new Incolour), Crushed Curry

Other - Elegant Lines Embossing folder (retiring), So Saffron button (retiring), Heart Sizzlit (retired), Heart to Heart punch (retired), Scallop Border punch, Calypso Coral Baker's Twine, Sweet Shop DSP (retired), Hugs Note (retired), Basic Rhinestones

CASEing Heather Summers

I check Heather Summers' blog every day to see what new inspiration she has for us.  I am never disappointed and use her samples a lot.  Sometimes I copy them just as she has displayed them or I take her idea and make it my own.  For this card I pretty much copied Heather's card exactly.  See Heather's card HERE.

Supplies

Stamp Set - Friendly Phrases, Itty Bitties (retiring May 31)

Ink - Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red

Card Stock - So Saffron, Baja Breeze (retiring May 31), Riding Hood Red (retiring May 31)

Other - Linen Thread, Mini Glue Dots, Fancy Fan, Polka Dot and Square Lattice Embossing folders, Hung Up Cute Clips

Pinwheel Spinner Card

These spinner cards are so much fun.  Many years ago Judy had shown me how to make them and recently I was reminded about them when I was cruising through Dawn Olchefske's blog.  She made a spinner card using the Pinwheel Sizzlit die.  How fun!

Unfortunately it looks like the Wishes Your Way stamp set, the Pinwheel Sizzlit die and the Clouds embossing folder are not being carried over from the Spring Catalogue.

By tilting the card a little bit the pinwheel spins along the track created with the Word Window punch.

Supplies
Stamp Set - Wishes Your Way
Ink - Island Indigo
Card Stock - Island Indigo, Pool Party, Whisper White, Sweet Shop Designer Series Paper (retired)
Other - Word Window Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Pinwheel Sizzlits die, Mini Silver brads, two pennies, Clouds embossing folder

Kimberly's Colour Challenge

Yesterday Kimberly VanDiepen put forward a colour challenge inspired by things she had seen on the internet.  The colours she challenged her readers to use were Midnight Muse, Pool Party, Sahara Sand and the new InColour Coastal Cabana.

I saw a card posted by Julie Marshall that I thought would be perfect to play along with the challenge.

Supplies

Ink - Jet Black Stazon

Stamp Set - Bring on the Cake

Card Stock - Coastal Cabana, Midnight Muse, Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Whisper White 

It's a Card!

Although most of my recent posts have been pages created with My Digital Studio I have been doing some stamping as well.  The card today is a direct CASE (Copy And Share Everything) of one I saw on Corinne Somerville's blog (Stamping with Roxy).  I loved the bright colours and the sunburst created with the Polka Dot Parade designer papers makes me smile.

Supplies:

Stamps - Delicate Doilies, Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired Hostess set)

Ink - Daffodil Delight, Real Red

Card Stock - Old Olive, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Whisper White

Other - Polka Dot Parade Designer Series Paper, 2 3/8" and 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punches, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stripes Embossing Folder

Creative Challenge - Inky Divas

The group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators that I belong to has started a weekly challenge.  This week's challenge was to create a card (following a sketch) using a retiring stamp set.  I decided to use the stamp sets Pretty Postage and Wordplay.

Stamp Sets - Pretty Postage, Wordplay (both sets are retiring at the end of May
Ink - Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse
Other - Punches - Postage Stamp, 1" Square, Gumball Green stitched ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Sneak Peak - New Colours

It is almost time for the new Stampin' Up! catalogue to go live and that means new stamp sets, a new set of InColours and so much more.  Demonstrators were given an opportunity to pre-order selected products including the new InColours so I ordered a package of the card stock and got all of the ink pads.

I saw some lovely cards posted by Patty Bennett and was regretting that I didn't have the stamp sets she used but I do have a number of flower motif stamp sets so I pulled some of them out.  One of those was Tropical Party (retired) and I decided it would be perfect.

Here is my card

Stamp Sets - Tropical Party (retired), Petite Pairs

Ink - Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Pool Party

Card Stock - Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White

Other - Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2 1/2" Cricle Punch, Bitty Butterfly punch

MDS Challenge - Colouring & Cropping Stamps

This week was the 25th challenge since Heather Summers and Kimberly VanDiepen started their weekly challenges.  If you haven't already done so you might want to join their MDS Challenge Facebook Group.

The challenge was to colour and or crop stamp brushes in MIDS.  I didn't crop the stamp brush at all, but I did use the fantastic colouring tool.  The words are all one stamp, but I was able to colour individual words using that tool.  Most elements are from the Sycamore Street download that was available during Sale-a-bration.

MDS Challenge

I did a second page for last week's challenge - photos in punches.  It is pretty much the same layout as my page from this month's MDS Online Club.  For this page I used the Be Yourself download for most of the elements on the page.

MDS Challenge

Last week the challenge from Heather Summers and Kimberly VanDiepen was to use photos in punches.  I was looking at some photos I had saved to my computer from our trip to Alberta several years ago and remembered that I had purchased an MDS download that included punches for each of our provinces so I decided to do a page using the Alberta punch with some of the photos from that trip.  I remembered a technique Heather had shown a year to two ago where it looks like multiple photos are in a single punch.  It took a bit of patience, but I am super happy with the result.

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My Digital Studio Online Club

This page uses elements from the Neon Notes kit featured in the May MDS Online Club (designer series papers, tag).  I found this kit kind of scary - the colours are so bright.  I did a search and found a layout that I really liked using these elements.  Heather Summers had given a tip on how to make it look like the ribbon embellishment is actually going through the hole in the tag.

My Digital Studio Online Club

I signed up for a My Digital Studio Online Club hosted by Heather Summers (for Canadian participants) and Kimberly VanDiepen (for US participants)  This month the two kits featured are Neon Notes and On Holiday.

This page uses Designer Series papers from the On Holiday kit.  In addition, the tag behind the title is from that kit.  One of the tips shared this month was to use the Freeform tool within the My Digital Studio software to create the stitching lines in the triangles and on the photos.

My Digital Studio Challenge - Sketch

It's another Monday and My Digital Studio Challenge hosted by Heather Summers and Kimberly VanDiepen.

This week Kimberly posted a sketch for us to work with.

This is my page featuring my brother-in-law and sister-in-law and their three children.  All of the elements are from the Lemonade Stand MDS content disc from the 2013 Sale-a-bration promotion.