Happy Mother's Day

The April Paper Pumpkin Kit from Stampin' Up! included a Mother's Day stamp.  I decided I wanted to make my Mum's card using this stamp and went searching on Pinterest for a layout I could use to make the card.  I found THIS card and decided it was the one.  I wanted to use my Botanical Blooms stamp set and coordinating framelits.

I went through my Designer Series Paper and found a soft pink one that I liked (long retired) and a scrap of Timeless Elegance DSP (retiring May 31).

I coloured the small flowers in the greeting using markers and although it doesn't show well in the photo I highlighted them with Wink of Stella.  The die cut flowers have been sponged in the centre with the coordinating ink colour.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Botanical Blooms, April 2016 Paper Pumpkin

Ink - Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black Archival

Card Stock - Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black, Timeless Elegance DSP (retiring), Sweet Pea DSP Stack (retired)

Other - Botanical Builder Framelits, Iced Rhinestones (retiring), Signo White Gel Pen (retiring), Sponge Daubers, Rhinestones, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Black Satin Ribbon (retired), Wink of Stella

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of May 2

Crystal's challenge this week was to use Stampin' Up! products that will be retiring on May 31.  I decided to use Blackberry Bliss and Mossy Meadow from the 2014 - 2016 InColours Collection.  It took me a while to warm up to these colours when they were first introduced but they are among the colours I use most often now.  In addition to those retiring InColours I used the stamp sets Flowering Flourishes and Four You along with the Curvy Corner Trio punch all of which are on the retiring list and will not be available after May 31.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Flowering Flourishes (retiring), Four You (retiring), Work of Art

Ink - Blackberry Bliss (retiring), Mossy Meadow (retiring), Basic Black Archival

Card Stock - Blackberry Bliss (retiring), Whisper White

Other - Curvy Trio Corner Punch (retiring), Butterfly Punch, Basic Pearls

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of April 25

The challenge this week was to create a card or project to showcase something you love.  One thing I really love to do is to alter little notebooks that I have bought at the dollar store.  I like to have a notebook handy but I love it when it is pretty.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Botanical Blooms; Paper Pumpkin (can't remember which month or year)
Ink - Old Olive
Card Stock - Old Olive, Pool Party, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Basic Black
Other - Botanical Builders Framelits, Rhinestone Jewels

Freshly Made Sketches 234

This week I decided to participate in the Freshly Made Sketch Challenge (FMS234).  The card I had posted last week for the Inky Divas Challenge sort of fit the challenge but I made a few changes and although I stayed in portrait rather than landscape mode I think I met the challenge.

http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.ca/2016/04/freshly-made-sketches-234-sketch-by-jen.html

Rather than stamp and punch the balloons, I punched them from some of the papers in the It's My Party paper stack.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Happy Birthday Everyone

Ink - Basic Black

Card Stock - Whisper White (thick), It's My Party Paper Stack

Other - Party Punch Pack, It's My Party Enamel Dots, It's My Party Washi Tape, Basic Black Baker's Twine, Retired Button, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of April 18

The challenge this week was to create a birthday card using a bundle from the Occasions Catalogue and at least one item from the Annual Catalogue.

I decided to use the Party Wishes Stamp Set/Party Punch Pack bundle (pages 4 and 5 in the Occasions Catalogue) along with the Happy Birthday Everyone stamp set from the Annual Catalogue (host set, page 179) for my card.  The card is a CASE of the one displayed on page 5 of the Occasions Catalogue.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Happy Birthday Everyone, Party Wishes

Ink - Basic Black Archival, Crushed Curry, Mint Macaron

Card Stock - Whisper White (Thick), It's My Party DSP

Other - Party Punch Pack, It's My Party Washi Tape, It's My Party Enamel Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Basic Black Baker's Twine, Black Button (retired)

Where Has The Time Gone?

I can't believe we are already in the final week of our stay in Myrtle Beach.  It is another fantastic day and Judy and I are enjoying sitting on the balcony overlooking the ocean.

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of Fevruary 22

This week's challenge was to use a Sale-a-Bration item.  Even though I am not at home, I was able to participate.  I had packed the sale-a-bration set Honeycomb Happiness.  The layout is a CASE of a card in the 2016 Occasions catalogue.

Stampin Supplies
Stamp Set - Honeycomb Happiness (Saleabration)
Ink - Jet Black StazOn, Old Olive, Pool Party, So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Delightful Dijon
Card Stock - Very Vanilla Notecard, Watercolour Paper
Other - wash I Label Punch, Venetian Crochet Trim, very Vanilla Thick Bakers Twine, Stampin Dimensionals, Aqua Painter

Beautiful Rainbow

It rained most of the day but we were rewarded with this beautiful rainbow over the ocean.

At The Beach!

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

Rustic Cabin

While browsing Pinterest a while back I saw a really cute easel card that was designed to look like a rustic cabin.  There was a link to the designer of the card but unfortunately it was no longer an active website.  I did find the new blog but unfortunately there were no details.  You can see the original HERE

I decided I was going to make the card for Judy and have had it ready for a few weeks now but couldn't post it until I gave it to her.

Here is the front of the card

and a view from the side

This is definitely not a card to pop in the mail.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Snow Place, Wondrous Wreath, Peaceful Pines
Ink - Mint Macaron, Garden Green, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Memento Black, Always Artichoke
Card Stock - Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Vellum, Gold Glimmer, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer
Other - Snow Friends, Wonderful Wreath and Hearth & Home Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals, Itty Bitty Punch Pack

Gold and White Cards - Final

This card is the last one in Andrea Walford's series of Gold and White "glammed up" cards.  You can see Andrea's card and view her video HERE.

I don't have the Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack that Andrea used so I used a piece of the Gold Fancy Foil Vellum I had on hand.  Although I am happy with my card I prefer the vellum Andrea used with it's more subtle background.  If I were to make this card again I would just use a strip of the striped vellum as opposed to the 4" x 5 1/4" piece I used on this card.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Jolly Greetings
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Whisper White, Gold Fancy Foil Vellum
Other - Gold Embossing Powder, Christmas Greetings Thinlits, Stars Collection Framelits, Gold Sequin Trim, Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Gold and White Cards - 4

The fourth card in the series used the Winterland Wonderland Designer Washi Tape.  The gold Washi Tape I had on hand worked fairly well on my card.  The gold foil doily makes a great mat for the snowflake that was cut out using the Circles Collection Framelits.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamp Set - Flurry of Wishes
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Whisper White
Other - Gold Foil Doilies, Snowflake Elements, Gold Embossing Powder, Rhinestones, Washi Tape (retired), Circles Collection Framelits

Gold and White Cards - 3

The third card in Andrea Walford's series of "glammed up" Holiday Cards used the Winter Wonderland Designer Washi tape in the Holiday Catalogue which I don't have.  I remembered that I still had some retired gold washi tape from a few years ago (can't remember the name) so I pulled that out and was very happy with the result.  The only stamping on this card is "Christmas" from the Jolly Greetings stamp set.  The word merry was cut out from the coordinating Christmas Greetings thinlits.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Jolly Greetings
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Whisper White, Gold Foil Sheets
Other - Retired Washi Tape, Snowflake Elements, Rhinestones, Gold Sequin Trim, Gold Metallic Thread, Gold Embossing Powder, Christmas Greetings Thinlits, Mini Glue Dots, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

Gold and White Cards - 2

This is the second of the four cards in Andrea Walford's online class.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Flurry of Wishes
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Whisper White, Gold Glimmer Paper, Gold Foil Sheets
Other - Snowflake Elements, Gold Metallic Thread, Rhinestones, Gold Sequin Trim, Christmas Greetings Thinlits, Mini Glue Dots, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Gold Embossing Powder

Gold and White Cards - 1

Recently Andrea Walford at Sunny Stampin'  offered a bonus online class for those who had subscribed to her SUO Christmas Card Class - 2015.  All four cards in the series were gold and white.  Andrea had posted a video on 9 Ways to add Glam to your Holiday Cards HERE and the cards in the class were all based on those techniques.  She also posted a card and video for a fifth card.  You can it HERE.

I don't have the Washi Tape or Vellum that Andrea used but I did have some substitutes in my stash of goodies so I used them and am very happy with my cards.

This is the first card I made - Andrea had used a strip of vellum from the Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack.  I didn't have that but I did have the Gold Fancy Foil Vellum from the annual Catalogue so I used that.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Flurry of Wishes
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Whisper White, Gold Fancy Foil Vellum
Other - Snowflake Elements, Rhinestones, Gold Sequin Trim, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Gold Embossing Powder, Metallic Gold Thread, Fine Tip Glue Pen

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of November 30

This week's challenge was to create a card based on this sketch:

Just before I had seen the challenge I had seen THIS card posted by Tami White.  I decided that her Rudolph the Red Nosed Penguin would be the focal point of my entry for the challenge.

Although not identical to the sketch it is pretty close.  The brick wall panel was also something I had seen on Tami's blog.  I swiped the raised side of the Brick Wall embossing folder with Early Espresso ink and then ran it through the big shot onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock.  

Stampin' Supplies

Stamp Set - Snow Place, Festive Fireplace, Christmas Messages (retired)

Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Garden Green, Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie Marker

Card Stock - Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Early Espresso, Gold Glimmer, Red Glimmer, retired DSP

Other - Circle Collection Framelits, Festive Fireplace Framelits, Hearth and Home Framelits, Tree Builder Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Brick Wall Embossing Folder, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Googly Eyes

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

Inky Divas Weekly Challenge

Crystal's challenge for the week of October 5 was to create a tag with either a Halloween or Autumn theme.  I decided to use the Wondrous Wreath stamp set and coordinating framelits to create my tag,

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Wondrous Wreath, Another Thank You
Ink - Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant
Card Stock - Very Vanilla
Other - Burlap Ribbon, Linen Thread

Merry Moments

Some of my most favourite cards are clean and simple.  I saw THIS card posted by Brian King and knew right away that I wanted to copy it.  I had the card stock, the DSP and the Enamel Dot embellishments but I didn't have the stamp set.  I looked through the sets I do have and although there were many that might have worked I decided to create the greeting in My Digital Studio (retired).  I used the Alphabet Soup punches and then resized the phrase to fit the card.  Although I selected Real Red as the colour, it looks more like Cherry Cobbler.

Stampin' Supplies
Card Stock - Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Merry Moments DSP
Other - Home for Christmas Enamel Dots; Banner Punch, My Digital Studio (retired)

Watercolour Wings

I wanted to make a card using some of the DSP I received in the product share I purchased.  I saw THIS card when I was searching for cards using the Go wild DSP.  I did like it a lot with that choice but I wanted to use a piece of DSP from the Everyday Chic papers.  In the photo the doily does not show up as well as it does in person.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Watercolor Wings; Express Yourself (retired)
Ink - Watermelon Wonder; Tip Top Taupe; Memento Black
Card Stock - Whisper White; Tip Top Taupe; Cardstock Vellum; Everyday Chic DSP
Other - Bold Butterfly Framelits; Tea Lace Doilies; Large Pearl (retired); Mini Glue Dots

World Card Making Day - October 3

Yesterday was World Card Making Day and although I did make a card but forgot to post it.  So here it is:

While tidying up in my craft room I found a partially made card featuring the Bokeh technique.  I decided to use that for my card. Using VersaMark Ink I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of vellum and heat embossed it using white embossing powder.  I then adhered it to my bokeh panel with mini glue dots and covered those up with rhinestones.  The whole panel was then added to the Blackberry Bliss card base.  I wish I had done a Lost Lagoon layer between the focal panel and the card base but I am pretty happy with it.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Happy Birthday Everyone
Ink - VersaMark, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Whisper White
Card Stock - Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White, Vellum
Other - Sponge Daubers, White Embossing Powder, Rhinestones, Mini Glue Dots

Lots of Joy

This card is one I saw a week or so ago while browsing the internet.  I forgot to make a note of where I found it - as soon as I find it I will amend this post to add the link.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Lots of Joy
Ink - Old Olive, Black Memento
Card Stock - Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Real Red, Gold Glimmer
Other - Circles Collection Framelits, Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of September 28

This week's challenge was to create a card or project using leaves.  There was nothing stating that only current Stampin' Up! products had to be used so I pulled out my retired Autumn Leaves die for the Big Shot as well as the retired Four You stamp set.

I sponged a piece of Delightful Dijon card stock with Cajun Craze, Delightful Dijon and Always Artichoke.  After cutting off the strip for the greeting I cut out the leaf shape. I crumpled up the leaf and straightened it out a bit, stamped the greeting onto the strip of card stock and then coated them both with VersaMark.  Once well coated I sprinkled on clear embossing powder and heat embossed both pieces.

I probably should have used Delightful Dijon cardstock for the middle layer rather than the Cajun Craze.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Four You (retired)

Ink - Cajun Craze; Always Artichoke, Delightful Dijon; Memento Black

Card Stock - Basic Black; Delightful Dijon, Cajun Craze

Other - Autumn Leaves die for the Big Shot (retired), Candy Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder

Sleigh Ride Edgelits

I have started playing with some of my new stuff from the 2015 Holiday Catalogue.  This card uses the Sleigh Ride edgelits.  The set includes three edeglits - the houses, some trees and a horse drawn sleigh.

For this card I used Watercolour Paper for the background.  I used the Midnight Muse reinker (retired) as I couldn't find my Night of Navy.  I used an aquapainter to pick up the colour and just painted it onto the page that I had already spritzed with water.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Lots of Joy; Holiday Home (retired)
Ink - Midnight Muse (retired)
Card Stock - Whisper White; Watercolour Paper; Whisper White; Midnight Muse (retired)
Other - Sleigh Ride Edgeelits; Rhinestones; Frosted Sequins Embellishments (retired)

Sleigh Ride

I hope you can see the little horse drawn sleigh on this card - I think I should have used a darker green for the trees.  This is the second card I have made using the Sleigh Ride Edgelits.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Lovely as a Tree; nonSU stamp for HO HO HO

Ink - Old Olive; Cherry Cobbler

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

Other - Circle Card Framelits; 7/8" circle punch (nonSU); 1" circle punch; 2 1/2" circle punch; Cherry Cobbler Thick Baker's Twine; Frosted Sequins Embellishments (retired); Stampin' Dimensionals; Rhinestones

Go Wild Birthday - Sister

While I had the Go Wild DSP out I found THIS card posted on Pinterest - I loved the pink and black.  I don't make many square cards and initially was going to adapt it to a standard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card until I remembered that I had a small supply of square envelopes.

My card is pretty much identical to the original, however I don't have the silver thread that was used and the card was going to be for my sister rather than a friend.  I used one of the Iced Rhinestone embellishments from the 2015 Holiday catalogue for the centre of the large flower.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Happy Birthday Everyone; Flower Shop; Family Reunion (retired)
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Whisper White; Melon Mambo; Cardstock Vellum; Go Wild DSP; Wild Wasabi
Other - White Embossing Powder; Black Embossing Powder; 2 Step Bird Punch; Pansy Punch; Petite Petals Punch; Rhinestones; Iced Rhinestones; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots

Go Wild Birthday - Masculine

I was looking on Pinterest for cards using the Go Wild Designer Series Paper.  I was in need of a birthday card for my brother in law and when I saw THIS one I knew it would be perfect for him.   To make the banner piece I cut my card stock to the width I wanted, punched it with the Triple Banner punch making to sure to save all of the pieces.  I stamped the sentiment and placed that panel on the card - trimming to fit.  I then added added the "waste" piece from the punch.

Rather than try to line up all my panels on the card base I cut a piece of Crumb Cake to 4" x 5 1/4", added my elements and then adhered it to the Crumb Cake base.

 

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Endless Birthday Wishes

Ink - Memento Black

Card Stock - Crumb Cake; Whisper White; Go Wild DSP

Other - Triple Banner Punch; Candy Dots - Neutrals