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