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

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of September 21

Julie's challenge this week was to create a Thanksgiving project.  Her sample was a treat box that could be used as a table favour so I decided that is what I would do.  I had seen a project on Becky Robert's website detailing how to made a little favour using the Envelope Punch Board - you can her project HERE.  I had also seen a cute project on Pinterest that looked about the same size and didn't require any DSP.  You can see that project HERE.  I decided to combine the two projects and this is what I ended up with:

I also made one using SU's Linen Thread in place of the ribbon.  Here is a photo of both styles side by side - I like them both.

If using the treat holder as a table favour it could work as a place card as well - just write in the names on the back tab of the folder.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Wetlands; Tags 4 You (retired)
Ink - Cajun Craze; Baked Brown Sugar (retired)
Card Stock - Very Vanilla
Other - Baked Brown Sugar Ruffled Ribbon (retired); Stampin' Dimensionals; Envelope Punch Board; Label Bracket Punch; Linen Thread; Ghiradelli Chocolate Squares

Halloween Window

For this card I used my Silhouette Cameo eCutter to create the window.  I love that I can resize the windows and decided to go pretty big on this one.  Although not much of the card base shows I embossed it with the Brick Wall embossing folder.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Fall Fest (retired); Holiday Home (retired)
Ink - Memento Black; Pumpkin Pie; Early Espresso
Card Stock - Whisper White; Basic Black; Basic Grey; Crushed Curry
Other - eCutter; Fun Fall Framelits (retired); Bitty Banners Framelits; Brick Wall Embossing Folder; Google Eyes; 2" Circle Punch; Stampin' Dimensionals

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)