January 28, 2012

This color scheme comes from this weeks ColorQ challenge. I took the liberty of adding some Baja Breeze as that color caught my eye in the inspiration photo, even though she didn't list it among the colors for the challenge. Also, the sketch comes from the Friday Mashup challenge. Ironically, the other half of the "mashup" challenge was to use something new; the DSP and the red ribbon are quite old, in fact!

Supplies

Stamp Set: A Slice of Life

Ink: StazOn, More Mustard, Riding Hood Red

Paper: Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red, More Mustard and Old Olive DSP, Old Olive, Whisper White

Tools: Big Shot, Ovals die

Embellishments: Dress Up Ribbon Originals (I think!), Antique Brad, 1/8" Baja Breeze Taffeta ribbon

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January 26, 2012 #2

I created this for the Color Throwdown challenge this week.

Supplies

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Oval All

Ink: Rose Red, Early Espresso

Paper: Pool Party, Sweet Pea DSP, Crumb Cake

Tools: 3/4" Circle punch, Modern Label punch, Scallop Border punch, paper piercer

Embellishments: Victoria crochet, Antique Brad

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January 20, 2012

I flipped the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches this week for this masculine card.

Supplies

Stamp Set: Pursuit of Happiness, Canvas background stamp

Ink: Soft Suede, Always Artichoke

Paper: Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, Confetti White

Embellishments: Striped 1 1/4" Grosgrain Soft Suede, crochet thread, Antique Brad

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October 12, 2011

And one more masculine card for my most recent elmDesigns customer order. This color scheme came from Color Throwdown.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Extreme Elements

Ink: Baja Breeze

Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze

Tools: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Tearing Edge

Embellishments: Bakers Twine Early Espresso, Antique Brad

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October 7, 2011

Lovely colors for the Stampin' Royalty challenge this week. They are perfect with this brad from the Antique Brads pack. I really wanted to use more of them as I had more of these in my stash than any of the others. Mission accomplished. :)

Supplies:

Stamp Set: from TPC Studio Card Crafting Hellos

Ink: Elegant Eggplant

Paper: Old Olive, More Mustard textured, So Saffron, Elegant Eggplant

Tools: Big Shot, Flower Garden EF, Modern Label Punch (just on each end of the strip)

Embellishments: 5/8" Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon, Antique Brads

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October 6, 2011

I sat down today with the goal to use the Sweet Buttons embosslit. And here is what came of it:

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Simply Said

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Paper: Pool Party, Basic Gray, Rich Razzleberry

Tools: Big Shot, Sweet Buttons embosslit, sponge dauber

Embellishments: Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, harware from Paper Studio Spare Parts

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Supplies:

Stamp Set: Occasional Quotes, Apple Blossoms

Ink: Lucky Limeade, VersaMark

Paper: Blushing Bride, Elegant Eggplant, Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White

Tools: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Big Shot, Elegant Bouquet EF, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, White EP, heat tool

Embellishments: 1/8" Early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones

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Supplies:

Stamp Set: Oval All, Extreme Elements, Canvas background

Ink: Island Indigo, Soft Suede

Paper: Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Tools: Large Oval punch

Embellishments: Antique Brad

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July 25, 2011

For the Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge this week.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Fresh Cuts, Bliss

Ink: Crumb Cake, Elegant Eggplant

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, Elegant Eggplant, Elegant Soiree DSP

Tools: Decorative Label punch (or possibly a label from the Matchbox die?? It was just in my stash!), Triple Flower punch, Scallop Edge punch, Modern Label punch, Big Shot, Elegant Lines EF

Embellishments: Antique Brad

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June 26, 2011

I'm so behind on Greeting Card orders! I am taking shortcuts and chose to CASE this card by Mary Browne. I wanted a card that was a bit brighter. So, this is my version:

Supplies:

Stamp Set: So Happy For You

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Tools: Boho Blossoms punch, Big Shot, Square Lattice EF

Embellishments: Silver Brads, 3/8" Early Espresso Taffeta ribbon

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This card is loosely based on a card that I saw... somewhere! I cannot find it now. :( It was more clean and simple and in different colors. It used this silhouette image in ?Wasabi on a white rectangle, with ?Bashful Blue butterflies, on a ?Saffron card base embossed with the square lattice EF. This card is different enough, I don't feel too terrible that I can't link to that card - but the card was quite lovely!

**Addendum: Aha! No wonder I couldn't find the site to link it -- I saw it in the new Idea Book & Catalog! p 109 :)

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Just Believe, Close as a Memory

Ink: Bravo Burgundy, StazOn Black

Paper: Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Bravo Burgundy, Very Vanilla, Vellum

Tools: Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper EF, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Ovals die, Tearing Edge

Embellishments: Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon, Antique Brad, Basic Pearls

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June 24, 2011

This is for the sketch challenge over at Just Add Ink this week. Kept it clean and simple, as per my usual! :) I used the 1" Circle punch for the concave curve at the end of my "happy birthday" strip.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Curly Cute

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Baja Breeze, Vellum, Baja Breeze DSP (retired), Whisper White

Tools: 1" Circle punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Big Shot, Elegant Bouquet

Embellishments: 1/8" Early Espresso Taffeta ribbon, Antique Brad

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June 18, 2011

These colors come from the challenge over on The Color Dare this week. I've paired this with a challenge on SplitCoastStampers to get inspiration from a cyber-card-friend. :) I chose to head over to bon2stamp gallery. A while ago, I asked her a question about the sizes of oval in the Ovals die from Stampin' Up! She not only answered my question, she sent me ovals in the mail! That definitely put her in the friend category even though we've never met and live half a country away. :) (I visit her blog Stamping with Klass frequently - check it out.) I CASEd her Hollyhock Garden card.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Watercolor Trio

Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Elegant Eggplant

Paper: Blushing Bride, Sahara Sand, Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla

Tools: Big Shot, Elegant Bouquet EF, Corner Rounder punch, Scalloped Oval and Oval punches

Embellishments: Blushing Bride Polytwill ribbon, Antique Brads

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March 16, 2011

I can't believe I went almost 2 weeks without a new post! Eek! I've been busy with stamping, just not posting it! A friend /fellow SU! demonstrator and I are preparing for an event this Saturday - attendees will be making a project for every month! Of course, I've been busy with other things, too!

Well, I am excited about this card! I sat down last evening to make a card with the Bliss set from the SAB catalog because I just got it Monday. I mainly wanted to use the "filigree" or whatever one might call that. This is what I stamped out! The picture doesn't quite capture thefeel of it with the vellum, but you get the idea. I'm proud of myself for turning out something so chic! :) Even my husband was impressed with this one. Then I woke this morning to find that the Stamping Royalty challenge is to use texture/embossing folders!

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Bliss, Close as a Memory

Ink: Elegant Eggplant, StazOn Black

Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, Basic Black, Vellum

Tools: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper EF

Embellishments: Antique Brads

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And this is another card, I actually did it last week but never had time to post. (Trust me: I don't need a challenge to encourage me to use embossing folders! LOL I'm beginning to wonder what I ever did without them!!) I had decided I wanted to use this color combination and came up with this!

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Perfect Punches

Ink: Night of Navy, Tangerine Tango

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango

Tools: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot EF, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Curly Label punch

Embellishments: Basic Rhinestones, 1/8" Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon, Brights Designer Buttons Rich Razzleberry

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February 10, 2011

I am combining two challenges here. Pals Paper Arts is challenging us to make a vintage project. Many card makers have that down to an art. I, however, do not. Vintage is not really my style. I love it, but I just have trouble producing it myself! So, I went on a Google hunt for ideas from actual vintage greeting cards. Ingenius, I know. ;) I found this picture:

I think I may try to make cards similar to a few of these cards pictured. But, my eye first fell on the card in the middle of the top row. I figured I could come up with a card that looked a little like that one.

Over on Stacey's Stamping Stage, is a great color combination (that I'd like to try again)! I decided to use it for my vintage card. On one site I came across while Googling, I read vintage can be achieved using muted colors (among other things, of course). Not that Melon Mambo is muted... but I figured by sponging onto my stamp I could get away with it! :)

It's not what most would imagine as "vintage" in the paper crafting world, but here is what I made:

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Kind & Caring Thoughts, Afterthoughts

Ink: Wild Wasabi, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo

Paper: Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White

Tools: Corner Rounder punch, Eyelet Border punch, Big Shot, Square Lattice EF

Embellishments: Crochet thread, Antique Brad

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February 4, 2011

I am feeling behind on greeting card orders! Just delivered one this morning. I'm halfway into the next one. And then I have one more in line! And, still, the 300 wedding invitations to finish by the end of April. (Plenty of time, right?!?)

Anyway, I already made one of this card today, in different colors. Then I went over to Inkspirations and saw their Color Challenge this week. I was inspired to make a second one with these colors!

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Kind & Caring Thoughts

Ink: Black StazOn

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Vellum, Cherry Cobbler

Tools: Big Shot, Ovals Die, Vintage Wallpaper EF, Beautiful Wings Embosslit

Embellishment: Antique Brad

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December 2, 2010

Last night I made 2 more birthday cards. The first one uses colors from last weeks Color Throwdown Challenge, the second uses the colors from Stacey's Stamping Stage (although I had to use Elegant Eggplant instead of Concord Crush AND instead of white, I used Vanilla).

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Apple Blossoms, A Word For You

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive

Paper: So Saffron, Sweet Pea DSP, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White

Tools: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch

Embellishments: Dress Up Ribbon Originals (retired), Brights Designer Buttons Old Olive, Basic Rhinestones

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Supplies:

Stamp Set: Watercolor Trio

Ink: Basic Gray (stamped off), VersaMark, Elegant Eggplant

Paper: Crumb Cake, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Gray textured, Very Vanilla

Tools: Big Shot, Top Note die, Square Lattice embossing folder, Black embossing powder, heat tool, Scalloped Oval punch, Large Oval punch

Embellishments: Antique Brad, Victoria Crochet Trim

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November 4, 2010 Challenge 3

And one more challenge response card for the day. This is the Sketch Challenge from Just Add Ink this week. I will be making another with this sketch, but I'm pretty happy with this one. I make so few masculine cards that I get pretty excited when I turn out a good one! :) In fact, I like it so much that I made two, although they differ slightly. Oh, and the Navy looks better in real life than it does on screen/in picture!

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Afterthoughts [except without the afterthought LOL! I admit I only chose that set because I can ink only the phrase I want with markers and leave off the "afterthoughts" that give the set it's name!! :)]

Ink: Not Quite Navy

Paper: Crumb Cake, Elegant Soiree DSP, Not Quite Navy textured, Bashful Blue

Tools: my hands for wrinkling up the Bashful Blue!, Sticky Strip - under the strips of hemp twine

Embellishments: hemp twine, Antique Brad (my last one!! must get more)/Pewter Brads

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Framed Paper Art

I've done a couple of projects recently for putting in frames and using as decor. One as a house-warming gift for my aunt who recently moved and the other for a coworker who asked me to put my creativity to work for her to use a Christmas gift. :)

This is the project for a coworker whose sister is having a baby. She plans to insert a sonogram picture in the blank spot framed with the brown rick rack. Here is a picture in the frame.

The scallop flowers were made with the scallop punches. The small one uses 2 of them, the large one 2 1/2! Scored straight across between all scallops, snipped (between two scallops) to the center. Then folded accordion-style and adhered to the next piece on either end. I adhered the buttons with Dimensionals and used small pieces of dimensionals as well as the 2 Way Glue Stick to adhere the flower to the sheet.

Here is a picture out of the frame, much easier to take and get accurate coloring (the flash just doesn't work with the glass)!
Supplies:

Paper: Elegant Soiree DSP, Soft Suede textured, Early Espresso textured, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla

Tools: 2 3/8" and 1 3/4" Circle punches, Big Shot, Scallop Circle die, Circle Scissor Plus

Embellishments: 1/8" Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon, crochet thread, Rick Rack from Hobby Lobby, Buttons from a Tube of Buttons from Hobby Lobby :)

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Here is the housewarming gift. Her living room is Americana themed. I took my Sahara Sand ink pad and swiped it on Whisper White textured card stock for the strips. I used smooth card stock, wrinkled it up, smoothed it out, swiped with Sahara Sand so it inked primarily the wrinkles, then punched the stars out. The "Under God" is in a great font called Bleeding Cowboy! I simply printed it out then tore it from the sheet with the Tearing Edge.

Supplies:

Ink: Sahara Sand

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White textured and smooth, Not Quite Navy textured

Tools: Scallop Border punch, Small Star punch (retired)

Embellishment: Antique Brad

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September 3, 2010

Sooo, even though I said I had a lot to do (and that's true) and I probably wouldn't post til after the weekend... I squeezed in another card. I was waiting for bread dough to rise, so I had to do something! :) Right after setting the bread dough aside to rise, I decided to hop around on my favorite challenge blogs. Just Add Ink has a great sketch challenge and my gears started turning. Maybe I should bake and craft more often as I am quite pleased with how this turned out!

I have not even a scrap of Bravo Burgundy card stock right now!! BUT when I went through my ring filled with all the SU! card stock colors (my usual starting point...) I chose these 3: So Saffron, Baja Breeze and Bravo Burgundy. Also, while you can certainly use other shapes here, I really like the Decorative Label shape. BUT I don't have the Decorative Label punch (YET! it is available now in the Holiday Mini!).

My solution to these two problems was to take one of my extras from the Matchbox die, tacked it onto a piece of Very Vanilla, grabbed my sponge dauber and my Bravo Burgundy ink pad and Voila! Then I used another scrap piece that the label had been cut from and used it to mask as I stamped the flowers. Also, the edges of the entire card were swiped with the dauber.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Kind & Caring Thoughts, Botanical Blooms

Ink: Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Bravo Burgundy

Paper: So Saffron, Urban Oasis, Very Vanilla

Tools: Big Shot, Matchbox die Labels, Sponge Dauber, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

Embellishments: 5/8" So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon, 1/8" Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Antique Brads

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August 30, 2010

I recently purchased a necklace (shown in the picture) with colors that I thought would look great on a card. I have tried a few cards in the color scheme, but this is the best to turn out so far. I think I'll try another sometime soon. :) Any excuse.... LOL

This one I made for the Stamping 411 challenge. I didn't get around to stamping over the weekend, and was happy to get this made today! I stamped this hydrangea quite a while ago, but just never got around to getting on a card (lack of inspiration, I guess). I cut it out to use for this card. I felt it was just kinda there, so I decided to coat it in Crystal Effects and that helped just enough! To get the dual colored effect, I inked it in Marina Mist then sponged Perfect Plum onto it before stamping.

Supplies:

Stamping Sets: Because I Care, Watercolor Trio

Ink: Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi (NQN is lightly sponged onto the Vanilla oval, and MM is sponged/swiped on the edge of the label piece and the oval)

Paper: Sahara Sand, Perfect Plum, Not Quite Navy textured, Very Vanilla textured and smooth

Tools: Coluzzle Cutting System, Eyelet Border punch, Big Shot, Matchbox die (label), Square Lattice Embossing Folder, paper snips!!!

Embellishments: 1/8" Taffeta ribbon Very Vanilla, Antique Brads, Crystal Effects

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I Love Challenges!

If you are ever hurting for inspiration, participate in challenges! I am quite addicted to them. You can find challenges on SplitCoastStampers (I prefer the Clean and Simple card challenges, myself). Stamping 411 is a blog I recently found with several challenges per week. Diva Coffee Break Designs is another blog with great challenges. And these are only a few - which is enough to keep one busy, but you may find others out there that suit you better!

This card is what I made in response to this past weeks challenges on Stamping 411 - a sketch (layout) challenge AND the color challenge. It has a great vintage feel (vintage is the current trend)!

Supplies:

Stamps: Vintage Labels (this was from 2010 Sale-A-Bration )

Ink: Perfect Plum, Sahara Sand, Pink Pirouette (sponged onto the edges of the oval -- I don't have a Blushing Bride ink pad)

Paper: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Perfect Plum, Blushing Bride

Tools: Coluzzle Cutting System (could have used Wide Oval punch), Big Shot, Elegant Lines Embossing Folder, Scallop Edge punch

Embellishments: Antique Brad