Stamp Ink Paper 141 An Amazing Sketch

Happy Tuesday!!! Stamp Ink Paper Challenges is back with a sketch that our whole design team interpreted in many different ways!

The kids are on Spring Break and surprisingly, I was able to get not just todays card done, I got my card done for tomorrow too!!!

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This sketch can be looked at and made in so many ways and I can't wait to show you how I worked it out...

The card started with my Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends colored flower from the Birthday Blooms Stamp set. The leaves are colored using the Old Olive Stampin' Blends as well, I then fussy cut the flower and bigger leaves using my Paper Snips. I stamped the image in the center on another piece of Thick Whisper White Card Stock and on the edges too. These were also colored using the Stampin' Blends. The best part is something that couldn't be seen in this picture. The center of the flower is filled with Clear Wink Of Stella. My lovely Champagne Foil sentiment just set this card off! It is nicely layered onto the striped pieced of the Petal Passion DSP with a Basic Black Matte and Rich Razzleberry card base!

Thank You so much for stopping in today! I can't wait to see what you come up with for this sketch!

Paper Craft Crew 263 Sketch Challenge

Squeeee!!! Happy Wednesday! We are over the hump and well on our way to the weekend. I am back with the Paper Craft Crew this week with a fun sketch! We all know that a sketch is very much ones interpretation! I couldn't wait to bust out the brand new Stampin' Blends! These markers are amazing!!!



Okay, I really took a really whimsical approach to this sketch...

This card was really so much fun to make! I started with a base of Rich Razzleberry with a soft matte of Soft Sky. I stamped the images from Touches of Texture using the Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Once I had them stamped I used the Stampin' Blends to color them in shades of Pink Pirouette, Rich Razzleberry and Pool Party, with accents of Old Olive and Daffodil Delight. Some nice Gold Metallic Thread loops were a nice touch of sparkle with the Glitter Enamel Dots. The sentiment is from Birthday Blooms and was the perfect touch to this stunning card!

Thank you so much for stopping in! I can't wait to see what you ink up for this weeks challenge!

Paper Craft Crew 233 Tic Tac Toe

Whew! We have made it to Wednesday! Can you believe it!? Yesterday was my only day I didn't have ANYWHERE to be for kids!! It worked out nice because we a touch of snow. So I made a homemade batch of creamy potato soup for dinner.

Today I am designing with The Paper Craft Crew and we have a pretty shabby Tic Tac Toe to play along with. Remember my project that I didn't use for yesterday's post? Well I decided to use it for today! I went down the middle with Shimmer, Shabby Chic and Flowers!

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#TGIF 96 Designer Spotlight Bibi Cameron

YEEEHAW!!! It is Friday!!! Can you believe it? Do you all have some awesome plans for the weekend? We have a wrestling tournament on Sunday and the kids have a 3 day weekend. Are you scratching your head trying to figure what I am doing posting on a Friday?? I can't believe that I have kept this a secret all week! I am now on the TGIF Challenges Design Team! I am so honored to be in the company of such a creatively elite group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators!



This week for TGIF we are creating cards inspired by Bibiana Cameron! Bibi and I just recently became friends and I was so excited to find out that she is our muse for the challenge!

I wanted to boldly go in a direction I really hadn't gone... after many failed attempts I came back to this design. My Birthday Bloom flower was colored with our Watercolor Pencils in Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo and Blender Pens to create a soft yet rich in color look.. My ruched Gold Satin Ribbon and sequins seemed to be just the right touch with the Gold heat embossed "Love" sentiment from Watercolor Words. I matted this onto Rich Razzleberry and then onto a base of Smoky Slate. It really is crazy how nice these colors worked together.

Thank You so much for stopping in! I can't wait to see how Bibiana inspires you!

Stamp Ink Paper 81 Black White and a Pop of Color

Happy Tuesday! Everything has been restored to normal here! All 3 kids are in school. Everyone is healthy and bickering... that is our normal!

This week with Stamp Ink Paper we have a great Black, White and Any Color Challenge. I went a little rouge as you will see when we get to the card! These colors are so fun to work with! I can't wait for you to participate in the challenge! Let me show you my card...

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So this fab little card was made using the Glassine Gift Bag! Insert a gasp here! It is so cute to fold up and turn into a great little gift card holder for anyone's birthday! I simply adhered either edge with strips of Tear & Tape to create the extra pocket. My next step was creating the outside of this cutie. I use the Fabulous Foil Acetate with stripes from the Pop of Pink DSP. I then tied an elegant strip of the Gold Satin Ribbon. My Gold Foil Stitched Circle was just the right touch of flash with Birthday Bloom that I colored with our new Watercolor Pencils with Blender pens and then fussy cut with my Paper Snips! For my outer sentiment I used the great Thoughtful Banner Bundle.



This is the inside. The sentiment is from Balloon Celebration. Clean and Simple for a lovely note with a nice little Gold Satin loop for you to pull out of its pocket!

Thank you so much for stopping by! I can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge!

All items used to create this card are listed below!

Product List

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140658]	Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Bundle [142330]	Balloon Celebration Photopolymer Stamp Set [140675]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Watercolor Pencils [141709]
Watercolor Paper [122959]	Blender Pens [102845]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate [141653]	Pop Of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper [141648]
Glassine Gift Bags [141700]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
Gold 5/8" Satin Ribbon [134547]	Basic Black Metallic Thread [141695]	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995]

OSAT Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Happy Thursday!! This is the 3rd post I have done in 24 hours!! HOLY MOLY!!!! We are back again with the OSAT Blog Hop!! This month our theme is a Birthday Bash! Did you come by way of Dena Rekow? If so and welcome!

After having not one but two shaker card posts yesterday you can imagine that my goal was to NOT do a shaker card! When brainstorming for this month I could have either been really predictable or surprise myself. Well guess what... it was the latter of the two! When was the last time you have seen me A. Sponge and B. Emboss Resist?! Um Never!!!!!!!! I am going to warn you there are 4 pictures but it is because I wanted to be sure you got see all the lovely details!!!

Okay so my color combo happened by happenstance! It absolutely oozes femininity. So I had started sponging with Flirty Flamingo ink onto the Irresistibly Floral Specialty DSP! You can ink this great paper up with what ever colors you choose. As I stated before I started with the Flirty Flamingo, then moved to Peekaboo Peach. I knew I wanted to transition to a yellow or gold to finish! I chose Delightful Dijon. I wasn't sure it was a good decision but the end product was pretty fabulous! After finishing the sponging I wrapped the 3/8 inch Ruched Flirty Flamingo ribbon around the floral resist paper. I adhered this to a matte of Flirty Flamingo and set it aside. I wanted a sweet little birthday sentiment... Birthday Blooms had the sweetest little sentiment for this card! I stamped it in Flirty Flamingo ink onto Whisper White then adhered it to a Peekaboo Peach matte! My big loopy bow and pearl embellishments were just what I needed to finish this card off!

What girl does not like a purse for her birthday?! I made this great little hand bag complete with a cute little note book and Gold Glitter pen! I really didn't have any DSP to fit the purse or go with the colors. I inked up my Paisley & Posies set with Versamark and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder! I then began sponging using the Flirty Flaming and Peekaboo Peach inks! The great tag on my handbag is from the Here's To Cheers bundle available in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog!

Here is a few more pictures of the purse!! This tag bundle really is to die for!!

Here is the great little note book that goes in the paper purse!

Thank You so much for hopping by! Next on the hop is Kelly Acheson! You can get to her by clicking the next button below. If you get lost on the hop there is a whole list of our hoppers at the bottom! Have a great Thursday!

Kelly Acheson

Megan Thompson

Anna Smith

Alisa Tilsner

Rick Adkins

Sara Levin

Renee Ondrajka

Melissa Davies

Maria Willis

Pam Staples

Tina Rackley Riddle

Justin Krieger

Dena Rekow

Andrea Tracy-Tucker

Kelly Acheson

Kim Smith

Lori Mueller

Marisa Gunn

Jeanna Bohanon