Stamp Ink Paper 75 Color Challenge

Happy Tuesday! I am so excited for Thursday, aren't you? I mean, Thanksgiving is my favorite meal to cook!

This week with Stamp Ink Paper we have a color challenge that can be used in so many ways! I must be honest, I was bit rebellious and used Sweet Sugarplum as well! I hope you love my fun take on our challenge for this week!

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So my fun card started with the Touches of Texture set! I stamped the spattered background in Pool Party ink and the vintage lace like border was heat embossed in copper! My Sweet Sugar Plum tree from the Peaceful Pines Bundle is adorned with heat embossed copper dots! I did some quick Metallic Copper Thread loops behind the tree and attached it with Stampin' Dimensionals! My lovely sentiment is from Reason for the Season, it too is heat embossed in copper. A Pool Party matte on a Copper Foil card base was just the right touch with my Fancy Frost Sequins!

I can't wait to see what you all come up with! You can find a full list of the items used below!
Have a great day!

Product List

Touches Of Texture Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143251]	Reason For The Season Photopolymer Stamp Set [139730]	Peaceful Pines Photopolymer Bundle [140850]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982]	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636]	Copper Metallic Thread [141696]	Heat Tool [129056]	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924]	Copper Foil Sheets [142020]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
Fancy Frost Sequins [142519]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309]

Paper Craft Crew 214 Merry Christmas

Good Morning! It is a chilly fall morning here! It rained on and off most of the night and we even had a thunder storm go through! Spent the evening last night helping or maybe I should say encouraging my oldest to do his homework. I can't seem to get through to him how important it is just go to get it done!!! 

As I told you last week The Paper Craft Crews Challenge #214 is a two week challenge and I decided since I am on the design team, instead of not doing a post at all I would share another card that this sketch inspired me to make!

Challenge Details

I can't believe how easy this card came together!! I just love the fact that it exudes the lodge, rustic like feel that I wasn't necessarily going for but... this may be my personal Christmas card this year!
I started with the Very Vanilla card stock and used the Merry Medley background stamp with Crumb Cake ink at somewhat of an angle. I am a huge fan of our new Layering Dies and as you can see above the squares are what I used to make my Crumb Cake and Warmth & Cheer DSP Square. The Peaceful Pines Bundle was one of my favorites from last years Holiday Catalog and I was so pleased to see it carry over into our Annual! I simply stamped the tree with Garden Green ink onto the Very Vanilla Card Stock and used the coordinating die to cut this with my Big Shot! I knew that somehow I needed to achieve the strip of paper. Knowing I wanted to keep with my rustic approach I crinkled up the music pattern in the This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper a few time and did a quick swipe with snail to adhere it to my card. I then attached the tree to the layered square using Stampin Dimensionals and attached it to the card front. I happened to have the "Merry" Christmas Greeting Thinlit already cut out of the Gold Foil for my sentiment. What is a Christmas Tree without a Star? I punched a quick small star out of the same foil, added few gold sequins and bit of Warmth & Cheer washi to finish this beauty off!

Hope to see you all play!! You still have a week to enter! Have a great day!

Paper Craft Crew 211 Sketch Challenge

Hey there and happy Wednesday! I will be glad when this week is over! It has been a humdinger and I keep telling myself that things will get better...

This week with Paper Craft Crew we have a fun little sketch that really had my juices flowing! I really could have gone in a lot of directions with this but this style kept speaking to me! Make sure you check out my product list, it will tell you everything I used!

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All I could think about was not your normal Christmas card. I mean how many Christmas cards do you see in Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Gold and Whisper White? I knew in my heart of hearts that I needed to use the Pop of Pink for this and it really came out jolly good! It started with a Melon Mambo base with Basic Black matter. The gold polka dot is from the Pop of Pink DSP as is all the papers used on this card! To resemble the star in the sketch I did a heat embossed gold tree using the Stampin' Emboss Gold powder onto the Basic Black Card stock. The tree is from the set Peaceful Pines. My fun Gold Foil sentiment is from the Christmas Greetings Thinlits. For my loops under my banners I used the my favorite gold metallic thread! To finish this great card off I added 3 Basic Rhinestones around the tree!

Thank You so much for stopping in! I can't wait to see what ideas pop into your head for this
challenge!



All items on this card are Stampin' Up! and can be found in my store!

Cardstock

• Melon Mambo
• Basic Black

Stampin' Classic Ink Pad

• Versamark Ink (Used for Heat embossing)

Stamp Sets

• Peaceful Pines

Paper/DSP

• Pop of Pink DSP
• Gold Foil 

Embellishments/Trim

• Metallic Gold Thread
• Rhinestone Basic Jewels
• Mini Staples

Tools

• Stampin' Dimensionals
•  Big Shot
• Magnetic Base
• Stampin' Trimmer
• Handheld Stapler

Don't forget to check out the clearance rack!! It has some fabulous goodies at rock bottom prices!!

Paper Craft Crew 210 Sketch Challenge

Happy Wednesday! We are socked in with fog this morning! The weather guy told me yesterday that he thinks our severe weather season is over. Which is okay I guess but I don't get the pictures like the one I shared with you yesterday very much.

I am going to call today Shaker Card Wednesday! Today is one of the only days where I end up posting twice... so stay tuned this evening!

This week with Paper Craft Crew we have a sketch that was rather daunting to look at. It really had a lot of elements to try to represent! Challenge accepted though and I just love this little card!

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First let me say that this paper is so much fun! I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do initially... I actually made my candy jar first using the Jar of Love Bundle with a Crumb Cake jar using Early Espresso ink. I always adhere my window panel on a shaker with Tear N Tape. The Foam Adhesive strips are a God send when it comes to doing shakers. They are just the right thickness so that all of your bits shake really well! My candy in jar is about 5 Real Red stamped peppermints from the Jar of Cheer set that have been punched using a 1/2 inch Circle Punch! I had some loose seed beads to put into my shaker along with some sequins. When I made this card I had received my second holiday catalog order yet, I used the metallic red thread at the top of the jar! If my I had been smart, I should have used the Candy Cane Lane Bakers Twine. The jar is adhered to a circle with a cute little tag coming off the right with "Tis the Season" heat embossed in white. This cute sentiment is from the Peaceful Pines set in the Annual Catalog. Once I had this part figured out the Large Polka Dot TIEF seemed to be the folder that spoke to me! There was still that twine bow with banner at top and I wasn't sure how to nail it! Well, I think I did! I simply fussy cut the mittens from the DSP and adhered them to the thick white bakers twine with glue dots and dimensionals! Now that I had that figured out I adhered the Real Red Large Dots to the Early Espresso....BOOM! 

It really is a great little card! 

Thank You for stopping by!

Stampin Friends It is a Holiday Hop

Welcome to the December Stampin Friends! Blog Hop! 

If you got here by way of Lisa Altman, I just love that crafty girl! She is one of my bestest friends I have never met.

I am so excited to have three amazing guest hoppers this month so be sure to show them some love!!

Maria Willis

Barbara Welch 

Twila Davis

The kids managed to have a snow day on Tuesday and the only thing that I accomplished were Candy Cane reindeer! I just can't wait for Christmas! It is honestly my favorite holiday!!

 I recently received my 2016 Occasions Catalog Pre-Order from Stampin' Up! My card for this hop is going to show you how carry over items from the Holiday will work with items from the 2016 Occasions Catalog.

My card started with a standard A2 base in Pear Pizzazz Card Stock with a lovely matte of Blushing Bride.... YES it is my favorite color! The beautiful stripe is from a DSP in the 2016 Occasions Catalog and is called Birthday Bouquet. I then cut the strip of our Corrugated Kraft Paper. The Blushing Bride Satin Ribbon is from the Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit. I then heat embossed our White Stampin' Emboss powder on Pear Pizzazz card stock using a stamped image from the Peaceful Pines bundle. My big shot and magnetic base went to work cutting the tree above as well as the trees on the tags below. I finished this card with some sparkly enamel dots from the above embellishment kit, a cute little linen thread bow and the lovely "Christmas Cheer" sentiment stamped in Pear Pizzazz ink.

As I said above these lovely little trees were made using our Peaceful Pines bundle! I stumbled on these cork tags believe it or not at Walmart... I can't find them now though, so check out Michaels because I found more there LOL! I used Cherry Cobbler ink for the sentiments...

I can't wait for you all to see what Tina has made for you! She is next! Don't forget to tour the WHOLE hop for our fabulous giveaway!!!!

Thank You for stopping by!

Lisa Altman

Tina Riddle

1. Mandy Reedyk - http://mandyreedyk.blogspot.com/2015/12/stampin-friends-december-blog-hop.html

2. Raquelle Clifton - http://ladyandherstamps.blogspot.com/2015/12/stampin-friends-merry-christmas-blog-hop.html

3. Maria Willis -- http://cardbomb.blogspot.com/2015/12/december-stamping-friends-blog-hop.html

4. Elizabeth Jeanne - http://craftsbyhappystamper.com/2015/12/17/happy-holidays-stampin-friends-blog-hop

5. Siara -- http://www.siarasweetsensations.com/2015/12/stampin-friends-christmas-blog-hop.html

6. Barbara Welch - http://creativestampinspot.blogspot.com/2015/12/its-christmas-stampin-friends-blog-hop.html

7.Deana Benson-http://www.designcreativelybling.com/2015/12/stampin-friends-merry-christmas-hop.html

8.  Cheryl Piotrowski-  http://handstampedbycheryl.weebly.com/blog/stampin-friends-christmas-blog-hop

9. Andrea Pancrazio - http://www.andreascardshop.com/new-blog-avenue/2015/12/17/stampin-friends-blog-hop-christmas

10. Twila Davis - http://stampalittlelonger.blogspot.com/2015/12/stampin-friends-blog-hop-december.html

11. Lisa Altman - http://bluetricyclecrafts.blogspot.com/2015/12/stampinfriendschristmas.html

12. Andrea Tracy-Tucker-http://onestampinmothertucker.blogspot.com/2015/12/stampin-friends-it-is-holiday-hop.html

13. Tina Riddle - http://www.tinascropshop.com/2015/12/stampin-friends-december-blog-hop.html

OSAT Blog Hoppers Holiday Edition

Happy Holidays! Welcome to the Holiday Edition of the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hoppers!! If you came by way of the amazing Jeanna Bohanon, her stuff is just amazing and she wows me every time!

Well Holiday craft has been in full swing this week. I am a local Craft Fair this weekend and I can't wait to show off my goodies! 

My Card and Project this month are definitely Christmas but very unconventional when it comes to color! I can't wait to show you what I have done!

The paper on this card is what got me thinking "Oooo I am going to do a Christmas Card"... Don't question the thought process! But as soon as I received the stack from Lisa Altman I knew!!!!

The base of the card is Pear Pizzazz. The paper is from a Chevron Stack from The Paper Studio. I stamped the tree from Peaceful Pines in Melon Mambo and Coastal Cabana and used the coordinating Framelits to go with them! I then took the metallic thread in silver behind both trees and adhered the trees with Stampin' Dimensionals. The sentiment is from the Oh What Fun stamp set. I stamped this on to a stitched label from Lawn Fawn. I used a mix of Pretty Pink Posh sequins in Strawberry Burst, Lime Sorbet and Sparkling Clear to decorate my trees and give the card some pop!

The coordinating tags are done in the same inks as above! I stamped various trees from the Peaceful Pines set in Melon Mambo and Coastal Cabana inks. I then also used the silver metallic thread behind the trees much like the cards and adhered them to my pre-made tags. To give these the same pop as my card, I added some Pretty Pink Posh Sequins!!!

Thank You all for stopping by!

Make sure you hop the WHOLE hop!

One of my favorites is next, Ginger Pelfrey! You are going to love her creations!

Ginger Pelfrey

1. Ginger Pelfrey -https://myheartspleasure.wordpress.com/2015/11/12/osat-holidays-blog-hop/

2. Elizabeth --http://craftsbyhappystamper.com/2015/11/12/holiday-osat-blog-hop/ 

3. Diane Squires -- http://stampandembellish.com/2015/11/osat-blog-hop-holidays/

4. AJ Bodine http://rutabagapiedesigns.blogspot.com/2015/11/osat-blog-hop-holidays.html

5. Wynne Grob - http://cropsscissorspaper.blogspot.com/2015/11/osat-holiday-blog-hop.html 

6.  Maria Willis --  http://cardbomb.blogspot.com/2015/11/osat-holiday-blog-hop.html

7. Martie - https://martie-pollard.squarespace.com/welcome/2015/11/9/osat-blog-hop-holidays

8. Renee Ondrajka - http://stampinwithrenee.blogspot.com/2015/11/osat-blog-hop-holidays.html

9. Megan Thompson - http://meganttstamps.blogspot.com/2015/11/osat-blog-hop-holidays.html

10. Kim Smith - http://craftingbuddy.blogspot.com/2015/11/osat-holiday-blog-hop.html

11. Marisa Gunn - http://dzinesbymeg.typepad.com/dzines_by_meg/2015/11/osat-blog-hop-holidays.html

12.  Dena Rekow - http://www.thecreativitycave.com/my_weblog/2015/11/osat-blog-hop-holidays.html

13.  Lori Mueller - http://www.stampindreams.com/my-blog/2015/11/osat-blog-hop-a-cozy-christmas-holiday.html

14.  Tina Riddle - http://www.tinascropshop.com/2015/11/osat-blog-hop-holidays.html

15. Raquelle Clifton - http://ladyandherstamps.blogspot.com/2015/11/osat-blog-hop-happy-holidays.html

16. Jeanna Bohanon - http://www.stamptimesomewhere.com/stamp_time_somewhere/2015/11/osat-holidays-blog-hop.html

17. Andrea Tracy-Tucker - http://onestampinmothertucker.blogspot.com/2015/11/osat-blog-hoppers-holiday-edition.html (You are Here)