TGIF Challenges 151 Inspiration Challenge

TGIF!!! We are on our way to Garden City, Kansas today for some indoor water park fun!! That is what us land locked people do this time of year for Spring Break!! Especially when the weather can't decide if it is going to snow, rain or let the wind blow!

TGIF is back this week for a beautiful inspiration challenge, I am sure that many of you will look at this and think "Flowers"... I took one look at this and went "Ooooo Colors!!!!"

We are creeping in on our last couple weeks of Sale A Bration and I have finally found a fun way to use the Springtime Foil Specialty DSP with the Paisley and Posies Bundle, lets take a look!!

POW! It is bright and cheery much like the colors above in the bouquet of flowers. I sponged Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie and Crushed Curry onto the copper dot Springtime Foil paper! It has a nice ombre effect moving across the card. Once I had this sponged I wasn't quite sure what to put on this beautiful background, then it hit me! I haven't used this bundle in SOOOOOOO long! I inked up the various stamps in the colors used to sponge the background and even used a few dies with Copper Foil and arranged them on the diagonal. The card itself didn't need any bling because of the foil dots. Celebrate seemed appropriate for the fun colors, so it was die cut twice using Crushed Curry Card Stock. The card base of Pumpkin Pie and bright matte of Melon Mambo was just the right touch with this fun, bright card!

I can't wait to see what inspires you with our inspiration challenge this week! Have a great weekend!

Paper Craft Crew 245 Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Happy Paper Craft Crew Wednesday to you all! School is officially out at Noon today! My kids are excited, although the reality is that Joshua my middle kid starts summer school on Tuesday! We have a fun filled afternoon planned down by the horses and are looking forward to sleeping in a bit tomorrow even though we have a hair appointment at 9!




This week the design team for Paper Craft Crew is challenging you to make a Tic Tac Toe! I just love these challenges. It was so fun making my card! I chose to make my three in a row by going diagonal Bright Colors-Favorite Stamp Set (they are all my favorite)-Ribbon. Let me show you what I have done...

TaDa!!!!!!!!! It does have a wow factor about it! This fabulous Paisley & Posie card has Bright colors! I used Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party, Peekaboo Peach And Island Indigo. The base of the card is Berry Burst card stock with a matte of Pool Party. I did a fun Pool Party Stitched Circle on a scallop of Island Indigo from the Layering circles dies. The die cuts from the Paiselys and Posies Bundle were cut from Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst and Peekaboo Peach and adhered using just a touch of Liquid Multi Purpose Glue. The Congrats sentiment from the Sunshine Wishes was so much fun! I cut it twice using Island Indigo and Lemon Lime Twist card stock then offset them just a hair. I heat embossed this twice using Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder. The Lemon Lime Twist Ombre Ribbon was just the right touch to this fun card!

I can't wait to see how you are going to make your three in a row!
Have a fabulous day!

Stampin Friends Black, White and a Pop of Color Blog Hop

I am so excited to be hopping this month with Stampin Friends! We have 3 amaing guest hoppers
This month we have three amazing guest blog hoppers. One in which is my personal friend So you will want to make sure to check them out too!​

Bibiana Cameron
Maria Willis
Lana Staab

. I am a little excited to be hopping with such an amazing talent. If you would like to take a look at Bibi's work you can get to her by clicking the previous button below.

Bibi Cameron

This month we are hopping with Black, White and a Pop of color. The struggle was real with this! I mean I immediately want to use the Pop of Pink DSP color scheme, but I felt like with Watermelon Wonder leaving in a few months it needed to come out to play! Not only did I use Watermelon Wonder, I also busted out Paisley & Posies, Pop of Paradise, and Suite Sayings...

It all came together once I got out of my own way... I used the black and white striped paper from the Pop of Pink DSP. I simply stamped the "medallion" like shapes from the Paisley & Posies bundle in Basic Black and Watermelon Wonder and die cut them with the coordinating framelits and arranged them around my oval. You will notice I did a couple shapes in Basic Black. They actually have Clear Wink of Stella on them. I wish the picture could catch this element that you can see in person. I accented this with a few sequins from the Metallic Sequin Mix to finish it up!

My amazing little treat bag was made using the Gift Bag Punch Board and a 6 x 10 Sheet of DSP so that I could make a small bag! Cute right? This cute gold polka dot ribbon is also from the Pop of Pink DSP. I made the great tag using the Cheerful Tag Thinlits. The gold heat embossed sentiment is from the Pop of Paradise set and layered onto a Watermelon Wonder scalloped circle from the Layering Circles dies. I add this onto the Fancy Acetate and the fun two sided doilies from the spring catalog! It fastens close with velcro! Some fun Watermelon Wonder Striped Ribbon with some left over Gold Bakers Twine was just the right accent!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Next on the hop you will find the always creative Barbara Welch! If for any reason you would like to see a full list of our hoppers it is just below the next button!

Barbara Welch

Barbara Welch (NEXT)

Elizabeth Jeanne

Kathie Rotti

Lynn Streifert

Lana Staab

Raquelle Clifton

Steph Jandrow

Twila Davis

Melissa Thomas

Kirsteen Gill

Cindy Slack Waldroff

Kim Lamos

Bibi Cameron

Andrea Tracy-Tucker (You Are Here)

Stamp Ink Paper 66 Anything but a Card

Good Morning! Sorry I am a little late with my post! Had a little incident that included me slipping and possibly mildly spraining my ankle chasing a kid! Never a dull moment in this house! 

This week with Stamp Ink Paper we have fun challenge for you! We would like you to make ANYTHING but a card! You can see that our design team had all sorts of ideas but since I am getting ready for a craft fairs I figured I would master this great little Calendar/Post it note holder! Guess what it is even better?? I will give you quick instructions!!!

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I have been eyeing these easel card type things for a few years and just never have bit the bullet to do one! I started with a sheet of 8.5 x 11 Mint Macaron card stock and trimmed to 4.25 x 11. You will want to the other piece shortly so don't set it put it away just yet. I used my Stampin' Trimmer to do all my cutting and scoring. I then scored on the long side at 2.75 and 5.5 inches. You will want to fold this into a mountain like the pic above. For your card or calendar front you will want to cut it at 4.25 x 5.5 inch. So easy right??? I used the Petals & Paisleys DSP from the Holiday catalog with a lovely Very Vanilla matte. The ribbon for my bow is 3/8" Ribbon Trio Pack that goes with the DSP. I finally had an opportunity to use my Gold Binder Clips to hold my little calendar on! The card front still needed something... so I used the Paisley Dies and cut out some quick Gold Foil pieces to finish the project off! You may recognize my gold pen... It was from a blog hop post the other day but it went so well with this!

Thank You! I have a full list of products below! Feel free to comment with questions! Have a great day!

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

Cardstock

• Mint Macaron
• Very Vanilla

Paper/DSP

• Petals & Paisleys
• Gold Foil 

Embellishments/Trim

• 3/8" Ribbon Trio Pack
• Gold Binder Clips
• Mini Staples

Tools

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

Adhesive

• Liquid Multipurpose Glue
• Tear N Tape
• Mini Glue Dots

All items are available on my store! Just click below!

My Store