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!

Stamp Ink Paper 138 Cardmakers Choice

Happy Tuesday! Today will be like a Monday only the calendar says its Tuesday thanks to the three day weekend! We had a rather windy weekend with a 75 degree day on Sunday that was AMAZING! Horses got blanketed in the evening because of the cold front pushing in and then it snowed most of yesterday!!! Today we are left with igloo's as graphics on our weather apps!

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I am back with the Stamp Ink Paper Design Team with to me what is considered a NO RULES type challenge! It is a Card Maker's Choice and we are suppose to use our favorite stamps, inks and papers but what if it is all our favorites!? I took the opportunity to use something I really haven't seen used from Sale A Bration, the Mixed Medallions Card Kit! 

When you receive the Mixed Medallions kit, It kind of has a gate fold that goes over the top of a landscape fold. What I have done here is cut the landscape fold flap in half, making like a pocket using our Tear N Tape. I made a nice little trim with the Silver Foil Stripe from the Springtime Foils paper. This pocket would also hold a gift card or certificate! I stamped some Berry Burst confetti from the Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set along with the Silver Stampin' Emboss sentiment. This was matted onto Calypso Coral and fits nicely into the pocket. This fastens closed with a lovely piece of the Sale A Bration Calypso Coral Shimmer Ribbon. I sponged Berry Burst and Calypso Coral ink onto the sentiment also from Picture Perfect Birthday. A nice Stitched Circle was perfect for the elements on the outside. Silver Mini Sequin Trim was just the right touch to complete this card! 

Thank You so much for stopping in today! I can't wait to see what you make with all of your favorites!