Horse Birthday - Addicted to Stamps #118

This is the first time I have posted with Addicted to Stamps Challenge , whose theme this week is to make a Masculine card.
I had made some cards with a horse theme for a client who wanted a horse card for a friend of her's who was having a birthday soon.
This is one of the cards:

Stamps: Horse (Inkadinkadoo stamps), Guy Greetings
Inks: Black Memento, Soft Suede, Watercolor pencils
Papers: Soft Suede , Very Vanilla, SU DSP (retired), Whisper White
Accessories: Blender pen, Oval framelits, Apothecary Accents framelits, Paper pricking tool and template, 1 1/4" Burlap ribbon notched at one end, Early Espresso/Whisper White Baker's twine, dimensionals, glue dots

The image was stamped with Black Memento ink, and coloured with watercolor pencils, then blended with a blender pen.  It was die cut with the Ovals framelit and mounted on a Soft Suede framelit which was die cut using the Apothecary die.  This die piece was pierced around the edges using a template and paper piercer.

The base card is Soft Suede, layered with Very Vanilla, and then DSP (retired).

A piece of Burlap ribbon was adhered to the front using double sided tape.  One end was notched and extended slightly over the card edge.

The Apothecary image piece was adhered to the front using dimensionals, and a bow made with Early Espresso/white Baker twine was attached to the left side of the image using a glue dot.
The sentiment was stamped with Black Memento on Whisper White cardstock and matted with Soft Suede.  It was attached to the bottom of the apothecary die using dimensionals.

All paper edges were sponged with Soft Suede ink.

Happy Birthday Moon Lake

I again use the blendabilities background to stamp an image from Moon Lake.  I just love doing this technique, but alas there is another technque that I want to try - but not for this card.

Colours used for this background:  Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake

The image, from "Moon Lake" was stamped with Black Stazon ink directly onto the background paper, and then the image was die cut using the Windows collection framelit die.  This was adhered to a piece of Crumb Cake that had been die cut using the Apothecary accents framelit.  This in turn was added to a Bermuda Bay die cut using the other shape of the Apothecary accents framelit.  Both Apothecary Accent dies were paper pierced using the paper piercing pack and paper piercer.  Also, all edges were sponged with Early Espresso ink.  The sentiment, from "Petite Pairs", was punched with the small oval punch and adhered just below the image.

The base card is Bermuda Bay cardstock, layered with Very Vanilla cardstock embossed with the Decorative Dots embossing folder.  The edges of these were sponged with the Early Espresso ink as well.


Horizontally, in the middle, is a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock matted with Bermuda Bay.  I trimmed the long end of a piece of 1 1/4" striped Bermuda bay ribbon and frayed it, and then attached it to the horizontal band.

The image piece was attached to the middle of the card over this band.

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Large Post it Note Cover - A Little Smile

This is another one of my items for my craft table next week.
I took a 8 1/4 by 6" piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock, scored it at 4 and 4 1/4", inserted the post it note and then decorated the cover using the stamp set "A Little Smile"

The image was coloured with blendabilities, then cut out.The banner with the word "smile" was stamped and coloured separately.  Then it was cut out and attached to the image using dimensionals. The image was attached to a Daffodil Delight circle die cut with the circles framelits.  This framelit in turn as attached to a Coastal Cabana die cut with the Apothecary Accents framelits.  Dimensionals were used to attach the focal image to the DSP so that the ribbon could move smoothly beneath it.

Here are the supplies I used:

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With Sympathy - Petite Petals

Again, I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  Pinterest is a really good source for information and for getting your mojo going when you can't think of a thing to make.
I CASED the idea of the card, but I made some changes as well.

The first thing I did was take my top layer of Whisper white and die cut it using the Apothecary Accents framelit.  Then I embossed it with the Fancy Fan embossing folder.

Now, knowing where the space is for my sentiment, I stamped "With Sympathy" from the Bloom with Hope stamp set.  It was stamped using Crumb Cake ink.

I then attached the embossed layer to a whisper White layer underneath, and then added the Sahara Sand Trim near the bottom.  I also added a piece of scalloped Crumb Cake to the bottom.
These 2 layers were then adhered to the Crumb Cake base.

Now I began work on the embellishments.  Using the Bird Builder punch, I punched 4 leaves using Pistachio pudding card stock.  Then I stamped 10 flowers from the Petite Petals stamp set, using Crumb Cake ink, and punched them out using the coordinating punch.

The leaves were glued around the aperture first, and then the flowers were attached using dimensionals.  Little pearls were put in the center of each flower.  Seven flowers were used on the front, and the remaining 3 I put on the inside.

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Holiday Home Christmas Blessings

This is the 3rd card in my series of cards featuring the stamp set Holiday Home.

Stamps:Holiday Home, More Merry Messages
Inks: Memento, Blendabilities, Pacific Point
Papers: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Trim the Tree DSP pack, Champagne glimmer
Accessories: Apothecary Accents framelit, Oval framelit, Decorative dots folder, Champagne glass glitter, small star punch, dimensionals, 1 1/4" striped Pacific Point ribbon

Rosette Wreath - a CASE

I saw this Rosette wreath on Pinterest and was absolutely fascinated by it, so I made one too.  It was originally created by Mary Haugan (I think that's the name), and what a wonderful job she did.
Here is mine.  It is not exactly the same, but close enough.

The Rosette is made using Flowerpot DSP.  The center is made using the framelets from Starburst Sayings and Circle Framelits.  The sentiment was embossed with white embossing powder on Crumb Cake card stock and die cut using the Apothecary accent framelit.  A piece of burlap ribbon is adhered behind the center piece.  A rose made with the Spiral Flower die completes the wreath.

Stamp: Kinda Eclectic
Inks: Versa Mark, Crumb Cake, Hello Honey
Papers: Tangelo Tango, Lost Lagoon, Whisper White, Flowerpot DSP, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Rosette die, Starburst framelit, Circle framelits, Apothecary Accent framelit, Burlap ribbon, Small butterly punch, Medium butterly punch, Spiral Flower die, hot glue gun

I enjoyed making it so much I made one with Christmas paper.

Traveler Happy Birthday - Unscripted Sketches 258

This card is for the sketch challenge with Unscripted Sketches here

Stamps:  Traveler, Something to Say

Inks: Soft Suede, Early Espresso

Papers: Soft Suede, Whisper White, Retired SAB designer paper, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Lines Folder, Square Lattice Folder, Apothecary Accents framelits, Word Window punch.

The image was stamped with Early Espresso ink, cut out, and adhered over the Apothecary Accents die cut making it look like it was coming out of a tunnel.

All edges were sponged with Soft Suede ink.

It's a Celebration - Braided Card Technique

I have never done this particular technique before, but when I saw Brandy Cox demonstrate the braided technique on her video (here), I was hooked!  I just had to try it. Fortunately she put a template on her blog which can be downloaded which makes doing this technique so much easier.
 This card is the result:

Stamp: In it together
Inks: Black Memento ink, blendabilities (Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight), Pool Party
Papers: Pool Party, Whisper White
Accessories: Apothecary Accents framelets, Polka dot folder, 3/8" white taffeta ribbon

Best of Sale-a-Bration Thanks

This is the last stamp set of the "Best of" series - and I have enjoyed them all.
Making a card is still a challenge for me because my work area is under construction.  You will recall that I had a leak in my basement foundation which was repaired in the summer.  Now the inside wall of the basement is being repaired.  At the same time repairs are being done on the bathroom, and since I only have one bathroom this has been a bit of an inconvenience.  And the mess!!  Any of you who have undergone construction know what I am talking about.

Despite all of the above, I managed to do a card for the Fab Fri sketch challenge here

Stamps:  Best of Sale-a-Bration, Lots of Thanks

Inks: Soft Suede, SU Markers ( Coastal Cabana, Green Gumball)

Papers: Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Venetial Romance Designer Paper, Soft Suede

Accessories: Apothecary framelits, Circle framelits, 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, 1 1/2" circle punch, Small oval punch, Large pearls, Crumb Cake seam binding, dimensionals.

Bootiful Occasions Merry Christmas - Challenge 238

Challenge 238 calls for Christmas cards made using non tradional Christmas colours.  The card I made uses Pool Party and Island Indigo. The picture below looks like I used green rather than Pool Party; however, I did use Pool Party.  I don't know why it looks green.

The card base is Pool Party, layered with Whisper White and then  Winter Frost Specialty             designer series paper. Ruffled pool party ribboon is attached to the left side of the card, with a bow adhered side wise at the middle of the ribbon.
The image is stamped with Basic Black, and the show coloured using a Pool Party marker.  Liquid Applique sprinkled with dazzling diamonds is applied to the fur at the top of the boot and the ends of the laces.
The image is backed with a piece of Pool Party Apothecary die cut.  Rhinestones are placed at the top and bottom of this die cut.

Stamp: Bootiful Occasions
Ink: Basic Black, Pool Party marker
Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White,   Winter Frost Specialty designer paper
Accessories: Ruffled Pool Party ribbon, Apothecary framelit, rhinestones, Liquid applique (non SU), dazzling diamonds.

Wildflower Meadow - Happy Birthday - Card 3

This is the third card in the series I am doing on the stamp set "Wildflower Meadow".  One of my students is having a birthday days before class so this would make a great card for her.

For this card, I isolated one of the images on the stamp, inked it up with markers (Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Raspberry Ripple) and stamped in onto Whisper White card stock.  I then die cut it using the Apothecary accent die and matted it with Raspberry Ripple card stock. Rhinestones were placed in the centers of the flowers.
The base card is Raspberry Ripple, layered with Whisper White card stock embossed with the Polka dot folder.  Some stitched Raspberry Ripple satin ribbon was attached horizontally along the lower 1/3 of the card and a bow was adhered to the left side.
The die cut image was attached to the card base using dimensionals.
The sentiment is from "A Word for You" (I isolated the Happy Birthday) and is inked with a Raspberry Ripple marker.  After stamping on Whisper White card stock, I made it into a banner, matted it with Raspberry Ripple card stock and adhered it over the bottom of the image using dimensiionals.

Stamps: Wildflower Meadow, A Word for You
Inks: SU markers (Raspberry Ripple, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz)
Papers: Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White
Accessories: Apothecary Accents framelits, Stitched Raspberry Ripple satin ribbon, rhinestones, dimensionals, Polka dot folder

Best of Flowers Birthday - Red Hot Sketch Challenge #79

The day started out overcast with some snow flurries, but now the sun is shining and I am again hopeful spring is around the corner.  I can hardly wait to get out into my garden and see my flowers start to bloom. This card, done for the Red Hot Sketch Challenge here features one of my favourite flower stamps, the hydrangea.  I was so sad when it was retired!  But it's back, in a smaller version, with the 25 year anniversary stamp set "Best of Flowers".

 

The image was coloured with SU markers and an Aqua painter.

Stamps: Best of Flowers, Curly Cute

Inks: Black Stazon, SU markers (Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Always Artichoke), Primrose Pink

Papers: Primrose Pink, Whisper White, Print Poestry DSP stack

Accessories: 2 1/2" circle punch, Scallop circle die #2, Mat pack & Paper piercer, Apothecary Accent framelits, Large rhinestones, Aqua painter, dimensionals.

Dapper Dad Birthday - Challenge 114 LNS

Challenge 114  with the Late Night Stamper's Group this week is to create a masculine card, something that is very hard to find.  It seems most of us are quite comfortable making floral cards, but when it comes for cards for the guys they're a rare commodity.
I've been waiting to use the Dapper Dad stamp set for some time now, and this challenge is my perfect chance.

I just love how this card turned out.  Because I didn't want to have just one shoe on my card, I stamped the image of the shoe twice using Early Espresso ink - on separate pieces of Whisper White cardstock.  The second one I cut out and put aside until I finished the rest of the card.  I used the Apothecary accent framelit to die cut the first stamped shoe,then used the template to paper pierce around the edges of the die cut. I then adhered the second shoe using dimensionals, adjacent to the first shoe and slightly off set to it.
The sentiment, from Petite Pairs, was stamped on Whisper White, punched out using the 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, sponged around the edges with Early Espresso ink, and then adhered below the shoes.
The card base is Early Espresso card stock, layered with Whisper White and then Parker's DSP.  I then scalloped a strip of Early Espresso cardstock and attached it to the DSP at the lower end of the card.  Some Crumb Cake Seam binding was placed above this scalloped strip.
The focal image was attached to the DSP using dimensionals.
The embellishment is a soda pop top that I flattened using the Big Shot.  I then stamped an image from the Collage Curios stamp set on Whisper White, and punched it out using the 1" circle punch.  It was attached to the flattened soda pop top using glue dots.  Then I threaded Early Espresso Baker's twine through a Naturals designer button and tied it into a bow.  It was adhered to the soda pop top with a glue dot.  This unit was attached to the card with glue dots.

Stamps: Dapper Dad, Collage Curios, Petite Pairs
Ink: Early Espresso
Papers: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Parker's DSP
Accessories: Apothecary Accents framelits, mat pack & paper piercer, Scallop border punch, 5/8" Crumb Cake seam binding, Large Soda Pop top, 1" circle punch, Naturals designer button, Early Espresso baker's twine, dimensionals, glue dots.

Congratulations on Becoming a Grandma - Fab Fri 13

One thing my customers at craft fairs are always asking me for is a "new grandma" card, so I thought I would use the sketch challenge with Fab Fri here to make such a card.

 

After  coloring the image with a Lucky Limeade marker, the image of the booties was stamped onto Whisper White cardstock. and then punched out using a 1 3/4" circle punch. The circle was pierced using the mat pack and paper piercer.  It was then matted with a Lucky Limeade Windows Framelit.  The two were adhered together using dimensionals.  Behind the focal image unit, a piece of Sunshine and Sprinkles designer paper was die cut using the Apothecary Accents framelit and attached to the Whisper White layer which had been embossed with the Brochade folder.  Large pearls were adhered at either end of the Apothecary accents die cut.  The banner is the other side of the DSP.

Stamps: Baby Boutique, Cuddles and Kisses

Inks: Black Stazon, Lucky Limeade marker

Papers: Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Sunshine and Sprinkled DSP

Accessories: Brocade folder, Apothecary Accents Framelit, Windows framelit, Modern Word Label punch, dimensionals, Large pearls.

Bloomin' Marvelous Birthday - Friday Mashup #93 & Fab Friday #10

For this card I thought I would combine 2 challenges in one - The Friday Mashup here and Fab Friday here
It's Holly's birthday week on the Friday Mashup, and she likes lots of brads on her card.  I used the colors from the color challenge at Fab Friday to make Holly's birthday card.

 

 The base card is Pink Pirouette, layered with Crumb Cake cardstock embossed with the Honeycomb folder.  Three brads were inserted in the upper right portion.

The image panel was made by randomly stamping images from the SAB stamp set Bloomin' Marvelous in Cherry cobbler, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake on Very Vanilla cardstock.  Brads were inserted into the middle of 2 of the flowers, and tiny pearls in the eyes of the hummingbird.  This panel was matted with Pink Pirouette card stock.

The sentiment was stamped with Cherry Cobbler on Very Vanilla card stock and die cut using the Apothecary accent framelit.  Then, using the mat pack and paper piercer, this die cut was pierced all the way around.  Brads were inserted in both ends, and a row of pearls along the bottom of the words.  It was attached to the card using dimensionals.

The butterfly was made by stamping the small butterfly with pool party and punched with the tiny butterfly punch - then layered onto a butterfly punched with the larger butterfly punch.  Some pearls were placed on the body and the wings flipped up. It was attached to the lower right portion of the card using glue dots.

Stamp: Bloomin' Marvelous (SAB)

Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, Crumb Cake

Papers: Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pool Party

Accessories: Honeycomb folder, 1/8" silver brads, Mat pack & Paper piercer, Apothecary Accents framelits, Butterfly punch, Small butterfly punch, Pearls, dimensionals, glue dots

Congratulations (On Your New Home)

There's nothing more exciting than moving to a new home.  A friend of mine recently moved from California to West Virginia and for the first time in her life experienced the changing colors of the leaves of our trees and last week - her very first snow fall!  Can you imagine having never seen snow?  We certainly got dumped on since Boxing Day and today I love it!  Next month I may not feel the same way.
Anyway, this card is for all of those who have moved to a new location.  From my house to yours!!!
I based the card on the sketch on Unscripted Sketches here

 

Stamp:  Layered Labels

Ink: Island Indigo

Papers: Island Indigo, Crumb Cake, Sycamore Street DSP (SAB), Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Pool Party

Accessories: Apothecary Accents framelits, Square lattice folder, Small star punch, rhinestones, 1/4" Tangerine Tango satin ribbon (SAB)

A Pair of Winter Skates - Stampin' Fun and Friends

I'm a designer for Stampin' Fun and Friends, an online session with cards, cards, and cards.  Part of being a designer is taking part in the challenges posted by the hostess.
This particular challenge is a sketch challenge.
Here is my card:

Stamp:  Winter Memories

Inks: Black Stazon, SU markers (Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler)

Papers: Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Green polka dot DSP, Silver Glitter paper

Accessories: Apothecary accents framelit, Labels Framelit, Cherry cobbler seam binding, Modern Word Label Punch, Pearls, dimensionals, Platinum Shimmer paint, Polka dot folder

Harvest Blessings - Paper Craft Crew Challenges #8

Today is a bright sunny day, but a bit on the chilly side.  We've already had a bit of frost, but not a 'killing' frost.
This card is based on the sketch on the Paper Craft Crew Challenges #8 here

 

Technique:

The Raspberry Ripple card base is matted with Crumb Cake upon which was stamped the image of a tractor using Crumb Cake ink.  A strip of Orchard Harvest designer paper was adhered to the bottom of the Crumb Cake after attaching a scalloped strip of Raspberry Ripple card stock.  A piece of Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon was attached over the seam between the designer paper and the scalloped strip.

The image was stamped in Black Stazon on Very Vanilla card stock, and colored with markers and an Aqua brush.  Some Crystal Effects was applied to the pumpkins and apples to make them more 3D.  It was die cut using the Apothecarry accessory framelits and adhered to a Labels framelit die in Raspberry Ripple.  Some pricking was done around the image and along 2 sides of the Label framelit die.  Dimensionals were used to attached to image to the card front.

Three apples were cut from the designer paper, covered with crystal effects and adhered to the left side of the card with a glue dot.

Stamps: Harvest Blessing, Teeny Tiny wishes

Inks: Black Stazon, SU markers, Basic Black

Papers: Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest designer paper

Accessories: Apothecary accessories framelits, Labels framelits, mat pack & paper piercer, 1/4" Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon, Word Window punch, Crystal Effects, Aqua painter, dimensionals.

Come to Bethlehem - Challenge 183 & Technostamper 231

I must admit making Christmas cards makes a body feel cooler.  The heat here has been unrelenting and today is no different.  What we need is more rain! Already the corn crops are ruined by the lack of it.

To make the card for the Technostamper challenge here  I turned the sketch sideways.

 

Stamps:  Come to Bethlehem, Petite Pairs

Inks: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit

Papers: Gumball Green, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer, Be of Good Cheer designer paper

Accessories: Apothecary Accents framelits, Dazzling diamonds, Paper Piercing pack essentials, dimensionals, Polka dot embossing folder