April 5, 2012


Today's card I am posting for the blog group that I belong to and also for today's ways to use is challenge on splitcoast stampers.  The ways to use it challenge was for us to 'get coloring'.  My blog group challenge was a water themed challenge.  We were to incorporate water in some way on our card and in addition we were to use:  ribbon, brads and patterned paper.

My water was the ocean found within this light house image and I also decided to do some water coloring on my image. I first stamped my image using brown stazon ink.  Then I created a mask by stamping another image and cutting out the light house.  I then placed the cut out light house image over top of my first stamped image and this allowed me to sponge my background while keeping the light house white. 

I began sponging my sky using tempting turquoise ink (very lightly) and sponging with a punched out scallop circle.  Then I used so saffron ink, cherry cobber and then continued sponging.  The remaining part of my image was colored using SU water color crayons and a blender pen.

The rest of my card was just a matter of assembling it.  It was a bit tricky for me to figure out how to add my ribbon while still keeping it more masculine, but I think my ribbon treatment worked.  I added my three brads along the right side of my card.  I used my SU mat pack template to help me line them up straight.  The designer series paper I used was the inspiration for the colors I used in my image.

I hope you liked my card and if you would like to visit the other cards for our challenge I'll post the links for the blogs below:
 
Have a great day and thanks for visiting!  See you tomorrow!

Stamps:  Uncharted Territory, Well Scripted
Card Stock:  White, Chocolate Chip, Retired SU DSP
Ink: Brown Stazon, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip
Supplies:  Ribbon, Brads, Hole Punch- for the brads, Sponge, Water Color Crayons, Blender Pen, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Scallop Circle Punch- for making the clouds, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Dimensionals
Technique: Water Coloring, Sponging, Reverse Masking, Paper Piercing

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Twisted Tuesday Challenge


Good Morning!  Today I'm posting my card for the Twisted Tuesday Challenge blog.  This is our first challenge so I hope you will join us!  This week's challenge was a great one!  We were to create a card with clouds on it, but the twist was that they couldn't be stamped. 

I began making my card by first stamping the bunny image.  Before I sponged my background I needed to make a mask to cover up the bunny so that it would remain white.  The rest of my bunny image was colored using SU markers.

I actually used clouds two ways on my card.  I sponged some clouds onto the background of my card using a punched out scallop circle punch, bashful blue ink, and a sponge wedge (the sponging is a bit heavier towards the top and lighter towards the bottom/grassy area).  Then I also made a few clouds using the create a cupcake punch and then I embossed them using the manhattan flower embossing folder and I placed them on my card.

Next, I stamped the bunny image again and this time I colored the egg balloon, cut it out and placed it over top of my first stamped image.  I did this because I wanted the cloud to be behind the balloon plus I didn't have to worry about masking the balloon when I was sponging my background.  I did a small bit of paper piecing on the green part of the balloon using the same designer series paper that I used for the grassy area.

My grassy area was made by cutting some designer series paper using the adorning accents edgelits die.  My sentiment was stamped and punched out using the word window punch and then I layered it using the modern label punch (I punched out two pretty in pink pieces and I layered them so that they would fit nicely behind my bashful blue punched layer.  Next, I added a brad on each side of my sentiment and it's adhered onto my card using dimensionals.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I can't wait to see everyone's cloud creations!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Everybunny
Card Stock:  White, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Twitterpated DSP
Ink:  Black Stazon
Supplies:  Adorning Accents Edgelits Die, Big Shot, Modern Label Punch, Word Window, SU Markers- Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Sponge, Scallop Circle Punch, Build a Cupcake Punch- for the clouds, Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder, Scissors- for paper piercing the green in the balloon, Brads, Hole Punch- for the brads, Dimensionals
Technique: Sponging, Paper Piercing, Dry Embossing, Reverse Masking, Punch Art

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April 1, 2012

Hi everyone!  I love the challenge this week on the CAS-ual Friday blog!  If you have time be sure to stop on over and check it out!  Here is the link for the challenge.  The challenge this week was to create a clean & simple card based on a song.  With Easter being only a week away I've had this song on my mind-
Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppity,
Easter's on its way

There's more to the song, but I just posted the first few lines.  Actually ever since I made my card I've been singing this song.  I began making my card by stamping my bunny image and then I stamped the image again onto some scrap blue designer series paper.  I used the paper piecing technique for the bunny's dress and the Easter basket.  If you are not sure what the paper piecing technique is you will find a great tutorial here.  The rest of the bunny was colored using my SU markers.  I left the bunny white and I simply colored ears, shoes, eggs in the basket, and the bow on the basket.

I used my scallop border punch along the dsp towards the bottom of my card.  I finished my card using pleated ribbon with twine tied on top of it.  I decided to thread my twine through my button and then tie it off with a bow and then I stamped the Easter sentiment.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Stamps: Everybunny
Card Stock: White, Twitterpated DSP
Ink:  Black Stazon
Supplies:  Twine, Pleated Satin Ribbon, Twitterpated Buttons, Scallop Border Punch, Scissors- for paper piecing the dsp, SU Markers- Blusing Bride, Certainly Celery, Daffodil Delight
Technique: Paper Piecing

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March 28, 2012

Hi there!  Today I wanted to post a card I made for the challenge on the CAS-ual Friday challenge blog.  This week's challenge, found here was to create a clean & simple card using pastel colors and black.

I stamped my flower image and colored it using my so saffron and certainly celery Stampin' Up! markers.  I decided to add my ribbon just left of my stamped image on the same panel.  I tied some twine through the center of my button and then I placed that button in the center of my ribbon.

Along the top of my so saffron designer series paper I used my scallop border punch and just along the bottom of my card front I decided to add bit of scoring (using my score tool) and some paper piercing.  Paper scoring and paper piercing are two great ways to add a little something to your card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great night!

Stamps:  Eight Great Greetings
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up Retired designer series paper
Ink:  Black Stazon
Supplies:  Ribbon, Button, Twine, SU Marker- So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Scallop Trim Border Punch, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Simply Score Tool
Technique: Dry Embossing, Paper Piercing

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March 27, 2012

Hi everyone!  I saw the sketch challenge on the Paper Players blog this week and I just had to play along.  Here is the link to this week's paper players challenge.  This was a great sketch; I found it so easy to work with!

I decided to pull out a stamp set that I haven't used in some time.  I love this flower image!

I inked up my stamp using my ink pads.  I just sort of inked up the flower with my peach parfait ink pad and then I inked up the leaves and stem using my pear pizzazz ink pad.  Once my card was finished I decided to put some dazzling diamonds glitter all over my flower and it's so sparkly in person.

All of the papers I used on my card (besides my white) are from the incolor designer series paper pack.  I really like that all the papers in that pack match and it makes mixing different dsp so easy.

The white card stock layer along the bottom of my card was punched using my eyelet border punch.  My sentiment was stamped and punched out using my designer label punch.  My main image panel was placed onto my card using dimensionals.  And to complete my card I decided to use some ribbon with some hodge phodge hardware looped through.

Thanks so much for stopping on by!  Have a great rest of the day!  I'm off to start supper!

Stamps: Because of You
Card Stock: White, Designer Series Paper Patterns Stack - incolors
Ink: Black Stazon, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz
Supplies:  Ribbon, Hodge Podge Hardware, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Designer Label Punch, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Dimensionals

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A New Challenge Blog~ Twisted Tuesday Challenges

Good Morning! I'm so excited to tell you that I made the design team on the new Twisted Tuesday Challenges blog!  Twisted Tuesday Challenges is an awesome new challenge blog that Melina just started. Every Tuesday a new challenge will be posted and it will be a basic challenge with a "twist" that must be included.  If you have some time be sure to check it out, we'd love to have you follow us!

For the next few months I will be designing with Melina, Kelly, Jeanette, Cindy, and Annmarie and I'm so excited to be working with all of them. You can read more about the design team reveal here if you'd like.

April 3rd will begin Twisted Tuesday's first challenge and it's a great one!  On occasion there will be a little giveaway of goodies for a random winner so be sure to visit often! Pin It
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March 26, 2012

Hi everyone!  I was up late tonight making a card for this week's clean and simple challenge on splitcoast stampers found here.  The challenge this week was an inspiration challenge based on the cover of this Family Circle magazine.  I pulled out my 'create a cupcake' stamp set and my cupcake builder punch to make some yummy cupcakes.


My card was real easy to make.  The cupcakes were stamped and punched out and then all I did was assemble my card.  For my embellishments I decided to use ribbon tied with a knot and a small pretty in pink button with some twine tied through the center. 

My chocolate chip card stock layer was punched using my scallop border punch.  To create the cherry on the center cupcake I simply punched out one cherry using the cupcake builder punch and then I colored it using my SU markers, super easy!

Well, I hope you liked my card!  Be sure to stop by tomorrow, I have some exciting stamping news to share with you.  Have a great night!

Stamps:  Create a Cupcake, Sweet Little Sentiments
Card Stock: White, Chocolate Chip, Designer Series Paper Patterns Stack - Subtles Collection
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Perfect Plum, Chocolate Chip
Supplies:  Ribbon, Scrallop Border Punch, Button, Twine, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Create a Cupcake Punch, SU markers to color the cherry- Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Dimensionals
Technique: Punch Art, 2 Step Stampin'

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March 21, 2012

Hi there!  Today I'm posting the card I made for this week's Stampin' Up! only blog challenge found here.  For this challenge we were to create a season themed card based on what season you are entering.  Well here in PA yesterday was the first day of spring and the weather here couldn't be better.  It's warm, sunny, and the trees are starting to turn green. 

I went outside the other day and I couldn't get over the sound of the birds, they were chirping and tweeting like you wouldn't believe.  It was a sound I haven't heard in months and so that was the inspiration for the image I decided to use.  I also used one of my very favorite color combinations- pink, green, and brown.

I stamped and colored my image using my Stampin' Up! markers.  My chocolate chip layer was cut using the Adorning Accents Edgelits Die and my big shot.  Just along the bottom of my card I decided to add two rows of paper piercing using my SU mat pack and paper piercing tool.  I like to do this sometimes to add that little extra something without going overboard.

And finally, to complete my card I added some pleated ribbon just under my image panel and then I added a small button with a twine bow tied in the center.  Below I posted a close up photo so that you could see the coloring I did on the image. 

I hope you liked my card today! Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Up in the Air
Card Stock:  White, Chocolate Chip, Twitterpated DSP
Ink:  Brown Stazon
Supplies:  SU Markers, Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelits Die, Pleated Ribbon, Sticky Strip Tape, Dimensionals, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Glue Dots, Twitterpated Buttons, Twine
Technique: Paper Piercing

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March 19, 2012


Good evening!  I'm a little late posting today, but I had company earlier today and so I'm just now getting some quiet time and today I made, not one, but two cards!  I made these cards for Monday's clean & simple challenge on splitcoast stampers and I also made these for Monday's technique lover's challenge on splitcoast stampers. 

The clean & simple challenge was a sketch challenge based on Angela's card found here.  This week's technique lover's challenge was to crop and image.  Both flower images on my cards are not the full image and were cropped.


I colored my stamp using my Stampin' Up! markers - old olive and melon mambo and then I stamped it onto my card stock.  The bottom of my melon mambo card stock layer was punched using the scallop trim border punch and I added some white twine tied through an old olive button.

I did a bit of dry embossing on the left side of my card.  I used the scallop adorning accent embossing folder and I actually ran it through my big shot twice (once for each row).  If you try this, I wanted to give you a tip- when you run your card stock through your big shot a second time your first embossed impression may become flattened a bit.  To fix this you can either gently work from the back side using your scoring too and push your raised embossed area back up or what I did was to align my embossing folder over top of my first embossed row and using my hands I pressed the folder together and that will raise up your embossed areas again- it worked out pretty well. 

Stamps:  Just Believe, Loving Thoughts
Card Stock:  White, Melon Mambo, Basic Gray
Ink: Going Gray
Supplies:  Big Shot, Adoring Accents Embossing Folders, Twine, Button, Scallop Trim Border Punch, SU Markers
Technique: Dry Embossing

And this is my second card I made for the same challenges.  I actually had this card made before I saw the technique challenge was to use a cropped image, how lucky was that?...LOL 

I colored my stamp using my Stampin' Up markers- old olive, daffodil delight, and basic black.  Then I stamped my image onto my card stock.  I used my eyelet border punch to punch a small border using old olive card stock. For my ribbon treatment I decided to add a button with some twine tied through the center.  I ended up using my glue gun to adhere the button onto my card.  Sometimes I'll use my glue gun when I want to make sure that the buttons will not fall off.  Glue dots work well too, but in this case my ribbon is satin and I was worried it wouldn't hold.

I did a little bit of dry embossing on this card as well.  Using my simply scoring tool I just added a few straight score lines.  This is a great way to add a little bit of texture to your cards and it only takes a minute or to score a few lines.

Well, that's about it for tonight.  I hope you liked my cards!  See you tomorrow!  Have a great rest of the night!
Stamps:  Inspired By Nature, Loving Thoughts
Card Stock:  White, Old Olive, Black, Daffodil Delight
Ink:  Black Stazon 
Supplies:  Ribbon, Button, Twine, Glue Gun, Simply Scoring Tool, Eyelet Border Punch, SU Markers
Technique: Dry Embossing

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March 16, 2012

Hi everyone!  Splitcoast stampers has a 'Queen of the day' challenge every Friday.  I really didn't know much about this challenge until yesterday my friend Melina was chosen.  Here is the link to this week's Queen for the day challenge.  Here is the card from Melina's gallery that I chose.

I also made this card for the current challenge on the Creative Belli Blog.  The challenge found here was to make a clean & simple card, which are my very favorite cards so I just had to play along.  Plus I'm entering my card for this week's challenge from the CAS-ual Friday blog which was to create a clean & simple card using:  a pattern, an image, and a sentiment.  My pattern is my scored background, my image is my flower, and of course I have my sentiment stamped along the bottom of my card.  Whew!  That must be a first for me...LOL  I never end up making a card for more than 1 or 2 challengs.

The reason I loved Melina's card so much was because of the colors she used and so I decided to make my card with those same colors.  I stamped the flower and punched it out using my blossom punch.  Then for the next two smaller layers on top of my flower I just used circle punches. 

My certainly celery card stock layer was created by using the adorning accents edgelit die (from the current mini catalog) and my big shot.  My very vanilla background is dry embossed and I did this using a technique called faux tile.  If you aren't sure what the faux tile technique is you will find the splitcoast stampers tutorial here. 

When I created my background, I scored my card stock using my simply scoring tool and I made a pattern of small squares.  When I was finished with my scoring I lightly sponged over top of my raised embossed areas using pretty in pink in and a sponge wedge.  You will only want to lightly sponge over the raised areas.

Thanks for visiting!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Thoughts & Prayers- for the sentiment
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Crumb Cake
Supplies: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelits Die, Ribbon, Button, Twine, Blossom Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Spong, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Technique: Dry Embossing, Sponging, Faux Tile

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March 15, 2012

Hi everyone!  I'm up late tonight.  I just couldn't get to sleep so I decided to make a card for today's ways to use it challenge on splitcoast stampers which was to create a card with a dog on it.  I also made this card for this week's Mojo Monday sketch found here.

I only have 2 dog stamp sets so I decided to use my D is for dog set since I have never used it before.  I love these challenges, it's a great way to make us ink up those unloved stamps, right?

I really didn't use any sort of fancy technique to make my card.  It was just a matter of stamping and cutting.  I stamped the dog image twice and one image I cut out and placed it over top (and just a hair to the right) of my first image.  I wanted to make the dog look like he was moving.   Then I stamped and cut out a bone, I added a few Rhinestone Jewels for the dog collar and I decided I needed some grass. 

To make the grass I used my word window punch and I punched some old olive card stock.  Then using my scissors I cut it to look like grass and then I even went a step further and I ran it through my paper crimper.  It looks pretty neat in person so I wanted to try and take a close up photo so you could see it better.
My sentiment is stamped and layered using my circle punches and underneath that I punched a chocolate chip layer using my designer label punch.  I placed my sentiment (using dimensionals) on top of the knot from where I tied my twine.

That's about it for my card today, I hope you liked it!  Thanks for taking the time to drop by!  Have a great day!  See you tomorrow!  I'm going to see if I can get some sleep now.

Stamps:  D is for Dog
Card Stock: White, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Retired DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron
Supplies: Twine, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Designer Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Photo Corners Punch, Rhinestone Jewels, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Crimper, Scissors- for cutting grass, dog, and bone

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Twisted Tuesday Challenges DT Call


Hi everyone!  There's a new challenge blog just starting up called Twisted Tuesday Challenges and they are having their first design team call found here and this blog post is my entry.  Wish me luck!

Our DT submission was to create a square card using pastel and spring colors while incorporating black somewhere on our project.  The card I made is a 5" square card.

I began making my card by stamping my image and coloring it using my Stampin' Up! markers.  Then I cut it out using the labels collection framelits.  It's also layered using the larger size framelit and that blue layer I dry embossed to give it a little more texture.  It was embossed using the final press embossing folder.

The white background part of my card was also embossed using the final press embossing folder and the rest of my card was just a matter of assembling it.  For the black on my card I decided to add a small strip of black card stock that I punched using the scallop trim border punch.

I decided to use some pleated ribbon, buttons with twine tied through the centers, and a small rhinestone jewel for my embellishments.  My image panel was placed onto my blue layer using dimensionals and I also have dimensionals beneath the blue layer.

Well, I hope you like my card; I'm ready for spring now!  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Up in the Air
Card Stock: White, Black, Twitterpated Designer Series Paper
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: SU Markers, Pleated Satin Ribbon, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Twitterpated Buttons, Twine, Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits Die, Final Press Embossing Folder, Rhinestone Jewel, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip Tape
Technique: Dry Embossing

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