Dynamic Duos #97

I LOVE the colors this week over at the Dynamic Duos blog. Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise are two of my favorite colors. You can find lots of inspiration over at the Dynamic Duos blog here.

My take on this color combination uses the Tag It stamp set and the Hardwood background stamp from Stampin' Up!. Dazzling Diamonds glitter was used to add some sparkle to the flowers and heart. The card stock is Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise of course. I used Tempting Turquoise ink to stamp the Hardwood background stamp on the Tempting Turquoise card stock. The sentiment is also stamped in Tempting Turquoise ink. The punches used to punch the flowers and heart are also from Stampin' Up!

PPA 198 Color Challenge

It's time for the first color challenge this spring over at the Pals Paper Arts blog. I wasn't sure I would like this combination when I first saw it. Once I started playing with the card stock and ink, I could see the appeal. Summer Starfruit is not one of my favorite colors, but the other two colors work nicely with it. You can find lots of inspiration over at the Pals Paper Arts blog.

My take on the challenge uses two of my newest stamp sets: Blessed Easter and the Hardwood background stamp. I am absolutely in love with the Hardwood background stamp, so you can expect to see more of it in the near future. The other project I completed today also used this background stamp.The butterfly is from Papillon Potpourri. The card stock is Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, and Old Olive. I used Pool Party, Summer Starfruit, and Old Olive markers to color the flowers and butterfly. The Hardwood stamp is stamped in Crumb Cake. The oval framelits made it easy to cut out the ovals to frame the Easter stamp.

I love the way the card above turned out, but it isn't how this card started. My initial attempt was a bit blah, so I pulled out the Hardwood background stamp to add some interest to the Pool Party card stock. The original is below so you can see the before and after. The after is definitely much better!

Mojo Monday 336

This week's sketch over at Mojo Monday is from Debbie Carriere.

My take on the sketch features Stampin' Up! Gingham Garden designer series paper. This is a thank you card for my mother and she loves flowers, so I included the three-dimensional flower and floral DSP to suit her tastes. I love the bright colors in this DSP!

Additional Stampin' Up! supplies used include Island Indigo, Melon Mamba, Pear Pizzazz, and Night of Navy cardstock. The stamp set featured is Oh, Hello! stamped in Island Indigo ink. The flower is made using the pansy punch and the petite petals punch.
 

Freshly Made Sketches #126

I was so happy to have time to sit down and stamp this evening! Report cards are finished and I should have a little more free time for stamping and crafting now.  I needed a little inspirtation to get me started today, so I browsed through the challenge blogs I have bookmarked and landed on the Freshly Made Sketches blog.

The sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week was designed by Amy. The "Clean Team" provided  lots of inspiration to get me started with my take on the sketch.

 

I opened up a pack of Retro Fresh designer series paper from Stampin' Up! today and fell in love with the patterns, so I wanted to make them the focal point of my card. I used three different designs from the pack and I think they work so well together. Retro Fresh is on its way to replacing Fresh Prints as my current favorite dsp!

All the materials used for this card are from Stampin' Up! I started with a card base made with Baked Brown Sugar cardstock. All the dsp is from Retro Fresh from the Occaisions mini catalog. I also used So Saffron and Coastal Cabana cardstock.  The starburst stamp is from the Starburst Sayings set, also from the Occaisions catalog. I stamped it in Tangerine Tango and Baked Brown Sugar ink then I used the coordinating starburst die to cut it out.

 

 



 

 

 

Can You Case It? Week 7

I am in the midst of doing report cards and what seems like a million and one other work related tasks, but wanted to take a few minutes tonight to relax and stamp in what my husband refers to as my "girl room." I miss my craft space when I get caught up in work or other obligations and it is always fun to steal away for a few minutes and create something!

 

The challenge over at Can You Case It? this week is "Flowers." The card below came together in just a few minutes thanks to the Stampin' Up! "Good as Gold" Simply Sent kit. This kit is one of the free Sale-a-Bration choices with a $50 order. Cute and free...can't beat that. I used elements of the kit, but did not make the card pictured in the kit. The kit includes gold envelope liners, which I used to punch the gold base flower. The sentiments come in multiple languages, including English of course. I choose the German thank you sentiment since I intend to send the card to my Oma!

Stampin' Up! materials used:
-Simply Sent "Good as Gold" Simply Sent kit
-Bermuda Bay cardstock
-Tangerine Tango candy dot
-Flower Shop stamp set and coordinating punch
-Blossom punch used to punch out the gold flower
-Gold embossing powder

 

 

 



 

 



Dynamic Duos #91

It's "Triple Threat" week over at the Dynamic Duos blog this week. The color combination this week is Wild Wasapi, Tangerine Tango, and Melon Mamba. What a gorgeous color combo! Check out all the inpiration here at the Dynamic Duos blog. Here is my take on this color challenge:

 All materials used for this card are from Stampin' Up featuring:
-Wild Wasapi, Melon Mamba, and Tangerine Tango cardstock
-Melon Mamba DSP from the retired brights stack
-Melon Mamba, Wild Wasapi, and Tangerine Tango ink used to color the flower with blender pens on watercolor paper. Images were stamped with Staz On black ink.
-Oval framelits, Candy Dots, and Iridescent Ice embossing powder
-Flower is from Backyard Basics stamp set and greeting is from the Simply Sketched hostess set
 

Freshly Made Sketches #124

This is a quick and simple birthday card made for the Freshly Made Sketches #124 challenge. This square sketch is by Karren and you can find lots of inspiration on the Freshly Made Sketches blog here.

I really wanted the Birthday Basics DSP to be the focus of the card. I love the colors in this DSP and Bermuda Bay is one of my current favorites. This particular page in the DSP pack is also a favorite of mine. I love that you can use it for either masculine or feminine cards depending on the colors of cardstock that you choose to use with it.  What is your favorite current DSP?

 

 

 

 

 

 

All materials used for this card are from Stampin' Up! featuring:

-Bermuda Bay, Gumball Green, and Very Vanilla cardstock

-Birthday Basics DSP from the 2013-2014 annual catalog

-Bermuda Bay stamp pad

-Bermuda Bay candy dots

-Greeting is from the Express Yourself hostess set