Happy Birthday Dad

This card is for my dad's birthday. I just got this paper by My Mind's Eye and when I saw the sheet that had "Celebrate" in the corner I knew I wanted to make that my focus.  I layered it on some of my hoarded Sage Shadow paper. I then die cut a tag, stamped "Dad" and tied it on with some linen thread and Baker's twine. This is popped up on a piece of Kraft paper. Simple as that and very masculine. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:

Stamps: Tiny Tags (PTI)

Paper: Kraft, Sage Shadow, My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Portobello Road

Ink: Early Espresso

Accessories: Linen thread, Baker's twine, TIny Tags die (PTI), dimensionals

31st Birthday

This week is my daughter's 31st birthday. This is the card that I made for her.  It's also for this week's iSpy sketch challenge and was supposed to be for the Cloud9 November blog hop.  I got so wrapped up in choosing the DSP that I didn't actually use any Wplus9 products. Oh well.

I used the PTI Paper Beads die to make all the sunbursts then just started piecing them on.  The circle image is popped up on dimensionals. Pretty straightforward - just a bit time consuming. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Birthday Vickie!

The inside of the card.

The Challenge:

The Supplies:
Stamps: Celebrate Everything
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Black, Whisper White, Summer Smooches DSP, Just Add Cake DSP. Big Top Birthday DSP, East Coast Prep DSP
Ink: Tempting Turquoise
Accessories: 5/8" reg grosgrain ribbon (SU), white Baker's twine (SU), dimensionals
Tools: Nestabilities: circle and lacey circles, Paper Beads die (PTI), Timeless Type Alphabet Jr (SU)

Cloud9 Blog Hop & DD28

Here is my card for the Cloud9 Blog Hop. I started out with more colors but it didn't work and I ended up with just the two.  I'm not even going to tell you how many times I stamped the different rows of Fair Isle Backgrounds until I got them lined up evenly. After I finally got that done I stamped the gingerbread man and layered him up with the Clear Cut Stackers: Pinking Squares and then popped him up with dimensionals on some fishtail flags. 

Edit: Even though I made this card yesterday it works pretty well for today's Dynamic Duos so I'm adding it to that as well :-)

I added a little button on the gingerbread man to make him stand out more.   Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Fair Isle Backgrounds (wplus9), Seasonal Patches & Season of Joy (SU!)

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake, Whisper White (SU!), Riding Hood Red & Crumb Cake DSP Stacks (SU!)

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake (SU!)

Accessories: button, linen thread, dimensionals

Tools: Clear Cut Stackers: Pinking Squares (wplus9), Die-Namics Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT)

Happy Harlequin Craft Fair

Here is a card that I made for our church craft fair. I bundled 4 together as a set. It's based off this card. It's my first card using Happy Harlequin and I'm looking forward to more cards with this set.

The white panel is popped up on dimensionals

Supplies:

Stamps: Happy Harlequin (PTI)

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Whisper White & Frostwood Lodge DSP (SU ret.)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Accessories: Baker's Twine, dimensionals

Tools: Harlequin Cover Plate (PTI)

Last Halloween Card

I guess I was on a roll today. Here's my last Halloween card. I stamped the clothesline from Heartfelt Mix in Basic Gray on Vanilla. Then I hung the four images from Spooky Bingo Bits. I added some Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP to the left side, a little strip of pinked edge in Tangerine Tango and a piece of black ribbon.  The sentiment from Primitive Pumpkins was cut with a fishtail tag die and matted on a piece of black. A black brad and a piece of Baker's twine completed this and it was popped up on dimensionals.  This card is also good for the colourQ challenge this week.  Thanks for checking out my Halloween cards!

cQc#160 color challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: Heartfelt Mix (wplus9), Spooky Bingo Bits (SU), Primitive Pumpkins (MFT)

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade, Going Gray & Basic Black

Accessories: Baker's twine, brad, black grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Tools: Die-Namics Pinking Edge die (MFT), Die-Namics Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT)

2nd Halloween Card Today

Amazing!  I got a 2nd card made and I didn't even case anyone. It is for 2 more challenges.  Retrosketches RS#34 and the colourQ challenge cQc#160.  OK, here's the card.

This time I used the smaller pocket stamp from Wplus9 A Pocketful.  I must have given my Kiwi Kiss to one of my daughter's so I used Lucky Limeade instead. The cute little spiders jumping out of the pocket are from the Pocketful: Halloween set.  I used my Sakura Stardust gelly roll pen on the spiders to give them some added pizzazz.  From there this card turned into one of those where you tinker and tinker until you finally like it.  I just kept adding little strips of paper and I think that I like the result. The black strip on the right is from the SU's Neutrals DSP pack, then comes a strip of Tangerine Tango. On the left I die cut the scallops from Rich Razzleberry DSP, then there's a strip of black and finally a strip of Lucky Limeade. I tied some Baker's twine around and added a tag which is a PTI die cut from the Tiny Tags set and the Boo sentiment is from the SU Tiny Tags set.  

Closeup - Can you see the spidery shimmer?

 

Now check out the inside. 

The sentiment and little spider webs are from the MFT set Primitive Pumpkins.













Challenges:

               

Supplies:
Stamps: A Pocketful and A Pocketful: Halloween (Wplus9), Tiny Tags (PTI), Tiny Tags (SU)
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Neutrals DSP, Brights DSP (SU)
Ink: Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry and Basic Black (SU)
Accessories: Baker's twine, dimensionals
Tools: Pocket die (Wplus9), Tiny Tags die (PTI), Die-Namics Scallop medium (MFT), Sakura Stardust gelly roll pen

Edited:  My card was chosen as a colourQ Courtier!

1st Halloween Card

Well I'm finally getting to my Halloween cards. This is the first and I hope that I have more to come.  I get to play with new stuff and also meet a couple of challenges -  Dynamic Duos DD#25  color challenge including the dessert option of using a die and also the Pals Paper Arts PP145 sketch challenge.

I die cut the pocket and stamped it in Pumpkin Pie. Then I stamped the bats and embossed them with clear embossing powder. You can't really see it in the picture but it does help pop them out on the card. Then I adhered the pocket with dimensionals. The sentiment from A Pocketful: Halloween was punched out, spritzed with pumpkin pie ink and then also popped with dimensionals.   I used my new Die-Namics Fishtail Flag Stax to cut the flag out of the Black DSP and then backed that with the PP DSP.  It's all on a black card base.  Check back as I hope to have some more Halloween cards soon :-)

Here's the inside

The Challenges:

        

The Supplies:

Stamps: A Pocketful and A Pocketful: Halloween (Wplus9), Delightful Dozen (SU)

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White, Brights DSP, Neutrals DSP (all SU)

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, PP and BB markers used on the inside

Accessories: Pocket die (Wplus9), oval punch (SU), Die-Namice Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT), clear embossing powder, dimensionals & spritzer (SU)

It's A Boy

My daughter is expecting her first child and our first grandchild.  She found out yesterday that it's a boy. As we have 2 girls my husband is really excited at the prospect of a male grandchild coming in February!  Here is the card I sent to her.

I started with this week's iSpy sketch (ISSC33).  I also wanted to use boy colors so the CR84FN63 challenge fit perfectly.  I stamped the main image on white and used markers in Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake and Bashful Blue to color it in.  I die cut it out with Nestability ovals. I also spritzed some Bashful Blue onto the oval thinking it might make it look a bit like an egg :-)    I found some retired SU paper called Spring Showers that had both the BB & CC so I cut out 3 strips (3/4" x 3-3/4") and then popped up on the chicken image on dimensionals. The longer blue strip is from the same DSP.  I used just a part of the stamp "So Many Sayings" for the sentiment and punched it out with the Modern Label punch then added a couple brads. This is all mounted on a piece of white that I ran through my Cuttlebug with the PTI chicken wire impression plate. That's it.  I hope my daughter and SIL like the card!  

A closer look at the chicken wire impression.

Here is the inside of the card.










The Challenges:

All Supplies by Stampin'Up unless noted:

Stamps: Best of Cluck, So Many Sayings

Paper: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Spring Showers DSP (ret)

Ink: Black, Chocolate Chip, Markers in Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake & Bashful Blue

Accessories: Brads

Tools: Modern Label punch, chicken wire impression plate (pti), dimensionals, color spritzer tool

Congrats on Your New Roost

Both of my daughters have recently moved into new homes so I wanted to send them cards.  I knew that I wanted to use Papertrey's On the Farm set and this week's Color Throwdown (CTD209) worked with it just perfectly.                                                                                                                                  

 My first card is for my married daughter and her husband.  I stamped a background image from "On the Farm" in Summer Sun and then back it with Chocolate Chip and Old Olive. The rooster and hen are die cut with Really Rust and popped up on dimensionals.  The sentiment is stamped in Old Olive and then I hand cut each end to from the fishtail ends.

I was going to use the checked image from On the Farm but it was a tad too large so I grabbed the checks from a WPlus9 set called Country Charm which are just a bit smaller & stamped in Cherry Cobbler. The double lines (also from the Country Charm set) are in Chocolate Chip. I ran this Very Vanilla panel through my Cuttlebug using the PTI Linen Impression Plate. Then I used some Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress ink around the edge. I also used that same ink around the edge of the sentiment.  The image panel is popped up on dimensionals and some hemp is tied around the card.

My next card is for my daughter who is not married.  It is very similar to the first card except I used different background images. The barn is stamped in Really Rust, the sentiment is Chocolate Chip and the rooster is die cut from Chocolate Chip although it looks pretty black in the picture.

The rest is pretty much the same except that I embossed the image and the Really Rust panel with the Linen Impression plate. I don't know if you can see that in the pic.

Thanks for checking out my blog!


The Challenge:

Supplies:

Stamps: On the Farm (PTI), Country Charm (WPlus9)

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Really Rust, Very Vanilla

Ink: Summer Sun, Old Olive, Really Rust, Cherry Cobbler, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen

Accessories: Hemp cord, dimensionals

Tools: On the Farm die (PTI), Linen Impression plate (PTI)

Spooky Bingo Bits

This card accomplishes 3 challenges. Can you believe it!!  Yay!  The Dynamic Duos (DD#20), Retro Sketches (RS#29) and Casual Friday (CFC70).

The card base is embossed with the SU spider web folder.  I stamped 3 different images from Spooky Bingo Bits onto white and matted them with Lucky Limeade & then black. They are popped up on dimensionals on the Lucky Limeade DSP which has a piece of Lucky Limeade behind it. I stamped the "Boo" sentiment from SU's Tiny Tags set onto a die cut tag from PTI also called Tiny Tags. This is tied on with black/white Baker's twine.  Pretty simple!

The Challenges:

              

Supplies (all Stampin'Up unless noted):

Stamps: Spooky Bingo Bits, Tiny Tags (SU) & Tiny Tags (PTI)

Paper: Lucky Limeade, Basic Black, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade DSP

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Basic Black

Accessories: Baker's twine (non SU), dimensionals

Tools: Tiny Tags die (PTI), Spider Web EF