Hand Stamped Sentiments #124 - Quilts

It's time to 'get your stitch on' over at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week, with our Quilt Inspiration Challenge. And if you're not a sewer, like me, paper does the trick pretty well when you want to lay a blanket of color on your card!

As soon as I saw the inspiration photos, I knew I wanted to do some sort of a block look and needed a Get Well card for my friend, who's child was in the hospital. (She's out now, hooray!) My friend and I share an addiction for IPhone cases (a little something for Mama too), which is where I snagged my color scheme from.

I didn't do any stitching on the card but love how the Postage Stamp Punch makes it look like it has been stitched. I added a bit of dimension with an EF and then broke out the sweet silhouette stamp as well as the perfect sentiment from Delightful Dozen. I popped up just the two corner pieces and didn't emboss them like the rest. I think they both make quite the statement on their own.

We'd love to see what quilts your fancy, head on over to the HSS Blog to view beautiful inspiration from our design team and link up your own creation to play along this week!

SU! products used:

Stamp Sets - Hostess Priority Mail, Delightful Dozen

Ink - Craft White, Perfect Plum

Paper - Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi and Whisper White

Punch - Postage Stamp

Other - White Embossing Powder

Hand Stamped Sentiments #123 - Paper Pleating

It's all 'in the pleats' this week over at Hand Stamped Sentiments...paper pleats that is! Grab FOLD of this technique challenge, it's entirely way too much fun and link up over at the Hand Stamped Sentiments blog! (and yes, I spelled hold with an 'f' for a reason!)

I'm still plugging away, thinking ahead and getting ready for our move the end of this month, eeeeekk! Since I'm not sure how long it will take us to unpack, reorganize and get settled and we've got a wedding to attend the end of July, I decided to use this challenge to make two cards for the bride and groom. Their wedding colors are hot pink and green, so I pulled some colors from my stash and got to folding...

I followed this tutorial HERE

 and the flower tutorial HERE

This challenge really was so much fun, I love the HUGE impact a few folds made on both of my cards AND another plus, they are still mailable! yipee! Don't forget to check out the cool folds the rest of the design team has pleated up especially for you!!

SU! products used:

Stamps - So Happy For You

Paper - Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery

Ink, EP - Craft White, Basic Black, White Embossing Powder

Punches - Large Oval, 1-3/4" Circle, 1-3/8" Circle

Other - Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon, Dazzling Details

Hand Stamped Sentiments Theme Challenge #122

The plumes have it!

Come join in over at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week as we are hosting a Peacock or Bird Themed Challenge, so FUN! I purchased this peacock feather stamp for my second set of wedding invitations made for a friend, so whenever I see it, it's hard to picture it used any other way...I pulled the same colors out but gave it a bit of a twist this time and I love how it turned out!

I've used a piece of Early Espresso on my card, can you find it???

I've covered it up with Shimmer Paint, haha!... After I used an EF on my Early Espresso, I decided to make my feather silver and sponged a bit of the Shimmer Paint around the cardstock, only to have the embossing powder stick to one of the edges. It was an accident that I LOVED and decided to finish off the rest of the edges and do the same to my sentiment banner as well. A bit of blue glitter in the eye of the feather and voila! 

SU! products used:

Stamps - Delightful Dozen
Paper - Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Pacific Point
Punch - Tab
Other - Silver Embossing Powder, Shimmer Paint, Versa Mark

Hand Stamped Sentiments #121 - Color Challenge

This week over at Hand Stamped Sentiments, we've got a FABULOUS color palette to work with...if I do say so myself! Nothing takes care of a rainy day better than a fun POP of yellow and Daffodil Delight is one of my constant re-order colors when it comes to SU! cardstock.

My hubby's Grandmother turned 91 recently and I thought she would have fun with this fun sentiment, which I placed inside her card.

And I loved how my first card turned out so much, I created a second for a friend, I added a different style of font for the Happy and Birthday which gives this one more of a whimsical feel.

We can't WAIT to see what beautiful creations you come up with, the sky's the limit! Take this color palette and FLY!!! 

SU! products used:

Stamps - *R-SAB Whimsical Words, *R-Hostess Happiest Birthday Wishes

Cardstock - Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight

Ink - Craft White

Punches - 2-3/8" Scallop Circle, 1-3/4" Circle, 2-1/2" Circle, 1-3/8" Square, 1-1/4" Square, XL Oval, Large Oval

Other - White Embossing Powder

The NEW catty is LIVE!!

It's HERE, it's HERE!! The new 2012-2013 Stampin' Up! Catalog...

Mine came in the mail the other day and I was finally able to sit down with a cup of coffee and pour over all the fun new stamp sets, in-colors, layouts, ideas, die cuts and more!

Please contact me if you are interested in a copy of your very own!

or you can view the catalog online by click directly on the catalog in this post, the link below or the catalog on the left side bar of the blog.

dabblindawn@yahoo.com