Hand Stamped Sentiments #116 - Color Challenge

Don't these colors just make you skip with happy pink cotton candy thoughts? This week, Hand Stamped Sentiments is holding a color challenge with these 'almost' lick-able yummy colors. 

And to pre prep for our big summer move, I'm checking off cards I'll be needing this summer when I'll be without my crafty supplies, so another Birthday card was clearly in order! 

I wasn't too sure what I wanted to use as my main focal point so decided to make a collage of Happy Birthday sentiments and tiny little stamps. I added a bit of Dazzling Details to my crown and to both dots on the i's. The 2nd 'I' is kind of hard to see...it's on the little gray banner and is dry embossed with a non-SU Birthday folder.

I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch as the base of my card and now I can chalk another mail-able Birthday card off my list! Head on over to Hand Stamped Sentiments to check out what the DT has designed for you this week and link up to our color challenge, you won't want to miss it! 

SU! products used:

Ink - White Craft

Paper - Basic Gray, Regal Rose, Textured Pink Pirouette, Pool Party DSP

Stamps - Happiest Birthday Wishes, Hostess Afterthoughts (small flower and sentiment), Party This Way, Vintage Labels, SAB Elementary Elegance (key, bird, crown and sentiment)

Punches - 5 Petal Flower, 3/4" Circle, 1/2" Circle, Square

Other - White Embossing Powder, Dazzling Details

You make my whole face SMILE

This week over at Freshly Made Sketches, I decided to join in the fun and whipped up this card using their sketch. I used one of the sets I got for FREE during Sale A Bration this year, the end of March is drawing near soon...click HERE to place your order during Sale A Bration before all of THESE fun items are no longer available!

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I edged the white cardstock with a bit of Pink Pirouette to make my card a bit more dreamy. A bit of sticky strip along the top, made for a perfect place to add a ruffled paper ribbon. And the Melon Mambo Embossing powder added the perfect pop of hot pink!

SU! products used:

Stamps - SAB Sprinkled Expressions

Paper - Lucky Limeade DSP, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette

Ink - Versa Mark

Other - Melon Mambo EP, Framelits Labels, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals

Baby Buggy Shower

This week at Freshly Made Sketches, I used their sketch to design a baby shower invitation.

 

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A bit of paper piecing on the buggy and tiny round details carry throughout with the EF, DSP and bling.

SU! products used:

Paper - Night of Navy, Island Indigo, Very Vanilla, Island Indigo DSP

Ink - Night of Navy, Crumb Cake

Punches/Dies - Top Note Bigz Die, 1-3/4" Circle, 1" Circle, 3/4" Circle

Hello Prince

This happens to be the very last challenge over at Wee Memories, I whipped up a card fit for a prince (or a king) which I thought an appropriate way to finish in style!

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I used a piece of scrap paper as my base and cuts 1/2" strips of Bashful Blue and Whisper White, lining them right up against each other. After I had the desired amount, I cut my striped background to the appropriate size, at a slant, before adhering it to Night of Navy. 

This is a trifold card and the belted crown slips off to reveal the inside.

A heat embossed golden Hello, paired with the crown is perfect to welcome a little 'prince' into the world...

don't you think so?

SU! product used:

Stamp Set - Artistic Etchings

Paper - Night of Navy, Whisper White, Bashful Blue

Punches - Scallop Border, Scallop Circle, 1-3/4" Circle

Other - Gold Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Gold Super Fine Glitter

Deepest Sympathy

I just have to say I'm soooo excited, it's snowing in Newport and it's sticking!! Hooray! Of course it's now raining on top, which is going to make for a sloppy mess but WOW, does a town look oh so different with a blanket of white! Not to mention my kids are going to be soooo excited when they wake up in the morning, that is if it doesn't melt by then.

Without further weather interruptions, on to my card...

I simply fell in LOVE with the sketch over at the Card Patterns blog and as much as we don't like to make sympathy cards, I was so very happy with how these turned out, I'm making loads more. Sympathy cards are needed more than we'd like to admit, no one likes to talk about death and it's hard to find the right words to say to someone who has lost a loved one or friend. But sometimes simple is best, just saying "I'm sorry" can really let someone know you care, you are willing to talk when they are ready. And you are thinking of them during a difficult chapter in their lives.

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I chose a black, white and grey color scheme cause rainy days happen to the best of us...and I didn't want to exactly make a sympathy card with a loud color like HOT PINK, too flashy for the occasion, I think so!

I kept it simple but played up the texture with my already embossed DP and patterned papers. The Sympathy sentiment was stamped in Basic Black and I added just a touch of Dazzling Details to the center swirl. 

SU! products used:

Stamp Set - Thanks For Caring

Ink - Basic Black

Paper - Basic Grey, Basic Black, Whisper White

Punches - 2-1/2" Circle, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border

Other - Black Satin Ribbon, Dazzling Details, Dimensionals

Quite the PEAR

Seems to be the season for engagements! When I spotted the colors over at The Paper Players, this pear set  grabbed my full attention. I took a bite and went with it, embossing a few of the background pieces and still keeping it simple but sweet.

I used the Sweet Stop Sketches sketch as the base for my card,

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along with these beautiful springy colors over at The Paper Players blog...

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and....I don't usually like to combine more than two challenges at once, it gets a bit confusing to say the least BUT I made sure to keep all the elements correct, so I could also enter my card over at Our Creative Corner. The lovely DT at OCC is asking for a bit of paper piecing (my pear), no ribbon (check) and only 1 embellishment (my lonely pink bling).

Many blessing to the happy couple(s)!!

SU! products used:

Paper - Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, SAB Everyday Enchantment DSP

Ink - Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz

Punches - Scallop Border, Ticket Corner

Other - Lattus EF, Dimensionals

SAS Valentine/Sketch Challenge

The latest SAS (San Antonio Swap) with two of my dear friends back in TX was a Valentine/Sketch Challenge. Here's my take, hope they like it, I know I wish I had made more than two of them!

We used this old sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

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SU! products used:

Stamps - You Are Loved

Paper - Real Red, Everyday Enchantment DSP, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla

Other - Cherry Cobbler EP, Dimensionals

BIG congratulations!

Freshly Made Sketches has a fun, fresh and simple sketch this week, I flipped it to fit my stamps and send some BIG Congratulations to two of my friends! Way to go ladies!!

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I paired the sketch with these fun colors over at The Play Date Cafe, Burgundy, Gold & Plum.

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I stamped my b, preggo gal and g directly onto the Brushed Gold cardstock. I thought she could use a little jazzing up, so a bit of Perfect Plum paper piecing gave her some sass. The stripes are small strips of gold cardstock and some of that fun Japanese tape, which my brother brought me for Christmas. I'd never used it before but thought it would be fun to try out on this card and it was!

I showed this card to my DH (dear hubby) and his statement was..."I hope you don't offend anyone with that!" MEN...haha...

SU! products used:

Cardstock - Bravo Burgundy, Brushed Gold, Perfect Plum

Punch - Word Window

Stamp Set - Baby Bundle

Technique: Paper Piecing

Happy December Birthday

It's time for some December Birthdays, one being my brother, who loves all things motorized! I paired this weeks Play Date Cafe color palate with this fresh and clean sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. 

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A simple mailable card for a man is always a plus when it's pulled off without too much fuss. Guys don't like fuss, they like to walk into a store, purchase what they came for and leave. Women on the other hand, tend to like to sit and stay awhile feeling all the fabrics, soaking in all the layers, etc, if you know what I mean! 

SU! products used:

Stamps - Need For Speed

Ink - Craft Basic Black, Basic Black

Paper - Basic Black, Whisper White, Island Indigo

Other - Black Embossing Powder

Celebrate 2012

With Christmas only a week away, I thought it was time to move on to the next big celebration...New Year's!!! 2011 was packed with amazing memories for our family and I'm excited to see what 2012 brings our way.

I chose the following two challenges this week as inspiration for my card. The Paper Players has this warm holiday color palette while Try Stampin' on Tuesdays has a nice and simple sketch to work with, which I flipped.

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The 2012, I stamped directly over my little martini glass in Versa Mark before heat embossing them both in gold. 

SU! products used:

Paper - Cherry Cobbler, Gold, Very Vanilla

Ink - Versa Mark

Punch - Scallop Border 

Other - Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Snow Burst EF

Manger Soap Boxes

 These little boxes are making quite the grand entrance on my dining room table as of late, I've got more whipped up and ready to post but for now, here are these two sweet manger scenes!

The little manger scene stamp was heat embossed in black and then colored with various markers. Some blue glitter inside the little shaker cup adds a bit of fun to this tiny anti bacterial soap holder. Some sticky back velcro keeps the top flap in place and this box can either be set on a shelf as a bit of paper Christmas cheer or hung on a tree by looping a piece of ribbon through the top of the closed box. 

Merry Christmas y'all!

I'm entering these little boxes into the following two challenges...

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SU! products used:

Stamps - Come to Bethlehem

Ink - Poppy Parade, Crumb Cake, Versa Mark

Paper - Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, Whisper White, Certainly Celery

Punches - Scallop Oval, 1-3/4" Circle, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle, Modern Label

EF - Square Lattice

Other - retired blue chunky glitter, Circle Treat Cups

Snowmen Soap Box

Saw THIS fab tutorial by the very talented Erica Cerwin at Pink Buckaroo Designs and just had to give it a try...I just LOVE these little hand sanitizers from Bath and Body Works and thought this was such a fun and festive way to give one to a friend, teacher or even your postal carrier this Christmas!

I did modify* Erica's measurements just a tad on the small piece and used a different punch for the place where the soap sits but other wise, everything was perfect! Thanks Erica!!

I attached a piece of sticky back velcro to the base and lid, so the flap stays shut. I tried a few different punches but in the end the Oval Scallop won, it's a perfect fit for the little bottle of yummy smellin' clean fun! The little snowmen have been heat embossed in Melon Mambo and the Melon Mambo background square was placed in a snowflake EF for a bit of texture.

*note modifications : on the smaller piece of cardstock, cut it to 6" X 1-3/4" (instead of 6" X 1-1/2") and score the short side at 3/8" and 1-3/8" (instead of 1/4" and 1-1/4")

I'm entering this into the following challenges

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and 

Freshly Made Sketches #14

SU! products used:
Stamps - Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - Versa Mark, Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade
Paper - Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Pool Party DSP
Punches - Word Window, 1-1/4" Square, 1-3/8" Square
Other - Melon Mambo Embossing Powder