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

HSS #107 - Banner Bash

I wasn't quite over the moon, so to speak, with my card for last week BUT this week, I'm in LOVE!! Must be the banners, they are EVERYWHERE, from SU! to Pinterest, Blogs, FB, ETSY, they're all the rage and I'm so excited we're jumping on that bandwagon this week over at Hand Stamped Sentiments!

I just LOVE these crisp springy colors together...I kept my banner free floating and didn't adhere it down to my card, just tied it onto the sides. Which added a bit of movement and since the four little pennants fit perfectly on the front of my card, I didn't really need to stick them down anyway.

The birthday wishes font added to the whimsical feel, although retired, since it's an old Sale A Bration set, I figured it was only appropriate being that Sale A Bration is going on NOW!!

Remember, create ANY type of project showcasing BANNERS, link up your blogs and check out what flags the HSS Design Team is fluttering this week! Thanks for stopping by!

SU! products Used:
Stamps - retired SAB So Happy For You
Ink - Craft White
Paper - Island Indigo, Island Indigo DSP, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Punch -  Build A Banner
Other - White Embossing Powder, EF, Lucky Limeade Twine

Birthday Chomper

This week over at DYSU they are hosting a color challenge where we can showcase TEAL on our projects. I paired a few blues together with a bit of crumb cake, tossed in this week's Card Patterns Sketch #139

and came up with a chomping-ly sweet Birthday card fit for a boy (or little boy blue, in this case).

SU! products used:

Stamps - Hostess Happiest Birthday Wishes, retired Hostess Long Fellows, retired Sale-A-Bration So Happy For You

Ink - Island Indigo, Craft Whisper White

Paper - Island Indigo DSP, Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Crumb Cake

Punch - small Star

Ribbon - Crumb Cake

White Embossing Powder

Thanks Dear

I made a dozen of these to use as my 6 year olds birthday thank yous, cute, no?! The colors were taken from this weeks Just Add Ink color challenge and my design was pulled from the sketch below taken from the Dutch Dare Card Challenges blog. 

Just Add Ink #60

DDCC#104

I stamped my little tree in Crumb Cake and then again in Old Olive (I tried using my Stampin' Write Markers directly on this stamp but it wasn't giving me the bold coloring I wanted) cutting out just the leaves and adhering them over top of my brown leaves to make them green. I love how they are now subtly popped up off the white, giving them a bit of dimension but not too much. I edged my Crumb Cake with the Cutter Kit tool. Corner rounding just one edge of my card and one of the pieces of Rich Razzleberry. My four Rich Razzleberry pieces were stamped with Craft White and heat embossed in White as well. The Thanks sentiment is from this years Sale A Bration So Happy For You, which is still available till the end of this month. I stamped my little deer directly onto Crumb Cake in Crumb Cake ink and then cut my little fellow out before attaching him to my card. Two simple brown buttons on the corners and viola, a cute little card. 

Wee Memories & Lawnscaping Challenges are having a "Cute and Cuddly" challenge this week, go check them out!

Punches Used: Corner Rounder

Banner of Thanks

 

 Although these three colors from this weeks Paper Players color pallet scream "baby" to me, I chose to use them for thank you cards instead. The Shabby Tea Room is looking for celebration or birthday themed cards based off the inspirational photo below and since I'm in need of some thank you cards for some very special people in my life who made my bday (week) rock! (oh yeah, the older you get the longer you get to celebrate) I wanted to make them feel as appreciated as I felt loved and celebrate them in return!

 Shabby Tea Room #53

Paper Players Challenge #38

I scoured all of my stamp sets for Thank you sentiments and pulled out So Happy for You, Afterthoughts, Because I Care, Happy Moments & the very first stamp set that started my mad obsession, All Natural-retired. Starting with a Very Vanilla base, I ran a piece of Early Espresso through the Big Shot with my Top Note die and then stamped my thank you phrases randomly in Craft White Ink, heat embossing with a 50/50 mixture of heat & stick powder and dazzling diamonds. I tried to stamp in Versa Mark instead of the Craft White but the words just didn't show up like I wanted them to. My little banner was punched out with the Small Oval in Baja Breeze & Blushing Bride and then stamped in Early Espresso with some tiny letters I found in my stamp stash. I folded them in 1/2 over a piece of Very Vanilla 1/8" taffeta ribbon, sticking them together with Sticky Strip, so they wouldn't pop open and then popped my little banner off the card with stampin' dimensionals. Tried my hand at a shabby bow-like flower with some Very Vanilla Seam Binding, topping with a pink flower and a retired Epoxy Brad. One last Thanks, I love being spoiled sentiment stamped onto Baja Breeze and I'm quite happy with my sweet little card!

Good Luck

My birthday treat arrived (a day late) yesterday and sat longingly and patiently, waiting for me to get all three kids snuggled in their beds before I dove in and gently removed each and every fun new punch, pack of paper, stamp set, marker, etc. from their cardboard home to their new home filled with bright cheerful colors, organized shelves, color coded paper & crafting candy filled jars. Still giddy with excitement and totally on a paper high!! Yipee!

Of course I couldn't go to sleep...noooooooo, so I starting making a card at midnight and won't tell you what time I finished and finally scooted my tired eyes off to bed!! Coffee is on the menu for today, for sure. I may even hit up Starbucks! YUM! :)

Card Patterns Sketch 105

This weeks Shabby Tea Room is having a 'luck of the Irish' challenge and Hand Stamped Sentiments is "going for the green"...of course that means green, green, GREEN and lots of it and since Card Patterns sketch challenges are made with green, my eye happened to land on that sketch first as I was browsing my printed out inspiration sheets.

I loved how the green layer with the scallop trim looked a bit like a stage curtain, so Go Graduate was quickly pulled out and colored with an array of greens and other fun colors for the students teeny tiny shoes. I used my new Sale A Bration, So Happy For You stamp set that has a little clover and good luck phrase. Stamped the tiny clover in Versa Mark on my Wild Wasabi background. The scallop border is Pear Pizazz. My big clover was made using one of the hearts from the SU! Heart to Heart XL Punch. I curled up the petals a bit and then hand drew a little stem. A bit more green on my little tab held on with a hardware brad and green chunky retired GLITTER!! A piece of basic black that reminds me of a books binding and again as a border around my large clover. No pot of gold here, just a wishful greeting for a lucky teen as they embark on a new chapter in their life! GO GREEN!!

Punches Used: Heart to Heart XL, 3/4" Circle, Word Window, Corner Rounder