Pretty colors! I thought about going with snowflakes like in the picture but I was looking at some of my stamps and saw the little heart pennant from Warmest of Wishes. I know it's not current anymore (sad face here) but that little pennant did NOT get used enough! So I pulled it out along with pennant parade and whipped up this cute card:
Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps: Pennant parade, PS I Love You, Warmest of Wishes
Paper: Blushing bride textured, pool party, soft suede, whisper white
Ink: Blushing bride, pool party, soft suede
Accessories: Pennant builder punch, adorning accents embossing folders, basic pearls, early espresso baker's twine, hole punch
Squeeee, didn't it turn out cute!?!? I used a layout I've used before with the pennants just because it makes sense. I also ran the border folder along the bottom for some interest. The pearls in each hart just help the little hearts stand out. The baker's twine is early espresso but you'd never know it:-) I also wanted to work in some of the polka dot chocolate chip ribbon but I couldn't make it happen, oh well....
Hi stampers! Happy Tuesday! It's time for another challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments! This week is a fun color challenge! I'm totally obsessed with this color combo right now:
I think it's totally fun and trendy and it's fun and bright too! It's kind of got a retro 60's and 70's feel to it too. I've seen a lot of holiday decor at Target and other places in these hues as well. So, I've been making Christmas cards with these colors of course.
Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps: Pennant parade, Bright Christmas, distressed dots
Paper: Whisper white, real red, blushing bride (smooth & textured), pear pizzazz, pool party
Ink: Real red, pear pizzazz
Accessories: Candy Cane Buttons (retired), circle and scalloped circle dies, basic pearls & rhinestones, crochet thread, pennant builder punch
I have a bunch of the candy cane buttons left over from last year so I had to stick one on here! I love that little pennant punch too, it makes such fun Christmas trees!
Now, click that link up there and head on over to see what the rest of the design team came up with and then play along with us and link up your card!
Hi stampers! So why the bah humbug you say? Well because I have not been able to or felt like stamping much in the past week or so which is probably evident in my lack of posting this week! Booooo hoooo! Not sure what's wrong with me although I haven't felt quite up to par and am tired after work so maybe that's part of it. And the part of my brain that comes up with fab stampy ideas has seemed to take a vacation as well. I was planning on stamping tonight after dinner but I've just sat here and stared at the computer so far and now it's probably time for bed! I'm hoping for some quality time in the stamp room tomorrow after I work out, clean the house which so badly needs it, grocery shop and all that other fun stuff....
I'm quickly running out of saved up things to show you but I still have a few up my sleeve. So, with the title of my post I thought a quick Christmas card was appropriate:-) This card was inspired by a card from another company that I saw on Pintrest. Maybe I will head over there tomorrow (dare I, lest I get lost for the rest of the day in the land of Pintrest) to check out some things I have saved for inspiration).
Stamps: Pennant parade, grateful greetings
Paper: whisper white, river rock, pool party
Ink: Wild wasabi, real red
Accessories: Pennant punch, basic rhinestones, tasteful trim die
I love the simple layout of this card and the muted yet kind of bright color pallet. I should totally use river rock a LOT more. I LOVE it with pool party! It's also slightly retro/vintage which I'm totally into right now, especially for Christmas. Oh the ideas I have for retro themed crafts...oh you'll see! I thought the greeting worked really well for my overall theme and with the pennant set as well!
Well I should head to bed. My 8:30 AM double step class that I haven't been able to make for a looong time will be here soon. I'm hoping I don't fall over since it's been so long, hehe! And be on the lookout this month for the rest of my Creative Crew projects!
Hi stampers! I have another October Creative Crew challenge to share with you. Now, the theme for this challenge was "all that glitters". Well, we all know I love me some bling!
Speaking of bling, I have a funny/cute story I just have to share. A few weeks ago at work it was very sunny out so I decided I should put some more sunblock on before I turned into a lobster...I like to take off my wedding ring when I put sunblock on because it's yicky. So, a couple of my injured football players were standing near me so I took off my ring and asked one of them to hold it. Now, mind you I love my ring! It's very nice, hubby did good but it's not crazy big or anything, it's just right for my hand! Well the kid looked at it and said, "Dang, your husband must really love you". And if that wasn't funny enough, the other kid chimed in with, "No man, SHE must really love him." LOL! I couldn't stop laughing, kids (they were 16, so yeah, still kids even if they think they are grown, haha) can be so funny! Anyway....
So, where was I? Oh yes, I love me some bling. So, for this card I decided to go big or go home and really pile on the sparkle! WARNING: you may need sunglasses to look directly at the following picture:
Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps: Pennant Parade, Letter it
Ink: Old olive, real red, daffodil delight
Paper: Whisper white, real red, old olive, brights DSP stack, silver glimmer
Accessories: Shaker frames, circle punches, mini brads, brights glimmer brads, real red grosgrain ribbon, window sheets, scallop squares duo die, mica flakes
I warned you:-) I really wanted the glimmer paper to "shine" so I left a lot of it bare. I knew I wanted to do a shaker card with the new mica flakes and shaker frames too. That combo makes it super easy! And I couldn't stop there, I had to add the glimmer brad too! And want to know a little secret? I though about adding MORE glitz, I just wasn't sure what more to use, lol! One more subtle detail that I added was the M from letter it. One of my favorite things to do right now is use the Letter It set with a word. I stamped off my real red M once and then stamped merry in full strength ink over it. Here's a bit more detail:
That's it for today. Hope I didn't blind you too bad:-) Head on over to Splitcoast to check out more from the Creative Crew!
Hi stampers! I finally got to stamp Tuesday night, hooray!!!! Let's hope I can keep it up, lol! One of my fave demo friends, Carrie Gaskin, has started a new challenge blog and I love me some challenges! You can check it out HERE. She makes some wicked cool cards so I'm sure the challenges will be super cool! I wanted to play in the first one but it didn't happen...I guess it just wasn't in the cards...get it cards, lol!
This week was a sketch challenge and I really liked the sketch when I saw it!
There are a lot of fun possibilities here! And guess what!?!?! I didn't make a Halloween card! I know! Aren't you just shocked???? Instead, I went for a Christmas theme since my Merry & Type set has been needing some lovin'. I also went a bit nutty with the accessories. I may have an embellishment addiction/problem. I've been sitting here thinking I should have added more, like glimmer brads, lol! The pictures aren't perfect as I had to take them at night but you'll get the idea:
Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps: Merry & type, pennant parade, distressed dots
Paper: Whisper white, pear pizzazz, wild wasabi, real red
Ink: Pear pizzazz, wild wasabi, real red
Accessories: Frames embossing folders, holly berry buttons, real red taffeta ribbon, crochet thread, basic pearls and rhinestones, pennant punch, dazzling details
Whew, I told you I used a lot of accessories:-) My goal in life is to USE all of the accessories (like buttons) I buy so I broke out my holly berry buttons from the mini. They are really fun!
I really like the color combo and I tend to not use a lot of wasabi even though I like it. I think I should break it out often for my Christmas cards and the same goes for the pear! And you can see I'm still loving the distressed dots background, it's so fun! All-in-all it's a pretty simple card and layout but it really packs a punch, KA-POW, LOL!!!!!! You can see the detail of the tree a but better. I used some pearls and dazzling diamonds on all the "garland" although the DD is hard to see in the photo.
Hope you enjoyed my card as much as I enjoyed making it! And thanks for a fun challenge Carrie! Keep em coming!
Hi stampers! Well as the title of my post says, it's a banner day for me! What is a banner day you ask? Here's what google had to say: "It refers to a day being noteworthy or of hanging a banner of announcement, usually of good news".
Well today is noteworthy and full of good news for me as I am happy to announce that I've been asked to join the design team over on Hand Stamped Sentiments! To say that I'm excited and honored is an understatement. I feel so privileged to be part of their fabulously creative team! I really look forward to the challenges pushing my creativity further and making me step outside my comfort zone! I'm also a bit nervous as it's now my busy time at work (oh, what's that you say? I've mentioned that a couple hundred times now? LOL) and I'm also on a DT over on Splitcoast but at least now I HAVE to stamp right? I can totally tell my hubby that I can't do the dishes or sweep the floor because I have GOT to get these projects done, right? :-)
So on to the challenge at hand. The challenge this week at HSS is a Banner Bash! Banners and pennants are all the rage right now aren't they? And I'm totally on the banner bandwagon! I love them!
I've been thinking about the design of this card for a while, even before I knew about the challenge and thought this would be the perfect time to make it!
Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps: Pennant parade, broadsheet alphabet, teeny tiny wishes
Paper: Whisper white, cherry cobbler, old olive, cajun craze, basic black, frightful sight DSP
Ink: old olive, cajun craze, basic black
Accessories: pennant punch, circle punch, modern label punch, neutrals glimmer brads, basic rhinestones
Everyone knows I love Halloween so when I got my hands on this DSP I had to make a Halloween card! Looking back maybe I should have sponged my sentiment and possibly the cajun craze pennants but I like how it turned out. It's busy but I like busy:-) This card actually went together pretty fast since I used so many punches. Our punches make it so easy to make a great card quickly! I had thought about cutting out the letters but that would have been a lot of fussy cutting and I wanted to mimic the polka dots in the background as well.
I hope you enjoyed all the cards as HSS today. Now. head over there and play along with us! You know you want to:-)
Hi stampers! I'm finally back with a video! Now, I was not planning on doing a video when I started this card BUT I decided to do one in the middle of making it so: 1) my desk is a MESS and I didn't think to grab a clean sheet of grid paper so please excuse my mess and 2) I had not planned or rehearsed what I was going to do/say at all so excuse my scatterbrain-ness:-) But a video is better than no video right?
So, tonight we are going to dinner and then a surprise birthday part for my best friend who is finally turning 30 and catching up with the rest of us:-) Her boyfriend has planned a surprise party for her and I'm excited. He also really likes my cards so I needed to do something with a wow factor, lol! Anyway, I thought I'd make a card that the adorable Carrie Cudney made on the main stage at convention. She did a whole presentation with candy!!!! Check out her CUTE card with a "chocolate cake" on the front:
HOW CUTE IS THAT???? Ok, ok I'll stop yelling but seriously, it's cute! So, here is a video of how to put the cake together. I did not film the whole card, that would have been LONG! But you'll get the gist of it. I also did some of the work before hand to cut down on the time. If you're going to make this card you'll need to cut a few thin strips of CS in your colors of choice and punch out a strip of paper with the lace ribbon border punch. These will make your candles and your cake stand. The border punch will need to be cut down as you can see in the picture. So here is the video and again, I'm sorry for the mess...I'll be neater in the next one, hehe.
Isn't it just so cute! Here are some close ups of the details:
I used the senitment from pennant parade and stamped it over a circle I'd stamped with dot dot dot in blushing bride which I stamped off once for a more subtle look. I also sponged the edges with peach parfait. The flower is from the triple layer blossom punch on the middle setting. I also added our new dazzling details to each of the petals. You can also see how I added some of our strips of pearls to the cake plate for a little something extra and glitzy.
And now the candles....these are from the blossom punch as well. You need to punch out some daffodil card stock on the setting farthest to the right. This will give you the little flames. I carefully glued them down and then added more dazzling details.
Ok, that's it! Hope you liked it and thanks Carrie for a fabulous idea!!!!! Happy Stamping!
