Stampin' Celebration #47

It's Thursday and time for another Stampin' Celebration challenge!  This week I had fun making a baby card for my take on the inspiration piece.  I've had a lot of friends having babies lately, and so my stash of baby cards is dangerously low! 

For more inspiration, I also used Sketch Challenge #327 over at Splitcoaststampers and the SU-Only Challenge #16.  I think that's the most challenges I've ever incorporated into a single card! 

Although I feel like my colors wandered a little bit from the inspiration piece, (and maybe ended up a little dark for a baby card?) I loved the elephants and stripes and went from there.  The stamp I used is another one of the single stamps that I earned for free during Sale-A-Bration--Baby Steps.  I even love the name of the stamp.  :-) 

I stamped the image with Basic Gray and then ran my ink pad along the edges of the Whisper White. I gave that a second to dry and then used my Cutter Kit to distress the edges.  To create the stripes, I used another single stamp--Solid Stripes.  I used my markers to color the stripes and then stamp.  I stamped twice--once at the top and once at the bottom.  The 'seam' is hiding behind the elephants. 

To finish the card I tied around some Baja Breeze Seam Binding and tied in the tag I made using the stamp set Tiny Tags and the Medium Jewelry Tag Punch.  I really like the seam binding found in the Occasions Mini Catalog because it is so easy to tie--I need to use it more often!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Head over to Stampin' Celebration to see what the other Design Team members have created this week.  You'll also want to see who the Party Guest Designer is for this week.  I hope you are inspired to play along with us! 

Stamps:  Baby Steps, Solid Stripes, Tiny Tags

Ink:  Basic Gray ink, Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze and Basic Gray markers

Paper:  Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, and Whisper White

Accessories:  Baja Breeze Seam Binding, Linen Thread, Medium Jewelry Tag Punch, dimenesionals

Stampin' Celebration #45

It's Thursday and there's another fantastic inspiration piece over at Stampin' Celebration!   I love neutral colors, so this was a really fun week for me. I also loved the bold and graphic look of the bottom photo. 

For my card, I used one of the Sale-A-Bration sets Sweet Summer.  Usually I wouldn't think to use this color palate with with this set, but I like the way it turned out.  I used the colors Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, and Basic Black.  I started by stamping the flowers in those colors on Naturals White card stock and then used my blender pens to color in the flowers. 

The sentiment is from the set Trendy Trees.  I tied some Hemp Twine around the Basic Black layer and popped it up on dimensionals.   

For the layout, I used the Clean & Simple sketch challenge over at The Paper Players.  I just happened to stumble across their blog, and I'm sure I'll be back again.  :-)

Just a reminder that there is only ONE week left of Sale-A-Bration!  If you haven't taken advantage of this great opportunity yet, make sure you do quickly! 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Make sure to head over to Stampin' Celebration to see what the other members of the Design Team have been up to.  And you can see who our Party Guest designer is this week.  

Stamps:  Sweet Summer, Trendy Trees

Ink:  Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Naturals White

Accessories:  Hemp Twine, blender pens, dimensionals

Birthday Scallop Circle Basket

There are only about 2 weeks left of Sale-A-Bration!  Don't miss this opportunity to earn free product with each $50 purchase.  It's a great time to purchase items from your wish list and to stock up on essentials that you need all year long.  This project today features some of the products that are available for free during Sale-A-Bration--and only during SAB. 

I have seen this idea around to make a scallop basket, but unfortunately I didn't keep track of where I saw the idea.  But it's a cute, simple way to make a little treat/gift pouch.  Just take two scallop circles (I used my Big Shot and Scallop Circle Die), score and fold down the middle, and adhere them together!  How simple is that?  

Here I used Peach Parfait and the Designer Series Paper from the Ice Cream Parlor Paper and Quick Accents pack--found on page 7 of the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  The tag was made using the Punch Bunch stamp set--also available for free during SAB.  

I stamped the birthday tag image twice, once with Peach Parfait, and once with Tempting Turquoise.  I hand cut the Peach Parfait square, and used a 3/4" circle punch to punch out just the 'HB' from the Tempting Turquoise image. The handle is held in place by Tempting Turquoise Glimmer Brads. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Check back tomorrow for another (more feminine) version of this same scallop circle basket.  

Stamps:  Punch Punch

Ink:  Tempting Turquoise, Peach Parfait

Paper:  Peach Parfait, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Ice Cream Parlor DSP

Accessories:  Brights Glimmer Brads, Hemp Twine, Scallop Square Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Big Shot, Scallop Circle Die, dimensionals

Stampin' Celebration #43

We're celebrating St. Patty's day again over at Stampin' Celebration!  What a yummy looking inspiration piece.  :-) Now I don't have any St. Patrick's Day stamps, but I do have the little shamrock that is part of the Sale-A-Bration set So Happy For You.  So, here's what I did:

Unfortunately I couldn't get this card to photograph particularly well, but you get the idea.  :-)  It's been awhile since I've done a one-layer card, but I really like the simplicity of them.  I started by scoring across the card twice (at 2" and 3" from the bottom of the card front) and then stamped the shamrocks between the score lines with Certainly Celery and Old Olive ink.  

The sentiment is also stamped with Old Olive, and I added the 1/8" Old Olive taffeta ribbon.  I added some Smooch Accent Ink on top of the shamrocks.  In real life it makes them sparkly, in the photo it makes them look splotchy.  :-) 

Make sure to head over to Stampin' Celebration to see what the other Design Team members have been up to this week.  You'll also want to see who our Guest Designer is for this week.  Then make sure to play along with us!  

Stamps:  So Happy for You

Ink:  Certainly Celery, Old Olive

Paper:  Whisper White

Accessories:  1/8" Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon, Smooch Accent Ink

One Layout, Two Cards

Hi all!  Today I have two cards to show you that both have the same layout.  Sometimes when I find a particular layout, color scheme, etc that I like, I use it for several projects.  It is actually amazing how the same layout can give you two completely different cards just by changing up the colors and stamps.  

The card above uses the Sale-A-Bration set Punch Bunch.  I just love that little owl.  :-)  I stamped him with Early Espresso and then punched him out with the Two-Step Owl punch.  I stamped the owl a second time with Early Espresso ink on Crumb Cake card stock and then cut out just the tummy part which I adhered on top of the Whisper White owl.  

The branch is from the Two-Step Bird punch, and the moon is the 2 1/2" Circle Punch.  The Designer Paper is another item that you can earn for free during Sale-A-Bration--the Ice Parlor Quick Accents pack.  In the pack you receive 9 sheets of Designer Paper and 2 sheets of self-adhesive die-cuts.  

The button comes from the Bitty Buttons Pack.  I wrapped the Linen Thread around the Designer Paper and adhered with Snail.  Separately I tied a piece of linen thread through the button and then adhered that to the card with a glue dot.  

Stamps:  Punch Bunch, Pocket Silhouettes

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Old Olive, Whisper White, Ice Cream Parlor DSP

Accessories:  Two-Step Owl punch, Two-Step Bird punch, 2 1/2" Circle punch, cutter kit, linen thread, itty bitty buttons, dimensionals

So you'll notice that this card has the exact same layout!  The idea for the card--and this fabulous layout--came from  Julie Davison.  You can see her valentine card HERE.  You'll notice I didn't change much other than using Crumb Cake instead of Pretty in Pink. 

This card uses the stamp set Filled with Love.  The Designer Paper is from the Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack. I also used the Itty Bitty Buttons on this card too.  I know I should have posted this card before Valentine's Day, but I never did.  :-)  I actually think it could make for a cute anniversary card too. 

Thanks for stopping by!  

Stamps:  Filled with Love

Ink:  Real Red, Early Espresso

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Brights Patterns DSP pack

Accessories:  Full Heart punch, Small Heart punch, 2 1/2" Circle punch, cutter kit, linen thread, itty bitty buttons, dimensinoals

Blissful Butterfly

This card features one of the stamp sets--Bliss--that you can earn for free during Sale-A-Bration.  If you haven't already taken advantage of Sale-A-Bration, there's still time!  With each $50 purchase you can choose a stamp set or product from the Sale-A-Bration catalog for free!  

The card base is Sahara Sand and I repeatedly stamped the scroll work image from the Bliss stamp set with Versamark ink.  For the butterflies, I used my Beautiful Butterflies Big Shot die.  The larger butterfly is stamped with the flower image from the Bliss set with Blushing Bride ink.  

To make the smaller butterfly, I took a small rectangle of Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet (p 39 of the Occasions Mini Catalog) and peeled off one side of the backing and adhered it to Blushing Bride card stock.  At that point I ran everything together through the Big Shot with the Beautiful Butterflies Die.  Then I peeled off the remaining Multipurpose Adhesive sheet backing and poured Dazzling Diamonds Glitter over the top.  That gives the awesome sparkle.  :-)  In the center of the Butterfly is one of the new Vanilla Rosettes that are also found in the Occasions Mini Catalog on page 16.  

When I add the butterflies to the card, I used half pieces of dimensionals--one on each wing:  

This card also features another item from the Occasions Mini Catalog--the new Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Folder.  Instead of using the whole folder to create a card base, I just used one edge.  And since there wasn't an edge quite long enough to go completely across a 5 1/2" card, I just pieced it together--hiding the seam under the butterfly wing.  

For the Very Vanilla Satin ribbon, I used a strip of Sticky Strip placed onto the Blushing Bride layer, and then 'scrunched' the ribbon as I pushed it into the Sticky Strip.  Hint: If your ribbon seems like it won't say put, you can use your heat tool to warm up the Sticky Strip a little (even after you've added the ribbon).  Heating the Sticky Strip a little makes it super sticky. 

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you've enjoyed this card. 

Stamps:  Bliss, Fabulous Phrases

Ink:  Versamark, Blushing Bride, Soft Suede

Paper:  Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla

Accessories:  Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Folder, Beautiful Butterflies Die, Big Shot, Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Vanilla Rosette, Very Vanilla Satin ribbon, Sticky Strip, dimensionals