Pink and Suede sympathy

I had some leftover cut out pieces from some classes and I wanted to use them in a way that was different than the original idea so I have been playing around with them a little this week.  This sympathy card is the first one I will share with you.

Supplies:

Thoughts and Prayers

Bordering on Romance

Basic Gray, Marina Mist, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz classic ink and markers

Big Shot

Stripes impressions folder

Perfect Polka Dots impressions folder

Designer Frames impressions folder

Rectangle clearlit

extra large oval punch

button

dimensionals

 Big Shot

Kindness matters

Today's card uses both a Sale-a-bration stamp set and the Sale-a-bration designer series paper.  (sorry the picture isn't quite straight!)

I used some scraps of the Everyday Enchantment DSP along with a scrap of Peach Parfait behind the layer of butterflies and embossed a layer of Pool Party with the Vintage Wallpaper impressions folder as the layer behind it.

The butterflies were stamped with Soft Suede ink and then I lightly added some

color with the blender pens.

Supplies:

Everyday Enchantment DSP

Kindness matters stamp set

Pool Party, Early Espresso, Peach Parfait, Very Vanilla card stock

Soft Suede, Peach Parfait, Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz classic ink

modern label punch

Labels collection Framelits

Vintage wallpaper impressions folder

Perfect Polka dots impressions folder

Big Shot

dimensionals

A little bit of good

Our Late Night Stampers Challenge this week is to Go Green - use green in our cards, scrapbook pages, etc.    I used the Paisley Petals Designer Series paper along with Old Olive and Soft Suede.

For the ribbon, I had a piece that was too short to tie, left over from some other project so I twisted it and wrapped an antique brad around it before I poked the brad through the card stock.

Supplies:

Pursuit of Happiness, Simply Soft

Old Olive, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla card stock

Paisley Petals designer series paper

Pear Pizzazz and Soft Suede classic ink

Victoria crochet trim ribbon

antique brads

basic pearls

dimensionals

Doily Birthday

Well, we are in the middle of a snow storm today, something we haven't really seen all winter!  It will be a quiet day at home I guess.

This is one of the cards we did at our Stamp a Stack yesterday, I know I have seen this idea in lots of places so don't know who to give proper credit to, but can say I didn't create the original.

Supplies:

Hey Doily, Just Believe, Bring on the Cake

Very Vanilla, Concord Crush card stock

Concord Crush, Pool Party classic ink

Vintage wallpaper impressions folder

vanilla taffeta ribbon

Mixed Bunch

I just love it when I have a coordinating punch for a stamp set!  This punch is called Blossom and is in the Occasions mini catalog; it coordinates with the Mixed bunch stamp set which is also in the mini.

For this card, I paired these products with the Curly Cute stamp set and the Domestic Goddess

designer series paper.

Supplies:

Curly Cute, Mixed bunch

Whisper White, Daffoil Delight card stock

Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral classic ink

Domestic Goddess dsp

blossom punch

1" circle punch

silver brad

dimensionals

Scallop Square Boxed Art

This is another project I designed for UStamp with Dawn and Friends Big Shot Roundup, the session that is going on right now.  It was so much fun to put together!

Come on over and join us!  www.ustampwithdawnandfriends.com There are over 40 projects with PDF tutorials for you to check out and duplicate.

Simply Wonderful

I have another card for our Late Night Stampers challenge this week.  We are using the picture at the bottom of the post for our inspiration and this time I chose to go with the colors rather than the stripes and polka dots. 

To make the flower, I have 2 pieces punched out using the Blossom punch and three inside pieces from the Blossom Bouquet triple layer punch. 

Supplies:

Friendly Phrases

Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla card stock

Soft Suede classic ink

Beau Chateau designer series paper

Blossom punch

Blossom Bouquet triple layer punch

Scallop edge punch

antique brads

Vintage wallpaper impressions folder

dimensionals

A Cup of Thanks

This is one of those stamp sets that I looked at and decided I did not want when the Occasions Mini catalog came out.  Well, here is my first card with it...

Supplies:

Tea Shoppe

Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party Classic ink and card stock

Big Shot

Elegant Bouquet impressions folder

modern label punch

Lucky Limeade baker's twine

dimensionals



Tool Shed

I was playing around with the Tool Shed background stamp the other day and this is one of the cards I came up with.  I spotlighted one area using the 1 3/8" circle punch.

Supplies:

Sweet Cake, Tool Shed

Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla card stock

First Edition specialty paper

Soft Suede classic ink

sponges

hemp twine

dimensionals

1 3/8" circle punch

Inspiration Challenge

Our challenge this week at Late Night Stampers is an Inspiration challenge using the photo of the cake below the card. 

I chose to use the stripes, colors and circles as my inspiration for the card above. 

Supplies:

Friendly Phrases

Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla card stock

Brights DSP pack

Victoria Crochet trim ribbon

1 3/4" circle punch

circles die

big shot

3/4" circle punch

1" circle punch

1 1/4" circle punch

dimensionals

button

Daisies Dry Erase Frame

I have another project to share with you that I created for UStamp with Dawn and Friends Big Shot Roundup.  It is a Dry Erase Board  decorated with LOTS of bright Daisies! 

We have lots of incredible projects again this round!  www.ustampwithdawnandfriends.com

So Sweet

Today's card is made with a stamp set in the Occasions Mini catalog called Sweet Cake.  I chose some In colors for this project - Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait and paired them with Whisper White and Basic Black.

It is difficult to see in this picture, but I ran the Blushing Bride layer through the Big Shot using the Stripes impressions folder.  I cut out the cupcake base and frosting and popped them up with dimensionals and then added some Cherry Cobbler dazzling details to the cherry and heart.  Lucky Limeade and basic rhinestones were the finishing touches to the card.

Bordering on Romance

I have another sample using this week's Late Night Stampers challenge sketch although I altered the circle image in this one.

For the blue background, I cut a piece of Very Vanilla card stock and painted with some acrylic paint and let it dry.  Then I ran it through the Big Shot using the Vintage wallpaper impressions folder and sanded it down a little bit.

I used Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi and Perfect Plum to color in my flower images.

Vintage Enchantment

My first UStamp with Dawn and Friends Big Shot Roundup project has posted so I am able to share a picture with you. 

It was lots of fun creating this set of cards and a fun box to go with it, I just love the Sale-a-bration designer series paper and coordinating stamp set.

Come on over and join us!  www.ustampwithdawnandfriends.com

Pink Adventures

I have another Daring Adventure card for you today, can you tell I love this set?  The colors I chose were Pretty in Pink, Soft Suede, Marina Mist and Whisper White.

Aren't those little clothespins adorable?  I also added some Marina Mist scallop dots ribbon to finish off the card.

Wisteria Fancy Flower

I pulled out another stamp set that has been on the shelf for awhile for this card - Flower Fancy.  First, I used a clear block and stamped some Pool Party ink on my Very Vanilla card stock and then I stamped my image and colored it in with markers. 

The Wisteria Wonder background has been run through the Big Shot using the Stripes textured impressions folder and I finished the card with some pearls and Victoria ribbon.

Simply Soft

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!  Today also happens to be my 14th Anniversary and we get to celebrate by helping our oldest study for a science test and watch our middle one play at halftime of a basketball game tonight :)

I pulled out my Simply Soft stamp set and made a couple cards combining it with the Mocha Morning specialty paper. 

On the top one, I used the scallop edge border punch for the side of the image and on the bottom one, I used the curly label punch and added a few to the back of the image layer. 

Supplies:

Simply Soft, Occasional Quotes

Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz card stock

Soft Suede, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz and So Saffron classic ink and markers

basic pearls

Victoria Crochet trim ribbon

Blushing Bride pleated ribbon

Curly Label punch

Scallop edge border punch

dimensionals

Perfect Polka Dots impressions folder

Late Night Stampers challenge

It is a sketch challenge week at Late Night Stampers!  I really love having a sketch to look at sometimes to help me get in the crafting frame of mind.

I did a very quick and simple card for my first sample using Daffodil Delight as my base.  There is some texture added using the Manhattan Flower impressions folder and the designer series paper is called Attic Boutique.

Supplies:

Delicate Doilies

Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White card stock

Pretty in Pink, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight classic ink

1 1/4", 2 1/2" circle punches

1 3/4" scallop circle punch

3" circle die

Manhattan Flower impressions folder

dimensionals

Sale-a-bration brad (Everyday Enchantment)

So Sweet

I thought it was time to share a card made with the hostess stamp set that is in the Occasions Mini Catalog.  I don't think I have shown you any samples with this set before. 

The images in the set, which is called Up in the Air are just simple and cute and this card went

together pretty quickly.

Supplies:

Up in the Air

Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight card stock

Wild Wasabi and Daffodil Delight classic ink and markers

5/8" Daffodil Delight grosgrain ribbon

bakers twine

Antique Brads

Stripes impressions folder

Scallop rectangle clearlit

100th day cupcakes

A few days before the 100th day at school, Maddie came home all excited and said, "Mom!  I asked my teacher if I could bring cupcakes on the 100th day of school and she said I could!"  Well, she forgot to ask me :)  but that is ok, at least it wasn't the next day!!

She is a big fan of sprinkles (as probably most kids are) so we made sure to use some of those and I added a little decoration I made using My Digital Studio, punches, a toothpick and crystal effects.  (The crystal effects held the card stock onto the toothpick)

Embossed Doilies

I shared a card that I had embossed a doilie on earlier and thought I would share a few more I made at the same time.  They are all embossed with Vanilla embossing powder on Whisper White card stock and then I just sponged heavily and added a designer brad to the middle of each one.

Here is a close up of the backgounds...

Supplies:

Delicate Doilies, Word Play stamp sets

Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait and Wisteria Wonder card stock

Versamark, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Concord Crush, Basic Black ink

pleated ribbon

sponges

designer printed brads

dimensionals

sticky strip

snail adhesive

Vintage Vogue

This is a stamp set that has been collecting dust for awhile and I am not really sure why so I dusted it off for our Late Night Stampers challenge of Girly Girl this week.

I added some labels collection framelits, large and basic pearls, ruffled Blushing Bride ribbon and Blushing Bride smooch spritz.

The colors used are: Very vanilla, Blushing Bride, Soft Suede, So Saffron, and Pool Party.  I added a little Attic Boutique designer series paper as well.

Fresh Vintage CASE

I cased this card from Maureen Merritt and used it as my second make and take card last weekend at my workshop.  It uses the rock and roll technique and the Fresh Vintage stamp set from Sale-a-bration.

The senitment is from the Just Believe stamp set and we added some basic pearls and a strip created with the scallop ribbon border punch.  The impressions folder we used on the bottom portion is the Square lattice.

With all my heart

I found a card similar to this on pinterest and used this as a workshop make and take this past weekend.  It uses the First Edition specialty paper, hearts embosslit and Adorning accents embossing folder. 

We also used the 3/16" corner punch, eyelet border punch, and some linen thread to complete the card.

Ribbons and lace

Our Late Night Stampers challenge this week is Girly Girl projects so I thought I would start off with a ribbon, lace and pearl headband that I made for my daughter, Maddie. 

All I used was 1 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Victoria crochet trim ribbon, some 1" retired ribbon and large pearls.  To attach it all I used a glue gun and the base is just a cheap plastic headband.

another angle...

And on my model (against her bedroom wall that is painted in Groovy Guava - love that color)...

More Quick Pages

Here are a couple more quick layouts that I did with older pictures.  The designer series papers are retired 6 x 6 paper packs and I put them on without cutting them at all. 

The titles are done with the simple alphabet and simple letters dies to finish these fast pages.

Funny Face

I have finally been working on some scrapbook layouts and this is one using a picture from a couple of years ago.  I used the Paisley Petals designer series paper and the simple alphabet dies for the Big Shot for my letters.

There are 1 3/4" scallops along the edge of the picture and I used my white gel pen to do some faux stitching along the outside and down the scallops.

Accordian Scrapbook

This is a CASE of a project created by Melissa Huie for the UStamp with Dawn and Friends Score!! Event.   I used the Bordering on Romance Stamp set and Attic Boutique designer series paper on mine.

Both the back and the front are decorated and hold pictures.

And a view  of the front.

We have another event coming up called Big Shot Roundup that I know you will all LOVE as well - you can find more information about it at www.ustampwithdawnandfriends.com

February Stamp Club

The first card this month is a CASE of one done by Dawn Olchefske that I changed just slightly.

This is another Z fold card that is very simple and quick to put together using Crumb Cake and Wisteria Wonder.

And finally the layout for the month showcaseing Sale-a-bration items.  I used the Fresh Vintage stamp set and Everyday Enchantment designer series paper.