Day 2 Christmas ~ Holiday Catalog Countdown

Good Afternoon Happy Stampers!!  Cynthia here and I'm back for another day of awesome projects.

Today is the fourth day of our 2015 Holiday Catalog Countdown with the designers at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration!

 

We are SO excited to be bringing you another fabulous NEW catalog countdown!!

 

As you know, Stampin' UP! is releasing the 2015 Holiday Catalog on September 1st. HOW EXCITING IS THAT!!

 

For this countdown we are going to take a seasonal approach to help get you in the holiday spirit!

 

How fun is that!?!

 

Today's Seasonal Holiday Focus is ~ Christmas

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ soft sky, whisper white, hellow honey

ink ~ hello honey, mossy meadow, night of navy

DSP ~ season of cheer

Stamp set ~ oh what fun

Misc. ~ reindeer paper clips, delightful Dijon lace trim, circle framelits

 

 

Day 4 Halloween ~ Holiday Catalog Countdown

Good Afternoon Happy Stampers!!  Cynthia here and I'm back for another fun day of projects.

Today is the second day of our 2015 Holiday Catalog Countdown with the designers at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration!

 

We are SO excited to be bringing you another fabulous NEW catalog countdown!!

 

As you know, Stampin' UP! is releasing the 2015 Holiday Catalog on September 1st. HOW EXCITING IS THAT!!

 

For this countdown we are going to take a seasonal approach to help get you in the holiday spirit!

 

How fun is that!?!

 

Today's Seasonal Holiday Focus is ~ Halloween

Supplies Used
Cardstock ~ tangelo twist, very vanilla
DSP ~ happy hauntings DSP
Ink ~ basic black, tangelo twist
Stamp set ~ sweet hauntings
Misc. ~ hodgepodge star clip, banner punch, circle framelit set, happy haunting washi tape

 

 

Day 5 Fall ~ Holiday Catalog Countdown

Good Afternoon Happy Stampers!!  Cynthia here and do I have a fun and exciting announcement for you. 

Today is the first day of our 2015 Holiday Catalog Countdown with the designers at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration!

We are SO excited to be bringing you another fabulous NEW catalog countdown!!

As you know, Stampin' UP! is releasing the 2015 Holiday Catalog on September 1st. HOW EXCITING IS THAT!!

For this countdown we are going to take a seasonal approach to help get you in the holiday spirit!

How fun is that!?!

Today's Seasonal Holiday Focus is ~ Fall

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ very vanilla

Ink ~ cajun craze, pool party, hello honey, versamark

Stamp Set ~ Lighthearted Leaves

Misc. ~ leaf framelits, heat & stick powder, gold stampin glitter, gold bakers twine without the gold foil

 

Back to School #FM223

Good morning my stampin' peeps!  Its Friday, Friday, Friday!  Today I am, of course, over and playing with my fellow designers at The Friday Mashup!  Just about all of us now have sent our kids back to school, WHOOP WHOOP, and are getting back into our normal routines!  This weeks challenge is a fun sketch from Bree with a theme of "back to school".

 

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

• Create a project using the Sketch.
• Create a project with a Back to School theme.
• or Mash it Up! and created a Back to School project with the Sketch.

 

When it comes to school and teachers, you can never have to many "thank you" cards laying around.  Teachers are such an important part of our kids lives.  They look after and teach our kids while we can't be with them.  I love sending a thank you card with a simply pack of gum, mints, candy bar, small bag of candy, or cookie, pack of pencils or pens, sticky note pads, etc... just to show I appreciate what they do for my kids!!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ basic back, cherry cobbler, whisper white

Ink ~ basic black

Stamp set ~ lots of thanks

Misc. ~ notepad and large polka dots embossing folders, tab punch, and scalloped border punch (seeds for the apple), black ribbon

Its a Mystery??

 

Good morning peeps!  Today I am over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration and I am sharing one of my favorite design team challenges yet.  So all the designers who wanted to play, switched up names and mailed our person #3 items of our choosing.  These items could of been a stamped image, a piece of ribbon, a button, etc.....once we received or mystery items, we had to take a picture of our items and then get to work creating putting together a project using them.  Let me just say, I had so much fun!

 

 

So Jennifer had my name and the above items is what she mailed me.  Do you think these items would be tricky?  The only trick I had was trying to find a way to use all three of the blossoms.  I just love the color she chose for me to work with.  Mini Macaron is one of my favorite new In Colors.

 

Here is what I came up with....isn't it just lovely.  I started with a card base of whisper white and cut a layer of white and embossed it with the large polka dotted folder.  I used her piece of DSP and cut off 1" to use to opposite side for a banner layer down the middle.  (One can't choose just one side, you need to enjoy both!)  I cut out a circle layer using my framelit set and attached the butterfly with some dementionals, after adding some silver twine in behind.  I decided to place my #3 blossoms in the center of the butterfly.  I am happy with how it turned out in the end.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white

Ink ~ mint macaron

Stamp set ~ watercolor wings, birthday blossoms

Misc. ~ in color blossoms, silver bakers twine, circle framelit set, polka dot embossing folder

 

 

 

Happy Birthday FM222

Good Friday Morning!  Today I am designing over at The Friday Mashup.  Amy has a fun birthday mashup challenge just waiting for everyone to play with.  Wait to see my super cute farm critters.....

 

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

• Create a Birthday Themed project.
• Create a project using any kind of Technique you'd like.
• or Mash it Up! and created a Birthday themed project and any Technique. 

After I saw this cute stamp set I knew it had to be mine.  My sister loves pigs so this card is getting mailed to her next week for her birthday!  Find out more details about this cute bundle by clicking the image above.  It will take you straight to Simon Says for item details.

 

How can one resist the coloring of these cute little farm critters.  They want to help you celebrate your birthday in good old farm like style!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ night of navy, whisper white

DSP ~ Birthday Bash

Stamp set ~ Party Animals (Simon Says)

Misc. ~ Bermuda bay ribbon, gold pearls

 

Sunflowers Everywhere #FM221

Good Friday morning!  Welcome back for another fun challenge with myself and the designers over at The Friday Mashup!  This week we are playing along with some fun colors and mashing it with flowers.  Come see what I created.....

 

Here's your Mashup Challenge this week:

• Create a project using "Delightful Dijon, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry". 
• Create a project "Inspired by Summer Flowers". 
• or Mash it Up and create a "Summer Flowers Project using Delightful Dijon, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry".

 

What fun colors to play along with.  The delightful Dijon made me think of sun flowers so I pulled out one of my favorite retired big shot dies from Stampin' Up!...."Daisy".  I paired it with some background stamping using "Kinda Eclectic", one of my favorite stamp sets!  And you can't have sunflowers without some burlap!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ crumb cake, very vanilla, delightful Dijon

DSP ~ bohemian

Ink ~ rich razzleberry, crumb cake

Stamp set ~ kinda eclectic

Misc. ~ burlap, daisy big shot die, paper doily

 

Leave some "love" and go see what the other designers created and play along.  We can't wait to see what you create for this weeks challenge!

 

Favorite Bundles BLOG HOP SSINKspiration

 

Welcome back for another fun and exciting BLOG HOP with the designers at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.  This month our blog hop is focusing on everyones favorite bundles from the Stampin' Up! catalog.  Which one do you think I chose?!?

 

As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number #2 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Jennifer with Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

 

 

I have several bundles that I enjoy, but the butterfly basics is truly one of my favorites.  Its very easy to use and versatile in creating any style of card.

 

  I couldn't just stop at one, I have to create and share three different versions using all new in colors for my bases and ink choices.

 

I stayed consistent with the use of the stripes from the typeset DSP pack.  The base and butterfly is using Watermelon Wonder color.

 

Second card, is using mint macaron and delightful Dijon ink for the flowers, butterfly and lace ribbon.

 

 

The third card has a base of tip top taupe and the flower is colored and stamped with tip top taupe and mint macaron.  I used vellum to cut out half of the large butterfly from the die set.

 

Now head on over to stop #4 and see what fun bundle Leanne chose to play around with!  Leave me some "love", I always enjoy reading your comments!

 

 

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Diana at Stampin Fun with Diana
2. Jennifer at Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life
3. Cynthia at Ink-A-Doodle Creations
4. Leanne at Literally My Joy
5. Bree at Craft-Somnia Momma
6. Jenny at Jenny G Paper Crafts
7. Kim at Stamping with Kim
8. Heidi at Stuck on Stampin' 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ tip top taupe, watermelon wonder, minit macaron, whisper white and very vanilla

Stamp set (bundle) ~ butterfly basics

DSP ~ typeset

Ink ~ watermelon wonder, tip top taupe, mint macaron, basic black, cucumber crush

Misc. ~ neutral candy dots, basic pearls, gold metallic thread, delightful Dijon in color lace trim ribbon

 

Your Presents Sketch Challenge #SSINKCS24

 

Good morning blogging peeps! I hope everyone had a nice weekend!  The weather here in Virginia has been great!  Nice cool mornings and nights.  Perfect for early morning runs and evenings sitting on the porch with a cup of coffee!

 

Today I am over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration and its the first Monday of the month, which means its time for an all new card sketch challenge.  Come check out what I created, then go get crafty and play along with us!!!

 

Our sketch for August.....

 

 

......and this is what I came up with.  At Convention this year, our FREE stamp set was one from the new upcoming Holiday Mini catalog...."Your Presents".  I only got to play with it one time at convention during our make and take and decided to break it in some more.  You can never have to many birthday cards so I used bright and coloring colors of Bermuda bay, watermelon wonder and crushed curry to create these fun gifts!  I also stamped and threw in a little "Amazing Birthday" for the sentiment and a fun watermark birthday cake on the Bermuda bay present.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ Bermuda bay, whisper white

Ink ~ Bermuda bay, crushed curry and watermelon wonder

Stamp sets ~ Your Presents and Amazing Birthday

Misc. ~ black sequins, black twine and large polka dot embossing folder

 

I hope you have been inkspired by my take on the sketch.  Leave some "love" and go see what the other designers have created!

Feminine Friday at SSINK

 

Good Friday morning.  Today I am creating over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.  Today its all about being feminine.  So let me begin by saying this card was created in error.  I created it for what I thought was this months card sketch, but well....I was a month late.  SURPRISE...it was last months sketch, but oh well...its never to late to share something creative and beautiful!

 

 

I skipped out on getting the July Paper Pumpkin kit (what in the world, I know, why did I do that?!)  Well thanks to my BFFF, Breelin, she knew I wanted it and surprised me with the kit at convention.  For some reason I just love this super cute flower stamp set that it came with.  So much that I used it on this card.  It goes well with the pretty petals DSP stack.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ very vanilla, basic black

DSP ~ pretty petals

Ink ~ calypso coral, basic black, mint macaron

Stamp set ~ July Paper Pumpkin kit 2015

Misc. ~ very vintage buttons, natural twine, embossing folder

 

Candy Apples at the Fair #FM220

Good Friday morning, thanks for stopping by.  Today I am over at The Friday Mashup and am playing around with Lisa's new challenge for us this week.  Its all about "The Fair".  Who doesn't remember going to the Fair when you were a kid.  Well maybe you still do love going!  I haven't been to one in several years, but besides the fun rides, visiting with friends and the cotton candy, one of the things I remember was getting a candy apple.  Think of what your memories are of the fair, grab those supplies and come play along.  We can't wait to see what you create as always!

 

Here's your Mashup Challenge this week:

• Create a project "inspired by the State Fair".
• Create a project using "Punches".
• or Mash it Up and create a project "inspired by the Fair using your punches".

 

My background is created with a piece of white paper embossed in the woodgrain folder and sponged with baked brown sugar ink.  I cut it into two pieces and added a layer of plaid gingham garden DSP and burlap behind it.  My candy apple is created with one 1-3/8" circle and I cut just a small portion off the botton.  I also cut one more in baked brown sugar and used my snips to cut some swirls like caramel coming off the top.  The stick for the apple is actually a pop cycle stick.  I always make sure I have some laying around!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ baked brown sugar, pear pizzazz, whisper white

Ink ~ island indigo, baked brown sugar

Stamp set ~ teeny tiny wishes

DSP ~ gingham garden

Misc. ~ woodgrain embossing folder, regal candy dots, wooden pop cycle stick, burlap, 1-3/8" circle punch, snips

 

Now that you've seen my "fair" project, leave some "love" and head on over to see what the other designers have created!

SSINKspiration Color Challenge #SSINKCC24s

 

Good Monday morning!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I ran my first ever "muddler 5K".  It was awesome and I had so much fun!  Today I am over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration and its time for an all new color challenge!  We hope you will decide to play along with our challenge. 

 

 

Our awesome color palette for this months challenge......

 

 

and this is what I created with it!  I used the background stamp from the You've Got This stamp set and stamped and gold embossed some of the small cluster flowers from the Birthday Blossoms stamp set for the background.  I also stamped two of the large flowers and leaf clusters in gold embossed too and watercolored them in calypso coral and cucumber crush.  I finished it off with some gold ribbon quirls, pearls, gold sequins and I cut out the word "thanks" and embossed it in gold too!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white

Ink ~ versa mark, cucumber crush, elegant eggplant, calypso coral

Stamp set ~ birthday blossoms

Misc. ~ gold embossing powder, gold ribbon, basic pearls, gold sequins, hello thinlits

 

I hope you have been inkspired by my color challenge card.  Leave some "love" and go check out what the other designers have created.  Don't forget to grab your own supplies and enter our fun challenge with us!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Welcome Baby #FM219

Good Friday morning!  Thanks for stopping by.  Today I am over at The Friday Mashup where Tara has a fun new challenge for us this week!  We can't wait to see what you create and WOW us with!

 

Here's your Mashup Challenge this week:

• Create a project using the colors "Pink, Grey & Sky".
• Create a "Square shaped card".
• or Mash it Up and created  a "Square shaped card using the above colors".

 

So seeing these soft color pallet made me think "baby".  One of the stamp sets I own but don't play around with much is the Something For Baby.  Its a fun stamp set with all the baby themed accessories.  One of my favorites is the onsie.  I stamped it in soft sky and added some twisted ribbon behind it and paired it with some retired pink washi tape and embossed my white later in the stars embossing folder and rubbed on some soft sky ink to help them stand out.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white, smoky slate

Ink ~ smoky slate, soft sky

Stamp set ~ Something for Baby, And many more

Misc. ~ subtle and neutral candy dots, soft sky ribbon, misc. washi tape, star embossing folder

 

I hope you have enjoyed my challenge card this week.  Leave some "love" and go see what the other designers created!!

No Bones About It SSINK Swap

Good morning and thanks for stopping by!  Today I'm over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration and we are having another stamp set focus day.  I don't know about you buy I really love when we are these inspirational days.  Its so awesome to see so many great ideas for one stamp set.  Today's stamp set is "No Bones About It"!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ crumb cake, whisper white, cucumber crush

Ink ~ crushed curry, tangelo twist, crumb cake

Stamp set ~ no bones about it

Misc. ~ circle framelit set



Beer Cheer FM218

Good Friday morning!  Today I am up bright and early!  Myself and a few friends are up before the rooster crows to go run a half marathon while we are visiting Salt Lake City, Utah at the 2015 Stampin' Up! Convention!!! 

Today is also time for an awesome new challenge brought to you by Holly over at The Friday Mashup!  Grab some supplies and come play along!





 

One of my newest toys is the Beer Cheer stamp set by Papertrey Ink.  It was so fun putting this card together.  I love getting new masculine stamp sets and even better, I have a matching die set to cut everything out.  What guy can resist this awesome beer cheer card!  Perfect for any occasion!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ sahara sand, very vanilla

Ink ~ delightful Dijon, early espresso

Stamp set ~ beer cheer

DSP ~ adventure bound

Misc. ~ beer cheer dies, neutral sequins



Lets Have a Shoebox Swap!

Good morning!  Today as you know, I am in Salt Lake City, Utah for Stampin' Up's 2015 Convention.  Myself and 5 other close friends are renting a townhouse and plan on having so much fun with lots of "girl time".  Since we are all coming in early and convention doesn't really start until Thursday, we decided to organize a shoebox swap. 

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ island indigo, whisper white, hello honey, rich razzleberry

Ink ~ island indigo

Stamp set ~ that thing you did

DSP ~ Bohemian

Misc. ~ natural twine, banner punch, boho chic embossing folder, spiral border punch, regal buttons

 

I hope you have enjoyed my shoebox swap.  Its gonna be an awesome week!!



Which One Are You Today?! FM217

Good Friday morning!  Where has the week gone?  I've got a fun weekend ahead of me and can't wait to get it started.  We are headed to Kings Dominion tomorrow to get our screams on!!  Today I am over at The Friday Mashup and I'm the hostess with the mostess!  I hope you will enjoy my challenge for you this week and come play along.

 

This weeks Mashup Challenge:

 

*  create a project using the above sketch

*  create something fun using the "Pet" theme    OR

*  mash it up and use both the sketch with the "pet" theme

 

I am just in love with this little dog from the You make my tail wag stamp set from MFT. The thick bakers twine and scattered candy dots really pulls everything together nicely.  I hope you have a wonderful, fun filled weekend.  Check back Monday, to see what I've been up to!

 

Supplies Used

Ink ~ basic black

DSP ~ misc. company

Stamp set ~ MFT-You make my tail wag

Die cuts ~ matching to the stamp set

Misc. ~ candy dots, thick bakers twine

Summer Fun FM216

Good morning and welcome back to another exciting Friday!  Friday, yes because its simply one step closer to the weekend and because its time for another awesome challenge with the designers at The Friday Mashup!  This week Bree has a fun summertime theme.  I hope you enjoy my project and decide to play along with us!

 

 This weeks Mashup Challenge is:

• Create a project with "a Summer Picnic theme".
• Create a project with "Sunshine".
• or Mash it Up! and create a project with " a Summer Picnic and Sunshine theme".

 

One of the things I love about Summer is enjoying a good watermelon.  This little cute watermelon was created with some simple circle punches using pear pizzazz, melon mambo and whisper white.  I used the star border punch to get a couple cute little black stars to use for my seeds. 

 

I hope you have enjoyed my take on this weeks challenge.  Leave some "love"  and go see what the other designers have created to inspire you!

Black and White #FM215

Good Friday morning!  Its time for another awesome challenge this week over with the creative designers at The Friday Mashup!  Amy has really come up with a fun challenge this week for us.  I hope you decide to play along!

 

 

This weeks Mashup Challenge is:

• Create a project with "the Sketch"
• Create a project with " 3 Elements on it"
• or Mash it Up! and create a project with " the Sketch and 3 elements on it"

 

I was so excited about this weeks challenge. I knew right away I wanted to play with black and white colors and the Flower Patch stamp set.  I created a card for the display boards at convention last year for Stampin' Up and these flowers are very similar.  I added for my background stripes, some cut up typeset DSP in different widths.  Added some lace trim and black satin ribbon and I was done.

 

Supplies Used

Ink ~ basic black

Cardstock ~ basic black, very vanilla

DSP ~ typeset

Stamp set ~ Flower Patch

Misc. ~ lace trim, black satin ribbon, basic pearls, flower patch framelit set

 

I hope you have enjoyed my design team project.  Now go check out what the others have created, leave some love and come play along!

Celebrating the 4th of July!!

 

Good morning and thanks for taking a few minutes to stop by my blog.  Today I am over creating and stampin' for Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.  We are sharing projects to celebrate the 4th of July. 

 

I don't create to many cards for this special day, but try to keep in mind that somewhere there is someone who celebrates and shares this special day for the USA with their Birthday.  This card is for all of you who do.  I used colors of cherry cobbler, whisper white and night of navy.  I love how the gold twine adds such a lovely detail to the stripes and makes them pop.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ cherry cobbler, whisper white, night of navy

Ink ~ night of navy, crumb cake for some distressing

Stamp set ~ Be a Star

Misc. ~ star framelit set, mini star punch, star embossing folder, gold bakers twine, night of navy blendabilities, basic rhinestones

 

I hope you have enjoyed my 4th of July celebration card.  Leave some "love" and go visit our other design team members to get inkspired.

Stamp Set Focus Day

 

Good morning and thanks for stopping by to visit.  Today I am over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration where its a stamp set focus day.  Our wonderful design team members are creating with one of the new stamp sets from the new annual Stampin' Up! catalog, "Build a Birthday". 

 

 

I decided to stay in the blue family and use colors of pacific point and mint macaron that coordinate that Pretty Petals DSP stack.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ very vanilla, basic black

Ink ~ basic black, mint macaron, pacific point, delightful Dijon

DSP ~ pretty petals stack

Stamp set ~ build a birthday

Misc. ~ brights and neutral candy dots

 

I hope you have enjoyed my card.  Now go check out what the other designers created and go get inspired.  Don't forget to leave some "love" first though!!!