Pierced In Blooms Birthday Card

 Happy Hump Daymy crafting peeps!  

Husband had a meeting last night and left me all along at home...oh what is a lady to do?

I ate dinner, and high tailed it back to my craftroom of course!  LOL!  

I had never played with my In Blooms stamp set or the matching Pierced Blooms die set (I know I'm lame) but I did and I now love this collection.  So many wonderful things can be created.

I found a card very simular in design that I fell in love with.  I didn't have quite the same DSP or a few of the flower elements she used but thats why CASing is fun, you get to edit and make it still your own.

I hope you have enjoyed my paper creation.  Show some love with some happy comments and I hope to be back later this week with something new and fun to share!

Free as a Bird Birthday Wishes

 Happy Sunday my stampin friends!  Hope everyone has been well.  A little rainy here in Virginia so I'm enjoying my morning warm inside in my craftroom.  

I had gotten a little burned out with so many paper projects during the holiday for craft shows, special orders and my own gifts and Christmas cards to mail out, I decided to take a little break and enjoy some much needed reading time (my other passion)

I bought myself a new simple 2022 calendar and went through and wrote in all my birthdays for the year and other special events that I need cards for.  Today I decided to work on a birthday card for a special friend!

I used some retired SU! DSP that coordinates with the stamp set "Free as a Bird". The bird and branch with flowers were colored with my Stampin Blenders. Added some bling and some ribbon and I'm done. 

From the Herd - Penny Spinner Card!

 

Hello my stampin peeps!  Thanks for stopping by today to check out my penny spinner card that I created as a fun Birthday card for my older sister.  She loves pigs, so I thought I would pull out one of my fun MFT "My Favorite Things" stamp set and matching dies that I have.  Now I know I enjoy my SU! stamp items, but I too like many others enjoy stamp sets and fun items from other companies.  Its all about sharing what you love!  These cute farm animals are fun to color with my SU! blenders. 

If you would like to create your own fun "penny spinner card",

 you can find many easy videos on youtube.

Had to add another cute pig on the inside...

The barn doors open so you can reveal a hidden animal or in my case, a stamped sentiment that says, "from my barn to yours".  How cute and fun is this right?!

Supplies Used:

stamp set & Dies:  The Whole Herd and matching dies, Barn Die-Namics

paper color:  basic red, whisper white, daffodil delight

ink colors:  Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Blenders:  basic gray, daffodi delight, real red, petal pink, crumb cake, old olive

Pierced Blooms Birthday!

 

Hello my stampin peeps!  Thanks for stopping by today to check out one of my lastest creations.  The 30th is my Moms birthday and she always looks forward to my handmade cards.  One of my favorite stamp set and die bundles is the "In Blooms" bundle from Stampin' Up!  So many flower choices to create with.  

I'm not sure about you but I also like to dress up the inside of my cards a little too!

Supplies Used:

In Blooms stamp set & dies bundle

Paper Colors:  whisper white and seaside spray

Ink colors:  night of navy, seaside spray, fresh freesia

Misc:  basic rhinestones, pinewood planks 3d emboss folder

Tropical Birthday - Tent Card!

 

Good afternoon my stampin peeps!  Today I wanted to share you everyone a "tent" card that I made last night.  Tomorrow is my Supervisors birthday and he loves the pretty blue waters and to excape to the Islands when time allows, so I thought I would create for him a card that he could leave sit in his office that he could look at each day and remind him of where he really wants to be...(but don't we all?)

 

This is a super easy card to create with just a few cuts and scoring and its ready to decorate.

Tent Card Directions:

- Cut your base cardstock to 4-3/4 x 11"

- Score landscape at 1/4", 4-7/8", 9-1/2" and 10-1/4"

- Bone fold valley, mountain, valley mountain

- Die cut the shape you'd like as your window

- Cut desired layering panels as you wish and stamp away.

- Adhere panels in place and adhere card using strong adhesive.

I hope you have enjoyed my quick and super easy tent card.  Now go grab your own supplies and see what you can create!  Don't forget to share and send some love with a comment!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Stamp sets: Sending Sunshine (retired), Timeless Tropical

Cardstock:  thick whisper white and bermuda bay

Ink:  basic black, mango melody, bermuda bay, pacific point, 

coastal cabana, shaded spruce and early espresso

Misc.:  circle dies, woven twine (retired), playing with patterns rison embellishments 

A Peachy Birthday!

 

Hello my stampin' peeps!  Trying to get back into the swing of things while being out all last week on vacation.  Its fun to go away but its also fun to return to home where its normal. I need a vacation from vacation if that makes since, LOL!

Today I want to share a fun fold card I made before I left and hoped to get my blog post put together but welll.....

I just love the new Sweet as a Peach stamp set and the dies and fun DSP that Stampin Up! has right now in their new catalog.  I love how everything coordinates well together.

Directions to make this super easy card on your own:

-  Cut a sheet of 8-1/2 x 11" cardstock in half at 5-1/2" on the long side to get two standard A2 card bases

-  Score at 2-1/8" and the normal 4 1/4" fold as shown above and cut your pieces of dsp as desired             bepending on how many layers you want and depending on if you prefer 1/8" all around of as I             prefer 1/4" for layering.

-  Belly band measures 1-1/4" x 9-1/2"

If you enjoyed my card, comment with some love and if you decide to create your own card, I'd love for you to share!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Sweet As A Peach Bundle (includes stamp set and dies)

DSP:  You're a Peach 

Ink Colors Used:  Pale Papaya, Balmy Blue, Whisper White

Misc.: Champagne rhinestones, Pale Papaya In Color Satin 3/8" Ribbon

I'm Back to Blogging - Free As A Bird Birthday Celebration!

 

Good morning my papercrafting peeps!  Boy has it been a minute since I have been on my blog and posted anything to share.  I am lucky I remembered my login info and how to even blog again, LOL!!!  My last blog post was back in 2015.....yeah thats crazy!  A lot has happened in my life since then.  I got divorced and moved, started a new full time job, remarried in 2017, concentrated on running half marathon races and trained to run my first Marathon in 2019 with the Marines in D.C., my youngest son just graduated high school a couple weeks and I am still waiting for 2020 craziness to be over!

I am finding that my true happy place (besides being on the beach of course) is stamping and papercrafting in my studio.  After a long day of work and that craiziness, I am ready to destress and stamp.

I have been busy with personal orders for greeting cards.  The card above I CASED from Pinterest with a few modifications to create a simple bird themed card for a friends mother-in-law.  I am in love with the "Free as a Bird" stamp set.  Its simple and easy to color and fussy cut.

I am hoping to stay on top with my creating and sharing with you along the way on my blog.  Give me a shout out if you enjoy what you are seeing.  Thanks for following.  If you see a supply item you would like to purchase or ask about, don't hestitate to reach out.

Supplies Used:

Stampin Up Stamp Set:  Free as a Bird, Sending you Thoughts

Paper & Ink Colors:  Misty Moonlight, vanilla, memento black ink

Blenders:  Mango Melody, Seaside Spray, Mint Macaron

Misc. Items:  basic pearls, stampin' seal adhesive, stampin' dimensionals

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

 

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!

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!

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!!!

 

Wetlands Color Challenge #SSINKCC22

 

Its that time again!  Time to get creative with an all new fun color challenge over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.  This time, we have thrown in one of the all new 2015 in colors!

 

 

I decided to give my card a little masculine feel, since we are using two of my favorite rich deep colors of cajun craze and night of navy.  With a little added burlap, mini banners and some fun candy dots, my color challenge card is complete.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ cajun craze, night of navy, very vanilla, mint macaron, sahara sand

Ink ~ cajun craze, night o navy, mini macaron, basic black

Stamp set ~ wetlands, work of art

Misc. ~ burlap ribbon, back taffeta ribbon, natural chevron ribbon, stapler, neutral candy dots, banner punch, large oval punch, spiral border punch

 

Thanks for stopping by.  Leave some "love" and head over to see what creative projects the other designers creative for the color challenge.  Don't forget to break out those colors and join us!  We can't wait to see what you create!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warm Wishes Deer You! FM207

Good Friday morning!  Today I am over at The Friday Mashup were we have a new and fun challenge.  So go look thru all of those hidden treasurers and get to creating and join us!

 

This week's Mashup! Challenge!

• Create a project using "the sketch".
• Create a project using "your favorite Retired/Retiring/Forgotten Stamp". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a project using your Favorite Retired Stamp set and the Sketch". 

 

Well I couldn't just pick one stamp set for my favorite, I picked two.  Off the grid is the first one.  This is such a fun and cool stamp to use for backgrounds for those special guys in your life or really just about any project.  The second is, Remembering Christmas and I don't love and use it for Christmas, again its the perfect set to use for masculine cards and projects.  Its the one thing my stamp set cabinet lacks, is more masculine stamp sets.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ tangelo twist, whisper white, cardboard cardstock

Ink ~ baked brown sugar, tangelo twist, mossy meadow

Stamp sets ~ off the grid, remembering Christmas

Misc. ~ baked brown sugar twine, hot glue gun for dots, mossy meadow satin in color ribbon, wooden clothes pins, mini banner punch

 

I hope you have enjoyed my card this week.  Leave some "love" and make sure you slide on over to the main page for The Friday Mashup and see what the other designers created!



Happy Birthday Mate! #FM205

Good Friday morning!  Today I am over at The Friday Mashup and Tara has a fun challenge for us.  So Grab that cup of coffee and enjoy my challenge card, get inspired by the designers and go get creative! 

 

This week's Mashup! Challenge:

• Create a project using "the sketch".
• Create a project using the "Bouncing Brayer Technique (tutorial)". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a project using the Bouncing Brayer Technique and the Sketch".  

 

I decided to stick to the sketch only with my challenge card and turn it into a fun kids birthday card.  I was given this cute little moose pirate stamp by a friend and I hadn't used it yet, so I pulled it and went to work.  I paired it with the maritime DSP and added some fun circles and ribbon. 

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ real red, night of navy and whisper white

Ink ~ night of navy, old olive, pumpkin pie, cherry cobbler, early espresso, soft suede and crumb cake

Stamp ~ misc. moose pirate, and many more (su!)

DSP ~ maritime

Misc. ~ crumb cake seam binding ribbon, real red taffeta ribbon, ticket punch, circle framelit set, star embossing folder

 

Thanks again for stopping by to check out my challenge card for The Friday Mashup.  Leave some "love" and go see what the other designers created!  I hope you have a wonderful sunshine filled weekend!

Clean & Quick Birthday CYCI#65

Good Sunday morning and welcome back for another design team challenge over at Can You Case It?  I hope you are up for the challenge for a clean and quick project.  Come see what I created, then head on over to the main blog page, get all the details and join us in the challenge fun!

 

 

I started with a base of hunter garden green and added a layer of so saffron and a dsp layer from the confetti celebration pack.  Simple fun dots and stamped triangles dress this card up with a couple fun candy dots!

 

I hope you have enjoyed my clean and quick card.  Leave some "love" and go see what the other design team members have created for this weeks challenge.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ garden green, so saffron, whisper white

Ink ~ garden green, so saffron

Stamp set ~ Geometrical, Yee-Haw

DSP ~ confetti celebration

Misc. ~ triangle punch, banner punch, regal candy dots, hello you thinlets

Birthday Celebration FM204

Good Friday morning!  Its time to celebrate and get our mashup on over at The Friday Mashup!  Today Holly has a great challenge for you to play along with .  Click the link above to go check it out and join us in the fun.

 

 

This week's Mash Up! Challenge: 

• Create a "Shaker card".
• Create a " Congrats themed" project.
• or Mash it Up! and create a "Congrats themed project with a Shaker element".

 

 

I decided to stick with the celebration theme and put my balloon bash stamp set to good use.  I just the shimmer and sparkle in the birthday bash confetti DSP.  This card is sure to make anyone smile on their special day!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ Bermuda bay, night of navy, whisper white

Ink ~ Bermuda bay, night of navy, crushed curry, calypso coral

Stamp set ~ Balloon Bash

Misc. ~ bright candy dots

DSP ~ Birthday Bash

 

Sprinkled with Contraband!!

 

Good morning, today I am over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration and we thought we'd share a special non-traditional post with you.  It's "Contraband" day.  As you may know, SSINK is a blog that is 100% Stampin' Up!, but well some of us designers do like to play with our toys too.  So today we wanted to share projects using some of those other toys. 

 

One of my little sins, is My Favorite Things.  They do have some really cute stamp sets with matching dies.  One of my recent purchases was this cute little donuts and sprinkle stamp set and die set.  I also used one of the blueprint die sets they offer too.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ sahara sand, early espresso, very vanilla

Ink ~ early espresso

Stamp set ~ donuts and sprinkles

Misc. ~ donut die set, blue print die set

 

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

#HappyBirthday FM201

Good Friday morning, this morning I am off and headed to Va. Beach to run in the Shamrock Half Marathon on Sunday and participate in the Dolphin challenge, which includes a 8K on Saturday morning.  Wish me luck!  But before I leave I want to share my challenge card for our challenge at The Friday Mashup!  Amy has a great color challenge for us.

 

 

This Week's Mash Up! Challenge: 

• Create a project using Rich Razzleberry, Smoky Slate & Pacific Point. 
• Create a project with a "See-thru element (window, acetate, vellum). 
• or Mash it Up! and create a project "using the colors above and a see thru element". 

 

I recently purchase a new stamp set "friend request" and cell phone die cut set from a company that I like to buy from.  This was such a fun card to create.  Totally grungy and perfect for a teenager.  Just buy changing the colors, this could be for girl or boy!  I added a clear window sheet under the top layer of the phone and added some shaker elements.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white, pacific point, rich razzleberry, smoky slate

Ink ~ basic black, pacific point, smoky slate, rich razzleberry

Stamp sets ~ gorgeous grunge, off the grid (SU!), friend request (MFT)

Misc. ~ sequins, cell phone die cut set, clear window sheet

 

I hope you have enjoyed my card for this weeks Friday Mashup challenge.  Click the link above to head on over to our main site for all details and the link up your creation.