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!

Hip-Hip Hooray!! FM209

Good Friday morning peeps!  Today I am over at The Friday Mashup and Bree has a super fun challenge for ya this week!  Today I also head to Fredericksburg, Va to run the Marine Corp Historic Half Marathon.  I'm really looking forward to my weekend away!  Wish me luck!

 

This weeks challenge is to:

*  create a project using the colors of Bermuda bay, crushed curry and night of navy

*  create a project for a celebration

*  or mash it up and create a project using both challenges

 

I wanted to use the dotted angles stamp set to create a simple yet colorful background.  I just love Bree's color combo.  It's perfect for a celebration card.  I used night of navy to stamp the "hip -hip hooray!" sentiment using the bravo stamp set.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white, Bermuda bay

Ink ~ night of navy, crushed curry, Bermuda bay

Stamp sets ~ bravo and dotted angles

Misc. ~ Bermuda bay sequins

 

Now leave some "love" and head on over to our main blog to see what the other designers have created to inspire you!

Floating Window Technique at SSINK

 

Good morning!  Today I'm over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration and its Technique Tuesday!  Today we are sharing projects created using the fun technique, "floating windows".  Make sure you click the link above to go see the how to video on how to create with this fun and simple technique.

 

I used one of the larger oval framelits to cut out my window shape, I then layered it with a clear window sheet cut down to size and stamped "congrats" on with black stazon to make it appear that it is floating along with the two stamped and punched out flowers.  On the inside I have two of the same flowers in the same spot glued down right under the outside flowers to help add a little inside decoration.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white, soft suede, calypso coral, crushed curry

DSP ~ best year ever (SAB item FREE with a $50 order)

Ink ~ black stazon, crushed curry, calypso coral

Stamp set ~ petal potpourri, simply wonderful (SAB item FREE with a $50 order)

Misc. ~ hodgepodge clips, twine

 

I hope you have enjoyed my take on the floating window technique.  Leave some "love" and head on over to our main blog to see what the other design team members have created!  Happy Stamping!

Beautiful Bunch HSS189

Good morning and thanks for stopping by.  Todays card is for the color challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  I am in love with the new in colors, so I was excited to see three of them being used in the challenge.

 

I started with a base color of lost lagoon and layered with whisper white.  On top of that I cut out one striped scalloped in hello honey.  The beautiful bunch flowers are stamped in hello honey, lost lagoon and tangelo twist.  All three I stamped off some of the ink for a lighter background, then stamped the center design in the same color.  Each flower has a little pearl in the center.  I cut a strip of lost lagoon in color satin ribbon and attached across the bottom with glue dots.  I also cut a strip of the new venetian crochet ribbon and colored it in lost lagoon.  I just love how I can color it and make it what ever color I need.

 

 

On the inside, I stamped two flowers and shaded in the shape from the apothecary accents die and stamped my sentiment of "Let's Celebrate" from the Sumthin' Sumthin' stamp set. (same as the outside sentiment)

 

Again, thanks for stopping by to visit my blog and see my challenge card.  Don't forget to leave some "love", as I always enjoy reading your comments and come back tomorrow to see what I created for "Curtain Call".

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ lost lagoon, whisper white, hello honey

Ink ~ lost lagoon, hello honey and tangelo twist

Stamp Sets ~ beautiful bunch, sumthin' sumthin'

Misc. ~ lost lagoon in color satin ribbon, venetian crochet ribbon, apothecary accents framelit set, basic pearls, striped scallop thinlet die

In the Gold w/ FabFri43

Good morning and thanks for visiting me here at Ink a Doodle Creations!  Today I want to share with you the card I created for the fun sketch over at Fab Friday.  This little card is for a friend of mine.  Some of us gals participated in a 30 day squat challenge and for a little extra incentive for them to keep going, I offered up to those who checked in every day a chance to win a $20 gift card to either Dick's Sportings Good or Barnes and Noble book store.  Well I had three ladies, besides myself that checked in every day and held in there to the bitter end, with the last day being #250 squats!!  The winner of the gift card went to Diana Eichfeld and she chose the Dick's gift card.  I created this card in gold, cause she earned the "gold" prize!!!  Great job Diana!!!  Its in the mail today my friend!

 

For my card, I embossed a layer of gold foil paper with the arrow folder. Stamped three of the word phrases from the new Bravo Photopolymer Stamp Set.  I stamped in versa mark and heat embossed the "to" banner from the "way to go" stamp and used a foam dot to raise it up.  I also used my triangle punch to spread them across the bottom to follow the sketch layout.  The watercolor wonder washi tape was used on the sided as well as for two of the triangles.

 

On the inside, I punched out a few more triangles and scattered them off to the side.

 

The gold bakers twine and gold sequin trim adds a nice finishing detail.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ calypso coral, whisper white, gold foil paper

Ink ~ versa mark, calypso coral

Stamp set ~ Bravo

Misc. ~ gold embossing poweder, gold bakers twine, gold sequin trim, triangle punch, watercolor wonder washi tape, arrow embossing folder

 

All these supplies and more can be purchased HERE!

 

Bravo!! June Card Sketch with SSInk

 

Good Monday morning!  Its the second Monday, and you know what time it is???  It's card sketch time over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration!  Challenge time is always a favorite time for us design team members, cause we can't wait to see what you, our followers, are gonna create along with us.  So be sure you head on over to our main page, check out the rules and play along!

 

 

So here is our fun sketch.  Lots and lots of cute little banners...now for my take on it.

 

 

So the one thing I did was flip it to its side.  I am so super excited for June to be here, because that means our new Stampin' Up! catalog has went live and everyone can now get new toys!  All what comes with new toys, but "play time" of course!  And play, I have!  I pulled out a lot of new items for this little cutie.  First I started by picking what DSP I wanted to work with to create all my little banners with.  I decided to go with, Lullaby.  Then I pulled my base color from that, Hello Honey.  I layered with baked brown sugar and embossed my white layer with the returning decorative dots folder.  I stamped "con grat YOU la tions" from the new photopolymer set, Bravo!  This is a special set, that I got to earn for FREE thru a Stampin' Up! promotion.  One of the wonderful perks of being a demonstrator with this wonderful company.  They are always giving us extra ways of earning new toys for FREE!  Now the fun part came in when I decided to do a little different with the coastal cabana twine.  I decided to braid it, kinda like a rope or someone's hair and wrap it around.  Fun idea, huh?!  Yea, I thought so too!!

 

On the inside, I embossed a small area, on angle, at the top and bottom with the matching dots folder.  Then I used some left over banners that I had cut out for the front and placed them at the top and bottom as well, but making sure to leave room for that hand written message that needs to go inside.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ hello honey, whisper white, baked brown sugar

Ink ~ baked brown sugar

Stamp Set ~ Bravo!

DSP ~ Lullaby

Misc. ~ decorative dots folder, coastal cabana twine, neutral candy dots, coastal cabana blendabilities to color the white candy dot.

 

Are you interested in becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator so you too can earn some FREE new toys, earn extra income and play from home?  Meet new friends and enjoy doing what you love best with benefits?  Well, I'd love to talk with you and answer any questions you may have to help get you strarted.  Don't have any questions and you are ready to sign up now?  Then click HERE and get started!  Stampin' Up! is offering a special limited time price of only $50 to all those who join between now and June 30, 2014.  This is a perfect time to join such a wonderful company!

 

I hope you have enjoyed my take on this months card sketch.  I hope you have gotten INkspired and will come create with us!  Don't forget to leave some "love", and head on over to see what the other design team members have created with our sketch.