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

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!

Triple Layer Fun at FM193

Good Friday morning!  Hope everyone is getting ready for a wonderful weekend. I know I am!  Today I am over at The Friday Mashup and Sara has come up with a great challenge for us this week.

 

 

This week's Mashup Challenge is:

• Create a project with the "Triple Layer Technique" Tutorial HERE.
• Create a project that's "Floral". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a "Floral Triple Layer Project".

 

Now I have made this kind of card before but with the traditional sizes of rectangles but wanted to try something new and different.  I used circle shapes and off set them.  I also took Sara's challenge and mashed it up by adding a stamped flower and colored it with my blendabilities.  Stampin and coloring this flower was so fun.  I love how its all brought together with the twine and the apoxy dots make using crystal affects!

 

Supplies Used

Bloom With Hope Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$23.00

Bloom With Hope Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$17.00

Circles Collection Framelits Die

$26.95

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Park Lane Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Linen Thread

$4.50

Modern Label Punch

$16.95

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$5.95

Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Calypso Coral Assortment

$11.95

Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Rich Razzleberry Assortment

$11.95

Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.  Leave some "love" and make sure you go check out what the other designers have created.  Don't forget to get creative and play along too!  We can't wait to see what you create!

 

 

Stamping with Folders FM192

Good morning and thanks for stopping by.  Today I am honored and excited to announce that I was selected to be one of three new designers to join The Friday Mashup Challenge Blog!  Today is my first challenge to join in with the other talented team members!  Want to join in the fun?  Lisa has come up with a fun challenge for us to play along with!

 

This week's Mashup Challenge is:

 

• Create a project with an "Embossing Folder Stamping Technique". Link Here. 
• Create a project  with "Mix & Matched Shapes". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a "project using the technique with different shapes".

 

One of my favorite embossing folders is the tiny triangles, so I knew it was my pic to use for stamping.  I inked it up in real red and stamped it on whisper white cardstock.  The layer across the front is just a simple piece of vellum.  I cut out the letters to spell out "love you" in basic black cardstock using the little letters thinlits.  I mash it uped by creating some circles with crystal effects and colored them black using a sharpie.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ real red, gold foil paper, whisper white

Ink ~ real red

Misc. ~ tiny triangles folder, crystal effects, black sharpie marker, little letters thinlits

 

Thanks for stopping by and making my first day with The Friday Mashup special!  Leave some "love" and come join us with our fun challenge!

 

 

 

Seasonally Scattered with SSINK!

 

Good morning and thanks for stopping by.  Today I am over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration and we are sharing projects created using the lovely, "Seasonally Scattered" stamp set that Stampin' Up! has to offer from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  Can I be honest to say, this is the first time I've played with this stamp set.  I know right, I can't believe it either!  Well lets just say, I'm glad I cracked the seal, cause I had so much fun creating this card using the fun technique one of our fellow design team members, Heidi Boos, posted a few weeks ago.  Click HERE to go visit her post and find out just how we created it.  I just love how sparkely and shiny it turns out.

 

 

 

I started with a base color of baked brown sugar, layered with some hello honey DSP from the Color Me Autumn paper pack.  I also stamped a hardwood layer in lost lagoon and using the apothecary accents framelit set, cut out the center and kept it plain white to highlight the "thanks" stamp.  I also added a few leaves, topped with a button and some silver bakers twine for a fun added element.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white, baked brown sugar, blackberry bliss, tangelo twist, lost lagoon

Ink ~ versa mark, hello honey, lost lagoon, blackberry bliss, tangelo twist

Stamp set ~ seasonally scattered, hardwood

Misc. ~ heat and stick powder, dazzling diamonds, neutral buttons, autumn accents big shot die, subtle and regal candy dots, silver bakers twine

 

Lets learn some MAGIC over at SSINK

 

Good morning and thanks for joining me here at Ink a Doodle Creations.  You won't see much magic going on here, cause today I'm sharing my full project with tutorial over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.  So click the link and hop on over to learn how to make a full size magic card and see the finished project!!!

Halloween Challenge CYCI#42

Thanks for joining me here today at Ink a Doodle Creations.  Today I am over at Can You Case It? and this weeks challenge is a Halloween one!  Did I say, I love Halloween?  Its such a fun holiday and its the one day I eat as much chocolate and candy as I want, and don't feel bad!!

 

 

This fun little spooky card was created using the inky block technique.  I also went with a different sized card.  I cut out my rectangle shapes, rounded the corners and inked up my blocks, spritzed with a little bit of water and stamped it on.  I used colors of tangerine tango, old olive and rich razzleberry.  Directions for this card are below.

 

 

On the inside, I inked up a layer and added a bat.

 

Directions:

card base is a 6-1/2" square.  I scored it at 3-1/4" and folded.

Inked layers measure: 1-3/4" x 2-1/4" with corners rounded.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ very vanilla, old olive

Ink ~ tangerine tango, old olive, rich razzleberry, basic black

Stamp set ~ freaky monsters, good greetings

Misc. ~ brights candy dots, black bakers twine

 

Bokeh Technique at FM174

Good morning!  Its hump day!  Got my cup of coffee and am ready to breeze thru the day with no problems!  Well atleast that's what I'm hoping for anyway.  The last couple of weeks have been dozzies and its time for a normal week.

Todays card is for the fun "Bokeh Technique" over at The Friday Mashup.  Here is the link to learn how and give it a try for yourself. 

I'm starting to see signs of Halloween in the stores already and well with all the cute new spooky things in the upcoming Stampin' up! Holiday Mini, well I just couldn't pass up turning my card into a Halloween one!  This technique was fun and one that I will do again soon!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ basic black, pumpkin pie, watercolor paper

Ink ~ smoky slate, pumpkin pie, old olive blendabilities, whisper white craft ink

Punches ~ owl and bird, circles for sponging in white

Misc. ~ hot glue gun for dots and word "boo" and silicone mat, sponge daubers

 

I hope you have enjoyed my take on this technique.  Leave some "love", and come back tomorrow to see what I have instore with Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration!!!

Firework Technique!

Good morning!  Today over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration I am sharing for my individual post, a new technique using an everyday household item......

Click the link above and go check out all the details!

Open Sea June Club Projects

Good morning!  Yep, its that day again.  Its hump day!!  That day when you can let out a breath of relief that the week is half way gown.  I have a busy weekend coming up but I'm still looking forward to it, cause well, its the weekend and who doesn't enjoy the weekend!?  I have a Wounded Warrior 5K I'm running early Saturday morning, followed by a family graduation and get together.  Sunday, I have my stamp club ladies coming over.  Speaking of stamp club....I thought I would share two of the projects we will be creating for our June Club.

 

We will be creating 2 Father's Day cards along with this cute little treat box.

 

So just a quick run down, I wanted to girls to be able to use the new in colors for their projects.  This one focus's on lost lagoon, mossy meadow and hello honey.  I took my ink pads of these 3 colors and lightly smeared the ink on after I had stamped the world map in early espresso.  This gives it such as awesome textured look to the cardstock.  Then I stamped the ship on very vanilla, cut it out with a circle framelit and layered it with a window framelit.  The mossy meadow strip across the front is stamped with the round world globe stamp from this set.

 

 

On the inside, I stamped the world globe again, smeared some ink and layered it with a stamped compos.

 

Now this cute little box is created using the scalloped tag punch.  I created measurements so mine would hold a gift card and a few pieces of candy or a pack of gum or mints.  The outside is stamped using The Open Sea stamp set as we used on the card.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ lost lagoon, mossy meadow, very vanilla

Ink ~ lost lagoon, mossy meadow, hello honey, early espresso

Stamp set ~ The Open Sea, Teeny Tiny Wishes, World Map

Misc. ~ label window framelit set, circle framelit set

 

I hope you have enjoyed my club projects!  I'm sure my ladies will have a blast this Sunday making them too!!  Leave some "love", and come back tomorrow to see what I've been creating!

Lets Get Movin' at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration

 

Good morning and thanks for joining me here from Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration!  Today we are sharing projects made using the "pull tab slider" technique.  For basic instructions you can find them here on Splitcoaststampers.  I went a step further with my card and created a horizontal center step card for my base with the pull tab slider moving across the bottom.

 

I wanted to use the You're My Hero stamp set one more time before it leaves us, cry...cry!!  It is such a great stamp set to use for "boys" of all ages!  I used the retro fresh DSP on the side panels layered with some tangerine tango.  For the center panel, I stamped the fire truck in so saffron and coastal cabana.  I also added the film strip from the On, Film framelit set and added a simple banner that says "Happy Birthday". 

 

The fire truck is stamped and colored in tangerine tango, with three basic gray candy dots added to the wheels.  As you pull the tab the truck slides along the road as if its actually driving.  Behind the truck, you then see the stamped words, "weeeooo-weeeooo".

 

I hope you have enjoyed my take on the pull tab slider card technique and you are going to go right now and give it a try yourself!  Don't forget to leave some "love" here, and then go check out what the other design team members have created using this fun technique!  We hope we will INKspire you to go make one too!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ baked brown sugar, very vanilla, tangerine tango, basic black, coastal cabana

Ink ~ tangerine tango, so saffron and coastal cabana

Stamp set ~ You're my Hero

DSP ~ Retro Fresh

Misc. ~ on film framelits, mini banner punch, neutral candy dots, word window punch

Just Because Non-Stamp Technique Card

 

Its Friday, Friday, Friday! And you know what that means....YEP....you guessed it.  Its eat out night for me and the boys and Mommy doesn't have to cook!  Its the BEST Day Ever!  Another reason its a good day, is because over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration we are showing you a fun technique.  How to stamp with no stamps.  Its true, it can be done.  I'll show you.

 

A pretty simple layout cause I wanted the detail of my non-stamping to really show and stand out.  I layered the Retro Fresh DSP with some coastal cabana and added a border of ruffled ribbon.  I added a couple of cute banners on the side and scattered some candy dots to fill my corners.  So are you ready to see how I created the background of the flower image?

I did a ink on block technique.  You need a block of your choice, markers and your piece of paper you want to stamp on.

I took my markers and colored directly on the block. 

I turned it over, gave it a huff and stamped it onto my piece of paper.

And this is what it looks like when you lift the block up.  I love how it leaves a watery, bubble look to it.  You could use all one color or as many others as you want.  I just went for three.  I then take a damp paper towel and wipe my block clean.

This is just an up close shot after I stamped the flower image on top.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ baked brown sugar, very vanilla, coastal cabana

DSP ~ retro fresh

Stamp Set ~ Serene Silhouette

Ink ~ tangerine tango, so saffron, coastal cabana, basic black

Misc. ~ long clear block I, candy dots, coastal cabana ruffled trim ribbon

 

I hope you have enjoyed my card and my non-stamp technique.  Leave some "love" and go see what the other design team members have used for their technique.

Ombre Wetlands!

 

Good morning!  Today over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration, we are sharing projects created using an "Ombre" technique. The ombre technique usually refers to hair now a days, but it can also be related to how we color and decorate a card or project.  Ombre, is normally using one color from dark to light.   I had about three thoughts in mind and decided to go with a simple card layout to really show off the detail of the coloring and stamping.

 

One of my newest stamp sets that I just added to my collection is "Wetlands".  This is such a lovely simple stamp set.  So glad I invested in it!

 

With my coloring, I went with the green family.  I'm really looking forward to Spring and Summer with everything is bloom along with nice green grass.  From light at the top to dark at the bottom, I used, pistachio pudding, wild wasabi and gumball green.  To add just a simple detail to my white top layer, I scored two lines on all four sides.

 

I am so glad you decided to stop by today to see my "ombre" project.  Don't forget to leave some "love" before heading over to our main blog to see all the other wonderful projects with our design team members.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white, gumball green

Ink ~ pistachio pudding, wild wasabi, gumball green

Wetlands

$16.95

Deco Labels Collection Framelits Dies

$24.95

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