Snowflakes in July...What?! Merry Monday #117

Well my swaps are complete, bags are packed and my flight for 7:15am is confirmed!  I'm ready to head to Salt Lake City, Utah for the Inspire.Create.Share 2014 Stampin' Up! Convention.  Its hard to believe that its been a whole year already since I went last year.  Time sure does fly.  To kill some of the quietness in this house since the boys are away, I headed to my craft room, cranked up the radio and put together this card for the challenge over at Merry Monday.  Yep its a Christmas challenge.  Not that I'm ready for Christmas, but with snowflakes it makes me think cooler and I hate to say it, but I'm ready for some cooler weather already.  Now come October/November when I'm out running in freezing my butt off temps, I'll say other wise.....Brrrrr!!!

 

The challenge, if you choose to except it (sorry, I'm in a James Bond kinda mood I guess!!) is to create a holiday project and add sequins to it.  And I did just that, but in a cute snowflakes nontraditional color sort of way.  Here's what I came up with...

 

 

One of my favorite holiday/winter sets is the Festive Flurries stamp set with its matching snowflake framelits.  I hope these stay a long while longer.  I kept the sketch really simple with a stylish striped embossed whisper white layer down the middle, a collection of banners using colors of whisper white, coastal cabana and strawberry slush.  I then stamped a smaller snowflake in coastal cabana and a larger one in strawberry slush.  Don't get me wrong, I love traditional holiday colors, but I also enjoy outside the box, nontraditional colors too.  I wrapped and tied a bow using the black bakers twine and scattered around some of the new in color sequins. 

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white, soft sky, strawberry slush, coastal cabana

Ink ~ strawberry slush and coastal cabana

Stamp set ~ festive flurries

Misc. ~ black bakers twine, in color sequins, festive flurry framelits, basic rhinestones, banner punch, stylish stripes embossing folder

 

I hope you have enjoyed my snowflakes in July project card.  Leave some "love", and head back tomorrow for a card swapping good!!

 

 

 

Flower Patch Fun CTS#84

Good morning and OH MY GOSH...I'm soooo excited I could SCREAM!!!!  Why...cause I leave bright and early tomorrow morning to head to the airport.  Now just why is the airport so exiting...well duhhh....it's because I'm headed to Salt Lake City, Utah for the Inspire.Create.Share 2014 Stampin' Up! Convention!!   Ok, now that that Big and Important announcement is out of the way, we can get on with this mornings post and sketch challenge over at Cas(e) This Sketch. 

 

This sketch is kinda freakin' me out, cause two weeks ago I was playing  around with an idea in my head for a convention swap card and this was the same kind of sketch.  Weird how things work out like that!  Even though I went with another idea, I still had my demo card laying there on the counter.  I changed up the color combos and decided to enter it in for this sketch challenge.

 

 

So my base starts out with pear pizzazz with some strawberry slush and whisper white.  I used colors or crisp cantaloupe and strawberry slush for my flowers using the Flower Parch stamp set.  The leaves are also stamped in pear pizzazz.  This sentiment from the set fits perfectly for the layer going across the middle of the card.  Now, just because its a simple sketch, doesn't mean it can't have some bling.  Gotta love the bling!  I added a few of the new in color sequins for that little sparkly touch!

 

On the inside, I stamped the same flowers in the same colors in two corners, making sure to leave plenty of room for a hand written message.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ pear pizzazz, strawberry slush, whisper white

Ink ~ pear pizzazz, strawberry slush, crisp cantaloupe

Stamp set ~ Flower Patch

Misc. ~ In color sequins

 

Thanks for dropping by to see my challenge card in detail.  Leave some "love", and make sure you head back tomorrow to check out my cards I created for convention swapping.  Who knows, if you are there, maybe you will wind up with one!!

 

 

 

 

 

Project Life Inspired July Card Sketch Challenge

 

Good morning.  I hope everyone had a lovely weekend.  I really did.  Since my kids have been gone for two whole weeks, visiting with my sister and brother in law for one week and this week they are spending with my parents, my husband and myself and been taking it easy and enjoying a drama free house.  Now my kids are 14 and 11, so it isn't like we have to really keep an eye on them like they were two, but lets just say that two boys at this age can still carry on and create drama like a bunch a little ones!!!  Saturday we spent the day at Virginia Beach and enjoyed a quiet dinner at TGI Friday's.  Yesterday was spent here at the house all by little self.  Hubby went to a baseball card show with his Dad, where he got Johnny Bench's and Pete Rose's autograph.  He was so excited to come home and show me his new toys for his room!  (like a kid in a candy store, might I add)!

 

Today over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration its the third Monday and you know what that means...yep, its card sketch challenge time.  Todays card sketch is Project Life inspired.  I hope you get inspired and decide to play along with us.  We can't wait to see what you create!

 

 

So after putting together my Project Life album, I had lots of cards left from the Everyday Adventure collection, so this sketch was the perfect time for me to use them up.  I pulled out one that just said "happy" on it and paired it with a solid patterned card, perfect for a background.  In this case a polka dotted one.  I used the Endless Wishes stamp set to stamp the word "birthday" at the bottom to create the perfect cute and simple birthday card.  I pulled out the metal arrow clip and wooden arrow from the Everyday Adventure accessory kit.  I love how these kits really do coordinate well together.  The finishing touch was adding the brights candy dots and attaching a cute twine bow at the top.

 

 

On the inside I added a simple border strip that also came in the accessory kit.

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ basic black and whisper white

Ink ~ strawberry slush, bermuda bay

Stamp sets ~ Endless Birthday Wishes

Project Life ~ everyday adventure card collection, everyday adventure accessory pack

Misc. ~ strawberry slush thick twine, brights candy dots

 

I hope you have gotten INKspired to go create a card using our sketch.  Don't forget to come back and link it up to our main blog challenge site and go see what our other design team members have created.  I'm sure you are gonna love theirs too!

Friends Who Know FabFri45

Good morning... wait for it...wait for it...its Friday, Friday, Friday!  I just love saying that!!  Now that I have that out of my system!!  Tee Hee!  Thanks for droppin' in and visiting my blog today.  Todays challenge card is for the sketch over at Fab Friday.  Like many of us Stampin' Up! Demo's, we are busy running or should I say "stampin" our way around like a chicken with his head cut off, finishing or (starting) our swaps for convention next week!  I'm proud to say that all my sways are done and ready to go!  I still have one important birthday card to make, but that's it!  This little extra special card is for a friend who I will be seeing at convention again this year.  Last year was our first time attending convention and we got to share it together.  We live thousands of miles apart but chat every day.  I can't wait to see her again and spend some time together!

 

When I saw this "friends who know" stamp in the new catalog, I knew I just had to have it!  Its just so fun.  I knew this was the stamp to make a special card with for my friend and I wanted to make it extra bright and cheery!  My base is daffodil delight with a layer of melon mambo and decorative dots embossed white.  I used a piece of dsp from the sweet taffy pack down the side and pulled coordinating colors from it for the banners down the side.

 

I used my markers to color in the writing and swirls on the stamp.  Its awesome when stamped in basic black.  I added a cute whittle vintage faceted button with a white bakers twine tied bow.

 

On the inside, I added another matching strip of dsp and added more cute banners.  I will hand write a personal message inside.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white, melon mambo, daffodil delight, basic black, tempting turquoise, rich razzleberry, pumpkin pie, old olive

Ink ~ basic black

Stamp ~ friends who know

DSP ~ sweet taffy

 

I hope you have enjoyed my challenge card.  Leave some "love" and come back on Monday to see what I've been creating for my next challenge!!

Misc. ~ white bakers twine, vintage faceted buttons

A Little Bit Old & New - SSINK Blog Hop!

 

Good morning!  Thanks for joining me here at Ink a Doodle Creations.  Today I am over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration and we are celebrating our first Blog Hop!!  We are sharing projects using something OLD and something NEW!  I hope you will take a few minutes and come visit all of our design team members to see what projects they have created.

 

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 #5 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Donna S. of Organized Chaos . 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.

 

Its fun to look back over the years of my stamping career and look at all the many different stamp sets I've had.  Some I've used a lot and some not so many times.  I could have gone back and pulled out one that was really old, but the one I chose to use, is for me, one that I will continue to use for a long time, cause mason jars will always be around.  Rather in stamping, drinking from (if you are a Southern and like your sweet tea) or just for decorating with or canning in.  Mason jars will forever be popular.

 

 

For my something OLD, I chose to use the retired Perfectly Preserved bundle.  I just love the cute little mason jar.  For my something NEW, I went with Papillon Potpourri.  The cute butterflies coming out of the jar is so cheerful!  I accented the front by embossing my crumb cake with the woodgrain folder and added some cut burlap and rich razzleberry cotton ribbon.

 

I think my favorite part is the natural twine wrapped around the jar lid and finished off with a cute melon mambo button.

 

I hope you have enjoyed my blog hop project!  Leave some "love", and head over to stop #7 with Kim R. of Stamping with Kim.  I just know you will love her creation!

 

Blog Hop Participant List:
1. Erica B. of Stamping Starlette
2. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
3. Jennifer B. of Northwest Stamper
4. Diana E. of Stampin' Fun with Diana
5. Donna S. of Organized Chaos
6. Cynthia R. of Ink-a-Doodle Creations
7. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
8. Kathy P. of Katrina P's Creative Corner
9. Shellie G. of Craft Smashup