Color Throwdown challenge CTD#598

Happy Saturday everyone. I am so excited to be back to stamping and using some of my old but great stamp sets.  I have so many and hate to part with them.  Today I am sharing a card I have done for the latest color challenge over at Color Throw Down!  I loved the colors and just went through my stamps and these two stamp sets just stood out, Blessings from Heaven and Array of Sunshine. There is nothing better than creating your own designer paper. I hope you like the finished product because I do.

Now it is your turn to go over and join this great color challenge before it ends on Monday.THANKS FOR STOPPING BY and enjoy your day!

Butterfly Punch, Blessings from Heaven, Washi Tape

Happy Friday.  I was looking at Pinterest again and saw this wonderful easy card that I needed to case.  I know I am going back to spring, but I could not help myself.  You can find the original card here.  She has quite a few cards she used the washi tape with.  Great ideas! 

 

So here is my version.

 

 

And the inside. (messed up the butterfly at bottom, but it is just me) :)

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful and blessed day.

 

French Foliage card

Hi everyone, I am back before a week is over.  But I made this card from a card I found on Pinterest which you can find here.  I went to my stamps and picked out one I had not used in a long time and then of course looked it up on Pinterest.  Isn't that easy.  My is a little different, but the idea is the same.  So funny because that next day my husband asked me if I had a card to send to a friend who was about to celebrate the one year anniversary of losing a brother.  I brought him this one along with some others and this was the one he chose.  My husband also lost his brother one year ago this week to a farming accident so when he found out about this person, he wanted to let him know he understood what he was going through.  I have the most thoughtful and compassionate husband (that is what God can do).

 

Here is the card!

 

 

And the inside!

 

Thanks for stopping by for the second time in a week.  I really appreciate your support and love!  Have a wonderful weekend.

Clean and Simple - Flower Shop

 

Hi everyone! I just wanted to start this post off with the card itself since I was so happy with the outcome.  I actually used the sketch from Clean and Simple blog.  It was one of those times that I knew even before I went to get the paper what I wanted to do and it turned out even better than I thought.  This will go to someone special who needs to be uplifted today.

 

Here is a side view of the card.  Color was not quite right, but you can see that I stamped the image on the white 3 times and then stamped it again on another white piece and then punched it out with the punch that goes with this set, and of course popped it up with a dimensional.

 

 

Now I also had to work on the inside some, so I used another stamp from this set for the inside.

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Flower Shop, Blessings from Heaven

Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Primrose Petals, Gumball Green (leaves)

Ink: Stazon Black, Primrose Petals

Pansy Punch

Bird Punch (leaves)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful and blessed day.

 

I am also linking this to Word Art Wednesday!

 

LNS Challenge 234 / Sketch 285 - Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Hi everyone and welcome to this weeks challenges for Late Night Stampers and the Monday Lunchtime sketch.  Boy has it been a week for me.  I am working on items for our craft show bazaar at church on November 9th and it has just consumed my at home time.  I have three weeks left to get it all together, so I have not been posting much, but can't wait to share with you some of the items I will have there.  So if I have missed commenting on your post, now you know why.  Now on to my two challenges.

 

The sketch this week from Mary Jo was a little different, but I have learned to like different and was pleased with the outcome of my card.  And the design team has really done a great job with it, so you will have to stop by her blog and check them all out.  Again, I  combined it with this weeks challenge at Late Night Stampers which is to Fall into "Fall."  I have been a little slack with fall this year and this is only about the second card I have made that works into the fall theme.  So here is my sample for this weeks challenges.

 

 

Can you tell I am getting use to the one layer cards.  Easy is the best way when you are as busy as I am, yet want to keep stamping every possible minute you can.

 

Here is a side view!

 

 

And yes I did the inside also!  Now it don't look as clean and simple.

 

 

And I even used the envelope die to make a liner for the envelope!

 

 

Now how great is that.

 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to drop by the blogs and see all the other fall cards.

 

 

 

 



LNS Challenge 227 / Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 272--TSSC272

Good Morning Friends.  So excited to be with you today and bringing you another two challenges from our Late Night Stampers and our Monday Lunch Time Sketch!  This week our challenge for Late Night Stampers is to use Lace, So I added some lace and even changed the color by sponging the lace.  I love to do that and this card turned out so well.  And of course as always, Mary Jo's sketch was just perfect to be able to combine the challenges.

 

I was able to use the This and That Epic Day DSP to stamp the image on along with using the This and That Epic Day Washi Tape for the banners which brought this card together perfectly.  Here is a side view of the card!

  

And I just love the inside of the card!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Serene Silhouettes, Itty bitty Banners, Blessings from Heaven

Card Stock: Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral

Designer Series Paper: Epic Day

Punches: 2 1/2 circle, 2 3/8 Scallop Circle

This and That Epic Day Washi Tape

5/8 crochet Trim Sponged to Calypso Coral color

Shimmer Paint Spritzed on card at end

Thanks for looking today and hope you are blessed this week!

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 271--TSSC271

Happy Monday Morning to my wonderful friends.  Well my stamping is still lacking as my daughter is still with me until Wednesday Morning when she leaves bright and early.  That will definitely be a sad morning for me, but we will see her the weekend as we are keeping my granddaughter and driving up on Sunday!  So we will be excited about that.  I really hate to see my daughter go 4 1/2 hours away, but that is the call of the military.  Now I know how my mom felt except my first time away from home was across the US.  So it was a two to 3 day drive.  So I guess I am very blessed!  Now on to today's challenge!  Mary Jo's sketch is another great one for this week.  And I looked back at one of my favorite stamp sets and here is what I came up with.

 

 

I am loving this Strawberry Slush card stock and want to pull it every time I look in my stash.  Here is a side view!

 

 

And the inside!

 

 

Well when I stamped the sentiment on the inside, I messed up and had to re stamp and paste in.  I usually stamp before adhering the piece of card stock, but I guess this time, I was not thinking.  Either way, the person I give it too hopefully will not know that!  LOL

 

All items used are Stampin' UP!

Stamp Sets: Tea Shoppe, Blessings from Heaven

Card Stock: Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, Basic Black

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Black Stazon

Postage Stamp Punch

1 1/4" square punch

Adorning Accents Edgelits

 

Thanks for stopping by today and enjoy your week!

 

 



Simply Sketched

Well I got up early this morning and decided to make a card for two challenges. One is the Sketch Frenzy Friday and the other is Sunny Challenges & Creations.  When I saw the sketch this morning I knew what items I could use to link up with the Sunny Challenges as their challenge was to use something from the Seasonal Catalog.  Well I just love the lace tape and the doilies and it seemed to match so well with the sketch, so here is what I came up with.

 

 

I am really happy with the look of this card!  Here is a side view!

 

 

And, yes I had to do the inside!

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Simply Sketched, Blessings from Heaven (inside)

Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Water Color Paper

Designer Series Paper: Night & Day (retired)

Ink: Stazon Black

Markers & Blender Pen

Delicate Details Lace Tape

Delicate Doilies

Pearls

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope your day is filled with blessings!

 

 

 



Sympathy Card sneak peak

Good Morning all and check out this new embossing folder along with the punch that you will be able to order come June 1st from Stampin' Up!.  I am so excited to be able to share this with you.  I also used the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch!  Found this blog a week ago and was so excited.  That is what PINTEREST does to you.  You find all these great sketch challenges and then you have to play along.  So please check out their blog as I know some more great sketches will be coming your way from them.  Also this card was inspired by the challenge over at Sunny Challenges which was to do a sympathy card and the SUO challenge which is to use those butterflies.  So I added butterflies to the inside and one on the front.

Hopefully you will see some more sneak peaks in the next few weeks.  Here is the side view of the card!

And the inside.

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Blessings from Heaven

Card Stock: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Baja Breeze (butterflies)

Designer Series Paper: Twitterpated

Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder (sneak peak)

Mosaic Punch (sneak peak)

Beautiful Wings embosslits

Apothecary Accents Framelits

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Happy Mother's Day Butterflies

Wow, I was able to stamp last night and I just loved it.  I saw the sketch challenge over at Sunny Challenges and Creations and that sparked a "I must create" ember.  And then earlier yesterday I saw the challenge for SUO which was to use anything Sizzix and then I knew exactly what I was going to do. As you can see I used a lot of Sizzix products which are also Stampin' Up! products.

Here is a side view of the card!

And yes the inside is done also!



My mom is such a blessing in my life and such a Godly woman! I love her so much!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Blessings from Heaven

Card Stock: Primrose Petals, Pool Party, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

Ink: Primrose Petals

Beautiful Wings Embosslits

Lattice Bigz Die

Fancy Fan Embossing Folder

Delicate Embossing Folders

1/4" stitched daffodil delight grosgrain ribbon

Word Punch

Modern Label Punch

Button and pearls 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

LNS Challenge 218/TSSC258 Monday Lunch Time Sketch

Good Monday Morning everyone and welcome to this weeks challenges for Late Night Stampers and the Monday Lunch time Sketch.  Again, I have combined the challenges as I don't have much time anymore it seams.  Life is just crazy, but that is OK.

So this weeks challenge for LNS is a color challenge, Summer Starfruit, Rassberry Ripple, (I used Rich Razzleberry as I got the colors mixed up) and Old Olive and I think I like these colors together.  Anyway, I combined that with the TSSC sketch this week and here is what I came up with.

Here is a side view!

A close up!

And the message for the inside!

All items used are Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted!

Stamp Sets: Just Believe, Blessings from Heaven

Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Polka Dot Parade

Ink: Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry

Small 7/8" Scallop Circle punch for flowers

Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack for the small flowers

Beautiful Wings Embosslits die

Brads

Summer Starfruit satin ribbon

Scallop Oval Nestabilities

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful week!



SU LateNight Stamper's Challenge / Snowflakes

Good Monday Morning to all of you and hope you are having a wonderful start to your week.  Tomorrow is the first day of the year of 2013!  Can you believe it?  I know this past year has just flown by and I am so excited to be able to start a brand new year in church tonight.  We are having a New Year's Eve service which we do yearly.  What better way to start the New Year than worshiping the King of Kings, Jesus!

 

I have some exciting news for you as we are starting a LateNight Stamper's is starting a new blog!  You can find it here and it will tell you all about it in the first post!  And, our first challenge is going to be a prize challenge, so you definitely want to check it out.  Also, our first challenge is to use a snowflake or snowflakes on your project.  So I used the Northern Flurry embossing folder and made a very simple card.  I have a friend who is going through a difficult time now and I thought this would be the perfect card for her to uplift her spirit.  So here it is!

 

 

And here is a side view of the card!

 

 

And the inside of the card along with the envelope!

 

 

I actually put the verse on the envelope and embossed it with one of the embossing folder.  I thought it turned out great.  Just a simple card to let someone know you care.

 

I am also entering this into the SUO challenge where you are to use blue and I used the Not Quite Navy as my background and ink color!

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Blessings from Heaven

Card Stock: Shimmery White, Whisper White, Not Quite Navy

Ink: Not Quite Navy

Northern Flurry Embossing Folder

 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out our new blog for the Latenight Stamper's challenge and to join in the challenge.

 

 

New Stuff Sneak Peak

 

Good Morning and boy did it feel good to get back into the craft room last night and make this card.  It was a lot of fun and felt so good.  I have really just been so busy, but finally had the chance to do a little stamping.  I used my new stuff along with some of my old stuff.  The new stuff included the new Stamp Set Secret Garden and guess what?  I did not cut the flower out, I used the framelits that go along with it.  Oh so easy!  The paper is some of the new stuff also and it is called Tea for Two and it is just beautiful.  Love to get new stuff and then use it.  These items will be available on January 2nd for order.  I did emboss the flower and the sentiment.  Love embossing!  And, this was inspired by this weeks sketch over at Paper Craft Crew Challenge blog where they also had a color challenge, but I did not do that part.  I wanted to used my new paper too much!!!!

 

Here is a side view of the card!

 

 

And the inside of the card!

 

 

And I even did the envelope to go along with the card!

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Word Play, Blessings from Heaven (inside), Secret Garden

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral

Designer Series Paper: Tea for Two

Ink: Calypso Coral (inside) Versamark for embossing

Embossing Powder: Tangerine Tango (really matched the calypso coral)

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!

Clean & Simple

Happy Friday everyone!  Today I did a one layer clean & simple card!  Can you believe it?  It is hard for me to believe, but I had a few moments last night and thought I would work on the sketch from Clean&Simple! And, while I was at it I used the color challenge from Pals Paper Arts!  And, since I am on the fall kick this week, the colors worked out great!

Here is the side view of the card!  For some reason this view was a little brighter.  Just the angle of the camera and the light I guess!

And yes even though it is a one layer card, I had to layer the inside!

It was a quick and easy card and now that I have done this one, I must do more.

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Wonderfall, Blessings from Heaven

Card Stock: Naturals Ivory, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla

Designer Paper: Spice Cake - inside (retired)

Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Lucky Limeade, Pumpkin Pie

Autumn Accents Bigz Die

Thanks for stopping by!

SU LateNightStamper's Challenge/FALL into Stamping

This week's challenge with our LateNightStampers group is Fall!  Well I got the wheel before the cart or is that the cart before the wheel, anyway, I have been doing Christmas cards.  So it was refreshing to be able to pull out this die and this stamp set I got back in July.  I had been wanting to use it, so when I saw the sketch this week over at Stamping 411, I kept thinking until I finally figured out how I was going to use it. (Also, I was sad to see that Stamping 411 will be taking a break, but I know it is much needed for them and I hope to see them back soon.) I think the card worked out very well, as I love the outcome.  I also love stamping on card stock to make my own design paper which is a wonderful technique.  So easy to just take certain stamps and stamp all over paper using the colors that best suit the card.

Here is a side view!

and yes, I did the inside!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Wonderfall (stamping the card stock and inside bottom), Blessings from Heaven (both outside and inside sentiment)

Card Stock: Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, More Mustard, Very Vanilla

Ink: Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, More Mustard

Markers

Button from Button Pack

Early Espresso Baker's Twine

Autumn Accents Bigz Die

Thanks for looking and hope you have a very blessed day!

SU LateNightStampers Challenge/Layers

The challenge this week at LateNightStampers is to do Layers, as many as possible and when I saw this weeks sketch at Sketch Frenzy Friday, I knew I would use that sketch to do the challenge.  It is hard to tell above, but the card base is gray, then whisper white, designer paper, primrose petals, whisper white for image.  And, I even layered the doily with whisper white.  So I have a total of 5 layers.  Yes, I know you can have more, but that is a lot of layers for me.

Here is a side view of the card!

I took the photo outside on my table.  Just seems to brighten up the whole photo.

And of course I did not forget to do the inside and if you count these layers, I did a lot more. lol

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Love & Sympathy, Blessings from Heaven

Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Primrose Petals

Designer Series Paper: Twitterpated

Basic Gray Ink

Markers for flower

Doily Triple Layer Punch

Brads, 3/8"stitched satin ribbon primrose petals

In Color Dahlias Gumball Green

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful week.