Serene Scenery DSP Part 2

Good Thursday Morning.

 

Again, for this set of cards I am using the Serene Scenery DSP from Stampin' Up!  I am so glad that my demonstrator recommended this to me.  I am loving it.  I could only make 3 cards from this sheet as I had already used it previously to make some cards.  But it still gives me a total of 15 cards to go into the little tin.  Isn't this the coolest designer paper.

 

Here are all 3 cards!

 

 

Here is a single card so you can really see what it looks like.

 

Tomorrow I will share the Tin decorated and filled with the cards.

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope your Thursday is blessed.

Serene Scenery DSP Note Cards Part 1

Happy Wednesday!  Are you surprised?  3 days in a row for me.  Wow, even I am surprised.

 

Well this is 4 more cards that I am adding to my tin that will be showcased later this week.  In these cards, I used the Serene Scenery DSP which I love.  You can stamp right onto the designer paper and it adds so much character.  I am hoping this little tin of 15 note cards will go well at our silent auction for "Gateway Landing."  Every year the cards seem to go really well.  The basket of cards went for $45 last year, so hoping this little tin goes well also.  I would love for it to go for $25 or more.  We will see.

 

Here is all 4 cards!

 

 

Here is a single card so you can see more of what is stamped on it.

 

Again, thanks for stopping by and hope to see you tomorrow.

"Upsy Daisy" Note Cards

Day two of my selection of Note Cards I will be adding to the Tin for our Gateway Landing Banquet coming up the end of April.  Yesterday was more of a masculine touch and today is more of a feminine touch.  I used an old stamp set that I could not bare to get rid of called Upsy Daisy.  I just love this set because it is so easy to use.  I used the same color of ink for all the stamping, I just stamped twice and sometimes three times without re-inking the stamp.  What a great way to get it done quick and looks as though you used different colors.  Again these are note card, 5 X 3.5 and a great way to just send a note to someone.

 

Here is all 4 cards in the set!

 

 

And here are two of the cards so you can see a little closer up!

 

Thanks for stopping by on this wonderful Tuesday.  Have a great day everyone.

"By the Tide" Assorted Note Cards

 

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you had a wonderful weekend.

 

I would like to share with you the not cards (5 X 3.5) I am making for a smaller tin that I bought about 8 of when I caught them on sale.  I just love the size of these note cards and am doing a total of 15 for this box.  For the next week I will share with you each day the cards that are going into the box and I am donating to a non-profit organization, Gateway Landing, for a banquet and silent auction they will be having.  Every year between me and my demonstrator, we have a basket of cards and other items that are placed on the auction table.  God has blessed me with this unique gift of card making and I want to help out with it as much as possible.  So below is one of the cards in the set which helps you to see the detail a little better.  I do love this set call "By the Tide."  I hope you enjoy also.

 

The 4 cards in this set!

 

Have a great Monday everyone and thanks for stopping by.

Happy Birthday Clean & Simple

Happy Saturday and Yes, I have come back to show you what started out as a clean & Simple Masculine Birthday Card for my brother-in-law turned into 3 clean and simple birthday cards.  I fingured while I had my things out might as well make the most of it.  Also I had pulled out my designer papers to look for some masculine colors and it was all there together.  This is a good way to get rid of those little pieces of paper.  OK, now I am rambling so on with the photos.

So here are the 3 cards I made using the Balloon bouquet Punch and also the Balloon Celebration stamp set by stampin up.  Don't sell Stampin' Up! any longer but do love their stamps and punches.  These were so quick and easy that I had to make 3.  The center one is the masculine one.  I guess they could all be for a boy or girl.

Separate Photos of each of them.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend.  I plan too! 

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.

Sketch 348- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy First Monday of 2015 and can't wait till you see the great sketch that Mary Jo has for the Monday Lunchtime Sketch today.  It is so simple with so many possibilities.  You will definitely have to go check out all the designer samples on this one and use your scraps to join us this week.  So here is my sample for this week.

 

 

I am still unsure of what I will be using this one for, but I have a couple of people I have in mind for it and need to make up my mind soon.  Regardless, I really like the simplicity of it.

 

Couldn't decide which angle I liked, so I used both of them.  Like the color on the one above, but the shadow is less on this one.

Now don't forget to stop by and check out the rest of our team's samples.  I know you will love them.  And don't forget to add your sample.  We would love to see what you come up with.

 

Enjoy your Monday and enjoy your week.



Clean & Simple Sketch 306

As you can see, I had fun this past weekend.  Got a lot accomplished and love being able to post a few extra days this week.  This is one I did for the Clean and Simple Sketch this week.  It really was quick and easy.  So if you love easy, this is the sketch for you.

I really am trying to use up all my old paper as I have determined not to buy new until I have at least gone halfway through my stash.  We will see how far that gets me.  Now I did order some Christmas paper as I finished what I had last year and need more for this year.

Here is the inside of the card!

Just a little flower to give it color.

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

Using Scraps to Create Card #2

Well here I am back for the 4th day, so excited!  And again I am sharing with you a card I made using scraps on my stamping table as I was cleaning up.  I also found the image already to put on that I used for this card.  You will even notice a little water stain on it.  I should not have told you and I don't think you would have known, but that is what happens when you do something and don't use it, then let it sit on your stamping table for a while.  Anyway, just another card using the wonderful Monday Lunchtime sketch this week.  I also have used Sassy Salutations on it since I started the first card.  Love that set.  Anyway here it is.

So what do you think?  I sponged the background and used a circle to cover the white part.  Once done with that, I stamped the image.  Love, love the way it turned out, even with the water spot.

Here is a close up.

I may still try to sponge the little spot again just to darken it a little.

Hope you enjoyed using my scraps post and hopefully I will have more for you later.  Enjoy your Thursday!

Using Scraps to Create Card

Hello again!  I am on a roll.  Actually I created this card on Saturday while I was cleaning up my stamping room.  I ran across this flower that I had already put together with leaves and all for another card and did not like it, so when I got to it I put it to the side.  Then I come across the already cut out circle and thought, I can put these together and use "The Monday Lunchtime sketch of Mary Jo's again.  So what did I do, look and see!



Now this was just using things that I found laying around on my craft table.  I love it and I am so glad that this weeks Monday Lunchtime sketch was perfect for using up my scraps.  And a close up of my flower.

I kind of crinkled the leaves to make them look more like leaves.  

Thanks for stopping by for yet another day with a post!  YEAH!!!!!

Sketch 327- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Good Monday Morning to all my friends out there.  Today I am using my new blendabilities with you.  Have not got it down pat as this is really my first time using them, but I am sure I will get it before long.  Even the card I am sharing with you today is not perfect, I love it.  Mary Joe has another fabulous Monday Lunchtime sketch for you today.  Now just to let you know, you do not need to use Stampin' Up! products even though she would love for you to, so please join us for this wonderful sketch today.  Now here is my sample for this weeks challenge.

 

 

So what do you think?  I know I need a little more practice with the coloring, but I do love it anyway.  Here is a close up which shows you the blending though.

 

 

As I said, definitely not perfect, but when you are not looking for the flaws, it is beautiful to me.

 

Hope you will join us for our Monday Lunchtime sketch and don't forget to link up.  You may be part of our top 3.  Enjoy your week everyone.

 

Sketch 315- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Hello all!  Today is my granddaughter's birthday and we celebrated her birthday while she was at my house this weekend.  They headed back to Virginia yesterday.  It was a nice weekend.

 

So now to share the card I made for her.  I of course used our Monday Lunchtime sketch to make her birthday card along with the card you can record that is on the stamping up clearance rack.  So my husband and I recorded her a happy birthday message.

 

Now more about the card.  Here is the outside!

 

 

And now for the inside.  She is a cheerleader and loves it, so I found a coloring page on the internet and using my digital studio, fit it to the size I needed and made the inside salutation using the text mode and one of the digital punches.  I then printed it and colored it in to match the paper.

 

 

So what do you think?  Isn't it just the cutest.  Well I think it is.

 

Also I bought her and Origami Owl Pendant, chain and charms.  When you get them, you get this cute little box to put it in.  So I also had to add a little Happy Birthday (Perfect Punches stamp set) and Ribbon to the box and here is how it looked.  The Stampin' up! colors worked so well with the color of the box.

 

 

And one more photo with the card.

 

 

I will say she loved it and I am so glad.

 

So anyway hope you enjoyed the post for today. 

 

Got to get to work, so Hope your Monday is blessed!  Remember to check out the other post of our DT team over at our Monday Lunchtime Sketch blog!

 



Sketch 308- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday to all of you.  Hope your weekend was just wonderful.  I had a goo weekend with some visitors on Saturday which was nice.  So now on to our sketch this week.

 

Loved the sketch Mary Jo has for us this week at Techno Stamper, but took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do with it.  I finally came up with this using some of the latest techniques I had seen, like water color and spritzing the ink on.  Took me a while to decide I liked it as I almost did a new and different card.  I guess if time had not gotten in the way, I would have.  But the more I look at it the better I like it.  So here it is and please let me know what you think!

 

 

And, another view of the card!

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: By the Tide, Sassy Salutations

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

Designer Series Paper: Venetian Romance

Ink: Calypso Coral, Black Stazon, Bermuda Bay,

Blender Pen

Banner Framelits

 

Thanks for stopping by and please check out the other design team members samples!

LNS Challenge 245/Sketch 307- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday and hope you are all having a good start to your day.  I am actually posting this on Sunday evening and went to Medac in the afternoon and have a sinus and ear infection.  So hope my day is starting better than my Sunday.

 

I am combining my challenges again today.  Our LNS Challenge is "Spring has Sprung," which means just show us something spring related in whatever you create.  Well I decided to go spring with flowers and used Monday's Lunchtime Sketch to do this.  So here is my sample for both challenges.

 

 

And of course I did the inside also.

 

 

I love doing the inside.  It just finishes the card so perfectly.

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Secret Garden, Sassy Salutations, Remembering Your Birthday

Card Stock: Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe,  Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush

Secret Garden Framelits

Large Rhinestones

 

Thanks for stopping by and please check out the design team samples with LNS and Mary Jo's sketch this week.  Have a wonderful week everyone!



Sketch 304- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday everyone!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  I had a very nice weekend.  This past Saturday we celebrated by brother's 64th birthday and to be honest I was unsure he would still be here with us, but God saw the big picture.  He is still very weak, but I think he had fun.  I actually stayed Saturday Night with Mama and Joe and he was wore out.  I am sharing a photo of him a little farther down in the post.  But for now let's look at the card I created for this weeks Monday Lunchtime Sketch and the card I gave my brother for his birthday.

 

 

Here is the inside of the card!

 

 

I used Our Daily Bread designs on the inside cover because I thought this verse was so appropriate for his birthday card.

 

Here are a few pictures of Joe on his birthday! Yes the first one includes me and I am not sure what he is saying here, but he seemed happy.

 

 

Here he is blowing out his candles.  No we did not put 64 on there as I am not sure any of us could have blown out 64!!!!

 

 

And eating his cake!

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you are very blessed as we have been.

 

And, don't forget to stop by Mary Jo's blog and check out all the samples from our DT team.

 

I am also linking this to the Word Art Wednesday challenge.

Sketch 300- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday everyone!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  I spent the weekend with my brother and mother and even though it was a lot of work, it was a blessing.  Everyday I have them in my life is a blessing.

 

Today Mary Jo Monday Lunch time sketch is just wonderful for you to play along with and it is also sketch number 300!  I knew exactly what I was going to use when I saw the sketch. 

 

So here is my sample to this weeks sketch.

 

 

How cool is this for a child's birthday or for an adult birthday.

 

Here is the inside.

 

 

All items used are Stampin'  Up!

Stamp Sets: Sassy Salutations, Remembering Your Birthday

Card Stock:  Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe

Designer Series Paper: Birthday Basics

Circle Framelits

Banners Framelits

Modern Mosaic Textured Impressions Folder

 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to play along with us this week.  This is another one that I am going to add to this weeks challenge at LNS which is to use those framelits or dies.

 



Assorted Cards-Simply Sent Everyday Elegance

Well I have been trying to get my craft room organized and in doing so, I am finding all kinds of things I forgot I had.  I had ordered this set of Simply Sent Everyday Elegance Card kit from the SU Clearance Rack.  I know it was less than $3 for the kit, so I needed a set of quick cards to be able to put into our upcoming auction for Gateway Landing, facebook page.  So when I found these, I put them where I would be able to work on them when I could and yesterday was the day.  Here is the whole set.

 

 

And here are just the Cherry Cobbler.

 

 

And now for the Baja Breeze!

 

 

I now wish I had bought more than one pack of these, but next time I will know.

 

Here is the box I put them in and got it off of the Clearance Rack at Stampin' Up! also.  You can check thee clearance rack out by going to my website! 

 

 

I made the insert by using My Digital Studio and printing it out.

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you are continuing to stay warm. 

 

 



Sketch 296- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Good Monday Morning and hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I am here today to share my sample for the Monday Lunchtime Sketch today.  I just loved it and decided to use the chalk board technique by using black paper and white craft ink.  I did use some old letters I had that had retired from Stampin' Up! as I have so many and hate to order a current set.  Plus I do not use them that often, but I sure do love the way they turned out.

 

 

Here is the inside of the card.

 

 

And I did do a side view also so you could see the dimension.

 

 

To check out the sketch and the other samples from our design team you can see it here.

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Sassy Salutations, One in a Million, Bold Alphabet Lower (retired)

Card Stock: Classic Black, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Birthday Basics

Ink: White Craft, Basic Black

3/4 inch circle punch

Silver brads

Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you join our sketch challenge this week.

 

LNS Challenge 238/Sketch 293- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Well I am back!  So sorry for the long pause, but my brother was put back into ICU and so I was kind of tied up for a little while.  But again God has stepped in and performed a miracle and I am so thankful.  He is still very weak, but doing better.  Thanks again for the prayers that I know are going up for him.

 

OK, so I have not posted in two week and now our challenge for this week at LNS is to go simple, but not too simple.  Do at least three layers, add a few embellishments and that is exactly what I did.  And, yes I did lover Mary Jo's sketch this week.  So you must join both of these wonderful challenges this week.  I think you will be glad you did.  So here is my sample.

 

 

I am not happy with my coloring, but I just did not have the time to redo it.  So this is just the way it is going to stay.  I am probably more brutal with my own creations than others are, but it is what it is.  I do love the layout of the card and how the flowers are positioned, just do not like how I colored the flowers.  And yes I did do the inside and so glad I did.

 

 

So don't forget to check out these two fabulous challenges and see what the rest of the design team came up with.

 

Items Used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Remembering Your Birthday, Sassy Salutations, Secret Garden

Card Stock: Pink pirouette, Primrose Petals

Designer Series Paper: Birthday Basics

Ink: Raspberry Ripple

Markers

Secret Garden Framelits

 

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