Try Stampin' On Tuesday Sketch/Upsy Daisy

I love this size of card but never think of doing them.  But when I saw the sketch this week over at Try Stampin' On Tuesday, I knew I would have to try it and now I am glad I did.  I think it turned out just as I expected.  Once in a blue moon that happens!  This stamp set is one of my oldies but goodies and one of the best buys I made.  I have used this stamp set so many times and everytime I use it, I love the outcome, especially when you use the sponge daubers and make it different colors.

Here is a side view of this card!

and the inside of the card!

I love this stamp set that I used on the inside of this card called blessings from heaven.  It was just perfect to go with the outside sentiment.

All items are stampin' Up unless otherwise noted!

Stamp Set: Upsy Daisy, Blessings from Heaven (inside)

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red

Designer Series Paper: Attic Boutique

Classic Ink: Rose Red, Pretty in Pink

Markers for coloring the stems on the flowers

Sponge Daubers for coloring the flowers

Lace Ribbon Border Punch

Top Note Die

1/8" taffeta ribbon

In Color Brads

Thanks for looking and hope you have a wonderful day!

Ready to Go/On our Way Wedding Page

Well I thought I would share a couple of other pages that are part of the scrapbook that I am doing for my daughter and her husband as a one year Anniversary gift.  Hope I finish by May.  But the one above are the finishing touches before we walk out the door.  At this point and time I was probably saying hurry up or we are going to be late for your wedding. lol

And, the next page you see here is me driving to the beach where the wedding is being held.  Of course she got married on Memorial day weekend and traffic was terrible, so I was beginning to think we would be late.  But we made it in plenty of time, 5 minutes before start time! I was sweating.

Hope you enjoyed yourself today and hope you will drop by again!

My Digital Studio by Stampin' Up!

Serve The Lord

This weeks challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs blog is to use flowers on your card.  It can be a stamp set, paper ribbon, whatever just use flowers.  It is Kelley's 4th year anniversary for Our Daily Bread Designs Stamps.  Congratulations Kelley! 

So as you can see on my card, I used the stamp set from ODBD called Serve the Lord and the ODBD Crocheted Circle Die which actually goes with the stamp set.  So you can see it is cut out perfectly and the stamped image has flowers.  How easy is that?

Also, I had some boutonniere pins left from my daughter's wedding last May, and they had a pearl on the end.  So I added other pearls to the pin and then used it as a stick pin on this card!  One of my dear friends from Our Daily Bread Designs Forum (Christian Paper Crafts), Sabrina sent me this flower ribbon which I love so I cut one of the flowers off and attached to the top of the ruffled ribbon as they were a perfect match.  I just love those flowers and will have to find out where they came from.  Help Sabrina!!!!

Here is a side view of this card!

And of course had to show a close up of the flowers!

I used my water color pencils and my wisteria wonder marker for coloring the flowers and lucky limeade and old olive for the stems and greenery.  I then spritzed everything with the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz.  Beautiful shimmer in person. 

And of course don't forget the inside!

The scripture on the top is a little crooked, but hopefully the recipient will not notice! LOL

Items used are stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

Stamp Set: ODBD Serve the Lord

Card Stock: Whisper White, Lucky Limeade

Designer Series Paper: Berry Blossoms

Wisteria Wonder Marker, Water Color Pencils

3/8" lucky limeade ruffled ribbon

ODBD Crocheted Circle Die

Flower Ribbon, pin and pearls from stash

Thanks for looking today and hope you are blessed!

SULateNightStampers Challenge - Favorite Color Combos

Well I am a day late with my SULateNightStampers Challenge this week, but I think they will forgive me.  I actually used the sketch for Stamping 411 this week and what a great sketch for this Beau Chateau Designer Paper.  I also decided to use the oval frame embossing folder for this one and love the way it turned out.  I guess you know what my favorite color combo is don't you?  The pinks and browns, but then on the other hand, they are all my favorite colors.

Here is a side view of this card!

And a close up of the frame!

And of course the inside!

I have made so many birthday cards lately that I am probably caught up for the year, but I am sure you will see more!

Items used for this card are all Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Happiest Birthday Wishes

Card Stock: Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Soft Suede

Designer Series Paper: Beau Chateau

Classic Ink: Soft Suede

Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon

Punches: 1" Circle, 1 1/4" Circle, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle, Scallop Trim Border

Designer Frames Textured Impressions Embossing Folders Set

Thanks for looking today and hope your day is very blessed!

Happy Birthday Owl

Saturday was my brother's birthday and so I needed to make him a card!  He has down syndrome and just turned 62.  Can you believe it?  He is the oldest of 5 and we all love him very much!  He had the best time on Saturday and every year that we celebrate a birthday with him is very special.

What inspired this card was this weeks sketch frenzy Friday!  I knew I wanted to use the owl punch and also wanted to make ballons and it just seemed like the perfect sketch for the card!

Here is a side view!

And a view of the inside!

I am loving decorating all the insides of my cards!  It is a lot of fun.

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Create A Cupcake, Outlined Occasions

Designer Series Paper: Just add Cake

Card Stock: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade, Wild Wasabi

Punches: 1" Round, Modern Label, Owl Builder, 1/2 inch

Stripes textured Impressions Embossing Folder

White Bakers Twine

Thanks for stopping by and hope your Monday is blessed!

Hymn & Scripture Challenge # 5 - May the Mind of Christ My Savior

What a beautiful song this is and for the first time, it took me a while to recognize this song.  I had heard it before, but it was when I was a child and it did not click.  But the more you listen to it, the more beautiful it becomes.  You must check out Patter's post on this as she talks about it verse by verse and adds scripture along with each verse.  Her write up is just wonderful.  Of course as always she gives the history of the song and the writer.  You can find her post here!  Also I used this for the Word Art Wednesday challenge this week and also got the scripture from there.  As soon as I saw the scripture, I knew that would be the scripture for this page.  If I am doing what this verse says, then the mind of Christ is living in me.  And, I can honestly say that I strive daily to live my life for Christ.  Not always the easiest journey, but definitely the most rewarding journey I have ever been on.  Jesus is my all and without Him I am nothing and I realize that!

"I will praise you Lord with all my heart. I will tell of all the marvelous things You have done.  I will be filled with joy because of You. I will sing praises to Your name, O Most High." Psalm 9:1-2

I am also using this for this weeks Little Birdie Blessings Scripture Thursday Linky Party! 

Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio was used for this page.

Digital Designer Paper: Strength and Hope
Digital Stamp Set: Cheep Talk
Card Stock: Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Wild Wasabi
Button Pack In-Color
Perfect Plum Grosgrain Ribbon, Pearls

Thanks for looking and hope you have a wonderful Sunday!

My first Easter Card!

This year, I would love to send out Easter cards and so I have been looking for just the right sketch to use this stamp set "He is Risen."  And this weeks Try Stampin' On Tuesday was the one.  I was able to display the flowers and the sentiment just right.  And was able to use another one of the sentiments on the inside.  Such a great stamp set for Easter.  And this celebration paper seemed to work so well even though there is no yellow in it.  I just brought it in with the yellow in the center of the flower even though it is hard to see.

Here is a side view!

And the inside!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: He is Risen

Card Stock: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

Designer Series Paper: Everyday Enchantment

Classic Ink: Lucky Limeade

Markers for coloring

Large Oval Punch, Oval Scallop Punch

1/4" Daffodil Delight grosgrain ribbon

Pearls

Thanks for looking today and hope you have a wonderful and blessed Saturday!

Flower Birthday

I decided it was time to bring out the punches when I saw the sketch yesterday for Stampin Queen's Sketch Challenge.  So I did just that and brought out three of my flower stampin' up! punches.  I must have all of their punches and love them all and use them quite often.  They are so versatile and you can do so much with them.  I almost went with circles, but when I thought about a ladies birthday just seemed to say flowers!

Here is a side view of the card!

And of course as always the inside!

I always try to use coordinating paper to bring the outside in!

Items used are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock: Soft Suede, Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Beau Chateau

Classic Ink: Soft Suede

Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz on flowers and border

Punches: Blossom, 5 Petal Flower, Word Window, Modern Label

Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads

Crochet Border and pink pearls given to me by a friend, Nancy - who is the best

Thanks so much for looking today and hope you have a blessed evening!

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge

It has been so long since I went into my digital stash, but when I saw this challenge over at Sweet 'n Sassy Digi challenge blog and I knew I was going to have to make this tent card!  I also used the sketch challenge this week over at the Sweet Stop.  Of course this is my first one, and, I think it turned out OK.  There are a few things I might do different next time, but for now, I'm happy with it.  Here is the tutorial on how to do a tent card.  It is really very easy!

Also to show you a side view of what a tent card looks like!

Another side view!

And a close up of the center!

Items used are Stampin' Up! unless other wise noted:

Digi Stamp: Sweet 'N Sassy Gardening Cookie

Card Stock: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade

Designer Series Paper: Berry Blossoms

Classic Ink: Wisteria Wonder

Extra Large bird punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Word Window Punch

Pearls from my friend Nancy

Labels Collection Framelits Dies

Hope you enjoyed your time here today and please let me know what you think!

SULateNightStampers Challenge - Go green

OK, this is a little late, but it is Monday and time for our SULateNightStampers challenge.  Today's challenge is "Go Green" and as you can see by my card, I went green!  I have been waiting to find a way to use this beautiful paper and have used quite a bit of the other side, but never this side and for once I had the perfect card for it.  I even love the paper pieced dress for the little girl!  So easy to do, just stamp the image on the Designer paper and then cut just the dress part out.  Then you adhere to the image and it is paper pieced!  How easy is that.  I also used last weeks sketch from "Red Hot Stamper Sketch" blog which you can find here! Just seemed to work for this card! 

Here is a side view of the card!

And the inside view with another piece of the other side of this paper!

Items used for this card are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Lean on Me

Card Stock: Whisper White, Old Olive

Designer Series Paper: Paisley Petals

Classic Ink: Basic Black

Markers for coloring hair and body

Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies

2 3/8" scallop round punch

Paper Piecing Technique

Upsy Daisy meets Stamping 411 Sketch

Good Sunday morning and what a beautiful day it is! Sun is already up and shining!  Thought I would try to get this posted prior to getting ready for church.

This was such a wonderful sketch and I decided to dig a little before actually making my decision and so glad I did as I came up with one of my older stamp set, but one I love.  It always makes such a refreshing card!  And as you can see in the title this card was inspired by the sketch at Stamping 411.  I used two different colors for the daisy and both were from the in-colors groups, peach parfait and calypso coral using the spong daubers.  I used these two colors as the paper looks as though it has both colors in it.  The paper is a favorite of mine also from the Designer Series Paper, Paisley Petals.

Here is a side view of the card which shows the dimension on the card!

And of course as always the inside of the card!

I could not get a good shot of the verse, but it says, "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 41:28.  Love that verse and I know just how true it is!

All Items are Stampin' Up! except the inside verse.

Stamp Sets: Upsy Daisy, ODBD Scripture Collection 4

Card Stock: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade

Designer Series Paper: Paisley Petals

Classic Ink: Lucky Limeade, for sponging the flowers Calypso Coral and Peach Parfait

Everyday Enchantments Ribbon from sale-a-bration

Brad is from the Designer Printed Brads collection

3 pearls are from Nancy at "Nickel Nook"

Hope you enjoyed stopping by today and have a wonderful Sunday!

Cheerful Treats Birthday

Good Saturday Morning!  Thought I would post this card I made yesterday for the Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge before I started cleaning up my craft room this morning!  I really liked the sketch and had not played with this stamp set yet which is one of the sale-a-bration items.  It was a fairly easy card to do as it is really only one layer!  And, decided to make it into a birthday card so I could enter it into the SUO Challenge of "Happy Birthday!"

Here is a side view!

And now for the inside as always!

As you can see I am getting my stash of birthday cards together as it seems my list gets bigger every year!

Items Used are all Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Elementary Elegance

Card Stock: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist

Designer Series Paper: Cheerful Treats

Ink: Classic Bashful Blue, Craft Whisper White

Scallop Squares Duo Bigz Die

Curly Label Punch

1/4" grosgrain Bashful Blue Ribbon

Whisper White Bakers Twine

Whisper White Designer Buttons

Basic Pearl Jewels

Thanks for looking today and hope you have a great day!

Timeless Portrait/My Digital Studio

I have really been having a good time with My Digital Studio lately!  And, I am loving this one piece of art I did very quickly this morning for the challenge at Word Art Wednesday.  Every Wednesday, Cassandra puts up a new scripture with a verse that you can down load and use.  I have been wanting to play with her challenge for a while and also have been looking for something to put into the frames that I got a deal on, and this morning just seemed like the right time.  Especially since I am taking the day off of work.  So, I went to my digital studio and knew exactly which paper to pull into my page to get it started, Timeless Portrait Designer Paper.  Then all I had to do was to add in around it and add the verse.  So very easy.  Now to decide where to hang this beauty!

I did try it in a 8 X 10 without the border, but did not like it as well, but here it is!

And here it is before I printed it to the 8 X 10 and 5 X 7!

Here are the items I used in My Digital Studio:

Stamp Sets: Sunset Serenade, Timeless, Simple Friendships, Elementary Elegance

Colors pulled in are: Orchid Opulence, Wild Wasabi and White

The Designer Paper is Timeless Portrait

Bible Verse from Word Art Wendnesday blog

Thanks for looking and hope your day is filled with many blessings from God!

Everything to Enjoy

I just love this paper and had been waiting on a chance to use it and this weeks challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs blog gave me the chance.  I actually received from Nancy, blog The Nickel Nook, when she had a blog give away.  Once you see the inside of the card, you will see some more of this fabulous paper.

Anyway, the challenge at ODBD Blog is to use or create a scene on your card!  So I used the paper for my Scene and then stamped the scripture you see above on the paper.  But I did not stop there!  I decided to use the textured impressions designer folders call "Designer Frames"!  And, it fit the scripture perfectly.  I love the outcome and such an easy card.

And yes, I do have a front view of the card!

And an inside view which I promised!

And a close up of the frame and the verse!

I am also linking this to the Scripture Thursday Linky Party at Little Birdie Blessings!

Items used for this card are:

Stamp Set: ODBD Scripture Series 2

Card Stock: SU Not Quite Navy, SU  Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Webster's Pages Collection triple pack

SU Designer Frames Embossing Folders

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your Friday!

Mixed Bunches/Blossom Punch

I think you all know by now that I am loving this Designer Paper, Attic Boutique, and also loving this stamp set, Mixed Bunches and the Blossom Punch!  You can make any kind of card just pop right out with the paper and the punch.

For this card, I was inspired by the sketch challenge at Try Stampin' On Tuesday!  Now a couple of things I did with the flower is I stamped it with versamark and then clear embossed it.  I also, added two of them which you will be able to see in this photo!

Both of them were embossed with the clear embossing powder and the bottom one I used a bone folder to pull the edges under and the top one used the bone folder to pull the edges upward to give the card some dimension!  I love the way it turned out.  Because of the embossing on the top, you had to be careful pulling the edges up on the second flower.  I then used the Designer Printed Brads to put them together and popped them up with a stampin' dimensional.

Here is a close up of the flower!

And of course as always I did the inside!

Items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Mixed Bouquet, Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess), Create a Cupcake (happy birthday)

Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Attic Boutique

Classic Ink: Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise

Versamark Ink

Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Blossom Punch

Clear embossing powder

Designer Printed Brads

Thanks for looking today and hope you enjoy the rest of this week!