More cards for swaps

This evening I made a couple more cards for some of my personal swaps. The top is for a Sketch challenge SC451 and the bottom one is for Freshly Made Sketches #144. I am not sure if I will be playing much tomorrow as I have to have a tooth prepped for a crown and also my last wisdom tooth pulled - finally. 

Stamps: Hey there Buds

Ink: Markers in Always Artichoke and Rose Red. AA to die the ribbon also.

Paper: Always Artichoke, Rose Red and Very Vanilla. Springtime Vintage DSP

Stamps: Amazing Birthday

Ink: Pacific Point & Soft Sky

Paper: Pacific Point, Whisper White & High Tide DSP

Accessories: Argyle EF, Big Shot, 1/2' & 3/4" Circle punches

I appreciate any and all comments. Thanks for sharing and looking.

One More Today - Miss You

It is semester break day from our school district where I work; therefore, I have been able to play all day and make a few more cards. 4 more of these that use the Color challenge CC462 and also the Sketch SC472.The sketch fit very beautifully with the color challenge, which are two of my favorite challenges each week. There are so many out there to choose from and I always fall back to these when in doubt.

Paper: Blushing Bride, Primrose Petals and Wild Wasabi, 

Just Add Cake DSP and Patterns In Color 2012-14 Paper

Ink: Primrose Petals and Wild Wasabi

Stamps: Peaceful Petals, Hero Arts Miss You

Accessories: Primrose Petals 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, 

Blender Pens and Stampin' Dimensionals, Oval Punch

Thanks for any and all comments, they are really appreciated by this Stampin' Up demonstrator.

Hello Sailor - Busy today

This card is using a lot of new product to Stampin' Up and me. I am using an older SCS452 sketch and PPA187.  I really like these colors for a nautical look. 4 more of these for the troops at OWH.

Paper; Whisper White, Real Red, Soft Sky, High Tide DSP & Fresh Prints DSSP

Ink" Soft Sky and Real Red

Stamps: Hello, Sailor

Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals and Sponge Dauber

Thanks for any and all comments, they are really appreciated by this Stampin' Up demonstrator.

MOJO 330 Thinking of You

MOJO 330 Thinking of You is another 4 cards for Operation Write Home. My box will soon be full and ready to send. I am trying to make more  masculine cards and loved the sketch at MOJO and the sweater weather paper seems to fit quite nicely.  I decided to ink the edge to make the piece standout more here.

Paper: Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand, and

DSP Sweater Weather

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Stamps: Countryside, Peaceful Petals (Occasions)

Accessories: Corner Rounds, Big Shot, Circles Collection Framelit Dies, 

Stampin' Dimensionals and Sponge Daubers

Thanks for all of your comments, they are greatly appreciated by this Stampin' Up demonstrator.

Celebrate the Everyday Sale-A-Bration

I got my order yesterday and loved the new things in there, It was hard to decide what to use first so I went to SCS and found TLC463. This is the cutest flower and I used scalloped Circle punch instead of a plain circle. Love the little flower - thanks Joan Ervin for the technique and Stamperrobin for the sketch.

I think next time I will use a little bigger punch. I also turned my sketch up and down instead of sideways.

Paper: Gumball Green, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet DSP, and Birthday Basics DSP

Stamps: See You Later (sale-a-bration 2014)

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe

Accessories: Scallop Punch, Stampin Dimensionals, Neutral Candy Dots

By the Tide, Wetlands, SC469

I was busy today making 4 sets of masculine cards for gifts, OWH, etc. I pulled out a couple of stamp sets I like and a DSP package. I have a hard time making masculine cards to had to search the SCS galleries and some pinterest to get a couple of ideas, then I went back to the Splitcoaststampers sketches and it hit me.

The above are three of the five cards I met for each set. The other two use the Seahorse and the Fish from the By the Tide stamp set also. They were Not Quite Navy and Cherry Cobbler from the same DSP.

Paper: Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb, Cake, Early Espresso, Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, 

Very Vanilla and  Parker's Patterns DSP

Stamps: By the Tide, Wetlands, Really Good Greetings, Seasonal Sentiments

Ink:; Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, and Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Framelit Dies, 1" Cirlce Punch, 1 3/8" Cirlce Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thanks for any and all comments. I always appreciate any criticism also. Hope you enjoy.

Busy little Bee

I was quite busy this 3 day weekend making 2 large card sets for Christmas gifts. Three generations of us do quilting and I saw a quilt card and was hooked. Therefore I made 2 of each of the following cards for my  mom and some other gift.  As some say I am bitten by the bug. The scanner has an issue so I could not add the other two. I got most of the patterns and tutorials from pinterest, some from Stampin Up and some on other spots. Thanks to all who have posted before me with these patterns and designs. The tutorials are all great to get started. Counting all of the cards for these sets and a few extra I made 26 cards this weekend.

Ohio Star

Paper: Bermuda  Bay, Whisper White, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay DSP, Night and Day DSP

Ink: Bermuda Bay - Stamp Messages for Mom

Accessories: Build a Brad, Embossing Folder and Punches

Grandma's Rose Garden

Thanks Jenna Barber for the great tutorial. Love what she used so cased somewhat.

Paper: Springtime Vintage DSP, Always Artichoke, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Rose Red

Ink: Rose Red - Stamp: A Round Array

Accessories: Pink Satin Ribbon, Punches

Old Mill Wheel Another great tutorial

Paper: Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Spice Cake DSP

Ink: Old Olive - Stamps: Postage Collection

Accessories: Large punch, dimensionals, Embossing Fold

Card Trick (made 4 of these in 2 colors)

Papaer: Soft Suede, Pool Party, Spice Cake DSP, Very Vanilla

Ink: Soft Suede - Stamps 

Accessories - Candy Dots, Dimensionals, Punches, Piercing mat and tool

Flying Geese (thanks Wendy Cranford)

Paper: Autumn Meadows DSP, Well Worn DSP scraps, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip - Stamps: Bring on the Cake

Accessories: Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Ink Daubers to apply more chocolate chip

Herringbone (thanks to Beate Johns)

Paper: Summer Smoochies DSP, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White

Ink:: Basic Black - Stamps

Accessories: Punches, Polka Dot Embossing Folder

Name unknown ( sorry about the crooked words)

Paper: Raspberry Tart (retired), Red Rose, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White

Ink: Red Rose - Stamps Morning Madness

Accessories: Dimensionals, Embossing Folder

Tulip (thanks Wendy Cranford)

Paper: Old Olive, Whisper White, Perfect Plum DSP

Ink: Perfect Plumb - Stamps : Itty Bitty Banners

Accessories: Pear Pizzazz Gross Grain Ribbon, Dimensionals, Scallop Punch, Square Latice Embossing Folder

Tried to use lots of scraps that I had from other cards and projects. Was quite fun to get rid of a few.

Thanks for taking the time to look. I really appreciate any comments and/or questions you may have.  I may try to update some of the info as I remember where I found it and what items were used. 

Celebrate a Sweet Birthday

This is my take on a couple of my favorite site challenges from today. The are the color combo at PPA and the sketch taken from SFF080913.  I just got this stamp set in today's order so wanted to use it as I also need a couple of children's birthday cards for a swap group I host currently.  I love doing the little corner tag embellishments lately, I think they neat dress up a card of any type.

Stamps: Cycle Celebration
Paper: Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding (really loving the new In Colors) Birthday Basic DSP
Ink: Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories: Dimensionals, Oval punch, Hexagon Punch, Ovals Framelit Dies

Thanks for taking a moment to comment or ask a questions. I love stamping and am trying to obtain a stash so I have a card when I need one at the last minute.

Male BD card

This is a card I made for CCMC263 - Sketch  and JAI#177- Color. I wanted a masculine looking card and was hard to do with the colors but this is what I cam up with.  I fussy cut the goose and added it with dimensionals to lift it off the backgroud.

Stamp: Wetlands

Paper: Color challenge was Soft Sky but I did not have so I used Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Smoky Slate

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Smoky Slate

Accessories: Corner rounder, Dimensionals, Cloud EF

Thanks for taking time to look and leave a comment or ask any questions. 

Having so much fun today in the craft room

I used the sketch from MOJO Monday 304 and the colors from the Color Q 199 challenge to make my card.  I used the round version which I needed for a round card swap on my Swap group. Just getting under the deadline for Color Q.

This was quite a challenge for me since I had to go hunt up all of my old colors and papers.  Had a couple sheets of Dusty Durango and a small scrap of Groovy Guava (I think that is what it is). The pattern papers came from my retired packs of Raspberry Tart for the Kiwi Kiss and Ginger Blossoms for the Groovy Guava.  Barely had enough but was able to make four cards for two different swaps later this fall - a round card and an autumn card.  I really like how my card turned out. Please take time to leave me a comment.

Stamps: Secret Garden, Bloomin' Marvelous
Paper: Dusty Durango, Groovy Guava, Crumb Cake since I had no Kraft left, DSP Raspberry Tart for the Kiwi Kiss, and DSP Ginger Blossom for the Groovy Guava
Ink: Dusty Durango, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: SU - Large Scallop Circle, Dimensionals, Secret Garden Framelit Dies, Dusty Durango Polka Dot Ribbon, 2 1/2" Circle Punch: CM-Circle Cutting System

More cards I have made the past few days and weeks

Stamps: For the Birds

Paper: Early Espresso, Real Red, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Festival of Prints DSP

Ink: Real Red, Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Pool Party

Accessories: White Flower Brad, Vine EF

The mail box and bird are colored with Real Red and Teals shades of markers.

Was in the mood yesterday to actually make some masculine cards which is really hard for me to do because I love all of the ribbon, lace and flowers the best.

Stamp: The Great Outdoors

Paper: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Well Worn DSP

Ink; Night of Navy

Accessories: Stripe Embossing Folder

Wanted a card that is clean and simple and eary for mailing. the kind my mother likes the best.

Sta,p: By the Tide, Bring on the Cake

Paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Well Worn DSP

Ink: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze

Accessories. 2 1/2" Punch, Dimensional

Another great masculine card and really like By the Tide now that I have used a couple times.

This is the card I made for a Father's Day swap and one to send to my Dad.

Stamps: Dapper Dad, Amazing Family

Paper Marina Mist, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Parker's Patterns DSP

Ink. Marina Mist, Cajun Craze

Accessories: Houndstooth EF,  Pop Top (mashed in the Big Shot), 1" punch, glue dots, dimensionals

This card was for a torn paper swap and I used scraps of paper I do not remember what it was called from a scrapbook page I had completed quite awhile ago. Stamped with coral stamp and added sentiment.

Stamps: By the Tide, Sassy Salutations

Paper: Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, Unknown DSP

Ink: Garden Green, Early Espresso

Please take time to leave comments and I will check out your blog.

Field of Flowers

I am on a roll and trying to get caught on my swap group cards. They are so patient and I am almost caught up with June. I also wanted to use a color combo from SCS - CC436 - Bashful (Sky) Misty Coral

Closed view

I needed a card for a non-traditional fold and found this tutorial by Jane for a Layered Window Frame Fold.  It was very clear and concise to follow.

Open view

This is a view of the card opened up. Love the Framelits and new stamps I have not used yet.

Stamps: Field of Flowers

Paper: Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Marina Mist, Whisper White

Ink: Calypso Coral, Old Olive

Accessories: Window Framelits, Dimensionals

Thanks you for looking and sharing your comments!

Over three months but I am back

Thanks Lisa http://lisacurcio.blogspot.coml for the tutorial for this card. I love the stamp set but have not used it much as I do not like what I have made in the past. I change my colored paper and Birthday stamp.

Stamps: By The Tide, Create-a-Cupcake

Paper: Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Whisper White

Ink. Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo

Accessories: Label Punch and 1" & 11/4" square punches

Bright Simply Soft & Cards for a Cause

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Getting a chance to play today as I have been running a fever with this stupid cold and tired of staying in bed. DH is at church and my kids will be here later today on their way to Seattle from Montana. 

 The above card is today's featured stamper. Here is the card I cased http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6465759251752564977#editor/target=post;postID=353782608203584889. I like her card a lot abut wanted to do it in the color challenge Bashful Raspberry Petals for my swap group. Not sure I like the card as it is rather bright. Also really hard to tell the raspberry ripply from the primrose petals. 

Stamps: Simply Soft (hostess), Elements of Style, Love Blossoms Wheel

Paper: Bashful Blue, Raspberry Ripple 

Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals. RR stampin' write

Accessories - Raspberry Ripple Stitched Ribbon, Stripes EF, Stampin' around, 

The bottom card is one of 12 I made for St. Baldricks Foundation Cards for a Cause for the month of April. They will go in tomorrow's mail. I made 12 different cards 4 different color themes and using the 3 different semtiments from the stamp set.

Stamp: Upsy Daisy

Paper: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Riding Hood Red, DSP from the Festival of Prints Stack - other cards: DSP from the Print Poetry and Festival of Print Pack, Primrose Petals, Gumball Green, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Early Espresso.

Ink: Cherry Cobbler - other; Island Indigo, Early Espresso, Primrose Petals

Accessories; Cherry Cobbler Taffeta Ribbon - others; Early Espresso Taffeta, Gumball Green Stitched Robbin, & Early Espresso Square embossed looking.

Thanks for taking the time to look and leave any comments or questions. I do what I do because I love it.

Breezy Suede Plums for Sketch Frenzy Friday

I am so excited about the amount of cards I am getting done. I am supposed to be at the Oregon coast but my DH had a huge kidney stone remove a couple days ago and is not in the traveling mood. Oh well, I just hide out in my scrap room and work my fingers to the bone. I really should do some yard work but now it is raining. Darn, did I ever time that just right since it is supposed to rain the rest of this week. Oh Linda, Linda.

I will be sending this to my sister for Mother's day. She loves purple and also butterflies are in her house everywhere therefore; I think she will like this card very much. I also made one for my mother and a swap.

Used the color challenge #CC324 and Sketch Frenzy Friday 032913.

Stamps: Collage Curios (the butterfly), Amazing Family

Paper: Baja Breeze, Soft Suede, Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Plum DSP, 

scraps of  some Soft Suede DSP out of an older Christmas package.

Inks: Perfect Plum, Soft Suede

Accessories: 2 1/2 ", 1" circles punches, 1 1/4", 7/8" Scallop Circle punches, 

Blossom Punch, 3/16" corner punch, Tulips Border EF, Bitty Butterfly punch, 

the smallest white pearls, dimensionals

Red & Saffron Party

This card is for the SCS Color Challenge - http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2354179?&cat=24178 and the Sketch is Freshly Made Sketches - http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/. I am loving this new set that is a Spring Surprise Promotion for sale until May 30, 2013. I usually do not like little stamps but this one is just the most adorable.

Stamps: A Round Array

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Real Red, Pool Party, So Saffron, Whisper White

Accessories: 7/8" Scallop circle punch, Dimensionals, Stitched 1/4" White Ribbon, Lacy Brocade EF

Sycamore Street Blooms

I am really loving the new products that have come out this spring and for Sale-A-Bration. Another sketch from TSOT http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.com/. I love their sketches and design team's take on the sketch every week. Don't usually get them done until the weekend but today it is Monday and we do not have school so I do not work. YEAH. As I went to post this on TSOT I noticed Beth Mc used the same colors, style, and products I used. Great minds think alike I have always been told. Sorry

Stamp: Mixed Bunch (one of my all time favs)
Paper: Sycamore Street SAB Designer Series Paper, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry
Ink; Rich Razzleberry
Accesories: The new Vine SAB and Square Latice Embossing folders, Flower, Small Scallop Cirlce and Border Punches, SAB Sycamore Street Pool Party Button, Pool Party Baker's Twine, Glue Dots, Pearls

Thanks for taking the time to look and leave comments.  They are greatly appreciated.

Vintage Verse in Coral

This sketch is from Try Stampin' on Tuesday. I am loving their  sketches so far. Even was picked as top 3 first week I entered. the link is: http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.com/. Loving all of the new elements in the 2013 Sale-A-Bration and the new Spring Occasions catalog. I had to buy almost everything.

Stamp: Vintage Verses (SAB 2013)
Paper: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, DSP Tea for Two
Ink: Calypso Coral
Accessories: Labels Framelits, Small Doily Die, Calypso Coral Ruffled Ribbon, Dimensionals

Thanks for taking the time to look and leaving your comments are much appreciated.

Merry Christmas to All

Wishing you had a Merry Christmas  today. Was very quiet here.  I made homemade noodles from my grandmother's recipe, did some crocheting on a bay afghan I am making to have on hand, and some cards for the BRAK girls on SCS. Also did a couple cards for a swap group  I own. Below is the card for the Color challenge swap in that group: Cajun Olive Breeze.

Stamps: Feel Good from the Spring 2013 Catalog
Paper: Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Whisper White, Paisley Prints DSP
Ink: Cajun Craze
Accessories: Labels Framelits, Old Olive Grograin ribbon, Large Scallop Edgelit, Dimensionals, Embossing folder - Fancy Fan
      Cased from http://www.stampingtoshare.com/

Thanks for looking. Love and appreciate all of your comments.

God's Blessing - A Baby

With so many babies being born in our church and friends we know I decided to dedicate today to making some baby cards after being inspired by this layout: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2186199?&cat=22338. Thanks so much.

Top card for little boys uses Baja Breeze and Island Indigo. The little girl card uses Rich Razzleberry and Rose Red. The DSP is from the Floral District package. Added Rich Razzleberry polka dotted ribbon to the pink one. Used the dotted embossing folder and the scallop punch. Other punches used were the Word Window and the Modern Label. Also added a couple of pearls to the pink one after I scanned them.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my cards and leaving any comments or questions.