Mojo Monday Sketch

HI! I hope everyone is staying healthy and getting in lot of time to stamp!  Are you tired of being stuck in the house yet?  I have not gotten to that point yet, I keep finding more and more fun stamp challenges online. Today is a new one that I found Mojo Monday How fun is a 3 card challenge! And I love that Julee put the measurements up for us as well.  Math and I do not get along. 

I had a fun time creating these 3 cards. This has made me want to create more cards in a collection type series. I also like that the designer series paper is double sided and so I could just flip it and the colors all coordinated. I also like that the flower in this stamp set has 3 different layers that are great on their own or you can layer them. 

All products used were Stampin' Up!

Stamps: To a Wild Rose

Ink and Paper: Neutral DSP, Blackberry bliss, Blushing bride, Smoky slate

Dies: Wild Rose 

Stampin blends: Petal pink, Rococo rose, Flirty flamingo

I kept the cards pretty quick and easy! I think they make a really cute gift to give to someone. Now that I have these measurements I will be sure and use them in the future.  Thank you so much for stopping by. I would love any comments you might have.  Have a blessed day and stay safe and healthy!

Hand stamped sentiments 337

Welcome to my blog!  So glad you are here!  I feel so bad for all the people that have or will have birthdays during the stay at home in place.  I know one thing I can do to make their day a little brighter is hand stamp them a cute little card, so they know that I was thinking of them. (plus it is better than going to a store and risking getting sick) 

Over at the Hand Stamped Sentiments blog they have a fun inspiration board to get the creative mind working.

Isn't this so adorable! The balloon element really stood out to me and I thought of the birthday bonanza dsp. I made this card for my friend who loves dogs so I used the dog instead of the bonanza buddies. 

Stampin' Up products used:

Stamps: Happy Tails, Bonanza Buddies

Dies: Bonanza, Stitched Shapes

Ink and Paper: Bonanza dsp, Calypso Coral, Momento Black Ink, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight

Stampin' Blends: Crumb Cake

I am hoping that when my friend receives this card it will bring her joy on her special day! And to all of you who have had birthdays during the pandemic know that I am thinking of you. Send me your address and I would love to send you a card! Have a safe and happy day.  Remember to keep washing your hands and make a few cards to send others joy!

Beautiful birds

Hi friends! a quick post today to share a few quick and easy cards that I made with the free as a bird stamp set. This sketch is from Martin Mayhem's 30 day card making challenge. He has created 30 days of really fun card challenges.

For this card I used the sentiment from the inspiring iris stamp set and the pinewood plank embossing folder for the white background.

I colored the bird with stampin blends calypso coral and daffodil delight.

For the second card I used everything from the free as a bird bundle. I colored this bird with balmy blue stampin blends.

I have had a great time creating from the ideas that Martin listed on the 30 day challenge. I was hoping to create more however I ran out of time.  I will keep his list and refer to it often for inspiration.  Thank you so much to Martin for all the fun and creating this challenge.

GDP #237

Hi stamping friends! So glad you are here. Today I created my card from the fun color challenge over at Global Design Project Challenge. These colors are so pretty together and it was fun to use a color combo that really made me think.  Do you always reach for the same color combo? I know that I do.

For this card I used many retiring products, trying to give them some last minute love.  The products included:

Stamps: inspiring iris

Ink and paper: mint macaron, melon mambo, night of navy, whisper white and neutral dsp (retiring)

Dies: stitched labels (retiring), stitched rectangles

Other: basket weave embossing folder (retiring), solid white baker's twine

Thank you so much for stopping by. I would love any comments you might have and join in the fun over at the global design project blog.  

Don't miss out on this fun paper pumpkin! Order by May 10th. Let me know if you have any questions.

TGIF challenge - Belly bands

Hi and welcome! So glad you are here! I hope you are doing well and staying healthy. I made a bunch of cards for one of my customers to thank her for her recent order and decided to put them in the acetate card holders. It is perfect fit for 5 cards and envelopes. I saw that TGIF challenges had for their technique week belly bands. Perfect, just what my little box needed. Since the cards were all from the free bird stamp set and dsp I continued with that dsp for the belly band part. I wanted a big greeting and so the so sentimental bundle was just right.

I used the stitched label die (so sad this is retiring!) to add a little more dimension added a little white ribbon and fussy cut a few flowers. Hopefully my customer will enjoy this nice little package. Check out the TGIF website and see all the fun designers belly bands. They are all so talented.  Thank you for stopping by and stay home and healthy!

Fab Friday Challenge!

Hi! Thank you for joining me today! The fab friday blog has a fun sketch for this week. Visit their blog to see the amazing creations from the designers. I needed a masculine birthday card and the country club dsp seemed like a great option! I kept this card quick and simple.

Supplies I used:

Stamps: so sentimental

Ink and paper: night of navy, old olive, country club dsp, whisper white

Dies: stitched nested labels

Other accessories: whisper white solid bakers twine, burlap ribbon

Thank you again for visiting my blog! I would love if you would leave any comments you might have.  Have a safe and blessed day!

Freshly made sketches #431

Hello! Sometimes that is all we need to say just to make someone know that we care. So the sentiment for this card I kept pretty simple and used the sketch from the freshly made sketches blog. Do you ever struggle with how to use the small elements from a stamp set? This is the one way I reach for when I don't know what else to do, make background paper.

This card was pretty simple, just stamped the one element repeatedly rotating the view so that it looks like different stamps. Water colored the entire panel, used a die to cut out a scrap strip of paper to emboss the sentiment and the card was pretty much done.

Supplies used:

Stamps:ornate style, free as a bird

Dies: stitched shapes, stitched rectangles

Ink and card stock: pretty peacock, lovely lipstick, balmy blue, blushing bride, vellum, water color paper, staz on ink, versamark

Other accessories: white chalk pen, aquapainter, white embossing powder

Thank you for stopping by today! Let me know if you like the change I made to my blog (writing less and listing the supplies used for quick and easy reference) 

Stay healthy and check out the freshly made sketches blog, the designers have amazing cards.

Global Design Project Challenge 236

Hello! How is everyone doing? I hope you are all staying healthy and getting use to the new normal, at least for right now.  I made a card for the global design project challenge. I stayed pretty true to the designers original card.

The product I used were:

Stamps: floral essence

Ink and card stock: shimmery white, calypso coral, balmy blue, old olive, daffodil delight

Dies: stitched nested labels

Other accessories: scripty 3D embossing folder, watercolor pencils, rhinestone jewels, aquapainter, stampin blends

I stamped the flowers and then added a little more dimension with blends and water color pencils. Thank you so much for stopping by. Go to the GDP website and check out the fun cards that the designers created and join in on the fun! Have a wonderful and safe weekend!

TGIF # 259

Hi Everyone! So glad you are here!  For today's card I was inspired by the great team over at TGIF card challenge.  They have a really fun sketch for this week.

Check out them out here.

This was a challenge for me and really made me think outside of the box, which is what my brain needs these days.  I had these flowers sitting on my desk from another project that I didn't end up using them. So I forced myself to make it work. 

The flowers and the sentiment are from the free as a bird stamp set. I think these are such sweet little flowers and so quick and easy to color. I did not want the flowers floating and so I stamped the branch from the set with black on the poppy dsp that I had cut with my largest rectangle die.  

Before I adhered the flowers I gently rolled the petals to give them a little more dimension and added a little wink of stella. (Hard to get a picture of the soft shimmer) Finished it off with a few sequins. Make sure to go over and see all the wonderful inspiration over at the TGIF blog. They have such fun challenges. Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you will be back soon.  Stay healthy and keep praying for this virus to end! Take care! Blessings!