SDC100: Anything Goes

This is Kim here and I'm excited to get to hostess this week over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge as it's our 100th challenge.  This week is super easy for you all-ANYTHING GOES.  I find myself creating a lot for the wonderful design teams I'm a part of but once in awhile I just like to play a bit and create for no reason at all other than to participate in some of my favorite color, sketch or theme challenges.

So create with ANYTHING in mind this week and can't wait to see!

For my card, I tried some of my new IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Texture Spray to create my background (hard to see in the photo).  I do love this stuff and the texture it creates.

I picked this darling image, the Queen of Hearts as my focal point and then I wanted to add a sentiment and a little something else so my card didn't look too bare.

Hope you will jump on over to the Stampotique Designer's Challenge and join us with your creations!

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Card details:

Stamps: Queen of Hearts, Little Hoo Hoo, and Line-up from Stampotique Originals

Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White and Basic Black

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black

Embellishments: IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Texture Spray, Spellbinders Circle Dies

Hello There Butterfly

Just a quick card to share today, I didn't stamp at all this weekend-this was a card I made for a publication call that was rejected.

I created the splattered pieces by spraying inks on a craft mat along with a few sprays of water and then put the card stock face down on the craft mat.

Once it was dried, I punched the circles and then sewed them onto the card stock.

I love the sentiments in this set.

Hope you have a Happy Monday!

Card details:

Stamps: Good Times from Mama Elephant

Cardstock: Pear Pizzaz, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black and Naturals White from Stampin'Up!

Inks: Dylusions Spray in Pink Bubblegum, Fresh Lime and Vibrant Turquoise, Memento Tuxedo Black

Embellishments: Janome Sewing Machine, 1 1/4" circle punch-Stampin'Up!, Butterfly die from Paper Trey Ink

Happy Birthday Bicycle!

Today is my little brother's birthday...well, I can still call him that because he is younger than I am :-)

Happy Birthday Jim!

(seriously hope he doesn't see this as I haven't given him his card yet LOL)

He loves bike riding and so I pulled out my Old Fashioned Afternoon set to use for this quick and easy card.  The Retro Sketches challenge was used on this card and I let the paper do most of the work.

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Card details:

Stamps: Old Fashioned Afternoon from Sweet Stamp Shop and Labels4Cutting from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Trendsetter Blue, My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Portobello

Inks: Memento London Fog, Memento Tuxedo Black

Embellishments: twine

Glittery Birthday Wishes

This weekend I finally felt like I got a little of my mojo back (not all of it) but some of it anyway.

I broke out some of my fun new goodies (paper, glitter, glue, enamel dots) to play with.  I came across this dimensional glue from Sparkle N Sprinkle when I was at CKC Manchester and fell in love with it.   I love that it holds it's dimension.  Of course, I had glitter, but their beautiful array of colors had me buying some more and I knew I needed to put it to use.  I also broke out some "oldies" but using some of my Stampin' Up! sets that have been collecting dust on my shelf.

This card is based on the Case This Sketch #26 which of course I missed the challenge deadline-but that's ok :-)  

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

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Card details:

Stamps: Bliss and So Happy for You from Stampin' Up!

Cardstock: Mauved by the Paparazzi, Naturals White, Glitz Uncharted Waters

Inks: Perfect Little Black Dress, Baja Breeze

Embellishments: Dimensional Glue and Misty Blue G1021 Glitter from Sparkle N Sprinkle, Enamel Dots from Basic Grey, corner punch

Talk4Phone

Oh, I'm having so much fun playing with this new set from The {Stamps} of Life called Talk4Phone.  Quote bubbles are in on creations and there are some cute ones in this set alone with a blank bubble that you can write your own stuff in.

For my first card, I went a little out of my comfort zone and got a little dirty with some silver shimmer spritz from Tsukineko.

The chevron stamps are from the Quick2Border set.  I love, love, love how this turned out!!!  I think this is one I could make multiple cards of.

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Card details:

Stamps: Talk4phone and Quick2border from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, Whisper White

Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Pink Passion, Certainly Celery, Perfect Little Black Dress

Embellishments: Smooch Spritz Silver from Tsukineko

Here's one more card using some scraps of patterned paper and I finished the inside of the card too-I don't do that too often :-)

Card details:

Stamps: Talk4phone and Turtle2Love from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: VIP Purple, Whisper White, Basic Grey Wisteria

Inks: Color Box by Stephanie Barnard- Celery, Licorice and Elegant Eggplant

Embellishments: Want2Scrap Lavendar pearls, Oval die, dimensionals

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Today over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations our theme is "Mother's Day". 

I created a card using my favorite floral set from The {Stamps} of Life called Mums2Stamp combined with a sentiment from the new Talk4Phone set.

This week's Paper Player's Challenge is also a Mother's Day theme that I'm playing along with.  Of course after I finished this card, I decided to go back and add "MOM" onto the top above the burlap with my Alpha4Fayleen stamp.

Hope you will join us with your Mother's Day creations over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

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Card details:

Stamps: Talk4Phone and Mums2stamp from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Cool Carribean, Whisper White and Chocolate Chip

Inks: Color Box by Stephanie Barnard-Chocolate, So Saffron, Cool Carribean, Crumb Cake

Embellishments: Scallop die from The {Stamps} of Life, Stampin' Up! rhinestones colored with BG01 copic, Burlap ribbon

Thank You

This weekend was rainy and crummy, which meant all our sports got cancelled.  I had a little time to myself yesterday and I got to create a little.

This card is for the current CAS-ual Friday's challenge, which is their 100th challenge and is a tic-tac-toe challenge.  I chose the middle row going across which was square card, bling and text.  

Now, where's the bling?  Well, the background on my card is sprayed with IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Texture Spray (Shimmer) and my flowers are sprayed with IMAGINE Crafts® Sheer Shimmer Spritz™ Craft Spray (Silver).  It's very hard to see in the photos, but if you click on the close up above you can see it better.  The texture spray adds so much to the background papers, love it!

 Hope your week is starting off on the right foot for you!

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Card details:

Stamps: Great Friend and a "thank you" stamp from an order from Verve Stamps

Cardstock: Basic Gray, My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Portobello

Inks: Basic Gray, IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink-Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Old Paper

Embellishments: IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Texture Spray (Shimmer), IMAGINE Crafts® Sheer Shimmer Spritz™ Craft Spray (Silver), Want2Scrap jewels

Mother's Day Sunflowers

Today over at Blogger's Challenge our theme is a "Feminine Touch".  With Mother's Day coming up I thought this image would work well for this theme.

While I was at CKC last weekend, my friend Kristen brought some of her stamps along for me to use and color some images.  (While I didn't do a ton of coloring-Kristen went to town coloring gorgeous images).  This image from I Brake for Stamps was one I stamped to use and the sentiment is from a favorite go-to set from Clear & Simple Stamps.

While I used some masculine colors for the papers, the image itself to me is feminine.  My card uses the MFTWSC113 sketch as well.

Hope you will join us over at Blogger's Challenge this week.  We have a busy weekend planned here at our household with lots of baseball if weather cooperates.

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Card details:

Stamps: Sunflowers Bucket from I Brake for Stamps, Month-to-Month Extras from Clear & Simple Stamps

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, My Mind's Eye Sunshine

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black

Embellishments: twine from twinery (separated from the white)