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

SCS LOVE FEST

WOW, I have to say it's been awhile since I spent a few hours in my studio creating just for fun and this weekend I made it a point to work my way through some road blocks (mainly my mojo and time).  

I set out to create a lot for fun this weekend (I did get some design team projects completed as well).  I wrote out the list of the SCS challenges going on and then a list of other challenges I wanted to play in.

I hope you will bear with my LONG post today as I share an array of cards.  As I was telling my friend I was creating like crazy, I realized that almost ALL of my photos have a floral focal point.  What can I say?  I love the floral stamps!!!!

Hope your Monday is starting off well and that I might be able to spark a little creativity for you.  I know I've counted on all of you at one time or another to spark mine :-)

Challenges: FTL229 Sketch and CFC91 Silver

and LOVEFEST2013C Bring on the Bling sponsored by Stamping Bella

Card details:

Stamps: Good Times from Mama Elephant

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Cool Carribean

Inks: Perect Little Black Dress, Dylusions Spray

Embellishments: Mark Richards gems, Butterfly die from PTI

Challenges: Retro Sketches #26 sketch to celebrate Retro Sketches #52 Challenge

for LOVEFEST2013E- Die Crazy sponsored by Simon Says Stamps

Card details:

Stamps: Botanical Medallions & Banners from Just Rite 

Cardstock: Such a Gray-cious Host, Whisper White, Teresa Collins Tell Your Story

Inks: Perfect Little Black Dress

Embellishments: Seam Binding and Mini Tri-Fold 1 die cut from Clear & Simple Stamps

Challenges:

Deconstructed Sketch #90 and LOVEFEST2013F-Inspiration Photo sponsored by The Cat's Pajama's

Card details:

Stamps: Happy Bugs from Sweet Stamp Shop

Cardstock: Say Yellow to all your Fans, Whisper White, Basic Black, Teresa Collins-Carolina Breeze

Inks: Perfect Little Black Dress

Embellishments: Crystal Effects, twine from the Twinery

Challenges:

LOVEFEST2013G-Make My Day sponsored by My Favorite Things

This card was created for a friend going through a tough time and doubting herself and choices she's made.  Hoping this will help her to know to believe in those choices being the best for her.

Stamps: Phrases2Say from The {Stamps} of Life

 Cardstock: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip from Stampin'Up! Patterned Paper: Sna@p Life from Simple Stories

Inks: Colorbox by Stephanie Barnard in Chocolate

Embellishments: Washi Tape from Freckled Fawn

Challenges:

LOVEFEST2013H-Inspiration Photo sponsored by Unity Stamp Co.

Card details:

Stamps: Fantastical Floral from Unity Stamp Co.

Cardstock: Green Galore, Brown Leather Satchel, Whisper White, patterned paper

Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa

Embellishments: Orange You Fabulous ribbon, perfect pearls

Challenges:

CTS16 and LOVEFESTI-A Little Love sponsored by Taylored Expressions

Card details: 

Stamps: Poppy Patch from Flourishes, Hello from Studio G

Cardstock: mini cards from my stash, Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Rose, So Saffron, VIP Purple, patterned paper scraps- Basic Grey

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Perfect Little Black Dress, 

Embellishments: rhinestones from SU

Challenges:

VLVFEB2013 Week 4 Sketch and LOVEFESTJ-In Love with Color sponsored by Verve Stamps

The Playdate Cafe Challenge #170

Card details: 

Stamps: Feel the Sun from Verve Stamps

Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Going Gray, Whisper White, So Saffron

Inks: You're Such a Gray-cious Host

Embellishments: washi tape, Flower Framelits from Sizzix, Want2Scrap-Gun Metal pearls, Clearsnap Smooch Spritz-Sunkissed

SDC86: Red, Pink and White

Today is Stampotique Designer's Challenge and Jenn is our hostess.  Here's what she has challenged us with this week:

"Hi Stampotique friends and followers! Jenn Cochran here with a LOVELY assortment of colors for your challenge this week. Show us how much your LOVE Stampotique Originals by using the colors of LOVE: RED, Pink and White! Cannot wait to see what you all create!"

I had just received some stamps last week, some for my daughter and myself to play with.  This was one of my daughter's images but thought it would work wonderful with this challenge.  It's hard to tell if there is pink on this card, but my background paper is white with pink "love" all over it.  I also colored her dress in pink.

I used the CAS(E) this Sketch this week along with the Dynamic Duos color challenge.  

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Card details:

Stamps: Jill Penney, Hearts Cubed 3003 and Alphabet lower 7177  from Stampotique Originals

Cardstock: Carta Bella Devoted, Crumb Cake, Real Red

Inks: copics, Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red

Embellishments: Snapshot Fun die from Sweet Stamp Shop, Xmas Red stickles, Basics red pearls from Kaiser Craft

Season's Greetings

I've been on a serious holiday card creating binge this week.  My husband's co-workers cleaned out my stash and requested some more, so while I had all the supplies out, I created away.

This card above was created using the new CAS(E) this sketch! challenge.  I liked the sketch so much I really tried to stick with all the elements this time.

For the side, I punched several circles and adhered them to the back of the panel, overlapping them just a bit.  Instead of separating the small panels onto the card, I let the background panel show through my strips of paper.

Hope you all are having a great Sunday!  My weekend has been flying by.  I participated in my first 5K yesterday...I can't say I ran in my first 5K as there was definitely more walking than running, but I crossed the finish line and for that I'm happy!  (below a pic of my sister-in-law, Heather & I with our reindeer antlers on (it was called the Reindeer Romp).

Okay, off to clean house and get these muscles loosened up.

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Card details:

Stamps: Curly Cute from Stampin' Up!

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Carta Bella Winter Fun

Inks: Cherry Cobbler

Embellishments: Want2Scrap Le Creme pearls

Noel Snowgirl

Today over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations our theme is SNOW.

Perfect time to pull out this stamp I bought last month at a stamp show.  This stamp I picked up was 50% off and I knew that it would make some darling Christmas cards.  I need to make a few more now.

This is Snowgirl Roly-Poly from Frog's Whiskers Ink.  My card uses the CAS(E) this Sketch #6.

I used up some of my paper stash with the papers from Carta Bella Winter Fun set and my sentiment was from the Trees4Christmas set from The {Stamps} of Life.

Hope you will join us at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations this week.

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Card details:

Stamps: Snowgirl Roly-Poly from Frog's Whiskers Ink, Trees4Christmas from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Basic Black, Gina K. Luxury White, Carta Bella Winter Fun

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics

Embellishments: Sugar Sparkly Fluff from Our Craft Lounge

Fantasy in Fall Combo

The other day I posted a card in which I used some scraps of this same color.  I originally began with the idea of doing the 10 minute craft dash using these colors but wanted to incorporate another challenge I had flagged with it, the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger challenge using the fabulous colors and design elements below (I love the colors & the little beaded leaves in the back).

I went with the CAS(E) this sketch but my circles turned out quite larger than the sketch, but I tried to stick to the design anyway.  So, anyway, in combining the challenges, my first card went over the 10 minutes, but A LOT!!  So I had to go back to the drawing board and it went smoother the 2nd time around.

This time around I used my punches instead of my dies and that seemed to get me going a bit quicker.  I guess I cheated a little since I had a practice card the first time around, but this time it still took me 9:27 to complete it.

Card details:

Stamps: Curly Cute from Stampin'Up!, Decor #4-2166 from Stampotique Originals

Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Crumb Cake

Inks: Crumb Cake

Embellishments: Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Amuse Creative Candy-Orange, Circle Punches and Dies

Flower Happy

If you are a follower of my blog you know how much I love floral images, so when I saw some fabulous images from Our Daily Bread Designs when I was at the York, PA show last weekend I had to pick some up.

This post is going to be quick as the kids and hubby are all gone and I've got to get some laundry done and in between hoping to get my stamp on.

My first card uses the CAS(E) this sketch and is for Bev's challenge to use lots of sparkle at Hope You Can Cling to Challenge at SCS.  I used my 2way glue pen and applied lots of glitter to my Poppies.

Card details:

Stamps: Crocheted Poppy from Our Daily Bread Designs, Sweet Pea from There She Goes Clear Stamps

Cardstock: Gina K. Luxury White

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, copic

Embellishments: Art Glitter-crystal

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My Happy Birthday card uses the die cut that coordinates with the image above.  Can't wait to use them together but since the other one was CAS, I didn't want to add another layer.

I tried my hand at the 10 minute craft dash challenge again, but this time I failed by completing this in 13:29 or somewhere close to that...all I know was I was over the 10 minute mark.  Darn embellishments!

This is for Cindy's challenge for Birthday Celebrations in Pink for Hope You Can Cling to Challenges at SCS.

Thanks to my friend Chera for pointing out these gorgeous ornate flowers that I was able to print out on my Silhouette cameo.

Card details:

Stamps: Treasured Words by Verve Stamps

Cardstock: Confetti White,  Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Paint the Town Pink, Authentique-Gathering

Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Paint the Town Pink

Embellishments: Ornate flowers on Silhouette Cameo, Zva Crystal Flourish-Chocolate/Champagne, Crocheted Circle Die from Our Daily Bread Designs, Paint the Town Pink Ribbon

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For my last card I created a pretty simple card using the Violet image from Our Daily Bread Designs as my focal point.  After finishing the card, I'm wishing I would have used a different background color as this is so light it was hard to capture the true color (a very pale purple).

Card details:

Stamps: Violet  from Our Daily Bread Designs, Good Times from Mama Elephant

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, VIP Purple, Gina K. Luxury White

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, copic

Embellishments: Zva Creative Self-Adhesive Embellishment-Pearl White, Viva Pearl Pen-cream, dimensionals

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Hope you have a great Saturday-off to change out the laundry!

Click Collection

Last night I got on a roll creating some cards using my new sets from Mama Elephant and For the Record 2 papers from Echo Park.  Bear with me as this will be a heavy post full of cards.  Come back tomorrow as I'll share with you how I packaged up this set.

The first one uses a new sketch challenge- CAS(E) this sketch!  The sketch was very clean and simple-loved how quick this card came together although for the life of me I can't find my 1" circle die and my punch is kaput.

Don't you love that little washi tape stamp under the sentiment??

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For this card I stamped two of the balloons on patterned paper and fussy cut them and the polka dot one is a stamp from the Good Times set.  Loving this new Lawn Fawn trimmings twine I got, nice and thick and ties easily as well.

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Getting in right in the knick of time with the current Retro Sketches challenge.  My cameras ended up being a little off kilter on this one, not so much centered...but I'm ok with that (this time anyway).  This was a fun sketch to do.

My card uses a different set this time from Mama Elephant called We Click. I think I was sold on this set from the sentiment alone.

Ardyth's challenge over at Hope You can Cling to today is to be inspired by one (or more) of the vital signs (heart beat/pulse, temperature, blood pressure or breathing).  My card uses blue for cold (temperature) and hearts in the cameras (for heart beat/pulse)

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The sentiment in this set really cracks me up!  I wanted to keep with the same theme as my other cards so I cut the scallop part  out of the paper itself and think it turned out perfectly.  The Hope You Can Cling to Challenge for yesterday was from Lynn to use a decorative edge on your card.

The sketch is from Skipping Stones Designs and I put to use some of this gorgeous May Arts Crochet White ribbon.

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This was probably the most difficult sketch for me to work with.  It's the current Fall-to-Layout and the while the design was so cool, I had the hardest time figuring out how to make it work.  I think I accomplished it.  I cut two strips of my yellow and cut them at the same angle, then flipped one so they were the opposite of one another on the card.  The little patterned strip was a left over piece of patterned paper. Another sentiment that just cracks me up.  This is the perfect set for teenagers.

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Hope you enjoyed my card parade today, was fun to create some cards using the same papers, size, and stamps.

Card details:

Stamps: We Click and Good Times from Mama Elephant

Cardstock: Georgia Pacific White, textured blue (unknown), So Saffron, Enchanted Evening

Inks: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue

Embellishments: May Arts White Crochet Ribbon, Crown Circles and Circles spellbinders dies, Lawn Fawn trimmings twine, dimensionals