SDC169: Black, Pink and Purple

Apologies for the crummy photo that doesn't show my purple well.  Carol Fox is our hostess this week over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge and here's what she challenge us with:

"I love strong colours that really pop on the page, so I ask you this week to feature Black, Pink and Purple on your make for the challenge this week."

I have been pretty lazy with my stamping lately but had a lot of fun with this challenge and even got a few more cards created while I was in stamping mode.

I combined this challenge with the FTL310 sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping.

Hope you will join us over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge this week for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps.
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Card details:
Stamps: 6109 Daniel's Hearts, 12011 Love with Your Whole Heart from Stampotique Originals
Cardstock: Basic Black, Confetti White, Pink Pirroute
Inks: Basic Black
Embellishments: Sequins

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

You're the Best!

I did not get any time this weekend to stamp and really stayed away from the office but I promise I'll be making up for it this upcoming weekend as I take some time out to stamp.

I completed this card last week, was a quick and easy card (less than 10 minutes) using some of my new papers I received along with some decorative tape.  

Hope your week is off to a good start, it's our first official day of Summer Vacation here and the two younger ones went off to summer camp-they were both super excited!

Stamps: Handwritten Notes from Paper Trey Ink Paper: My Mind's Eye Indie Chic "Nutmeg", Crumb Cake Ink: Dish All the Dirt Brown Accessories: Indie Chic Decorative Tape from My Mind's Eye, Kaiser Craft Pearls

Flower Doodle Dies

Just a quick post before I head back out to the ball field to watch my oldest play. We squeaked out a win this morning and hopefully have a few more games in the cards today.  If not, our plans are to take out the boat for a quick jaunt today and see how it's working.

Today is the new release from The {Stamps} of Life die set, this month the featured die is the Doodle Flower Die set.  This die set has 3 flowers and the flower center.  I used one of Stephanie's flip it Circle dies from Sizzix for this first card.  I combined it with the Flower2Doodle set and some Sparkle Spritz.

Had a hard time taking a good picture of the flip it does, but they are such a cool card-Stephanie's video is a great example of how they work.

For my 2nd card I used a quick clean & simple layout and made a few of these as teacher thank you's since this our last week of school.

Hope you enjoy the new die release, if you have never used The {Stamps} of Life dies, you will not be disappointed in them, they are so easy to use.

Love Birds

June is a popular wedding month. I don't personally know anyone getting married, but it's when I got married and it was a busy month.  Hubby & I will be celebrating 15 years in a week.  We met in high school and got married about 5 years later. Three kids and a dog later and we're still going strong.  Not to say we don't have our up & down days, but marriage is a lot of work and we learn along the way.

This set, Tweet Notes, from Clear & Simple Stamps lends itself to so many possibilities for the home, a new baby, a wedding, anniversary- I tried a few different themes with this set and have loved these little birdies.

My card is very clean & simple.  I refrained from adding a layer on my card, and instead stamped the birds on some scrap paper, colored them and cut them out.  They are popped up with dimensionals.

This just might have to be my anniversary card since I've yet to make one.

Card details:

Stamps: Tweet Notes from Clear & Simple Stamps

Cardstock: A Blanc Check

Inks: Perfect Little Black Dress, Copic BG05, BG000, Y08, G14, R22

Embellishments: Dimensionals

Web of Love

I'm a little late getting this post up today, so I apologize.  

Today over at Going Grey with Scrap-creations our challenge was a Halloween theme.  I went for a cutesy Halloween, this stamp was too cute not to use for this card.

While I don't have any designer paper on my card, I created my own instead.  I used my Wallflower background set to create the background with some Perfect Little Black Dress ink.  Embellish Magazine has a new challenge using Green, Purple & Black as well as Squares.

My card is 4.25 x 4.25 and I added lots of layers to it.  I kept it pretty simple by adding some Glossy Accents to the spider eyes and some spots below the sentiment.  It's hard to tell from the picture but one of my layers is a eggplant envy.

Hope you will come over and join us at Going Grey with Scrap-creations, remember you do NOT have to use Basic Grey papers anymore-any designer paper will work.

Card details:

Stamps: Cute as a Bug and Wallflower from Clear & Simple Stamps

Cardstock: Eggplant Envy, Basic Black, Spring Moss

Inks: Perfect Little Black Dress, Copic C3

Accessories: Little Black Dress spots (no longer available), Glossy Accents, Distress-it-all

You Float My Boat

This is a clean & simple card I created using the Stamp of the Month at Clear & Simple Stamps-Across the Miles.  The set is so fun to use for many different occasions and masculine or feminine cards.

I originally started this card with a different layout in mind, but then changed my mind mid-card and went with this layout instead-using 3 of the same images separated with some brads.

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend-it is supposed to be HOT here today and I'm looking forward to maybe finding my way down into my studio at some point.

Wanted to also share some VERY exciting news for me-I was perusing the magazine section at Barnes & Noble while on a business trip this week and was SHOCKED to see one of my cards in the August/September 2010 Stamper's Sampler-my first publication.  I was thrilled!!!  Just wanted to share my excitement with my stamping friends.

Card details: *all supplies from Clear & Simple Stamps unless otherwise indicated*

Stamp Set: Across the Miles from Clear & Simple Stamps

Cardstock: Trendsetter Blue, True Blue Fan, Dare to be a Diva Red, A Blanc Check, Say Yellow to all your Fans

Inks: True Blue Fan, Trendsetter Blue, A Blanc Check

Accessories: True Blue Fan brads

Clean & Simple Teacher's Gifts

Today I'm going to share a few of the Clean & Simple cards I had created for teacher's gifts.  You can see some of the others I created here and here.  

The above card is a set from Close to my Heart which is perfect for masculine cards for either kids or adults.  I've had it for quite some time and it always works for those hard to create man cards.

The cards I created for the teacher's gifts were using simple layouts from the following blogs in which I used sketches, inspiration, etc. from:

Clean & Simple
Simplicity
 

 

I tried ONLY to use scraps from my scrap bin with the exception of the card base.  This one was very simple and I made a lot of them.  I simply put a little sentiment on, one stamp-that's it.

Hope you have enjoyed the clean & simple cards today-I need to find my mojo as it's hidden somewhere and it's been hard to create this weekend.  I think I managed 2 cards-think I need to clean my craft area and reduce some of the supplies I have on hand.  Do you ever look at your stuff and feel overwhelmed as to what stamps to use, what papers, etc?  I think I get that way sometimes.  Sometimes.

Have a great Monday!

More cards for teacher's gifts

Here are a few more of the teacher's cards I made this year (for gifts).  I heard from a few of the teacher's who were very appreciative of the sets. 

You can see a few others I made here.  Again, I was greatly inspired by the following blogs in which I used sketches, inspiration, etc. from:

Clean & Simple

Simplicity

Please let me know if you need any details on the card-I'm being too lazy to write them up today!

Teacher's Gifts Share #1

Over the past week I mentioned that I have been super busy making some teacher's gifts.  Don't ask me why I waited until the last minute, but I did.  But, an accomplishment I had by completing 88 cards for the gift sets (8 cards each for 11 teachers...I have 3 kids, which all have multiple teachers throughout the day).  I also completed another 12 to write in and include with the gift sets (you can see those cards here).  I mostly used scraps from my scrap bin and tried only to cute a new piece of paper when absolutely necessary.

The picture above is all the cards that I completed piled together.  These were all very CAS cards, some with a layer or two, some without.  I tried to stay away from coloring extensively but I did color a little.  I'll share 2 of my favorite cards today-but throughout the week I'll be sharing some more of them.  I was greatly inspired by  Susan's blog and the Clean & Simple blog in making my teacher's gifts this year.  

Card details:

Stamps: In Bloom & Limited Edition Thank You set from Clear & Simple Stamps

Cardstock: Kraft, retired SU paper & dp

Inks: Dish All the Dirt Brown, retired SU ink

Accessories: Circle punches & pencil eraser for flower centers

Card details:

Stamp Set: Enjoy & Sentiment by Verve Stamps

Cardstock: So Saffron, retired patterned paper

Inks: Dish All the Dirt Brown, Aquamist

Accessories: Circle & Scalloped Circle punch

Play Date Cafe- Farm Animals

This week the challenge at the Play Date Cafe is Medium Pink, Light Pink and Pale Yellow.  I love this color combination and I had some retired paper from Stampin' Up! that fit perfectly for this challenge.  I made some very simple cards with this.

These cute little farm animals is a set I picked up from DeNami Designs when I helped out there booth when they were at a stamp show here in GA.  I love the set, I just had not used it yet.  This is a cute little 3.5 x 3.5" with a sentiment from Papertrey Ink which I altered to say "Hogs & Kisses".

Sorry about the color on this one, but it's the same as the ones above.  I used one of the Clean & Simple sketches and just eliminated one of the circles to accommodate my images.  Again, I used Farm Animals from DeNami Design.

Stay tuned tomorrow for the next Going Grey with Scrap-creations Challenge and you still have until tonight to play with our last challenge.

Card details:

Stamps:  Farm Animals from DeNami Design & Handwritten Notes from Papertrey Ink

Cardstock: Pixie Pink, Lemon Tart, Whisper White colored with Copic R81, SU! retired designer paper

Inks: Versafine Onyx Black

Accessories: Circle Punch, Scalloped Circle punch, Lemon Tart Ribbon

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #58 & Clean & Simple

I have been so busy this week with work and next week is going to be crazy with work and then my parents coming up to visit. I'm looking forward to it, but it always seems to fly by so fast.

I had a few minutes to stamp, well actually I had more Friday night but for the life of me couldn't get up enough energy to stamp either Friday night or Saturday night. Guess the old age is catching up with me!

I'm headed out town for work so have a few things scheduled to post in the next few days. This card was created using one of the From Courtney's Closet Challenge- I absolutely *love* the colors in her outfit!!! Isn't she such a cutie?? It was combined with a sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping site. My sketch is a little off, but pretty close.

Hope you all are having a great week!


Card details:
Stamp Sets: Hearts & Flowers from The Cat's Pajamas, Sentiment from Verve Stamps
Cardstock: Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate & Raspberry Fizz
Inks: Basic Brown, Copics
Accessories: Rhinestones jewels, Stylized Flowers Cuttlebug Folder

Happy 4th of July

I was bouncing with ideas when I received this set from Clear & Simple Stamps called Bravery Gent. I'll be sharing a few more of my creations over the next week from this set.

I love this soldier in the set. Reminds me of my brother-in-law who was in the Navy and I know I didn't get the uniforms exactly right but was trying to go along with the FTL46 Sketch used on both the cards from Clean & Simple and keep them "simple".

Hope you enjoy the cards and don't forget about my blog candy here.


Card details #1:
Stamps: Bravery Gent by Clear & Simple Stamps
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink White
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Real Red, Brilliant Blue, Creamy Caramel, Night of Navy Reinkers, E00 Copic
Accessories: ruler, aquapainter, Stampin' Write marker

Card details #2:
Stamps: Bravery Gent by Clear & Simple Stamps
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink White
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers #R29, B29, E00, B39, 0
Accessories: ruler

Clear & Simple Earth Day Challenge

For our Earth Day challenge pull out your Clear and Simple Stamps and create something by recycling something. Examples: an old card, used magazines, create something 3d(altered) using say an old milk carton or coffee can - get creative and have fun!

I enjoyed this challenge and although I was ultra creative with my recycling, I had fun doing it.
For this first card I used paper piecing again by stamping the mirrored image on a page out my Martha Stewart Living catalog. I wish I had taken pictures before I ripped the page to shreds cutting it, but I think it was a detergent advertisement. I loved the floral look of it. I coupled it with the bright pink card that was a leftover gift bag from Easter. Sorry there was a glare, no matter what angle I took the picture at so I finally gave up.











The second card I again used the paper piecing technique coupled with the bag background. This time I changed it up just a bit by using a pencil eraser to stamp the polka dots that were embossed on the bag. For this card I also used the Fall to Layout #38 by Clean & Simple Stamping. It worked so perfectly for my image!

Please join us in the Earth Day challenge by creating something (card, project, 3-D) using a recyclable item. Can't wait to see what you all create!

Make sure to also check out the cool new releases by Clear & Simple Stamps!

BC90- Texture

This was one of the easiest Blogger's Challenge I've done. We were to use texture- I turned to one of my favorites, cuttlebug embossing folder. I chose to do a really simple card as it is an anniversary card for my brother and sister-in-law. I also chose to use Kristina's Color Inspiration (Black, Basic Gray, Whisper White).

I have been feeling creatively challenged lately. I'm inspired, this card was inspired by Natasha's card. I *want* to stamp, I just can't seem to get going. I did create a few cards last night so I'm happy about that, just wish I was able to do more than one card at a time, and that I will be working on this weekend.

Make sure to check out all the other ladies' work by clicking here.

Card details:
Stamp Set: Eastern Blooms
Cardstock: Going Gray, Basic Black, Whisper White
Inks: Basic Black, Going Gray
Accessories: Script cuttlebug embossing folder, ribbon unknown

I Stink You're Sweet

I have barely used my Pun Fun set and thought this would be the perfect set for a simple card. I used the TUESTCP45 color challenge (Dark Gray, Red, Pink and Black) combined with the FTL27 Sketch Challenge. I decided to go super simple on this card with just some layers.

I have been having so much fun stamping the last few days and have accomplished about 10 cards. Now if I could keep my eyes open past 10 p.m. and really get motivated to do something other than cards, some alterables would be great.

Card details:
Stamp Sets: Pun Fun by Stampin'Up
Cardstock: Going Gray, Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Whisper White
Inks: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Aquapainter
Accessories: Swiss Dots CB Folder, Square and Scalloped Nestabilities, Heidi Swapp pink jewels, Ribbon unknown

Clean & Simple Card

I was inspired to try one of Natasha's Clean & Simple Designs this week and while it took me about 3 days to do in between working & kids, I finally completed them. Now, if I had a free night, this would have been a breeze to do and one I will definitely use again.

I used two stamp sets I bought when I went shopping with some friends in MD on one of my trips up there (Gosh, they made me spend so much money with them!). I hadn't used either one yet and loved being able to use them. I have a very sarcastic sense of humor and absolutely loved this sentiment stamp when I saw it; I thought of my friend Rose & Kerry and knew they would appreciate it!

I also got the opportunity to start messing with my Copics. I still have a lot of work ahead of me but love the tutorials I've found on them. The more I play, the more I want :-) I need to hold off though as we are going on a cruise soon and we need to save some funds for that!

I actually created a set of 3 of these, 2 thank you's and 1 birthday card to add to my stash.

Card Details:
Stamps: Little Bird by Amuse, Rat's Ass by River City Rubber Works, Heartfelt Thanks by Stampin'Up!
Cardstock: Only Orange, Green Galore, Pink Passion, PP by Stampin'Up!
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Nestabilities