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Daisies and Diamonds

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I’m a little behind, but I loved this challenge and had to finish what I started a couple weeks ago. This card is for a past Res-Q challenge – Daisies and Diamonds (RESQ03). The challenge was to use brown, white, and either red, orange, or yellow, and also to add in diamonds.

Ever since I got this stamp set I’ve wanted to do the lines thing…I’m just too lazy when it comes to making a mask, lol! I really love how this turned out! The diamonds part of the challenge was covered with the gems in the flower center. Thanks Mom for sending me a sample of the Tangerine paper!

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I was even inspired to decorate the inside too.

Cheers to You
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Live Your Dream, Lots of Thoughts;
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip;
Paper: Tangerine Tango CS & DSP, Chocolate Chip, White (PTI);
Other: gems, oval nesties (Spellbinders), chocolate twill;

Unmounted Mishap

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This is a card I created for Mom’s May stamp camp. Her requirements were to use Lovely as a Tree to make a masculine card. I also knew that a customer had requested a card using glossy paper. So I decided to add that in too. I really like how the reverse masking and resist turned out. The final touch was to add the sentiment.

I unmount my stamps. I love using my stamps unmounted. Early on I realized that it would be helpful to mark the backs with an arrow showing which way was up. So far, that hasn’t failed me, but today….it did. I had marked the “Happy” form Happy Everything upside down! That particular stamp drives me nuts and I really should have stamped it before I used it, but since the back was marked, I thought I was good to go.

Oh well, live and learn (and re-mark!).

Happy Day
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Happy Everything;
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Versamark, Chocolate Chip;
Paper: Glossy, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss;
Other: clear EP;

Little Girl Happiness

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I made this card for the RESQ challenge (resq02), which is an inspiration picture of an adorable tea set. I also used the latest mojo sketch (mojo80).

The tea set reminded me of a kids tea party, so I went with soft colors and the little girl image.

The ribbon knot is supposed to be a rose. Since the ribbon is so narrow the rose isn’t as blossomy as what I’ve done with wider ribbons. I found instructions for doing the ribbon rose on Kirsten’s blog you can see her video tutorial here.

Happiness Bloom
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: And Everything Nice;
Ink: Noir (Palette), Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery;
Paper: white (PTI), Barely Banana, Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery, Loves Me DSP, Celery Prints DSP;
Other: scallop punch, turquoise ribbon, flowers (Prima), brads (Pink Hedgehog);

Easter Fairy

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I made this card for Jen’s March 28 SFYTT. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do at first, but when I looked through my stamp index and saw the Bella image, I knew I should use it to make the Easter cards for my girls. I wasn’t sure what I was going to put as the accent (the star in the sketch), but I knew I didn’t want a flower (I wanted a flower on the sentiment panel), so I ended up inking just a few chicks on an image from SU’s Best of Cluck set.

Easter Wishes
Stamps: Eva Bloom (Stamping Bella), Best of Cluck (SU), Mega Mixed Messages (PTI);
Ink: Noir (Palette), Lovely Lilac, Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Certainly Celery (SU);
Paper: white (PTI), Flowers for You DSP, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery (SU);
Other: flower (Prima), brad, oval nesties (Spellbinders);

Computer Glitch

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I made this card for my BIL. I don’t know many other techy people, so I definitely wanted to use this computer image. When I looked at the latest CAS challenge over at SCS (CAS08) and thought it would work perfectly.

The font for the binary lines isn’t very tech looking, but I thought it went with the whimsical lines of the computer. I was just glad that stamping all those was very easy!

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Stamps: Computer Quips (SU), Hopscotch (Purple Onion);
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss (SU), True Black (PTI);
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: dimensionals;

Fabulous Friend

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This week’s Weekend Sketch (WSC74) was designed by Charmaine. It is a perfect sketch to highlight those big sentiments (which I don’t have, lol) and pattern paper. I have a ton of pattern paper, but I had a color scheme in mind that I couldn’t let go of :) The colors come from a dress I bought my daughter recently. I’m sure I’ll do another card for it as there are plenty of things about the dress from to be inspired.

I used all the colors to make the floral panel. Knowing that I was going to put some Summer Sunrise accent in the top left, I made sure I used all the pink inks in that corner. The sentiment panel was fun to put together. I ended up using a few different sets to get all the pieces on there – I like how it turned out!

Fabulous Frind
Stamps: Flower Factory (SU), Friends til the End & Border-Rectangle (PTI), Flourishes (Tech Tues);
Ink: Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise, Spring Moss (all PTI);
Paper: Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise, White (all PTI);
Other: Sunrise ribbon (PTI), brads, Oval Nesties (Spellbinders), tiny flower (Prima);

Scavenger RESQ

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Denise (resqbarbie at SCS) has started a new Blog for challenges. The first one (resq01) was posted a couple days ago. The challenge is like a scavenger hunt – very cool! I chose this card in Michelle’s (eliotstamps) gallery for the colors; then this card in Denise’s (resqbarbie) gallery for the layout; this card by JoAnn (sarahzoe) for the image; and finally this card by Jean (naturecoastcrafter) for the background paper treatment.

I love how my card turned out – I doubt it is something I would have pulled together otherwise. Very fun challenge Denise and crew – thank you!

Wonderful
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Warm Words;
Ink: Kiwi Kiss;
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, White, Baja Patterns;
Other: Kiwi ribbon, white grosgrain, flowers (Prima), brads, label die (Spellbinders);

Black and White

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This card is for Kristina’s Color Inspiration (#45). I’ve been letting the color combo stew in my head all day. The inspiration for this card came as I was trying to put together other cards. I had to stop what I was doing and go after this one so I didn’t loose it!

I had the layout almost immediately and knew what I wanted in each section. My task then was to figure out what stamp image to use. I found a good combo of paper and image, but I didn’t have the right ribbon…so I searched some more. Once I got a little further in my index I found the right stamp set and then the right paper and the right ribbon – woohoo!

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The card base is textured white cardstock, but you can’t tell in the photo. I actually had the card together before I decided to watercolor the image – it just needed that little bit. The ribbon is velvet ribbon I kept from a present a year or so ago.

The inside is simple – the image is from the same set and the paper is from the same pack – I like that it looks sorta like ribbon.

Thanks for all you do.
Stamps: Wonderful You (SU), Absolutely Fabulous (SU);
Ink: Noir (Palette);
Paper: White Textured (SU), White (PTI), Black & White Basics DSP (PTI);
Other: Watercolor Crayons (SU); Velvet ribbon (unknown), dimensionals (SU);

Spring Fresh

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PaperCrafts has posted their March contest – butterflies! I’ve never done a PC challenge, but this was fun!

The first thing I did was to find a butterfly image – I figured that would be the most limited of my supplies. I haven’t used the On Gossamer Wings set in a long time, but I do find it very pretty. Next up, I needed a sentiment. I just received Motivational Centers and found the perfect sentiment! Putting the rest together was lots and lots of trial and error. A little bling was the final touch.

Thankfully I don’t need a “support” card, but they are hard to make when you need them, so this will be a good addition to my stash.

[No wonder I like this card - look how well it "goes" with my blog! LOL]

Overcoming Suffering
All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: On Gossamer Wings, Motivational Centers (CHF);
Ink: Burnt Umber (Palette), Barely Banana, Bashful Blue;
Paper: Bashful Blue (textured), White, Spring Showers DSP;
Other: bling (Hero Arts), Stickles (Ranger);

Parade of Bugs

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This card is for an upcoming InkUp stamp camp. Mom wanted a kid card, so I made a Parade of Bugs waterfall card. I used the SCS Tutorial for the waterfall technique. I think this turned out cute – I love how you can see each of the buggys’ faces!

Bugs and Kisses
All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Bugs & Kisses;
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Basic Black;
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White;
Other: gingham ribbon, black brads, glitter, dimensionals;