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Tiered Patterns

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I’m squeezing in a card just before the deadline for the Paper Smooches Sparks Picture Perfect challenge.

When I saw the picture, I was drawn to the tiered platter and all the different patterns. I used those as my inspiration for my card.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Party Posse, Friendly Flowers, Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches); Background: Houndstooth (PTI);
Colors: Hibiscus, Hawaiian Shores, White (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: Markers (Copic); red stickles;

Like Totally Awesome

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My brother’s birthday is tomorrow. I’m hoping he sees the humor in receiving a neon 80s card – at least the sentiment is right up his alley.

I had fun creating this card. Well, if you don’t count having it 90% done and then dropping an inked stamp on it and having to start all over again *sigh*. I’ve always been partial to neon colors (maybe from too much Rainbow Brite as a kid, lol).

The card is one layer (yay!) and the sentiments are cut-out and popped-up (that doesn’t count as a layer to me). I honestly have no idea why I did my placement in the bottom corner, but I like it – centering would have ruined it….just wish I knew why!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Hope Your Day is Kick Ass
Stamps: So 80s (Wplus9);
Colors: White (PTI); Black (Memento); Only Orange, Green Galore, Tempting Turquoise (SU);

Sweet Wishes

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I created this card for the Clean & Simple Fall-to-Layout (ftl196).

I really love the strawberry set and wanted to use it again. Thankfully I think it worked great with this layout. I did add a couple borders to help spiffy it up.

To create the banner, I stamped my sentiment, then used my trimmer to trim most of the top away; I used scissors to trim around the flourishes of the sentiment that went above the top.

I purposefully stamped the strawberries so that I could pop one of them up over the sentiment strip.

As a finishing touch, I used the corner chomper to round the bottom two corners (I used the 1/2″ punch). I don’t use that tool very often, but I do love it because I can cut the front and back at the same time.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Sweet Birthday Wishes
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Strawberry Patch, Strawberry Patch Sentiments;
Colors: Blueberry, White, New Leaf, Poppy, Kraft, Dark Chocolate;
Other: Strawberry Patch dies, Heart border die, Filigree Border die; Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers);

Pocketful of Wishes

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Today I played along with the Colour Q challenge (CQC 143) – I love the bright happy colors.

I recently purchased this pocket set and wanted to use it. The layout for this just came to me. I like how the pocket and half & half die point to the sentiment.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Pocketful of Birthday Wishes
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Back Pocket Basics;
Colors: White, Lemon, Enchanted Evening; Basic Grey (SU);
Other: Back Pocket dies, Half & Half dies, Poppy ribbon, Canvas/Linen Impression Plate; Markers (Copic);

Pink Hydrangea

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As always, I need birthday cards. For today’s card I used the CAS-ual Friday challenge – Pretty in Pink (cfc58).

To color the hydrangea, I inked the stamp with Sweet Blush and Chartreuse. Then I went back with Copic markers and darkened up some of the blossoms. I admit when I did the first blossom I thought I had ruined it – but I figured I should finish it up, and once it was done, I liked the result!

I’m not a big pink fan, so I just did the flower in pink – but I felt the yellow card base set off the flower nicely.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Happy Hydrangea; Think Big Favorites #12;
Colors: Lemon Tart, White, Sweet Blush, Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate;
Other: Cane impression plate; markers (Copic);

FYI – Elegant Anniversary

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It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI32.

Such a serene photo. I love the layers of white trees contrasted with the grey of the bridge. I used the shape of the bridge as an element in my card design.

I had so many ideas for this photo! I finally decided I would make an anniversary card – and that helped me narrow down the composition and pick my elements.

The sentiment was stamped on a Photo Finisher die cut (one that reminded me of the bridge).

The photo is darker on the bottom with the water, so I layered pattern paper on the bottom of my card.

One thing I loved was how the dark tree trunks peeked through the white trees. I chose to use a doily die cut because the holes would allow darker bits to peek out.

Finally a few pearls to help bring the focus to the sentiment.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Debby
Michelle
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Sylvia
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

A Little About the Challenge: The For Your Inspiration challenge is posted the first and third Thursday of every month; each challenge is open for two weeks. To play, use the photo to inspire you and create a card – very simple! Make sure you tell us in your blog post how you were inspired!

Happy Anniversary
Stamps: Damask Designs (PTI);
Colors: White, Dark Chocolate (PTI); Sahara Sand (SU);
Other: Doily die & Photo Finisher die (PTI); Sand DSP (SU); Pearls;

Clearly a Time for Celebration

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I created this card for the CASual Friday challenge to use vellum (cfc57). The layout is from a 2Peas’ Saturday Card Sketch challenge (June 16).

Of course, now I can’t find it 🙁 but I remember seeing a card done a while back using a Hero Arts(?) flower that was white embossed on vellum and I thought the Mixed Bunch Stampin’Up set would be a great substitute (and hey, I wouldn’t have to cut it out since there is a coordinating punch – bonus!).

Since I was doing vellum flowers, I knew my card base needed to be on the dark side (mwuahahaha). Once I chose the blue, I picked my accent color. The rest is just following the sketch and keeping to StampinUp supplies (look ma – another SUO card 🙂 ).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Here’s to You
All supplies StampinUp! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Summer Silhouettes;
Colors: Island Indigo, Calypso Coral;
Other: Finishing Touches die, Blossom punch, Vellum; Circle punches (EK, but SU does offer); White embossing powder (Filigree, but SU does offer);

Celebrate with Sugar

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I haven’t had a lot of time to stamp lately, but there are some challenges that I really enjoy playing so when it was time to do some stamping, I made sure I pulled up those challenges first.

I used the Paper Smooches Cool Shades challenge (PBJ) for my colors, and a Retro Sketch (#16) for the layout.

I recently purchased the Paper Smooches Sugar Rush stamp set and thought it would be perfect for these colors. The layout really lended itself to making a cascade of sugary treats with which to celebrate. You can’t tell in the photo, but all the bits have glitter on them.

This is my first time using the Gina K paper for coloring with Copics. My verdict is still out. There seems to be more streaky marks left (like the paper soaks it up before I can do my next stroke). I do like the weight and the brightness of the paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

Celebrate
Stamps: Sugar Rush (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Lavender Moon (PTI); White (Gina K);
Other: markers (Copic); glitter pen (Spica);

Happy Father’s Day

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My hubby loves to play the lottery. When I asked him what he wanted on his father’s day card, he said the winning numbers. I went out to random.org and picked numbers to fill in the spinner openings. Now he can have fun while picking the 6 he needs 🙂

Thanks for taking a peek!

You’re a Winner
Stamps: Game Night (MFT);
Colors: Blueberry, Kraft, True Black, White, Enchanted Evening, New Leaf (PTI);
Other: Game Night spinner die, Banner Day die (MFT); toothpicks; Polka Dot impression plate (PTI); Dotti Biscotti pattern paper (PTI); black brad; lots of dimensionals;

Watercolored Poppies

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Hey look, ma – a Stampin’Up Only card 🙂

I received my box of StampinUp goodies recently and now that my house is good and clean, I took some time this morning to play!

This card is for the latest Clean & Simple challenge at SplitCoast (cas174) which is white layers on a white card base. I have been *lovin* the white cardstock lately, so this pulled together quite quickly!

I decided to watercolor the poppies. I’m not sure if it is artistic or sloppy ~hrm. The card didn’t photo well (I need to figure out how to reflect my light better). Anyway, the stems are watercolored in Pear and the flourishes on the tag are stamped in celery.

The poppies are watercolored with Cherry ink, but since watercoloring really dims the color, I had to pick a coordinating color ribbon – and was so very happy when Primrose practically matched!

Birthday Wishes
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Bring on the Cake, Kindness Matters (for the flourish);
Colors: White (PTI); Noir (Palette); Cherry, Pear, Celery;
Other: Primrose ribbon, Labels Framelits;