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Butterfly Wishes

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They say that some things are worth waiting for. This card is like that! I originally started this card almost a month ago to enter it into the PTI monthly contest (using Guidelines stamp set). I folded the white card base and stamped the Ocean Tides/Kraft Guidelines background panel. But then, I was stumped. I wanted to use Lemon Tart (one of my favorite PTI colors), but it was too light be a focal color. Since the contest is long over, I was able to do it unhindered by the desire to “win” something.

I *love* how this card turned out! I used Melon Berry (another of my fav colors) along with Butterfly Kisses (a definite go-to caliber set). I embellished with my white gel pen and a few strategically placed rhinestones.

Birthday Wishes
All supplies PTI unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Butterfly Kisses, Guidelines;
Ink: White (SU), Ocean Tides, Melon Berry;
Paper: White, Ocean Tides, Kraft, Melon Berry;
Other: white gel pen (Ranger), rhinestones (HA), Melon ribbon;

VSN Cards

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There was a mini VSN this weekend. I wasn’t home for the live postings, but I did managed to make a few cards before the deadline.

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First up is my Guitar Queen. The challenge was to use a Beatles’ song as inspiration. I went with “While my Guitar Gently Weeps”….though really the only thing that translated was guitar! I went with a rocking look and bright colors. The layout is an old mojo sketch. The star was created with chipboard, white paint, pink craft ink, clear EP, and green dye ink – easy peasy! I stored much of my stamping supplies when I moved and I must have been in a very “minimalist” state of mind when I decided what would store and what would ship because I left almost all of my punches at home…boy do I miss my circle punches!! I would have added little circle mats to the brads, but making them now requires hand-cutting and I didn’t have time within the challenge limits.

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Next up is my BlackJack card. This was a fun challenge – the idea was to create a card using the point system given and come up with a 21-point creation. I did it! This was a card that has been in my head since I saw the Fan Club April Inspiration. Again, I didn’t bring my cloud template so I made one. I always seem to think big when I made a cloud template, oh well. My sponge had a darker blue in it and I didn’t get it all out when I applied Bashful to the cardbase. I would also have added blue sky to the focal image panel. Ugh, sometimes time constraints really bug me!

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Finally, my last VSN card uses strips of paper. I spent a lot of time with making the background, so the rest of the card is plain. I love the “plaid” background and had fun creating it! I only have one country-feel set – but it is a classic. I love my “On the Farm” set and will never get rid of it!

Thanks VSN Hostesses for some awesome challenges!

U Rock
Stamps: Rockabella (Stamping Bella), GWP (TAC), Musical Score (SU), On Safari (SU);
Ink: Noir (Palette), Green Galore (SU), Pink Passion (SU);
Paper: Basic Black (SU), Green Galore (SU), Pink Passion (SU), White (PTI);
Other: twill (unknown), brads (Pink Hedgehog), chipboard (BG), clear EP;
Shared
Stamps: And Everything Nice (SU);
Ink: Noir (Palette), Wild Wasabi (SU), Pixie Pink (SU), blue?;
Paper: Afternoon Tea DSP (SU), White (PTI), Wild Wasabi (SU), Pixie Pink (SU);
Other: tag die (CB), twill (unknown);
Howdy
Stamps: On the Farm (SU), Hopscotch Alpha (Purple Onion);
Ink: Noir (Palette), Not Quite Navy, Ruby Red, browns, Artichoke (SU);
Paper: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Ruby Red, Caramel (SU), White (PTI);

Dessert Bar

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Over at SCS, there will be another VSN mini on Saturday. But on Friday – there was a surprise challenge! The challenge was to embellish a card with at least 3 things (from a list).

So, my card isn’t highly embellished, but I made up for it by eating a couple cookies whilst I created the card 😉 The first requirement was to use a favorite stamp set. Well, for me, my favorite set is always the one I most recently got – that would be Wishing You by Dawn for PTI. Then my “bar” selections were ribbon, buttons, and the piercing template.

Happy Birthday
All supplies PTI unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Wishing You;
Ink: Melon Berry, Noir (Palette);
Paper: Melon Berry, Vintage Cream, Gold (SU);
Other: oval nesties (Spellbinders), black velvet ribbon (unknown source), piercing template (Ornare), Melon buttons;

Summer Brights

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I made this card for the SCS Fan Club sketch challenge (DSKETCH0409). Are you a fan club member? It is a great way to support a great community! {SCS Fan Club}

When I first saw the sketch I had lots of ideas, but after a week of rain, I am looking forward to the bright summer! The letters were easy to make. I took glossy cardstock and used markers to make stripes. Then I stamped the outline alphabet and cut out the letters.

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On the inside I used a leftover piece of the “rainbow” glossy paper. For some reason this TAC set doesn’t include a sun (the only sentiment in the set is “sizzlin’ summer” – you’d think they’d have a sun image *grin*) but I found another TAC set that did.

Today I was ruminating on the topic of style – not clothing, I don’t have any style there! No, I mean my card-making style. I generally recognize a few styles: collage, vintage, clean-and-simple, and lots-of-layers. I never seem to keep to one particular style, though some styles are definitely harder for me. I always cop-out on style questions and say eclectic. About the only thing I truly know is that I enjoy working with bright colors, which I find interesting because I do *not* do bright in any other aspect of my life.

Summer
All supplies TAC unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Sizzlin’Summer, Kokopelli, Steelfish Outline (Fontwerks stamps);
Ink: Noir (Palette), Red, Orange, Yellow, Galore, Turquoise, Lilac;
Paper: Red, Orange, Yellow, Galore, Turquoise, Lilac, Pixie, White (PTI), Black, Glossy, Tempting Patterns;
Other: exacto knife;

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;

Brightly Inspired

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I’m hosting the Casual Mid-Week Challenge over on the Papertrey Ink forum (cmwc51). I found a cool lap desk for inspiration. Here is a link to the product on the Room Service Home website.

Back when Nicole introduced the Chocolate Remix paper she showed how you could color in the images and give the paper a whole new look. I’ve been wanting to try it, and now I have! When I saw the inspiration piece, the lap desk in the back really reminded me of that technique – so I had to do it!

Hi There
All supplies PTI unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Text Boxed, Mega Mixed Messages;
Ink: SU Pink Passion, Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist;
Paper: SU Pink Passion, Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist, Chocolate Remix, white;
Other: Lemon Tart ribbon, SU photo corner punch;

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;