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15 Years

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I made this card for my hubby – today is our 15th anniversary!

When the Masculine Motifs set first came out, I really wanted it – but just for these two images, so I opted not to get it. Just a couple months ago though, someone decided they were done with their own set and put it up for sale – I decided that was a sign 🙂 I ended up making a few birthday cards for other guys in my family – so I feel it was worth getting the set!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Mean the World
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Wood Mats (PTI);
Colors: Crumb, Baja, Limeade (SU); White (PTI);
Other: Mat Stack 1 die (PTI); Twine (SU);

FYI – Digi Silhouettes

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It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI31. This challenge is sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.

I really love the colors in this inspiration photo! The way the light warms up the building and night was my inspiration.

I used Photoshop Elements to create my digi card. I started with the fabulous Bugaboo digital stamp called Love Blocks – love conquers. The background is a subtle gradient and the silhouettes pull colors from the inspiration photo.

Once I had the digi part done, I printed it out. Then I added some ribbon and popped the panel onto the card base. The sentiment (also from the digi stamp) was printed out, trimmed, and popped on the card.

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!

Love Conquers All
Stamps: Love Conquers (Digi by Bugaboo);
Colors: White (GinaK);
Other: Peach ribbon (SU);

Thank You cards for Teachers

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These two cards are for the gym & music teachers (I gave the art teacher a generic thank you that I made last month – my brain just couldn’t get artsy, which is sorta ironic, eh?).

All Star
Stamps: All Star Team, Think Big Favorites #1 (PTI);
Colors: Kraft, White, Black, Lemon, Hawaiian Shores (PTI);
Other: Notations DSP (SU); Stars (larger is a punch; smaller is from PTI Merry & Bright die);
You Rock
Stamps: Extreme Guitar, Extreme Elements (SU); So 80s (Wplus9);
Colors: White (PTI), Black (Memento); Pool, Pear, Daffodil, Going Gray (SU);

Fabulous Day

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I created this card to send to my secret sister on SplitCoast. I used my random-file program to select a stamp set. This is one I begged off of my mom because I love this image. But then I never used it – so I am glad it was brought up by the program.

I went with paper piecing this go around.

Originally I was going to hide the entire left/bottom corner of the white die cut, but I found that if I left some of it peeking through the card actually felt more balanced.

Now if I could just stamp my sentiment straight!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Fabulous Day
Stamps: Mixed Bouquet (SU-retired); Signature Greetings (PTI);
Colors: Hawaiian, Chartreuse, Melon Berry, Black, White (PTI);
Other: Mat Stack 5 Mega die, Sending You die (leaves) (PTI);

Inspired Bird

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Back in April I saw this china pattern in Pinterest. The image is of Lenox china (image source).

I actually created this card within a week of seeing the image – but since I sent the card to my secret sister, I couldn’t post it online until now.

I watercolored the bird and trimmed him out. I originally had die-cut the berries from Riding Hood card stock, but they were too vibrant/solid for the feel of the card/inspiration. So, instead, I die-cut from white and watercolored the ink directly onto the die-cuts.

I debated about embossing the card base – and I think it would have been fine plain – but I do like the added texture the embossing adds.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thinking of You
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Young Vermillion, Sincere Salutations;
Colors: White (PTI); Marina Mist, Soft Suede, Riding Hood Red, Early Espresso;
Other: Branch die (Memory Box); Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder;

Hippity Hoppity

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I know it seems a little late for an Easter card, but I couldn’t post this when I made it as I sent it to my secret sister. Instead of holding on to it for next year, I figure a little whimsy is a good thing 🙂

I had just received the Scrambled Eggs set from Papertrey and had to use it to make a card. I love this set because I’ll be able to add ears to many things, lol.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Hippity Hoppity
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Scrambled Eggs;
Colors: Melon Berry, White, True Black;
Other: Picnic Plaid impression plate, Mat Stack 4 die, Pink Patterns paper, Chartreuse felt, Scrambled Eggs dies; marker (Copic); grass die (MFT);

Flower Swirls & Chocolate

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Another card created for my secret sister. This time I used vertical sentiments from her “like” list.

A couple days before I made this card I saw this cute card by Jennifer Holmes. I loved the layout and had to try it myself. Since the sentiment took up so much real-estate, I also used larger flowers to help balance it all out.

To color the images, I selected 2 colors and used a trio of complementary markers to color each flower ‘layer’.

Thanks for taking a peek!

All the Good Things
Stamps: sentiment (Stampendous); Flower Swirls (Autumn Leaves);
Colors: White (PTI); Baja Breeze (SU);
Other: markers (Copic);

Woohooo

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May is always hectic for me – between Teacher Apprecation & Mother’s Day at the beginning of the month and end of school stuff at the end…I just don’t have a whole lot of time for fun stamping.

I needed to make a RAK card today and decided to pull up a challenge – the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge. They’ve changed their format and now they have different challenges every week. This week’s challenge is a color challenge (May21 Cool Shades). I interpreted the colors as light blue, medium blue, yellow-green, and orange.

I thought the “woohoo” sentiment was perfect for what I needed so I created the scene around the owl image. Things just kept jumping into the scene – definitely not my typical CAS style, lol. I love how even though the owl isn’t all that big, because he’s the only orange thing, he pops and draws your eye.

When coloring the owl I chose to do straight color instead of shading and did his feathers in a gradient of oranges.

Woohooo
Stamps: Cubby Chums (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Marina, Bashful, Crumb, Celery (StampinUp); Brown (Memento);
Other: YR12, YR15, YR18, YR23, E44 Markers (Copic); Branch & Wonky Border dies (My Favorite Things); Grass die (Memory Box); Cloud impression plate (my own creation);

Fluffy Happiness

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This is the second card I sent to my secret sister. Her favorite colors are turquoise and lime. I know these aren’t those colors – but they are a similar color scheme.

I heat embossed the dandelion images with white embossing powder onto the pattern paper and then sponged Pear ink around them.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Wishing You Happiness
Stamps: Many Wishes (GinaK);
Colors: Baja Breeze, White, Pear Pizzazz (SU);
Other: Baja pattern paper, Scallop Border punch (SU); White embossing powder;

FYI – Aloha

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It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI30.

Seriously? How beautiful is this? The orange sky is just amazing! I think it is pretty obvious how I was inspired.

To do my background, I used a technique that Nichole Heady at Papertrey showed us a few weeks ago during a Make-it-Monday tutorial (mim58). I chose to do a partial background instead of covering the whole panel. To soften my edges I went back over them with the colorless blender.

The palm tree stamp is one my hubby picked up for me a couple years ago during one of his trips to Guam. He’s the bestest 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

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 each month; each challenge is open for two weeks. The first challenge of each month has a sponsor – and prize! To play, create a card based on the current challenge photo – however the inspiration hits you! Make sure you tell us in your blog post how you were inspired!

Aloha
Stamps: Palm Tree (Vivid Jungle Designs); Free Spirit Sentiments (Waltzing Mouse Stamps);
Colors: Kraft, White, Black (PTI);
Other: markers (Copic);