Quilt card for Shirley

It was my mother-in-law's birthday recently, so I had to make a blue card!  I decided to use the new Twitterpated DSP and made a quilt card.  The square lattice embossing folder really makes it look quilted!

The card base is Baja Breeze with accents of Island Indigo, Riding Hood Red and Pear Pizzazz.  The sentiment is punched out with the curly label punch.  I couldn't resist using that Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon and the Teahouse background stamp.

Happy stamping!

Sunrise color combination

I got this color combination from Patti Chesky's blog.  She called it Tequila Sunrise.  It's Calypso Coral and Poppy Parade.  The sketch is from last week's sketch challenge on SCS.

The cardbase and lace ribbon border are Poppy Parade.  I threaded Calypso Coral narrow organdy through the border.  The DSP is from Everyday Enchantment.  The flower is from Mixed Bunch, punched with the blossom punch.  The sentiment is from a retired hostess set.  The ribbon, DSP and brad are all from the Sale-a-bration catalog.

Happy stamping!

Workshop valentine

I had a workshop last night.  It was so much fun!  I met 3 new people, and I got to share my love of the Big Shot!

We made this valentine using the Big Shot.  I CASEd this card from Tiffany Bauer.  I added the back layer and changed the bow.  Both hearts were cut with the same framelit.  I think the edge is what makes it special!

Happy stamping!

My own inspiration challenge

I have a t-shirt (shown in the photo above) that I sleep in, and the color is Pool Party.  Ever since we got that color, I've been wanting to make my version of this as a card.  I finally did it!

Here's the anniversary card that I made for Ray for our 1st anniversary coming up on January 28th.  The card is 3X6.  I stamped the heart image from Take It to Heart in white craft ink and embossed it with white EP, then I cut it out with a hearts framelit.  The birds are punched from Basic Gray cardstock using the bird punch. I sponged white craft ink and black Stazon ink onto them.  I wanted a little bit of background on the card, so I stamped Teahouse in Pool Party.  The banner stamp is also from Take It to Heart, and the sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  The bow on the heart is Cherry Cobbler/white baker's twine.

Happy stamping!

Combining the new and the old

Today's card combines two challenges, and it also combines the new with the old.  The challenges are from Splitcoaststampers (SCS for short); they are a sketch challenge (SC367) and a color challenge (CC357: Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride and Riding Hood Red).

The old is the stamp set, Awash with Flowers, as well as the Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon (a great find from the clearance rack).  The new is Twitterpated DSP, hearts embosslit on the edge of the card, and the scalloped edgelit on the Baja Breeze layer.

Happy stamping!

Masculine birthday card

This card features an image from Not So Seriously.  The stamp inside says "Happy Birthday from the whole muttley crew!"  Spice Cake DSP set the color palette.  The cardbase is More Mustard embossed with the square lattice folder.  I stamped with Black StazOn on watercolor paper.  The ribbon is twill tape topped with Early Espresso narrow taffeta.

Happy stamping!

Pink pirate card

One of my co-workers likes pirates too, so I made her a sparkly pink pirate card for her birthday.  I used SCS sketch challenge 366.  The DSP is a retired Valentine paper from a year or two ago.  I stamped the skull and crossbones in Pretty in Pink craft ink and embossed it with Irridescent Ice EP.  The bow is a forkbow but made using a potato masher instead.  I'll post a new tutorial for that next week.

Happy stamping!

Creative Crew sketch and color challenge

One of the Creative Crew challenges this month was to follow a sketch and use a color combination that was new to us.  My version of the sketch is not exact, mostly because my focal image is bigger than on the sketch.  The color combo I chose is last week's color combo from SCS: Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, and Basic Gray.  The DSP is Twitterpated from the Occasions Mini.  The image is from Uncharted Territory.  It's stamped in white craft ink and embossed with white EP.

Happy stamping.

Quick purple card

I really really wanted to stamp last night, and it needed to be quick.  So I didn't even break out any of my new stuff.  I went to my favorited cards in Google Reader and got inspired by this card by Diana Gibbs.

(If you aren't using Google Reader yet, why not?  You enter in the blogs you love, and when you go to Google Reader, it shows you all of the new posts for those blogs.  Plus, you can favorite posts so you can go back to them later! www. google.com/reader--do it!)

As you can see if you look at Diana's card, I changed a few things.  My main image is 2 3/4 X 3 Concord Crush (stamped with Fine Flourish in white craft ink and embossed with white EP), so everything is based off that.  The white mat is 3 X 3 1/4, and the Wisteria Wonder embossed mat is 3 3/4 X 4.  The card base is 4 X 10 1/2, scored at 5 1/4.  I cut off the end of the front piece at 4 1/4.  The cardbase is attached to Concord Crush base 4 1/4 X 5 1/2.  I tied on some Wisteria Wonder ribbon then added two pieces of Concord Crush ribbon.

Happy stamping!

Creative Crew valentine

I finally got to stamp!  Yay!  This card fulfills two January Creative Crew challenges: use your newest stamp set, and do something new with hearts.

I CASEd this card from my friend Amy (zipperc98) on SCS.  The Crumb Cake piece is actually the card that opens.  The layer behind it is Everyday Enchantment DSP (from Sale-a-bration) attached to Poppy Parade cardstock.  I cut it out with the largest heart framelit (from the Occasions Mini) and sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink.  This heart is about 5 1/4" wide by about 5" tall.

The cardbase is a heart about 3 1/4" wide.  I took a 7" piece of Crumb Cake cardstock and scored it at 3 1/2".  I stamped the image in white craft ink close to the fold so that when I cut the card with the heart framelit, it would leave a little hinge.  I embossed the image with white EP and colored it with pastels.  The bird's eye is a pearl colored with a black Sharpie.

The finishing touch is a Poppy Parade bow and an antique brad.  (The ribbon is held together by the brad following Mary Brown's tutorial.)

Happy stamping!