CAS sketch card

This week's CAS (clean and simple) challenge was a sketch.  I like sketches because they get me to try new things!

The original card had stripes, so I used Spice Cake DSP for those.  Along with the sentiment, I added 3 little flower.  The tag is covered with images from Printed Petals.  I added some Pool Party ribbon with a chocolate brad.

Happy stamping!

CAS color combo card

Wow, I can't believe how fast fall is flying by!  Life has been so busy that I haven't even stamped for a while.  I'm going to try to schedule weekly stamping time now, so hopefully that will work.  I feel much better when I stamp on a regular basis!

I decided to make a quick card to try to get my stamping mojo back.  I'd written down a color combo: Calypso Coral, Riding Hood Red and Basic Gray.  I used Inspired by Nature much like I have in the past to create a sunset-type card.  I wanted to add a little something to it though.  I had a paper butterfly lying on my desk and decided that would look great with the flowers.  I used vellum so I wouldn't have to figure out what color the butterfly should be, LOL.  I also added a vellum tag for the sentiment with a Basic Gray ribbon bow.

Happy stamping!

Quick and easy stocking stuffer

One of this month's Creative Crew challenges is to create a holiday decoration or gift.  Mine is so quick and easy!  It's a little tin that holds 2 chocolate nuggets. 

The tin is an Altoids Smalls tin.  The tin is already red, so that saves a lot of work!  I traced the tin lid onto Holly Berry Bouquet DSP.  I chose the glittery red striped sheet, and I put the pattern on an angle because it reminded me of a candy cane that way.

The nuggets are wrapped with adhesive address labels (Avery 8160).  I sponged 2 of them with red ink.  I stamped them with the verry merry image from It's a Wrap Holidays in VersaMark.  I embossed them with Pewter EP.  I stamped the same image onto red cardstock and embossed it to create the sentiment on the tin.

Happy stamping!

Faux Mother of Pearl Creative Crew card

Mama was kind enough to share some of her mica flakes with me.  (It's a HUGE container, and I did give her some ribbon in return.)  I wasn't sure how to use them, and then I found this faux mother of pearl technique by Sharon Fields.  I used gold cardstock as I didn't have silver.  I tried shimmery white, and it just doesn't look as good.  I don't think mine looks as nice as hers, but I like how it came out!

One of this month's Creative Crew challenges is to use glitter or something glittery.  I think mica flakes fit the bill!  As usual, I kept the rest of the card pretty simple.  The base is Soft Suede, and I used the houndstooth embossing folder on it.  Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon covers the area where the 2 textures meet.  Lovely as a Tree is stamped in Always Artichoke.  I added some Dazzling Details in the trees and on the grass.  (TIP: Dazzling Details is liquid glitter glue, so it can make regular ink smear.  Dot lightly or work it into your design like I did with the grass.)  I roughed up the edges with the cutter kit and added Always Artichoke and Soft Suede ink.

Happy stamping!

Fall leaves

This week's CAS challenge on SCS was to use leaves.  I just got French Foliage, so that was perfect timing!  At first I was thinking about doing a collage type card or doing clear block stamping, but neither of those ideas came together for me.  (I'm a make-the-card-in-my-head-first stamper.  I'd love to be able to fly by the seat of my pants, but that just never works out for me!)

Finally, I thought of stamping the leaves across the bottom of the card in a border.  Then I decided to emboss them in gold and cut around them on the bottom.  I'm so pleased with how it came out!  (I was going to bleach inside them and color with markers but decided to leave well enough alone.)

I added some water drops in Versamark, Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon and a sentiment from Happy Greetings.  I punched it out with the decorative label punch then pushed the edges into the Versamark pad and embossed with gold EP.

Happy stamping!

Birthday card for Shelli

This birthday card is for my friend Shelli.  I used the color combo challenge from last week on SCS: Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade and Pool Party.  I used the Fine Flourish stamp in black on each color, punched it out with the scallop circle punch, then cut petals.  The card base is 3 1/4 X 6 1/2 Peach Parfait.  The Pool Party DSP is from Spice Cake.  I added brads in each of the colors and a sentiment punched out with the modern label punch.

Happy stamping!

September Creative Crew sketch

Today's card is for the September Creative Crew sketch.  I really like this sketch and card!  I used Contempo Christmas and Perfect Punches here.  The Christmas tree is embossed with the new Pewter EP from the Holiday Mini.  I used a jingle bell for the star.  The card base is Real Red with the DSP layered onto Early Espresso and popped up with dimensionals.  The tag and sentiment are also on dimensionals.  I used both the vanilla velvet ribbon and Early Espresso quilted satin ribbon from the Holiday Mini as accents.

Happy stamping!