Enchanted Inspiration

Happy Saturday!! That means Inspiration Challenge day on SCS. The challenge today is to use a dress from a movie as inspiration for your card. I chose this dress Amy Adams wore in the movie Enchanted. The card I created uses the Bali Breeze DSP which I absolutely love. I cut out the larger of the flowers and popped it up with dimensional adhesive. The sentiment is also popped up over the ribbon.



















RECIPE:
Stamps: Together Forever
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Groovy Guava, Bali Breeze DSP, Whisper White
Ink: Groovy Guava
Access: Gold Brads, Dimensional Adhesive, Groovy Guava Ribbon
Tools: Scalloped Circle Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, Horizontal Slot Punch

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Summer Picnic Sketch

It's Wednesday, that means Sketch Challenge day at SCS. Here is the card I created for the challenge using a set from the Occasions Mini. The strawberry panel is popped up with dimensional adhesive.



















RECIPE:
Stamps: Tart & Tangy, Short & Sweet
Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Summer Picnic DSP
Ink: Real Red
Access: Real Red Eyelets, 5/8" Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Crop-A-Dile

This stamp set and the DSP is from the current Occasions Mini Catalog, sale date extended thru June 30th, If you would like a copy of this mini catalog, email me and I will send you one.

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One of a Kind....with Chocolate

Color Challenge - Using Very Vanilla, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip
Here is the card I created for the color challenge today on SCS, see my gallery here.
The bottom panel is actually a pocket and the two small panels are tucked in the pocket and can be pulled out to reveal your message. The sentiment is popped up with dimensional adhesive.














RECIPE:
Stamps: One of A Kind, Boho Backgrounds
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, Very Vanilla
Ink: Sage Shadow and Chocolate Chip
Access: Sage Shaoe Marker, Aqua Painter, Gold Brads, 5/8" Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools: 1/2" Circle Punch, 1/16" Hole Punch

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No More Bad Swaps Group Swap

I am happy to be a member of the NMBS (No More Bad Swaps) Group. This is a group of ladies that are excellent stampers and were tired of getting swaps that were just so-so. They wanted an upper level of swaps in return and thus this group was formed. I received an invitation from Beth, the swap coordinator to join and I graciously accepted. This was the first swap that I participated in and it was for full card specialty cards. I signed up for 2 groups. The cards I got in return were absolutely gorgeous and perfect in every way.

My first card is a Criss-Cross Card that I created using one of my favorite color combos - Soft Sky and Blue Bayou.














RECIPE:
Stamps: One of a Kind, Boho Backgrounds
Paper: Blue Bayou, Groovy Guava, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Blue Bayou DSP
Ink: Blue Bayou, Groovy Guava, Soft Sky
Access: Silver Brads, Blue Bayou Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive, Glue Dots
Tools: Scalloped Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Rounded Tab Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch

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My second card is a Surprise Pop-Up Card. I chose the color combo based on the Flower Fusion colors as I knew I wanted to use these felt flowers as an embellishment for the front on the card.
Here is the card closed



















Here is the card open


















RECIPE:
Stamps: Polka Dot Background, Fun & Fast Notes, Curvy Verses
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Rose Red, Whisper White, Rose Red DSP Prints
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black
Access: SU! Markers, Flower Fusion, Brads, Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Staples, Glue Dots, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Trimmer/Scorer, Photo Corners Punch, Stapler, 3/4" Circle Punch

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No Hardware Challenge

Limited Supplies Challenge
Today's challenge on SCS was to use stamps instead of hardware (brads, eyelets, buttons, etc.) on your card. Here is the card I created for the challenge. I used the small star from In The Stars set, stamped it with Bashful Blue onto Whisper White and used the 1/2" Circle Punch and punched each one out. I then flat mounted them along the bottom of my card instead of putting three brads or buttons there. The saying is also from In the Stars set.













RECIPE:
Stamps: Pun Fun, In The Stars
Paper: Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi, Jersey Shore DSP, Whisper White
Ink: Bashful Blue, Basic Black
Access: SU! Markers: Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue; Wild Wasabi Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: 1/2" Circle Punch

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Masculine Card Challenge

Ways to Use It Challenge
For today's challenge on SCS, I made this masculine card using a set from the mini catalog. I am truly challenged when it comes to making manly cards.

















RECIPE:

Stamps: For Father
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Wild Wasabi, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Basic Brown
Access: Antique Brass Brads, Markers, Wild Wasabi Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Ticket Corner Punch

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Another Challenge to Share

Sketch Challenge
Here is the card I created for the sketch challenge today on SCS. When I saw the sketch I knew this was the perfect set for it. I used the Double Hole Punch to create "faux brads" on the sides. I used the Pretty in Pink classic ink pad for the direct to paper technique to make the background.

















RECIPE:

Stamps: Live Your Dream
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa, Wild Wasabi
Access: Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Double Hole Punch

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I'm Back....Color Challenge to Share

Color Challenge - Soft Sky, Certainly Celery, Blue Bayou
Here is the card I created for the color challenge this week on SCS. I absolutely love these colors together. I used the paper piecing technique on the wheelbarrow.













RECIPE:
Stamps: Blooming with Love
Paper: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Blue Bayou DSP Prints
Ink: Basic Gray, Markers: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery
Access: Jumbo Eyelet, Celery 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Crop-A-Dile, Scalloped Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch

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Why No Posts?

I have been feeling bad for several days and having a tremendous amount of pain in my lower abdomen. I really wanted to be creative and stamp, but everytime I went to my stamp room the pain over took the creativity. So taking the advise of my ER physician husband and my nurse friends, I tried to take it easy and gets lots of rest. Well, last night at about midnight my temperature spiked to 102.7 and I was having tremors. My daughter just happened to be laying with me in bed and felt the bed shaking and immediately called her dad, who was still at work, and she drove me to the hospital. After 8 hours of IV fluids, pain medication and being put through every test imaginable....CAT scan, X-rays, Ultrasounds, blood cultures. It is an infection of an ovarian cyst. I was so scared that it was going to be something worse.

Don't give up, I will be posting something creative very soon!