Combined Challenges for Wednesday

Color Challenge and Sketch Challenge
... have mered into one card that I designed to share with you today. I used the colors Basic Gray, Groovy Guava, and Blush Blossom for this card. I used the Groovy Guava DSP prints as my background. The Embrace Life set is so perfect for water coloring and I used the Aqua Painter to give the flowers some color. The flower panel is popped up using dimensional adhesive. Of course, some paper piercing on the edges complete the look.














RECIPE:
Stamps: Embrace Life Stamp Set from SU!
Paper: Basic Gray, Blush Blossom, Groovy Guava, Whisper White, Groovy Guava DSP prints
Ink: Basic Gray, Groovy Guava
Accessories: Aqua Painter, Blush Blossom SU! marker, Basic Gray Taffeta ribbon, Blush Blossom Eyelets, Dimensional Adhesive
Tools: Crop-A-Dile, Paper Piercing Tool Kit,

Today is the last day to leave a comment for my blog candy giveaway. See post below for more info on how to play.

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Double Pocket Card

Technique Challenge
Today's challenge was to make a double pocket card using a tutorial on SCS. I created this card to send to a friend in my hometown who is going through some tough times right now. I decided to use the Au Chocolate DSP (retired SU!) for the challenge. The tags that are inside each pocket are stamped using the True Friend set. The large eyelets are set using the Crop-A-Dile.

















RECIPE:
Stamps: True Friend
Paper: Au Chocolate DSP, River Rock, Groovy Guava, Very Vanilla
Ink: Groovy Guava, Garden Green
Accessories: Large Pewter Eyelets, River Rock Ribbon, Brown brad, Staples
Tools: Scalloped Circle Punch, Crop-A-Dile, Scissors

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Blog Candy - 10,000 Hits Today

10,000 Hits and counting!
Wow! I can't believe it. I just noticed that I reached 10,000 hits today. I enjoy sharing my stamping world with you and appreciate each and every one of you who visit my blog. I have this blog candy to give away. The winner will receive a Boho-style altered journal, Fiskars hand-squeeze 1" punch, packet of ribbon pieces, binder clips, pieces punched from SU! punches and a surprise item.


















To win, simply leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite SU! color combo, if yours matches my favorite combo you win...in case of a tie I will use random.org to choose a winner. You only have until Wednesday, April 16th at midnight Arizona time. One entry per person unless you are a subscriber to my blog, then you can enter twice. I can't wait to see all the color combos.

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Friday Night Stamping with Friends

Girl's Night Out
I had my 3 best friends over last night for an evening of stamping. Everyone brought food so we could make dinner (Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad, French Bread, Strawberries and Cheesecake)...yumo! We each brought a shoebox swap to stamp. We had a great time!! Here are the projects we made:

Jean's card - Gate-Fold Card using the Embrace Life Stamp Set














Vicki's Card - Long Notes Card using the Blossoms Abound Set














My card - Flap Fold Card using the Tart & Tangy Set & Fundamental Phrases














Chat was having a difficult day and left her project at home. LOL Gotta love her!
So here is a bonus project that Jean brought. She found the idea here on SCS.
Use 2 scallop circle punches, and 2 Hershey's nuggets. A corset for your chocolates!














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Simple Sketch

Sketch Challenge Wednesday
Today I designed this card for the sketch challenge over at SCS. It is a very simple oval focal point. I used the Oval Nestabilities to cut the ovals, and the paper piercing tool for the holes in the center of each scallop. The images are popped up with dimensional adhesive.



















Recipe:
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing
Paper: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Groovy Guava, Whisper White, Groovy Guava Prints DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava
Accessories: Oval Nestabilities, Paper Piercing Tool, Dimensional Adhesive, Brad, Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon

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Real Red Tulips

Tuesday's Color Challenge - Real Red, Glorious Green, Night of Navy

Here is the card I designed for today's challenge over at SCS. Tulips are my favorite flower so what better color than REAL RED. I never use Glorious Green so this was a true challenge. I used a small piece for a layer and then used the SU! marker for the stems and leaves.



















Recipe:
Stamps: Garden Whimsy
Paper: Real Red, Night of Navy, Glorious Green, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red
Accessories: SU! Markers: Glorious Green, Real Red, Dimensional Adhesive, Real Red Eyelets, Crop-A-Dile, Scalloped Circle Punch, Circle Punches, Photo Corner Punch, Red Grosgrain Ribbon, White Gel Pen

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Sharing More from VSN

Rolling Out The Red Carpet

This challenge was to use RED as your focal point on a card. I used the Always stamp set and stamped everything in red. The distressing tool was used around the red center rectangle to add dimension. and after cutting out all the stamped images, I mounted them with dimensional adhesive. I used the paper piercing tool and m
at to accent the corners of the white panel.














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Layers of Pumpkin & Turquoise...Ribbon that is

Stacked Ribbon Technique Challenge
I created this card for today's challenge using leftover scraps of Bali Breeze that I used over the weekend on a VSN project (see next post). The challenge for today was to use layers of ribbon as your embellishments. I used Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain, Tempting Turquoise Grosgrain Ribbon, and White Tafetta Ribbon.















RECIPE:

STAMPS: Ginormous Flowers, Much Appreciated
PAPER: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red, Bali Breeze DSP
INK: Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie
ACCESSORIES: 5 Petal Flower Punch, Rose Red Brads, Ribbons, Dimensional Adhesive

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Another VSN Weekend Project

Handbag "Purse-onality"
Here is another project from the VSN Weekend over at SCS. This challenge was to use a handbag for inspiration to show your "purse-onality". I used the Bali Breeze DSP for the background. I love the Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie and Rose Red colors in this paper. I used my Rose Red marker to do the faux stitching, Rose Red brads and the Rounded Tab Punch for the accent tabs. Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon is used for the handles.



















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WHERE'S THE POSTS?

Are you wondering why I haven't posted anything since Friday? Well I have been busy stamping along with the VSN Fashion Weekend over at SCS. It is a Virtual Stamp Night turned into a Virtual Stamp Weekend. The fun began Friday, April 4 at 6 pm EDT (3 pm for me in Arizona) and lasted until Saturday, April 5 at 11 pm EDT (8pm in Arizona), different challenges are posted every hour and you have 45 minutes to complete the challenge, upload your card and clean up to get ready for the next. I didn't get any of my cards uploaded until today, I even missed a couple of challenges due to making dinner and doing laundry. VSN lets you try new things and gets your creativity flowing. I created 15 cards total!! All are on my gallery at SCS. I will share a few here as well.

I Love My Threads
The challenge was to use thread on your card in some way. I used the Paper Piercing Tool Kit to make the holes and then used the Linen Thread from SU! to hand sew the DSP to the layer of cardstock. The horse was inked and stamped repeatedly without adding ink.


















RECIPE:
STAMPS: Wanted
PAPER: Close to Cocoa, River Rock, Ruby Red, Naturals Ivory, Close to Cocoa Prints DSP
INK: River Rock, Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa
ACCESSORIES: Linen Thread, Needle, Paper Piercing Tool Kit, Dimensional Adhesive

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Enjoy Your Color

Limited Supplies Challenge
Today's challenge was to use only white and one other color that is NOT a neutral. Same with embellishments, use as many as long as they are white and the same other color. I chose to use Blue Bayou and the Prints DSP that matches.













RECIPE:

STAMPS: Enjoy Every Moment
PAPER: Blue Bayou, Whisper White, Blue Bayou Prints DSP
INK: Blue Bayou
ACCESSORIES: Dimensional Adhesive, 1/2" Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Paper Piercing Kit, Blue Bayou Double Stitched Ribbon

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Rub Ons for a Challenge

Ways to Use It Challenge Thursday.
Today's challenge is to find ways to use Rub-on Transfers. Here is the card I designed for the challenge. I used the SU! Love & Happiness Rub Ons. They are very easy to use and you get great results. There is very little stamping on this card. The only stamped image is the sentiment "friend" which is stamped in Bashful Blue. The rest of the images are rub ons.

















RECIPE:
STAMPS: For A Friend
PAPER: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Gable Green, Whisper White
INK: Bashful Blue
ACCESSORIES: Love & Happiness Rub Ons, Dimensional Adhesive, Bashful Blue Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Paper Piercing Kit

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Apricot Blossom

Color Challenge & Sketch Challenge
I made a card for yesterday's color challenge, but my daughter needed it for one of her teacher's today and I gave it to her without taking a picture of it to upload. Oh well, she was so happy that it was ready to go. LOL! Here is the card I designed today, combining two challenges. I am not sure about it. I made my background by rubbing the ink pads directly onto the paper.


















RECIPE:
STAMPS: Bloomin' Beautiful
PAPER: Creamy Caramel, Cameo Coral, Apricot Appeal, Mellow Moss, Whisper White
INK: Basic Brown, Creamy Caramel, Cameo Coral, Apricot Appeal
ACCESSORIES: Blender Pens, Paper Piercing Tool Kit, Dimensional Adhesive, Apricot Grosgrain Ribbon, Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon

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Technique Monday

After a busy weekend at the dance competition, doing laundry, cooking, cleaning and stamping a challenge card here and there. It is finally Monday, and everyone is out of the house and I can get my cards posted.

Today's challenge technique is paper tole... where the same image is stacked to provide dimension to the key features. The catch with today's challenge is NO FLOWERS allowed. Stamp the main image 3 times and cut out detail areas and use dimensional adhesive to pop up.

I took the bashful blue ink pad and rubbed it over the paper to create a washed-looking background, I then stamped the entire image onto the paper. I stamped the images two more times on scrap white paper and colored all the images in using SU! markers (Going Gray (tires), Mellow Moss (truck), Brocade Blue, Regal Rose, So Saffron). I cut out one entire image and mounted it with dimensional adhesive on top of the first stamped image, then cut out several features from the 3rdstamped image to add extra dimension. I chose the fender, the window, the lady, and 3 of the gifts. This was so much fun, I love to cut and this was my stamping therapy for the day!














RECIPE:
Stamps: Loads of Love, Loads of Love Accessories
Paper: Mellow Moss, Brocade Blue, Regal Rose, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Bashful Blue,
Accessories: SU! Markers, Paper Snips, Dimensional Adhesive, Rounded Tab Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, 1/16" Hole Punch, Silver Brads, Staple, Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon

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Saturday Inspiration Challenge

Home Inspired Inspiration
The challenge is to make a card inspired by something in your home. I used a pillow from a chair in my master bedroom retreat area. Here is the pillow and the card that I designed for this challenge.














RECIPE:
Stamps: Live Your Dream
Paper: Perfect Plum, Pal ePlum, Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Ink: Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Old Olive
Accessories: Soft Subtles Buttons, Glue Dots, 5/8" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive

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Why Did I Buy That?

Friday's Limited Supplies Challenge
We were to use something that we bought or was given and didn't know why we bought it. This is the perfect example of that. I loved the crystal brads that I found at a LSS and bought every color. Only to find that the SU! Rhinestone brads colors are better, the ones I bought got lost in my embellishments drawer. So I dug them out to add to this card.













RECIPE:
Stamps: Ginormous Flowers, Stem Sayings
Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, Soft Sky, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Soft Sky
Accessories: 5 Petal Flower Punch, 5/8" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Non SU! Crystal brads, Dimensional Adhesive, 1/8" Hole Punch

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Spray It on!

Ways to Use it Challenge Thursday.

The challenge today was find Ways to Spray It, using Glimmer Mist, water misting, color spritzer ...or whatever else you can think up...have fun spraying!
Here is the card I designed for today's challenge. I just received this new set from the SU! Ocassions Mini catalog. I love to cut out images, so I cut out the three stars on the main panel and popped them up off the paper. I used Silver Spray Glitter on all the Confetti White pieces.
The finished card size is 5-1/2" square.
RECIPE:
Stamps: In the Stars
Paper: Ballet Blue, Night of Navy, Purely Pomegranate, Confetti White
Ink: Night of Navy, Purely Pomegranate, Ballet Blue
Accessories: Silver Spray Glitter, Silver Brads, 1-1/6" Hole Punch, Dimensional Adhesive, Purely Pomegranate & Navy Ribbon.

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Three Days of Challenges

I can't believe it is Thursday already, I have 3 days worth of challenges to share. I managed to get the cards stamped but didn't have time to add them here on my blog until today. So please forgive me for being late with these, but I hope you enjoy looking at them.

Wednesday's Sketch Challenge

















I designed this card for the sketch challenge over at SCS. I used the Priceless Stamp Set, which I have been neglecting lately. I love the swirls in this set. The tall narrow panel is popped up using dimensional adhesive.
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Pink Passion, White
Ink: SU! Pink Passion, Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Silver Brads, 1/16" Hole Punch, Soft Sky Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive


Color Challenge Tuesday













I designed this card using the challenge colors Soft Sky, Basic Gray, Whisper White.
Stamp Set: Always
Ink: Basic Gray, Soft Sky
Accessories: Silver Brads, Distressing Tool, Circle Punches, Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive

Monday's Try a New Technique Challenge.



















Here is my Flap Fold Card, open and closed, I designed for the Try a New Technique Challenge.
The paper is cut to 3-1/2" x 11" and scored at 4-1/4" & 8-1/2". Round the left side of the panel using a Coluzzle circle cutter. Fold and stamp as desired.
Stamps: Ginormous Flowers, Absolutely Fabulous
Paper: Certainly Celery, Cutie Pie DSP, So Saffron, Rose Red
Ink: Rose Red, Basic Black
Accessories: So Saffron Brads, 1/16" hole punch, Rhinestone Circle Brad, Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, 5 Petal Flower Punch, Dimensional Adhesive

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Happy Easter!

Stamping goes with everything!
I have been busy over the past couple of days getting everything ready for today. I am making dinner for 12 today, mostly family and a couple adoptees. I always have extras when their is homemade dinner, lol.
Basket Tag for my son's Easter basket.
I used the On Board Simon Upper chipboard, covered it with Certainly Celery Prints DSP, used my SU! craft & hobby blade to trim paper, used my Crop-A-Dile to punch a hole. I also punched 3 stars, using my large star SU! punch, from Celery cardstock, punched holes in each and strung pieces on Celery grosgrain ribbon. I added my own handwriting to each.


Basket Tag for my daughter's Easter basket.
The same as my son's except I covered the chipboard letter with Flowers For You DSP, punched out 3 flowers using my SU! 5 Petal Flower Punch, and strung it on Pretty in Pink Grograin Ribbon. I added my own handwriting to each flower.





I made these cute little treat holders (inspired from Beate's tutorial on SCS) for each place setting at the dinner table.














Stamps: A Good Egg
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Lavender Lave, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Basic Black
Accessories: Scalloped Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Slit Punch, Celery Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Dimensional Adhesive, Velcro



Cupcake Topper made using the Good Egg Set and added some Stickles for sparkle. This is the centerpiece for the food serving table!! But you have to eat dinner first, then you can have a cupcake!!














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Inspiration Saturday

Seaside Blooms

Today is Inspiration Challenge over at SCS. My favorite of all the challenges they host. The inspiration piece is this beautiful seaside bracelet.










Here is the card I designed for the challenge. I love the soft blues and green hues that are in the bracelet. I stamped the images in Basic Gray, and used the Aqua Painter to watercolor the flowers with Soft Sky and Blue Bayou. I used the silver brads to bring in the silver from the bracelet. I have been wanting to use this new set and today was the day. Finished size of card is 4-1/2" square.

















Stamps: Bloomin' Beautiful
Paper: Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Gray, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou
Accessories: Silver Brads, Paper Piercing Kit, Wild Wasabi Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional Adhesive

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