Merry Monday Bells and Boughs

It's Merry Monday time again. And Lesley has another wonderful sketch!

I love the CASness of this sketch.  And it was a perfect opportunity to spotlight another retiring set, Bells and Boughs.

I didn't do a very good job of coloring these bells. They're kind of spotchy looking.  Lol, that's what happens when I work on cards at night.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bells and Boughs, Small Script (retired)

Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Encore Gold, SU Markers (More Mustard, Garden Green, Handsome Hunter, Cherry Cobbler

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Brushed Gold

Other:  Gold EP, Petals a Plenty EF, 2 3/8: Scallop Circle Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Basic Pearls

I love how my stash of Christmas cards is growing!  If you'd like to grow your stash, I hope you'll join us at Merry Monday.  And check out the wonderful samples the rest of the design team has come up with.

Lesley Croghan

Allisa Chilton

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Sue Joyce

Sherry Eckblad

Margaret Moody 

Vicki Burdick

Marisa Ritzen (FD)

Tenia Nelson (GD)

Have you ever had Pig Candy?  One of our daughters celebrated her birthday Saturday and they fixed us some.  It's delicious!  Just thick sliced bacon sprinkled with brown sugar and grilled.  They also fixed us Atomic Buffalo Turd.  Sounds disgusting doesn't it?   It was delicious! (And no pasture scraping involved.)  That was just the appetizers!  What a fun day!  Good food and all our family together. 

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

Featuring Silke

The Featured Stamper at SCS this week is Silke aka silli.  This is the card I chose to CASE.  I stuck pretty close to Silke's layout.

The butterfly was inspired by a card that my friend Darnell sent me for Valentine's Day.  When my friends came to stamp, they would all ooh and aah over that card so we did a similar card in the Papercrafting class last week.  

I had a butterfly left and when I saw Silke's card, I thought it would be fun to use it in a little different layout.  The extra layers added a lot of pizzazz.

Here's one of the cards from Papercrafting.

I'll bet they're wishing I'd seen Silke's card before the class!

To make this butterfly, we stamped the butterfly twice with Whisper White craft ink on a piece of Vellum Cardstock then heat embossed with white embossing powder.  When they cooled, we punched them out.  Then we cut the top of the wings and body from one of the punched butterflies (all in one piece) and adhered it to the whole punched butterfly with a trimmed Stampin' Dimensional. A row of pearls finished it off.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Loving Thoughts (card 1), Teeny, Tiny Wishes (card 2)

Ink: Whisper White, Old Olive (card 1), Basic Black (card 2)

Paper:  Whisper White, Vellum Cardstock, Old Olive (card 1), Basic Black (card 2)

Other:  White EP, Elegant Butterfly Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Basic Pearls, Fancy Fans EF (card 1), Floral EF (card 2 - Sizzix), Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing tool.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a great weekend and get some stamping time.

Enjoy!

For Queen Sandy

This is for this week's Queen for the Day at SCS, Sandy (aka stampingwriter).  Check out her inspiring gallery.  I chose this card to CASE and used a soon to be retired set, Elements of Style.

Paper Players is playing with colors that Jaydee picked.

 

Simon Says Stamp is asking for Flower Power this week.

And for the CAS challenge at SCS - NO WORDS or SENTIMENTS-Make your image convey a sentiment instead!  I hope this conveys the peace of a garden and the joy of seeing a hummingbird.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Elements of Style

Ink:  Gumball Green, SU Markers (Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green)

Paper:  Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse

Other:  Stripes EF, Labels Collection Framelits, Square Lattice EF. Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing tool, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you'll come back soon.

Enjoy!

Featuring Gayatri

This little bird was done with the Baby Wipe technique.

It's for the Featured Stamper at SCS a week ago last Sunday, Gayatri, aka Scrapawayg3.  This lovely card caught my eye right away.  I love birds!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Punch Potpourri (retired), Curly Cute (soon to be retired)

Ink:  Marina Mist

Paper:  Whisper White, Marina Mist, Old Olive

Other:  Re-inkers, baby wipe, Bird Builder Punch, Square Lattice EF, Simply Scored

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Dynamic Serene Silhouettes

Dynamic Duos is celebrating their 1st anniversary!  In honor of this big event, they have invited us to use any of their Past Colour Combos!  Here's my choice.

And the Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week is FLOWER POWER!

This is a card that we did for a sponging class back when this challenge was called.  I missed the deadline and didn't get it posted then.  

The layout was inspired by this card by Mary T. (jandjccc) posted at SCS.

The flower image was first stamped in Whisper White and heat embossed with white.  Wisteria Wonder was sponged around the embossed design. Then the flower was stamped again in Concord Crush.  Such an easy technique with a powerful impact.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Serene Silhouettes

Ink: Whisper White Craft, Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush

Paper:  Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush

Other:  White EP, Scallop Trim Corner Punch (soon to be retired)

Glad you could stop by!

Enjoy!

For Queen Peggy

I'm really behind on my Queen for the Day and Featured Stamper tributes.  I'm hoping to get them caught up this week.

This is for the Queen 2 weeks ago, Peggy (aka jasonw1).  Peggy has such an elegant style!  You can see her wonderful gallery here.   Here's my card for her.

This is the card that I CASEd.  I used the same layout but used one of my friend Loll's beautiful daisies instead of a butterfly.

The colors are from last week's Color Challenge also at SCS, Basic Gray, Blushing Bride and Pink Pirouette.  The dessert is flowers with a touch of green.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  All holidays (retired)

Ink:  Basic Gray

Paper:  Blushing Bride, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Other:  Loll's Daisy, Fancy Fans EF, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Madiera Corner Die (MB)

I'm glad you could stop by today.

Enjoy!

Merry Monday Beautiful Season

Does the weekend go by fast for you?  It seems like the clock speeds up Saturday and Sundays!  And here it is Monday again....Merry Monday.

Here's Lesley's fabulous sketch for this week.

And here's my card!

How I've loved this Beautiful Season set!  I love the little Chickadees and this one is perfect to me.  He's a keeper although Stampin' Up! is retiring him.

Pixie's Playground will warrant a visit since I raided the snippet box for these pieces.  There's excitement brewing over there about a certain decopatch cow!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Beautiful Season, Four the Holidays (retired)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Handsome Hunter (retired), SU Markers (Old Olive, Garden Green, Handsome Hunter, Basic Gray, Basic Black, So Saffron, Real Red)

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Handsome Hunter

Other:  Blender Pen, Circle Nesties (Spellbinder), Holly EF (Sizzix)

I hope you'll join us for Merry Monday and get a head start on those Christmas cards.  The rest of the DT has some fabulous samples to inspire you. 

Lesley Croghan

Allisa Chilton

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Sue Joyce

Sherry Eckblad

Margaret Moody 

Vicki Burdick

Marisa Ritzen (FD)

Kim Badelt (GD)

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

Bzzzzz

Nature Walk will be retiring soon.  This set has been such a hard worker for me.  You could  say it's been a worker bee.  Stampin' Up! will be retiring this set on May 31st.  We know that I still use my retired stamps a lot so you'll still be seeing it pop up occasionally.  If you want it for your shelf, you need to order soon.

We'll be using this bee and the honeycomb embossing folder in tomorrow's class.  So while I had it out, I thought it would work well with the current Seize the Birthday challenge.  Here's Lesley's sketch. It's perfectly CAS.

Here's the rules for this challenge:

1. Create a masculine or feminine birthday card with our sketch.

2. The challenge will last for 2 weeks and end on Tuesday, May 14th at Noon (EST).  

3. Please return to vote for your top three choices on Tuesday, May 14th at Noon (EST).  

Addicted to Stamps is having a CAS challenge this week so I'm going to buzz over there.

CASology's Cue Word this week is

Pixie's Crafty Playground is one of my favorite places to visit.  Just use some of your snippets and you can play too. I found use for some of those little, bitty pieces.  

Simon Says Stamp Challenge is looking for THINGS WITH WINGS. So we'll flit over there too.

I'd love for you to check the CAS challenge at SCS this week.  I'm still doing a happy dance!

Gotta run.  Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

Merry Monday Peaceful Christmas

We're around to Merry Monday again.  This week's sketch had me stumped.  But after a few false starts, I came up with something I was pleased with.  Here's Lesley's sketch.

And here's my card...

Pretty simple actually.  I stamped the pine branch from the old, old Peaceful Wishes set in Old Olive, stamping them off the page.  Punched some 1/4" circles from scraps of Glimmer Paper to pop on there, stamped a sentiment and the design was done. 

All of the design team has come up with some beautiful cards so be sure to check them out.

Lesley Croghan

Allisa Chilton

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Sue Joyce

Sherry Eckblad

Margaret Moody 

Vicki Burdick

Marisa Ritzen (FD)

Brenda (Benzi) GD

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Peaceful Wishes (retired), All Holidays (retired)

Ink:  Old Olive, SU Markers (Real Red, Old Olive)

Paper:  Whisper White, Old Olive, Red Glimmer

Other: 1/4" Circle Punch

Thanks for visiting and have a happy Monday!

Enjoy!

My Friend

I am so blessed to have wonderful friends.  One of these friends is Loll of Stamping with Loll.  She is a constant source of inspiration and she always shares how to do her cards. I always learn something from  her blog.  Recently she made some card candy. I was a lucky recipient and couldn't wait to use it.

Isn't this daisy amazing?  The sponging on the petals and the center with the glitter is beautiful! 

I thought it would be perfect for the Muse challenge this week.  This week's Muse is Jen Mitchell and this is the card she created for our inspiration.

I love this layout with the rounded corners on the top and how the design piece is dropped to the bottom of the card.  I was also inspired by the colors.

Edited to add that I was so excited to get a card done that I forgot a couple of challenges.

CCEE Stampers Challenge 1318 want us to make it shimmer. Do you see the glitter in the center of the daisy?

Simon Says Stamp is looking for Happy Mail. 

It was happy mail when I received these daisies and I hope it will be happy mail when a special friend receives this card.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  You're a Gem (Retired)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pool Party

Other:  Pool Party Seam binding, Madeira Corner Die (Memory Box), Daisy (Loll's Card Candy), Corner Rounder Punch (EK)

Be sure to check out all the cards in the Muse gallery.  You can vote on your favorites starting at noon on Saturday.

It's been a crazy week and I've been Nurse Nana most of the week.  Looks like everyone is on the mend and I'm looking forward to some stamping time this weekend.

I'm so glad you could stop by.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Enjoy!

Blushing Fabulous Florets

The Featured Stamper at SCS this week is Pattie G.  I think she likes flowers as much as I do.  She has so many beautiful blooms in her gallery.  I chose this card to CASE.

Dynamic Duos has perfect colors for this design...

The photo doesn't show the true pink of the Blushing Bride.  I'm so glad this pink is coming back.

Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week is  

Simon Says ,,,,, HAPPY MAIL ! :-)

So any card or creation 'just because' to make someone happy.
Not a specific occasion like birthday, anniversary etc ,,,  :-)

I stamped the flower 3 times on Whisper White cardstock with Jet Black StazOn.  To get the soft pink on the petals, I swiped my Blushing Bride marker across a plastic lid and picked up the color with a Blender Pen and applied it to the petals.  Then I swiped the Calypso Coral marker to the lid and added that to the inside of the petals blending outward with the Blender Pen.  The centers were filled in with a Basic Black marker.  Then I fussy cut the flowers and added them to the label with dimensionals.

I used Calypso Coral to stamp the sentiment from a retired set.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fabulous Florets, Song of Spring (retired)

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, Calypso Coral, SU Markers (Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Basic Black)

Paper:  Blushing Bride, Basic Black, Whisper White

Other:  Labels Collection Framelits, Square Lattice EF

I'm so glad you stopped by to brighten a gloomy day.  Your friendship IS like a song of Spring.

Enjoy!