Love is in the Air

Here's another card made from the leftovers of the last class.  I love using the components of one card and challenging myself to make something a little bit different.

Again I used the Sahara Sand card with Island Indigo and White.  The heart from Punch Potpourri (retired) was stamped in Sahara Sand then overstamped with the butterfly from Kindness Matters and the postmark from French Foliage. (I stamped off on scrap paper before stamping on the heart.)

Challenges:

CAS at SCS Love is in the Air

CAS-ual Fridays: Love Song.  

     I'm going to show my age here.  The song I'm thinking of is "I Love You a Bushel and a Peck".  I sing it to my grandchildren all the time.

Simon Says Stamp:  Have a Heart

Stampendous February Challenge: Love is in the Air

CASology:  Red  (I hope this tiny red heart is enough for them. It's what draws my eye.)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Punch Potpourri (retired), Kindness Matters, French Foliage, Itty, Bitty Banners

Ink:  Sahara Sand, Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler

Paper:  Sahara Sand, Island Indigo, Whisper White

Other:  Square Lattice EF, Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit, Fashionable Hearts Embosslit, Bitty Banners Framelits, Full Heart Punch

I hope all is well with you today.  Thanks so much for sharing your time with me.

Enjoy!

Green

I haven't had much time to play this week but I saw a challenge that reminded me of this card that I made some time ago and never shared.

Green is the Ways to Use It Challenge at SCS today and this card has lots of green.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  French Foliage
Ink:  Garden Green, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Whisper White, Garden Green
Other:  Argyle EF, Linen Thread

Thanks so much for stopping by.  If you're in the path of this super winter storm, be safe!

Enjoy!

Leaves and Banners

I had an hour and an idea! Squee!

The Paper Players are having a color challenge this week.  These are the colors that Anne Marie chose.

Aren't these fabulous colors for Fall cards?

The CAS challenge at SCS is to use the sketch from this card by va.sunshine.  I turned my banners and added some leaves.  It veers off from the sketch some, but I hope it's close enough.

I used the Rock n' Roll Technique to ink the leaves, using More Mustard first and rockin' & rollin' Old Olive and Bravo Burgundy.  The littlest leaf was inked with just Bravo Burgundy.

I'll wander over to Pixie's Crafty Worshop #46 to see what kind of mischief is going on in the playground since I used some snippets from the bottomless decorative paper box for the banners and scraps of Whisper White for the leaves.   I've heard something about wet paint on the playground?  If you go over for a visit, watch where you sit!

Thanks for stopping by.  Let me know what that you came so I can pay you a visit too.

Enjoy!

Happy Autumn

I love Autumn with the cooler temperatures, the changing colors and the smell of wood smoke in the air!

I used both the "Rock and Roll" and "Thumping" techniques on the leaves as well as "masking".  It sounds like a lot, but it came together very quickly.

It looks like this will fit 5 challenges.  I'm slightly dizzy from the thrill of that!

CAS at SCS to use this photo as inspiration.

ColourQ #155

CAS-ual Fridays #71

Friday Mashup #77

Gratutude Campaign

All supplies are Stampin Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  French Foliage, Small Script (retired)

Ink:  Perfect Plum, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, So Saffron, SU Markers (same colors)

Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry

Other:  Glossy Accents, So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Linen Thread

I'm really grateful that the wood smoke I've been smelling is from a fire pit in the neighbors yard and not a forest fire!  My prayers go out to those in the west who are having to deal with those horrible fires and those recovering from fires earlier in the year.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I'm grateful to you for taking the time.

Enjoy!

Watercolor Roses

Today's card in honor of my friend Susan Bri, who is the Featured Stamper on SCS this week.  If you click on her name above, you can go visit her fabulous gallery.  Scroll down though.  There are so many cards honoring her, that you'll have to scroll to get to her own cards.  What a tribute!

Here's the card I chose to CASE.  And here's what I came up with.

My Papercrafting group worked on these Watercolor Roses a couple of weeks ago and I was so excited to see Susan's card and another way of presenting these pretty flowers.

You can see Sandi MacIver's wonderful tutorial on how to do this technique here.  It's really quite easy and we found it works much better on the Shimmery White cardstock than on watercolor paper.

 Here's another with a vertical layout.

And while I'm at it, here's another that is a CASE of one of Sandi's rose cards.

Fifth Avenue Floral is one of the sets that will retire tonight.  And one of these cards will go to a dear friend who is also retiring tonight.  Fitting, don't you think?

The embossing folder used on the last card is retiring also.  I'm not sure if there are any left, but if you want one, you better try to order today.  The smaller area was embossed with my Whacked Embossing Folder.  Again, it's a Sandi MacIver technique but if you click on the link, I have directions for whacking.

All the leaves were stamped with Garden Green on Shimmery white scraps.  I used one of the leaves from the French foliage set and a blender pen to fill in.

And I still have some painted roses that need a home.  I guess they'll go in my UFO (UnFinishedObject) box for later.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fifth Avenue Floral, French Foliage, Sincere Salutations, Holidays and Wishes (long retired)

Ink:  Whisper White, Garden Green, Regal Rose (card 1), Rose Red (card 2), Chocolate Chip (card 3)

Paper:  Shimmery White, Whisper White, Regal Rose (card 1 & 2), Cameo Coral (card 3)

Other:  White EP, Re-inkers (Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Cherry Cobbler) card 1-2, (So saffron, Cameo Coral) card 3, Aqua Painter, Big Shot, Elegant Lines, Manhattan Flower, Finial Press EFs

I can't wait to get my order in for some of the new stuff!  I get butterflies just thinking about it.

Thanks for stopping by and many thanks for your kind comments.  They make me smile.

Enjoy!

Scripting

Is that a word? Scripting.  Spell check thinks it is.  The Less is More challenge this week is to use

SCRIPT

on a one layer card

Here's the first one I did.

Well, it's not actually the first one.  Or even the third one.  You wouldn't believe the trouble I had doing a card for this challenge!  First I stamped the sentiment crooked.  On a one layer card, that's it.  It becomes trash. On the second try, not only did I stamp the sentiment crooked, but I smudged it too. On the third try, I had the script all wonky.  Note to self.  When using a Stamp-a-majig, be sure to restamp on the plastic thingy when the stamp has been removed from the clear block and replaced.  LOL, I can't believe I did that when I had been warning people about doing the same thing during a class the day before!

I gave up on that design.  Actually, I was able to save the design from the first card and  you'll see it on another card later this week.  It's not a one layer card anymore.

So, on this card, I just stamped the script once and the flower overlapping.  Then I used my Stamp-a-majig to draw the lines around the script.  It works really well to draw straight lines.

I really wasn't happy with this card so did another and I think I like this one better.

The leaves are starting to pop out on the trees around here, so I stamped these leaves from the French Foliage set in Certainly Celery, masked them and stamped the script in Crumb Cake.  I scored a couple of lines above and below the design and inked just the sentiment on one of the Perfect Punch stamps with Marina Mist to brighten it up a bit.

When I was driving down the Interstate on Saturday I saw a whole field of blue.  I'm not sure what the flowers were, but it looked like a blue carpet and the contrast with the Spring green was lovely.

I usually like to do one layer cards, but this week I really struggled.  Next week that's probably all I'll want to do.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Charming

Ink:  Crumb Cake, SU Markers (Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight)

Paper:  Whisper White

Other: Gold flat backed beads

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  French Foliage, Perfect Punches

Ink: Certainly Celery, Crumb Cake, SU Marker (Marina Mist)

Paper:  Whisper White

Other:  Simple Scored

That's all for tonight.  I'm so glad you stopped by.

Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving

I wish you wonderful moments with those you are thankful for.  And if you can't be with those you love, I wish you many happy hours of cardmaking.

Card Recipe

Stamps: French Foliage, Hand-Penned Holidays

Ink:  More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry Textured

Other:  White EP

SU-Only Challenge  Thankful.



Enjoy!

 

Hot Colors

Hi Stamping Friends.  I finally got some stamping time over the weekend, so I can share some cards with you.  Yay!!!   I love to stamp!

All of these are for the Less is More challenge...

Our first week of the month is another Colour challenge and redolent of bonfire flames we have chosen

Red and Orange

The first card is something I've wanted to do for a while and these colors were perfect for it.  I first stamped the flowers from the Upsy Daisy set with River Rock ink.   I used the little cluster of leaves from the Just Believe set to add some foliage by inking just a bit of the stamp.  Then I used my Tangerine Tango and Real Red markers to color the flowers. Sponging around the flowers added some depth to the design.  I also sponged a bit of Whisper White over it all and it gave it a misty look.

It has a narrow mat of Tangerine Tango on a whisper White card and a sentiment stamped in red.

On this next card, I stamped the flower from the Faith in Nature set with Timber Brown StazOn after stamping off on scrap paper.  I brushed ink from the Tangerine Tango and Cherry Red markers on an acrylic block and applied it to the flower with a blender pen.  I really did use Tangerine but in this picture the flower took on a rosy look.

I used Tangerine Tango and Cherry Cobbler to mat it and mounted it on some Whisper White embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  Fancy corners were done with the Scallop Trim Corner Punch and a scrap of Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding fit behind the design.

This last is a bookmark from a Show and Tell at the Newcomers Meeting last week.  I was asked to show what we did in our Papercrafting group and had bookmarks for people to stamp so they could see how fun it is.  We used Dusty Durango and Kiwi Kiss for the stamping.  After the meeting I added the Cherry Cobbler piece to the back.  It was just sitting there begging to be added to this challenge.

Well, it's taken me almost 5 hours to do this post.  Hopefully I can find some time to get a post in again tomorrow.  I have quite a few cards to share if I can get some time at the computer to edit photos and blog.

By the way, Chrissie and Mandi, I love orange and red together.  Thanks so much for the challenge.

And thank you for visiting my blog.  Your comments mean so much in my busy life.  As much as I love those little boys, it's nice to have a few words from you ladies to brighten my day.

Enjoy!

 

Boo One and Boo Two

Remember the song from Cinderella, Bibbidy, Bobbidy, Boo?  That song is running through my head now!

Here's another Halloween card for the Less is More Challenge.  They were wondering if Blogger would self destruct if they got 1000 submissions.  As slow as it's running, it may be headed in that direction!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Scaredy Cat, French Foliage

Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry

Paper:  Basic Black, Tangering Tango, Whisper White

Other:  Spider Web EF, Big Shot

And while I was at it, I did this one using the sketch from this week's Sketch Challenge at SCS.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Scaredy Cat, Woodgrain

Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Basic Black

Paper:  Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Whisper White

Other:  Corner Rounder Punch

That's it for tonight.  Thanks for the visit.  I've enjoyed it.  I hope you have too.

Enjoy!

Batting 1000

The Less is More challenge this week is

Anything CAS Goes

The Divas are trying for 1000 submissions this week.  So far it looks like they're over a quarter of the way there.  I'll be adding more cards for this challenge this week.  If you want to find lots of CAS inspiration, Less is More is the way to go.

And at SCS this week, the Clean and Simple challenge is leaves.  How 'bout that!  A two for one.

But wait, The Friday Mashup challenge this week is

1. Create a project with an "Autumn" theme.
2. Or Create a project using shades of "Yellow & Orange".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Autumn project using shades of Yellow & Orange".

In these busy times, being able to submit one card for three challenges is really nice! And I might add, it only took a few minutes to stamp this card.  I didn't time it, but I think 5 minutes tops.  Love this set!

Also, a few weeks ago, Mary gave us a wonderful Fall Color Challenge at SCS. The colors were Always Artichoke, So Saffron and Cajun Craze. Dessert was to make it a Fall or Thanksgiving card. I won't submit to this challenge because it's so far after the fact but I wanted you to know how much I liked this challenge Mary.

And it's beginning to feel like Fall here in NC.  I love Fall with it's beautiful colors and cooler temperatures.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  French Foliage

Ink:  Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Always Artichoke, Cajun Craze

Paper:  Very Vanilla

I haven't decided what to use as a sentiment yet.  I'll add that when the need arises.  I'm thinking Merci would be good.  What do you think?

Thanks for visiting today and I do love your comments.

Enjoy!

Bossy Sketch

I finally found time to join in the Friday Mashup challenge.  I always intend to join in, but sometimes the week just slips by.  So many challenges, so little time!

Here's the card I did.

Here's the challenge.

"MASHING IT UP" this week

Create a project using the provided "Sketch".

or Create a project that has a "Dry Embossing on it".

or "Mash it Up!" and create a card using the "Sketch with Dry Embossing".

Here's the sketch.

Here's a close up!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  French Foliage, Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Old Olive

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Old Olive

Other:  Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Color Spritzer Tool, Tangerine Tango SU Marker, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Nestie

I'm so glad you came to visit today.  Thank you for the awesome comments you left over the weekend. 

Enjoy!