Loll's Flower

My good friend Loll (Stamping with Loll) sent me some flower card candy
a couple years ago.  I hadn't used any for a while.

I pulled one out and popped it on this embossed piece.

Stamped a sentiment and cut it into a little banner.

A quick and easy CAS Mix Up card.

Stamping, Dry Embossing, Punching and Shaping with
a little Glitter thrown in for good measure.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps: Endless Birthday Wishes

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White

Other:  Treillage EF (Cuttlebug, Anna Griffin)

Summer Daisies

This is not what I intended!

I was CASEing this card by Melissa Stout.

She's the Featured Stamper at Splitcoaststampers.

I thought I'd emboss the sentiment on the watercolor panel.

Well, it didn't work very well.

If I'd put the pad back in MISTI, it would have been fine.

But I didn't.

So....

I decided to CASE this card with the 3 flowers.

It doesn't look much like either one of Melissa's cards, but I tried.

 Simon Says Monday Challenge 

SUMMER

I'll take my summer daisies over there.

Since the whole front of my card was made from snippets, I'm off to

Pixies Snippet Playground

Check back later today for my first Design Team card for the

Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White (SU), Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press), Crushed Curry

Other: Square Lattice EF (retired SU), Daisy Punch (My Paper Studio), 1/4" Circle Punch (SU), Crystal Effects (SU)

Celebrate Today with ATCAS

Here's a super quick and CAS card.

I punched the blossom out of the white card front.
Then I embossed the card front with the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder.
I place a scrap of Decorative Paper behind the outcut?
(I'm never sure which is the outcut and which is the cutout.)

I sponged some yellow on the cutout flower and used a brad to fasten it
to the card front and adhered it all to the front of the card.
(Somehow my sponging always looks messy to me. 
Wish I could get the hang of it!)

A fussy cut stamped banner finished it off.

I'm taking it over to 
Addicted to CAS



Simon Says Monday Challenge
says it's a MID-SUMMER challenge.
I've got warm colors and I enjoy the flowers in the gardens.



Simon Says Wednesday Challenge
says EMBOSS IT.
I've got dry embossing on this card.



That snippet of Decorative Paper will get me into
Pixies Snippet Playground



I hope that wherever you are you can
Celebrate Today.

Thanks for coming by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Perfectly Penned (retired)

Ink:  Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight

Paper:  Marina Mist, Whisper White, DSP

Other:  Blossom Punch, Brad 

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Spectacular Birthday

Our Luke celebrated his 5th birthday last week.  I had made him a paper pieced card but then decided to use the pattern I'd found for a Spider-man card.  He's crazy about Spider-man and all those Avengers.  He really liked this card and that made me happy!

Spider-man is copyrighted by MARVEL.  I found the pattern for him here.  Natasha did a wonderful job of using Stampin' Up! punches for him.  Her pattern was very easy to follow.

The spider web on the top was a lucky find from the clearance shelf at a local craft store.  When I asked how much it was, it rang up at 1¢.  It was my lucky day!  The spider web on the white is embossed with my Stampin' Up! folder.

I'll take this over to  Pixie's Playground, since I used only snippets for the design on this card.    It's a 5" x 7" card so the base wasn't a snippet but everything else was.

Seize the Birthday challenge this week is to make a masculine card using this sketch.

I'll be Lesley didn't envision Spider Man as any shape.  Hopefully they won't kick me out!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Wacky Wishes, Spider Web (Hero Arts Cling)

Ink:  Whisper White, Pacific Point

Paper:  Whisper White, Night of Navy, Real Red, Pacific Point, Basic Black

Other:  Big Shot, Spider Web EF, Punches (Extra Large Oval, Full Heart, 1 3/8" Circle, Word Window, Modern Label, Retired Small Oval,), Decorative Label Punch, Tiny Spider Punch (Studio G)

I'll leave you with a  shot of our little Hero himself.

I hope you are enjoying your weekend and that you get some time to stamp.

Enjoy!

Turkey Punch

I punched some turkeys for Thanksgiving.  Here's one of them.

Queen for the Day at SCS is gabalot (Gabby).  This is the card I used for inspiration after looking through her fantastic gallery.  I used a different season and critter, used the die cut for my sentiment instead of my main image, and different colors.

CASology has a new challenge today that fits...

.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Holidays and Wishes

Ink:  Cajun Craze

Paper:  Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Soft Suede Scraps of DSP

Other:  Woodgrain EF,  Apothecary Accents Franelits, 1 3/4" Scallop Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Heart from Owl Builder Punch, Google Eyes (non SU)

Thanks for stopping by and welcome to my new followers.

Enjoy!

Thinking Spring

I woke up this morning thinking of Dogwood blooms.  They're one of the first signs of spring here in North Carolina.  I had bought the Floral Fusion Sizzlit last year thinking it would work for Dogwood flowers.  So I pulled it out and played with it a bit.

The challenge at Just Add Ink this week is a color challenge so I decided to go with pink Dogwood.   Here are the colors...

I punched the flowers out of Whisper White and punched the ends of the petals with my generic paper punch.  Then I creased each petal with my thumbnail and pressed a giant stylus in the center.  I sponged Regal Rose on the flowers and used a Rose Red marker to color the ends of the petals.

The stems are from the Great Friend set.  I inked just the stem with my Early Espresso marker.

The vase is punched with the Wide Oval Punch and flattened on each end.  I used the filigree stamp from Vintage Vogue to stamp a design on the vase.

When I was finished, I wasn't sure that I liked it.  Have you ever worked way too long on a card and then thought, ugh?

I had one flower left sitting on my table and a swirl was laying there and they kind of landed together and I really liked the look.  So I made this card....

I like the simplicity of this one better.  I'll be interested in which one you like best.



Card (1) Recipe

Stamps:  Great Friend, Vintage Vogue

Ink:  Early Espresso, Regal Rose, SU Marker (Rose Red)

Paper:  Early Espresso, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede

Accessories:  Big Shot, Floral Fusion Sizzlit, Square Lattice EF, Wide Oval Punch, Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon, seed beads, Color Spritzer Tool

Card (2) Recipe

Stamps:  Filigree Background (retired)

Ink:  Early Espresso, Regal Rose, SU Marker (Rose Red)

Paper:  Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Accessories:  Big Shot, Floral Fusion & Swirls Scribbles Sizzlits, Ovals Die, Square Lattice EF, Paper Piercer, seed beads

I don't think we're close to Spring and Dogwood blooms no matter what the groundhog says.  But I know the beauty will be well worth the wait!

Enjoy,

Bonnie

Rock and Roll

Today's CAS Challenge  at SCS is to do a card with a Rock & Roll theme!  I'm really out of touch with Rock & Roll music, so I was thinking I could  use the rock & roll technique for inking up a stamp.  Then our youngest daughter (Luke's Mommy) called with news from the ultrasound.  Did I tell you she was expecting in July?

Well, it really hit home that once this baby comes, we're going to be doing some rockin' & rollin'!

Can you guess what they think the ultrasound shows?  (Ruthann & Sarah, don't let on that you know, ok?)

I had some of this paper left in my stash.  I know it's not Stampin' Up! but I've gotta use what's handy.

I used the 2 1/2" Circle Punch, punched 2, and used my paper cutter to trim the tops off.  Then I used the 1", 3/4" & 1/2" Circle Punches for the wheels.

When my friend gave me the paper, she also gave me a sheet of decorative strips to match.  I trimmed some of those for the scallop trim and the handle.  I also cut the circles for the wheels out of the trim.  A tiny scrap of lace tucks into the carriage for a blanket.

I used the BIG GUY and the Top Note Die for the background.  The white one is trimmed at the perforations.

Then, I was really brave!  I used a Stamp & Write Marker and wrote the words to Rock-a-bye Baby on the card base.

So you see this card Rocks and Rolls!

Card Recipe
Stamps:  None
Ink:  Bashful Blue SU Marker
Paper:  Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, DP from my stash
Accessories:   2 1/2", 1", 3/4", & 1/2" Circle Punches, Lace, Big Shot, Top Note Die

We had a great time at Emmy's birthday party yesterday.  She loved opening presents and eating cake.  It was kind of wild with an excited 2 yr. old Birthday Girl and her 6 cousins!  But it was so much fun!

Enjoy,
Bonnie

Luke is 2

Our dear Luke turned 2 years old last Friday. It's hard to believe that it's been 2 years since he was born. He is such a delightful child (usually) and really loves Thomas the Tank Engine and all his friends. He can call all of them by name and corrects us often when we get mixed up! I meant to post this earlier but between Birthday Parties and leaving my camera at the Birthday Party, I am a bit late with it so today will be a double post day.



This design was CASED from a design posted on Splitcoast Stampers by Michelle Wecksler. I just couldn't resist it! It's made almost entirely with punches. Hope I can remember which ones I used. The only head I had was from the "Very Thankful" set so I inked just the head and stamped it. I freehand cut the hat. It only took 3 tries to get it right! Since I don't have the "Right on Track wheel", I had to freehand the tracks too. They're a little bumpy but I only got one try with them. The wheels look a little bumpy too so it all goes together. I don't sponge edges very well do I? Guess I need to practice more on that technique! The 2 is not SU but a sticker from my misc. envelope. The sentiment was generated on the computer.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Very Thankful
Paper: Confetti White, Brilliant Blue, Basic Gray, Going Gray, YoYo Yellow, Whisper White, Patterns Pack DSP Ink: Creamy Caramel
Acc.: Wide Oval, 1" Circle, 3/4" Circle, 1/2" Circle, Word Window Punches, Stampin' Write Markers



Happy Birthday Darling Boy,


Nana