Merry Monday Frosty Friends

It's a snowman party for Merry Monday this week.

When I saw this stamp in the Holiday Mini catalog, I knew I had to have it.  These little guys looked like they were having so much fun getting ready for the holidays.

And Lesley's sketch worked perfectly when I tipped it a bit.  Don't ya think?

It's not quite an oval.  I cut the design piece with the largest die from the Apothecary Accents Framelit then whacked off the ends.

I hope you'll join  us at Merry Monday this week.  And check out the beautiful creations from the rest of the design team.

                      Lesley Croghan (off this week)

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst
Narelle Farrugia
               Bonnie Klass (that's me)
     Terry Blais (FD)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! Unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Frosty Friends, Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, Pool Party, SU Markers (Real Red, Lucky Limeade, More Musttard, Crumb Cake)

Paper:  Whisper White, Island Indigo, Summer Smooches & retired DSP

Other:  Northern Flurry EF, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Small foam applicator (non SU), Word Window Punch, Dazzling Details

I've been missing sharing with you nearly every day.  It's been pretty busy around here.  It's good to be busy, but I've had to do without some pleasures to keep afloat.  Hopefully I will be back in the swing later in the week.  I've really missed the challenges and blog visiting.

Thanks Darnell for letting me know that my Simply Simple card got honorable mention at Addicted to Stamps.  What a nice surprise! 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Another name for Butterfly is Papillon

I'm just under the wire on a couple of challenges.  But I think I'm going to make it if I type fast.

Play Date Cafe had some beautiful colors last week.  The challenge will close in a few hours and I'm so glad I got this in.  I haven't played with them in so long.  I always intend to, but somehow don't quite get to it.  I'm so glad I got to use these beautiful colors.

I used Pool Party, Island Indigo and Daffodil Delight.

The Less is More challenge is a One Layer Card week and the theme is

Three of anything that is, three colours, three images, three stamps, three words, the number three....it's up to you, but don't forget the white space, a simple design and just one layer!

I used three colors of ink for the splotches.  Oops, I'll bet this will be thrown out because of the black. Is black a color?  Probably, but it's not a spotch!  I guess I could say that I used 3 large rhinestones.  But that may be stretching it a bit.


The One Layer Wednesday challenge was over at Simplicity last week.


This week's OLW is to make a birthday card with LOTS of bling.  Your bling may be rhinestones or glitter or other shiny things!


For me this is a lot of bling with 3 large rhinestones and 4 small.


And last but not least is the CASology challenge.  This is the second week of this challenge.

Do you see my happy?  I'm so happy that I'm going to get these all in under the wire.  I've had the idea brewing for a couple of days and sometimes the ideas and creating time don't necessarily come together. 


All supplies are Stampin' Up!


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Papillon Potpourri, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, Re-inkers (Pool Party, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight)
Paper:  Shimmery White
Other:  Aqua Painter, Basic Rhinestones, Corner Rounder Punch

Now to get over to the Play Date Cafe before they close the door. 


Thanks so much for stopping by.  


Enjoy!

Serene River Rock and Artichoke

Serene Silhouettes may not be a silhouette this time, but it is serene due to the Dynamic Duos challenge.

 This week's colors are 

I used the layout from the CAS challenge at SCS this week.  The inspiration card is simply beautiful and I was tempted to do an exact CASE.  I loved how she used her Crop-A-Dile for the embossing across the bottom of her card and I did that.  My Crop-A-Dile pretty much just sits there gathering dust.  I was happy to find another good use for it.

I think this would be a good card to send to a guy or as a sympathy card.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Serene Silhouettes, Teeny, Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Always Artichoke, SU Markers (Always Artichoke, River Rock)
Paper:  River Rock Textured, Always Artichoke, Whisper White
Other:  Linen Thread, Crop-A-Dile (retired)


Our weather has turned so nice!  After days of heat and humidity, we've had a warm but breezy and humidity free day today. How lovely!

I'm so glad you stopped by.  I hope you come back soon.

Enjoy!

Mother's Day Friend

Friends Never Fade is one of the beautiful sets that Stampin' Up! will be retiring.  

Oh, how I've enjoyed this set!

The SUO (Stampin' Up! Only) challenge this week is...

MAY IS FOR MOTHERS!

Robin challenges us to make Mother's Day cards for the special mothers in our life.  This challenge last 2 weeks and participants have to use only Stampin' Up! products.

Speaking of this challenge, I was so excited to be asked to be a Guest Designer there later this month.  It will be the end of May so I have plenty of time to get a project done.

All supplies are Stamin' Up!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Friends Never Fade, Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  SU Markers (Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, More Mustard)

Paper:  Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Other:  Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Scallop Trim Corner Punch

There's still time to order this set.  It's available until May 31st.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you come back soon.

Enjoy!

Herb Expression Anniversary

This is the card I sent our lovely daughter and her husband for their anniversary.  I love the Herb Expressions set and haven't used it nearly enough.

The SUO challenge is to do a congratulations card in honor of Michelle Laycock, who is celebrating her 10th anniversary as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.  I hope this will do.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Herb Expressions, Teeny, Tiny Wishes
Ink:  SU Markers (Pear Pizzazz, Concord Crush)
Paper:  Whisper White, Concord Crush
Other:  Big Shot, Tulip Frame EF


Thanks so much for the visit.

Enjoy!

Spring Colors

The Paper Players have a color challenge this week.  These are the colors we are to use....

Don't they look like Spring?

Remember my problems with the One Layer Script card a few days ago?  The design was OK on one of the discards so I cut it off and used it on this card.  The little butterfly is also from the Charming set and looks so happy sitting on the sentiment piece.

I liked these colors so well that I did another card too.

My friend Peggy lent me this cute bunny stamp and I thought he would look very handsome in Crumb Cake.  I used the same colors for the flowers and stamped after masking Mr. Bunny. The grass was in my scrap bag and the scalloped piece the design is on was also a discard.

I used the Itty Bitty Shapes punch for the flowers and dressed it up with some Pool Party seam binding from the Occasions Mini catalog.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps: Charming, Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Crumb Cake, SU Markers (Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake)

Paper:  Whisper White, Pool Party

Other:  Square Lattice EF, Word Window & Slot punches, Pool Party Seam Binding

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Charming, Bunny (Inkadinkadoo)

Ink:  Crumb Cake, SU Markers (Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz, Basic Black)

Paper:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Wisteria Wonder

Other:  Adorning Accents Edgelit die, Adorning Accents EF, Itty, Bitty Shapes punch, Pool Party seam binding, Basic Pearls

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Ya'll come back soon.

Enjoy!

Neutrals

We're back to a colour challenge at Less is More this week.  And the colour is

Neutrals

This could be anything from off white to black with any shade of beige brown or gray in between.

I dug into that UFO box and found this design I did last year and never put on a card.  The stamp set has been retired, but it's one that will stay in my collection.

I wanted to do something new for this challenge too.  So I made this card.

I played around with the new Labels Framelits dies and found that I could emboss with it.  I was so excited to do it that I forgot to write down what I used for shims.  LOL, I can't remember what I used!

I stamped the cross with Chocolate Chip ink on a scrap of Naturals Ivory and die cut it with a Framelit.  I cut 2 more of the same size Framelits from scraps of Chocolate Chip to make a mat for the design.  All this is adhered with dimensionals.  Stamped the sentiment and it was done.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Crosses of Hope

Ink:  Chocolate Chip

Paper:  Naturals Ivory, Chocolate Chip

Other:  Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits Dies

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Easter Blossoms, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, SU Markers (Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight)

Paper:  Naturals White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake

Other:  Signo White Gel Pen, Small Oval Punch

I tried to link yesterday's card at Styles Ink for the OLW challenge and wasn't able to get my card to link up. I see that Inlinkz has some changes going on and thought I did what needed to be done.  Anyone have any suggestions?  Isn't that always the way?  If something works well, change it!

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Great Sketch

There's a great sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  Actually it was last week but there's still time to enter a card.

Here is the sketch Rita gave us to work with.

I love the clean and simple lines of the sketch.

I just happened to have this little design piece left over from the Stamp Stack samples.  A few scrap pieces helped to finish it off.

Edited to add:  The design was colored with SU Markers.

Did you notice the embossed scallops?  I used the new Adorning Accents Embossing Folder to emboss a divider between the sentiment and the design.

Operation Write Home has asked for Mother's Day cards to send to the troops and I've been meaning to get some made for weeks now.  This seemed like a perfect time to start.  If you enter the challenge, you even have a chance to win a prize.  The cards are due to the shipper by march 20th.  That's not very far away is it?

All supplies are Stampin' Up!


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Simply Soft, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, SU Markers (Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz)
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Other:  Blender Pen, Corner Rounder Punch, Big Shot, Adorning Accents EF, Square Lattice EF

I'm off to the craft room to cut sets for the Stamp Stack and listen to an audiobook.  I've been listening to Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult.  I think I've renewed it 5 times now.  That's 10 weeks!  Lucky for me they allow a lot of renewals at our library.  The catch is, it has to be an old book that everyone else has listened to.  But old books are still good books.

I'm happy that you stopped by to visit.  I love hearing what you think and paying you a visit too.

Enjoy!

Always Creative Wishes

The One Layer Wednesday challenge this week really made me think.  Susan said to use two colors, two images, and masking.  Sentiments are optional but must be in one of the two colors.  After scratching my head a bit, this is what I came up with.

It took a lot longer to decide which stamp and sentiment to use than it did to actually make the card.

First I stamped the butterfly from the Creative Elements set trying to hit slightly above the middle of the card.  I stamped again on a scrap of thin vellum and cut out the butterfly.  After applying a little removable adhesive to the top of the wings, I masked the butterfly and stamped over with the flourshy stamp from the Always Elegant set.  It wasn't a perfect line up, but these days I'm letting go of some of the perfection needs.  Babies will do that to you.

I used my Simply Scored to score 3 lines 1/4" apart and rounded the bottom corners.

Stampin' Up! is going to be selling a diagonal board for the Simply Scored.  I think it goes on sale in March.  I can't wait!  I love to score the diagonal lines, but I find that I don't always get them where I want them.  It will also come with instructions for making envelopes.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Always Elegant, Creative Elements, Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Basic Gray, Tempting Turquoise

Paper:  Whisper White

Other:  Simply Scored, Basic Pearls, Corner Rounder Punch

I'm looking for a new printer.  I need to be able to print on card stock and I want a printer that prints great colors.  I'd also like to be able to print good quality photos. What kind of printers do you like?

It makes me happy that you stop by especially when you leave me a message. 

Enjoy!

Color in Winter

Susan's One Layer Wednesday challenge this week is ....

"Winter's dominant color scheme is gray and white (at least in Ohio), but every now and then, a pop of color reminds us that spring and summer WILL come. I've seen pops of red (cardinals) and blue (blue birds) out my windows this month.

This week's OLW is to make a one-layer card that uses white, gray, with a pop of one bright color of your choice. (If you must, you may use black for the sentiment.)"

Very quick and simple.  I stamped the flourish from the Creative Elements stamp set in Basic Gray.  Colored the "berries" in Real Red with a SU Marker.  Inked the Sympathy from the Loving Thoughts set with a Basic Gray Marker.

That's it and it was done.

I had done this card yesterday for this challenge but then decided that it had more than a pop of color in that Carolina Blue sky.

Actually, it's been so warm here in Carolina that I have a daffodil blooming in my front yard.  And when I went to the library this afternoon, there were several showing their happy faces.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps: Creative Elements, Loving Thoughts

Ink:  Basic Gray, SU Markers (Real Red, Basic Gray)

Paper:  Whisper White

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Lovely as a Tree, Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Basic Gray

Paper:  Naturals White

Other:  Stampin' Pastels (Bashful Blue, Night of Navy), Sponge Dauber

I had a wonderful time this afternoon with some of my stamping friends. We had the best time and all made lots of beautiful cards. Now I'm so inspired I probably won't be able to sleep tonight.

I'm so happy you stopped by.

Enjoy!

Man, Oh Man

Susan's One Layer Wednesday challenge last Wednesday was to make a birthday card for a guy.  And of course it has to be one layer with minimum embellishments.  Here's what I did.

I'm doing a happy dance because I used the stamp in the Baroque Motifs set that I had never used before!

I used my Stamp-a-majig for placement and stamped the middle block in Chocolate Chip then lined the end blocks up.  I have to tell  you, I held my breath through the whole process.  It's a good thing it didn't take too long!

Now I'm breathless but happy.

I kept thinking about the Technique Challenge on SCS last Monday to use twine in a different way.  I punched a 1/4" circle from a scrap, added a glue dot and wrapped a bit of hemp twine on the circle and glued the end down. I thought it gave a manly look.  I tied a piece of twine too.  It probably didn't need it, but I kinda like it, so it stays.

All supplies Stampin' Up!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Baroque Motifs

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Not Quite Navy
Paper:  Whisper White
Other:  Hemp Twine

I thought I would get a lot of stamping done this weekend and I haven't inked the first stamp.  My house is clean,  the errands are run and there's a pot of beef stew on the stove.  Hopefully, I can get to the craft room after supper.

Wish you could join us for some warming stew.

Enjoy!

Bashful Night Whisper

The Color Challenge at SCS this week is to use Bashful Blue, Night of Navy and Whisper White.

 I needed to make some thank you cards.  Oh, I have plenty already made, but I just had to make some more for specific people.  I hope the recipient gets her card before she sees this blog.

This set is available only to hostesses.  It has 3 lovely flowers that are 2-step stamping or, like here, can be stamped and watercolored.  Markers make it so quick and easy to color!

I don't know if you can see them or not, but some of the flowers have some tiny pearls in the center.

All supplies Stampin' Up!
Card Recipe
Stamps:  Simply Soft, Teeny, Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, SU Markers (Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake)
Paper:  Whisper White, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue
Other:  Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Basic Pearls

We had a visit today from our #2 daughter and grandson.  Gavin is 7 yrs. old and can recite the periodic table of elements.  He is such an amazing and sweet tempered child.  What a joy!

I'm so glad you stopped by.  I love hearing from you.

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!



Emboss and Color

In a few days (3 to be exact) you can start ordering from the Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Catalog.  Did you get your catalog?

This embossing folder is on p. 24.  It's actually reversed from the picture and it's gorgeous!

I've seen several cards made with this Embossing Folder and watercolored.  I really loved this technique and just had to try it.

I'm going to enter it in a new (to me) challenge.  It's called Hand Stamped Sentiments and this weeks challenge is to make a Mother's Day card.

And the Color Challenge on SCS this week is to use Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue & Baja Breeze with embossing for dessert.

I used both shades of blue ink and a blender pen to color the flowers.  The stems & leaves are Certainly Celery.

I've already sent a card to the Less is More challenge to do an Off Centre card, but I'm going to send this one along too.  If you want some good examples of Clean & Simple cards, there are 240 entries already in this challenge.  Lots of good inspiration there!

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Teeny, Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Daffodil Delight, Not Quite Navy
Paper:  Watercolor
Accessories:  Big Shot, Flower Garden EF, Corner Rounder Punch

I'm so glad you could stop by.

Enjoy!

Bonnie

CASEing Karen Again

Here is another card honoring k dunbrook.  You may remember from yesterday's post that she was named Queen for the Day at SCS last Friday.  Her reign lasts a week.  A week isn't enough time to make cards that she inspires!

Here's Karen's card that I used for inspiration.  I used a different embossing folder, stamps and sentiment and added a layer.  Other than that, my card is pretty much the same.

To get the embossed frame, I used a thin wood plaque, with an oval cutout, from a craft store.  I put my cardstock in the embossing folder, laid it on the plaque and ran it through the BIG GUY.  Last time I tried this, it took several tries to get it to impress right.  When I finally got it right, I drew the lines on the wooden piece so I would know exactly where to lay the embossing folder.  This time I got it right first try.  I was so excited!

After I got the embossing done, I cut a mask using the Ovals die and sponged inside the large oval with River Rock and Soft Suede.  Leaving the mask in place, I stamped the trees in Always Artichoke.  After they were all stamped, I used a Soft Suede marker to draw the trunks and branches.

The button came from my button can.

The Stampin' B's challenge from last week was to do a Masculine Card.  I think this qualifies.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Lovely as a Tree, Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  River Rock, Soft Suede, Always Artichoke, SU Marker (Soft Suede)

Paper:  Whisper White, Always Artichoke

Accessories:   Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Hemp twine, Button

I'm so glad you stopped by. I hope you come back again real soon!   Enjoy!

Bonnie

Heather Blues

Wow, it's late!  What a busy day today.  I did manage to get in a quick card for the Color Challenge at SCS.  It's called Crushing Bashful Blues with Pizzazz.  In other words, Concord Crush, Bashful Blue, & Pear Pizzazz.  Dessert this week is use of the white gel pen.

I love blue and purple together!  My mother had a brooch that had purple and blue stones on it.  I have that brooch now and it's one of my favorites although, I don't wear it much now that I'm retired.

I inked the lavender stamp, from Herb Expressions, with markers and stamped on a scrap of Whisper White. Then I stamped a couple more times without reinking.  The little butterfly is from the So Happy for You Sale-a-bration set.  I inked it with a Bashful Blue marker and used the fine tip of the Concord Crush to edge it.  It's really hard to see, but I dotted the butterfly with the Signo white gel pen.  Just a taste of dessert!  Both the design piece and sentiment piece are popped up on dimensionals.

Since Lavender stands for devotion (even though I left that part off when I inked this), I thought it would make a great anniversary card.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Herb Expressions, So Happy for You, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  SU Markers (Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Bashful Blue)
Paper:  Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Concord Crush
Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Concord Crush ribbon, Ticket Corner, Word Window & Modern Label punches

The Creative Arts group met with me today and we had a new stamper, Lori.  She had never made a card before.  I thought I would share what she did.

She wanted to make a Birthday card for her Sister-in-law.  I think she did a great job, don't you?  (Can you tell we were playing with the Big Shot today?)  The other ladies made some lovely cards too.  I just didn't get pictures of everything.  It's a lovely group and I so enjoy spending time with them.  They always manage to inspire me!

Sorry this has gone on so long.  Thanks for the visit.  Enjoy!

Bonnie

Birthday Balloons for Owen

Today Luke is going to a birthday party for his "buddy pal" at Preschool.  Mommy provided the present, Nana got to do a card.

My "buddy pal" Ruthann let me use her Crazy for Cupcakes set.  I can't believe I never bought this set.  It's great!  I think it will be in my next order even though she has graciously told me to use it as long as I want!

I inked the balloons and strings (don't you just love those strings?) with markers and colored the balloons in with the markers, smoothing with a blender pen.

I had 2 strings of the same color and I tried to trace one with the small nib on the red marker.  It's not perfect, but I doubt a 3 yr. old will notice.  The middle balloon is cut out and popped up.  I know, I can't believe I actually cut out that ribbon but it gave the look I wanted.

Just a simple layout to bring out the balloon colors.

It just so happens that the Free 4 All #52 challenge at SCS last Friday was to do a child's birthday card.  Isn't that perfect timing?

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Crazy for Cupcakes, Teeny, Tiny Wishes
Ink:  SU Markers (Tempting Turquoise, Brilliant Blue, Real Red)
Paper:  Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red

And guess what?  We get to escort Luke to the Birthday Party at the Fun House!  Pop and I may be babbling when we get home!

Enjoy,
Bonnie

Christmas in February

This week's  One Layer Wednesday challenge, over at Simplicity, was to do a Christmas or Season's Greetings card.  Had to use red & green on white or cream.  It had to be one layer (one piece of cardstock folded in half, no additional layers and minimum embellishments).  She even suggested using a non holiday stamp for extra points.

Here's the first one I did.....

This flower is in the Bliss set from the Sale-a-bration catalog.  I always thought it resembled a Poinsettia and thought it was a shame that this set would be long forgotten by Stampin' Up! come Christmas.

I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig and actually got things where I wanted them this time.  I inked the flowers with markers then masked them and inked just one petal in green for a leaf and, again using the SAMJ, stamped the leaves.  They needed something to ground them, so I drew a doodly frame around.  I pressed down too hard on the sentiment, but didn't think it was bad enough to trash.

Then I had another idea with another Sale-a-bration set......

Actually, I planned to stamp a poinsettia on this, but liked it so well without it, I didn't.  I've got to tell you that initially I thought I had ruined this.  I didn't get a good stamp and I figured since I was using the SAMJ and I hadn't moved anything, I could just stamp over.  WRONG!  I ended up with a double image that gave me motion sickness just looking at it!  So I used the marker and kind of filled in between the double lines and blended with the blender pen until it didn't make me queasy.  I really loved the results.

Again, I pressed too hard on the sentiment and got a heavy image.  I hope whoever gets this card won't care.  Probably won't even notice!

Maybe I ought to take the blending pen to the poinsettias. Hmmm....

Card Recipe (Poinsettias)

Stamps:  Bliss, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  SU Markers (More Mustard, Real Red, Garden Green)

Paper:  Whisper White

Accessories:  Stamp-a-ma-jig

Card Recipe (Filigree Branch)

Stamps:  Sweet Summer, Short & Sweet

Ink:  SU Markers (Garden Green, Real Red)

Paper:  Whisper White

Accessories:  Stamp-a-ma-jig

Enjoy,

Bonnie

Thoughts Framed

Sunday's Featured Stamper on SCS was whoistracy.  Splitcoast was having some issues Sunday and I couldn't even bring up many of the cards in her gallery.  This one was one that I saw and I woke up Monday morning thinking about it.  I love the cutout frame and the way she did the ribbon.

If you've taken a look at her card, you can see how far off I am from her beauty.

I wanted to do something a bit different than the leaves, maybe butterflies, but then I got sidetracked by the Technique Challenge, also on SCS, to use a silhouette stamp.

Then I couldn't find a ribbon that worked.  Tracy's ribbon was so light and airy.  All I have in black is heavy and not at all right.  So I used the Modern Label punch and folded it over the frame instead of ribbon.

So there is really not a lot of similarity between this card and Tracy's.  But I did use the frame idea!

Maybe I'll try it again using butterflies.

At least I have another Sympathy card for my stash.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Thoughts & Prayers, Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  StazOn Black

Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Modern Label Punch, Metallic brad (It's SU but from an old set)

Enjoy,

Bonnie

Inspired by Cindy B

Today's CAS102 challenge at SCS is to do a card inspired by cindybstampin's card here.

I've probably made more than enough Valentine cards, but this just seemed to fit the challenge.

After stamping the Punch Potpourri heart and letting the ink dry, I used a blender pen and ink to color the flowers in the heart.  The little hearts are punched out of a piece of Real Red embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  The Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit is a perfect mat for the punched design.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Punch Potpourri, Teeny, Tiny Words
Ink:  Basic Black, Real Red, Old Olive
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red
Accessories:  Big Shot, Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit, Square Lattice EF, Whacked Finial Press EF, Full Heart, Small Heart & Heart to Heart Punches, Real Red narrow ribbon, Blender Pen, Basic Pearls

Enjoy,
Bonnie