Highland Heather Friendly Valentine

For today's card I played with the Fusion Challenge Coffee Chalkboard. The sketch portion of this challenge worked great for a friendly Valentine.

Cardstock: Basic White, Highland Heather and Real Red

DSP: Sweet Talk

Stamp Set: Sweet Conversation

Dies: Sweet Hearts and Give it a Whirl

Ink: Real Red

White Twine

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Catching Butterflies

Hello everyone, I made today's card using a free stamp set from the Sale-a-bration brochure. Catching Butterflies is a sweet set perfect for the two little girls in my life. The color scheme was picked to meet the Just Add Ink Challenge #588. This challenge uses Magenta Madness, Just Jade and Misty Moonlight. I will be sad when these cards retire with the next catalog. 

Cardstock: Basic White, Magenta Madness, Just Jade and Misty Moonlight

DSP: Pattern Party

Stamp Set: Catching Butterflies 

Ink: Memento Black Just Jade and Magenta Madness

Blends: Magenta Madness, Just Jade, Misty Moonlight, 1000, 900, 600 and 500

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Flashback Friday

I love it when I can dig into my stash and pull out an old favorite stamp set . Its even better when you still have the coordinating paper! Hoarder? The Retro Rubber Challenge 174 is a pastel color challenge this time and as always your stamp has to be at least a year old. My stamp set is from 2016.

Stamps: Bloomin' Love

Cardstock: Basic White and Mint Macaron

DSP: Love Blossoms

Inks: Blushing Bride and Mint Macaron

Blends: light Daffodil Delight

Mint Macaron Basket Weave Ribbon

Classic Genial Gems

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Driving By with Pattern Party

Today's card was inspired by the Sketch Challenge from Jaydee at Paper Players 575. This sketch is great for showing off some fun DSP. I thought the black and white DSP looked like tire tracks and would go great with the Driving By stamps.

Stamps: Driving By 

Cardstock: Basic White and Calypso Coral

DSP: Pattern Party and Artfully Composed

Inks: Memento Black

Blends: Mint Macaron, light Pool Party, dark Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray and light Basic Black

Classic Matte Dots

Wink of Stella

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Love Bug

This week I have been playing a bit with the Driving By stamp set. Today I used the heart and pink aspects of TGIF Challenge 352. I used the Sunshine and Rainbows DSP to determine my colors, Magenta Madness and Mango Melody.

Cardstock: Basic White, Magenta Madness and Mango Melody

DSP: Sunshine and Rainbows

Stamp Set: Driving By, Sweet Conversations and Wiggle Worm 

Dies: Sweet Hearts and Give it a Whirl

Punch: Heart Pack

Ink: Memento Black and Magenta Madness

Blends: Magenta Madness, Basic Gray, light Black, light Pool Party and dark Daffodil Delight

Wink of Stella

White Twine

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Driving By

Hello All! Today's card was first inspired by three bright colors provided by Creative Colour Challenges #21. I then went with the stamp set by a team challenge. The elements of the card were set by the Pick Two Just Add Ink Challenge #587. I used the circle and fancy edge elements.

Stamps: Driving By and Art Gallery

Cardstock: Basic White, Pacific Point, Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight

Inks: Memento Black, Pacific Point and Coastal Cabana

Blends: Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray and Light Basic Black

Dies: Layering Circle and Basic Border Die

Playing with Patterns Resin Dots

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Sunshine & Rainbows

Hello all! I have another sweet rainbow card to offer today. I just can't stop playing with this suite. Today I am using a sketch from Sunday Stamps Challenge 274. It is another great sketch that allows you to showcase DSP.

Cardstock: Basic White, Vellum So Saffron and Pool Party

DSP: Sunshine and Rainbows

Stamps: Special Moments

Dies: Layering Circle, Brilliant Rainbow and Give it a Whirl

Ink: Memento Black

Wink of Stella

White Crinkle Seam Binding

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Case the Catalog Rainbow

Hello. I picked the middle column of the Tic Tac Toe Challenge No. 144. Birthday, CAS and Sparkle were my three elements.

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Vellum and Mango Melody

Paper: Sunshine and Rainbows DSP and Supple Shimmer

Stamps: Rainbow of Happiness 

Dies: Layering Circle

Punch: Cloud

Artistry Blooms Sequins

White Twine

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Pastel Rainbow

Hello All! For today's card I went for the pastel shades of the Sunshine and Rainbows Designer Series Paper. The layout for this card was provided by TGIF Challenge 351. A sketch that is great for showcasing DSP.

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White and Vellum

DSP: Sunshine and Rainbows

Stamps: Rainbow of Happiness

Dies: Brilliant Rainbow

Polished Dots

White Twine

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A Beachy Scene

Hello everyone! I pulled out  some leftover pieces from an old Paper Pumpkin kit to make this card. It makes me wish for a Mai Tai instead of my glass of wine. I also tried a new technique I recently saw by Artisan Designer @creativechelsey.  Just Add Ink #586 required a summer theme. I combined their theme with the Ci114 color challenge.

Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Pacific Point, Balmy Blue and Shimmery White

Dies: Stitched Rectangle and any long curved die (I used the retired Home Together set)

Ink: Soft Suede

June 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit "A Little Smile"

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Clean and Simple Rainbow

Happy Tuesday Everyone. It was a pretty quiet day for me today. My intent was to do some much needed organizing in my craft room, that didn't happen. As usual, I got distracted by actually crafting. I made a card for the Fusion Card Challenge. I used the sketch part of the challenge to create this simple card.

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo

Designer Series Paper: Sunshine and Rainbows and Be Dazzling

Ink: Memento Black, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Melon

Dies: Brilliant Rainbow

Stamps: Rainbow of Happiness

Punch: Cloud

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Rainbow Bright

Good Morning! This morning's card is full of bright colors. It is inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #518. This clean Sketch by Judy is great for this colorful rainbow. The color combination for the card was provided by SU Colour Challenge on Facebook.

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo

Ink: Memento Black, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Melon

Dies: Brilliant Rainbow

Stamps: Rainbow of Happiness

Wink of Stella 

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Awesome Otters

I have been having fun playing with these cute little otters this week They are Otterly adorable! The colors set by Global Design Project #325  provided a great backdrop for this cute floating otter. 

I picked some patterned DSP to meet the color requirements for the challenge. The colors are Pool Party, Polished Pink and Pale Papaya. I cut a 3 1/2" by 1 1/4" strip of each color and arranged them on a 5 1/8" by 3 7/8" piece of Basic White cardstock. 

This white piece was attached to a slightly larger piece of Pool Party cardstock. 

I stamped Pool Party Ink onto a 4 7/16" by 2 1/2" piece of Basic White cardstock using an acrylic block. this was adhered to a slightly larger piece of Pool Party card. The birthday sentiment from the Awesome Otters stamp set was stamped in black.

The otter was stamped in black, colored using Crumb Cake and Polished Pink blends, and fussy cut out. It was attached to card using dimensionals.

Polished Pink ribbon was tied around the card front before being attached to a Pale Papaya card base. Opal Rounds added a final embellishment.

Thanks for looking at my card. I hope you enjoy it!

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Here are a few more otter cards.

In Bloom Slimline Card

Hello all and welcome to my blog. I have been missing in action for a while. I got way behind in all my holiday projects and had to put some things on the back burner. Today's project is inspired by a trio of  colors set by Creative Colour Challenge #19. The colors are Old Olive, So Saffron and Magenta Madness.

I haven't made very many slimline cards and the ones I have made are all different sizes. This card was designed to fit the new Stampin Up Slimline Envelopes.

A 8 1/2" by 7 1/2" piece of Magenta Madness cardstock scored and folded at 3 3/4" made the card base. 

The B-side of the Party Pattern Host DSP provided the background for the cheerful flowers. Two coordinating 8 1/4" by 2" pieces of DSP were adhered to the card base.

The flowers and leaves were cut from cardstock using the Pierced Bloom Dies. The flowers were attached to the card front using glue dots and dimensionals. A black bow was made using the dies.

The sentiment was stamped from the coordinating In Bloom stamp set using black ink.

Magenta Madness Square Gems added some embellishment.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you like this cheerful card. Be sure to check out the other cards in this challenge and maybe try out their next challenge