Stampin' Up! Painted Seasons Birthday Card

Hey stamping friends, how's your weekend going? Mine will be swell if Syracuse Orange Football Team plays well today. My TN Volunteers are off today so I'm not being disloyal...lol!

Although my sentiments do not say anything about a birthday, it will be handwritten to a woman who is celebrating a birthday this coming week AND has gone through hip surgery at 87! This is her second one this year. Take a look see...(the card, not the surgery!)

I was inspired by LeAnne Pugliese when she used this DSP for the Freshly Made Sketch challenge and I'm following suit to enter it in challenge #706.

 

for the inside... 

Thank you for stopping by today and have a great weekend. 

Project Details—All Products Current SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Amber Autumn (front sentiment); Scenic Wonders (ret.) inside sentiment
Card stock & Papers	Poppy Parade; Basic White; Painted Seasons DSP
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Poppy Parade Enamel Dot (ret.)
Tools	Textured Notes Dies; Iconic Dies (ret.); Sweet & Sassy Dies (ret.); Deckled Rectangles Dies (ret.); Eyelet 3D EF (ret.)

Stampin' Up! Beautiful Gallery Sympathy Card for the Creative Creases Challenge #108 - Anything with a Fun Fold

Welcome to our Anything Goes With a Fun Fold Challenge. If you haven't played at Creative Creases Challenge before, what are you waiting for? Hop on over to Challenge #108. We'd love to see your fun fold creation. Here's a snapshot of mine...

 

 

 

Let's take a closer look, shall we?

and here it is opened...

Measurements:

Basic Beige Card Base: 11" x 4 1/4", scored and folded at 2 1/2", 3 3/4", 6 3/4", 8 1/4"

Calypso Coral Mats: 4" x 4" front fold; 2 3/4" x 4" center fold; 2 1/4" x 4" last fold

Beautiful Gallery DSP: 1st panel 3 3/4" x 3 3/4"; 2nd panel 3" x 3 3/4"; 3rd panel 2" x 3 3/4"

Folds starting from left side are mountain, valley, mountain, valley

Die Cuts are from the retired Well Written Dies (foliage single layer of Beautiful Gallery DSP; "sympathy" 3 layers of Secret Sea card stock)

"With deepest" sentiment is from the retired Something Fancy Stamp Set and is stamped in Secret Sea 

Thank you for stopping by today and I can't wait to see all the creativity from the team.  Be sure to check us out at CCC#108 and we hope to see your entry there! Remember, you have a month to participate. 

Stampin' Up! Artistic Leaves Birthday Card

Good morning, or whatever time it is in your neck of the woods. I am sad to say my hummingbirds have left but then that's a sure sign of fall. I'm not sure whether I should bring my feeders in or leave a couple out for migrating stragglers. What say you?

I think today's card is mostly fallish in color. The woman it is for LOVES orange from her hair to her clothes!! Take a look see... 

 

I'm entering my card at Crafty Gals Corner, their challenge #270 is fill in the blank "Fall .....".  I'm also playing at Pammie's Inky Pinkies 2539 Halloween/Fall.

 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you'll be back tomorrow for our Creative Creases Challenge.

 

Project Details—All Products Current SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Artistic Leaves
Card stock & Papers	Timeless Plaid DSP; Basic White; Grapefruit Grove (retired)
Ink	Timid Tiger
Accessories	Enamel Hearts (retired)
Tools	Stylish Shapes Dies; Dimensionals

Stampin' Up! Beautiful Autumn Birthday Card

Welcome to the last day of September! Fall is in the air and I have many fall birthday cards to create. Here's my first one...

Over at Crafty Gals Corner, their challenge #270 is fill in the blank "Fall ______".  I'm also playing at Pammie's Inky Pinkies 2539 Halloween/Fall.

My design is based on the sketch at Sunday Stamps challenge 370 Squared Away. 

 

My card base is Cajun Craze (5 1/2" x 11", scored and folded at 4 1/4"). The panel of Timeless Plaid DSP measures 5 1/4" x 4".

The Calypso Coral frame was cut with the third largest Textured Notes Dies. I stamped a scrap of Basic White with Block A inked up using Olive Green and Granny Apple Green Stamp N Write Markers and a spritz of water. I cut them out with a 1" square punch (retired). They are adhered with liquid glue.

The leaves and acorn are stamped in Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie and Basic Beige inks. They are cut out with the Autumn Punch Pack (retired) and adhered with Dimensionals. 

The sentiment "Have a Beautiful Day" from the retired Beautiful Autumn Stamp Set is stamped in Basic Beige ink and sponged with Tip Top Taupe (retired).

For the inside...

 

The sentiments are from the retired Sending Smiles Stamp Set and the shadowed image is from the Artistic Leaves Stamp Set. I used Cajun Craze and Calypso Coral inks.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day. 

Stampin' Up! Makeover Monday Peace on Earth Sympathy Card

Welcome to another make over! Hope you had a great weekend. I didn't do anything I had planned because I had an emergency visit with the oral surgeon. I am now the owner of two less teeth...ugh! Wish they had been wisdom teeth but unfortunately they were front teeth. Enough about me!! Let's get to my card. Remember when I made this one? Well, I put some glimmer paper on today's, along with mats, and changed the dove on the front. 

 side view...

 and the back...

 Measurements: 

Base: 5 1/2" x 7 1/4", scored and folded at 1 1/2" (mountain fold) and at 3" (valley fold)

Basic White Strips: 4 pieces 1" x 7 1/4", scored and folded as above; scrap for die cut dove; 3 3/4" x 5" for back sentiment panel

Pecan Pie Mats: 4 pieces  3/4" x 4"; 1 1/4" x 5 1/4" for left side panel; 4" x 5 1/4" for back

DSP: 4 pieces  1/2" x 3 3/4"; 1" x 5" for left side panel

Peace Garden Glimmer Paper: 4 pieces 3/4" x 1 1/4" and enough to cut a 1 3/4" circle for the dove

Thank you for stopping by today. 

Project Details—All Products Current SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peace on Earth
Card stock & Papers	Basic White; Pecan Pie; Peaceful Garden DSP; Peaceful Garden Glimmer
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Adhesive Backed Dragonflies and Birds
Tools	Peace on Earth Dies

Stampin' Up! Mixed Media Florals Feel Better Card

Good Sunday morning, peeps. What are you up to today? It's my church's annual picnic which should be a lot of fun. Lots of littles running around the park. We have our worship service at the park as well.

My card base is Basic Black card stock and I embossed it with the retired Greenery folder. The layered panel is a piece of Basic White card stock, a piece of Basic Black an a piece of Mixed Media Florals Designer Series Paper. The sentiment is from the retired Spotlight on Nature Stamp Set. The embellishments are from the Muted Palette Dots (Daffodil Delight). 

The inside of my card is just like the one I created the other day using the retired Comforting Thoughts Stamp Set and a strip of the Mixed Media Florals DSP.

Thank you for stopping by today and may you be blessed.

Stampin' Up! Happy Place Engagement Card

Happy Saturday, peeps. Have you seen Sharon Armstrong's Million Dollar Sales Stamp Set? It's wonderful! I created this card with it...

The patterned paper on the envelope and front of the card is a digital I printed out by being a patron of Kendra Morgan's Cards. The Basic White panel is embossed with the Sunrise Sailing Hybrid Folder. Before I embossed it, I used the Baby Wipe Technique to color it. Then I stamped the sentiments in Memento Tuxedo Black. Unfortunately, I had my cardstock incorrectly situated in the embossing folder so it ended up being debossed.

For the inside...

I used a piece of paper that has flecks in it from the defunct Office Max. I stamped the sentiment from the retired Love & Happiness Stamp Set in Summer Splash ink and that is also the color of my card base. A small strip of the patterned paper finished off the inside.

Today would have been my 56th anniversary so I don't know what I'll do today but I know it will be something to honor my hubby. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you are having a great weekend.