Stampin' Up! Painterly Pears Quilt Congratulations

My friends in Florida have a daughter who is having her first baby in October so I made this card for them. I don't know if it will be a boy or a girl so I covered my bases with Misty Moonlight Card Stock and Petal Pink Card Stock. Take a look see... 

and for the inside...

I was inspired by Lisa Curcio. I used the Painterly Pears DSP, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Petal Pink Card Stock and Misty Moonlight Card Stock. The inks I used were Misty Moonlight and Petal Pink.

I embossed the card base with the Eyelet 3D EF. I punched 4 squares of the DSP with the retired 1 1/4" Whale Punch (I don't have too many of those because they take up too much room!) 

I also embossed a 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" Misty Moonlight square with the same EF. Two of the DSP squares are adhered to that in the corners. The other two DSP squares were cut diagonally and adhered to a 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" Petal Pink Card Stock square. I stamped the open triangles with a splatter stamp from the retired Perfectly Pears Stamp Set. Then I adhered the first square to that with Dimensionals. Next, I adhered the Petal Pink square to a 3 3/4" x 3 3/4" Very Vanilla square. Then I adhered that to the card front.

The mat for the sentiment is cut with a Spellbinders die but I don't know the name of it as I inherited it from Carole. The sentiment itself is fussy cut and is from the retired Sunset Sailing Stamp Set.

For embellishments on the front and inside, I used the Opal Rounds Assortment. The sentiment inside is from the retired Treasures of Life Stamp Set. The flowers are from the retired Perfectly Pears Stamp Set.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you had a great St. Patrick's Day. This is the first year I haven't made a SPD card in a long time. Maybe next year! 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Painterly Pears Birthday Fun Fold

Good morning stamping friends. Today's card is easy peasy. It takes Designer Series Paper that measures 12" x 5 1/4" and is scored at 4", 7" and 10". For the sentiment I used a piece of Very Vanilla 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" cut out with a retired Deckled Rectangle die. Take a look see...

The sentiment is from the Coneflower Celebration Stamp Set and is stamped with Secret Sea Ink.

See, I told you it was easy peasy. Thank you for stopping by today.

Stampin' Up! Painterly Pears Birthday Card

Good morning stamping friends. I have another card using the Designer Series Paper that was just discontinued. I have a whole pocket full so I'll be showing them more than one in a post because they were created as a One Sheet Wonder video that I saw from Lynn Dunn. Today's is the only one that was not a multiple. Take a look see...

I love this paper and ribbon. The Mossy Meadow & Gold ribbon is still current but it's on the low inventory list. 

Here's what the inside looks like...

Thank you for stopping by today. 

Project Details—All Products Retired SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pansy Patch
Card stock & Papers	Basic White (current); Painterly Pears DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow (current)
Accessories	Mossy Meadow & Gold 1/4" Ribbon (current)
Tools	Perfectly Pears Dies

Stampin' Up! Painterly Pears Birthday Card for Amy's Inkin' Krew Blog Hop

 Welcome to the AIK monthly blog hop. Our theme for this month is "Celebrate Spring" and we can  use any product we wish.  The list of hoppers is at the end of my post. I hope you'll hop along. 

Here's a thumbnail of what I created... 

 Let's take another look... 

 

At the time I created my card I was using the Painterly Pears DSP, which was on the Last Chance List but is now discontinued...what a shame! You'll be seeing a lot of this paper in future posts, trust me!!

In any event, my card base is Old Olive with a mat of Secret Sea. I embossed a piece of Lemon Lolly with the All in a Row Embossing Folder, which was current at the time and is now discontinued. So sorry for all the sad news. However, there is some good news too...

The sentiments are from the current Easter Basket and Cutest Crew Stamp Sets! Yay...there are many cards you can make with those sets and trust me, they are cute AND Eastery. You might see some on my blog one of these days.

Let's take a look at the inside...

 

 

More sad news...I used the Perfectly Pears Dies to cut out pears from the DSP. Those dies were discontinued just a few days ago! The leaves are from the retired Stippled Roses Stamp Set. The sentiment is from the retired Hooray for Surprises Stamp Set. 

Here's some semi good news about the Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes...they are currently unavailable BUT you can go to the product in SU and request an email to let you know when they are back in stock. As of today, they are estimated to be back the week of April 27 but the dates have often changed to sooner.

Thank you for stopping by today. Clicking on the "Next" button will take you to Tara. Clicking on the individual names below will take you directly to each member's post. Trust me, you're in for a treat!

 

1. Karen Ksenzakovic
2. Ann Louise Fodgaard
3. Mary Deatherage
4. Karen Finkle - that's me!
5. Tara Carpenter
6. Charlene Tackvic
7. Terry Lynn Bright
8. Nicole Bloxom
9. Amy Koenders

Stampin' Up! Lights of Aurora Birthday Card for the Creative Creases Challenge - 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 #113. We'd love to see your fun fold creation. Here's mine... 

 

 Let's take a closer look, shall we?

I CASE'd my teammate, Darryl, but he doesn't have a blog. He gave me his measurements and I only changed one of them. I also used different card stock, DSP, stamps and ink. This fits nicely into an A2 envelope. If you would like the measurements and "how to", please leave a comment with your email address and I will get them off to you as soon as I can.

Here's the inside and aerial view...

 

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#113 and we hope to see your entry there!  

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Filled with Happiness (retired); Enjoy Life (retired)
Card stock & Papers	Azure Afternoon; Lights of Aurora DSP; Very Vanilla
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels; Hues of Blue Flowers; Dimensionals
Tools	Eyelet 3D EF; Trimmer

Stampin' Up! Winter Wishes Christmas Card

Happy Thursday everyone! Yeppers, it's a monthly Christmas card. Take a look see...

 

Stampin' Up! Enjoy Life Birthday Card

Good Tuesday morning, stamping friends. I got out a number of retired stamp sets for my card today. I have a friend who LOVES riding and marathons so this card is for him! I hope he doesn't see my blog. His wife might but I know she can keep a secret!! Take a look see...

I was inspired by Lisa Brown's layout and the fact that these In Colors are retiring. My card base is Shy Shamrock with a Basic Black mat. The Basic White panel was cut with a die from Textured Notes (on the Last Chance list). The mats for the white squares are Summer Splash, Petunia Pop, Peach Pie, Shy Shamrock and Pretty in Pink. I will especially miss the purple and pink. The sentiment is from the retired Not 29 Anymore Stamp Set. The images are from the retired Enjoy Life Stamp Set. The squares were cut with the Stylish Shapes dies. I will cry when they retire (hopefully they won't!). I sponged the Basic White with all the In Colors.

For the inside...

The first two sentiments are from the Not 29 Anymore, the third is from the retired Legendary Ride Stamp Set, the butterflies, cyclist and "grass" are from the Enjoy Life set. The butterflies were stamped with retired inks...Elegant Eggplant and Wild Wheat. My friend is a die hard Vikings fan! The "grass" is stamped with Shy Shamrock and everything else is Memento Tuxedo Black.

Thank you for stopping by today.