Monday, March 18, 2024

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2411

Welcome to another PIP Challenge. Here is what I created for it...

I just love the background digital from our awesome sponsor ...

This was the easiest digital card I have made so far. All I had to do was print out the digi, cut it to 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and adhere it to a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" Pecan Pie Cardstock base.

Next I stamped the sentiment from Stampin' Up!'s He's All That Stamp Set in Pecan Pie on a scrap of Basic White and punched it out with the Modern Oval Punch. I also punched a scrap of Pecan Pie and cut it in half to make a border of sorts for the sentiment. I adhered it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. Card front done!

For the inside, I used the same stamp set/ink and adhered a 1/2" border.

Thank you for stopping by today. Be sure to head over to the PIP Challenge and share a card you have created. You may even win a prize! You don't have to use Polkadoodles but check them out to see all the amazing images they have to offer! You can certainly find something you'll love!!  

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Top o' the morning to ya! This is sketch #10 for Kendra's Card Challenge #13 and my card for CNCK and AIK teams. PLUS it's for all my readers and followers!! I'm not the least bit Irish, but you wouldn't know it with all the Authentique Emerald patterned paper I've been using!




Thank you for stopping by today and may you have a blessed Irish Sunday.



Saturday, March 16, 2024

St. Patrick's Day Authentique Card for Husband

 This is sketch #15 from Kendra's Card Challenge #13. It's also for my "green" CNCK challenge.




So, there is no stamping on this card. It's all papers from the retired Authentique Emerald pack.

I have a question for you...do you think this is a card a wife would give her husband or a husband would give his wife. I think it depends on punctuation and there is none! Let me know in a comment if you have time.

Thanks for stopping by today and if you aren't a follower, I hope you'll become one. Just click on the "followers" button. If you click on the subscribe button, you'll be notified when I post. Have a blessed day no matter what you do!

Friday, March 15, 2024

Stampin' Up! Filled with Happiness for Creative Creases Challenge #78 Anything with a Fun Fold

Welcome to our Anything Goes With a Fun Fold Challenge. If you haven't played at CCC before, what are you waiting for? We'd love to see your fun fold creation. Here's what I created...

Let's take a closer look, shall we?



Thank you, Jaimie, for your fun fold design 3/6/24! Jaimie is one of my teammates.

White Card Base: 9 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 1 1/4" and 5 1/2"; 
Petal Pink Mats: 1 1/8" x 5 3/8" (2); 4 7/8" x 5 3/8" (2); 4" x 5 1/4" for sentiment panel*
A Little Latte DSP: 1" x 5 1/4" (2); 4 3/4" x 5 1/4" (2); 6" x 2 1/4" for envelope flap; Petal Pink Latte Cups cut with Latte Love Dies
Pecan Pie Panel: 3 1/8" x 4 3/8"
White Panel to be adhered to Pecan Pie: 3" x 4 1/4", punched with the Modern Oval Punch and stamped with Filled with Happiness Stamp; add a Petal Pink Adhesive-Backed Swirl Dot
*Stamp with "Just a Note" and "Thanks" from Filled with Happiness; emboss with Merry Melody 3D EF

I hope you'll join us at CCC #78. If your card is picked as a winner, you'll get a chance to be a Guest Designer...that's how I started out! Our Design Team is a great one and I hope you'll check out each member's blog. You'll be in for a treat!!

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Stampin' Up! Magnolia Mood Happy Birthday

Thank you for stopping here from wherever you came! We have a sketch challenge today and here is what I created for our hop...



I was inspired by the challenge at The Paper Players PP680. Jaydee I love the colors you chose! I loved them so much I made a second card! More on that at the end! AND the second one is also for our team blog hop challenge!

Let's take a closer look at how I used the colors, shall we?



My card base is Basic White. I cut a 3 3/4" x 5" mat of Basic Black with a die from the Garden Meadow Die Set. Next I cut a piece of  DSP from the Bright & Beautiful DSP 6" x 6" pack with the same die and adhered the arch panel into the open arch of the black.

I used Light Lemon Lolly, Light Bubble Bath and Light Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends to color the flower center, petals and leaves on the Basic White Cardstock I had cut with a die from the Magnolia Mood Die Set. I also cut out some leaves from Granny Apple Green Cardstock  using the same set.

After I did a dry fit, I stamped the sentiment from the Go To Greeting Stamp Set using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

For the inside...



another piece of DSP on which I stamped the sentiment from Go To Greetings.  I colored the magnolia stamp with my Bubble Bath and Granny Apple Green Stamp N Write Markers and used the no-longer-available Stamparatus to stamp the image.

Three Brushed Brass Butterflies finished the inside.

So, like I said above, I created another card because I thought it really fit our team challenge. 

I had cut out another magnolia but took the leaves off and colored the veins with a Bubble Bath Stamp N Write Marker and shaded it with the Light Bubble Bath Blends. Instead of metal butterflies, I used the Paper Accent Butterflies. The DSP is the same only Lemon Lime Twist color. I used one of the Stitched Shape Dies to cut the Basic Black Circle. I also used the "hello" from the Hello Ladybug Stamp Set and heat embossed it. I can't decide which one I like better. What do you think?

Clicking on the "next" button will take you to Akiko. Clicking on the names listed below will take you directly to team members and their projects. I hope you enjoy all the creativity. Thank you for stopping by!


Amy Koenders
Mary Deatherage
Jaimie Babarczy
Karen Finkle - you are here!
Akiko Sudano
Karen Ksenzakovic
Tara Carpenter
Terry Lynn Bright
Carol Buckalew
Nel Thames

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Authentique St. Patrick's Day Card for Kendra's Card Challenge #13

Good mid-week day to you, my precious peeps! This is sketch 9 for KCC#13 and "green" for my CNCK team monthly challenge.


Again, I used Authentique Emerald patterned paper (no longer available) and the Ever Eden SU retired DSP. I used the Fern 3D EF on the Evening Evergreen cardstock and brushed Craft White Ink over the ferns.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll be back tomorrow for our Thursday Happy Inkin' Blog Hop.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Stampin' Up! Easter Bunny for Amy's Inkin' Krew Blog Hop

Hello my stamping friends! Welcome to our monthly Amy's Inkin' Krew hop. Our theme for this month is "Celebrate Spring" and we can interpret that any way we want and use any product we wish. Here is what I created for it using the Easter Bunny Stamp Set for my image...


Let's take a closer look, shall we?

This card was supposed to be for our Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop last week but I didn't like the way it turned out. However, I didn't have time to make a "spring" card for today so I decided to use it even though it looks like my first attempt at a card...lol! I used to be a perfectionist but old age has remedied that!! The ingredients are listed below the "hoppers" in chart form.

For the inside...


Thank you for stopping by today. Clicking on the "Next" button will take you to Tara, and clicking on the "Previous" button will take you to Carol. Clicking on the individual names will take you directly to each member's post. Trust me, you're in for a treat no matter what direction you hop!

Nel Thames
Carol Buckalew
Karen Finkle - that's me!
Tara Carpenter
Karen Ksenzakovic
Terry Lynn Bright
Akiko Sudano
Shirley Gentry
Mary Deatherage
Ann Louise Fodgaard
Amy Koenders

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2411

Welcome to another PIP Challenge . Here is what I created for it... I just love the background digital from our   awesome sponsor ... This w...