Stampin' Up! Peaceful Evergreens Holiday Card for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

Thank you for stopping here from wherever you came!! We have a Theme challenge for you today and here is what I created for our hop...(hopefully the product I used is still available on the Last Chance list!)

I CASE'd a card by my upline, Amy Koenders, and you can see her video here so I won't go into great detail on the "how to".  Thank you, my friend, for your inspiration!

I used the same inks and technique as Amy but used a different sentiment (Christmas Friends Stamp Set) and embossed the panel with the Snowflake Sky 3D EF.

Thank you for stopping by! 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.

Amy Koenders
Mary Deatherage
Karen Finkle - you are here!
Akiko Sudano
Karen Ksenzakovic
Tara Carpenter

Stampin' Up! for the Creative Creases Anything with a Fun Fold Challenge #73

Welcome to our first challenge of 2024. If you haven't played at CCC before, all we require is a fun fold. I can't wait to see what you create. Here's what I created...

I was inspired by Lillian Kemp. Let's take a closer look, shall we?

The DSP is cut at 6 1/4" x 5 1/2" and scored at 2".

I hope you'll join us at CCC #73. The Design Team is a great one and I hope you'll check out their blogs. We have welcomed a new member, Mary Deatherage! May you be blessed throughout 2024!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Light Up the Sky, Garden Meadow
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Meandering Meadows
Ink	Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Adhesive Backed Birds and Dragonflies
Tools	Garden Meadow Dies

Stampin' Up! Painted Lavender, Perennial Postage and Light the Sky New Year Card for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

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

My card starts off with a base of Highland Heather cardstock and, as you can see, I flipped the sketch on edge.

Next I took a piece of Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper and adhered it to the front with liquid glue.

Using a 4" x 2 1/4" piece of Basic White cardstock,I stamped the leaf image in Shaded Spruce ink. Then on scraps I stamped the images of the lavender and the stems in Gorgeous Grape and Shaded Spruce inks. The stamp set I used is the new Painted Lavender Photopolymer set. I cut the scrap images out with the coordinating Painted Lavender Dies and adhered them to the  Basic White panel with liquid glue. The panel is also adhered with liquid glue.

Out of another scrap of Basic White, I cut the "Big Hugs" from the Perennial Postage Stamp Set,(stamped in Fresh Freesia ink) with a die from the coordinating Perennial Postage Dies. I adhered the die cut with Stampin’ Dimensionals, added three Purple Fine Shimmer Gems and a "Mary bow, a/k/a Farrah Fawcett bow" of Linen Thread  to finish the card front. (I also sponged all the Basic White with Fresh Freesia ink so it wasn't so stark.)

For the inside...

I cut a piece of Basic White 5 1/4" x 4" and, in Fresh Freesia ink, stamped the "Happy New Year" from the Light the Sky Stamp Set. The butterflies from the Painted Lavender set are stamped in Gorgeous Grape.

Clicking on the "next" button will take you to Akiko Sudano. 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! Oh, and please hit that "follow" button on the side bar if you haven't already. My goal for 2024 is to reach 200 followers!

Amy Koenders

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

Project Details—All Products Current SU!
Stamps	Painted Lavender, Perennial Postage, Light the Sky
Card stock & Papers	Highland Heather, Basic White, Perennial Lavender
Ink	Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Purple Fine Shimmer Gems, Linen Thread
Tools	Painted Lavender Dies, Perennial Postage Dies

Stampin' Up! Happy New Year Card

Happy New Year, peeps! I didn't mail Christmas cards this year, but I have mailed New Year cards. Here are some samples created from Alisha's December Sheetload of Cards using the retired Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper.

I posted this one 12/26/23, which is a variant from Al's design but the cuts are the same.

I hope you have a wonderful start to 2024 at midnight. I'll be watching the ball drop and having my traditional shrimp cocktail and champagne.  Thank you for your support through the year. I want to thank Janet Reyes for being my 100th follower. I finally achieved my goal after 3 years of trying!! May you receive many blessings in 2024 my followers.

Stampin' Up! Light the Sky New Year Card for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

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

Let's take a closer look and I'll tell you a little bit about it...

Project Details—All Products Current SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Light the Sky
Card stock & Papers	Wild Wheat; Starry Sky; Stargazing DSP; More Dazzle Specialty Paper; Very Vanilla
Ink	Starry Sky; VersaMark
Accessories	Gold Embossing Powder
Tools	Timeworn Type 3D EF; Cut & Emboss Machine; Heat Tool; Paper Trimmer; Liquid Glue

That's it for now peeps. Clicking on the "next" button will take you to TOK (The Other Karen) . 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! Oh, and please hit that "follow" button on the side bar if you haven't already. I only need one more follower to reach my year-end goal of 100! TIA!! There's only 10 more days left!!!

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

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2349

Welcome to Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2349. Here is what I created for the challenge...

Our sponsor for this challenge is...

Newton's Nook has sooooo many stamps and dies from which to choose!! Thank you NN for your sponsorship.

Since I wouldn't get my order in time from NN, I chose to use Stampin' Up! product. Let's take a closer look...

Project Details—All Products Current SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Truckin' Along; Light Up the Sky; Brightest Glow; Approaching Perfection (retired)
Card stock & Papers	Pretty Peacock; Basic White; Glorious Gingham
Ink	Shaded Spruce; Real Red; Cherry Cobbler; Pretty Peacock; Daffodil Delight; Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories	Real Red Ribbon (retired)
Tools	Blending Brush; Softly Falling EF (retired); Reindeer Dies; Markers

Thank you for taking time to check out my creation. Be sure to visit our sponsor's website and begin creating some of your own awesome creations! Oh, and don't forget to enter your creation in the PIP Challenge even if you choose not to use a NN product. There's a $15 gift code from NN for a lucky winner!!!

Oh, and please hit that "follow" button on the side bar if you haven't already. I only need one more follower to reach my year-end goal of 100! Thank you in advance!! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for our Amy's Inkin' Krew Monthly Blog Hop. Have a blessed day, peeps.

Stampin' Up! Masculine Happy New Year!!

Well, yes, I know I'm a few days into the New Year with my card but I found it when I was cleaning up the craft room the other day and realized I hadn't posted it yet! It's created with some DSP that retired yesterday...boo hoo and some that is a carry over...Yippee! 

My card base is Smoky Slate cardstock. I adhered a piece of Peaceful Place DSP (retired) to the base with liquid glue. Then I cut a piece of Silver Metallic Foil (the carry over) with Dimensionals. The cabins DSP is from the Peaceful Place DSP and I cut it out with a Stitched Rectangles Die. 

The "happy" is from a retired die set BUT the "New Year" is from the current  Word Wishes Die Set. I just cut off the "s" at the end of "year". All the words are cut from the Silver Metallic Foil. I just wish I had done them with Adhesive Foam Sheets but I didn't so they are just adhered with liquid glue.

I do like the monochromatic look on the outside but I'll finish the inside with something colorful...not sure what sentiment I'll be using.

I'm entering my card in the Creative Crafting Uncles: #24 Challenge - Christmas/ New Year and The Four Seasons: January Winter Challenge.

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So, I am a hobby demonstrator BUT I can't let this day go by without telling you that Stampin' Up! has a new mini catalog that has gone live today. Just click on the "Catalogs" link on my side bar. It doesn't cost you anything to look!

Sale-A-Bration is in full swing. If you don't know what that's all about, let me give you a quick lesson. There are 7 new products (4 stamp sets and 3 paper packs) that are available as free items to choose from with a Level 1 order (free with an order of $50+ before s/h) and 2 new items (1 stamp set and paper BUNDLE and and an amazing Sentiment set!) that are available as free choices with a Level 2 order (free with an order of $100+ before s/h). So many good things! As a demonstrator, I got to pre-order and I've shown you sneak peeks in my prior posts. I'll be coming up with more after today. Speaking of today, thank you for stopping by!

"The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times."

Psalm 12:6 ESV

Stampin' Up! In the Moment Happy New Year Card

Good Tuesday morning! 10 more days until we say good bye to 2021! Can you believe it? I am certainly looking forward to 2022 and I hope you are too. My card will help get you started...

My card base is Thick Basic White cardstock. I adhered a mat of Granny Green Apple cardstock but before I did, I ran it through my embossing/cutting machine with a die from the Layering Circles Dies. You'll see that in use on the inside.

Next I cut a piece of Night of Navy cardstock and created the fireworks with a white gel pen and different colored Stampin' Blends. Tina Wardell has a great video showing how to create the fireworks. I don't think I did too badly for my first try. She also inspired me to use the wine-drinking woman from the In the Moment Stamp Set. I spent a lot of time getting her ready to be adhered to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. I used my Stampin' Blends to color her hat, hair, skin, wine glass, railing and even her dress. I paper pieced the dress using a pattern from the upcoming Sale-A-Bration Sunshine & Rainbows. However, it didn't look right so I colored over it with Light and Dark Misty Moonlight Blends and added fireworks to her dress!

I cut the "Happy New Year" from the Word Wishes die set. The die actually cuts out "Years" but that just seemed incorrect to me so I cut off the "s". I finally broke into my Rainbow Glimmer Paper! Using my white gel pen, I wrote in "2022".

For the inside, you can see how I used the Granny Apple Green mat with my scalloped Layering Dies circle. 

I had the martini in my stash so I just stamped a glass of white wine on a scrap of Basic White and cut it out with the Sip and Celebrate dies. The two glasses and "Sip Sip Hooray!" are from the Sip Sip Hooray stamp set as is the "I'll drink to that!" That coordinating set is retired but I will never give it up! The Granny Apple Green sentiment is from the Dragonfly Garden Stamp Set.

I really had a lot of fun creating this card and I thank you for stopping by to look at it. I'm entering my card in the Tuesday Morning Sketches Anything Goes Challenge and Global Design Project #323 Celebration Theme.

"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."

ISAIAH 43:18-19

Stampin' Up! Words of Cheer Christmas Card

TGIF, peeps! My card today is all Stampin' Up! with the exception of the metallic digital paper I won at 12 Months of Christmas on Challenge #81. I'm playing again in their #83 challenge but without the red and white optional twist. However, stay tuned for the optional twist tomorrow! Thank you, Lisa Decosse for your wonderful work of art!

My card is a CASE of my teammate, Jaimie B. The cardstock for my slimline base is Gorgeous Grape. I made mats of Basic White for the digital paper. This is my first time with digital paper and this stamp set/dies so I'm playing at NBUS #32 - Never Before Used Schtuff. I have also used Fresh Freesia cardstock and the retired Winter Snow EF. Are you wondering about a purple Christmas Card? It's for a specific person who loves purple (other than moi!).

The "Cheer" is cut with the Christmas Cheer Dies as are the three little "poinsettias" and leaves (Crumb Cake Cardstock).

For the inside sentiment, I used a stamp from the Words of Cheer Stamp Set and a stamp from A Wish For Everything Stamp Set. I also used the Holly Border Punch.

Because this is fun-fold card, I'm entering it at Creative Creases #19; also at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November 2021 and Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge.

I had a lot of fun creating this card. I'm not going into the details of how I put it together, but here are the measurements if you want to try your hand at making it:

Card Base: 7 1/2" x 8 1/2"; score and fold at 1 3/4", 5 1/4" on 7 1/2" side

Panel 1: Basic White 2 1/8" x 8 3/8"; DSP 2" x 8 1/4"

Panel 2: Basic White 1 5/8" x 8 3/8"; DSP 1 1/2" x 8 1/4"

Mat for art piece: 2 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Basic White Embossed Panel: 2 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Card Stock to fit word die, letter dies, leaves and stars, which sub as pointsettias!

Inner Liner: 3 1/4" x 8 1/4"

I hope you enjoyed my project today and thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend. 

Partial Product List

Words Of Cheer Bundle

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A Wish For Everything Cling Stamp Set

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$39.00

Holly Border Punch

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Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$8.75

Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Stampin' Up! Sip Sip Hooray

Carrying on with a New Year theme, this is my third and last one to ring in 2020. I'm entering my card at Creative Friday #246 - Happy New Year. Hope you have a translation button!

I used the Sip Sip Hooray Stamp Set but, unfortunately, it has gone via the way of retirement. It is not a set that I'll be retiring, however.

I embossed a mat of Basic Black with the Subtle 3D embossing folder after I die cut the top to make the bubbles. The "Cheers" is a die cut I won in a challenge. It's a Stamploration (Cutplorations) stamp and die set. The other sentiment is from a Stampin' Up! retired Good Greetings set. I just loved the wine glass and martini glass stamps and dies...and the olives look so real! I colored them with my Light and Dark Old Olive (how fitting) Blends. The pimentos were created with red Liquid Pearls. The wine is stamped with So Saffron ink.

The inside is similar to the one I did the other day.

This was a quick and easy card and I hope it arrived at its destination before I posted it!

I'm playing at Watercooler Wednesday WWC252 Anything Goes for the second time. Marsha has a 3-week challenge to finish out 2019 and head into 2020.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll be going into a great weekend.

Stampin' Up! Sip Sip Hooray for the New Year

Happy New Year everyone. I managed to stay awake to see the ball drop and then some! It's easy for me to write 2020 as I thought it was 2020 a month ago! Hope you had a great NYE.

Here's another card I made for my granddaughter to welcome the new decade.

The patterned paper is from a retired SU DSP but I no longer had the name of it attached. One of my goals for 2020 (notice I didn't say "resolutions") is to mark my schtuff so I know what it is just in case you want to know!

The die cuts are a set that was given to me by a friend and I have a feeling they are from China. I have never used them and she gave them to me 3 years ago! So, because of that I'm entering my card in the Little Red Wagon Challenge #529 NBUS (Never Been Used Schtuff!) How fun is that!! The foil is SU Copper Foil. 

The sentiment mats are cut from SU's Layering Ovals and the sentiment itself is from SU's retired Good Greeting Stamp Set. I stamped it with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with Copper Emboss Powder.

From the inside, you can see that I am known as "Nana"! I signed it before I took the photo BUT also before I mailed it...lol.

Using the Sip Sip Hooray set, which is being retired, I stamped the "Hooray!" three times in Early Espresso. The "Sip Sip" is stamped in So Saffron. The beer bottle is one I had in my stash. It's Early Espresso card stock cut with a die from the retired Bubble Over set. I also had the label in my stash and just hand wrote in the year.

I'm playing also at Watercooler Wednesday WWC252 Anything Goes. Marsha has a 3-week challenge to finish out 2019 and head into 2020.

Thank you for stopping by today. I won't be posting tomorrow but I do hope you will go hopping at our weekly "Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop." I'm not participating in that one but I will be next Thursday. See you Friday.