Stampin' Up! Grassy Grove Fun Fold

Welcome to my Monday Makeover Madness once again. I made this type of fun fold last Friday and you can see it here. For this one, I changed the Designer Series Paper and the sentiments. I'm entering my card in the Allsorts Challenge Blog: Week 673-I Spy Something Beginning with a B. There's a lot of black going on here, along with buds and blooms! Because it's a fun fold, I'm entering it at Creative Creases #30 and for an ATG challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies 2217.

The Designer Series Paper is from the Perfectly Penciled patterns available on May 3, 2022. The sentiments are from the Grassy Grove Stamp Set and the top one is cut out with the Label Me Lovely Punch. The stamped flowers are from the Days to Remember Stamp Set.

pretty paper, eh? I thought about coloring the flowers and leaves but then realized how much effort that entailed so I went monochromatic and lazy!

Here's the view from the top...

Measurements:

• Basic White Card Base: 5 3/4" x 4 1/4", scored and folded at 3/4", 1 1/2", 2 1/4", 3" on the long side; 2 3/4″ x 4 1/4″ (x3 – pinwheel panels); scrap for sentiment
• Basic Black Mats: 2 5/8" x 4 1/8" (3); 1 3/4" x 4 1/8" (4)
• DSP: 2 1/2" x 4" (3); 1 5/8" x 4" (4)

Thank you for stopping by today and I'll see you on Thursday for our Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop.

Product List

Grassy Grove Cling Stamp Set (English)

[157836]

$24.00

Days To Remember Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[155026]

$17.00

Label Me Lovely Punch

[151296]

$18.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$8.75

Basic White 12 X12 (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock

[159231]

$7.75

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Stampin' Up! Happiest of Birthdays Masculine Monochrome Card

Good Sunday morning, peeps!

So, the front of my card is definitely not Stampin' Up! but the inside is. I used one of the digitals I won in a challenge and I absolutely love it! It has been mailed out to a wonderful doctor friend whose birthday is tomorrow and he is a very Godly man and loves eagles. He has tons of statues and framed pictures in his home. Thanks to Beverly Cole, I learned how to get the text on the digital. I hope he likes his card.

Here's the Happiest of Birthdays inside...

Happiest of Birthdays is a great stamp set. You NEED it and it's easy to purchase from my online store! Just click on the link and you're there!!

I'm playing today at Through The Purple Haze #171 ATG;  2 Crafty Critter Crazies #42; and Watercooler Wednesday #289 Masculine Twist.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty Birthdays

Today I have a quick and easy card for you that only requires three stamps from the Itty Bitty Birthdays Stamp Set. The patterned paper does all the work! Unfortunately, I didn't find any monochromatic challenges today but I did find a sketch challenge at Try Stampin' On Tuesday. I think the design loosely fits their sketch, what do you think? Also, do you think it could be considered masculine?

Let me stress LOOSELY!

The patterned paper is from the stash I inherited from Carole. The anniversary of her going to be with Jesus is coming up next week. Our card group misses her a great deal. The sentiment is stamped and die cut with the Layering Ovals Dies, as is the mat it is on.

For the inside I stamped right on the card base. 

Easy peasy! You could use any patterned paper that coordinates. I may just do that and try to follow the challenge a little more closely (smile).

Of course, I would be remiss in not wishing the team at Time Out a happy 6th!

I'm also going to play at Always Fun Birthday Challenge #155.

Thank you for stopping by today. I always appreciate the comments you leave and also when you click that "follow" button!

Stampin' Up! Butterfly Gala Thinking of You/Friendship Card

Hello there! Today's card uses the Butterfly Gala Stamp Set and matching punch. I will list the measurements below. When our card group met last Thursday, I had the Whisper White card base, mats and panels cut for them. They had no sample to follow so it was a "mystery" card. The four of us put them together and each one is different. This one is mine.

I used one of the butterfly stamps from the Butterfly Gala set and stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored them with my Light and Dark Call Me Clover Blends. Using the Butterfly Duet Punch, I punched them out and adhered them on the front. I added Basic Rhinestone Jewels to their bodies. I took a length of Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine and a piece of Basic Black Thick Baker's Twine (retired) and tied a double bow. I adhered a larger jewel to the knot and a couple on the patterned paper. The sentiment is stamped in Call Me Clover ink and punched with a retired 1 3/4" scalloped punch.

Now I'll show you the other creations and then we'll take a gander at my inside. Ready?

Barb's

Meg's

Sue's

and here's my inside...

This is such a great stamp set and you can never have too many butterfly stamps. I'm entering my card at Make My Monday Challenge #99 Begins with Letter B.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you'll return tomorrow.

Measurements:

Card base: 4 1/4" x 11", scored and folded at 5 1/2"
DSP Background Mat: (2) 4" x 5 1/4" (card front and inner liner)
Black Mat: 2 3/4" x 4 1/4"
DSP Panel: 2 1/2" x 4"
Scrap Whisper White for sentiment; 3 3/4" x 5" inner mat

Product List

• Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Stamp Set [148580]
• Butterfly Duet Punch [148523]
• Call Me Clover Light Stampin' Blends Marker [147023]
• Call Me Clover Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [147024]
• Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine [124262]

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Stampin' Up! Painted Glass Sympathy Card

Good morning, peeps. I hope your Tuesday is starting out good for you. Mine started with filling an order for a sympathy card that would be black and white and involve butterflies.

I brought out my Painted Glass Stamp Set for the sentiment. This stamp set came out in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog so since it's over a year old, I'm playing at Retro Rubber Challenge #113 - Anything Goes (RRC113). The DSP is from the retired Botanical Butterflies paper. Let's take a look...

I added my own dashes on the edge of the sentiment. You could easily make the patterned paper with the Buffalo Check Background Stamp and use butterflies from the Butterfly Gala stamp set. OR if you wanted to change your color to Basic Gray, you could use the checkered pattern from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper...so many options!

I punched the sentiment and its mat with the Everyday Label Punch. The sentiment is adhered with mini dimensionals.

I kept the inside simple so the sender could write her own note.

I want to thank Janet Wakeland for the design. I want to also thank you for stopping by today. Before I go, I'd like to enter my card in one more challenge at Daisy Chain Challenges #31 Monochrome.

Measurements:

Basic Black Card Base: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"

Basic Black Mats: 3" x 3" (cut 2)

Basic Black Mat for sentiment: 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" (cut in half horizontally)

Whisper White Inside Panel: 5 1/4" x 4"

Whisper White for Sentiment: 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Checkered DSP: 5 1/4" x 4" for card front

                        5 1/4" x 3/4" strips for inside (cut 2)

Butterfly DSP: 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" (cut 2)

Stampin' Up! Good Morning Magnolia Birthday Card

It's Simple Stamping Sunday! Remember the brown and yellow card that was cut up into squares using the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set? Here's a refresher.

Well, I decided that was too much work and created this one!

There's just something about black and white that appeals to me. Perhaps it's because of the 9 years of weekly piano lessons. Over at Crafty Catz, there's a monochrome challenge and at Creative Friday #231 there's an "everything in bloom" challenge.

My card base is 4 1/4" x 11", scored and folded at 5 1/2".

The Whisper White mat is 4 1/8" x 5 3/8". On top of that is a Basic Black mat 4" x 4". I did a dry fit to see where I should place my sentiment and filigree. Everything is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I stamped the magnolia on a piece of Whisper White 3 3/4" x 3 3/4". Then I cut it into 3 strips measuring 1 1/4" each. I adhered those to the black mat. Done! Hands up! Walk away! It'll only make sense if you watch "Chopped" on the Food Network.  

Tomorrow we remember all the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep us free. To all of them, their families and friends, we pay homage. Thank you to all who maintain that freedom.

I hope you enjoyed the simple stamping today and thanks for stopping by. I hope I brought a smile to your face.

Stampin' Up! Healing Hugs for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

Welcome back for our weekly hop. There are seven more lovely creations that await you when you get to the bottom of my post!

This week we have a color challenge and Amy threw in an accent color of our choice. I chose Mossy Meadow.

I started out with a Basic Black card base. Measurements and supplies I used are listed below. The technique is called "Triple Time Stamping" because you stamp all the front white panels at the same time. You adhere them together with either temporary adhesive or a little bit of Snail making sure they are centered. Don't use too much because you need to separate them once you've stamped. 

First I stamped the sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings with Memento Tuxedo Black on the lower right corner of the top panel.

Using Basic Gray, I stamped off twice on scrap paper to make the light background with a stamp from First Frost. I stamped the big flower from Healing Hugs full strength with Basic Gray. They I added the leaves from Healing Hugs, stamping full strength with Mossy Meadow.

Once you are done stamping and have separated the white panels, you glue them to their respective mats but be careful to have them going together so that your flowers are lined up.

For the inside, I used the flower from First Frost and again stamped off twice. I stamped the sentiment from Healing Hugs in Mossy Meadow. Then I punched the corners and adhered the panel to the base. I may add some leaves before I mail it.

Since my card is filled with flowers, I've decided to play at The Sisterhood of Crafters - It's All About Flowers. 

I hope you enjoy the hop! Clicking on the "next" button will take you to Eva Dobilas. Clicking on the blue links below will take you directly to that team member.

Amy Koenders

Shelagh Freemantle

Mary Deatherage

Kristi Gray

Jaimie Babarczy

Sue Prather

Karen Finkle - you are here!

Eva Dobilas

Measurements:

White:

• 2" x 3-1/4"
• 3" x 4-1/4"
• 4" x 5-1/4" (cut 2...one for inside panel)

Black:

• 2-1/4" x 3-1/2"
• 3-1/4" x 4-1/2"
• 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"(score and fold at 4 1/4" for card base) 

Project Supplies
Stamps	Healing Hugs, First Frost
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Gray, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Copy paper
Tools	Stampin' Trimmer, Detailed Trio Punch, Tombow Glue, Snail adhesive, Stamp Block

Stampin' Up! Happy Tails

Monday, Monday...can't trust that day...but you CAN trust me to be back with another Makeover Monday Madness card! Monday Monday was one of Perry's favorite songs by the Mama and the Papas. Today would have been his 76th birthday. My son and I will remember him by raising a pint at his favorite Irish Pub this afternoon. It's been 5 months since I lost half of me but it seems like yesterday some days. Creating cards certainly assuages the grief.

Shirley Gentry, one of my teammates, is being CASED today! Here's her card...

and here's how I made it over, a/k/a CASE'd ...

I flipped the sketch and created my own patterned paper for the middle section. The other pieces are from the retired Botanical Butterfly DSP. The dog is punched with the Dog Builder punch. (Dragonfly Dreams Challenge is to "Include an Animal".) I adhered him with Dimensionals to the diagonal striped piece hoping to reflect the sketch at Sunday Stamps SSC202 - By the Row.  I'm playing here for the second time.

I couldn't find anything in their rules that limited entering to only one time. I hope I'm right!

One of my classmates in Sunday School had to have her dog euthanized so I made the card for her. I've had to make too many sympathy cards this month, both for pets and humans.

For the inside, I stamped two sentiments from Happy Tails on a mat of Whisper White and rounded three of the corners with my Detailed Trio punch. On the remaining corner, I cut a heart out of a Real Red scrap using the Be Mine Stitched Framelits dies, stamped it with the paw print from Happy Tails and adhered it with a glue dot.

This was a quick and easy card to create and I thank Shirley for her inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Happy Tails Photopolymer Bundle [150631] $31.50	Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies [148527] $35.00	Detailed Trio Punch [146320] $20.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.75	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $8.50

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Stampin' Up! Happy Tails

Today I did a triple time stamping card. I CASE'd Tami White's card and she has an excellent video on how to do this technique so I will just show you my card.

The pup reminds me of two of my friends' dogs. This is not my favorite technique as I don't think I do it quite right, but it is what it is. I just need to practice and use a different stamp set, I think.

I do love this stamp set, however. What's not to like about black and white with a little red thrown in. The pup is done in Early Espresso on Very Vanilla and punched with the Dog Builder punch that coordinates with the Happy Tails stamp set. It's perfect for the Inspire.Create.Stamping Challenges #39

The inside is plain and simple...

Hopefully, I won't have to use this card for a long time!

Thank you for stopping by.

Happy Tails Photopolymer Bundle [150631] $31.50

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Stampin' Up! Woodland TIEF

This is another card we made at Sue's last week. Again, she had the kit made for us and all we had to do was glue it together...she makes life easy for us!

The mat was embossed with the Woodland TIEF on Whisper White card stock and adhered to a Basic Black base (say that three times fast!). 

Sue had the silver glimmer paper frame already cut out, along with the deer (silver foil paper). I have no idea what company the die is from but don't you just love the antlers? The "Merry Christmas" is from a stick on sheet.

I'm playing again at Jingle Belles - All That Glitters and again at Festive Friday

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you'll come back tomorrow for our Happy Inkin' Thursday blog hop.

Stampin' Up! Nine Lives

Woo hoo...if you are following me, you will be pleased to see I'm not using Lasting Lily again today...lol. I told you yesterday I would have something better today...and here he is...let me introduce you to Lord Chesterfield, a/k/a Chester.

My followers know that on 12/22/18 we lost our precious Tini (a/k/a Martini) suddenly and unexpectedly. She was 9 and a Tuxedo polydactyl kitty. My son's heart was broken, especially after having lost his father the month before. He needed another kitty to love but I was enjoying not having to vacuum up half a cat every other day!

Friday, January 11, I caved! He had his eye on just what he was looking for so we went to the store and that cat had been adopted (along with all the other rescued cats). We stopped at several other pet stores and there was no one for us. We went home, had lunch and then drove to the Animal Rescue Center near us. We took a tour of the facilities and then met all the cats that were up for adoption. 

I fell in love with "Mindy" until we were told she was a biter. Gene fell in love with a kitten. We have leather furniture and there was no way I was going to give into that. 

Then we met "Rizzo". He took to us and we took to him! He was 4, a Tuxedo, and was declawed. A family had adopted him a few weeks before and after 6 days returned him because their other cat could not get along with him. Well, he was meant to be ours! We knew on the ride home that we had made the right decision. As you can see from the pics, Chester has made himself right at home and is training us to cater to all his wishes! He is such a sweet boy and craves affection. We have a lot to give!!

My son has named all his cats after alcoholic beverages. He has never been without a cat since he was 7. He has had Butterscotch (inherited from his sister who married and left home); Michelob (Micki), Midori (Dori), Jagermeister (Jager) and Martini (Tini). Well, Rizzo...from the Muppets, Grease or Midnight Cowboy was not going to work for us so we re-named him after the beer my late husband and our son loved to drink. It's a Yuengling beer from PA.  Here's a pic of Tini sitting atop of a case of Lord Chesterfield ale . 

Perry and Tini would have loved Chester too.

To honor Chester's arrival, I made this card...

I used my Buffalo Check stamp and the Nine Lives stamp to create a monochromatic card. I also used white twine and black twine as I wanted to make it look like two panels. The sentiment is punched out with the Everyday Label punch and the edges are sponged with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink (how appropriate!).

I'm playing at International Art & Soul Ch #49 Cats and/or Dogs today, which is a site that is just for fun...and what's more fun than a playful kitty? a playful dog? ... maybe tomorrow!

Thank you for visiting me today and I hope you'll be back tomorrow.

Partial List of Products Used:

Nine Lives Photopolymer Stamp Set [148703] $16.00	Buffalo Check Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147794] $15.00	Basic Black Solid Baker's Twine [141682] $3.00
Everyday Label Punch [144668] $18.00	Stamparatus [146276] $49.00

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