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! Cap & Gown Graduation Card for the SU Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop

Hello my FB peeps! Welcome to our monthly Stampin' Up! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop!! The participating demonstrators are listed at the end of my post. I hope you will choose to hop along. Here's what I created for the hop today...

 

Base: 8 1/2" x 3 1/4", score at both ends 2 1/8" and fold into center

Inside: 4 1/8" x 3 1/8" mat; 4" x 3" for sentiment

Cap: 3" x 3"

Collar: 2 1/8" x 2 1/8"

Hinge Mechanism: 2" x 2", score at 1"

Numbers - Birthday Celebration Dies

Sentiment and inside image: Cap & Gown

Card Stock: Basic Black; White; Timid Tiger

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Tassel: Retired

Inspiration: Dani and Andre Gurrola

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P23_urwW4BY&list=WL&index=4&t=2072s

As you can see, I am still a demo for the remainder of the quarter because somehow I made my quota! ;-)

Demo Line Up:

1. Su Mohr
2. Karen Finkle - that's me!
3. Lisa Ann Bernard
4. Kathi Ondus
5. Rae Burnet
6. Maria Mench
7. Debbie Mageed
8. Michele Deschenes (Shelly)
9. Tara Beth Carpenter
10. Beth McCullough

 

Stampin' Up! Textured Notes for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

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

                                                                     

                                                     

My card base is Old Olive Card Stock. I cut out a 2" circle to make a mask and sponged a piece of Basic White Card Stock with the soon retiring colors of Moody Mauve, Boho Blue and Wild Wheat. 

After removing the mask, I stamped the leaf from the Textured Notes Stamp Set in Mossy Meadow ink. 

Next I stamped the sentiment from the Happy Hibiscus Stamp Set in the soon retiring Pebbled Path ink. I cut it out with a die from the Countryside Corners set (on the Last Chance list) and sponged and edged it with the remaining retiring color, Copper Clay.

Just in case you didn't see my post from yesterday, I will share it here as well. This will be my last hop with the team and I will be discontinuing as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. Stamping is still the love of my life and I plan to continue creating cards but not posting except for once a month on the design team for Creative Creases Challenge. (I'm tired of what Blogger does to my posts/links and I'm too old to learn Word Press...lol!) Right now I know this is the right choice for me but I could change my mind down the road. I thank all my followers and visitors who have supported me over the past 10 years.

Again, 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

Karen Finkle - you are here!

Akiko Sudano

Karen Ksenzakovic

Tara Carpenter

Terry Lynn Bright

 

Stampin' Up! Congratulations Card

Good Monday morning, my stamping friends. Today's card is Sketch 12 for Kendra's Card Challenge #15.

Thank you for stopping by.

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cutest Cows
Card stock & Papers	Daffodil Delight; Boho Blue; Soft Sea Foam; Spring Daisies PP
Ink	Pecan Pie
Accessories	Glossy Dots Assortment
Tools	Pick A Banners Punch (retired)

Stampin Up! Adventure Awaits Congratulations Card

Good morning, peeps. Today's card is for my former pastor at my former church in Ft. Myers. He and his wife moved to Fayetteville, GA. I know someone else who lives there and I hope they get to meet! He plays guitar and I made some plaques (shown at the end of my post) involving guitars for him and Andrew Brunson before I left Florida. Here ya go with the card... 

I've wanted to create this for quite awhile and I just finally received the Kokorosa die. The sentiment is from the retired Stampin' Up! Beautiful World.

I sponged the sky with Lemon Lolly and Moody Mauve as the additional color. The water is sponged with Boho Blue. The sentiment is Night of Navy, as is the mat. The birds are from the retired Sailing Home Stamp Set and are stamped in Night of Navy but so much of it looks like black.

For the inside...

more Boho Blue, Night of Navy and Lemon Lolly.

I'm entering my card at the Paper Players Challenge PP693 - A Colour Challenge from Joanne. The guitar is black but that is not a color :-) I hope the team agrees!

Here are photos of the plaques I made...

Andrew had his guitar confiscated when he and his wife were imprisoned in Turkey. She was released after 13 days but he was not. Upon his release, the pastor and friends had a guitar made for him to replicate what he had lost. It was given to him at a church service...not a dry eye in the place!

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll return tomorrow for our Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop. There might just be another entry for the PPC!

Stampin' Up! Cap & Gown 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, shall we?

So, now that I live in TN, I have become a BIG University of Tennessee Volunteers fan...basketball and football. I also belong to a church where there are lots of UT grads. Thus, it made sense to use the new Peach Pie In Color for my card. The  ingredients are in the chart below the hoppers names.

Here's the inside...

I will add the year when I know for sure and will use the stamps from the retired Alpha Best Stamp Set.

Thank you for stopping by! 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.

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

Project Details—All Products Current SU!
Stamps	Cap & Gown
Card stock & Papers	Peach Pie; Basic Black; Basic White; 2024-2026 In Color DSP
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories	2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Dots
Tools	Stylish Shapes Dies; Mini Alphabet Dies; Painted Textures 3D EF; Dimensionals; Cut & Emboss Machine; Trimmer

Stampin' Up! Masculine Congrats

 Good Monday morning, peeps. My card today is sketch 14 in Kendra's Card Challenge #14. I'm also entering my card in the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge Stars and or Stripes.

The inside is plain and simple...

Project Details—All Products Current SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Whale Done (retired)
Card stock & Papers	Pretty Peacock; Granny Apple Green; Boho Blue; Basic White; Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories	Peel Offs Outline Stickers
Tools	Whale Punch; Dimensionals

Stampin' Up! Inked & Tiled Vintage Congratulations Card

Good Monday morning, peeps. My card today was inspired by Verity Pursglove. I had no intention of having this bundle in my inventory until I saw her use the punch. 

My card base is Copper Clay Cardstock with a mat of Very Vanilla Cardstock. I punched 12 "X"'s and adhered them to a piece of Very Vanilla. I sponged them with Soft Suede ink, Copper Clay ink and Early Espresso ink. 

I stamped and cut the flowers from the Daisy Delight Bundle. I colored them with Light and Dark Flirty Flamingo and Lost Lagoon Blends. In hindsight, I wish I hadn't sponged the flower background but I thought it would give a vintage look. I adhered it to the front with Stampin Dimensionals. 

The "Congratulations!" is stamped on a Very Vanilla scrap with the Charming Sentiments Stamp Set using Copper Clay ink and cut out with the Sentiment Silhouettes Dies. I adhered three Copper Clay 2023-2025 In Color Dots and I was done!

Thank you for stopping by today.

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Stampin' Up! Oceanfront Watercolor Card for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

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

and here is our challenge

Let's take a closer look at my card, shall we?

My card base is Basic White Thick Cardstock with a Lemon Lime Twist mat. I used Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper for the image. I put some drops of Lemon Lime Twist and Pool Party ink refills on a stamping block and mixed them together to paint my little stream at the bottom with a Water Painter. I stamped the rocks and cattails from the Oceanfront Stamp Set in Crumb Cake ink. For the sky I used drops of Pool Party ink refill on a block and used my Water Painter to paint the sky. 

The sentiment from the Charming Sentiments Stamp Set is stamped on Basic White in Crumb Cake Ink and cut out with a die from the Sentiment Silhouettes Dies. I put a few Stampin' Dimensionals on the back, looped some Linen Thread on the Dimensionals and adhered it to the front.

The inside is quite simple...

I stamped the sentiments from Charming Sentiments in Crumb Cake on a piece of Bright & Beautiful DSP. I cut the corners with the Very Best Trio Punch.

That's it for now peeps. 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

Stampin' Up! Celebrate Sunflowers Fun Fold Congratulations/Birthday Card

Good mid-week morning, peeps! This is going to be a quicky post as I have a full day ahead of me. I'm not really sure if this is a fun fold but I tagged it as such! The lattice design cards are really the "in" thing these days so I jumped on the band wagon...

The Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set (retiring) was used for images and sentiments. I colored the sunflowers with Light and Dark Stampin' Blends. I used the retiring Sunflower Dies to cut out the leaves, sunflower and sprigs. I also used the Lasting Label Punch for the sentiment.

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

Stampin' Up! Hydrangea Haven Congrats Card

Good Monday morning, peeps! Hope you had a great weekend. Friends took me out to breakfast on the water Saturday. That evening 17 of us gathered for our Adult Sunday Class for a pot luck dinner at a member's house. The host made the main meal, Chicken Piccata, and the rest of us brought the sides. It was a feast!! Sunday we celebrated our 15th birthday of the organization of our New Hope Church in Ft. Myers.

My card today is one we made in our PEO group. We are making cards to send to our women in the Florida Cottey College Suite in Nevada, MO. We made thank you, birthday and graduation/achievement cards for them to be able to send to others. I am not posting a pic of the inside, but it says, "to an incredible woman".

There were 16 women making cards and none of them had stamped before so I tried to keep things simple. 

The card base is Sweet Sugarplum cardstock (retired) and the Designer Series Paper is from the Dainty Flowers 12" x 12" pack (available during Sale-A-Bration, which won't happen again for another year!)

 The mat for the flowered panel is Blackberry Bliss cardstock. The "congrats" is from the Hydrangea Haven Stamp Set and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry ink. Three Glossy Dots Assortment (Crushed Curry) finished the front. Easy peasy!

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll return tomorrow for our monthly Stampin' Up! Demonstrators Fun Fold Blog Hop!

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Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2311

Welcome to PIP Challenge 2311 and the awesome sponsor for this challenge ...

I've featured one of the "Happy Easter Gnomes" images. You can check out all the gnome images and all the other awesome products at Polkadoodles site. I chose to use one of the pre-colored digitals (Gnome Spring Chickens) and layered it on a mat of Stampin' Up! Daffodil Delight cardstock and then on a panel of Basic White cardstock embossed with SU Cane Weave 3D Embossing Folder before mounting it on a Basic White Thick cardstock base. 

I added my computerized sentiment, not for an Easter card, but for a friend who has achieved something wowzers in her life!

Five Stampin' Up! Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins were used to embellish the front.

I hope you'll  visit our Challenge 2311 and link your creation for a chance to win a great prize from Polkadoodles!!

Thank you for stopping by!

Image: 3 1/2" x 3 7/8"

Daffodil Delight Mat: 3 5/8" x 4"

Cane Weave Panel: 4" x 5 1/4"

Base 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"

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Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

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Favored Flowers for Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge 2303

 

Good Monday morning, peeps. This is my second time that

Pammie's challenges are always anything goes unless there's a fifth Monday in a month when there is a challenge theme. So, today's challenge is "anything goes" and Pam is giving out a $10 gift certificate to My Favorite Things.: 

You can find more details on the challenge here.

Let me show you what I created for this challenge...

All product used is Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Here are the deets...

• Basic White Card Base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
• 3D Fern Embossing Folder
• Evening Evergreen Mat: 5 1/2" x 2 1/2"
• Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper: 5 3/8" x 2 3/8"
• Double Oval Punch for Sentiment Mat and Sentiment
• Rich Razzleberry Ink to sponge the double ovals
• Mossy Meadow Ink to stamp the sentiment from the Dainty Flowers Stamp Set
• Brushed Brass Butterflies for the embellishments

and for the inside...

Fresh Freesia Mat: 5 1/4" x 4"

Sentiment from the Dainty Flowers Stamp Set

4 1/4" x 1/2"  strip of Favored Flowers DSP

Thank you for stopping by today and I do hope you'll join in the challenge.