Stampin' Up! Daisy Garden Thinking of You for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

 

I created this card for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop. Can you guess if our challenge is theme oriented, color oriented or sketch oriented?

Did you guess color? I love this challenge!

I chose to use the Daisy Garden Stamp Set and stamp it directly on a piece of Perfectly Penciled Designer Series Paper. It looks like the daisies are in jail...lol! But the stripes aren't bars, they are stripes for the Creative Inspirations September Challenge - Spots or Stripes.

I colored in the centers with my Daffodil Delight Blends and adhered it to a Daffodil Delight mat to adhere to my Basic Black card base.

I punched a medium daisy twice with the Medium Daisy Punch out of Basic White card stock and colored the center with my Dark Daffodil Delight Blend. I adhered that with a glue dots. While I had the Blend out, I colored a piece of white Baker's Twine for the bow.

The sentiment is from the Go To Greetings Stamp Set. I used the Double Oval Punch to punch the Daffodil Delight scalloped mat and the Basic White piece for the sentiment. I added three black Classic Matte Dots so it wasn't so stark.

The inside flower was stamped with the Hello Ladybug Stamp Set.

I'm also entering my card in the Krafty Chicks Challenge #630 - All Occasions and the Paper Craft Crew PCCC#485. I am C.A.S.E.ing the Catty (Annual Catalog 22-23) card upper right corner on page 117.

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. Thank you for stopping by and hopping with us! I hope you enjoy all the creativity.

Amy Koenders
Mary Deatherage
Kristi Gray
Jaimie Babarczy
Sue Prather
Karen Finkle - you are here!
Akiko Sudano
Karen Ksenzakovic
Tara Carpenter

Terry Lynn Bright

Carol Buckalew

Partial Product List

Daisy Garden Cling Stamp Set

[155079]

$22.00

Go To Greetings Cling Stamp Set (English)

[158763]

$24.00

Hello Ladybug Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[157693]

$18.00

Perfectly Penciled 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[159244]

$12.00

Medium Daisy Punch

[149517]

$17.00

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Stampin' Up! Slimline Sympathy Cards

Well, it's mid-week once again and I'm trying to clean up old cards that were half done. I've got a ways to go but hopefully by next Wednesday I will have achieved my goal. Don't hold your breath, though!

On the 12th of September, I posted this card. The next two finish up the sympathy cards I made with the retired Slim Card Dies and retired Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Series Paper. I had cut out all of the chevrons and adhered them to card bases so they didn't disappear on my cluttered desk.

using the Inspired Thoughts Stamp Set sentiment and Simply Elegant Silver Trim

using the retired Thoughts & Prayers Stamp Set sentiments and Natural Prints Dies

using the retired Thoughts & Prayer Stamp Set, retired Stitched Shapes Dies and Natural Prints Dies

using the retired Thoughts & Prayer Stamp Set

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

Partial Product List

Inspired Thoughts Cling Stamp Set

[155536]

$19.00

Natural Prints Dies

[158800]

$37.00

Banners Pick A Punch

[153608]

$24.00

Simply Elegant Trim

[155766]

$7.50

Copper Foil Sheets

[142020]

$5.00

Add All to Cart

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Stampin' Up! Soft Seedlings Encouragement Card

Welcome to Technique Tuesday! This is the Joseph's Coat Technique, which I did here. That one was a CASE and this one is an original! I'm entering my card in the Try it on Tuesday Challenge - Emboss It. 

Here are the deets in a nutshell!

Very Vanilla Base – 4 ¼ x 11, scored and folded at 5 ½

Early Espresso Mat – 3 ½” x 4 ¼”

Crushed Curry Mat – 3 ¼” x 4 1/8”

Very Vanilla Art Panel – 3 1/8” x 4”

Sponge Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody and Pumpkin Pie on Very Vanilla art panel

Stamp maple leaf and keys in VersaMark ink. Sprinkle with Clear Embossing Powder and heat set

Sponge Early Espresso all over art panel until it is shaded to your taste

Wipe ink off with clean paper towel

Adhere image to Crushed Curry Mat and that to the Early Espresso Mat

Stamp the little maple leaf from the retired Colorful Seasons Stamp Set randomly in Crushed Curry, first and second generation on the card front. Then adhere image panel/mats to the card base.

The tag is cut with the Tailored Tags Die Set and sponged with Early Espresso. The “Hello” is from the Forever Fern Stamp Set. I tied a piece of Faux Suede Ribbon through it and added 3 Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels. The sentiment tag is adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals as is the framed image

For the inside...

The sentiment from the Through it Together Stamp Set is a little off kilter but so is my friend's life. Since I made this for a male friend who is going through a bit of a rough time, I am entering it in The Male Room Challenge #166 - Song Title. Mine is Autumn Leaves. So many people sang it but my favorite is Tony Bennett. My favorite instrumental version is Roger Williams. Oh, this brings back memories!

In keeping with the fall theme, I'm also playing at Make The Cards Challenge #63

Last, but not least, I'm entering my card in the SUOC #310: Autumn/Fall. If you have made a fall card, think about entering it there. They need 15 cards submitted in order to pick a top 3. I'm #7 so we have 8 more to go!

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have a terrific Tuesday.

Stampin' Up! Hats Off Birthday Deja Vu All Over Again

Welcome to my Monday Morning Makeover Masculine Madness! See, I promised you M & M's yesterday!!

My card for today is a makeover of the one I posted here.

Different color hat, different "logo" non it, DSP arranged differently, along with another pattern of baseballs and bats.

Measurements are all the same as the original.

Thank you for stopping by and if you have time, stop by Pammie's Inky Pinkies where I am entering my card in Challenge 2238.

Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight Thank You Cards

Good Sunday morning, peeps. Yesterday I told you about a program I would be doing for my PEO Chapter and here are the second cards the attendees will be creating. 

I created my own note cards for the samples (5" x 7", scored at 3 1/2") but the attendees will get to use SU's Whisper White Note Cards and Envelopes. 

I'm giving them a choice of which technique they want to use for the "splotches". So, the Balmy Blue one was created using the "splatters/spotches" from the retired Timeless Textures Stamp Set. The Flirty Flamingo one was created using a stippling (stencil) brush. The Highland Heather one was created with a couple of drops from the ink refill and adding a dab of water. I used an empty embossing powder container for my vessel.  I dipped a water painter into it and flicked spots all over the notecard front. All three use the "Thank You" from the retired Daisy Delight Stamp Set.

We will be using the Medium Daisy Punch and the retired leaf punch along with the ink pad of their choice.

For the purple one, they will be learning about stamping first, second and third generation. For the pink and blue ones, they will learn about two-step stamps, how to use a bone folder other than for scoring, and what Stampin' Dimensionals are. They'll also get to experiment with glue dots, Multipurpose Liquid Glue and Stamp N' Seal. I may even add embellishments for the daisy centers instead of using Stamp N' Write Markers OR I might provide them with Brushed Brass Butterflies.

For the insides, I will be showing them what NOT to do and how you can turn mistakes into something creative! You don't get to see that...lol!

My inspiration came from my team mate, Sue Prather.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll be back for M&M's tomorrow!

Stampin' Up! Daisy Lane Birthday Card

Good Saturday morning, peeps. My inspiration today came from Wanda Pettijohn. I will be doing a Card Making 101 Class at my October PEO meeting. For those of you who aren't familiar with the Philanthropic Educational Organization, our flower is the Marguerite Daisy and we are called "sisters". We help women obtain scholarships and loans to further their education. Here is one of the cards each sister will make...

I'm debating about whether to add bling...what do you think? I'd appreciate your comments.

I started out with a card base that is cardstock from Office Max when it was just that! Many, many years ago!! My Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder mat is Mossy Meadow, 4" x 5 1/4". The retired Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper measures 2" x 5". I adhered it with liquid glue.

The daisy is punched out of Basic White cardstock scraps with the retired Daisy Punch. I punched two and adhered them (offset) with a glue dot.  Then I used my bone folder to give them a little bend. The center is a scrap of retired Color Theory DSP, using the retired 3/4 inch circle punch. I adhered that to the flower with a Dimensional.

I cut a piece of retired burlap ribbon and folded it over to place underneath the daisy. I used glue dots and liquid glue to do all that.

The "Happy Birthday" from the Very Best Occasions Stamp Set is stamped in Mossy Meadow ink on a scrap of Basic White, sponged with Mossy Meadow, and punched with the Double Oval Punch. It's mat was punched out of retired Color Theory DSP, using the same punch. 

The inside is nice and simple with a flower image from the retired Daisy Delight Stamp Set and the sentiment from Very Best Occasions.

I'm hoping my sisters will be pleased with what they create and that they will learn all the card making terminology I will teach them....especially the terms "addicted", "enabled", "DSP hoarder", "paper has two sides", and "Fun, Fun, Fun"!

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope your weekend is starting off great!

Creative Creases ATG with a Fun Fold Challenge #41 with Stampin' Up! Hats Off Birthday Card

Welcome to another Fun Fold Friday at Creative Creases Challenge. Be sure to stop by and enter your fun fold card!

I used the Hats Off Stamp Set, coordinating Hat Builders Dies and Hey Sports Fan DSP to create my card for today. All three are retired but are available on eBay or Mercari.

I'm not sure what this fun fold is called but it's almost like a double gate fold. The little baseball is an inherited stamp with no named company. The "Happy Birthday" is from the Very Best Occasions Stamp Set.

Here it is opened all the way...

I'm entering my card in the Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge, Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #304 Sports and/or Hobbies, and The Male Room #166 (Song Title: The Baseball Song, Artist: Corey Smith (2012).

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you will enter your fun fold in Challenge #41.

Card Cuts:

Base: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Card Fold: 11" x 4", scored and folded at 2", 3 3/4", 7 1/4" and 9"

DSP:  1 3/4" x 3 3/4" (2) 1st and last panels

DSP: 1 1/2" x 3 3/4" (2) inner side panels

Basic White: 3 1/4" x 3 3/4" inner center

Stampin' Up! Trees for Sale for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

I used the Trees for Sale Stamp Set to create my card for today's blog hop, which is a sketch challenge.

Here is what I created for it...

The shape is created from a  5" x 3 3/4" piece of Basic White that has the ombre effect using Stampin' Blends. The inks I used to create my ombre are Soft Sea Foam, Pear Pizzazz, and Old Olive. For the trees I used Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. I put light pencil marks at 2 1/2" top and bottom on the 5" side, then 1" up from the bottom and down from the top on each 3 3/4" side. I cut from the center marks diagonally to the side tick marks.

The light strand, poles, dog and sign are stamped in Smoky Slate. I added Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels and Rhinestone Basic Jewels for the lights.

Before I adhered the art panel to the card base, I stamped snowflakes at the top of the base using VersaMark Ink. It's difficult to see in the photo but it looks good IRL. I also added Snowfall Accents Puff Paste to the bottom to create melting snow piles.

My sentiment cardstock is Parakeet Party cut at 2" x 1 1/4" and it's stamped with Evening Evergreen. I have not done stitches free hand in a long time so I thought it needed that, along with a Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewel.

For the inside, I sponged a piece of Basic White with Evening Evergreen, repeated the light strand but colored the bulbs with a variety of Stampin' Blends. The sentiment is stamped in Evening Evergreen. I ran it through my embossing machine, along with a mat of Soft Succulent, using the Wintry 3D EF. I left 1/3rd of the white piece un-embossed for a smooth surface if someone wanted to write  a message. There was a method to my madness because I wanted to enter my card in the Let's Squash It Challenge #24.

I'm also entering my card in the Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge #479 - Hey (h)Ombre.

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. Thank you for stopping by and hopping with us! I hope you enjoy all the creativeness.

Amy Koenders

Mary Deatherage

Kristi Gray

Jaimie Babarczy

Karen Finkle - you are here!

Akiko Sudano

Karen Ksenzakovic

Tara Carpenter

Terry Lynn Bright

Stampin' Up! Holiday Hannah Birthday Card

We made this card at our Thursday card group. Sue M. provided everything we needed. The dies we used were Becca Feeken Daisy Delight Garden Shutter Dies and can be purchased at Spellbinders. Trust me, this was not easy but I'm happy with the way it turned out! 

We used White Embossing powder and VersaMark ink for the sentiments on the shutters. 

Where does Stampin' Up! come in you ask? Well, right here!

The inside sentiment is from the long retired Holiday Hannah Stamp Set (1997 SU)  stamped in Daffodil Delight. You can find this on Etsy or eBay probably.

I'm not sure what the patterned paper is but you could use anything you have.

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

Stampin' Up! Halloween Card for the Amy's Inkin' Krew Blog Hop

 

Welcome to another Inkin’ Krew monthly blog hop! Our very talented team is doing a blog hop featuring Stampin’ Up! products. This month we are all creating projects with a “Halloween" theme. I used the current Hello Harvest Stamp Set and matching Rustic Pumpkin Dies in addition to other retired SU stamp sets and product.

Current product used:

• Rustic Pumpkin Dies for Pumpkin
• Hello Harvest Stamp Set – pumpkin and oak leaves plus doo dad inside
• Painted Texture 3D EF
• Rustic Harvest DSP - witch hat
• Cardstock: Crushed Curry, Basic Black
• Inks: Cajun Craze and Memento Tuxedo Black

Retired product used:

• Spooky Sweets Stamp Set – sentiments, bats
• Jack of All Trades Stamp Set – pumpkin face, witch hat (but can use current Bewitching Stamp Set for that)
• Cat Punch 

Thank you for stopping by today and let's get hopping! Click on the "next" button to move forward to Amy's project. Click on the "previous" button to move back to the project created by Tara. You can also click on each name listed if you prefer.

1. Tara Carpenter
2. Carol Buckalew
3. Mary Deatherage
4. Karen Ksenzakovic
5. Jillian Good
6. Akiko Sudano
7. Karen Finkle - that's me!
8. Amy Koenders

Stampin' Up! Inspired Thoughts Sympathy Card

Welcome to my Masculine Monday Makeover Madness card. It's for my PEO sister's husband and family. The  PEO Sisterhood refers to them as a BIL (Brother-in-Love). The card is also a makeover of this one and this one.

This slimline card is created with a Smoky Slate Gray card base, Copper Foil and retired Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Paper chevrons (I used the retired Slim Card Dies). The silver foil embellishment is cut with a die from the Forever Flourishing Dies. The Inspired Thoughts Stamp Set sentiment is punched with the Banners Pick A Punch and I added three Rustic Metallic Dots.

For the inside...

I used the retired Thoughts & Prayers Stamp Set. I colored my tree with sponge daubers, using Garden Green and Cajun Craze inks.

I'm entering my card at Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2237.

Thank you for stopping by today and I'm sorry I have no M & M's candy for you today. BUT, if you return tomorrow for our monthly Amy's Inkin' Krew Blog Hop, you will find some pretty sweet projects. Have a blessed day.

"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints."

Psalm 116:16

New International Version (NIV)

Partial Product List

Forever Flourishing Dies

[152714]

$36.00

Inspired Thoughts Cling Stamp Set

[155536]

$19.00

Rustic Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots

[159082]

$8.00

Banners Pick A Punch

[153608]

$24.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101650]

$10.25

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Stampin' Up! Alphabest Bingo!

Good Sunday morning, peeps! How's your weekend going? I'm sure we in the States and all over the world are remembering what happened to beloved friends, family and people we didn't know on this day 21 years ago at the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and in a field in Shanksville. My husband and I were in a Corvette tour in 2002 taking our representative state flags to the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. They were the flags that hung over the state Capitols from as far west as Washington, as far south as Florida and as far north as Maine. It was quite the sight to see with so many Corvettes in a row traveling from point to point where we would meet up with those from other states. Here's a picture collage of our trip, which hardly shows it all.

The whole experience was so emotional and I will never forget it or the people I met along the way. We have owned four Corvettes and my husband was a collector of Franklin Mint Corvettes that I will hang onto until I can find someone who will love them and take care of them. Let me know if you know of anyone. It all boils down to community, doesn't it? 

Yes, I think so and so do the peeps at Path of Positivity for their challenge #104. I've created a card that represents my community of Tara Woods. We play Bingo every Tuesday night and the folks are quite serious about it. Do you like to play Bingo? If so, this card's for you! I hate Bingo but I love the people who play it. Take a look see...

I used the Alphabest Stamp Set and the Best Label Punch, along with sentiments from This Birthday Piggy Stamp Set and the retired Window Punch. The paper is from a friend who was involved with scrapbooking with Close to My Heart papers.

The inside...

I'm also entering my card in the Repetition challenge at Inkspirational #273  because there are so many repeated numbers on this paper...but not on a real Bingo card! I've also repeated the use of the punch.

If you aren't familiar with die-hard Bingo players, whenever "O 66" is called, they ring a bell. Thus the bell on the front which is cut from Silver Foil with a die from the Birdhouse Dies which is bundled with the Pretty Birds Stamp Set. Whenever "B 4" is called, they all yell it out again in unison. It is quite hilarious. I only play when it's "Homeowner's Appreciation Weekend" because it's free and they still give prizes!

I hope you have enjoyed my fun card for this somber day in history.