Paper piecing Challenge

Hello!
Tonight's card is for my Friday Blast from the Past Challenge over at Stamp TV. This week I am asking everyone to create a project that has paper piecing on it. This is a fun technique and one of my favorites. Gina has a tutorial video on paper piecing, which you can find here.
For my card I used Basic Grey's Origin papers along with Gina's Green Apple, Chocolate Brown, Tan Leather and White pl papers.
The sunflowers are from Gina K's A Year of Flowers and the butterfly is from her Picture It stamp set. Both the flowers and the butterfly were paper pieced. I used copics Y02 and E31 to add some shading to them.
The sentiment is from Lovely Labels and is cut out and matted with oval nesties.

I adding stitching around the pattern paper and kept the embellishments simple with just a ribbon bow.
Here is the inside. The sentiment is from Elegant Post.

I would love it if you would play along with me this week! If you do, please be sure to upload your project to the stamp TV Gallery using the tag STVBPSLS12 so you are entered in the drawing for a free stamp set of your choice and good luck.

Thank you for stopping by! I really appreciate it!



Card Supplies:
Stamps: Picture It, A Year of Flowers, Lovely Labels.
Ink: Rich Cocoa, Copics (e31, y02)
Paper: Green Apple, Chocolate Brown, Tan Leather, white PL papers, Basic Grey - Origins
Other: Ribbon, Janome Sew Mini

Shakin' thing up

Hello!

Tonight I want to share the card I made for this weeks Blast from the Past challenge on Stamp TV. I want you to shake things up so I am challenging everyone to make a Shaker Card this week. Easy enough right? Well I don't want it to be too easy so I am adding a twist to the challenge. Normally you see shaker cards with beads, glitter or punched out paper pieces inside the shaker, I would like you to think outside of the box and come up with something unusual for the inside of the shaker. Sound like fun? I hope so!!!

Let me show you my sample...
I used stamps from Gone Fishing for my shaker card so of course I had to use fish hooks for the inside of the shaker. The fishing fly was colored with copics as was the fish hanging from the hook along the side of the shaker box.
The pattern papers are Basic Grey's Max and Whiskers...love this pack!

Here is the inside of the card. I used one of the sentiments from Gone fishing and more of the Max and Whiskers paper.

I hope you will join me for this weeks Shakin' thing up challenge! If you do, please upload your project to the Stamp TV gallery using the tag STVBPSLS11 so you are entered in the drawing for a free stamp set.

I can't wait to see your shaker cards and how creative you are with the inside.

Thank you for stopping by!

Check back with me tomorrow, I have been playing with my Pure Innocence images and will be sharing one with you.

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Gone Fishing

Ink: Rich Cocoa, Copics ( YR000,YR01, BG93, BG96, Y000, YR04, YR21, YR23, YR24, BG72, BG75, W0, W3, W4, E59)

Paper: Basic Grey - Max and Whiskers, Taken with Teal, More Mustard, Chocolate Brown pl

Other: Hemp Twine, Fish Hooks, Square Nestibilities

Quite a Catch blog hop

10Hello!

Tonight I am joining several other Gina K Designers and CSS Alumni in a blog hop for the Quite the Catch stamp set. This stamp set come with a free card kit designed by Jessica Fick.

There are lots of blogs to visit tonight so let get right to the cards. All my cards tonight are made with some of the current challenges in mind going on over at Stamp TV this week.

My first card is for the color challenge which is Turquoise Sea and Innocent Pink. I used Bubblegum Pink instead of Innocent Pink. I really like this color combo!

Don't you just love the goldfish and starfish in this set? The goldfish looks like a princess and I love the big happy smile on the starfish! Both are colored with copics and I added some stickles for a bit of sparkle. The pattern paper is October Afternoon's Ducks in a Row.

Here is the finished inside.

My second card is for the Anything by a Card Challenge. The challenge is to create a matchbook. I used some of the fun pattern paper included in the card kit. The base of the matchbook is Gina's Green Apple and the red is her Red Hot. Behind the fish I used a Cuttlebug Mess embossing folder then sponged versamark ink over it then pearlescent chalk over the versamark. The circle sentiment is from Gina's Holiday Greetings stamp set.

This is what the inside of the matchbook looks like. The sentiment is included in the Quite a Catch stamp set.

And finally the last one...

This card is for this weeks Blast from the Past challenge. I am challenging everyone to create a project using the Cracked Glass technique.

I actually wanted the fish bowl to look like it was cracking under the weight of the kitten sitting on top of it so I used a piece of acrylic to do the cracked Glass on. As you know acrylic can melt and curl when heated to it was rather tricky to do but I really like how it turned out. I framed the 'cracked glass' with big scalloped circles, attached the seaweed along the inside bottom of the glass and popped it up over the fish to look like he was in a fish bowl. I used the kitten from Purr-fectly Delightful to perch on top of the fishbowl. The papers are Gina K's Smokey Slate and White PL. The pattern paper is Basic Grey's new Basic White.

Here is a closeup of the cracked fishbowl. Doesn't the look on that fish face say it all? Hee Hee!

Here is the inside. I used a sentiment from the Friends stamp set. I hope you will join me for this weeks Blast from the Past challenge. If you do be sure to upload your project to the stamp TV gallery using the tag STVBPSLS10.

Visit these designer's blogs tonight for even more samples with the Quite a Catch stamp set

• Jessica Fick


• Bev Gerard


• Colleen Schaan


• Suzanne Dean


• Valerie Stangle


• Cathy Tidwell


• Lee Murphy


• Theresa Momber


• Geri Utterback


• Tina Gilliland


• Sharri Seffens


• Vicki Dutcher


• Jennie Harper


• Melissa Shultz


• Brenda Turner


• Joy Hadden


• Linda Payne


• Jen Charboneau

Cheri Weston

To see the adorable samples in the StampTV gallery, check out this link: quiteacatch

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the hop!!

Color Challenge Card:

Stamps: Quite a Catch

Ink: Tuxedo Black, Copics (R81, R83, R85, R32, R43, Y35, Y38, Y23, Y20, B93, BG10, BG11, BG13, BG49, YG63, YG67

Paper: Gina's Turquoise Sea, Ivory and Bubblegum Pink PL. October Afternoons Ducks in a Row.

Other: Circle Nestibilities, Spellbinders Labels 10, Ribbon, Pearls, Stickles, EK Border Punch

Matchbook Supplies:

Stamps: Quite a Catch, Holiday Greetings

Ink: Tuxedo Black, Vivid's Red, versmark, Copics (Y00, Y02, Y04, Y06, B02, B04, B05, B06)

Paper: Green Apple, Red Hot, White PL, DP - Card Kit

Other: Ribbon, Brads, Circle and Square Nestibilities, Pearlescent Chalks. EK Border Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder.

Blast From the Past Challenge Card:

Stamps: Purr-fectly Delightful, Friends, Quite a Catch

Ink: Versamark, Tuxedo Black, Copics (T2, T4, T6, W2, W3, W5, YR12, YR14, YR15, YR16, Y32, Y35, Y38, YG63, YG67, B93, R20)

Paper: Smokey Slate, White PL, Basic Grey - Basic White Paper Pad

Other: Thick Embossing Powder, Black Pearls, Acrylic, Circle and Square Nestibilities

Box of cards

Hi!

I hope you are having a good evening!
Tonight I wanted to share with you my Blast from the Past challenge for this week.

This week I chose to revisit Gina K's 'Box of Gift Cards' videos which you can find here and here. Mother's Day is right around the corner and I thought this box of cards would make a nice Mother's Day gift.

I decorated the clear box with a belly band, a ribbon, felt flowers with corduroy brads in the center and leaf branches. I used the 'For You' stamp from Gina K's new Masculine Messages stamp set and punched it out with a spellbinders tag.

I chose to use colors that would be neutral for man or woman. There are six cards in the box so I kept the layout fairly simple and used it on all six cards.
This is the sketch I used for all 6 cards.

Th pattern papers are all SU. I have a ton of retired SU papers so making this box of gift cards gave me a chance to use some of those papers. I also used SU Soft Sky and Gina K's White and Chocolate Brown pl papers.

All the sentiments are from Gina k's Inside and Out stamp set which I felt was perfect for these cards. I used the 'Happy Birthday', 'Thank You' and 'Congratulations' on the outside of the cards and the coordinating sentiment on the inside.

This is the inside of one of the cards. I finished off all of them the same way.

I would love for you to join me for this weeks challenge. If you do, please be sure to add your project to the Stamp TV gallery using tag STVBPSLS09 so you are entered in the drawing for a free stamp set!

You can find all the information about the Blast from the Past Challenge and all the other challenges here on StampTV.

Thank you for stopping by! I really appreciate it!

Project Supplies:

Stamps: Masculine Messages, Inside and Out

Ink: Rich Cocoa, Wild Wasabi

Papers: SU Pattern Paper, SU Soft Sky and Wild Wasabi, Gina K - Chocolate Brown, White pl.

Other: Oval Nestibilities, Ribbon, Brads, Felt Flowers, MS Leaf Punch, EK Border Punch, Spellbinder Tag

Silly fish

Hello,

Tonight I wanted to share my sample card for I made for this weeks Blast From the Past Challenge over on Stamp TV that I am hosting.
This weeks challenge is to create a project using the technique "Inking a Cuttlebug Folder". I used a sizzix dots embossing folder and inked it up with Tempting Turquoise ink. This is my background behind the fish and seaweed. The silly fish is from Gina K's Quite the Catch stamp set that was just released tonight! This stamp set is part of this months card kit. The dp is included in the card kit.
The seaweed and sentiment are also from the Quite the Catch stamp set. I colored the fish with Prisma pencils and OMS and the seaweed with copics. The card base is a Turquoise Sea PL paper, also release tonight.

Here is the inside of the card. I made several backgrounds inking the cuttlebug folder before I got one I like for the front of the card. I decided to use one of my rejected background on the inside.

I would love for you to join me for this weeks Blast from the Past Challenge. If you do, please be sure to add your project to the Stamp TV gallery using tag STVBPSLS08 so you are entered in the drawing for a free stamp set!

You can find all the information about the Blast from the Past Challenge and all the other challenges here on StampTV.

I appreciate and thank you for stopping by today!

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Quite the Catch

Paper: White, Turquoise Sea, Red Hot PL, DP - Quite the Catch card kit

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Mementos - Ladybug and Tuxedo Black

Other: Ribbon, Netting, Fancy Labels, Prisma Pencils, OMS, Copics (YG23, YG25), Crystal Lacquer

foiled water

Hi!

I wanted to share with you the card I made this week for my Friday Blast from the Past Challenge over at Stamp TV.
My challenge this week was to emboss aluminum foil. I decided to use the D'vine Swirl Cuttlebug ef to make aluminum foil water for this adorable little duck in his umbrella. This cute little guy is from Gina's Spring Has Sprung stamp set. I colored him with copics and added a bit of glitter to the handle and edge of the umbrella. I stamped the dragon flies directly on the pattern paper and colored them with copics and also glittered their wings.
I wanted some color the foil water so I used my alcohol reinkers and dabbed some color on, similar to how you do the Polished Stone technique.
Here is a close-up of the water and you can also see the sparkle on the umbrella and the dragon flies. The pattern papers are from Basic Grey's Kioshi pack.

This is how I finished off the inside of the card. The sentiment is from the Spring Mix stamp set.

I hope you will join me this week for the embossed aluminum foil challenge! If you do join me, please be sure to upload your project to the Stamp TV gallery with the tag of STVBPSLS07 so you are entered in the drawing for a free stamp set.

Thank you for stopping by tonight and I hope to see your project in the STVBPSLS07 challenge gallery!

Hugs,

Card Supplies: Spring Has Sprung and Spring Mix Stamp Sets, Basic Grey - Kioshi, Perfect Plum cs, Black Onyx PL, Primas, D'Vine Swirls ef, Aluminum Foil, Circle Punch, Border Bunch, Oval Nestibilities, Black Tuxedo Ink, Dandelion Ink, Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Ranger Alcohol Inks (Lettuce, Sailboat Blue, Cloudy Blue), Copics (Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17, Y32, Y38, YR15, C3, C5, C4, C6, C7, C7, V91, V93, V95, R00, R02, R21, G000, G00, G02, B000, B00, B01)

Pink and brown sparkly bees

Hello!
It's that time of the week for another Blast from the Past Challenge.
This week we are adding glitter to a project or card. You can read all about this challenge and the other challenges going here.

I used stamps from A Beautiful Life. The Frame was stamped twice. Once on White cs and another the white pattern paper with the dots. The Tulips stamped on the white cs were colored with copic and cut out. The inside of the frame was cut out from the of pattern paper and I pieced the tulips to this frame and popped the frame up on another piece of pattern paper.
I stamped the sentiment with Rich Cocoa ink, cut it with Oval Nestibilites and glued it to the center of the frame. I added Doodlebug Glitter around the outside and center of the frame using a Quickie Glue Pen. The bees were also stamped with Rich Cocoa ink, cut out and covered with glitter.
The base of the card is Chocolate Kiss and Lipstick Red.

Here is the inside of the card. The sentiment on the inside is also from A Beautiful Life.

I hope you will be able to join me for this weeks challenge. If you do, please be sure to upload your project to the Stamp TV Gallery with a tag of STVBPSLS06 so you are entered in the drawing for a free stamp set.

Thank you for checking in with me, I appreciate it!

Card Supplies:

Stamps: A Beautiful Life

Ink: Rich Cocoa, Copics (R22, R24, R27. R29, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99)

Paper: White Couture, Gina K - Lipstick Red and Chocolate Kiss, Basic Grey - Infuse

Other: Doodlebug Glitter, Oval Nestibilities, Quickie Glue Pen

MWAH!

Woo Hoo!!! It's Friday and a Happy Friday to you all!

Can you tell what my Blast from the Past challenge is this week just by the title of my post?

MWAH! It's kissing of course! This week we are revisiting Gina's video on the kissing technique. Watch Gina's video here and then go find your big bold stamps and play along with me.

Here is my card sample for the challenge.
I used Gina's Pressed Flowers stamp set along with the dotted and crackled backgrounds from her Bold Flowers stamp set for my card.

I used Memento inks (Cantaloupe, Dandelion, Lulu Lavender, Grape Jelly, Bamboo Leave and New Sprout) to stamp the images on Gina's White PL paper. The buttons are from Gina's Neutral Asst pack and the pattern paper is Basic Greys Euphoria.

I hope you will join along with this weeks Blast from the Past Challenge. Remember if you do, your will be entered in the drawing for a chance to to win a free stamp set of your choice. Make sure you upload your projects to the Stamp TV gallery with the tag of STVBPSLS04 so you are entered in the drawing.

You can find all the information about the Blast from the Past Challenge and all the other challenges here on StampTV.


Card Supplies:
Stamps: Pressed Flowers, Bold Flowers
Ink: Cantaloupe, Dandelion, Lulu Lavender, Grape Jelly, Bamboo Leave, New Sprout
Paper: Fresh Asparagus, White PL, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Grey - Euphoria

Other: Ribbon, Buttons, Scrappers Floss

It's time for another Blast from the Past

Hiya!
Are you ready for another Blast from the Past Challenge? Can you guess what challenge we will be revisiting this week?
Before you guess, how do you like the shelf and quilt on my card? These are part a stamp set that Gina released tonight called Nana's Needlework. Did you guess Sewing on Cards? If you did, you are right!! Gina made 4 awesome videos about using the Janome Sew Mini sewing machine.
Janome Sew Mini Setup
Janome Sew Mini Bobbin and Threading 1
Janome Sew Mini Bobbin and Threading 2
Janome Sew Mini Stitching

My challenge this week is to add stitching/sewing to your project.
Now I want everyone to be able to join in the challenge so do not worry if you do not have the Janome Sew Mini or a sewing machine, you can sew a button on your project, do faux stitches...pretty much anything that will look like sewing or stitching will be accepted.

Let me give you a few details about my card...
The images were stamped on Gina's Ivory PL paper and colored with Prisma Pencils and OMS. The doily on the shelf was stamped with versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The vase is from Gina's Lovely Shelf Stamp set and I stamped it on the back of the pattern paper and cut it out. The flowers are in the vase are part of the Nana's Needlework stamp set and were also colored with Prisma Pencils and OMS. The pattern paper is DCWV - Linen Closet.
Here is how I finished the inside of the card. The sentiment is from the companion set of Nana's Needlework called Nana's Needlework Sentiments.

I hope you will join me for this weeks Blast from the Past Challenge.

Remember if you do, your will be entered in the drawing for a chance to to win a free stamp set of your choice. You can find all the information about the Blast from the Past Challenge and all the other challenges here on StampTV.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Friday!

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Nana's Needlework, Nana's Needlework Sentiments, Lovely Shelf
Paper: Sage Shadow, Gina K - Ivory PL & Moonlit Fog, DCWV - Linen Closet
Ink: Rich Cocoa, Versamark
Other: Prisma Pencils, OMS, Janome Sew Mini, Clear Embossing Powder, Buttons (Gina K's Neutral Asst), Octagon Nestibilities

Join me for a Blast from the Past!

Happy Friday my stamping friends!

Today is the day I kick off my term as the Hostess for StampTV's Blast from the Past Challenges. I would love for you to join me and if you do, there is a prize drawing for a free stamp set. You can read all about the challenge in the challenge discussion on Stamp TV.

My first challenge is to make a project that used the shaving cream technique as a background. Check out the Shaving Cream episode here on Stamp TV and then go grab your shaving cream, and create a project with me.

This is my card for the challenge.The flower image is from Gina's Eclectic Summer stamp set. I stamped it on white pl and colored it with copics. The reinkers I used with the shaving cream for my background are Certainly Celery, Mauve Mist and Perfect Plum. After the background paper was dry, I covered with versamark using the direct to paper method and heat embossed it using iridescent ice embossing powder. This gave is a lot of sparkle and made the ink colors pop. Love that look!

I can't wait to see all of your projects! Be sure to upload your project to the Stamp TV gallery using the tag STVBPSLS01 so you are entered in the prize drawing!

Have a fantastic Friday!!!

Card Supplies: Stamps - Eclectic Summer. Ink- Certainly Celery, Mauve Mist, Perfect Plum, Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Copics. Paper - Creme De Menthe, Lovely Lavender, Elegant Eggplant, White PL. Other Supplies - Spellbinder Blossom dies, Gina's Buttons, Silver Cord, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF, SU Border Punch, Iridescent Ice EP.