Birthday Card with Flowers

Good day crafty friends! Today I want to share this Birthday Card with Flowers I made following the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. To make this card I decided to use already stamped flowers from the stash I started back in 2011 of extras. Sometimes I'll just stamp a bunch of additional flowers to use later but then I forget to use them. So, after sorting through the flowers I found three that were stamped with the same ink color and selected them to use on this card. The Pear Pizzazz and Soft Suede leaves were stamped using the Fab Flowers stamp set by Lawn Fawn and die cut with the coordinating dies. Following the sketch I took the literal approach and used polka dots and stripes as shown using paper by Stampin' Up!. The damask background paper is from the Double Dot Damask paper pad by Bo Bunny. The Happy Birthday sentiment is by Print Works Collection and some Nuvo Crystal Drops in Chocolate Fondue was added to the center of the flowers. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Challenges entered:

• Addicted to Stamps: Anything Goes
• Die Cuttin Divas: Anything Goes
• Simon Says: Anything Goes
• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch #477
• Watercooler Wednesday: Anything Goes

Sketch:

Stash of stamped flowers

Friendship Card with Bird

Are you like me and love your stash of older stamps? The current challenge at SU! Only is A Blast from the Past and the Inkspirational challenge is Oldie But Goodie. I was happy to use my older stash to play along. I started as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in 2012, so I dug out that old catalog for inspiration and decided to use the retired Language of Friendship stamp set. It's still a favorite of mine although it hasn't seen much action lately. Many demonstrators will sell their retired stamp sets when a new catalog is launched, but I just can't do it! I usually only buy what I really want and keep it.

Besides cardstock and Night of Navy ink everything on this card is retired. The retired Top Note die was used with retired Flowerpot and Blushing Bride dsp. The Bird Builder and Boho Blossoms punches were used and the finishing touch are three Blushing Bride sequins from the Fancy Frost sequins pack. That's it!

This Friendship Card with Bird is entered into the following challenges:

• SU! Only: A Blast from the Past
• Watercooler Wednesday: Anything Goes
• Inkspirational: Oldie But Goodie
• Cards und More: Anything Goes

Sentiment: 

The language of Friendship is not words but meanings. 

~Henry David Thoreau

Embossed Boho Blossoms Card

Last night I was searching color challenges and I came across the Color Throwdown challenge. I immediately knew I wanted to play along. I love Rich Razzleberry and Pear Pizzazz together. Once I had my colors selected I printed the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches and went to work. I decided to play along with Shopping Our Stash and use my oldest clear stamp (floral flourish by Inkadinkado) and I added a butterfly to play along with Flutter By Wednesday. The end result was this Embossed Boho Blossoms Card. The sketch was perfect to use my new Candy Dots by Stampin' Up! and luckily I ordered them in the bright colors. I didn't use a sentiment on the front to keep my options open. It has a nice feminine feel and could be used for almost any occasion. Thanks for stopping by!

 

Patterned Bunnies Easter Card

 

This year Easter falls on the last Sunday in March, that gives me a good seven weeks to get my cards in the mail. Last night I found a sketch from the Sketchy Friday Challenge that inspired this Patterned Bunnies Easter Card. It just so happened that I received a shipment of Stampin' Up! product in the mail and I couldn't wait to ink up this cute patterned bunny stamp. I LOVE using spring colours and this was just the card to use the Subtles Designer Series Paper. There is only one problem with this card! Any ideas? Well, the problem is I LOVE it sooo much I probably won't be able to give it away.

 

Patterned Bunnies Easter Card Supplies*:

• Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, and Wild Wasabi card stock, and Subtles Designer Series Paper in Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, and Perfect Plum.
• Stamps: Ears to You (patterned bunnies) stamp, Language of Friendship stamp set, and Teeny Tiny Wishes.
• Inks: Classic stampin' pads in Baja Breeze and Perfect Plum. Stampin' write marker in Certainly Celery.
• Other Stuff: Boho Blossoms punch, Bird Builder Punch (leaves), Oval punch, Word Window punch, 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon in Baja Breeze, Pearl Basic Jewels, and dimensionals all by Stampin' Up! and decorative corner punch by Creative Memories.

*All supplies by Stampin' Up! unless noted.

My card is entered into the following challenges:

1. Sketchy Friday Challenge: Sketch
2. Delightful Challenges: Think Spring, Pastel Colors
3. Brown Sugar Challenge: Anything Goes

Boho Blossoms Thank You Card

Good evening! Tonight I've been busy in the kitchen making pumpkin muffins and oatmeal cookies for tomorrow. While I was waiting on everything to bake I made this Boho Blossoms Thank You Card. I used the colours from this weeks ColourQ challenge and the theme from Sweet Stamps blog for this simple design. To create the center panel I punched opposite corners with the boho blossoms punch by Stampin' Up!, then I stamped and heat embossed the various colours of card stock, did a little trimming and adhered the card stock to the backside of the panel. Add a sentiment and a little bling and my card is complete. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Just Thinking of You Card

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of your card project and wish you had a different stamp, or different colour stamp pad?  Well, that's what happened to me today.  Luckily my creativity kicked in and I solved the problem with what I had on hand.  However, a few things were added to my stash "want" list!  This Just Thinking of You Card was made for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  The Summer Smooches designer series paper by Stampin' Up! makes this sketch come alive with colour. 

Just Thinking of You Card Supplies:  White cardstock, lucky limeade and razzleberry cardstock by Stampin' Up!, Summer Smooches designer series patterned paper by Stampin' Up!, Fiskars scallop edge punch, Cricut Machine for ovals (George and Basic Shapes cartridge), lucky limeade and razzleberry stampin' pads, rubber stamp by Hampton Art, Boho Blossoms punch by Stampin' Up!, Language of Friendship stamp set by Stampin' Up!, stampin' dimensionals, and rhinestones.