The Card Concept Challenge #130 Irish Coffee

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  It's time for a new Card Concept challenge and Julie has chosen a fun "Irish Coffee" theme for us! I have to admit that as much as I love coffee, I've never had Irish coffee!  Hmmm...maybe I should remedy that, LOL!

I don't usually send out St Patrick's Day cards, but I do have a couple of friends whose birthdays are on the 17th, so I had them in mind when making this card:

First, I was inspired by all the colors of green in the photo; I used some miscellaneous DSP that was gifted to me for the background, and the horizontal panel is some retired Call Me Clover DSP from last year.  I stamped the plaid circle from Kind and Cozy also in Call Me Clover, and the coffee cup in Pear Pizzazz, the hearts in Call Me Clover and Mint Macaron.  

I fussy-cut a saying from Banner Blessings to layer it on top, and added a pearl, a Call Me Clover bow and a little Pear Pizzazz ribbon banner.  All the layers and embellishments add up to a "Clean and Layered" card for the Card Concept challenge this week!  I hope you'll play along with our challenge too!  I will say that these challenges have made me realize I make the same style of card every time----I really need to try to change it up, LOL!  And since I seem to use the same style most of the time, I thought I would enter this in a new challenge called The Spot!  The first week is Designer's Choice!

SO.....I hope you will check out what the design team has created at The Card Concept blog!  You'll be inspired!  Thanks for popping in today!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Kind and Cozy, Banner Blessings (both retired)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Call Me Clover DSP (ret), Misc DSP from my stash
Ink	Memento Black, Pear Pizzazz, Mint Macaron, Call Me Clover
Accessories	Call Me Clover Narrow Ribbon, Pear Pizzazz Ribbon (both ret), Dimensionals, Pearls
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Stitched Circle Dies (Lil'Inker)

GDP074 Made With Love

Hey, peeps!  A quick card, a quick post....a busy week!  I thought the GDP sketch this week was a good one (although I missed the little ribbon-y thing at the top!):

I wanted to use some images from Perfect Mix and I remembered this Domestic Goddess DSP I have been hoarding!!  The red in it is actually Poppy Parade, but Watermelon Wonder is pretty close.  So here we go:

The sentiment and heart are from a retired set called Kind and Cozy; I made the scalloped edge at the bottom with a Layering Squares die!  All in all, pretty simple!  This might be a birthday card, might just be a "thinking of you" card....haven't decided yet!  But I do love these papers!  Thanks for popping in today!

I took Cassidy to our local library for their monthly activity breakfast on Saturday...they listened to books, did five crafts and then had pancakes for breakfast!  It was pretty awesome!  She did a scratch-off picture:

a Valentine puppet:

and a bear magnet:

We have more crafty things to show you but we'll save them for the rest of the week!  Enjoy your day!

Project Details--All Product Stampin Up Unless Noted
Stamps	Perfect Mix, Kind and Cozy (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Domestic Goddess DSP (ret)
Ink	Watermelon Wonder
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Squares Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Banner Dies (Nestability),Dimensionals

TSOT217

Hi everyone!  Yippee, it’s Thursday and that means the weekend is almost here!  I heard it might be 87 degrees on Mother’s Day!!  Yikes!  I always wait until Mother’s Day to put in my annuals….I think I could have done it a bit earlier this year!

I have a quick little thank you card using some retired items and the Try Stampin’ On Tuesday sketch:

Of course, AFTER I finished my card, I realized I didn’t have the sentiment in the right place….oh well!  This card uses Kind & Cozy, which is retiring, and Back to Black DSP along with a diecut border using one of the Finishing Touches edgelits (also retiring):

I used some non-SU dies for the scallop and circles, and the sentiments are from Another Thank You:

This one will be going out in the mail ASAP!  Thanks for popping by today!

Oh, the changing moods of a 4YO!  Who can be crabby when eating mint chocolate chip ice cream?

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

FMS 169 and SR262

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I just loved the sunshiny, happy, delicious colors at the Stampin’ Royalty challenge this week:

and so I paired it with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch to make an encouraging card for a friend:

And here it is:

I had a wee bit of trouble photographing this card for some reason; the Soft Sky panel just doesn’t seem to be true here, but hopefully you can imagine how pretty it is with Daffodil Delight and Basic Black!  I used the new Happy Hearts embossing folder with the big flower from Flower Patch.  The sentiment is one from the new Project Life set, So You, embellished with the heart from Kind and Cozy:

I added a couple of sequins for fun!  Thanks for visiting today!

Reading Snow White to her dolls:

Watermelon Hello

Happy Wednesday, peeps!   I have a cute card for you today; after seeing THIS card on Pinterest, I set out to make my own!  (You should check out ALL her watermelon creations---a week’s worth—very cute, each & every one of ‘em!!).  Plus I have a quick little tutorial for you too!  So here we go:

Card base is Melon Mambo, with about 1 1/2” trimmed from the front,  with a panel of Wild Wasabi embossed with the Fancy Fan EF.  On a scrap, I stamped the plaid circle from Kind & Cozy and the center circle above it, then diecut it, and cut it in half to make my watermelon.  I added a sentiment from Four You, and used the new cute little heart punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack on the heart in the same set.  And how do you like my seeds?

Of course, most watermelons in the store nowadays are seedless!  But I think I still like seeds on mine, so let me show you how I made them, again with that same little heart punch!

It may take a couple of practices to get the punch in just the right place to get the shape of the seed that is pleasing to you!  But soon you’ll be making seeds right & left!  LOL!  Anyway, here is the inside of my card:

Enjoy your day!

Cassidy decided her doll baby needed to be washed!  With a baby wipe, she proceeded to wipe the baby!

Then she blew on him to dry him off!

Good mommy!

FMS139 and CM23

Yay!  It’s Friday---the end of a long week for me….don’t know why, but I am glad it’s here!  I was thrilled to see the Colour Me…! challenge this week:

because I LOVE Coastal Cabana, and I used it with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch from Rita for this fun card today:

I love how CC and black look together….a cool combination, and even though black flowers seem a bit odd, I think they look striking here!  I used several different sets, along with the Scalloped Tag Topper punch, to pull this all together.  I also used the new heart punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack...it fits nicely on the polka-dotted heart from Kind & Cozy!  Here’s the sketch:

Thanks for visiting today!

I can tell you, when I was a kid, my mom never let me jump on the bed!  Wonder what happened when I became a grammy?

The accompanying music was “The Wheels on the Bus”, “This Old Man”, and “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain”…..just so you can get the right feel for the moment!

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.