Still Christmas in July?? I think so!

Well after a couple of Christmas in July posts, this month, I think I may be in the mood to play around with some Christmas stamps a bit.

I used the Brick Wall Embossing Folder on Smoky Slate Cardstock for the background and instead of a door I wanted to make a window.  I used my MFT Stitched Rectangle Dies to make the frame.  In looking for something for the inside of the window, I found this cool Bohemian DSP that looked a lot like a wicker shade to me so I thought it would be fun to use.  The wreath was stamped in Garden Green and Cucumber Crush and the berries were various sizes of pearls that I colored with Red alcohol markers.  I love the way those berries turned out.

For the inside I used a thin strip of the Bohemian DSP on the right side and then added my sentiments from the Wonderous Wreath set onto my card.

Here are the Stampin' Up Products Used:

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Thanks so much for stopping by!
Blessings,
Tina

Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge #2 - Sketch Challenge

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  It's been a busy couple of days for me after celebrating Father's Day with my Hubby this past weekend.  I guess I try to cram too many things into a weekend, am I the only one that does that??

Today I'm back over at Stamp, Ink, Paper with a new Challenge Card. This week's challenge is a sketch challenge! Sketch challenges are so much fun because it really is up to interpretation and you can totally make it your own. I hope you'll check out all of the design team cards at SIP this week and give this Challenge a try! 

 

 

I'm trying to focus on some of Stampin' Up!'s new In Colors so today my card features Delightful Dijon.  For some reason, Delightful Dijon has been one I've been struggling with so I really wanted to find a way to start using it.  I've made two cards with it and it really is growing on me. lol

 

 

 

For my  card I started with an 11" x 4 1/4" sheet of Bermuda Bay scored at 5 1/2".  I layered on a 5 1/4" x 3" piece of the new Bohemian DSP and added a 1" strip of crumb cake topped with the Delightful Dijon Lace Trim to the left side of my card.  I stamped my tree and swing image from the Sheltering Tree stamp set ontoWhisper White rectangle after I had lightly sponged on some Bermuda Bay Ink.  I glued this to a piece of Delightful Dijon cardstock and then used my Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the layered piece to my card.  My whisper white banner was stamped with Delightful Dijon ink and sponged with it around the edges.  I added a few Pretty Pink Posh gold sequins to finish it off.  This was an easy card but I really like the way it turned out!

 

Here are the Stampin' Up! Products I used:

  

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Non-Stampin' Up! Products Used:  Pretty Pink Posh Gold Sequins

Thanks for stopping by! 

Blessings,
Tina

You are the Sprinkles on the Cupcake of Life!

Do you know someone that always makes you laugh?  One very good friend certainly fits that description!  Happy Birthday to my good friend Suzy Gray!  I hope you have a friend like that because everybody needs one! :)

I'm sharing the birthday card that I made for her with some of my brand new goodies from my Stampin' Up!  pre-order.  I'm am absolutely LOVING this new Bohemian DSP and coordinating Boho Chic Embossing Folder!

I started with an A2 Rich Razzleberry cardstock base and Layered on a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock that was dry embossed with the new Boho Chic Embossing Folder.  I layered two different patterns of the Bohemian DSP onto Rich Razzleberry cardstock.  I ran some ribbon on the side of the long layer and tied it and adhered it to the card first and then added the square layer.  My cupcake bottom from the Sprinkles of Life Set was stamped onto Very Vanila cardstock and fussy cut.  The top of the cupcake was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto Chocolate Chip Cardstock and then punched out with the Tree Builder Punch.  After using my Embossing Buddy on the cupcake top, I stamped the Sprinkles onto it with Versamark and embossed with Crushed Curry Embossing Powder.  I glued the Cupcake top to the base and adhered to the top square DSP layer with dimensionals.  After stamping the sentiment with Blackberry Bliss Ink onto Very Vanilla card stock, I cut it out and used my Hexagon Punch to cut banner ends.  I backed it with more Rich Razzleberry cardstock that I had also cut banner ends on.  I adhered the sentiment banner to the card with dimensionals. I added some yellow sequins from Pretty Pink Posh's Spring Mix sequin assortment.

The inside sentiment is stamped in Blackberry Bliss Ink.  The candle and the sprinkles inside were stamped with Island Indigo Ink.



I thought it turned out super cute.  I have a lot of ideas running through my head for other cards now! I think this Bohemian DSP may be one of my new favs! :)

Here's the Stampin' Up! Products I used:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

The Non-Stampin' Up Products Used:  Pretty Pink Posh Spring Mix Sequins, Blue Ribbon from my Stash

Blessings,
Tina