PCC #332 - Sketch Challenge

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  Time for another Paper Craft Crew Challenge.  We have another fun sketch for you to check out!

Today's card uses some retired DSP along with some new Dies...

My original inspiration was that gorgeous watercolor striped retired DSP.  It had such beautiful colors.  The Night of Navy Cardstock was embossed with the Pinewood Planks Dynamic Embossing Folder for the background.  The other cardstock colors used were Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist and Emerald Envy.  The Butterflies are from the Buttterfly Beauty Thinlits.  The sentiment was from Simon Says Stamp CZ Designs Simple Sentiments II You are loved.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina  

SIP #192 - Sketch Challenge with SSS CZ Designs and Stampin' Up!

Hi There!  Hope today is going to be an awesome day for you!  It's Tuesday, so of course it's time for another SIP Challenge.  This week we have a super easy and fun sketch.... check it out!

How cool is that!  I just love Cathy Zielske and I just picked up a cool "woot" die that she designed as well as an awesome sentiment stamp set so I had to use them.  Simon Says Stamp carrys her CZ Design sets if interested.. make sure you head over and check them out!

Of course, I turned the sketch on it's side.  I always have to be a little difficult, right??  For today's card I really could have used any DSP but since I just received my Sale-A-Bration freebie for spending $100 at Stampin' Up "The Painted Seasons Bundle", I decided to go with it.  I really love the colors in the DSP.. especially the Poppy Parade!  The "Woot" Die from CZ Design is awesome and I love that it includes the shadow die so you can use two coordinating cardstock colors.   The Stamp Set is SSS CZ Designs "Simple Sentiments II You are Loved" and it has awesome sentiments that I know I'll use soooo much!  You'll notice I added a little stitched rectangle of Vellum to the middle of the card to soften the center and allow the sentiment to stand out!

I decided to add one of the Painted Season Flowers and a couple of the leaves to the inside to coordinate it with the front!  The flower was stamped in Poppy Parade and the Leaves were stamped in Call Me Clover Ink.  The center of the flower was filled in with an Early Espresso Marker.  Since the flowers in the DSP had Early Espresso centers that I coordinated this with those.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #188 - Designer's Choice with Concord & 9th Floral Print Silhouette Bundle

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  I hope this week is starting off to be a good one.  Did you have as much rain over the weekend as we did here in Middle Tennessee?  There was a crazy lot of flooding in so many places that it was really just sad to see.  I'm hoping that we can have quite a few dry days so we can all dry out!  I spent most of the weekend in the house with the dogs.  

Well the good news today is that Stamp, Ink, Paper has a new Challenge and it's my all time favorite...... that's right... It's Designer's Choice.

This week, I'm using my favorite new product.. Concord & 9th Floral Print Silhouette Bundle.  I made 10 cards with it on Sunday and could have kept going all night!

The stamps are awesome and the dies and soooo cool!  If you haven't seen the bundle, you should really head over to Concord & 9th and check it out.  I also added a sentiment strip from the Simon Says Stamp Simple Sentiments II - You are Loved.  It has some fabulous sentiments that I have not seen elsewhere!  It was designed by Cathy Zielske.  If you've never watched her on Youtube, you should really check her out!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina