SIP Challenge #187 Monochromatic with Gina K Designs Tropical Blooms Bundle

Hi There!  Happy Tuesday!  Did your week start off good??   This past weekend was so nice and relaxing that it really helped me start off the week right.  It's amazing what some rest and relaxation can do for you!  Hopefully this will be a non-stressful work week. 

This week at Stamp, Ink, Paper we have a Monochromatic Card Challenge.  The funny thing is that as I looked at my cards for the last two blog posts, they were monochromatic as well.

As usual, when I started, I had no idea what I wanted to do.  I did know that I wanted an Distress Oxide Ink Blended Background so that's where I started! 

 I used a Distress Ink Blending Tool to blend  Tim Holtz Distress Oxide in both Worn Lipstick and Abandoned Coral Ink onto a piece of  Bristol Smooth cardstock.  I spritzed it with a little water once I finished and used a paper towel to soak up the ink that lifted off.  I used my heat tool to dry it from both the front and back and then used one of the Stampin' Up! Rectangle Stitched Dies to cut the panel out.  Next I used the heat embossed using Gina K. Designs Fine Detail White embossing powder and Versamark Ink, the large floral image from the Gina K. Deisgns Tropical Blooms Stamp set.  I heat embossed "birthday" on the card panel in white as well.  The "happy" was stamped in Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink in Worn Lipstick onto a scrap piece of white cardstock and die cut with the coordinating die and popped up with Dimensionals.   I adhered the panel to a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Stampin' Up! Flirty Flamingo cardstock and then glued that on a Thick Whisper White top folding card base.   On another piece of Flirty Flamingo Cardstock,  I clear heat embossed the same large floral image.   I used the edge of the Rectangle Stitched Die that I used to cut the card panel, to cut it in half.  I adhered the first part of the image onto the right side of the card and adhered it with Tombow Multipurpose Glue.  I used the same rectange die to cut the other part of the large clear embossed image at the bottom and left side and then adhered it to the left side of the card.  I finished this one off with three Pretty Pink Post Sparking Clear Confetti.

This is the first time I have attemped to use the same image embossed two ways on a card but I believe it turned out really pretty.  I hope you like it as much as I did.  

March D's Stamping Team USA Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to D's Stamping Team USA March 2016 Blog Hop!  This month's theme is Birthdays! If you've already been hopping you should have landed here from Deb Naylor's fabulous blog!  If not, make sure you check it out!  She is super talented and I know you will not want to miss her inspiration!   

As you probably know by now, the fabulous Shannon West with Stampin' Up! has started a Birthday craze with her awesome hashtag #Imbringingbirthdaysback!   I am totally on board with this endeavor and am working on building up my Birthday Card inventories now so what better theme for a blog hop!  

I was straightening up my craft area and putting away some cardstock when I noticed how beautiful Calypso Coral looked with Basic Gray.   I  just knew I wanted to use these together for my card!  I started with an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of Basic Gray Cardstock scored at 5 1/2".  My next layer was  a piece of Calypso Coral DSP Paper Stack.  The 3" x 4 1/4" piece of Calypso Coral was stamped tone-on-tone with the floral stamp from Awesomely Artistic prior to mounting on the  3 1/4" x 4 1/2" Basic Gray cardstock layer.   The sentiment from Birthday Blooms was stamped in Calypso Coral Ink onto Whisper White and then cut out with the Deco Labels Framelits.  I also cut a larger Basic Gray Deco Label to mat it and then attached the layers with Stampin' Dimensionals.  The Dragonfly from Awesomely Artistic was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto the Coral layer and then also stamped and embossed with Black embossing powder on Whisper White cardstock.  Since I had already stamped it on the coral, I didn't have to fussy cut the small antennas on the head.. this saved me a lot of time.  I attached the fussy cut embossed dragonfly onto the stamped one with a glue dot in the middle of the body.  I then made some loops of Silver Thread around the dragonfly tucking it under the wings.  Once I had the loops the way I wanted them, I adhered the end of the dragonfly's wings with gluedots onto the thread to secure it.  Lastly I added a small bent piece of Silver Sequin Trim to the bottom of the Deco Label with two glue dots to secure it well.

Here is the inside of my card..

For the inside, I stamped the "dear friend" sentiment from Birthday Blooms in Calypso Coral Ink onto a 4" x 5 1/4" panel of Whisper White Cardstock.  I added two stamped off sections of the flowers from Awesomely Artistic also in Calypso Coral on the top and right side and then stamped the dragonfly in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 

I hope you enjoyed my card and are ready to head over to my sweet friend, Megan Thompson's blog!  Just click the next button and you'll be there!

Here's a list of the Stampin' Up Products Used:

Awesomely Artistic Stamp Set

Birthday Blooms Stamp Set

Silver Sequin Trim

Brights Collection Designer Series Paper Stack

Silver Thread

Calypso Coral Cardstock

Basic Gray Cardstock

Whisper White Cardstock

Calypso Coral Ink

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Stampin' Dimensionals

Snail Adhesive

Mini Glue Dots

Thanks so very much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina

SIP Challenge #13 Happy Birthday to Taylor

Good Morning!  I hope you enjoyed a nice long weekend like I did.  I absolutely LOVE three day weekends, I really think we should have them more often!  This week at Stamp, Ink, Paper we have a fun Birthday Challenge.  This was perfect timing for me because I needed a birthday card for next weekend!  Here's the challenge banner for this week's challenge...

I decided to take this opportunity to make a card for my Granddaughter, Taylor.  Her birthday is September 9th and her party is September 12th in Knoxville.  Taylor is quite a little Diva so when I saw the Unity Stamp Co. Set "Casey (tiny fashionista)" I knew that I would use it for her card.

Products Used:  Crest Solar White 110# Cardstock, Stampin' Up! Bermuda Bay Cardstock, Cherry On Top DSP, Unity Stamp Co. Casey (Tiny Fashionista) Stamp Set,  Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Stampin' Up! Bermuda Bay Ink, Copics, Stampin' Up! Rrhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin' Up! Whisper White 1/2" Seam Binding,  MFT Stitched Ovals, MFT Stitched Banners, Pink Wink of Stella, White Wink of Stella, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, and Stampin' Dimensionals.

Have a Wonderful Week and don't forget to head over to SIP and link up your own card this week!

Thanks for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina