SIP Challenge #37 Wood, Cork, or Felt

 

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Hope you've had an awesome week!  It's been so beautiful here in Middle Tennessee!  We had 70 degree weather over this past weekend!  How gorgeous it was!  Today we have such a fun challenge over at Stamp, Ink, Paper and I know you'll want to grab some wood, cork, or felt and play along!  I just received some of the awesome wooden "Expressions Natural Elements" from Stampin' Up! so I decided to use those for a fun birthday card for my son's girlfriend, Kaci!  

In keeping with the natural elements theme, I added a burlap bow :)

I started with an A2 card base of Sahara Sand.  I added a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Bermuda Bay that I embossed with my new We R Memory Keepers Next Level Embossing Folder Wave (LOVE these!)

The "Celebrate" wooden element was attached with Beacon 3 in 1 glue onto my embossed layer.  I added a bow that I made from a strip of Burlap Ribbon that was tied in the center with jute thread that had been first threaded through a Bermuda Bay button.  I adhered some Sahara Sand lace trim on the ends of the burlap with more of the Beacon 3 in 1 glue.  I attached the bow to the bottom of my card under the "Celebrate" sentiment with dimensionals.  My flowers from the Grateful Bunch stamp set were stamped in Bermuda Bay and Pool Party and punched with the coordinating punch and then layered with dimensionals.  I added a few leaves punched out with in Mossy Meadow Cardstock with the Bird Builder Punch.  and tucked them under the flowers.  I stamped the butterfly from the Papillion Potpourri stamp set in Memento Ink onto Whisper White Cardstock.  I used my aqua painters to paint in some Pool Party and Crumb Cake ink and then punched out the butterfly with the Elegant Butterfly Punch.  I used a bone folder to curve the wings and then adhered it with glue dots.

Here's the inside of the card..

The inside sentiment was stamped in Bermuda Bay Ink.  The "You are loved  (A LOT)"  sentiment is from the Grateful Bunch and the "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from the Balloon Celebration Stamp Set.  I really liked the cursive font on both of these and felt they looked great together!

Thanks so much for stopping in.  I hope you'll head over to Stamp, Ink, Paper and link up your own card using wood, cork, or felt!  

Here are the Stampin' Up Products used:

Grateful Bunch Stamp Set

Papillion Potpourri Stamp Set

Balloon Celebration Stamp Set

Blossom Bunch Punch

Bird Builder Punch

Elegant Butterfly Punch

1 1/4" Burlap Ribbon

Sahara Sand 7/8" Lace Trim

Brights Button in Bermuda Bay

Bermuda Bay Cardstock

Sahara Sand Cardstock

Whisper White Cardstock

Bermuda Bay Ink

Pool Party Ink

Expressions Natural Elements

Blessings, Tina

SIP Challenge #12 - Black and White with a Pop of Color

Hello and happy Tuesday!  Not only have we survived Monday, but we have now officially survived August!  It is so hard to believe that it is already the 1st of September!  It has been a super hot summer here in Middle Tennessee so I'm ready for a cooler September!  Well since it is Tuesday, you know what that means!  Another SIP Challenge!  So welcome to Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge #12! This week we have a Color Challenge that I really think is super fun....  Black, White, and a Pop of Color!

For my "Pop of Color" I chose the New 2015-2017 In Color "Watermelon Wonder".  It is one of my new favorites!  I stamped off twice for the background of the butterfly to make it a very pale pinkish red.  I stamped off once on the 2nd step, and stamped direct for step 3 of this beautiful butterfly!

 

I also used some of the new Stampin' Up! Neutral Color Collection Paper Stack paper in Basic Black. I really love the new patterns this year!  In my typical fashion I used part of a lot of Stamp Sets.  The flourish is from "Everything Eleanor" and was heat embossed in White.  The small butterflies are from "Papillion Potpourri" and stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Whisper White cardstock and then punched out with the Bitty Butterfly punch.  I doubled the layers so I could life the wings of the upper layer on all of the butterflies.  The flower is from "Flower Shop" stamp set and punched out with the Pansy Punch.  Last but not least, my pop of color was the large butterfly and is from "Watercolor Wings" stamp set and cut out with the Butterflies Thinlits Die.  Last but not least,  the "hello" sentiment is die cut on Whisper White cardstock with the "Hello You" thinlit dies.  Whew.. that's a lot of stamp sets, dies and punches out!   No wonder I have such a mess when I get done! 

Here are the Stampin' Up Products used:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Blessings!
Tina

SIP Challenge #1 Getting to Know You

Well I have some super exciting news!!  I am now a Design Team Member for a brand new Challenge Blog called Stamp, Ink, Paper!.  For the very first Challenge we thought it would be fun to Get to Know You! So make a card that is a "You card" and link it up Here.   How much easier could that be??

I'm going to have to be completely honest..I was really stumped as to what type of card I wanted to make.  I have so many favorite techniques, styles, etc.  

After a little bit of stress topped off with a little debate with myself, I decided to go with a watercolored background technique.  My A2 card base is 110# Crest Solar White cardstock.  I topped that was a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of the recently retired Stampin' Up! Baked Brown Sugar cardstock.  Next is a 3" x 4 1/4" piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock and is topped with a 2 3/4" x 4" piece of Whisper White.  I heat embossed the I'm here for you sentiment from the new "You've Got This" stamp set in Gold.  My watercolor paper background effect was done by Inking a large Acrylic Block with Bermuda Bay, Pistachio Pudding, and Crushed Curry Ink, then misting the block with water and "squishing" the block onto the watercolor paper so that the paper absorbs the ink.  I dried the watercolor paper layer with my heat tool and then heat embossed the floral images from the Vintage SU "Of the Earth" stamp set with White Embossing Power.  I adhered the watercolor panel onto the Whisper White card stock and wrapped a piece of Whisper White Seam Binding around the panel.  I attached a Linen Thread Bow to the seam binding and topped with a large Pearl Jewel embellishment.  I then added a "Papillion Potpourri" butterfly made by heat embossing the butterfly with White Embossing Powder onto Bermuda Bay cardstock and then punched out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch.

Have a wonderful week and make sure to link up a "You card" to the SIP Challenge Blog! 

Here are the Stampin' Up! Products that I used that are "Current":

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Blessings,

Tina

May OSAT Blog Hoppers - Monochromatic

Hello and welcome to our May OSAT Blog Hop.  I hope you've enjoyed the fabulous projects that Wynne has created!  She is so super talented and quite honestly is a hard act to follow.  As I'm sure by now you know, this month's Blog Theme is Monochromatic.  I have to admit that when I picked my colors I was feeling pretty good since Purple is one of my favorite colors.  But...once I started working on my projects, I was dying to add some teal or turquoise. Well, since that is not allowed, here I go with my two shades of purple: Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant, and my neutral pick of Whisper White.



My main card this month uses four different stamp sets:  "Everything Eleanor", "Gorgeous Grunge", "Work of Art" and "Papillion Potpourri".  I was literally all over the place on this card!  lol

My A2 card base was Perfect Plum with a layer of Whisper White.  All of the streaks, and paint splatters are from the fabulous "Gorgeous Grunge" stamp set and were stamped in Perfect Plum after first being stamped off onto scrap paper to give it a softer look.  The florish is from "Everything Eleanor" and it was stamped in Elegant Eggplant.  The butterflies are from "Papillion Potpourri" and were stamped in Versamark embossing ink onto Perfect Plum card stock.  They were then embossed with White embossing powder and punched out with the coordinating butterfly punches.  The sentiment was stamped in the right corner in Elegant Eggplant ink and is from the "Work of Art" stamp set.  I added a few flowers that were punched out in Elegant Eggplant card stock with the flower punch from the Itty Bitty Accent Punch Pack.  I added pearls to the centers of the flowers and adhered them to the card along with three of the larger pearls and a few white Doodlebug Sequins.

In addition to my card this month, I also have a little handbag that will hold about 6 A2 cards and envelopes (I only enclosed 4 since they were embellished).  The little handbag was inspired by a Stamping School Project (www.stampingschool.com).  I used the dimensions for the bag and box insert from Stamping School however I changed the design to make it my own.

Here's a look at the bag from the side. I used a 5" Pierced Circle Die from Little B's for the flap and punched 1/8" holes for the handle of Perfect Plum Taffeta Ribbon. The butterflies on the outside of the closure are from the Butterfly Basics Stamp Set and coordinating framelits.  After layering them, I used my piercing tool to pierce through both butterflies so I could insert a candy dot brad.  Instead of putting a candy dot in the brad, I used one of the larger pearls. The strip at the bottom of the handbag is a 1" strip of whisper white that was randomly stamped with the flourish from "Everything Eleanor" in Elegant Eggplant.

The handbag opens and closes with Basic Grey magnetic snaps. The cards slip right into the box base that is adhered to the inside of the handbag.

I enclosed 4 cards as well as 4 envelopes in the handbag.  The stamp sets used on these cards were "Everything Eleanor", "Papillion Potpourri" and a brand new sentiment set  that will be in the new Stampin' Up! Catalog "Friendly Wishes".  Since I am a Stampin' Up! Demo, I was able to preorder a few things prior to release of the catalog! :)

I hope you've enjoyed my projects today :)  Please continue on the hop by clicking the next button to check out what the super talented Megan has created for you!  

Here's a list of all of the Stops on this Blog Hop:

Eva - http://evascardsandthings.evabussom.com/2015/05/osat-blog-hop-may-monochromatic.html

Justin - http://jkcardsonline.com/?p=16553

Andrea-http://onestampinmothertucker.blogspot.com/2015/05/osat-blog-hop-monochromatic-may.html

Elizabeth Jeanne - http://craftsbyhappystamper.com/2015/05/14/osat-monochromatic-blog-hop/

Debbie - http://www.davdesigns.com/2015/05/osat-may-monochromatic-blog-hop.html

Maggie - http://www.maggiemadecards.com/osat-blog-hop-monochromatic/

James - http://stampinstud.blogspot.com/2015/05/osat-monochromatic-may.html

Wynne - http://mycraftyside1.blogspot.com/2015/05/osat-blog-hop-monochromatic.html

Tina - http://tinascropshop.blogspot.com/2015/05/may-osat-blog-hoppers-monochromatic.html - You are here

Megan - http://meganttstamps.blogspot.com/2015/05/osat-blog-hop-monochromatic.html

Martie- http://martie-pollard.squarespace.com/welcome/2015/5/11/osat-blog-hop-monochromatic

Holly - http://hollyshobbs.blogspot.com/2015/05/osat-blog-hop-monochromatic.html

Lori - http://www.stampindreams.com/my-blog/2015/05/osat-monochromatic-may-blog-hop.html

Diane - http://stampandembellish.com/2015/05/osat-blog-hop-monochromatic/

Darla- http://stampinwithdarlaandsisters.blogspot.com/2015/05/osat-blog-hop-monochromatic.html

Stampin' Up Products Used:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Non Stampin' Up Products Used:  Basic Grey Magnetic Snap Closures, Doodlebug White Sequins, and Little B Pierced Circle Dies.

Blessings,  Tina

CYCI 65 Clean and Simple Entry

Happy Sunday!   It's a gorgeous day here in Middle Tennessee and hopefully it will stay this way for a while!  Today's challenge at Can You Case It? is a Clean and Simple card that can be made in 10 minutes.  If you'd like to play along click here

After seeing today's CYCI challenge, I thought a card that I had designed for yesterday's card class would fit the bill quite nicely. I had 3 cards designed for yesterday's class and this is one that I wasn't completely sure about.  I really liked it but I wasn't sure that the style of it would suit the ladies in my class.  Man was I ever wrong!  It was the card that drew their attention as soon as they walked in the door since it was different that anything they had made before.

Ok, so time for a little honesty here.  I'm actually not really a fan of Orange.  I had a few pieces of Tangelo Twist Cardstock from the 2014-2016 In Color Assortments that I really needed to use so this seemed like a good opportunity to do so.  Honestly after making this card, I really think the orange worked on this one.  I started with a card base of Tangelo Twist Cardstock.  I cut a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Whisper White Cardstock and stamped one of the splatter stamps from Gorgeous Grunge in Midnight Muse, Tangelo Twist, and Island Indigo.  I then stamped butterflies from Papillion Potpourri with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink onto a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Using my aqua brush I then painted in a butterfly in each of the 3 ink colors I had used for the splatters.  Using the Elegant Butterfly Punch I then punched them out.  I used a bonefolder to cuve the buttefly wings a bit.  I stamped one of  butterfly antennas into each of the three sections randomly.  I ran a little bit of Tombow glue just down from the antennas so that only the body of the butterfly was adhered to the card.  The sentiment was from the Work of Art stamp set.  The inside was left blank with a little of the Island Indigo Ink splatter stamped in the upper right corner.  It is one of the quickest cards I've ever made.

Here are the Stampin' Up! products I used: 

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Blessings!
Tina