SIP #60 Color Challenge

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Hope your Monday went off without a hitch!  Since it's Tuesday I'm back over with Stamp, Ink, Paper with my Color Challenge DT Card.  

This week I decided to use my Swirly Bird stamp set.  I have to be honest that when the new Annual Stampin' Up! Catalog came out I loved the coordinating dies to this set and preordered them but not the stamp set. What was I thinking?? lol  I started seeing some fabulous cards posted with the Stamp set so of course I had to have it.  I went pretty messy and whimsical with this one but I love how it turned out.. although this is totally not my usual style!

I started with an Elegant Eggplant Cardstock A2 cardstock base and added a top layer of Smokey Slate that measured 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" for a very skinny purple border.  I stamped some of the scribble flowers in Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder and added a few leaves in Smoky Slate.  The splatters were stamped with Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder.  I cut out two  Elegant Eggplant Swirly Scribbles Flowers and stacked them to add some dimension.  I added them with the awesome Fine Tip Glue Pen.  I also used my a Stampin' Up! Marker to add some splatters in Blackberry Bliss, unfortunately this is a retired color but I really LOVE it so it's not going away for me!  lol  The sentiment is from the new Thoughtful Branches stamp set that just landed at my doorstep!  I just love the font in these gorgeous sentiments in this stamp set!  I stamped the You're in my Thoughts sentiment in Elegant Eggplant.  Lastly I added 5 clear dew drops from Pretty Pink Posh with my fine tip glue pen.  I hope you love this as much as I do.  I'm really growing to love messy!  lol

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Below is a list of the products used. Since both the Swirly Bird and Thoughtful Branches stamp sets are available in bundles, I've linked them that way as well!  Blessings,  Tina

Product List

• Swirly Bird Photopolymer Bundle [142353]
• Swirly Bird Photopolymer Stamp Set [141749]
• Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies [141497]
• Thoughtful Branches Photopolymer Stamp Set [143539]
• Thoughtful Branches Photopolymer Bundle [144328]
• Elegant Eggplant 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105126]
• Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131202]
• Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad [126969]
• Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [126985]
• Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179]
• Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309]
• Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]
• Big Shot [143263]

SIP #52ND CHALLENGE BLOG HOP!

Did you hear the big news???  We are celebrating our One year anniversary over at Stamp, Ink, Paper!  I have no idea how it could possibly be one year since the SIP Challenge Blog started.  The year has flown by! We've had a blast creating and seeing all of your creations every week!   By now you may know that we are also having a blog hop in celebration and that you have an opportunity to win some prizes!  If this is the first you've heard about our Anniversary Celebration and the chance to win fabulous prizes, make sure you click the Challenge Badge below and check out the details!

So this week is .... drum roll please.... Cardmaker's Choice!!  And the crowd goes WILD!!!!  So for my card I went with the Celebration idea!

I used my mini-treat bag framelits to make the envelope for my card.  Here is the inside...

I used the Pop of Pink Specialty DSP for the mini treat bag... I know, I know.. not a pop of pink in this paper, just gorgeous thick white with embossed gold dots.  I added a 1" strip of Emerald Envy and then a 3/4" piece of vellum that has gold embossed circles like the dsp to tone down the emerald strip.  I then added a strip of the new Emerald Envy Ruched Ribbon.  Next I added a MFT stitched die cut Gold Foil Circle.   On that I added an Emerald Envy Swirly Scribble Wreath and some Swirly Scribble Flowers in Peekaboo Peach.  The die cut portion was clear embossed.  Did you notice the small one?  It is just one of the centers of the flowers that I thought would make a cute mini flower. Lastly I added a wooden Celebrate embellishment and a little folded strand of gold sequin trim.  The card portion was Emerald Envy with Peekaboo Peach and Whisper White layered on.  The birthday sentiments were stamped in Emerald Envy and are from the Gina K Designs Birthday Greetings stamp set.  I just love some of the sentiments in that set.  Sometimes you just want more than Happy Birthday and isn't this one great!  I just LOVE the font!!

Here's a close of of the inside sentiments.  I stapled a small piece of the Emerald Envy Ruched Ribbon to the Emerald Envy cardstock layer prior to adding the Peekaboo Peach and White layers.  I thought that would make the card easier to pull out.

So I thought I'd share with you my prize contribution for one of the U.S. winners this week.. a set of MFT Die-namics Square Zig Zag Stitched Die Stax!

So make sure you upload a card on the Challenge Blog for your chance to win!  Winners will be announced June 20th!

Hope you enjoyed my project and will hop on along to the awesome blog of the amazingly talented Lisa Altman!  Just click the next button and you'll be there!

In case you are interested, here are the Stampin' Up! Products Used:

Mini Treat Bag Thinlits
Swirly Scribbles Thinlit Dies
Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper
Emerald Envy 3/8" Ruched Ribbon
Gold Sequin Trim
Gold Foil Sheets
Emerald Envy Ink
Versamark Ink
Clear Embossing Powder
Emerald Envy Cardstock
Peekaboo Peach Cardstock
Whisper White Cardstock



Other products Used:

MFT Die-Namics Stitched Circle Stax
Gina K "Birthday Greetings" Stamp Set

Blessings!  Tina

OSAT Blog Hop - May Flowers

Hello and welcome to One Stamp At A Time's May Flowers Blog Hop!  I was so excited when I heard we were going with a May flowers theme!  I have some new pre-order goodies from Stampin' Up! that I was excited to use!  If you've already been hopping, you should have landed from my friend, Andrea Tracy-Tucker's blog!  I've already had a sneak peak and know that she really outdid herself this time!  If you missed it, you'll want to be sure to check her fabulousness!  

Well, back to my card and project, here's what I came up with this month...

I was super excited to get to use my new "Pop Of Pink" Specialty Designer Series Paper, "Swirly Scribbles" Thinlits Dies, and "Thoughtful Banners" Stamp Set and coordinating Duet Banner Punch.  

My card started out with an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of Melon Mambo cardstock that was scored at 5 1/2".  I added a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" piece of Basic Black cardstock for that thin layer look that I've been into lately.  My top layer is a piece of the Pop of Pink Specialty DSP that measured 4" x 5 1/4".  I cut a large Swirly Circle of Basic Black and adhered it with a Fine-Tip Glue Pen.  I added a Banner of the reverse side of the Pop of Pink Specialty DSP, adhered with Fast Fuse.  I stamped Happy Birthday from the Thoughtful Banners stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Whisper White and then cut banner ends on it and attached over the DSP banner.  My Swirly Flower was cut in Melon Mambo Cardstock.  I rubbed the top of it in Versamark Ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  I attached it to a piece of Melon Mambo Cardstock.  I think the embossed swirl really pops over the same cardstock that is not embossed.  The Swirly Flower was then attached with Dimensionals.  I punched out some flowers with the Petite Petals Punch in Melon Mambo cardstock and sponged the edges tone-on-tone.  They were attached onto the Black Swirly Circle with glue dots.  A Rhinestone was added to the center of all of the Petite Petals flowers.  I also added three Rhinestones in the upper left of my card.  

Here's a closer look at my Curvy Keepsake Treat Box...

This one is a mixture of the new, the returning, and the soon to be retired.  The new of course is the Pop of Pink Specialty DSP, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies, the Banner Duet Punch and Thoughtful Banners stamp set.  The returning is the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits and I promise if you don't have this one.. you NEED it!  I have used these dies soooo many times and have loved every Curvy box I've made!  The soon-to-be retiring is the Note Tag Punch, as well as the Melon Mambo Stitched Satin Ribbon, and Melon Mambo and Black Twine.  I love this twine so much.. so here is where I insert a sad face :( !

Next up on this awesome hop is Renee Ondrajka! I'm sure she has outdone herself.. as always! Just click the next button and you'll be there!

In case you've lost your way.. here is a list of all of our Talented Hoppers this month!

1. Tina Rackley Riddle - That's me!
2. Renee Ondrajka
3. Lori Schaefer Mueller
4. Sara Levin
5. Melissa Davies
6. Maria Willis
7. Anna Smith
8. Wynne Grob
9. Marisa Gunn
10. Elizabeth Jeanne
11. Megan Thompson
12. Justin Krieger
13. Dena Rekow
14. Kim Smith
15. Alisa Tilsner
16. Andrea Tracy-Tucker

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina