SIP #27 Thank You Card

http://www.stampinkpaper.comHello and Happy Tuesday!  Hopefully your week is off to an awesome start!  I'm back over at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge Blog with a Thank You Card Challenge today!

This week I used Ellen Hutson's Bold Blossom dies, a Unity Stamp Company stamp set (for the sentiment) and Stampin' Up! Cardstock and Ink.  Yep.. I was all over the place this week!

I started with a 4 1/2 " 11' piece of Thick Whisper White Cardstock scored at 5 1/2".  My next layer was another piece of Thick Whisper White that had been embossed with a woodgrain embossing folder.  Basic Gray Ink was sponged along the edges of the woodgrain layer before adhering to the base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.   I used my aqua painter and Mossy Meadow ink to make some splatters onto the woodgrain background.  I cut out the Ellen Hutson Bold Blossoms using Mossy Meadow for the leaves and Melon Mambo for the flowers.  After cutting them out, I sponged them with the coordinating ink to make them a bit darker.  Once dried I glued the die cuts onto the same color cardstock that they were cut from and then cut them out with my paper snips.   I adhered some with multipurpose glue and others with dimensionals.  My sentiment from the Unity Bouquet Bunch of Thanks Itty Bitty Stamp Set was stamped with Melon Mambo onto an 1 1/2" wide piece of the Thick Whisper White.  The Triple Banner Punch was used to banner cut the end.  I used my bone folder to put a wave into the flag and then adhered to my card with glue dots.  I added an button from the Home for Christmas Designer Button Collection and threaded it with some linen thread and made a couple of extra loops behind the button before adhering it with more glue dots.   Last but not least I added three gorgeous Pretty Pink Posh Dew Drops that I received from my friend, Andrea Tracy-Tucker for my birthday!  I love these and must buy more when I use them up! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

OSAT Blog Hoppers Thank You

Hello!  Hope you are having a wonderful week!  It's so hard to believe this year is almost over!  All of the Bloggers at One Stamp At a Time want to thank you for hopping along with us this year!  We've had some fantastic hops thanks to some super talented Bloggers and it's been a ton of fun!  If you have already been hopping, well then of course you landed here from my friend and partner in crime, Andrea Tracy-Tucker's blog!  Isn't she super talented??  I love Andrea's work!

Here is my card and project for you, I used some of my favorite sets on these... from Land to Sea, Wetlands, and Traveler.  Yep, if you know me at all, you know I LOVE these stamp sets!

I had a hard time photographing the sponging well enough that you can see the colors that I used.  Here's a close up of the card that is a little better.

For my card I started out with a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of Night of Navy cardstock that was scored at 5 1/2" for a top fold card.  I layered on a skinny layer of Real Red cardstock that measured 4 1/8" x 5 3/8".  My top layer was Whisper White and I started by first stamping the Light House from the From Land to Sea set in Real Red.  Once I had the lighthouse in place, I cut some scrap pieces of cardstock to mask off sections for my rolling seaside hills.  I masked both the curves of the hills as well as the lighthouse itself.  I used Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, and Chocolate Chip for the hills. Once I had the hills the way I wanted them, I masked them off to sponge on the water in Lost Lagoon.  I used a straight piece of cardstock to separate the water from the sky.  Once I had the water sponged, I masked the water and sponged the sky.  I started with some Blushing Bride closest to the water, and then Soft Sky.  I sponged some yellow around the lighthouse to represent the rays of light coming from it. At the top section of the sky and on the sides of the sky, I sponged Night of Navy closest to the edge and some tempting turquoise blended into the Soft Sky.  On the bottom of my scene I stamped some Sea Oats from the Wetlands Set in both Crumb Cake and Chocolate Chip.  I then tied a piece of 1/2" Real Red Cotton Ribbon across the bottom and tied it in a knot.  My sentiment from the Happy Notes stamp set was stamped in Red Red Ink on Whisper White cardstock and cut out with the Lots of Labels Framelits Dies.  I also cut a larger Lots of Labels Die in Night of Navy for a mat and glued the sentiment on the mat and then adhered the mat with Dimensionals onto the upper right portion of my card. 

I found an awesome little Lighthouse notepad at Michaels that I thought matched my card so well that I decided to make a cover for it to go along with the card as a gift.  The notepad measured 4 x 8" and was 1/4" thick, so my measurements for the cover were 8 3/4"  x 8 1/4".  I scored the 8 3/4" side on my scoreboard at 4 1/4" and 4 1/2".  I used tear tape to adhere my pad to the interior back panel.  I then ran a piece of 1/4" cotton ribbon in Real Red and adhered it to my cover with tear tape on the front as well as the back of the cover.  My Real Red Panel on the front measured 3 3/4 x 7 3/4".  I positioned it in my scoreboard diagonally and scored every 1/2" for some interest to the cover.  Over the Real Red Panel, I made a port hole by using circles cut with my Little B Circles Dies in both Night of Navy and Red Red.  The Little B Circle Dies are super cool in that they can just cut circles or you can use a separate piece to cut the outer circle as well cut the holes inside the circle.   My ship from Traveler was stamped in Night of Navy on Whisper White Cardstock and punched out with a 2 1/2" Circle Punch.  The ship circle was adhered with multipurpose glue onto the Red Circle, and the Red Circle was adhered with dimensionals onto the Night of Navy circle and then glued with Multipurpose Glue onto the Front of the Notepad Cover.  

Here's a look at the inside of the Notepad...

I hope you've enjoyed my projects.  Next up on this hop is my friend Megan Thompson and I know she'll have something awesome to share with you.. she always does!  Just click the next button!

In case you've lost your way, here is a list of all of our talented Bloggers..

1. Ginger
2. Maggie
3. Elizabeth
4. Martie
5. AJ
6. Raquelle
7. Wynne
8. Marisa
9. Justin
10. Renee
11. Dena
12. Andrea Tucker
13.  Tina Riddle - You are here!
14. Megan Thompson
15. Kim Smith
16.  Lori Mueller 

Here are the Stampin' Up! Products used:

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Non Stampin' Up! Products Used:

Little B Circle Dies (Joann's)

Note Pad (Michaels)

Thanks so very much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina

SIP #26 Sketch Challenge - Traveler

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  It's time for another SIP challenge and this week we have a fun sketch for you!  I really LOVE sketch challenges!  I usually get a feel for the stamp set I want to use the first time I look at the sketch.  Do you do that???  

This week's sketch gave me a nautical feel so I went to my "go to" stamp set, Traveler!  

I just adore this set!  My two most used stamps in it are the ship and the train but since I was feeling a little nautical, the ship it was!  lol

On this one I started with an A2  card base of Night of Navy.  My rectangle mat was Real Red that measured 3 1/2" x 2 1/2".  I stamped the World Map stamp set on Whisper White Cardstock and cut that 3 1/4" x 2 1/4" and adhered to the red layer.  My banners were cut with my banner punch out of last year's Nautical DSP.. I may be hoarding it....lol  The ship was stamped in Night of Navy onto Whisper White and fussy cut and attached with dimensionals onto the left side of the rectangle.  My "thanks" die cut was a thank you gift that I received with my first order from Taylored Expressions.  It's the first time that I've used it and I LOVE it!  I will definitely use it again!

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina

Tag Time

Hi!  Hope your week is getting off to a great start!  Today I started working on some Christmas tags and I thought I'd share two of them.  As an added bonus a sweet stamping friend sent me this awesome Mixed Media "T" for a gift in a Secret Santa Swap so I photographed my tags with my awesome new "T"!

Both of these tags were super easy!  I used Thick Whisper White for my base and some of the Season of Cheer DSP layered over the white.  I dressed up the first one with a Whisper White branch and a punch out Cardinal that I made with my Bird Builder Punch.  I layered a To and From Punch and a snowflake to finish that one off.  The second tag also used a Thick Whisper White base with another of the Season of Cheer DSP layers.  I used my Perfect Pines framelits die to make my Christmas Tree and attached some of the Real Red Pom Pom Trim to the top along with 1/2" Real Red Cotton Ribbon and baker's twine.

I hope that you'll take the time to make some tags this year!

Here are the Stampin' Up! Products used:

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Thanks for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

CYCI98 Christmas Card

Hello!  Quick blog post to share a card that I made for the Can You Case It? Challenge based on the following sketch.  I LOVE sketches :)

Here's my card using the Unity Stamp set Small Stuff Christmas!  I just love this adorable little Charlie Brownish Christmas Tree!

On this one, I stayed pretty true to the sketch except that I fudged a little on my sentiment.. it's all interpretation, right? lol  

Thanks for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

Perfect Pines Christmas Card

Hello!  Hope you a having a wonderful weekend!  I'm sharing a card made with Perfect Pines Framelit Dies.  This one came together super quickly which for mass production is always good!

 I started with an A2 Mossy Meadow Cardbase.  I topped that with a layer of Pool Party Cardstock that had been embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder. My sentiment from the retired set Christmas Messages was stamped in Pool Party on Whisper White cardstock and punched out with the 2 1/2" circle punch.  I layered it on a tea lace doily.  I cut out my Pine Trees with the Perfect Pines Framelits Dies, the small one was cut out with Mossy Meadow Background DSP and the larger one was cut out with Mossy Meadow Cardstock.  Both pine trees were attached with Dimensionals.  Lastly I used my fine tip glue pen to attach a few of the retired Snowflake embellishments.  

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

Flurry of Wishes Emboss Resist Christmas Card

Hello and Happy Happy Friday!  I hope you have had a fabulous week and will have an even better weekend!  Today I'm sharing a card I made with the Flurry of Wishes stamp set.  This beautiful set is thankfully being carried over along with the coordinating Snow Flurry Punch.

I started off with an A2 card base of Wisteria Wonder. I'm beginning to love the look of skinny   layers so my next layer was 5 3/8' x 4 1/8" of Pool Party.  For the top layer I used Shimmery White Cardstock that had snowflakes from the Flurry of Wishes set heat embossed in White on it. After I had heat embossed, I sponged Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party and Soft Sky Ink onto it and then used a paper towel to wipe any ink off of the embossed snowflakes. Next I added a Wisteria Wonder and Pool Party Lots of Labels Framelits die cuts to the center. I stamped the sentiment from Flurry of Wishes onto Whisper White Cardstock and cut it out with the Note Tag Punch.  I punched a hole in the end of it and added some lavender ribbon from my stash through the hole and then tied a thin blue ribbon in a bow onto the larger ribbon. I adhered the Sentiment tag with Dimensionals onto the Lots of Labels diecuts.  

The inside was a piece of 5 1/4" x 4" of Whisper White.  I stamped two of the snowflakes in the upper right corner with Pool Party that had been stamped off for a lighter image.  The Merry Christmas sentiment was stamped in Wisteria Wonder.

Here are the Stampin' Up Products used:

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina