PCC244 Sketch Challenge - FSJ Beautiful Happiness

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  Is it Summer where you live yet?  Today it was in the high 80's and it seemed even hotter!  I have the feeling it is going to be a long hot summer.   Well since today is Wednesday it is time for another Paper Craft Crew Challenge.  This week's sketch is super fun!

Isn't this one awesome??  So since I am all about some watermelon during the hot summer I decided to use the Fun Stamper's Journey Beautiful Happiness stamp set for this one.  I decided to turn the sketch upside down for my card!

I started with a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" FSJ River Stone cardstock base that was scored at 4 1/4".  I added a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock.  I did a little messy watercolor wash with Tim Holtz Fired Brick Distress Ink.  I added a few splatters of FSJ Cranberry Silk and then dried it with my heat tool.  I added some Silver Journey Thread.  I stamped my Watermelon and Leaves with Versafine Onyx Black Ink onto more of the Bristol Smooth Cardstock.  I used Tim Holtz Fired Brick, Crushed Olive, and Peeled Paint Distress Ink and my Aqua Painter to color my watermelon and leaves. I used a Black medium tip marker to color in the seeds and then added a little Glossy Accents to them.  I added a bit of Garden Green SU Ink to the leaves to distinguish them from the watermelon a bit.  I fussy cut out the melon and leaves and attached with foam tape over the thread.  The sentiment was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black onto more of the FSJ River Stone cardstock.  I clear embossed it and then cut it into three strips.  That was all for this wild and crazy creation.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #99 - Packaging K-Cup Holder

Hello and Happy Tuesday.  Hope you had a wonderful weekend and if you are a Mom, I hope you had an awesome Mother's Day!  We have a wonderful weekend and as always, they are too short!  Today I'm back with a Design Team Project for Stamp, Ink, Paper for a Packaging Theme Challenge!

I finally found directions for a project I've wanted to make for a while now....a K-Cup Holder! 

I had searched Pinterest for a K-Cup Holder for a while and finally found one.  Instead of giving you directions myself, I'll send you to the blog of Ruth Norton at Ruth's Stamping Corner.    For directions from Ruth Norton's Blog click here!  On mine I used Fun Stamper's Journey Watermelon Fusion Cardstock and Doodlebug Cream and Sugar Patterned Paper.  The circle was cut from Stampin' Up! Stitched Shape Framelits.  I added some Doodlebug Latte Love Sprinkles Shapes to my stitched circle.  The ribbon was from my endless stash.  I think it turned out super cute!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

OSAT May Clean and Simple Blog Hop

 Hello friends!  Welcome to the One Stamp At a Time May Clean and Simple Blog Hop!  If you've already been hopping you should have landed here from the amazing Anna Smith's blog!  If you started with me, you'll want to make sure you hop all the way through and check out all of the fabulous cards and projects!  

Is Clean and Simple your style?  Well it honestly is not mine but I'm beginning to love it more and more.  Of course I always love everyone else's CAS cards... just not always my own!  

I started with an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of Stampin' Up! Bermuda Bay Cardstock scored at 5 1/2" for a top folding card.  My next layer was 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" SU Basic Black Cardstock and the Top Layer was Neenah Crest Solar White 80# cardstock.  The Doily is from the May Fun Stamper's Journey Bloom Box.  The stamp set is called Decorative Doily.  I stamped it in Versamark on Neenah Crest Solar White #80 cardstock and heat embossed it in White.  I used Tim Holtz Peacock Feather Distress Ink and an Ink Blending Tool to color in the image starting in the middle and working my way out so that it was darker in the center and lighter on the outside edges.  I used the coordinated dies to cut it out and and added it to my white layer and cut off part of the right side.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! Dragonfly Dreams.  It was heat embossed in white onto a thin strip of  SU Basic Black cardstock and adhered onto the doily with a thin strip of foam tape.  I finished it off with three Pretty Pink Posh Onyx Black Sequins.  I really love the simplicity of this one.  

For my gift card holder I used the Little B Gift Card Holder Die set to cut out a piece of 80# Neenah Crest Solar White Cardstock.  I folded the score lines and used FSJ White Liner Tape to adhere the sides.  My Doily was the smallest from the FSJ Decorative Doily Stamp Stamp Set.  I stamped it in Versamark  on more of the 80# Neenah Crest Solar White Cardstock and Heat embossed it in White.  I used Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and an Ink Blender to color in the doily and then cut out with the coordinating dies.  I layered it onto a SU Black Stitched Circle from the Stitched Shape Framelits Dies and then a piece of Bermuda Bay Cardstock cut with the Circle Layering Framelits.  The small banner was dry embossed with "For You" and was part of the Little B's Gift Card Die set. I know it's a little card to see the embossed letters.  They did not photograph very well.. Sorry.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you'll continue on by clicking next.  You'll not want to miss the fabulous blog of Maria Willis! She's a Stampin' Rock Star!

  

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PCC243 - Sketch Challenge with FSJ Make Lemonade

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  I'm over with the Paper Craft Crew today with a Design Team card for a new sketch.  I'll be honest that at first I wasn't sure that I loved this sketch but by the time I was done with my card.. I really did!  What do you think of this sketch?

I think the thing I wasn't crazy about was that top banner that was going back towards the left.  My original thought was to put the sentiment there but I usually prefer my sentiment banners to go from left to right.... silly I know.  I guess I'm a creature of habit.  Well I finally decided that didn't have to be a sentiment and I was fine with it.   Here's my card....

I have to tell you that the water colored lemon slice looks much better in person.  It really did not photograph well.  The card base was Fun Stamper's Journey Lemon Grass Cardstock.  The next layer was Stampin' Up! Daffodil Delight.  I stamped the lemons tone-on-tone in Daffodil Delight on the background.  I added some retired Stampin' Up! Nice Cuppa Lemon DSP for both of my banners and matted them in more of the Lemongrass cardstock.  I used the Stampin' Up! Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies to cut my square.  I used Versafine Black Onyx Ink to stamp my sentiment and then clear embossed it.  My lemon was stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock and colored with an Aqua Painter and  Zig Clean Color Markers.  I used a button from my stash and some FSJ Gold Journey Thread for my bow.  I added some bling from my Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix.

So for the inside the stamp set had so many options... Make Lemonade?  Slice them up and make a Mojito?  Slice them up and Garnish?  Make Lemon Meringue??  How about... Keep them, they are free Lemons?  Aren't these adorable sentiments?  Well I went with the tried and true Lemonade one.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #98 Kid's Birthday Card Challenge - Lil' Inker Apple of My Eye

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  I had a wonderful weekend visiting granddaughters so this week's challenge over at Stamp, Ink, Paper was an easy one!  This week it's all about Kid's Birthdays and I have lots of those cards to make for my grandchildren!  

One of the sayings I've always used to my granddaughter Taylor is "you're the apple of my eye" so  when I found this adorable Lil' Inker's stamp set I knew I had to have it!

I love the Lil' Inker  Apple Shaker Die Set that makes this adorable stitched apple!  I used Stampin' Up! Black Archival Ink to stamp the sentiment from the Lil' Inker Apple of My Eye Stamp Set on my apple!  One of the things that I added to make this one fun for Taylor is to add a Hampton Art Action Wobble Spring behind the apple.  I can just see Taylor playing with  it and asking everything about it.   She loves crafts and loves to make cards.  I had given her some of my Paper Pumpkin card kits and she has had so much fun.  I know she'll want some of these Wobble Springs now!  lol

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina 

PCC242 Color Challenge Going Retro with A Nice Cuppa!

Hello and Happy Hump Day again.  Do you ever wait until the very last minute to make a card?   That's what I did today.  Why do I do that?  We have an awesome color challenge up over at Paper Craft Crew but for some reason once I finally sat down to work on it.. nothing was coming to me!  I finally went through some of my retired Stampin' Up! DSP and found some that I thought worked with the colors.  I do love these colors.. what do you think?

I went with the Reddish Pink, Pale Yellow and Deep Blue with my retro card.   Not only is it retired DSP but it's a retired Stampin' Up! Stamp Set called "A Nice Cuppa" and the coordinating Cups and Kettle Framelits Dies.

I decided to use retro cardstock for the base and layering.. Midnight Muse!  Once I picked out the DSP, and the cardstock, I just started layering this one up.  The sentiment is actually stamped in Midnight Muse Ink but I think on the yellow stripe DSP, it almost looks black.  Sometimes I think it's fun to pull out some old stuff and give it a little life.   lol

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #97 - Mother's Day Challenge with Stampin' Up! Perfect Mix

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  I hope everything is going well for you this week.  I had a nice relaxing weekend which made going back to work on Monday a bit easier.  We've had a lot of rain but hopefully that will bring forth some gorgeous May flowers!  My clematis and roses have already started blooming!  Jeff and I plan on doing some landscaping to our back yard this summer so I'll need to sit down and plan it out before we get started.  Planning it is the best part!  

Well since it is Tuesday, you know that means it's time for another Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge and this week is all about Mother's Day!  

Have you ever seen a stamp set that you think is just so adorable that you have to have it.. well from the looks of my craft room, I see them all the time but Perfect Mix was one of those for me.  It's just an adorable stamp set with some cute sentiments.. some are even puns!  I love a good pun!

Here's how I used it today..

My card base is a SU Island Indigo 11" x 4 1/4" top folding card base, scored at 5 1/2.   I added a piece of 80# Neenah Classic Solar White Cardstock that was embossed with a Darice Woodgrain Embossing Folder.  The plaid paper on the bottom is Lawn Fawn Rainbow Perfectly Plaid.  I folded a portion of a doily over it.  I stamped everything on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Black Versafine Ink and heat set it.  I then used my Zig Clean Color Markers and an aqua painter to color in my images.  I fussy cut the bowl, spatula and mixer and adhered them to the front with foam tape.   For the measuring spoons and sentiment I cut it out with the the SU square layering dies and cut a scallop border out of Island Indigo.  I stamped "Mom" from the SU Thoughtful Banners stamp set under the measuring spoons and adhered it on the upper right side with more foam tape.  I ran some Natural Thread across the top and tied it in a small bow in the upper left side.  I used the side of my scissors to add a little curl to the bottom of twine.  

The inside sentiment is from the Oh So Succulent Stamp set.  I added a strip of the same plaid paper that I used on the front to the inside bottom.

Thanks a bunch for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina