The Spot Challenge #154 Case The Designer - Dena Rekow!

 Hi There!  Hope your week is off to a great start!  I love the Case the Designer Challenges we have over at The Spot and this week has to be my favorite!  It's the fabulous Dena Rekow!  

It seriously took me about 1 second to decide which of her fabulous designs to case!  When I saw her card last week for The One Step At A Time Blog Hop, my jaw literally dropped.. it was just so gorgeous!!  Here's her card that I am casing!

Isn't it absolutely amazing!! For the link to her blog post for that card.. click here

Here's my case for her card...

The card base was an 11" x 4-1/4" half sheet of Thick Basic White cardstock, stored at 5-1/2".  I used the Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder to emboss the 4" x 5-1/4" layer of Basic White for the background. I used the folder with the planks running horizontally since I thought it gave it a "ship lap" feel.   On the Brilliant Wings die cut I used the Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set.  I Loved the set that Dena used but I don't have it so I just pulled out one that I felt would work.  My flowers were stamped using Mango Melody, Bermuda Bay, Granny Apple Green, and Melon Mambo Inks.  The stamp set that I used for the Happy Birthday Sentiment was the Posted for You stamp Set.  I put the diecut in my Stamparatus so that I could stamp it more than once with my Memento Tuxedo Black ink if needed but ended up stamping it also in Versamark so that I could clear emboss it.  The embossing really helped it stand out! Oh and of course I had to add some splatters using my Wink of Stella and last but not least I added 3 Gold Glitter Enamel Dots to finish it up!

Here's the inside..

I used another of the larger Brilliant Wings Diecuts for the inside and the same stamps and colors that I used on the larger butterfly on the outside.  The sentiment "Celebrate" came from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

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OSAT Blog Hop Three Cheers Birthday Themed Card

Hi There!   I'm over at the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop with Demonstrators from around the World  today!  This month's theme is all about Birthdays!   If you have already been hopping, thank you for continuing on!  If you are starting at my Blog, please make sure you hop all of the way through for some fabulous and unique inspiration! 

I am still all about the Birthday Chick Bundle but surprisingly I paired it with the Sand and Sea DSP and absolutely loved it!

My color combination for this fun set is primarily Rococo Rose and So Saffron.

I loved this color combination!  So fun!  I thought the Sand and Sea DSP was so fun with this bundle!  I started with an 11" x 4-1/4" So Saffron Cardstock that was scored at 5-1/2" for a Top Folding Card.  I added the pretty fun dotted stripe Sand and Sea DSP pattern cut to a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" panel completely over the front of the card base with Multipurpose Adhesive.  I cut a panel of the beautiful Yellow and Pink Watercolored Pattern from the DSP with one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies.  I used one of the Blending Brushes to add just a little more Rococo Rose Ink behind the area where the chicken would sit.  I stamped the sentiment on the panel in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then restamped it using Versamark and Heat Embossed it.  I cut the fun Birthday Banner out of more of the DSP and the fence was cut in Basic White.  The area ground was also more of the Sand and Sea DSP.. It's crazy how well it worked out for me!  I stamped the Chicken with the Balloon on a scrap of Basic White with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and used Stampin' Blends to color it in.  I used the coordinating dies to cut it out and Popped it up with Dimensionals.  Of course I had to finish the front off by adding some black splatters with my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker.  Oh and I also added Wink of Stella to the Balloon and added a few Wink of Stella splatters too because... well, why not?  I also added a little of the White Twine from the Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack.  

Here's how I finished the inside...

I stamped the sentiment, confetti, and chicken all with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on 3-3/4" x 5" Basic panel of White Cardstock.  I used Stampin' Blends to color in the confetti as well as the Chicken.  The panel was matted with 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" Basic Black Cardstock and adhered to the inside of the So Saffron Card Base.  I added just a little Light Smoky Slate Blends at the bottom of the Chicken to ground it and then used the color lifter to lighten it a little more.  

One of my favorite 3D projects is always the Mini Curvy Keepsake Box.  

I finished this one off really simply by adding one of the tag dies in the Mini Curvy Keepsake Box Die Set cut in Basic Black.  I popped up one of the little hatching chicks and then tied it to the box with Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon.  Super simple but really cute!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  You are at Tina Riddle's Blog, so just click the name directly below mine on the Blog Roll below to continue on...

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The Spot Challenge 153 Sketch Challenge with Stampin' Up! Flowering Cactus Product Medley

 Hey there! I hope your week is off to a fabulous start!  I'm back over at The Spot this week with antoher Design Team Card for an adorable sketch!

I absolutely loved this sketch!  There are soooo many possibilities!  Here's what I came up with...

I am still having such fun playing with the awesome Flowering Cactus Product Medley that I had to grab it one more time for this sketch!  I started off with an 11" x 4-1/4" half sheet of Mint Macaron Cardstock that was scored at 5-1/2" for a top folding card.  I added a 3-3/4" x 5" sheet of Mossy Meadow Cardstock that had been embossed with the Tasteful Textiles 3D Embossing Folder.  I die cut the adorable heart shaped cactus and the purple flower from the beautiful coordinating DSP... it is sooo pretty! I popped it up on the card front on the right side with dimensionals.   I did some partial inking of the sentiment stamp in Highland Heather Ink so that just the top line was stamped onto Basic White Cardstock.  I cut it into a thrin strip and then cut the left side at an angle.  I added the sentiment strip with Multipurpose liquid adhesive and added another thin strip of the DSP also cut into on angle on the left side and tucked it under the cactus and adhered with more of the liquid adhesive.  I finished it off by adding three Elegant Faceted Gems and a small bow of the Mossy Meadow Braided Linen Trim with a mini glue dot on the bottom right of the cactus.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings... Tina

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