SIP Challenge #84 Tic-Tac-Toe - Otterly Love You!

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  I'm super excited today because I was able to use this week's Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge Tic-Tac-Toe with my brand new MFT Otterly Love You stamp set from the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store!  I ordered this set last Friday and received it Monday!  I call that great service!!!  So for my tic-tac-toe, I went straight across the top row with Blue, Embossing and Sequins!

If you know me at all, you know I love shaker cards!  Well how could I not turn this adorable little otter set into a shaker!  

This was super fun to make!  For my water I sponged Broken China and Peacock Feather Distress Ink onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock and then spritzed with water and dabbed it with a paper towel.  For my otters, first I stamped them with MFT Hybrid Black Ink onto Bistol Smooth Cardstock and then clear embossed them. I used Antique Linen an Vintage Photo Distress Inks to watercolor them.  I'm really beginning to enjoy watercoloring with my distress inks! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

Here's a list of the products used!

Neenah Crest Solar White 110# Cardstock
Bristol Smooth Cardstock

Mama Elephant All Prettied Up Dies

MFT Otterly Love You Stamp Set

MFT Otterly Love You Dies

Stampin' Up! White Embossing Powder
Stampin' Up! Clear Embossing Powder

Versamark Embossing Ink
MFT Hybrid Black Ink

Tim Holtz Broken China Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink

Doodlebug Swimming Pool Sequins

Clear Glass Sead Beads 

Stampin' Up! Foam Strips

Ranger Fine Tip Aqua Painter

Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Scrap of Black Shimmer Cardstock

Stampin' Up! Red Glimmer Paper Heart

PCC 228 Color Challenge - Tickled PInk!

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  You know Wednesday means time for another Paper Craft Crew Challenge and this time it's all about color!  Just pick 3 of the 4 colors in the Challenge Badge and create a new project!  I LOVE these colors!  

I chose to use Pink, Plum and Gray and finally got a chance to ink up my Fun Stamper's Journey stamp set called "Tickled Pink".  

I used distress inks and the ink smooshing method to apply my Picked Raspberry (Pink) and Seedless Preserves (Plum/Purple) to a piece of Strathmore Smooth Bristol Cardstock.  Once it was dry, I used my Misti to make sure I got a good Image of my Flamingo with Stampin' Up! Archival Black Ink.  I used a Tim Holtz fine tip Aqua Painter to watercolor the Flamingo with Picked Raspberry and Black Soot Distress Inks. I used my heat tool to make sure it was dry.  I then put my Bristol panel back in the Misti to stamp my sentiment with more of the Stampin' Up! Archival Black Ink and once I had a good dark impression, I clear embossed it.   Finally I used Mama Elephant Creative Cuts to cut out my Flamingo stitched panel.  To finish off my front panel, I used some Fun Stamper's Journey Silver Silk to make some silver splatters and my Ranger Distress Splatter Brush to splatter some of the Picked Raspberry Ink that had been watered down.  Once again I used my heat tool to make sure the entire panel was completely dry.  I cut a piece of Stampin' Up! Basic Black cardstock with the scallop edged die from the Mama Elephant Creative Cuts set to back my front panel.  Once that was adhered, I glued it to an 11" x 4 1/4" Neenah Crest Solar White 110# Cardstock that had been scored at 5 1/2".

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my wild card today!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #83 Sketch Challenge with Love To Go!

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  I hope you are enjoying your week.  We've had some unusually warm weather here in Middle Tennessee but unfortunately I believe that has come to an end!  It's going to be back into the low 30's overnight.  I was so enjoying not having to wear a coat!  I'm beginning to think that I was meant to live in Florida because as I'm getting older I am not liking cold weather at all!  

Well of course since it is Tuesday, I'm back over at Stamp, Ink, Paper designing for a new sketch challenge!  I really LOVE this sketch!  It's one of my favorite sketches that I've used the past few months!  

Since it is right at the end of January, I thought I better get started on Valentines Cards.  This one is one of my favorites and will be my card to my better half because we are all about coffee!  Our first date, 10 years ago, was at Starbucks!   Here's my card with an adorable Unity Stamp Co. stamp set called Love to Go!

I really had fun making this card.  I may have gotten a little sequin happy but bling always seeems to be a good idea to me!  lol

Not only do I love the outside with this awesome sketch but I love the inside too since I decided to use the same circle and same type of  banner!

Isn't it just adorable??  Below is a list of all of the products I used!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week!  Blessings, Tina

• Unity Stamp Co. "Love to Go" Stamp Set" (outside of card)
• Unity Stamp Co. "no remedy for Love" (inside on the white circle)
• Stampin' Up! "Good Greetings (retired)" (inside on the red banner)
• Stampin' Up! Real Red Cardstock
• Stampin' Up! Basic Black Cardstock
• Stampin' Up! Happy Hearts Embossing Folder (outside black panel)
• Stampn' Up! Stacked with Love DSP stack (retired) 
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Versamark Embossing Ink
• Wow Black Embossing Powder
• Stampin' Up! Mini Sweetheart Punch (retired)
• Pretty Pink Posh Onyx and Charcoal sequins
• Stampin' Up! Stitched Circle Thinlit Dies
• Lil' Inker Stitched Rectangle Dies

Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge #PCC227 - Unity Stamp Co. Everything (flight of faith)

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  Hope your week is going great!!  I'm back over at Paper Craft Crew today with my take on sketch #227.

For my card I finally broke out a stamp set that I purchased from Unity Stamp Co. for bible journaling called Everything (flight of faith).  Here's my card....

I started with a 5 1/2 " 8 1/2" Basic Black card base, scored at 4 1/4".  Next I added a small strip of Real Red Cardstock that had been embossed with Hearts embossing folder.  I adhered that strip with an adhesive runner.  Next I stamped the feather in black and red bubbles in red from the stamp set onto Neenah Crest Solar White 110# Cardstock.  I then used my Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Die set to cut out the stitched tag.  I used a 1/4" hold punch to punch a hole in the top of the tag.  Next I added some splatters with some Fun Stamper's Journey Cranberry Silk.  I love how easy the splatters are with the silks.  I have 5 colors and need to get some more!   I tied some black fiber ribbon to the top of the tag and attached it to the front of the card at an angle with foam tape.  I stamped the sentiment from my Stampin' Up! Bloomin Love stamp set onto a small strip of the white cardstock with real red ink.  I punched out a red heart with a mini heart punch and added a clear enamel heart to the top of it and then adhered to the front of the tag.  Last but not least, I added three white enamel dots.  I really wish I had red ones so now that's on my must have list!  lol

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #82 Natural Elements Challenge

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Hope you've had a good weekend and that your week is starting off great!   If you were off Monday for Martin Luther King day, congrats!  I wish I had been!  Today I'm back over at Stamp, Ink, Paper with my card for a Natural Elements Challenge!

For my natural elements on my card I used cork for the die cut trees and hemp thread.

I started with an A2 Stampin' Up! Dapper Denim Card Base.  I used a punched our circle to mask my sun and some other post it notes to mask off the hill.  I used On the top portion, I used Soft Sky, and Marina Mist to sponge the sky around the sun.  For the hill I masked off the sky and used Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight and Hello Honey Inks (all Stampin' Up!).  All of the sponging was done on a 5" x 3 3/4" piece of  Stampin' Up! Whisper White Cardstock.  I used the Gina Marie Tree Frame Die for my trees cut from cork.  I cut off the frame portion off since I wanted to mount it on a smaller panel.  Let me tell you that punching out the portions of the die cut in cork was very tricky.  I love how the trees look but I would not want to cut this one out again.  At least the cork was adhesive backed.  I bought it in a 6x6 pack at Michaels.  I used a retired Craft Spot Tag Set for my sentiment and cut it with the coordinating tag dies. I ran some Tim Holtz Hemp Cording around the panel and tied it through a wooden button and attached the tag under the right side of the button.   The cardinals that I added are the Poppy Stamps Cheery Cardinals die. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

OSAT Blog Hop - No Rules New Year!

Hello and Welcome to One Stamp At A Time's January 2017 Blog Hop!  If you've already been hopping than you should have landed here from the blog of my talented friend and partner in crime, Andrea Tracy-Tucker.  If you didn't make sure that you hop all the way through and check out her fabulous blog!  She always has an incredible card and project!

Well as you may already know, this month's theme is No Rules New Year which means we can make whatever we want to make so that's exactly what I did.  I've been having a ball playing with the fabulous Fancy Flowers Card Kit from My Favorite Things!  Here's what I came up with!

So for my card I started with an 11" x 4 1/4" Neenah Crest Solar White Card Base that was scored at 5 1/2" for a top folding card.  My next layer was a piece of 4" x 5 1/4" Tim Holtz Woodgrain Watercolor Cardstock.  On that layer I did some watercolor smooshing with Tim Holtz distress inks in Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, and Broken Glass.  After the watercolored panel was dry I used MFT Words For Friends to cut out the word "Smile".   The flowers, stems, and leaves from the MFT Fancy Flowers Stamp set were heat embossed onto Neenah Crest Solar White cardstock with White Embossing Flower and sponged with Distress Inks.  After sponging I used a paper towel to remove most of the ink from the white embossing and then layered them on my card with Ranger Multi Medium Matte and Foam Tape.  I added 3 clear dew drops with more of the Multi Medium Matte to finish this one off!

My little craft frame was bought at Michaels for $1.  I sponged it all over with Stampin' Up! Tempting Turquoise Ink and then allowed to dry.  After it dried I added  the "smile" letters that were left over when I cut them out of the panel for my card.  I attached them with Ranger Multi Medium Matte.  My flowers, leaves, and stems were heat embossed in white and sponged with distress inks just as I had done on my card.  I added a sweet picture of my granddaughter Blakely.  If that sweet picture doesn't make you smile, I don't know what would!  lol

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Next up is the fabulous Maria Willis.  I absolutely adore Maria's work and I'm sure you will too!  Just click the Next Button and you'll be there!



1. Megan Thompson
2. Melissa Davies
3. Jessie Holton
4. Wendy Cranford
5. Rick Adkins
6. Anna Smith
7. Lori Mueller
8. Sue Plote
9. Wynne Grob
10. Pam Staples
11. Andrea Tracy-Tucker 
12. Tina Riddle -That's Me!
13. Maria Willis
14. Renee Ondrajka
15. Kim Smith
16. Jeanna Bohanon
17. Marisa Gunn
18. Justin Krieger
19. Dena Rekow

PCC #226 I'm Bringing Birthdays Back!

Hello and Happy Wednesday!  Hope you are having a wonderful week.   Since today is Wednesday, I'm back over at Paper Craft Crew with a design team card for PCC226 - I'm Bringing Birthdays Back!    If you're anything like me, I'm sure you need to build up your stash of birthday cards so why not make a card and head over and link it up!

For my card this week I pulled out the Balloon Framelits from Stampin' Up! and put together some unlikely colors!

I started with an A2 Basic Gray Cardbase.  I added a layer of Gold Metallic Cardstock and Real Red Cardstock both cut with Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Stitched Scallop Die.  I layered both of them on an angle.  The "celebrate" sentiment is from the Unity Stamp Co November 2016 Kit of the Month.  I loved the font of it!  I embossed it with Gold Embossing Powder.  I added three Gold Metallic die cuts from the dies that accompanied the December 2016 Hero Arts kit.  I cut out 3 balloons with the Stampin' Up! Balloon Dies in Basic Gray, Real Red, and Gold Glitter Cardstock.  I also used those same dies to cut out a Gold Glitter Banner that I adhered to the Red Balloon.  I used Gold Metallic Thread to tie the balloons together.  I used Ranger Multi Medium Matte to attached the bow to the card.  I'm going to give this fun card to my son on Friday for his 30th birthday!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina