Fall Flowers- Mid Month SCIC59

It's mid month already!! And I have got a Mid-Monthspiration for you from the Stampin' Celebration Challenge blog!  I hope this gives you some inspiration to join us...you have till the 25 to submit your project.  Here is what I made:

I made a card!  I used the wood-grain embossing folder to give the Whisper White some texture and then made the flowers inspired by the inspiration pictures by using various punches and a few pearls.

The colors I used for the flowers are Baja Breeze, Marina Mist, More Mustard, Really Rust and Basic Grey.  I used the Itty Bitty Banners stamped on to vellum card stock with Black StazOn and then cut it out using the Itty Bitty Banners Framelits.  

We would love it if you played along with us!  I look forward to seeing what you were inspired to make by using October's inspiration pictures!  Be sure to link it up to the main Stampin' Celebration site here by October 25 to be in the running to be our "Pick of the Party"!

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Non-Winning Artisan Award- Vintage Love Page

Here is the last scrapbook page I made for the Artisan Award this year. It features my parents on their wedding day.

(Click on the page to see it bigger!)

This page has a vintage feel to it which was fun to create because the more distressing (tearing, ripping, sponging) the better!

In this close up you can see some of the distressing and laying I did on the page. If you look close you can see a few of the pearls on the corner of the picture.

I used the Love Letter (retired...boohoo) DSP as well as some Early Espresso card stock, satin and lace ribbon, pearls, vintage trinkets (mini safety pin), the Take a Seat stamp set, the Big Shot and the Timeless Type alphabet dies.

Here is another close up of some of the details on the page.

It is always so fun to create "real" scrapbook pages, even though I don't do it enough.

So this is the last project for Artisan Award for this year! I hope you have enjoyed them all!

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if you were at convention you may have seen this on the display boards...it was there!

Non-Winning Artisan Award- Every Moment Card

Here is the last card I made for Artisan Award this year. I really like the way it came out! (Click on the card to see it bigger!)

I used a few different textures and elements on this card including an embossing folder, sponging, linen thread, vellum card stock, brads, water color paper and dimensionals to give it the finished look.

Here is a close up picture of the stamped image. You can not tell what I did to image from looking at this picture, so I will tell you! I first stamped the image on to Vellum card stock using Black SatzOn ink. Then I flipped the vellum over and colored in the image using classic ink and blender pens, let it dry and then flipped it back over and mounted it onto a piece of water color paper.

Here you can see some of the texture, sponging and dimension of the card.

I like the masculine-earthy feel of this card. It was fun to create because this card just kind of came together as I made it and added each element.

Thanks for looking!
if you were at convention you may have seen this card on the display boards...it was there!

Non-Winning Artisan Award- Baby Wyatt Page

Here one of the scrapbook pages I made for the Artisan Award contest. It is a 12x12 page featuring my cousins little boy Wyatt just a few weeks old. (Click on the scrapbook page to see it bigger!)

I couldn't make up my mind with this page, I had the basic layout there and then kept adding the different elements to it until I though I was satisfied. I think it came out good.

I used various different mediums on this page including wood sheets, fabric, card stock, vellum and shimmer smooch spray.

I wasn't sure of the butterflies on a baby boy's page, so I added the wood sheet butterflies to it too, I think it added a little bit more of a masculine feel! :) What do you think?

I die cut the "wyatt" letters using the big shot and chipboard covered in Whisper White card stock. The journaling was done on MDS and then printed and popped up using dimensionals on the page. It is super hard to see in the pictures, but the whole page was mounted onto a piece of the Presto Prints Specialty DSP that gave it a little bit more interest and depth!

I was happy with the way this page came out!

Thanks for looking!
if you were at convention you may have seen this on the display boards...it was there!

Non-Winning Artisan Award- Owl Shower Card

Here is another card I made for the Artisan Award contest. It is a "for your shower" card. (Click on the card to see it bigger!)

Again I pulled these colors (Pink Pirouette, Sahara Sand,Always Artichoke and Very Vanilla) straight from Stampin' Up!'s color coach. It is fun to challenge yourself with colors you wouldn't normally use together!

There is a lot of texture, layers and sponging on this card.

Here are a few of the products used on this card: brads, seam binding ribbon, Two Step Owl punch, Two Step Bird punch, Big Shot, dies, Eyelet border punch, crimper and sponge daubers.

Again, this card was fun to put together and adding all the last details!

Thanks for looking!
if you were at convention you may have seen this on the display boards...it was there!

Non-Winning Artisan Award- Snowflake Card

Here is the one card I made for the Artisan Award contest. I really liked the way it turned out! (Click on the pictures to see them bigger!)

The colors (Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, Basic Grey and Whisper White) were picked straight from Stampin' Up!'s color coach...I don't think I would have put these colors together myself, but they do look really great together!

There are so many little details on this card, I just love it!

Here are a few of the products I used to make this card: brads, bitty buttons, Big Shot and various dies, Presto Patterns Specialty paper, sponge daubers, Linen Thread, distressing tool and shimmer paint.

I had a blast putting this card together and adding all the details until it was just right!

Thanks for looking!
if you were at convention you may have seen this on the display boards...it was there!

Clean and Crisp Hope- CCMC0SUM03

It's the end of week 3 over at the Create with Connie and Mary Summer Edition and we have been creating using the Strength & Hope and Love & Care stamp sets.

For this week's Saturday challenge we have a color challenge to use Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi. Here is what I came up with. I also used a lot of Whisper White on my card because I left his card deserved a clean crisp feel.

I used the Cracked Glass technique on the three squares in the middle and stamped the butterfly onto Vellum card stock and then embossed it using clear embossing powder and sponged it to make it stand out a bit.

If you haven't already signed up for the Summer Edition, it is not too late! You will still be able to see all the projects that we have already shared and the projects still to come! This is such a great resource for fun projects that include full tutorials for every single one!! Hope to see you over there soon!

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Whooo's the Grad? HSSCSC#69

It's that time of year again... Graduation's are among us! I decide to make a few simple generic graduation cards and here is one of them.

Really this card is pretty simple. I started by sponging the clouds using Bashful Blue ink on Whisper White card stock, then I used the Two step bird punch and punched out the leaves and glued them to the Whisper White piece.

Next I die the the Early Espresso letters using the Big Shot and the Timeless Type Alphabet after I stamped them using the Wood Grain background stamp, glued them on and then made the owl using the Owl punch and put him on the card using Dimensionals.

The inside is stamped with a simple "congratulations" sentiment.

There it is...a pretty simple and cute graduation card and it just happens to fit with the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge this week to Paper Piece! Go check out their site! :)

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Ur7!- CCMC-SUM02

It's Saturday and that means it is time for another Saturday Challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary Summer Edition! This week we have a sketch challenge.

Here is my fun bright card for a special 7 year old that had a birthday this past week! I used the Touch of Kindness stamp set, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight and Water Color (white) papers to make this card.

I also had fun adding embellishments to it like the Basic Rhinestone "diamonds", the 5/8" Daffodil Delight ribbon and the texture from the Big Shot Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.

I even decorated the inside of this card, which I do not do very often, to make it match the bold bright-ness of the front of it. Here it is.

This card was fun to put together because of all the bright colors I used that I normally do not use all at the same time!

Here is the sketch for this week. What a fun one to work with!

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Thanks for looking!
and I hope to see you over at the CCM Summer Edition soon!

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Onesies for Trace- SCIC47

Yesterday was Thursday and that means time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! This week we are celebrating cute little animals, strips and polka-dots! We hope you are inspired to make something and share it with us over at the Stampin' Celebration blog!

This week's inspiration pictures were perfect for me as I needed to make a welcome baby gift for a friend that had a baby boy recently!

Here is what I came up with a bag with a few personalized onesies for him to wear all tired up with a cute giraffe tag! I had so much fun making the tag and the onesies!

Here is a picture of the onesies I made. The first one has his name that I die cut using the Big Shot and the iron on adhesive and then just ironed it on the back of the onesie. The second one I made a tie (figured it was appropriate since he is the only boy with two older sisters!) on the front of the onesie. I made the tie by using a template I drew my hand and then again used the iron on adhesive to attach it to the onesie.

Here is a close up of the So Saffron punch art giraffe I made for the tag. I used various Stampin' Up! punches to make him (Hint...the head is the Owl Punch!). I made a tree for him to nibble on using the two step bird punch and a few hearts in Pear Pizzazz and then mounted it all onto a piece of Baja Breeze card stock that I sponged clouds onto.

I really had a great time making this entire project and I hope Mom and the new baby enjoy it!

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Fringed Sewing Machine Cover (plus a tutorial)- ccmc-om5

We had a fantastic last week of projects and tutorials over at the Create with Connie and Mary Occasions Mini Edition! I can't believe it is over! It went by so quickly. This week we have been creating using all the products in the Oh Sew Suite from the Occasions Mini.

Ok, on to this week's Saturday challenge which was to Sew (real or faux)! Usually Saturday challenges are for our subscribers to join in and every time they do they are entered to win a $75 Stampin' Up! merchandise gift certificate and a FREE registration to Create with Connie and Mary Summer Mini Edition, but this week, since it is our last week it is only for the Design Team.

My sewing machine needed a new cover so bad I could hear it begging me to use the Sweet Stitches designer Series fabric to make a new cover for it this week, sew (so) that is what I did!


I used one pack of Sweet Stitches designer series fabric to make the entire cover. I added the "SEW..." to the front of the cover using the Fabric Adhesive Roll and some dark brown fabric that was die cut using the Serif Essentials bigz dies.

I am not going to go into a lot of details on how I made this here, because I have made a short two page pdf "how to" for you to download! Here it is: Fringed Sewing Machine Cover How To!

Be sure to head over to the Create with Connie and Mary site to check out the other Design Team Members sewing projects this week! While you are there make sure you check out their blogs as well!

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Purple Blossom Flower- SCIC41

It's Thursday and that means time for a new Stampin' Celebration Inspiration! This week we have this collage of inspiration pictures to work with. I will admit that when I saw these pictures I was like "ummm what do I focus on in these pictures?" So I looked at each picture and decided that the top right picture would be what I pulled my inspiration from.

So here is what I came up with! I started with a card base of Basic Black card stock and then added a layer of Basic Black textured card stock on top of that.

I sent a piece of Vellum card stock through the Big Shot with the Pattern 2 texturz plate (I got the idea for using that particular plate from the table cloth in the inspiration picture) and then mounted that on top of a piece of Wild Wasabi card stock to give the green a softer look. I tied a piece of 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon around the green panel.

I made the flower using the Blossoms Petals punch, Pink Pirouette card stock and Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry inks sponged on the card stock. I used a jumbo Whisper White brad in the center of the flower and then sentiment came from the stamp set Fabulous Phrases.

Recipe:
Stamps: Fabulous Phrases
Paper: Basic Black plain and textured, Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi, Vellum card stock.
Ink: Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black
Accessories: Big Shot, Prefect Details texturz plates, 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta ribbon, 5/16" jumbo brads.

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Box O' Love- Happy Valentines Day

We have club tonight so I thought this was an appropriate treat to give them this month! You will have to trust me on what is on the inside (I forgot to take a picture..eek!) I stacked two heart shaped chocolates and tied them together with a piece of the 5/8" Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon.

These little boxes were so fun and easy to make. I got the idea from Carrie here.

I hope you all are having a fabulous day!

Recipe:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Textured Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette
Ink: Basic Black, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: 5/8" Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit, Big Shot, Movers and Shappers Heart die, Small Heart punch.

Thanks for looking!

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Love Oreo- SCIC#39

It's Thursday and that means it's time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge!

Check out these fun inspiration pictures! This week we are all about the pinks, reds and all those yummy treats!

Here is what I made! A love Oreo made of felt! I saw this made by Melanie, a fellow demo, and thought it was the cutest little thing and just had to make one and what better time than for this week's Stmapin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge!

I used the Movers and Shapers Heart die to die cut the felt and used the Fabric Adhesive Roll and an iron to stick all the layers together....worked like a charm!

I made the flower on top using a small piece of Pretty in Pink 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, a Red Glimmer Brad and a small piece of Certainly Celery Satin ribbon.

The love Oreo has a loop of 1/8" piece of Whisper White Taffeta ribbon attached to it so it can hang as a decoration on a tree or wreath or......oh the possibilities are endless! Can you image a tree full of these cute little treats?

Thanks for looking!
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Simply Sophisticated Valentine- SCIC#38

It's Thursday and that means time for a Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! This week we are inspired by the bold red, black and white in these photos.

Feel inspired? We would love to see what you create using these photo's as inspiration by uploading your project to the Stampin' Celebration blog here!

Here is what I made, a simply sophisticated valentine! With the clean and simple lines this card has, it would be a perfect masculine card (even thought it has some of the new Red Glimmer paper on it!)

If you haven't had a chance to get your hands on any of that glimmer paper, you need to....it is awesome! It gives your project that glittery look and feel without actual glitter getting all over everything everywhere!

Recipe:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Very Vanilla, textured Basic Black, First Edition DSP and Red Glimmer paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka-Dots embossing folder, Full Heart extra large punch.

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Pile of Cupcakes- SCIC#35

Are you ready to celebrate?!? We over at the Stampin' Celebration blog are, and we want you to join us! This week we are welcoming two new design team members and a brand new blog design/look!

We have our weekly inspiration challenge as well as some BLOG CANDY! Head over to the Stampin' Celebration blog for more details, to see the new look and to welcome the new design team members!!

Look at these fun bright inspiration pictures we have to work with this week! Here is what I came up with!

I used the new Cupcake punch from the Occasions mini and different colors of card stock (Pear Pizazz, Marina Mist, Real Red, Blushing Bride, Daffodil Delight and Baja Breeze) to make the cupcakes. I sent the "frosting" through the Big Shot with the Perfect polka dots embossing folder. To give the cupcakes a little more depth, I sponged the coordinating inks on them.

I made the cupcake stand using the scalloped edge punch and a few circles. The swirl's are from the Swirls Scribble Sizzlits die and the Big Shot. The sentiment was stamped in Early Espresso ink on to Whisper White card stock ans then made into a banner.

I hope you join us in our celebrating this week over at the Stampin' Celebration blog!

Thanks for looking!

and if this wasn't exciting enough, you must check out the Create with Connie and Mary blog too! The preview period (aka FREE tutorials for awesome projects) is in full swing and you do not want to miss out on the blog candy there too!

Shimmering Flakes- SCIC34

It's Thursday and that means time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! This week we are celebrating frosty cold winter! I love all the blue's and sparkle in the inspiration pictures. Feel free to play along with us by uploading your creation at the Stampin' Celebration blog!
Here is what I came up with for this week. The colors are Whisper White and Bashful Blue and a hint of Frost White Shimmer Paint.

I used a piece of Vellum card stock and embossed it using the Northern Flurry embossing folder (you can still get it, even though it was in the Holiday Mini) and then sponge-daubed over the snowflakes using Bashful Blue and a tiny bit of Marina Mist classic inks. Then I sponge-daubed over the blue snowflakes with the Frost White Shimmer Paint to give them a bit of a shimmer.

In this picture, you can see the shimmer a little bit better.

The sentiment comes from the new stamp set in the Occasions Mini catalog called Bring on the Cake and it was stamped on the Vellum card stock using Black Staz-On.

Thanks for looking!

I hope I inspired you to create something too!

OH!!! You are NOT going to want to miss out on next week's (1/13) celebration on the Stampin' Celebration blog....trust me! :)

Annie's AG Themed Card

I am so excited I was invited to be apart of Annie's all girls 'American Girl' birthday weekend! Annie is Lou's daughter and she is turning 11 this week!

This weekend is all about Annie and one of the things she loves dearly...her American Girl (AG) dolls! So I knew the card I was going to make for her was going to have an 'American Girl' feel and here is what I came up with! Pinks and purples and stars and strips and even some bling! I really had a blast making this for her!

The stars were punched out of Brushed Silver, Melon Mambo, Perfect Plum and Rich Razzleberry card stock using the small star and the large star punches. They were mounted onto a piece of Vellum card stock that was layered on top of Melon Mambo strips. Then I added a few Basic Rhinestones to add some bling!

The greeting I made using a few different stamp sets and then mounted it onto a crumpled piece of Silver Waffle paper.

When you open the card it has a place for a gift card. I made my own for her. Here is a close up of the gift card that I made. I die cut the letters and numbers using my Big Shot and the Timeless Type alphabet in Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry card stocks and then layered them. I mounted the letters and numbers on to a piece of Perfect Plum card stock and then onto a piece of Brushed Silver card stock that has some more Silver Waffle paper tucked in between the two layers. Then of course a few more rhinestones aka BLING!

I stamped the "happiness" stamp all over the Melon Mambo card stock on the inside of the card. Here you can see it.

I really had a ton of fun making this special card for my friend Annie! Happy Birthday!!

Thanks for looking!