A Box and an Ornament- SCIC61- Mid Month

It's mid month, and that means there is still time to join us over at the Stampin' Celebration site for this months inspiration challenge!  And I have a little mid-monthsperation for you!  Here is what I made:

A box made out of one sheet of 12x12 card stock!  And....

 And ornament to go inside of it!























I used the Naturals Composition Specialty DSP to make the box and gave it a clear lid so you could peek at the glittery rosette style ornament that is inside.  I used Sahara Sand card stock for the ornament and added some Champagne Glass glitter, a large button and some linen thread to finish it off.

Here is a peek at our inspiration pictures for December:

 

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

Thanks for stopping by!

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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"!

Thanks for looking!

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Lovely Dad Tree- SCIC51

It's Thursday and that means time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! This week we have some masculine-ish colors for you to be inspired by!

We would love to have you join us! All you need to do it look at the inspiration picture, make something that the picture inspired you to make and then upload if to the Stampin' Celebration blog!

This week I focused on the colors from the inspiration picture for my card. I used Soft Suede, Old Olive and Marina Mist as the main colors and added a little Basic Grey for good measure!

I used the Lovely as a Tree stamp set for the main image and stamped it onto water color paper and then colored it using Stampin' Write Markers.

I also did a little masking on the main image to get the dirty edges to make the tree stand out a bit better.

I added a little bit of Basic Grey satin ribbon and a few strands of Linen Thread for some added texture.

I hope I inspired to you join us over at the Stampin' Celebration site this week!

Thanks for looking!

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Bunch of Bold Blossoms- SCIC50

It's Thursday and that means time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! This week we celebrating bright fun colors!

We would love to have you join us! All you need to do it look at the inspiration picture, make something that the picture inspired you to make and then upload if to the Stampin' Celebration blog!

This week I also used the sketch from Create with Connie and Mary to get me started. Speaking of Create with Connie and Mary...you need to make sure you are stopping by their site frequently the next two weeks for some FREE tutorials and BLOG CANDY!!

Here is what I came up with. I used a stamp set from the Summer Mini called Bold Blossom and got the colors for the flowers from the inspiration pictures.

The colors I used for the flowers were Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler and Marina Mist. The card base is Pear Pizzazz and the accent panel is Daffodil Delight.
Here is a close up of the flowers. You can see I popped them up using dimentionals. I also put the greeting on dimentionals too. I finished off the card by tying a piece of 5/8" Whisper White grosgrain ribbon around the accent panel.

I hope you can participate in either one of the challenges this week!

Thanks for looking!

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My Digital Studio- Easter Tag- SCIC48

It's Thursday and that means time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! This week we are celebrating Easter (and soft pastel colors!) I decided to use My Digital Studio (MDS) and make an Easter tag this week inspired by the Baja Breeze and Pretty in Pink egg in the bottom right inspiration picture.

Here is what I came up with (front and back view)! This tag was fun and simple to create. Stampin' Up! has made it so easy to use their digital program, it is fantastic! With their newest (FREE!!) upgrade one of the templates they included was a tag.

I bet you can tell what egg I used as my inspiration! :) I used the digital Vintage Adornments and the Easter Blossoms stamp set to make my tag.

I hope I have inspired you to create something with us this week and if I haven't then the other design team members will defiantly do so! Drop by the Stampin' Celebration blog to see their creations....you never know, you may be our next "Party Guest" designer!

Thanks for looking!

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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!

Thanks for looking!

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Bright Birthday Candles- SCIC46

It's Thursday and that means time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! This week we are celebrating bright fun springy colors! Look at these inspiration pictures, aren't they fun?

I was drawn to the different colored and height candles in the bottom right inspiration picture and knew it would make a great birthday card.

Here is what I came up with! I just cut various heights and widths of Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait and Regal Rose card stocks and then sponged the edges of the candles.

I did spritz them using the Shimmer Smooch to give them a little shimmer and texture and then glued them onto a piece of Whisper White card stock.
I used a small heart punch cut in half for the flames.

I mounted the main images onto a piece of Melon Mambo card stock and then onto a piece of Whisper White card stock I sent though the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. Then I mounted it onto the Melon Mambo card base.

Here is a close up of the candles. You can see the shimmer better here. The sentiment is from the stamp set Teeny Tiny Wishes.

I hope you have a chance to join us over at the Stampin' Celebration blog this week! We would love to see what you come up with...you never know, you may be our next "Party Guest" designer!!

Thanks for looking!

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Detailed Cupcake Tops- SCIC45

It's Thursday and that means it is time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration challenge! This week we are going black and white.

When I saw the inspiration pictures this week the detail decorated cupcake tops caught my eye and so decided to create my card based on those.

Here is what I came up with! I had a lot of fun decorating my mini 1 1/4" circle "cupcake" tops! I decided to go with the wedding theme because black and white together are elegant to me and this card just said wedding.

I used Basic Black and Very Vanilla card stocks on my card. I made the Very Vanilla flowers using taffeta ribbon and a heat tool. (You can see a great tutorial that Kelly put together on how to make the flowers here.) I also added a few basic pearls to the "cupcake" tops.

Here are the inspiration pictures for this week. Do you feel inspired? I hope so! We would love to see your creations over at the Stampin' Celebration blog...you never know, you may be our next "Party Guest" designer!

Thanks for looking!

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Elegant Nature Walk- SCIC44

It's Thursday and that means it is time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration challenge! This week we are going elegant, classic and earthy with the greens, golds, browns and vanillas.

When I saw the inspiration pictures this week I thought of the Nature Walk stamp set, so that is what I used!

I stamped both images onto watercolor paper using Black StazOn and then colored them in using my blender pens and classic ink (Pear Pizzazz, Chocolate Chip, and Crumb Cake).

I mounted the main images panel onto a piece of Crumb Cake card stock and then onto a whole piece of watercolor paper and then onto the Crumb Cake card base.

The sentiment is from the Say it Simply stamp set and was stamped in classic Chocolate chip ink.

Here are the inspiration pictures this week. Very clean and earthy I think.

I hope I have inspired you to join us this week! If you do, you have a chance at being our next "party guest" designer! Be sure to check out the other design team members creations this week too!

Thanks for looking!

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Trio of Cupcakes- SCIC43

It's Friday and that means yesterday was Thursday and that means it is time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration challenge! (Yes, I am late....eeek!) This week we are celebrating St. Patrick's day with a lot of chocolate!

I kind of had a hard time creating something this week, because I really didn't need another St. Partick's day card and as you can see from the inspiration pictures they scream St. Patrick's day, but I decided to focus on those yummy looking chocolate cupcakes.

Here is what I came up with, a trio of Early Espresso cupcakes adorned with a few Pear Pizzazz sprinkles!

I used the Build a Cupcake punch to make the cupcakes and did a little something different with the frosting....can you see it has a a little different shape to it than the normal frosting shape the punch punches?

Here is what I did with the frosting. I inserted a piece of Early Espresso card stock that had a Decorative Label already punched out of it into the Build a Cupcake punch and arranged it as the picture to the right shows and there you go, frosting that looks a little different! I think it looks a little more realistic.

Here is a close up. You can see the sprinkles on top of the cupcakes are the little tiny hearts from the Pinking Hearts Border punch.

I hope to see your creation over at the Stampin' Celebration this week too! You never know, you may be the next "Party Guest" Designer with us!

Thanks for looking!

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My Digital Studio-got green?-SCIC42

It's Thursday and that means time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration challenge! This week we are celebrating shamrocks, shamrocks and more shamrocks! Plus green, green and more green! We hope you decide to celebrate with us this week!

This week I decided to make a digital St. Patrick's day card since in two weeks today the recipient should have it in their hands!

The green's I used on my card are Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Pear Pizzazz and Always Artichoke. This card came together pretty fast once I saw the close up inspiration picture of the layered shamrock.

I just used the shamrock from the Sale-a-Bration stamp set So Happy for You on the Digital Content CD, a button, a little ribbon and then added the grid background of the card and changed the opacity of it and added a Vintage Overlay on top of that.

I got the idea from the sentiment on the front of the card from the stamp set Got Treats.

Here is the inside of the card. You can see I carried the background from the front of the card to the entire inside. I added a cute little sentiment on the inside that I felt went very well with the front! What do you think? Cute?

I hope I inspired you to create something green this week with us!

Thanks for looking!

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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.

Thanks for looking!

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Crisp Birhtday- SCIC#40

Ready for a fresh inspiration piece? This week over at the Stampin' Celebration blog we have the perfect collection of pictures for inspiration full of white, yellow and a splash of red.

Here is what I came up with, a clean crisp birthday card. I made the yellow background by stamping images from the Baby Blossoms stamp set in So Saffron and Daffodil Delight all over the Whisper White card stock and mounted it onto a piece of So Saffron card stock.

The sentiment was stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink and then punched out using the Decorative Label punch.

I ruffled a piece of Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon behind the main panel and attached it to the Whisper White card base that has a piece of vellum over the top of it.

What a refreshing color combination to work with! I hope you decide to play along with us this week too!

Recipe:
Stamps: Bring on the Cake, Baby Blossoms
Paper: Whisper White, Vellum cards stock, So Saffron
Ink: SO Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Decorative Label punch, Chery Cobbler seam binding

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!
we would love to see your creation over at the Stampin' Celebration blog!

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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.

Thanks for looking!

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Simple Digital Love- SCIC37

It's Thursday and that means time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! This week "love is in the air" over at the Stampin' Celebration blog! We would love to have you join us and would love to see your creation!

This week I created a postcard in My Digital Studio. I love that My Digital Studio is so easy to use and I can use it even when my craft desk is a mess and I don't want to clean it up (or make it even messier after creating a card!)!

I used the Love Impressions DSP as well as some Satin ribbon and the scalloped edge punch. I also added a Sending Love epoxy brad to add a little bling.

If you haven't checked out the new downloads for My Digital Studio in a while, you need to! Stampin' Up! adds new downloads VERY often (like a few times a month) and they are AMAZING and cheap!!

I hope you will celebrate with us this week at the Stampin' Celebration blog!

Thanks for looking!

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!