Friday, July 6, 2018

Bubbly birthday card, Paper Players #400



It's celebration time on the Paper Players for their 400th challenge. Since I'm an old person, and this looks like a great Birthday idea to me, I selected this bubbly lady with her glass of bubbly and her gold rings and shoes.
Check out the challenge here, and think about playing along.

I picture her with her friends all gathered in front of her singing Happy Birthday, all with their own glass of bubbly and plenty more to drink waiting on a nearby table.

Colors for this are: Flirty Flamingo, Gold, Soft Suede and Powder pink.
I used lots of fun rhinestones and a bit of blue watercolor around her to bring her out.

She comes from the stamp set You've got Style, and the brown with bubbles is from the Tranquil Textures DSP.    I used the Watercolor pencils to color in and around her then blended with my Aqua brush, super simple.
Hope you enjoy.


Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Thinking of You, FMS#344


Look at that, I did a card without a single stamp! I didn't start out to do that, it just happened, that is the way it can go with some of the incredible dies and dsp out there.
First, here is the challenge:  Go here to see the rest of the projects.

Yes, they did a square card. I rarely do them, as I find I don't get them sent. I really prefer just the normal 1/2 sheet cards.

I put it all together using the So Saffron layer then put all that onto my card base.  The sentiment isn't SU, not sure where I got it, as I have it on a magnetic sheet in my Not SU box.  I have 3 photo boxes for dies now, current dies, retired dies, and dies from other companies. Not many in there.  I also keep my embossing folders in a photo box, separated by 6x6 piece of chipboard, into current and retired.
Anyway, my colors are: Blackberry Bliss, So Saffron, Whisper White and Mint Macaron.

The DSP is in the Nature's Poem set. And a REMINDER.   That one and several others are on sale all month this month, July 2018, buy 3 get one free.   I think they are all the $11 DSP except the color family sets.  The speciality ones are not on sale.

The white design piece on top of my DSP is from the gorgeous Delightfully Detailed Lasor cut DSP set.  There are some border pieces on the bottom of 4 of the sheets.

I used our Mulitpurpose sheets to add glue on the back of the die cut letters, it seems to help them cut better and they come right off and stick down beautifully.   I added the rhinestones for a bit of bling as it was a pretty simple card.
I hope you enjoyed.  Please be aware, Blogger no longer sends me email when I get comments, so if you have a question I do try to check on a reg basis and will answer in the comments section or you can email me.  Or you can find me in the demonstrator finder on the SU site.



Saturday, June 30, 2018

Miss you SU greeting card, JAI#415




An inspiration challenge this week at Just Add Ink.    This idea, a smaller piece that looks like it is cropped out of a larger picture, is very much in right now.  It's popular because it's so pretty and at the same time clean looking.  You can cut a hole in the top layer  so that your scene is inside and even make a shaker card out of this idea.  I simply layered mine today.

I did the scene on a large piece then moved my circle around to where it looked good.  I love the tiny butterflies and bird in this set, and the tiny flowers that you see in pink at the bottom. Those thing just add so much. 

Here is the challenge, and the link to the site in case you want to see all the projects.

Now, my colors this time are:  Blushing Bride, Tranquil Tide, Lemon Lime Twist, and Whisper White.
Besides using the stamp set Enjoy Life, I used several die sets and the Subtles embossing folder. Here is a look at what the folder looks like, it's hard to make it show up on the card.




If you haven't seen it before here, I used this folder before and even once colored it first, totally different look! It looks great in person and just adds that little bit of something.
The sentiment was made using a die from the Bunch Of Banners die set, it creates 2 shapes, you can keep them together, just use the outside or inside, or do what I did here cutting it twice and putting the 2 colors together.






We have a great sale happening in July at Stampin Up, a large number of the Designer Series Paper is on sale, buy 3, get one free.  You can get as many as you want.  


In addition, if you join us as a demo in July, you can get a whole color family free with your kit, you get to choose, subtles, neutrals, royals or brights.  That's 10 ink pads all in the new cases. 

I have one other thing I'd like to mention right now.  I've been getting little orders from someone, who is selecting NO CONTACT when they order.  What that actually means is that we have no idea who you are, we can't email you or send you a pretty card thanking you for your order, or offer you a new catalog.   None of us is going to pester you, but we would like to be able to help you out. So please think about it before selecting the no contact option, it's easy to overlook.

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Bless your heart, Freshly Made Sketches #343, Stampin Up



What a fun card this one turned out to be. In fact, it was so much fun, I kept thinking of other ways to do it.  So, I just may do another using those ideas.  The side edge is so neat, it's from a new set of 3 edgelets, I used another one of them Here.   They are in the back of the new catalog, there is no stamp set that comes with it, so it's in the die cut pages. 

Here is the sketch challenge I made this card for:
 


My colors for this card are: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, So Saffron and Smoky Slate. But the sky is the limit for this idea.  How about purple?  Yum.

The 1/4" Organza ribbon is retired! So sorry, but I didn't have a replacment just yet.  But we do have one in a narrow width that comes in several colors including white.  It is the 1/8"sheer ribbon 144172, it also comes in Calypso Coral, Fresh Fig and Old Olive.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope I've given you some inspiration today.

Friday, June 22, 2018

You are the best, Just Add Ink #414



Yes, another Sea Of Textures card, it's just that I love the ocean and this set is just so much fun to play with and yeah, blue is kinda my favorite color. So, todays card challenge is to make a frame, so he is looking through a port hole.

 



My colors for this are:  Balmy Blue, Smoky Slate, Lemon Lime Twist and Night of Navy.  I also added just a touch of brusho, it doesn't show much but it's what makes the underwater stripe effect and the bit of darker color .


Thanks For stopping by.