New set with color challenge

I got my new set "Vintage Vogue" yesterday (available for sale in January) This is my first creation with it. I used the colors from Splitcoast's color challenge - So Saffron, Mellow Moss, Rose Red.


The large flower with the eyelet center is popped up. The butterfly is from a die cut with the Big Shot. The butterfly was also stamped with Rose Red. I used the scallop edge punch on the bottom and attached a strip of green which doesn't extend all the way down, so when the card is lying closed you can see a strip of very vanilla at the bottom.

Stampin' Up! supplies: Vintage Vogue, So Saffron ribbon (retired), eyelet, scallop edge punch
Colors: Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Rose Red, Mellow Moss

Ejoy challenge this week

My Ejoy Variety Challenge for you this week is to take time to think about and make genuine and meaninful encouragements to those around you. You could comment on people's creative works. You can let your children know how special they are. Notice something great about your spouse and encourage them. Everyone needs to be loved. Each person may have a different way which love is expressed more meaninfully to them. It could be:
- encouraging words
- spending time with them
- doing something for them
- giving gifts
- touch
This week and throughout this season I hope you will ENCOURAGE JOY!

Hope you have a wonderful season where stress doesn't get the best of you. After all, we should enjoy Christmas, right?!


{If you want a card-making challenge you can see my posts for Ejoy challenges from previous weeks and complete one of those}

Layers and texture!

Today my card is made for Pals Paper Arts Challenge - Crushed Curry (my least favorite color!), Soft Suede, Old Olive.

I wanted to offset the card a bit and not center it. I added quite a few layers, of course layering the boho blossoms and the oval sentiment.
A few added touches - texturz embossed very vanilla panel, patterned paper, ticket corner punch and brads.

Flower Shop #2

I went back to my local gift store and they ordered 40 more flower cards! Just wanted to show you what I made for them. I did 5 of each design. They wanted half Christmas and the other half a variety. I tried to make a variety of styles.



Left Top - "tis the season" Paper pieced tree and sponging around
Right Top - "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" Creative uses of scallop square punch. I drew some rows of dots with blue and white.
Left Bottom - "warmest wishes" I used the negative image of my snowflake die and put an eyelet in the center
Right Bottom - "May the blessings of Peace, Hope, Love be your gifts this Christmas and throughout the coming year" Love how this one turned out so elegant! Gifts of Christmas with a bit of DSP on the edge.



Left Top - "from me to you" Very simple stamped lighter images on the bottom. Scallop edge with piercing on top
Right Top - "Thinking of You" Photo Corners punch and boho blossoms punch with some grid DSP
Left Bottom - "With Sympathy" I stamped first with white, then purple overtop. I inked two of the edges with purple
Right Bottom - "Just because I care..." Layered oval & modern label punch. The "grass" is sponged with green.

All those little sentiments sure come in handy on occasions like this!

Rich Razzleberry and Cottage Wall

I love this color combination! It came from Color Dare. CD46 - Rich Razzleberry, Kraft, Taken with Teal. I got to use my lovely Cottage Wall DSP as a focal point here to show it off!

The sketch is from Diva Coffee Break Designs.

There's texturz embossing with the Big Shot on the Rich Razzleberry panel in the background. I used a scallop edge and corner rounder punch. I tied 2 ribbons at the same time for a bit of a different look.

Simple weave

Here's a cute and simple card I made with just one stamp. I layered two scallop squares behind it to create some very fun and easy corners. I framed it with just some tiny strips of paper "weaving" it and using brads in the corners. Maybe there's something here that will inspire you!

EjoyVC14

I posted a card earlier this week for this challenge. Here's my second one.
It's a SKETCH with a TWIST - use 1 ribbon AND 1 other type of embellishment. I'd love for you to be inspired and play along. This is EjoyVC14! Please upload your creation here so I can see it. If you're uploading to an online gallery you can use the code EjoyVC14 so I can find it!



My card uses 3 stamp sets - Embrace Life, Framed with Love, Kind & Caring Thoughts. I'm also using my new Cottage Wall DSP!



Here's a close up of the flowers. I curled the edges. I added a bit of sponging and white gel pen. I pierced along the Rich Razzleberry Frame. The one flower has a cute latte button.



Here's a close up of the bottom. The stamp from Framed with Love is done in white, with the sentiment on top.

Here's the sketch if you need it. I hope you can see it...

3 squares

Here's a cute and easy card I made today in about 2 minutes. I started with an older sketch, perfect for my new stamp set!

There's a row of piercing below the ripped paper.

White and red

Here's my card for today's WHITE challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. We were to make a card with only white cardstock and embellishments, with only one color ink.

There's a white layer on this card, that I edged with the red marker on top. On the bottom it's done with scallop edge punch. The image is from my new Framed with Love set and the sentiment is from Kind & Caring Thoughts (hostess set). I also pierced a patterned.

Have a great Friday everyone.

Christmas inspired by PPA

Here's my card for Pals Paper Arts Challenge. This week it was an inspiration challenge. We were to look at a photo and make a card from that. I hope I'm all done my Christmas cards, so I had to make a very Christmas-y looking photo useable for me! This is what I came up with and I LOVE how it turned out!

Only one stamp is used.... Elegant Thank You. Doesn't it fit perfectly in the scallop square punch! I also layered large oval punch behind that. Also used ticket corner punch on the corners. Here's a close up of some of the details.



Thanks for looking!

Guy card? and sneak peek

I started this card with the color challenge from Splitcoast - Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Black. I immediately thought it would make a great guy card. I kept it simple, but I love how the layering looks. The dessert for the challenge was glitter! I thought a glittery wolf might look nice and it did turn out well. I stamped with craft black, then poured glitter on. The ribbon is brown and fuzzy. Here's a closeup...



By the way, this card is also a sneak peek for next week's Ejoy Variety Challenge. I'd love it if you would come play!

Happy Monday

I got a chance to remake a card and am much more pleased with the result. Love the colors and simple layout. The piercing really makes it something special.

Stampin Tips:
1. If you don't like your card someday you can get a chance to go back when you have a fresh brain and redo it. Although the card can't be that horrible that you can't give someone joy by sending it to them!
2. Layer punches. This one is simple. It's just boho blossoms punch. But you'd be surprised at the fun looks you can get by combining a few punches.

Hope you have a great day!

EjoyVC13 - technique

I thought it was time for another technique challenge! I chose one of my favorite techniques, even though I don't do it very often - Wet Paper Watercolor.
To do this technique I used my aquapainter brush (or you can spray the paper with a waterbottle). I wet the paper, then stamped on it. I used my retired spectrum pad to get multicolored look. Once it was dry I stamped over it again. Here's a close up:



I also used another technique for the snowman image - Rock'N'Roll. First I inked my image with light blue, then with the ink pad I rolled the stamp edges in the darker blue.

I hope you join along with me for my variety challenge this week. EjoyVC13 - Wet Paper Watercolor Technique! Please link your creation to Mr. Linky and if you load to an online gallery please use the code EjoyVC13 so I can find it! I'd love for you to be inspired to create with this great technique!

Stampin' Up! stamps: Two Cool Dudes, Branch Out (snowflakes), Season of Joy (sentiment)
Colors: Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, White

Friday 2 card challenge - LSC248

Here are my two cards for today's Limited Supplies Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. The challenge was to make 2 cards with different layouts from the same image and colors. I got this gorgeous color combination from Stampin Addicts. So Saffron, Always Artichoke, Rich Razzleberry. I really love Rich Razzleberry from this year's In Colors!


My first card takes a layout from Clean&Simple Stamping. On both cards I popped up the flowers with stampin' dimensionals.


This card layout I made up! I decided to change the placement of the eyelets on this one, so they weren't in the flowers. But I miss that brightness in the flowers from the first card.

Stampin Up stamps: Embrace Life, Delight in Life, Goody-Goody-Gumdrops
Punches: Word window, modern label, oval, scallop oval, corner rounder

Two cards on Thursday

I've been making so many cards recently, I thought I would upload 2 today!


The first one is for the Diva Coffee Break Design sketch. It uses a portion of the sizzix die "Join the Cheer". I added a bit of piercing and a designer brad in the "o". Fun sketch!


This one is for Pals Paper Arts KISS challenge - Keep it Simple, Sweetie! Nothing hard here, just a horizontal slot punch and tied ribbon. I inked the sentiment and snowflakes in Chocolate Chip ink on Chocolate Chip paper so its fairly faint.