Christmas in the Summer 2

I didn`t post this card I had made for an Inky Divas challenge back in May.  The challenge was to use products from the 2015 Occasions Catalogue that would be included in the 2015-2016 Annual Catalogue.  I saw a card on Pinterest using the Celebrate Today stamp set and coordinating framelits to make a Christmas card and decided to make one myself.  You can see the original card HERE.

I thought it was so clever to cut out the balloons and mount them to the card upside down to make the ornaments.  I was also particularly happy to see that Lovely as a Tree made into the new catalogue.

Stampin' Supplies:

Stamps - Celebrate Today; Lovely as a Tree; Holiday Home (retired); Endless Wishes (retired)

Ink - Mossy Meadow; Cherry Cobbler

Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler; Crumb Cake; Whisper White; Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper

Other - Balloon Framelits; Pearls; Stampin' Dimensionals

Using an Acrylic Block as a Stamp

The challenge posted for this week's Inky Divas challenge was to use one of our clear acrylic blocks as a stamp.
For my entry I used block E and inked it up with Soft Sky and "stamped" it on a Whisper White panel.

Stampin' Supplies:

Stamps - Summer Silhouettes; Remembering Your Birthday

Ink - Soft Sky; Mossy Meadow; BlackBerry Bliss

Card Stock - Whisper White; Lost Lagoon; BlackBerry Bliss

Other - Itty Bitty Accents Punch; Triple Banner Punch; Petite Butterfly Punch; Rhinestones; Dazzling Details - Dazzling Diamonds 

Christmas In the Summer

Last week's Inky Diva challenge put me in the mood to start making Christmas cards.  I went to Pinterest and searched for cards using the Festival of Trees stamp set.  I pinned a lot of them but decided to make this one:

You can see the original HERE.  It`s too bad the Designer Series Paper is retired and no longer on the Clearance Rack.  I still have enough to make several of these cards though.

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps - Festival of Trees
Ink - Old Olive
Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler; Whisper White; Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper; Under The Tree Specialty DSP (retired)
Other - Wonderful Wreath Framelits; Tree Punch; Rhinestones

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of July 19

The challenge for this week was to create a Christmas themed card using only current Stampin' Up! supplies.  I was happy to see that because I had made a Christmas Card on Sunday - I used it for my entry to the challenge.

I was fortunate to win the stamp set Lots of Joy and had seen a card posted by Diana Gibbs using that set.  You can see Diana's post HERE.

There were no measurements posted so I was just guessing - ended up that my banners were too short and/or my focal piece was too big.  I am really happy with the look and I will be making more of these.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Lots of Joy

Ink - Cherry Cobbler

Card Stock - Whisper White; Smoky Slate; Merry Moments DSP

Other - Tree Punch; Cherry Cobbler Thick Baker's Twine; Stars Embossing Folder; Hand Held Stapler; Rhinestones; Stampin' Dimensionals; Triple Banner Punch

Birthday Card

I know that over the next two months I am going to need a lot of birthday cards and many of them will have to be masculine.  I saw a card on Dawn Griffith's site and knew that with a small adjustment it would make a great masculine birthday card.

You can see Dawn's card HERE.  The only thing I changed was to replace the little flowers with stars.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Endless Birthday Wishes; Gorgeous Grunge

Ink - Crumb Cake; Memento Black

Card Stock - Crumb Cake; Rich Razzleberry; Bermuda Bay; Bohemian DSP; Iridescent Ice Glimmer Paper; Hello You Thinlits; Handheld Stapler; Rhinestones; Silver Sequins; Mini Glue Dots

Another Window Card

I entered a second card for last week's Inky Divas Challenge.  I had been wanting to make a card using a technique Dawn Olchefske demonstrated using the Note Tag punch.  You can see some of her cards HERE and her video HERE.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Sassy Salutations

Ink - Blackberry Bliss

Card Stock - Blackberry Bliss; Whisper White; Bohemian DSP

Other - Note Tag punch; Linen Thread; Gold Metallic Buttons; Stampin' Dimensionals

Inky Divas Challenge Week of July 12

The challenge for the week was to create a card with a window and use only current Stampin' Up! products.

This example was posted with the challenge.

I had seen a card posted by Kimberly Van Diepen when the 2014 Holiday Catalogue was released that I had wanted to make and never did.  I thought it might work well as a window card.  Click HERE to see Kimberly's post.  

This is my interpretation of the card placing the embossed Kraft panel behind a window cut out with the Circles Collection Framelits.

I still have some of the snowflakes that Kimberly used but they are retired so I punched out some stars using glimmer paper.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Festival of Trees

Ink - Lost Lagoon; Whisper White

Card Stock - Lost Lagoon; Crumb Cake; Kraft

Other - Decorative Mask (Stars and Hearts set); Linen Thread; Silver Sequins; Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper; Bitty Accents Punch set.

Decorative Masks

 In May one of the challenges on the Inky Divas Facebook page was to create a card using a decorative mask.  I had bought the Hearts and Stars set a while ago and never used them so I pulled them out to create a couple of birthday cards.

Both cards use the Happy Birthday Everyone stamp set as well as the Hearts mask.  I used my Melon Mambo ink pad along with a sponge dauber and sponged on the colour.  The card stock used for both cards is Whisper White and Blackberry Bliss.

Card 1:

Stampin' Supplies (Card 1)

Stamp - Happy Birthday Everyone; Four Feathers (now retired)

Ink - Melon Mambo; Blackberry Bliss

Card Stock - \Whisper White; Blackberry Bliss

Other - In Colour Sequins and Stars (retired); White Baker's Twine; Hearts Decorative Mask; Feathers Framelits (retired); Stampin' Dimensionals

Card 2:

Stampin' Supplies (Card 2)

Stamp - Happy Birthday Everyone; Crazy for You

Ink - Melon Mambo; Daffodil Delight; Tempting Turquoise; Blackberry Bliss

Card Stock - \Whisper White; Blackberry Bliss; Old Olive; Basic Black

Other - Scallop Circle Punch; White Baker's Twine; Hearts Decorative Mask; Dazzling Details; Stampn' Dimensionals; Two Step Bird Punch

Another Card for the Inky Diva's Challenges

The challenge posted for the week of May 17th was to use the "Rock and Roll" technique.  I still had the Four Feathers stamp set and coordinating framelits on my desk from the previous week's challenge so I decided to use them again for this challenge.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Four Feathers (retired); Four You (retired); Gorgeous Grunge

Ink - Blackberry Bliss; Old Olive; Tip Top Taupe; Soft Sky

Card Stock - Whisper White; Soft Sky

Other - Metallic Button (gold); Linen Thread; Feathers Framelits (retired); Large Polka Dot embossing folder; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of July 5

The challenge for this week was to use three shades of a colour or tone.  Although yellow is not one of my favourite colours I have seen several cards posted using yellow and black and wanted to make one.  So for this challenge I used Hello Honey, Crushed Curry and So Saffron.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Happy Birthday Everyone; Work of Art
Ink - Hello Honey; Crushed Curry; So Saffron
Card Stock - Whisper White; Basic Black; So Saffron
Other - Butterfly Framelits; Rhinestones; Daffodil Delight Blendabilities Marker (retired)

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of June 28

The challenge posted for the week of June 28 was to use a technique called Rolling Marbles and/or the posted sketch.  Not having any marbles (I lost mine a long time ago) I decided to follow the sketch.

Julie Olivier posted the challenge - you can see her card and instructions for the technique HERE.

This is the sketch Julie posted;

and here is my card

I decided to make it a file folder card and use some of the Bohemian DSP I received as part of a product share from Sandi MacIver.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Endless Birthday Wishes

Ink - Blackberry Bliss; Jet Black StazOn; Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry and Blackberry Bliss Markers

Card Stock - Very Vanilla; Blackberry Bliss; Bohemian DSP

Other - Circles Collection; Framelits; Envelope Punch Board

Congrats Card

A friend is expecting her second child in October - another boy - so I wanted to make a card for her.  I saw several cards on Pinterest but the design I chose to CASE was one where I could also use my eCutter that (along with my stamping supplies) has been quite neglected recently.

The stamp used is from Sassy Salutations.  Using my Marina Mist Marker I coloured the "Congrat" part of the Congratulations stamp and stamped my paper.  After cleaning the stamp I coloured in only the "s" and using my Stamp a ma jig (positioner) stamped it at the end of the word.

I created the shape in my Silhouette Studio program using a couple of ovals, sent it to the cutter and then added texture using the Polka Dots embossing folder.  Applied it to the card and added a bit of ribbon.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamp Set - Sassy Salutations
Ink - Marina Mist
Card Stock - Whisper White; Marina Mist
Tools - Silhouette Cameo eCutter
Other - 1/8" Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon (retired); Polka Dot Textured Embossing Folder (retired)