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Stampin’ Celebration #13

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You can tell that summer’s in full swing by the inspiration photos for this week’s Stampin’ Celebration challenge!
For my card, I was inspired by the colors and the surfboards in the photos, and here’s the card I made!
I stamped the large flowers in Only Orange, Brilliant Blue and watermark ink and colored in the centers with a Starburst gel pen. I cut the flowers out and arranged them on the surfboard to create the design. The flowers are from Stampin’ Up’s “Eastern Blooms” set.
I cut waves into the Bermuda Bay cardstock and accented them with Frosted Lace Stickles. The card base is Stampin’ Up Brilliant Blue cardstock.
To create the sand, I used Antique Linen Distress Stickles on Core’dinations cardstock. The chipboard letters are from American Crafts; I used white chalk ink and Frosted Lace Stickles to alter them. The Bermuda Bay stripe down the center of the surfboard is accented with Turquoise Stickles.
Thanks very much for taking a look at my card! Visit Stampin’ Celebration to see the design team’s fantastic creations and to submit your own!

colourQ #43

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The inspiration for this week’s colourQ challenge can be found in this funky blanket from Saks Fifth Avenue:

For my challenge card, I embossed some Bermuda Bay SU cardstock and used one of my favorite coffee-themed stamps from Elzybells Art Stamps!
I stamped the images and sentiment with Stampin’ Up’s Chocolate Chip ink. I added the stitching and dot details with a dark green glaze gel pen. The sentiment is also from Elzybells Art Stamps.
Other supplies that I used:
Paper: Basic Grey (Nook & Pantry collection – peach circle), American Crafts (brown circles), SU Old Olive & Natural White cardstock, My Minds Eye (polka-dot paper used to make the brad)
Glitter chipboard: American Crafts Thickers
Pens: White gel pen, dark green Glaze pen
Misc: Big Shot, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (paisley), i-Top tool and Brad Buddy
Thanks very much for visiting and looking at my card!
Click HERE to see all the other marvelous entries in this week’s colourQ challenge!

CPS #177

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For this week’s Card Positioning Systems (CPS) sketch, I used some papers from Basic Grey’s Nook & Pantry collection and created a cute cooking-related card!

Here’s this week’s challenge sketch:

For my card, I used both sides of the “Beaters” paper, and inked some Maya Road chipboard pieces to use as an accent.

Other supplies that I used:
Ink: VersaMark chalk ink, Cat’s Eye chalk ink in Creamy Brown and Tangerine
Letter stickers: Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type
Rub-on: Making Memories
Cardstock: Core’dinations
White ribbon
Thanks so much for looking at my card!

Happy Birthday, LeAnne!

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Happy Birthday, LeAnne! I hope you have a wonderful day … and that your birthday wish comes true!

I made this card especially for your birthday (and a surprise mini blog hop in your honor)!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards each week as part of the colourQ Royal Court design team!
— Suzanne Bier
Supplies used:
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up! Kraft, Whisper White
Paper: American Crafts “Blue Skies” collection
Stamps: Elzybells Art Stamps (cupcakes), Stampin’ Up! (sentiment)
Ink: Stampin’ Up! Chocolate Chip
Other: Glitter gel pen, mini heart punch, glitter brads, cat’s eye ink, Sizzix embossing folder

Curtain Call #40

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This week’s Curtain Call challenge (#40) features a fun set of colors inspired by a stack of Ikea dish towels!
For my card base, I embossed white Stampin’ Up cardstock with a Tim Holtz Dot Matrix embossing folder, and embossed a smaller square of cardstock with the Stampin’ Up exclusive Lattice embossing folder.
The TV and sentiment stamps are by Crafty Secrets (Favorite Fellas collection) and are stamped in SU Basic Black ink.
I drew the remote on white cardstock with a fine-tipped felt pen, and then colored it in with a silver gel pen. I used a scrap of black gingham paper for the TV screen after cutting the screen portion out with a craft knife. I cut the heart out of Real Red cardstock and sealed the screen with Glossy Accents.
My other supplies for this card are Kiwi Kiss ribbon, Tempting Turquoise cardstock, Bo Bunny Double Dot cardstock, and mini black brads.
Thanks very much for taking a look at my card!
You can check out the other awesome entries and design team examples at Stacey’s Stamping Stage!

Get Sketchy #48

This week’s challenge over at Get Sketchy (#48) features a very simple sketch:

I rotated the sketch to make my card, and moved the sentiment to the lower right.
The sentiment is from Stampin’ Up’s level 3 hostess set, “Occasional Quotes.” I used SU’s Chocolate Chip ink to stamp the sentiment.
I also used papers by Basic Grey (Nook & Pantry collection) and Pink Paislee (365 Degrees collection). The ribbon is by American Crafts. I tied the bow separately and used a glue dot to stick it in place. The final touches include adhesive KaiserCraft pearls and a glitter gel pen.
Thanks for looking at my card!

Unscripted Sketches #65

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I really surprised myself with the card that I made for this week’s Unscripted Sketches challenge. I’m not usually a vintage/shabby style card maker, but something about this week’s sketch had me thinking in that direction!

For this card, I used a digital stamp by Hero Arts for the main image. For the group of circles, I altered three paper flowers by Making Memories.
Basically, I cut a spiral into each paper flower (they were all large circles) and crushed the paper as I rolled it into shape. I hand-cut the leaves from smooth cardstock, crushing the paper and then separating the cardstock layers.
I distressed some Graphic 45 patterned paper with the edge of my scissors to mat the digital stamp and as part of the card background.
Other supplies include:
Adhesive Pearls (Prima e-line)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up & Bo Bunny Double Dot
Letter stickers: Making Memories
Lace: Maya Road
Ink: Black cat’s eye pigment ink
Black sheer ribbon

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog and to look at my card!
Visit Unscripted Sketches to see the design team’s creations and the other entries!

Stampin’ Royalty #29

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This week, the Stampin’ Royalty goddesses are challenging you to a “Splish Splash” themed challenge! All you have to do is create a card, scrapbook layout, 3-D Project or My Digital Studio project using the “Splish Splash” theme as the main inspiration behind your project!

I made a card using a sweet octopus stamp by Imaginisce and some letter stamps by Inkadinkado. The only things missing from the letter stamp set are punctuation, so I used a sticker by Making Memories for the question mark.

My other supplies include:
Ink: Chocolate Chip (Stampin’ Up!)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up!
Pearls: KaiserCraft
Flowers: Prima e-Line
Paper: American Crafts
Etc: Ribbon, Glitter Gel Pen, Tacky Tape, Tim Holtz Embossing Folder
Thanks very much for looking at my card!
To see the beautiful examples from the design team and the other awesome entries, visit Stampin’ Royalty!

Stampin’ Celebration #12

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This week’s Stampin’ Celebration challenge features some bright colors that I had a fun time creating with!

I drew from the colors and the flowers in the top right picture as the inspiration for my card.
The stamps that I used are by Hero Arts (pincushion, spools), Daisy Bucket (background flowers), Technique Tuesday (leaf stamp) and Stampin’ Up (sentiment from Chic Boutique set). I used Only Orange, Old Olive and Green Galore ink from Stampin’ Up to stamp the images on the card.
Other supplies: Glitter gel pen, fine-tip felt pen, decorative scissors, paper flower, button, linen thread, foam squares.
Thanks for looking at my card…I hope you’ll play along with Stampin’ Celebration this week!

Color Throwdown #102

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This week’s Color Throwdown challenge (#102) features some really COOL colors…

I had to substitute for all three colors this week, but I think I came close, and made an awesome card in the process!
The colors had me thinking more of a masculine card, which led me to thoughts of my husband (go figure), who wears a suit of armor on rare occasions…
and that led me to the design of this card!
I dry-brushed gold acrylic paint over the embossed strip of cardstock and distressed the card base to add more interest (and to cover up the fact that I brushed gold on the card base and it didn’t look right, so I went with distressing instead)!
Supply list:
Ink: Stampin’ Up (Old Olive, Soft Suede & Basic Blue)
Stamps: Crafty Secrets (Favorite Fellas) and Stampin’ Up (Artistic Etchings)
Cardstock: DCWV, Stampin’ Up!
Paper: Crate Paper (Brook collection) – used to mat sentiment and stamped images
Rub-ons: DCWV (Once Upon a Time)
Other: gold acrylic paint, fleur-de-lis brad, eyelets, Tim Holtz embossing folder
Thanks for taking the time to look at my card!
If you’d like to see all of the other cool entries for this week’s Throwdown, click HERE!