I Have The Winter Blues

The DT at Shopping Our Stash have the "Winter Blues".  Join us by shopping your stash and pull out items that are blue.  You can have other colors, just be sure to use shades of BLUE as the primary focus.































I pulled out a well-loved TAC stamp set for my card.  I paired this chilly image some DSP from SU for some wintry goodness.  The banner is courtesy of my pile 'o scraps and an SU punch.  I kept the winter blues going with some Baker's Twine to string it together. Oh, I almost forgot!  See the adorable button brads on the snowman?  Too cute!  And a star button too!  I love using using my stash for those special details!

Let's see your best Winter Blues creations linked up at the SOS Challenge Blog!



Off to stamp some more!
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Party Time Tuesday: Photo Inspiration Challenge

This week the challenge at Party Time Tuesday is a photo inspiration.  Head on over to our challenge blog and get inspired!

For my card I used a delightful digi from one of our sponsors; Digital Delights.  I colored her with Copics and then couldn't resist using a glitter pen and adding some sparkle to the trim on her skating outfit.  The scalloped circle behind the image is silver glitter paper (SU) and then I punched some hearts out of the scraps.  One of the tiniest scrap pieces looked like a crown, so I added to the top of her head!  I was able to use two more of my larger felt flurries to embellish the card!  I love it when i can use my stash!

Our other sponsor this week is Paper Pretties.

I'm looking to seeing your creations linked up on the PTT blog!

Off to stamp some more!
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A CASE of cards

 I CASEd three cards from the Feb. '09 issue of cards magazine.  I no longer subscribe to this publication, but keep the back issues I have for frequent reference.

My top card was a CASe from the card on page 33.  The patterned paper in the original reminded me of the "Twitterpatted" DSP from SU.  I used my Quickutz squeeze tool and some 2x2 dies to cut the letters and emboss the white circles.  The hearts and squares were from SU punches.



My second card is a CASE from page 159.   I was reminded of the stripe in SU's Parisian Breeze DSP and the bird cage stamp from Gina K's "True Love" stamp set.  So I paired those two elements with some brads and felt flowers.



My third card is CASEd from page 92.  The patterned paper used in the original reminded me of the colors and patterns in SU's "Bella Rose" DSP.  I used a crocheted flower and felt leaves (SU) and finished the card off with a vertical sentiment from Endless Creations









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Gingerloft Challenge: Let it Snow!

The next challenge is up at Gingerloft and is appropriately called "Let It Snow!"   Create a winter scene,  or use snowmen or snowflakes on your wintry card.  I adore this Gingerloft image called "Woodland Friends".  It was colored in with Copics and some Stickles were added to give the snow some wintry sparkle.  The fence posts, snowman, cardinal, and rabbit were cut out from a second image and popped up with dimensionals.

You have two weeks to make your  "Let It Snow " card and post it at the Gingerloft challenge blog.  Show us your snow!



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Let It Snow!

 I know what you're thinking.  What an odd color combination for a winter card!  Especially one that suggests snow in red or pink or brown.  Well let me take you on the journey that I followed this morning.

As usual upon waking up I turned on my computer and checked out Google Reader.  (No lie, I do this every morning first thing!)  First to catch my eye was the challenge at The Friday Mashup:

Make a project using "Paper Piercing".   
Or make a project using the colors "Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red & Early Espresso".  Or "Mash it Up" and create a project with the "Color Combo & Paper Piercing"!


Well I love those colors, so I pinned those into my brain. (I just joined Pinterest, so have pinning on my mind!)  Next I went to Kay's blog and saw her card for today and loved the layout she used.  Another brain pin!  Well my mojo really started churning and spinning and before I stepped off the bottom stair to my stamp room I had a specific card in mind!

Then it was stamp, color, poke, and glue and my card was completed!


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Fleur De Lis Frame

Frames are the focus this time for the challenge at Creative Belli!

I dusted off my Fleur De Lis pendant die and a Labels One die from Spellbinders to create my white frame.  Found inside the frame is an image from a long retired SU set called "Garden Collage".  Some punched posies (SU), brads, and punched pine branches (MS), add color, dimension, and embellish the image.  Directly behind the frame are card stock layers in black and Real Red from my scrap heap.  Attached to the red satin bow with a small white safety pin are three tiny tags (SU stamp set and punch).  This square card has a white base, a Real Red layer, and a piece of long forgotten patterned paper (unknown).

We hope you'll join us this week and create a frame for your favorite image or sentiment.  Remember, we encourage you to use your old and forgotten scraps, supplies and embellishments!


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Buttons, Buttons, and More Buttons!

 I've been shopping my stash of buttons for this week's Shopping Our Stash challenge card!  We are on Challenge 35 and are asking you to think borders.  "Use any border punch or create your own border out of what you have on hand".

I not only put my scallop border punch to work to create a border under the ribbon, but also to create a square medallion to frame my image!  I love those sweet scallops all around the flowers!  I used flower shaped buttons on the stamped stems and leaves (SU, Just Believe) and also in the corners of the image panel.  Then I added even more buttons to form a button border to the ribbon/scallop border at the bottom of the card!


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Bird's Nest

We have another fun challenge for you at Party Time Tuesday this week!  In honor of Ben Franklin's birthday, we are asking you to make a birthday card for this challenge!  For someone special or just for fun, everyone can use birthday cards in their stash!


Our sponsors this week are Stampendous, Whisker Graphics and Wild Rose Studios.

I went with a monochromatic color combo this week.  Using an awesome stamp set from Stampendous called "Bird's Nest" and some Frantage Chips, I created this card for one of the men in my family.  I'm thinking DH will receive this card for his birthday next Spring, provided I don't misplace it between now and then!  It's been known to happen more than once!

I used Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Early Espresso for my card stock layers and inks.  The background piece was stamped with several of the smaller images in the set using all three ink colors.  Then I stamped the bird nest with soft suede and filled in some shadows with Crumb Cake.  I cut two frames from Nestibilities and popped them both up with dimensionals.  One frame was placed straight over the image, the second one was offset.  I stamped three small eggs and then smooshed form the backsides into a foam mat to give them some rounded dimension.  There are dimensionals behind them to keep them popped up in the nest.

The sentiment (PSX) was outlined with Frantage Chips.  This is a new to me embellishment and very cool!  They are like pieces of chunky glitter, but rather than shiny, they are matte like tiny paint chips.  Mono-multi glue (green bottle) holds them in place perfectly!  I'm really pleased with how this card turned out!


Off to stamp some more!
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