Is it Christmas already?!

Hi Everyone,

That's right, it's time for another awesome sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I encourage you all to swing by and check out the rest of the super talented design team creations once they are posted on Wednesday.  While you are there, why don't you take some time to play along with us!!  We would love to have you.

Here is this week's sketch:

I thought for this week's sketch I would get a head start on my Christmas cards, we all know that time is getting short and they need to get done!

And here is my creation:

Card Recipe:

Card stock: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Whisper White, Merry Moments DSP

Stamp sets: Wondrous Wreath

Inks: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler

Tools/Techniques; Big Shot, Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies

Thanks for dropping by,

Steph

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge # 123

Hi Everyone!

It's time again for an awesome sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I encourage you to swing by the blog and check out all of the awesome creations that the rest of the Design Team have created.  They will be posted on Wednesday.  While there, why don't you play along?  We'd love to have you!

Here is this week's sketch:

And here is my creation:

Card Recipe (all products used are Stampin' Up! Products unless otherwise indicated):

Card Stock: Old Olive, Watermelon Wonder, Very Vanilla, Pretty Petals DSP Stack

Stamp Sets: nil

Inks: nil

Tools/Techniques: Big Shot, Butterflies Thinlets 

Thanks for stopping by, I'm so glad you did!

Steph

Project Life!

Hi Everyone,

It's time for another fantastic sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week.  Please take the time to swing by the blog and check out the rest of the Design Team's fabulous creations.  While you are there, make sure you take a minute to play along with us.  We would love to have you!!

Here is this week's sketch:

I have been working on a special birthday project for a friend of mine - a Project Life album of a trip we took out west to the Rockies a couple of years ago.  This is my first time playing with PL stuff and I am absolutely in love.  It is so much fun and so easy to get your scrapbooking done in a more main stream way.  I will definitely be doing more of this!!

Here is my project for the week:

Card Recipe:

Card Stock: Night of Navy, Coastal Cabana (Retired), Real Red, Whisper White, Maritime DSP (Retired)
Stamp Sets:
Inks: Night of Navy, Blendabilities - Coastal Cabana & Cherry Cobbler
Tools/Techniques: 6x8 PL pocket pages, basic rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by, I'm so glad you did.
Steph

Hello Gingham!

Hi All,

It's time for another great sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!  Come by on a Wednesday to check out the rest of the Design Team's creations.  And, while you are there, why not play along?!?! We'd love to have you!

Here is this week's sketch:

And here is my creation;

Card Recipe ( all products used are Stampin' Up! Products unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Blackberry Bliss, Old Olive, Whisper White, Hello Honey, a Farmers Market DSP

Stamp Sers:  Six-Sided Sampler

Inks: Momento - Tuxedo Black

Tools/Techniques: Hexagon Punch, Candy Dots - Old Olive

Thanks for stopping by, I'm so glad you did!

Steph

Celebrate You!

Hi All,

I wanted to share another creation from my crafty weekend last weekend.  :)

I missed the deadline for CAS - Colors & Sketches but I did use their awesome colour challenge last week:

 I also used the sketch over at Stampin' Celebration:

And here is my creation:

Card Recipe (all products used are Stampin' Up! Products unless otherwise indicated):

Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Bohemian DSP

Stamp Sets: Endless Birthday Wishes, Gorgeous Grunge

Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake, Momentous - Tuxedo Black

Tools/Techniques: 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Candy Dots - Crumb Cake

Thanks for dropping by, I'm so glad you did!

Steph

A Fun Fold Card

Hi All,

I'm back again to share another card from my crafty weekend - this time it's a fun fold card - hope you like it!

I was inspired by a few challenges:

1. Create with Connie & Mary

What a super fun colour combo this week!

2. Brown Sugar

The challenge here was to use Red, White and Blue on your project.

3. Crafty Creations

The challenge here this week was also to use Red, White and/or Blue.

My creation:

Card Recipe (all products used are Stamping' Up! products unless otherwise stated):

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon, Whisper White, Brights DSP Stack - Real Red, In Colour DSP Stack - Lost Lagoon

Stamp Sets: For the New Two

Inks: Memento - Black Tuxedo, Lost Lagoon, Real Red

Tools/Techniques: 

Thanks for dropping by, I'm so glad you did!

Steph

Happy Lumberjack Birthday!

Hi All,

It's time for another great sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  Make sure you take the time to drop by and check out the rest if the fabulous Design Team creations on Wednesday.  While you are there, be sure to play along with us.

Here is this week's sketch:

I decided that I would also play along with the colour combination over at Pals Paper Arts - Night of Navy, Cucumber Crush and Watermelon Wonder.

Here is my creation:

Card Recipe (all products used are Stampin' Up! Products unless otherwise indicated):

Card Stock: Night of Navy, Cucumber Crush, Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White, Envelope Paper

Stamp Sets: Wood You Be Mine?

Inks: Watercolour Wander, Cucumber Crush, Memento - Black Tuxedo, Blendabilities - Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Skin Tone Assortment

Tools/Techniques: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, Rotary Trimmer, Linen Thread

Thanks for dropping by, I'm so glad you did!

Steph

A Crafty Weekend...

Hi All,

Another card from my fabulous crafty weekend!  There were 7 of us doing any number of crafts from cards to knitting to needlepoint to sewing to Scrapbooking - it's been lovely!!

As per normal, I decided to play along with a few challenges:

1. The Card Concept

I absolutely LOVED the colour combo and inspiration photo this week!  I chose to go with a Clean and Layered style.

2. Stampin Royalty

This week's theme is Flowers.

3. Try Stampin or Not on a Tuesday

Great sketch over at Try Stampin - or Not - on a Tuesday.

Here is my creation:

Card Recipe (all products used are Stampin' Up! Products unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Hello Honey, Basic Gray, Whisper White

Stamp Sets: Bloom With Hope, Butterfly Basics

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Basic Gray, Blendabilities - Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi

Tools/Tecniques: Big Shot, Butterflies Thinlets, Modern Label Punch, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for dropping by, I'm so glad you did!

Steph

Wedding Wishes

Hi All,

This weekend we are busy having a crafting weekend...we started last night and are going into Sunday evening.  So very much fun!!!  My living room has been transformed into "Craft Central"!

I don't often get time to craft these days but love it so much more when it's with great friends!!

I'd like to take a minute to thank the gals over at Create with Connie and Mary for choosing my Father's Day card as one of their top 3!  Thank you!!  You can check out that card here.

Today I decided to play along with a couple of challenges:

1. Colour Me...!

This week the color theme is Real Red and a neutral.  I decided to switch it up a bit and went with Cherry Cobbler as I really wanted to use the Cherry Cobbler embossing powder.  I'm sure the ladies won't mind...

2. Freshly Made Sketches

I really loved this week's sketch over at Freshly Made!

Here is my creation:

Card Recipe (all products used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Something Borrowed DSP

Stamp Sets: For The New Two

Inks: Versamark

Tools/Techniques: Embossing Powder - Cherry Cobbler, Heat Tool, Linen Thread.

Thanks for dropping by, I'm so glad you did!

Steph

Sending Wishes Your Way...

Hi Everyone!

It's time for another lovely sketch over at Atiantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I'm not sure about the rest of the Design Team, but this sketch really pushed me outside my comfort zone but I love the result!  Make sure you swing by the challenge blog on a Wednesday to check out the rest of the creations by the amazing Design Team,  while you are there, why don't you play along with us??

 

My card this week was made especially for my 80-something year old neighbour who fell last week and broke her hip.  So very sad.  But she is one feisty lady and I hope this little card helped to brighten her day just a little.

I decided that I would also play along in this week's colour challenge over at Colour Me...!  Such a gorgeous combination - Elegant Eggplabt, Old Olive and Coastal Cabana.  I, unfortunately, had to do some swaps so the colour combination that I actually used was Perfect Plum, Mossy Meadow and Lost Lagoon.  I know the girls won't mind...

Here is my creation:

 

Card Recipe (all products used are Stampin' Up! Products unless otherwise indicated):

Card Stock: Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Irresistibly Yours Specialty DSP

Stamp Sets: Perfect Pennants

Inks: Mossy Meadow

Tools/Techniques: Sponging, Satin Ribbon - Lost Lagoon, Note Tag Punch

Thanks for stopping by, I'm so glad you did!

Steph

More Butterflies!

Hi all!

Happy Saturday to you - hope you are enjoying this gorgeous weekend.

So this week there seemed to be a theme resonating throughout the challenge world - if it wasn't.Father's Day then it was butterflies.  So, I decided to combine a few challenges and make use of that butterfly theme.

1) Fusion

Fusion Challenge had a fantastic inspiration photo and sketch this week - I decided to combine both!

2) The Card Concept

Another butterfly theme and I chose to incorporate the Classy and Elegant approach.

3) Seize the Birthday

I was really inspired by my friend, Brenda's (www.ottawamom.com) card from the Design Team at STB.  So much so that I decided to incorporate many of the elements she used in her card.  Thanks for the inspiration Brenda!

This week's twist over at STB was "nothing but neutrals" - love it!

Here is my creation:

Soory my links aren't working...I'm using the Blogger app for iPad as I am away this weekend - will fix them when I get home tomorrow.

Card Recipe (all products used are Stampin' Up! Products unless otherwise indicated):

Card Stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Vellum, DSP Stack - Neutrals, Silver Glimmer Paper

Stamp Sets: Lovely Amazig You

Ink: Versamark

Tools/Tecniques: Butterfly Thinlets, Big Shot, Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Thanks for stopping by, so glad you did!

Steph

Happy Father's Day Dad!

Hi Everyone!

Tonight I am going out on a limb and hoping that my Dad doesn't look at this blog before Father's Day as tonight I am showcasing his card. :)

As always, I used a few challenges to gain inspiration:

1) Create with Connie and Mary

I really thought this week's sketch was really fun.  I wanted to bring a little something different to the sketch so I decided to use the "happy" as one of the layers.  I'm pretty sure the ladies won't mind.

2) The Friday Mashup


This week I chose to mash it up!

This week's Mashup Challenge is: 

• Create a project with the colors "Cajun Craze, Island Indigo and Garden Green"
• Create a project with a "Father's Day Theme"
• or Mash it Up! and Create a project with "The challenge colors and a Father's Day theme".

3) QKR Stampede Challenge

This a new challenge for me and this week's theme is Father's Day.

4) Just Us Girls

I love the look of the stacked "happy"

And here is my creation:

Card Recipe (all products used are Stampin' up! products unless otherwise indicated):

Card Stock: Tip Top Taupe, Cajun Craze, Island Indigo, Adventure Bound DSP Stack (Retired)

Stamp Set: Crazy About You

Inks: Island Indigo

Tools/Techniques: Hello Thinlets, Big Shot, Oval punches

Thanks for stopping by, I'm so glad you did!

Steph