A Masculine Big Day Birthday

Hi All,

Hope you are all doing well.  I am back today with a Guest Designer post for Sunday Stamps.  I have had a lot of fun with these ladies - thanks so much Holly for letting me spend the month with you all!

This week is a super fun colour combination - Soft Sky, Basic Grey, Smoky Slate and Very Vanilla.  I was inspired by the inspiration photo as well - it screams birthday (and baby but I'm going with birthday on this one!) to me!  I encourage you all to head over to Sunday Stamps to check out the rest of the fabulous DT creations and of course, play along!!

Here is my creation:

I will be entering this card in a couple of other challenges as well:

1. Seize the Birthday

I have decided not to use the "toppings" options this week and to play along with the "Anything Goes" portion of the challenge.

2. Addicted to Stamps

It is also an "Anything Goes" week over at Addicted to Stamps.  :)

I'm so glad to be adding to my birthday card stash - it is so needed!!  Especially masculine ones.

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

Card Stock:  Soft Sky, Basic Grey, Very Vanilla

Stamp Sets: Big Day

Inks: Soft Sky, Basic Grey, Smoky Slate

Tools/Techniques: Chalk Talk Framelits, Big Shot, 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Soft Sky, Neutrals Candy Dots - Basic Grey

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

Steph

Hello Love!

Hi Everyone!

Hope you are all doing well and enjoyed a lovely weekend.

It's once again time for another fabulous sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  As always, I encourage you to not only come play along with us but to also check out all of the wonderful creations by our very talented Design Team.  These will be posted to the AHSC blog tomorrow.

Here is this week's fantastic sketch:

And here is my card:

I will also be linking up this creation to the following challenges:

1. Addicted to Stamps and More

This week's photo inspiration is a fun one - I love the colours.

2. Inkspirational

This week the theme is to use Rose Colours - I have recently discovered that Rose Red is one of my new favourites and had to use it on my card.

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

Card Stock: Blushing Bride, Rose Red, Whisper White

Stamp Sets: Sheltering Tree, Really Good Greetings

Inks: Early Espresso, Blushing Bride, Rose Red

Tools/Techniques: Modern Label Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thanks for dropping by, I"m so glad you did.

Steph

Exciting News - Guest Designer Spot!

Hi Everyone!

I have some super exciting news today - I will be the Guest Designer over at Sunday Stamps for the month of February!  I am so happy and excited to get to hang out with these ladies and be inspired by their awesome talent.  Thanks to Holly for having me. :)

I encourage you all to head over to the Sunday Stamps blog to check out the awesome design team and to play along.  This is such a fun challenge blog.

This week is a sketch week and it was challenging for me...

In the end, I decided to use washi tape which is fairly unusual for me.  And, I decided that I really wanted to use Blendabilities and one of the most beautiful stamp sets in Stampin' Up!'s Annual Catalogue - Blended Bloom.

Here is my creation:

In order to create my card, I was also inspired by some other challenges:

1. Addicted to Stamps and More

This week is the theme is CAS (Clean and Simple) over at ATSM - it is definitely one of my favourite type of challenges/

2. Seize The Birthday

I love this challenge.  It's been a while since I've played so it's time!  This week is an "Anything Goes" week.

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

Card Stock: Basic Black, Whisper White
Stamp Sets: Blended Bloom, Bloom With Hope
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities
Tools/Techniques: Stacked With Love Designer Washi Tape, 1/8" Ribbon - Silver

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