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 Calm Sea....

Hi Everyone!

Happy Monday!  I do hope you all had a fantastic weekend - I did.  Movie and dinner with some lovely friends on Friday, wine and a book on Saturday and crafting with a wonderful friend on Sunday night - I don't think it gets much better.

During crafting last night, I decided to get inspired by some fun and fantastic challenges - I know, I know, big surprise!!

Here are the challenges I will be playing along with:

1. Stampin' Celebration

I have been wanting to use the Adventure Awaits stamp set for some time now and the sketch from Stampin' Celebration this week was a great one that would be wonderful to showcase the stamps.  So very fun.

2. Color Throwdown

I loved this week's colours for the Color Throwdown.  I interpreted them to be Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake and Real Red and thought they would be perfect for a nautical themed card.

3. Just Us Girls

This week is word week over at Just Us Girls and the word is "masculine".  I thought it would be fun to add to my guy card stash and for once, create a card that wasn't a birthday card that screamed masculine.  I think the colour combination and nautical theme works here.

4. Stampin' Royalty

I love having a chance to try new techniques or ones that I don't use that often.  This week over at Stampin' Royalty the technique to be used is embossing.  I both wet embossed the stamped image on the Adventure Bound DSP stack and dry embossed on the Real Red accents.

Here is my card tonight:

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

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Adventure Bound DSP Stack, Maritime DSP
Stamp Sets: Adventure Awaits
Inks: Versamark
Tools/Techniques: Big Shot, Arrows Embossing Folder, Black Embossing Powder, Little Labels Framelits, Heat tool

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

What Makes You Happy?

Hi Everyone!

I recently bought the Hello Life stamp set from the Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalogue and one of the main reasons I wanted this set was for one of the sentiments - do more of what makes you happy - this is my mantra for 2015.  What makes you happy?  Crafting certainly is one of the things that makes me super happy.  I've been trying to find the perfect way to use this sentiment and I just couldn't wait any longer.

Here is my card:

I had some really great inspiration from a few challenges:

1. Paper Players

The Paper Players had a fun sketch this week and I decided to turn it on it's side - I hope that was ok!

2. Stampin' Celebration

The inspiration photo over at Stampin' Celebration was really nice and I knew right away that I wanted to use the beautiful heart paper out of the Stacked With Love DSP Stack from Stampin' Up!.

3. Fusion Card Challenge

This week I was inspired by the hearts in the inspiration picture from Fusion.  Of course, that gave me even more ammunition to use the gorgeous heart paper in my project.

I also want to take a moment to thank Julia over at Colour Me...! for choosing my project as one of the Honourable Mentions.  I really appreciate it!  You can see my card HERE.

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

Card Stock: Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Stacked With Love DSP Stack
Stamp Sets: Hello Life
Inks: Calypso Coral
Tools/Techniques: Square Framelits, Big Shot, Stampin Dimensionals

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

Sparkly Pines

Hi Everyone!

We are back this week with another fabulous sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I really think you should all head over and play along!  While there, you should also check out all of the fabulous creations of the rest of the Design Team - they are a pretty talented bunch!

Here is this week's sketch:

You know me, I took a few liberties with sketch...I hope Michelle doesn't mind!

I don't know if you all have had a chance to check out the fabulous technique and card that Cynthia Millan shared on her blog a few weeks back.  You can check out her technique video HERE.  I have been dying to try this technique using the Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder and to create my own version of Cynthia's card.  So here is my CASE of her card:

If you click on the third image, you can really see how fabulous the Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder is.  I simply took a Versamark ink pad and covered the entire white panel with it, covered it with the Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder and then used the heat tool.  And it turned out lovely.  The Early Espresso panel is embossed using the Woodgrain Embossing Folder which goes right along with the theme of this card, don't you think?  This is one of my most favourite cards I've made to date and was super fun to do.  Make sure you check out Cynthia's video above and try out this technique.

I will also be entering this card at the following challenges:

1. Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog

The theme for this week is HOLIDAY.  How fun!

2. Stampin' Celebration

Here is their inspiration photo for this week:

I really love all of the pine in these photos and knew my card would fit right in.  Isn't this a fantastic inspiration photo??

Finally, I'd like to take a moment to say thanks to the ladies over at Colour Me...! - my Subtle Thanks card I posted a couple of days ago was chosen by Julia for an honourable mention.  Yay!

Card Recipe:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Early Espresso

Stamp Sets: Ornamental Pine

Inks: Garden Green, Early Espresso, Versamark

Tools/Techniques: Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Sponging (using Early Espresso ink)

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

Steph