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

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