Masculine Moose

 Second post for today...playing catch up!   Several friends and I are doing informal challenges to keep our stamping spark lit, and last week I picked a masculine themed card challenge...no other requirements.  I made this one for OWH, thinking of a service member who might want to send a birthday card to a father, brother, or male friend and might not choose flowers or butterflies! 

  I did go to Dynamic Duos  for color inspiration, which was Crumb Cake and one other color of your choice.   Am I bad for associating Early Espresso (brown/dirt) with males?  It's true though.   So, on a crumb cake (kraft) base, I layered the embossed leaf dirt, I mean, Early Espresso panel, then the sponged moose image and the sentiment, hoping the banner edge lent to the birthday theme.

  My girls'  masculine cards:

Julie

Beverly

Becki

Carrie...hope you'll join us next time...I know you're stamping!  :)

Thanks for looking!

Lisa

Peachy Keen

  Peach Parfait is not typically the color I reach for (um, that would be PINK!), but it worked for me here.  Based on Freshly Made Sketches #40, I started with an ivory base (Gina K pure luxury cardstock), SU Sunny Garden designer paper matted in Peach Parfait and wrapped with a Certainly Celery ribbon.  Then I used Nestabilities dies (oval and lacey oval) for the focal image, stamped with Gina K's One in a Million and Petals and Wings (sentiment) stamps.  Instead of putting the sentiment on the banners (SU Bitty Banners) in the lower left, I put a butterfly from the SU butterfly embosslit and embellished with ivory pearls.

  This is the sketch:

  

And, I have to say, while I don't really leave a lot of comments on blogs or expect comments on mine,when the gals from Freshly Made Sketches left comments on my last cards,  it did make me smile!     A very nice group to play along with!   Thanks, Ladies!

Lisa

CAS Birthday

Good Monday Morning!    It's a particularly good Monday, in spite of the gloomy skies and possible rain, as I am on vacation for 2 weeks!   Yay!    And, since mojo has returned, it may just be a very stampy vacation. (after graduation)    This card was inspired by both the FTL193 and Color Q Challenge #139.

Stamps: SU Apple Blossoms, PTI Think Big Favorites #7
Ink/Cardstock: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Rich Razzleberry (omitted Crumb Cake)
Misc: Cuttlebug Flower Dies #1, small flower punch, pearls

Thanks for looking!  :)
Lisa

Faux Pressed Flowers

TGIF for some of you! It's my weekend to work though, so kinda like a Monday for me...LOL. Anyway, I am so excited about this new technique! If you use your prima flowers, it's called Faux Pressed Flowers, but if you use punched or die cut pieces (like the leaves), it's called Embedded Image. And it's SO easy! Just arrange the pieces, glue them down and use an embossing folder to get this look! I used the Square Lattice folder from Stampin' Up, but it would be interesting to try some other ones. I love new techniques that are easy!

Thanks for looking!


Stamps: SU Fabulous Phrases (card 1), SU Curly Cute (card 2)
Ink: SU Melon Mambo
Cardstock: vanilla, pear pizzazz, garden green, pretty in pink (card 1); melon mambo, pretty in pink, pear pizzazz, garden green (card 2)
Etc.: flowers, embossing folder, punches, ribbon, pearls

Verve Sketch Week 3

Happy Birthday, Carrie! Hope you have a wonderful day!

This card was inspired by both the Verve sketch and by the SCS Techniques Lovers Challenge(TLC)...Silhouettes. I stamped the image and sentiment with versamark on the DP and embossed it with white embossing powder. With the subtle look of this DP, I'm happy with it, but for a bolder image, I might try Craft white and white ep next time.

Have a good day!


Stamps: SU Watercolor Trio
Ink: Versamark
Paper: White, Bordering Blue, Pink Pirouette, Bella Bird DP
Etc: white taffeta ribbon, butterfly punch, pearl

Guess who got new toys?!!

Hi!

A very simple and quick card today for a couple of challenges on SCS. One was to use butterflies...check, and one was to find inspiration from a fingernail design site....check! Here is a link to the site...my nail was #0267

Now, as for new toys, I just picked up the butterfly stamp at JoAnn's...on sale, yay! And the same day my new Nestabilities dies arrived...I just LOVE this lacey circle die! I have been on a craft spending freeze for awhile now, but I got a check from doing jury duty (thank goodness I wasn't selected for the trial...a murder case expected to last for 4 months. That would've been interesting, but really difficult too.), so I spent it on one of my favorite supplies. Sigh..new dies are coming out too...one is a lattice rectangle that is just beautiful! Do you have a favorite Nestabilities die?

Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Inkadinkado, PTI Butterfly set (Butterfly Kisses?)...sentiment
Ink: SU Night of Navy
Paper: SU Crumb Cake & Night of Navy
Etc.: Lacey Circle & Circle Nestabilities, Sakura Stardust pen, prismacolor pencil, and my faithful Stampamajig

Flowers & Flutterbys

Wow...this week's color challenge on SCS was "Pretty Cherry Melon!" I was excited about the pinks, but cherry cobbler? That was hard. Had to think about it for a couple of days, then finally was able to combine it with the sketch challenge and come up with this. Then I stamped the sentiment crooked....hate it when that happens! LOL Thank goodness for that word window punch...almost like I intended to use it there. :) TFL!

Stamps: Inkadinkado (image), SU Fabulous Phrases (sentiment)
Ink: SU Cherry Cobbler, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink
Paper: SU Cherry Cobbler, PIP, white, Afternoon Tea and Razzleberry Lemonade DP
Etc.: SU Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, SU word window punch, nestabilities dies, pearls

Inspired by Beverly!

My pen pal, Beverly, suggested a card-a-day challenge on Facebook, and on one of her lovely cards she'd used this Square Lattice embossing folder, which I love but had neglected (ok, never used). So, her card inspired me to use that folder! This was also made for the Ways to Use It challenge on SCS...to use twine. I just tied it in a simple bow and stuck it on with a glue dot. The coloring was done with Prismacolor pencils...omg, they really are easy to use on kraft/crumb cake cardstock! Thanks for looking...have a good day!

Stamps: TAC Spring Flowers, SU On Your Birthday
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia
Paper: SU Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight
Etc: Twine, Fiskars border punch, Spellbinders die, embossing folder

Becki's Flower

Last year my friend Becki sent me some gorgeous handmade flowers, and I finally used one on this card, based on FTL 95. The flower is even prettier in real life...pink and dk pink/red variegated. Thank you, Becki! :)

Stamps: SU Well Scripted
Ink: SU Cherry Cobbler
Paper, SU Cherry Cobbler, black, white
Etc.: Becki's flower, pearl, eyelet border punch, sheer dotted ribbon

More Sunny Garden

A bright, happy card with a wayward bow! Another case from FS204, as seen on SCS...http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/featured-stamper-f132/fs204-happy-2011-mama-t516124.html Thanks for visiting...I don't really know what else to say....lol

Stamps: SU Perfect Pairs (ret.)
Ink: SU Poppy Parade (PP)
Paper: SU PP, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil, Delight, Sunny Garden DP
Etc: Eyelet border punch, spellbinders dies, butterfly die, ribbon, embossing folder

Raspberry Fizz

Another card inspired by the FS challenge, which can be viewed here..http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/featured-stamper-f132/fs204-happy-2011-mama-t516124.html Her card is beautifully subtle, so I chose the bolder Raspberry Fizz by Paptertrey Ink and Wild Wasabi by SU. Matching embellishments make me so happy!
Thanks for visiting! :)

Stamps: Papertrey Everyday Button Bits, SU Occasional Quotes
Ink: SU Wild Wasabi (WW), Papertrey Rasp. Fizz (RF)
Paper: WW, RF, RF DP
Etc: RF buttons and ribbon, embossing folder, rhinestones, Spellbinders dies

Sunny Garden

This is a case'd card from the Featured Stamper (FS) challenge on SCS, FS204 to be exact. I love the SU Sunny Garden DP, and had hesitated to cut it up until now. This layout allowed me to use quite a few of the patterns, and sometimes I really like a card that has a sentiment as the focal image. The sun came out today, and it's supposed to be sunny all week. I'm sure that had something to do with choosing these colors! Thanks for looking!

Stamps: Hero Arts sentiment
Ink: SU Peach Parfait
Paper: SU Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Sunny Garden DP
Etc.: SU flower punch, clear button w/ poppy circle, pearls, butterfly die

SC313/ I love Sugar Rush!

Basic Grey's Sugar Rush DP is just so pretty! I didn't want to cut it, but it definitely feels better to use it rather than "saving" it! Know what I mean?

This is for the weekly sketch challenge (SC) on SCS

Stamps: SU Curly Cute
Paper: SU Basic Gray, Basic Grey Sugar Rush
Ink: SU Basic Gray
Etc: Sizzix butterfly die and matching embossing folder, pearls, pop dots

Thanks for looking!

CC303 Old Navy Delight

Inspired by the SCS color challenge and also by a sketch in Papercrafts Go To Sketches, here are a couple of cards using Old Olive, Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight. The "dessert option" was to use brads or buttons.

Stamp: SU Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Night of Navy
Paper: SU White, Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight cardstock, SU DP Fall Flowers (olive) and Sunny Garden (daffodil), and Basic Grey June Bug (blue)
Etc: SU Elegant Lines embossing folder, Simple Flower embosslit die, Little Leaves Sizzlit die, flowers, felt brad, button

Thanks for looking!

One for the birthday stash..

Good Morning! A little quickie today, based on FTL 121. Getting a few birthday cards in the stash...maybe I'll even mail them! LOL!

Stamps: SU Funky Four, PTI Everyday Button Bits (sentiment)
Ink: SU Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette, Orchid Opulence
Paper: SU Orchid Opulence, White, Basic Grey Sugar Rush DP
Etc.: SU border punch, circle and scalloped circle punches, and a sparkly brad

Wild & Crafty Chocolates

I made this card for the CAS Challenge on SCS, a color challenge, using the colors Wild Wasabi, Kraft, Chocolate Chip and White. No matter what I tried, those circle layers were crooked....so be it! LOL The butterfly stamp matches the butterflies in the DP, which is kinda neat.

Stamps: SU Live Your Dream, PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Paper: Kraft (aka Crumb Cake), Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, White, and Afternoon Tea DP
Ink: Versamark, Choc. Chip
Etc: White embossing powder, punches, piercing tool & brass template, pearl