Stampin' Up! All Bundled Up & Rings of Love Card

 The Paper Players Sketch Challenge #PP606.

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card using Stampin' Up! All Bundled Up stamps, Ringed With Nature stamps along with Rings of Love DSP.

The images in the All Bundled Up stamp set are adorable!  I chose Crumb Cake cardstock for my card base and layered with Rings of Love DSP.

DSP was added on the envelope flap also.

Lots of fussy cutting for this card.  All the images were cut from DSP, the tree rings, mushrooms, leaves & butterfly.  The raccoon was stamped with Memento and colored using Basic Black, Parakeet Party, Sweet Sorbet & Smoky Slate.  He was also fussy cut and adhered with dimensionals.

I added Linen Thread behind the lower leaf and adhered with dimensionals.

For the sentiment I got out my sponge daubers and using three inks (Tahitian Tide, Crushed Curry & Mint Macaron) sponged directly onto the sentiment stamp before inking the cardstock.

A single Rustic Metallic Dot was added in the upper corner of the sentiment.

To create the background behind the Dots & Spots Die, I used blending brushes with the following inks (Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Mint Macaron & Tahitian Tide) on Basic White cardstock and blended the whole piece in strips.  I cut it the same size as the Basic White cardstock with the holes in it and adhered the two together.

The butterfly was only adhered in the center with liquid adhesive, leaving the wings with some dimension.

For the inside of my card, the first layer is DSP then layered with Basic White cardstock.  I stamped a portion of the raccoon with Memento ink.

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Stampin' Up! Blessings of Home Card

TGIF Challenge #383.

Is it possible to make a card without white cardstock?

I think it is possible.  But, being realistic, I wouldn't want to make all my cards this way because I love white cardstock!  Especially layering white cardstock!  It makes such an elegant card!

Anyhow, I hope you like my card.

I created this card using Stampin' Up! Blessing of Home stamps, Flowers of Home Dies & Awash in Beauty DSP.  A beautiful combination!

I used Merry Merlot as my card base and layered Awash in Beauty DSP.  All I had to do was cut the DSP and still have this beautiful, colorful floral background!

DSP was added on the envelope flap.  So pretty!

If you happen to have Stampin' Up! Awash in Beauty DSP, then you will know that on this particular page there is a white space between the flowers.  That is the white I used to stamp my image using Memento ink.

I used a circle from Stylish Shapes Dies to die cut the vellum.  The sentiment is one long stamp, so after stamping it in Merry Merlot ink, I trimmed it smaller and cut it into three pieces and adhered onto the vellum with dimensionals.

Linen Thread was wrapped around the top portion of the card several times and tied in a knot.

The stamped image was colored using Stampin' Blends - So Saffron, Balmy Blue, Polished Pink & Granny Apple Green.

Three Brushed Brass Butterflies were added below the Linen Thread.

The stamped image was adhered with liquid adhesive on the stem and dimensionals were adhered under the top portion.

Since this DSP is light enough, I didn't add white (I know, right), and just stamped the flowers directly onto the DSP.

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All Bundled Up Color Challenge Card

Just Add Ink #618 Color Challenge.

Here's the card I made using the Stampin' Up! All Bundled Up stamps along with Stylish Shapes Dies and the Timber 3D Embossing Folder.

Here are the colors:

And here's my card:

I absolutely love the All Bundled Up stamp set from Stampin' Up!  The images are the cutest!

I used Crumb Cake cardstock for my card base then layered with Pacific Point which was embossed using the Timber 3D embossing folder.  Next, I added a strip of Crumb Cake across the lower portion of the card with the sentiment stamped repeatedly.  The next layer is Old Olive and I did some stamping on this one.  The final layer is Crumb Cake, which was adhered with dimensionals.  I stamped the cute moose image with Crumb Cake ink and wrapped Linen Thread around the bottom a couple of times and tied in a knot.

The sentiment was stamped with Pacific Point ink and I used the Stylish Shapes Dies to die cut around the sentiment and adhered with liquid adhesive directly onto the image with one dimensional to stabilize the portion of the sentiment that overhangs the layers.

Pearl Basic Jewels were colored with Old Olive Stampin' Blends before adding onto my card.

For the envelope flap, I stamped the sentiment onto Crumb Cake cardstock to fill it up before adhering.

I kept the inside of my card simple, but adding another layer of Crumb Cake with the cute little singing bird stamped in Crumb Cake as well.

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Apple Harvest Book Fold Card

 The Paper Craft Crew #483, Vertical Sketch Challenge.  

Here's the book fold card I made for this weeks' challenge.

But first the sketch:

Here's my card using Stampin' Up! Apple Harvest Stamps & Dies along with Rings of Love DSP.

I chose this book fold card because it followed the sketch so well.

I chose Mint Macaron cardstock as my card base.  The next layer is Petal Pink cardstock, followed by the top layer using Rings of Love DSP.  This is such pretty paper!  If you don't already have this collection of DSP in your stash, you really should think about it.  Hopefully after seeing my card you will order this DSP!

Inside of the card is DSP layered with Basic White cardstock with a simple image stamped in Petal Pink in the lower corner.  There's still plenty of room to add a sentiment and/or keep it blank with even more room to write your message.

Here's what the card looks like standing up.

The image was stamped using Memento ink and colored with Stampin' Up! Stampin' Blends markers, Parakeet Party, Poppy Parade and #500 brown color, then adhered with dimensionals.

The sentiment was stamped using Memento ink and adhered over the image.

Iridescent Rhinestones added a pretty touch with just a little sparkle to my card.

The book fold portion was layered with Petal Pink cardstock, then the DSP which was die cut from a border in the Apple Blossom Dies.  Linen Thread was wrapped around the cardstock several times and tied in a bow.

DSP was used to cover the envelope flap as well.

Dimensions for this card (Please note that I added additional layers on my card).

Card Base: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, score at 3 1/4 & 4 1/4

DSP: 3/4 x5 1/4

DSP: 3 x 5 1/4

Inside card: 3 x 5 1/4

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Hues of Happiness Birthday Card

 Seize the Birthday Sketch #245.  Here's the card I made for this weeks' challenge.

Who doesn't need birthday cards?

I'm always needing birthday cards, and found this challenge a perfect way to get another card made, so I will always have some on hand to mail out.

I used Stampin' Up! Hues of Happiness DSP along with Charming Sentiments stamps & Dies and Wonderful World stamp set.

My card base is Granny Apple Green cardstock with several layers of Hues of Happiness DSP.

Using a scrap of DSP, I added it onto the envelope flap, because I'm not a fan of "naked" envelopes any longer!  I used to send my cards in plain envelopes, but after being with Stamin' Up! for several months, I really love to decorate my envelopes with stamps and DSP on the flaps.

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! Charming Sentiments, stamped with Granny Apple Green ink and die cut from Sentiment Silhouettes Dies.

For the embellishments, because a card isn't truly complete without embellishments, I added Glossy Dots Assortment.

The beautiful rose image is from Stampin' Up! Wonderful World stamp set, inked with Granny Apple Green.  I layered this onto DSP and adhered with dimensionals.

White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon was wrapped around the card and tied in a bow.

For inside the card, I stamped off once to create a lighter flower image, using Granny Apple Green on Basic White cardstock.

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Bottled Happiness Sending Cheer Card

Hello, hello again!

I've entered another challenge and this time it's for Color Throwdown #707. 

It usually takes me awhile to figure out which stamps to use and what to create, but this card came together surprisingly quickly... and I loved the final results.  I hope you do too!

Here are the colors:

And this is my card.  The colors they said were: Mustard, Navy Blue & Turquoise.

Pulling out my Stampin' Up! cardstock, I went with the closest colors which were: Tahitian Tide, Starry Sky (two of the newest Stampin' Up! In Colors) and Crushed Curry.

I chose Tahitian Tide as my card base and used Starry Sky cardstock as the first layer, which was die cut with the Dots & Spots Die.  The next two layers are Tahitian Tide again with Basic White as the final layer.  These last two layers were adhered with dimensionals.

Using Crushed Curry ink, I stamped the leaf image once with full-strength ink and then stamped again without re-inking the stamp.

Starry Sky ink was used for the jug image and Starry Sky Metallic Woven Ribbon was tied in a small bow and adhered onto the jug with a glue dot.  The sentiment was also stamped with Starry Sky, die cut using Stylish Shapes circle Die and adhered with dimensionals.

The floral image was stamped with Tahitian Tide and Crushed Curry inks.  The Pearl Basic Jewels were colored using Tahitian Tide Dark Stampin' Blends.

Basic White cardstock was used for inside my card with the same stamped image on the inside as on the front of the envelope.

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Elephant Parade Shaker Card

 Happy Saturday to you all!

Just a quick note to let you know that I have stepped down from being a demonstrator with Stampin' Up!... but only for a few months.  This was a decision I struggled with for a couple of months and finally just decided "to do it" and move forward.  By the new year, I plan to be back in full swing!

In the meantime, I will continue to participate in various online challenge sites using Stampin' Up! products to keep my blog active and hopefully gain a few more followers and/or subscribers.

This cute shaker card was created for Freshly Made Sketches #550.

This is the sketch to follow:

And here's what I created:

I love these bright colors from Stampin' Up! Celebrate Everything DSP.

I used Basic White cardstock as my card base, since there are enough colors going on in the DSP.

As you can see, all three layers were adhered with foam adhesive strips, since that is what I had to use for the shaker portion of the card.

The envelope flap was covered with this fun, bright DSP as well.

The images are from Elephant Parade stamps and Elephant Dies.  Such a super cute stamp set to play with!  After stamping the images with Memento ink, I grabbed my Stampin' Blends and began coloring!  I used Polished Pink for inside his ears, Gray Granite for the elephant, Granny Apple Green for the leaves and for the balloons I used Daffodil Delight, Pool Party & Polished Pink.

The sentiment was stamped with Polished Pink.

I chose a "calmer" DSP to adhere behind the sequins.  Those pretty sequins are For Everything Fancy, the pink collection.  I used one of the squares from Stylish Shaped Dies as the window for the sequins.  A window sheet was adhered directly behind the polka dotted DSP.  Foam adhesive strips were then added behind that, adding the sequins and then adhering it to the background DSP.

The elephant, sentiment and two of the balloons were adhered with liquid adhesive.  The Polished Pink balloon was raised up using a dimensional.

For inside the card I added a thin strip of DSP along the right and stamped the elephant image in the lower corner.

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