CAS109

Today’s CAS challenge at SCS is “Tickle Your Funny Bone”.  I have to admit that funny stamps do not make up much of my stamp collection!  Thanks to Mary, I did stamp this cute little image from the Morning Cup set on Saturday while stamping with some blogging friends from my area.  (You can see lots of photos at Carol’s blog because she is much more conscientious than I am about taking pictures!!!)  So here it is:

Trying to remember that this IS a CAS challenge, I resisted adding anything but a little ruffle of seam binding peeking out from around the edge of my oval image.  I already had the piece of Marrakesh DP cut to size, so I just added a piece of Pumpkin Pie Patterns DP to a 4 1/4” square card and it was done.  The image was stamped in Stazon and watercolored with several different ink colors.

Okay, on Saturday, I did have someone take ONE picture of my friends Carol (on the left), me, and Cathy (on the right—she’s CathyMac on SCS):

We had a wonderful time, and Denise and Korin did a superb job coordinating everything!  Can’t wait to do it again!  And thanks so much for visiting today!

Paper Players – Spring has Sprung!

Happy Sunday! I know here in PA, it doesn’t look much like a sunny spring day today---rain, rain----but hopefully if you check out the Paper Players blog, where I am hostess, you’ll be cheered with the plethora of spring projects there, because our challenge this week is “Spring has Sprung!”

For my project today, I made a little Easter basket:

It is filled with some yummy candies as well as a little bag of “card candy” gleaned from my leftover bits & pieces that didn’t make it onto a card or project! I collect them all, bag them up & give them to my club hostesses for a fun little goody! Here’s another one, partially decorated and waiting to be filled:

I put together a very loose & quick tutorial—they’re easily made and the inside “basket” can be made wider if you have more goodies to add. I did these photos rather quickly, so bear with me!

You’ll need one sheet of cardstock, the Square Lattice embossing folder, the Frame Scallop Oval Bigz Die from Stampin’ Up!, and strong adhesive, as well as whatever stamps and accessories you choose for embellishments. Here we go:

Cut out two ovals and scallops from your cardstock. You’ll only need one of the scallop frames, so you can use the other for another project.

Cut the scallop frame in half to make two handles. Emboss the two ovals using the Square Lattice EF. On each oval, cut 3/4” from one of the longer sides of the oval so that it now measures 2” across.

Attach the handles to the back inside of the rounded part of the basket with your choice of strong adhesive.

To make the bottom & sides that fit inside of the basket, cut a piece of cardstock 5 1/2” x 2 1/8”. Score 5/8” along the long sides and 1 1/4” on the short sides. Fold & score on the fold lines; snip the short vertical scores along the long edges up to the horizontal score line.

Fold the sides up and adhere to make the box shape. (Make them the same on each side, not different like I have here!!)

Glue each of the outside baskets & handles to either side of the box, making sure the bottom edges are flush and they are centered on the sides. I like to use Tombow glue and secure with some clothespins.

Your basket is now finished and can be decorated as desired. Again, I apologize for the poor photos---this was a real quickie job! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me!!!

On the Pretty in Pink basket, I used the egg image & sentiment from Easter Blossoms; the eggs were stamped in Versamark, then Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi and Regal Rose and heat embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder. (You can find another project & a few more details about this technique here.) The tag is from the Lots of Tags diecut; ribbon is Pretty in Pink wide satin. The Peach Parfait basket uses the Fun Flowers Bigz diecut in Peach Parfait and Daffodil Delight Patterns DP. I hope that you’ll try to make a couple of these for your spring decorations as well! Share them with us at the Paper Players so we all can delight in them! Thanks for visiting today!

JUGS74

I haven’t played with my Sew Suite set nearly enough, and when I saw Kristin’s sketch for the JUGS challenge this week, I thought it would be fun to put the two together.  Here’s the sketch:

and here’s the card:

I was also able to use one of the cute little sayings from You’re a Gem; it’s stamped on a piece of DP from the Sweet Stitches series:

This paper is just too cute! 

I am off to stamp today with some of my blogging friends!  I can’t wait to see Korin, Carol, Denise, Jen, and Cathy, as well as many others!!!  Hopefully I will actually get some stamping done…..instead of socializing as I usually do!   Enjoy your day!

• Stamps:  Sew Suite, You’re A Gem
• Paper:  Marina Mist, So Saffron, Early Espresso, Bashful Blue, Sweet Stitches DP
• Ink:  Chocolate Chip
• Acc:  Perfect Polka Dots EF, Twill, Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Corner Rounder, Buttons, Dimensionals, Needle & Thread

A Silly Little Card

I saw a couple of challenges yesterday, and I knew I had to put to paper an idea I had kicking around in my head.  It’s a little silly, but it was fun to make!  I do not send out St Patrick’s Day cards----no Irish in my family—but it’s always good to have a sample in my stash just in case someone is looking for one!  So let me show you the card first, then I’ll clue you in on the challenges:

The first challenge is Stampin’ Royalty’s color challenge:

the second is The Paper Variety’s “Let’s See Your Green”:

and the third is Stampin’ Celebration’s “A Little Bit of Luck”:

The card is pretty straight-forward; I made the hat with the tab punch, using half of the punch to punch out a Wild Wasabi piece, then punching it again to make a smaller piece.  I colored the branch punchouts with a Chocolate Chip marker for the bark; everything else is from the Owl Punch.  Again, it’s a fun little card---and that’s what St. Pat’s is all about, right?  Thanks for visiting today!

• Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes, Punch Bunch
• Paper:  Sahara Sand, WW, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Woodland Walk DP
• Ink:  Garden Green
• Acc:  Bird Punch, Owl Punch, Modern Label Punch, Tab Punch, Pearls, Choc Chip marker

Kraft Kris Kringle

I am still trying to keep up with my weekly Christmas card!  This week I used an older PTI image stamped on Crumb Cake and colored with Copics:

This also qualifies for The Kraft Journal’s Cute as a Button challenge.  I stamped this at about 3 am this morning—I’ve got to remember that sinus medication keeps me awake!!!Thanks for visiting today!  Oh, and here’s a little cuteness for you:

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• Stamps:  Believe, PTI; Leaves Backgrounder, CHF
• Paper:  Crumb Cake, Mellow Moss, Bravo Burgundy, Melissa Frances DP
• Ink:  Memento Black, Bravo Burgundy, Craft White, Crumb Cake
• Acc:  Copics, Nesties, Twill, Buttons, Needle & Thread, Daubers

CTD131

Happy Wednesday to everyone!  It’s Color Throwdown day and today, I am the hostess!!!  I chose a soft palette for you to play with—maybe to make some spring creations, perhaps?  Here you go:

I hope you will play along with us….you can find out all the details at the CTD blog; if you don’t have these exact colors, you can still play, just use something close! 

I had something totally different in mind when I first chose these colors, but I saw this sketch from Card Patterns:

and I had just received Tiny Tags, so I thought I would combine the two:

Pink Pirouette is such a pretty color, but it is very pale, so it’s a bit difficult to see.  Here’s a closer peek at all the elements:

I also used  flourishes from Lovely Letters and Style Beautiful, as well as heart punches, a button die and a butterfly embosslit!  The Baja Breeze seam binding added just a sweet little touch. 

I hope you can play along too; here are the other CTD designers’ sites for additional inspiration:

• Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
• Tammy - Stamp Happy
• Barbara - Paper Pursuits
• Danielle – Wild Dragonfly Designs
• Laura --Lil’Inker
• Kristen – Mindless Creativity
• Cathy – Crafty Thoughts
• Guest designer, Keva Brown – HowNowBrownKow

Thanks for visiting today!  And remember, you can still participate in Tammy’s Birthday Blog Hop….you can find out details here.

• Stamps:  Tiny Tags, Style Beautiful, Lovely Letters
• Ink:  Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze
• Paper:  Textured WW, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
• Acc:  3-Heart & Small Heart Punches; Beautiful Wings Embosslit; Button Die; SAMJ, Seam Binding, Twill, Pearls, Daubers, Needle & Thread

Birthday Blog Hop, PPA82 & CQC74!!

Woohoo! Lots going on today in our little corner of blogland! First, it’s ColourQ time, and here is Arielle’s inspiration for you all to peruse:

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Aren’t these colors fun? They were just right for a special card for a special someone whose birthday just happens to be TODAY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAMMY!!!!! And to celebrate, we’re having a BLOG HOP to honor Tammy! We hope you’ll follow along and play with us too---and if you can use the CQC colors, that’s even better! Tammy is such an awesome crafter—she has a heart of gold, is a great encourager and her creativity knows no bounds! She is always quick to get things organized and is a great Christian wife, mom and friend. Love ya, GF!

So first, let me give you a couple of details about the hop! It starts at Barbara’s blog here. That’s where you’ll head if you want to start at the very beginning, or if you want to see all the participants! From my blog, you’ll want to hop next to visit Kristin! All along the way, you’ll see amazing creations all created for our friend Tammy. So we hope you’ll show her some love too. If you want to mail her your card, just let me or Bar know and we can give you her snail mail address! So on to the hop! Here’s the card I’m sending to Tammy:

I used a digi image and sentiment from Arielle and did some paper piecing with various BG and SU papers:

I have lots of scallops on my card, which qualifies it for the Pals Paper Arts Challenge 82 as well! A couple of buttons and some crinkly ribbon, along with a my “friend” sentiment from SU’s You’re A Gem finished it off. Another quilt-themed sentiment from Arielle graces the inside:

Hope you can follow along on our special birthday blog hop as well as play along with the ColourQ designers today!

• Stamps: Digi, You’re A Gem
• Paper: WW, Bordering Blue, Pear Pizzazz, Tangerine Tango & Pear Pizzazz Patterns DP
• Ink: Stazon
• Acc: Buttons, Nesties, Seam Binding, Scallop Border Punch, Small Oval Punch, Thread