Daily Archives: October 25, 2012

Tea Shoppe 2

I was asked to host a “Hope You Can Cling To” challenge on Splitcoaststampers and I would love if you would join me.  You can find the information about my challenge HERE.  For my challenge I decided to honor a friend of mine (and former downline) who lost her battle with cancer in August.  Although hers was not breast cancer, it was still extremely devastating.  Robin was the Post Mistress of a small post office close to my house.  I always went there to do all my swap mailings, we became friends then she joined my downline.  She was one of the nicest people you would ever meet.  She died at the age of 46.  So in honor of Robin, my challenge on SCS is “Let’s Lick This Thing”…using postage stamps, postage stamp punch on your cards.

For my second card I stepped things up just a bit.  I do LOVE this little flower image so decided to use it again.  The base of the card is Wisteria Wonder.  I took another piece of Wisteria Wonder and ran the bottom through the Delicate Designs embossing folder, layered on Whisper White, stamped Green in StazOn Jet Black, made a ‘bow’ (click on tutorial tab above to access my bow tutorial) using Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon and a purple rhinestone brad (retired), added an extra piece of ribbon then wrapped around pane then added to the card base.  I stamped the flower 4 times using StazOn Jet Black on Watercolor, colored with Elegant Eggplant and Lucky Limeade, punched with the 1″ Square Punch then layered onto Elegant Eggplant Postage Stamps.  These are added to the card front using dimensionals.

Set(s): Tea Shoppe
Paper: Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Watercolor paper
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Elegant Eggplant, Lucky Limeade
Other: 1″ Square Punch, Postage Punch, Delicate Designs Embossing Folder, Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, Ice Rhinestone Brads (retired), Dimensionals

 

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

 

Tea Shoppe 1

I was asked to host a “Hope You Can Cling To” challenge on Splitcoaststampers and I would love if you would join me.  You can find the information about my challenge HERE.  For my challenge I decided to honor a friend of mine (and former downline) who lost her battle with cancer in August.  Although hers was not breast cancer, it was still extremely devastating.  Robin was the Post Mistress of a small post office close to my house.  I always went there to do all my swap mailings, we became friends then she joined my downline.  She was one of the nicest people you would ever meet.  She died at the age of 46.  So in honor of Robin, my challenge on SCS is “Let’s Lick This Thing”…using postage stamps, postage stamp punch on your cards.

For my first card I decided to go very CAS.  The base of the card is Elegant Eggplant.  I took a piece of Whisper White and pierced a double heart on it, layered it onto a piece of Lucky Limeade then to my card front.  I stamped the pretty flower image using StazOn Jet Black on Watercolor paper, colored with Elegant Eggplant and Lucky Limeade markers, punched out with the 1” Square Punch, layered on an Elegant Eggplant Postage stamp punch then to the card front using dimensionals.  I stamped the greeting using StazOn Jet Black on Lucky Limeade, cut with the Bitty Banner Framelit then added to the card front using dimensionals.

So please, if you have time, join my challenge.  Once you make  card you then donate that card to a Breast Cancer site in Texas to brighten the day of a person fighting Breast Cancer.  “Let’s Lick This Thing”!

Set(s): Tea Shoppe
Paper: Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Lucky Limeade, Watercolor paper
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Elegant Eggplant, Lucky Limeade
Other: Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Bitty Banners Framelits, 1″ Square Punch, Postage Stamp Punch, Dimensionals

 

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

Snow Much Fun

Welcome to another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge!  Don’t you just LOVE ‘EM?  WE DO!!!  Anyway this week we have a fun color challenge:  Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade.  I decided to ‘challenge’ myself some and use these colors with a ‘winter’ image.  Now just because this little dude is a snowman doesn’t mean it HAS to be Christmas!  LOL!!!

This is a very simple card.  The base of the card is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Whisper White (folded).  I added three piece of dotted dsp – one in each of the challenge colors.  Next I took some Basic Grey Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon an tied it around the card.  I cut out a window frame in Whisper White and pierced around the edges.  This is added to the card front using dimensionals.  I stamped the snowman using StazOn Jet Black on Watercolor, colored with markers, cut out (yes, I am NUTS enough to cut this little dude out!) then added to the card front using dimensionals.  I stamped the greeting using the StazOn Jet Black on Daffodil Delight, cut out with the Bitty Banner Framelit and added to the card front using dimensionals.  It’s tough to see in the paper but I added some Dazzling details to the snowman and then also did random dots of this on the dotted paper for just a little bling!

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Set(s): Snow Much Fun
Paper: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Brights dsp paper pack, Incolor dsp paper Pack, Watercolor paper
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade
Other: Windows Framelits, Dazzling Details, Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Bitty Banners Framelits, Basic Grey Stitched Ribbon, Dimensionals

 

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!