Father's Day Cards with Travel Journal DSP

Here's a trio of Father's Day cards I made using the Travel Journal DSP and the All Holidays and Holiday Blitz stamp set.
I think these papers are perfect for masculine cards! For each one I stamped "Happy Father's Day" twice then cut out the "father's" sentiment in the second color. And on two cards I added the tie from Holiday Blitz.
I know my husband, my dad and my brother won't be checking out my blog today so I figured I'd be safe posting them.
Here's the recipe:
Stamps: All Holidays and Holiday Blitz
Papers: Whisper White, Kraft, Bashful Blue, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie and Travel Journal DSP
Inks: Bashful Blue, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: 3/4 inch circle punch, 1/4 inch Pumpkin Pie grosgrain, 1/2 inch striped Pumpkin Pie grosgrain, paper piecing tool, Stampin dimensionals

PPA#47 Summer Theme Challenge

Well what could be more summer-y than the bright colors in the Pink Flamingo DSP and flip flops?
This card is my take on PPA#47 here.
I started with a card stock base, of soon to retire, Summer Sun and layered a piece of Real Red. The patterned papers are from the also to retire, Pink Flamingo DSP. I ran a strip of Summer Sun thru the Scallop Edge punch and added some dots with a white gel pen. The flip flops from Holiday Blitz (also to retire) were stamped in Summer Sun, Tempting Turquoise and Real Red then punched out with the 3/4 inch circle punch and layered onto pieces punched from the 1 1/4 inch circle punch. I also popped them up with Stampin dimensionals. "Just for you" from Teeny Tiny Wishes was stamped in Real Red and punched out with the Word Window punch. Finally, a piece of 1/4 inch Tempting Turquoise grosgrain ribbon finishes it off.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Holiday Blitz and Teeny Tiny Wishes
Papers: Whisper White, Real Red, Summer Sun and Tempting Turquoise, Pink Flamingo DSP
Inks: Real Red, Summer Sun and Tempting Turquoise
Accessories: 3/4 inch and 1 1/4 inch circle punches, Word Window punch, Scallop edge punch, Stampin dimensionals, white gel pen, 1/4 inch Tempting Turquoise grosgrain

Stamping 411#155 Father's Day

This is my take on the Stamping 411 sketch #155 here.
I need a few Father's Day cards for this Sunday so I used the stamp from All Holidays and the little tie from the soon to retire set, Holiday Blitz. The DSP is Travel Journal DSP from the Summer Mini. I stamped the "Happy Father's Day" twice, once in Pumpkin Pie then again in Night of Navy and cut out the "Father's" portion and popped it up with a Stampin dimensional.
I stamped the tie in Pumpkin Pie and adhered that onto a 3/4 inch punched circle of Night of Navy.
A piece of 1/4 inch Pumpkin Pie grosgrain finishes of this simple and quick card.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: All Holidays and Holiday Blitz
Papers: Whisper white, Kraft, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie and Travel Journal DSP
Inks: Night of Navy and Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: 3/4 inch circle punch & 1/4 inch Pumpkin Pie grosgrain, Stampin Dimensionals

Double Duty Challenges

This quick card covers two challenges. First, the PPA#41 Inspiration Challenge here AND the Splitcoast sketch challenge #279 here.
The colors I thought of from the pictures were Bashful Blue, Crushed Curry and Ruby Red. So naturally, I grabbed The Write Stuff Specialty DSP. The base is Ruby Red with a piece of the DSP, then a piece of the Crushed Curry DSP and a piece of very retired Bashful Blue DSP. The die cut is also from The Write Stuff DSP and I stamped the flower images from Holiday Blitz in Bashful Blue, Ruby Red and Crushed Curry. Finally, I added "thinking of you" from Teeny Tiny Wishes which was punched out with the Word Window punch.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Holiday Blitz and Teeny Tiny Wishes
Papers: Whisper white, Bashful Blue, Crushed Curry, Ruby Red and The Write Stuff Specialty DSP
Inks: Bashful Blue, Crushed Curry and Ruby Red
Accessories: Word Window punch

PPA#33 Lucky

I made this St Patty's Day card for the PPA Challenge #33 here.

It's a color challenge and the colors are Garden Green, Certainly Celery and Kraft. So St. Patrick's Day naturally came to my mind. I started by running the Kraft base thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots impressions folder. I punched a strip of Garden Green with the Scallop Edge punch and added some White gel pen dots. I stamped the lucky image from Define Your Life in Garden Green and the shamrock image from Holiday Blitz in Garden Green too. I punched that out with the 1 inch circle punch and added a Stampin dimensional. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and that was stamped in Garden Green too then punched with the Word Window punch and layered onto a Garden Green piece punched with the Modern Label punch. Finally, a piece of Certainly Celery 1/4 inch grosgrain finishes it off!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Define Your Live, Holiday Blitz, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Whisper White, Kraft, Garden Green and Certainly Celery

Inks: Garden Green

Accessories: Scallop edge punch, word window and Modern Label punches, 1 inch circle punch, White gel pen, 1/4 inch Certainly Celery grosgrain, Stampin dimensionals, Perfect Polka dots impressions folder

Splitcoast Color and Sketch Challenges Birthday

This birthday card is for the Splitcoast Color Combination#257 here and the Splitcoast Sketch Challenge #266 here. You can earn this stamp set, Happy Moments, with a $50 order now thru March 31st. I also used the cupcake stamp from Holiday Blitz.

I colored two presents with blender pens and Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango and Sage Shadow Classic stampin' pads. The middle present was paper pieced by stamping Chocolate Chip on Sage Shadow card stock then cutting out the image. The papers are from To the Nines Specialty DSP and the ribbon is Kraft taffeta.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Happy Moments and Holiday Blitz

Papers: Whisper white, Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango, Sage Shadow, To the Nines Specialty DSP

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango, Sage Shadow

Accessories: Kraft taffeta ribbon, blender pen, 1 inch and 1 1/4 inch circle punches

Happy 15th Birthday Megan!

This birthday card & present are for my oldest daughter, Megan.

Today is her 15th birthday. She's a beautiful, funny, bright, caring, loving and talented young lady and we're grateful she's in our lives!

Now onto the card.

I was inspired by the wrapping paper for the colors and this PPA#17 sketch here. The present image from Holiday Blitz fits perfectly in the 1 1/4 inch square punch. Then I layered that with the 1 3/8 inch square punch. I used the Happy Birthday image from Teeny Tiny Wishes. The Close to Cocoa flowers are punched out with the Trio Flower punch and a I added a dot with the white gel pen. Some 1/4 inch whisper white grosgrain ribbon is tied around the Close to Cocoa Prints DSP(now on the Clearance Rack for $3.99).

Finally, a designer brad from the flower assortment and two buttons from the Sherbet Designer Buttons finish it off.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Holiday Blitz and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Whisper white, Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron and Close to Cocoa DSP

Inks: Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron

Accessories: 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch square punches, Trio Flower punch, 1/4 inch Whisper white grosgrain ribbon, Designer Sherbet Buttons, Designer Brads Flower Assortment, white gel pen

Splitcoast Sketch Challenge #248

I made this quick card for the Splitcoast Sketch Challenge #248 here.

I can't say enough how easy, yet inspirational these sketches are to complete. I used the Rose Red papers from the Thoroughly Modern DSP. Then the present stamp is from Holiday Blitz and the tag stamp is from Party Hearty. A little ribbon and viola!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Holiday Blitz and Party Hearty

Papers: Whisper white, Rose Red, Thoroughly Modern DSP

Inks: Rose Red

Accessories: 1/4 inch Whisper White grosgrain ribbon, 1 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch square punches, Small Tag and Tag punches, Stampin' dimensionals

Stamping 411 Pumpkin

I'm actually getting a card in for a sketch on time! I made this one for the Stamping 411 sketch here.

This Pumpkin Patch set is so cute. I used the Really Rust patterned papers from the Hostess Level 1 set. The little pumpkin is ifrom the Holiday Blitz set and I inked that up with Stampin' Write Markers. This came together really fast.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Pumpkin Patch, Holiday Blitz

Papers: Whisper white, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Really Rust Patterns pack DSP III

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Really Rust Ink pads and Stampin' Write markers

Accessories: 1 inch and 1 1/4 inch circle punches, word window punch, Modern label punch,Stampin' dimensionals

Playing with PPA #6!

Another good one over at PPA! I'm so happy I got to sneak downstairs to make this cute teacher thank you. Obviously I'm in the "back to school" mode and I immediately thought of The Write Stuff papers for this color challenge here at PPA!
The colors are Brocade Blue, Crushed Curry and Ruby Red.
The Holiday Blitz stamp set can be used for soooo many things and I thought the apple stamp would work well for the whole teacher thing. And the Spiral punch fits perfectly with my "back to school" theme. Pretty cute if I do say so myself!
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Holiday Blitz and Thank You Kindly
Papers: Whisper white, Brocade Blue, Crushed Curry and Ruby Red
Inks: Brocade Blue, Crushed Curry and Ruby Red Classic ink pads, Ruby Red, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip Stampin' write markers
Accessories: 1 inch and 1 1/4 inch circle punches, Spiral punch, scallop edge punch, 5/8 inch Brocade Blue grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' dimensionals

Flippin for new In Colors

I'm on a roll! I made this quick and cute card for a Splitcoast Sketch Challenge. See here.

This can be used for just about anything-a thank you, get well, thinking of you, birthday, etc.

It came together super fast using the 1 inch and 1 1/4 in circle punches. I popped up the sun with a Stampin Dimensional and added the darling, Crushed Curry polka dot grosgrain ribbon.

Here's the recipe:

Stamps: Holiday Blitz

Papers: Whisper white, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed curry, soft suede, Kraft

Inks: Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede

Accessories: 1 inch & 1 1/4 inch circle punch, Stampin' dimensionals, Crushed curry polka dot grosgrain ribbon