An Inspiration Challenge and Sketch and Retiring Products

Today's card is for PPA#45 Inspiration Challenge here,  Splitcoast sketch #283 here, and to showcase a few Stampin UP! products on the Last Chance lists and a returning In Color.
I started with a card stock base of Kraft (soon to be Crumb Cake) and ran that thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Details texturz plate. Tangerine Tango will be back in the new catty so I used that and some Old Olive Patterns Series DSP. I stamped the sold flower image in Tangerine Tango and used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the other image and stamped that in Basic Black. The row of flowers was stamped in Tangerine Tango too. "Happiness" from Warm Words was stamped in Old Olive. Finally, a piece of Black gingham ribbon that will retire was added to finish it off.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing and Warm Words
Papers: Whisper white, Kraft, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive Patterns Series DSP
Inks: Basic Black, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Black gingham ribbon, Perfect Details texturz plate

Stamping 411 Sketch#154 Loads of Love Birthday

Here's a birthday card for my dad that I did for Stamping 411 sketch #154 here.
I started with a card stock base of Old Olive, added a piece of DSP from the Old Olive Patterns DSP and a strip of Chocolate Chip which I pierced with the paper piercing tool. I stamped the truck and accessories in Chocolate Chip and colored them in with blender pens and Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Real Red stampin pads. I stamped the sentiment in Real Red and punched it out with the 1 1/4 inch circle punch and layered it onto a 1 3/8 inch circle punched from Real Red. Finally, a piece of 1 inch Chocolate Chip double-stitched grosgrain ribbon finishes it off.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Loads of Love and Loads of Love Accessories
Papers: Whisper white, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Real Red, Old Olive Patterns DSP
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Real Red  classic stampin pads
Accessories: 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 inch circle punches, paper piercing tool, 1 inch Chocolate Chip double-stitched grosgrain ribbon, Stampin dimensionals, blender pens

Mark the Date Birthday

The Mark the Date stamp set is going to retire June 30th. It's a great set for masculine cards, invitations, baby announcements, calendar pages and more. I used it here for my brother-in-law's birthday.
I started with a Crushed Curry textured card stock base. There's a strip of The Write Stuff Specialty DSP, Chocolate Chip card stock and Old Olive Patterns DSP. I stamped the calendar in Chocolate Chip and "May" is from the Full Calendar set and was stamped in Crushed Curry. "Happy Birthday" was stamped in Chocolate Chip on Old Olive card stock and punched with the My Way punch and popped up on Stampin Dimensionals.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Mark the Date and Full Calendar
Papers: Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Old Olive Patterns DSP, The Write Stuff Specialty DSP
Inks: Chocolate Chip and Crushed Curry
Accessories: My Way punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin dimensionals

Dusty Durango Vintage Label Birthday

You can never have enough birthday cards on hand so I made this one with the SAB set, Vintage Labels. I started by running the Dusty Durango base thru the Big Shot with the diamond texturz plate(from the Backgrounds 1 set). Then I used a piece of Old Olive Patterns DSP. I pierced some holes thru the strip of Soft Suede and added that to the bottom of the Old Olive piece. I stamped the label in Soft Suede on Whisper White, punched that out with the Curly Label punch and trimmed it down a bit. Then stamped Happy Bday in Old Olive.That was layered on a piece of Soft Suede, again punched with the Curly Label. Finally, a piece of 1/2 inch Dusty Durango polka-dot grosgrain was added and the label popped up on Stampin' dimensionals.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Vintage Labels

Papers: Whisper white, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede, Old Olive Patterns DSP

Inks: Old Olive and Soft Suede

Accessories: Curly Label punch, 1/2 inch Dusty Durango polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, paper piercing tool, Backgrounds 1 texturz plates, Stampin' dimensionals

Splitcoast Sketch #254 Make Merry

I "made merry" for the Splitcoast Sketch #254 here. I know I'm a broken record here but I just love these sketches because it's too easy to trace the exact measurements onto card stock then create a quick and easy card! I used some Old Olive Patterns Paper and some Christmas Cocoa Specialty paper with the Berry Christmas stamp set. I broke up the sentiment and used the Stamp-a-ma-jig for that and to put the bird in the wreath.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red, Old Olive, Old Olive Patterns, Christmas Cocoa Specialty

Inks: Real red and Old Olive

Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig

PPA#16 Christmas Cheer Patterned Pines

This one is for the PPA#16 Theme Challege: Christmas Cheer here. If this looks familiar it's because I CASEed it from the Holiday Mini on page 4. I did change it up a bit. I stamped one tree in Real Red and the other in Old Olive on Whisper White card stock then cut them out. I added a Real Red strip that was punched with the scallop edge punch. And the sentiment is from All Holidays. I'm loving the Sleigh Bells ribbon!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Patterned Pines and All Holidays

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red, Old Olive and Old Olive Patterns

Inks: Real Red and Old Olive

Accessories: Sleigh Bells ribbon, scallop edge punch

Splitcoast Sketch Challenge Pumpkin Hi

I made this Halloween card for the Splitcoast Sketch challenge #251 here. I need a few more Halloween cards and this one lent itself to using The More the Merrier stamp set. I also used the Old Olive Patterns papers and a Soft Suede piece from The Write Stuff Specialty Papers.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: The More the Merrier

Papers: Whisper White, Dusty Durango, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Old Olive Patterns, The Write Stuff Specialty

Inks: Dusty Durango, Old Olive, Soft Suede

Accessories: Word Window Punch, Modern Label punch, blender pens

Splitcoast Sketch #250 Christmas Cheer

I made this quick and easy card for the

Splitcoast Sketch #250 here. When I saw the squares I instantly thought of the postage stamp image from the Christmas Punch stamp set. I inked that up in Real Red, Old Olive and Soft Suede, punched it out with the 1 1/4 inch square punch and layered it with the 1 3/8 inch square punch in coordinating card stock. The Old Olive polka dot papers are from the Olive Patterns DSP and the Red and Suede papers are from the Christmas Cocoa Specialty Papers.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Christmas Punch

Papers: Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Old Olive Patterns DSP, Christmas Cocoa Specialty

Inks: Real Red, Old Olive and Soft Suede

Accessories: 1 1/4 inch square punch, 1 3/8 inch square punch, Stampin dimensionals

PPA #11 Color Challenge Pumpkin Card

I quickly whipped up this card for the PPA#11 Color Challenge here. The colors are Perfect Plum, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie. So of course I had to use the Pumpkin Patch stamp set. I ran the Perfect Plum paper thru the Big Shot with the diamond pattern from the Backgrounds 1 texturz plates. Then just stamped the sentiment in Old Olive, punched that out with the Large Oval punch and layered that on the Scallop Oval punch. A strip of 1/2 inch Pumpkin Pie striped grosgrain ribbon and it's done. I used the layout from this card. See what different stamps and papers can do!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Pumpkin Patch

Papers: Whisper white, Perfect plum, Old olive, Pumpkin pie, Old olive patterns dsp

Inks: Perfect plum, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Large Oval punch, Scallop Oval Punch, 1/2 inch striped Pumpkin Pie grosgrain ribbon, Stampin Up Backgrounds 1 texturz plates, Stampin dimensionals

Pals Paper Arts #10 Theme Challenge-Thanks

I made this one for the Pals Paper Arts #10 Theme Challenge of Gratitude and Thanks. I used the Falling Leaves set again because one of the leaves says "give thanks". And just because I love this set. I stamped the different leaves in Rich Razzleberry, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry and Soft Suede. Then I punched them out with the 1 1/4 inch square punch and layered each square on the coordinating color card stock that I punched out with the 1 3/8 inch square punch. I popped up the Soft Suede leaf that says "give thanks" with Stampin' dimensionals. I used a rectangle of Old Olive Patterns paper and layered that on a piece of Old Olive card stock, one end of which is scalloped with the Scallop Edge punch. A little Soft Suede polka dot grosgrain ribbon, a bit of white gel pen dots and that's it.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Falling Leaves

Papers: Whisper white, Rich Razzzleberry, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Old Olive and Old Olive Patterns DSP

Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede

Accessories: 1 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch square punches, Scallop edge punch, 1/2 inch polka-dot Soft Suede grosgrain ribbon,white gel pen, Stampin' dimensionals

Playing with Pumpkins

Now that September is almost over, I thought I'd kick it into Halloween mode. I actually put out my Halloween decorations in the house yesterday. For this card I used the Pumpkin Patch set. I also haven't used the Big Shot in a while so I got that out too. I ran Old Olive card stock thru the Big Shot with the diamond Texturz background plate. Then I ran a piece of Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White card stock thru with the Top Note die. I trimmed the Whisper White down a bit so the Pumpkin Pie would layer nicely. A strip of Old Olive Patterns Designer Series Papers ran thru the Top Note as well. And it's just my style to use a bit of ribbon and punches too. Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Pumpkin Patch

Papers: Whisper White, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive Patterns DSP

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive

Accessories: 1/4 inch Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, Large Oval and Scallop Oval punches, Top Note Die, Backgrounds #1 Texturz plates, Stampin' dimensionals