Splitcoast Color Challenge

This Christmas card uses the Splitcoast Color Challenge#403 here. The colors to use are Real Red, Gumball Green and Basic Gray. Pennant Parade is the stamp set and there's some Gumball Green In-Color DSP.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Pennant Parade
Papers: Whisper White, Gumball Green, Real Red, Basic Gray, '12-'14 In-Color DSP Stack, Red Glimmer paper
Inks: Real Red, Basic Gray and Gumball Green

Accessories: 1 3/4 inch Circle punch, Circles#2 Big Shot Die, 2 3/8 inch Scallop Circle punch, Holiday Collection Framelits, Scallop Edge Border punch, White gel pen, Word Window punch, Basic Rhinestones Jewels, Stampin' dimensionals, 1/4 inch Basic Gray Stitched grosgrain ribbon, 3/8 inch Basic Gray Glimmer brad

FabFriday Sketch Card

This super quick card came together thanks to the FabFriday Sketch#7 here. I used the Scentsational Season and coordinating Holiday Collection Framelits Dies. And more of the ever-so-versatile Festival of Prints DSP.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Scentsational Season and Snow Swirled
Papers: Very Vanilla, Island Indigo, Early Espresso and Festival of Prints DSP
Inks: Early Espresso and Island Indigo
Accessories: Holiday Collection Framelits dies, 3/8 inch Island Indigo ruffled ribbon, Stampin' dimensionals, Basic Rhinestone jewels

Clean & Simple Christmas

Here's a quick Christmas card for the Clean & Simple Stamping FTL#218 here. The stamp sets are Mixed Medley and Embellished Events. And of course some more of the awesome Festival of Prints DSP.

Stamps: Mixed Medley & Embellished Events
Papers: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, Festival of Prints DSP
Inks: Cherry Cobbler & Lucky Limeade
Accessories: 1 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch Circle punches, 1/2 inch Cherry Cobbler Scallop Dotted ribbon, Stampin' dimensionals

MojoMonday Sketch Card

This is my take on the MojoMonday Sketch#269 here. I used the Bold Snowflake single stamp and Teeny Tiny Wishes along with some Festival of Prints DSP.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Bold Snowflake and Teeny Tiny Wishes
Papers: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Festival of Prints DSP
Inks: Versamark and Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Word Window punch,  Blossom punch, Basics Glimmer Brad, Stampin' dimensional, 2 1/2 inch Circle punch, Paper-piercing tool, Essentials Paper-piercing pack, Cherry Cobbler embossing powder, Heat gun

Clean & Simple Thanks

This thank you uses the Clean & Simple FTL#217 here. The stamp sets are Perfect Punches and Printed Petals with some Primrose Petals DSP.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Printed Petals and Perfect Punches
Papers: Whisper White, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, '12-'14 In-Colors DSP Stack, Crumb Cake
Inks: Primrose Petals and Summer Starfruit
Accessories: Itty Bitty Shapes punches pack, Scallop Oval punch, Scallop Edge Border punch, White Gel pen, Silver mini brads, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Stampin' dimensionals, 3/8 inch Summer Starfruit Stitched satin ribbon

Christmas Card for a PPA Sketch

For this Christmas card I used the PPA Sketch#147 here.  I used the Merry & Type and Mixed Medley stamp sets with some Festival of Prints DSP. And lotsa punches-see below!

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Merry & Type and Mixed Medley
Papers: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Bashful Blue, Festival of Prints DSP
Inks: Cherry Cobbler and Bashful Blue
Accessories: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Decorative Label punch, 1 1/4 inch Scallop Circle punch, 1 3/8 inch and 1 3/4 inch Circle punches, 1 3/4 inch Scallop Circle punch, 3/16 inch Regals Brads, Stampin' dimensionals

Splitcoast Color Challenge Card

Here's a "non-traditional" Christmas card using the Splitcoast Color Challenge#402 here. The colors to use are Whisper White, Night of Navy and Perfect Plum. I used the Snow Swirled stamp set.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Snow Swirled
Papers: Whisper White and Perfect Plum, Silver Glimmer paper
Inks: Perfect Plum, Night of Navy and White Craft ink
Accessories: Extra-large oval punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punches pack, 3/16 inch Regals brads, 3/8 inch Perfect Plum taffeta ribbon, Stampin' dimensionals, Designer Frames embossing folders, White Stampin' emboss powder

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! I have SO much to be thankful for! So I made this thank you for a customer order. I used the Freshly Made Sketch#62 here.

Create a Cupcake and Itty Bitty Banners are the stamp sets again. Just shows you can use these stamp sets for a lot of different occasions! The paper is Floral District DSP. Again, the Cupcake Builder punch is on sale til Nov 28th!

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Create a Cupcake and Itty Bitty Banners
Papers: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry and Floral District DSP
Inks: Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry, Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  2 3/8 inch Scallop Circle punch, 1 3/4 inch Circe punch, Stampin' dimenionals, Brights brads, Bitty Banner Framelits, 1/4 inch Daffodil Delight stitched grosgrain ribbon

Back to Christmas Cards!

I'm back to Christmas cards cuz I need a lot of them so I used the Clean & Simple Stamping FTL#216 here. Happy Hour is the stamp set-on sale for 25% off now thru Nov. 28th!  And I ran some Gumball Green card stock thru the Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder. The Real Red scallops were made using the Scallop Square Bigz Clear die and bit of cutting and pasting.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Happy Hour
Papers: Whisper White, Gumball Green, Real Red
Inks: Gumball Green and Real Red
Accessories: Scallop Square Bigz Clear die, Stampin' dimensionals, Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder, 1/8 inch Real Red taffeta ribbon

Happy Birthday Megan!

It's my oldest child's 18th birthday today and here's a card in her honor! She is a beautiful, intelligent, funny, loving, wonderful daughter and we're so blessed to have her in our lives! Happy 18th Megan!

I used the MojoMonday Sketch#268 here for this Birthday card. Create a Cupcake and Itty Bitty Banners are the stamp sets. By the way, you can get the coordinating punch to this set on sale for only $11.87 now thru Nov. 28th! There's also some Brights DSP Stack and Polka Dot Parade DSP. This one also uses a bunch of accessories, listed below.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Create a Cupcake & Itty Bitty Banners
Papers: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Brights DSP Stack, Polka Dot Parade DSP
Inks: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Bitty Banners Framelits, Cupcake Builder punch, 3/16 Brights Brads, Coluzzle Circle cutter(retired), Stampin' dimensionals, 1 3/4 inch and 1 1/4 inch Circle punches, Paper-piercing tool, Essentials Paper-Piercing pack, Boho Blossoms punch

Stampin' UP! Online Extravaganza

There's a great sale at Stampin' UP! starting today thru Nov 28th!

Today only, the Simply Scored Diagonal Plate, the BIG SHOT die-cutting machine and Big Shot Doctor's Bag are all 20% off!

Click on the link below for the Online Extravaganza items on sale:

ONLINE EXTRAVAGANZA SALE FLYER AND 24 HOUR DOORBUSTERS

There are stamps, papers, punches, buttons, ribbon, boxes and more all on sale!

Click on my "shop now" link to get shopping!

Happy Day Card for a Freshly Made Sketch

I used the Freshly Made Sketch #61 here for this quick card. It's refreshing to make something other than a Christmas card, so luckily I needed a birthday card. I used the Bright Blossoms stamp set and coordinating Summer Smooches DSP. Also, the greeting is from the Friendly Phrases stamp set.

Here's my recipe;
Stamps: Bright Blossoms & Friendly Phrases
Papers: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise and Summer Smooches DSP
Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade
Accessories: White Gel pen, Scallop Edge Border punch, 1/4 inch Rich Razzleberry Stitched grosgrain ribbon, Corner Rounder punch

Shiny Silver Christmas Card

This Christmas card uses the Merry & Type stamp set. I embossed the ornaments with some Silver embossing powder and thought that would look nice with some Basic Gray DSP Stack.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Merry & Type
Papers: Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Gray, Neutrals DSP Stack
Inks: Versamark, Real Red and Basic Gray
Accessories:  Itty Bitty Punches pack, Scallop Oval Punch, Decorative Label punch, Essentials Paper-piercing pack, Paper-piercing tool, heat Gun, Silver Embossing powder, Red Glimmer paper, Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin' dimensionals, 1/4 inch Real Red stitched grosgrain ribbon

MojoMonday Sketch Card

This is my take on the MojoMonday Sketch#267 here. I used the Happy You stamp set with some Brights DSP Stack. I ran the white piece thru the Norther Flurry Embossing folder and added some Dazzling Details to the snowflakes.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Happy You(Hostess set)
Papers: Whisper White, Gumball Green, Real Red, Brights DSP Stack
Inks: Gumball Green and Real Red
Accessories: Northern Flurry embossing folder, Scallop Edge border punch, White gel pen, Blender pen, 1 3/4 inch Circle punch, 2 3/8 inch Scallop Circle punch, 1/4 inch Real Red stitched grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' dimensionals, Dazzling Details 

Moving Forward In-Colors

I recently bought the stamp set, Moving Forward. It's a really cute set and $3 gets donated to support Ronald McDonald House Charities each time the set is purchased.
I thought these three In-Colors look nice together and I realize I neglect Primrose Petals.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Moving Forward
Papers: Whisper White, Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, '12-'14 In-Color DSP Stack
Inks: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse and Primrose Petals
Accessories: Apothecary Accents Framelits, Stripes Embossing folder, 3/16 inch Silver brad, 1/8 inch Silver Mini brads, Stampin' dimensionals, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-piercing tool, 3/8 inch Primrose Petals stitched satin ribbon

Joyful Christmas Card

Here's a quick Christmas card using the Single stamp, Joy and some Festival of Prints DSP. I also used the small snowflake from Snow Swirled.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Single Stamp: Joy, Snow Swirled
Papers: Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Cherry Cobbler, Festival of Prints DSP
Inks: Versamark, Cherry Cobbler and Lucky Limeade
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler embossing powder, Scallop Edge Border punch, heat gun, 1 3/4 inch Circle punch, 2 3/8 inch Scallop Circle punch, Stampin' dimensionals, Essentials Paper-piercing pack, paper piercing tool, 3/8 inch Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon

Splitcoast Challenges

This retro card uses the Splitcoast Sketch#410 here. And I combined it with the Splitcoast Color Combination#400 here. The retro part comes in because for this 400th combo, you can choose from one of three old color combinations. I chose CC356: Basic Gray, Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade.

 

I used the Mixed Bunch and Friendly Phrases stamp sets. The papers I used are Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP, First Edition Specialty DSP and some '11-'13 In-Color DSP Stack.

 

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Friendly Phrases and Mixed Bunch

Papers: Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Island Indigo, Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP, First Edition Specialty DSP,'11-'13 In-Color DSP Stack

Inks: Island Indigo, Basic Gray and Lucky Limeade

Accessories: 1/8 inch Mini Silver brads, Stampin' dimensionals, 3/8 inch Lucky Limeade Ruffled ribbon, Large Oval punch

A Sketch & Color Challenge

I made this thank you for the Clean & Simple FTL#215 here, and for the Fab Friday Challenge#6 here. It's a color challenge and the colors to use are More Mustard, Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse and Cajun Craze.

I used the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set and matching Bitty Banners Framelits along with some In-Color DSP.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Itty Bitty Banners
Papers: Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Whisper White, '12-'14 In-Color DSP Stack
Inks: Midnight Muse
Accessories: Scallop Edge Border punch, Bitty Banners Framelits, Boho Blossoms Punch, 3/16 inch Regals brads, 1/8 inch Silver Mini brads, Stampin' dimensionals, 3/8 inch Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon, Paper-piercing tool

Christmas Snowflake for a Freshly Made Sketch

This cute and quick card was made for the Freshly Made Sketch#60 here.

I used one of the new Single stamps, Bold Snowflake, along with the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes. And more of that great Festival of Prints DSP. The Bold Snowflake was heat embossed with some Versamark and Cherry Cobbler embossing powder. The stamp also coordinates with the Blossom punch.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Bold Snowflake & Teeny Tiny Wishes
Papers: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, Festival of Prints DSP
Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Versamark
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler embossing powder, Blossom punch, 3/8 inch Designer Series Brad, Stampin' dimensonals, Bitty Banners Framelits, Northern Flurry embossing folder, 2 1/2 inch Circle punch, heat gun

Clean & Simple Christmas Card

This Christmas card is for the Clean and Simple Stamping FTL#214 here. I used the Snow Swirled and Petite Pairs stamp sets with some Festival of Prints DSP.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Snow Swirled and Petite Pairs
Papers: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade and Festival of Prints DSP
Inks: Cherry Cobbler and Lucky Limeade
Accessories: Oval Punch, Stampin' dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones, 1/2 inch Cherry Cobbler Scallop dots ribbon

Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge Card

I used the Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge#60 here for this thank you card.
The colors orange and yellow really jumped out at me and so did the flower and leaf images.
So I used the Betsy's Blossoms and Day of Gratitude stamp sets along with Petite Pairs.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps:  Betsy's Blossoms, Day of Gratitude and Petite Pairs
Papers: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard
Inks: Pumpkin Pie and More Mustard
Accessories: Fancy Fan embossing folder, Scallop Edge border punch. Blossom punch, Stampin' dimensionals, White gel pen, 1/8 inch Pumpkin Pie taffeta ribbon


Gingerbread Man for a Splitcoast Sketch

I made this card for the Splitcoast Sketch#409 here. I used the Scentsational Season stamp set with some Festival of Prints DSP.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Scentsational Season
Papers: Very Vanilla, Island Indigo, Early Espresso and Festival of Prints DSP
Inks: Early Espresso and Island Indigo
Accessories: Square Lattice embossing folder, Paper Piercing tool and mat, 3/8 inch Designer Series brad, Stampin' dimensionals

A Card for Two Challenges

This card covers two challenges. First, I used the Create with Connie and Mary Sketch#225 here, and second, the PPA Color Challenge#146 here. The colors to use are Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Riding Hood Red.

I used the Happy Hour stamp set with some Neutrals DSP Stack.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Happy Hour
Papers: Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake, Neutrals DSP Stack
Inks: Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red and Gumball Green
Accessories: Apothecary Accents Framelits, Gold Brads, Paper-piercing tool, 3/8 inch Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon, Stampin' dimensionals

Triple Layer Candy Cane Card

I tried this triple layer card technique with the Scentsational Season and Petite Pairs stamp set. It's really fast and produces a cute card, if I do say so myself.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Scentsational Season and Petite Pairs
Papers: Whisper White and Real Red
Inks: Real Red and Gumball Green
Accessories: 1/4 inch Real Red stitched grosgrain ribbon

Freshly Made Sketch#59 Christmas Card

This Christmas card was made for the Freshly Made Sketch#59 here.
I used three stamp sets: Tags 'til Christmas, Merry & Type and Petite Pairs. And then some Polka Dot Parade DSP and some '12-'14 In-Color DSP Stack.

Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Tags 'til Christmas, Petite Pairs, Merry & Type
Papers: Whisper White, Real Red, Gumball Green, Polka Dot Parade, '12-'14 In-Color DSP Stack
Inks: Real Red and Gumball Green
Accessories: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Scallop Square punch, 1 1/4 inch Square punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punches pack, Silver mini brad, Stampin' dimensionals, 3/8 inch Gumball Green stitched-satin ribbon