Petal Pizzazz in Concord Crush

I used the Clean and Simple Stamping FTL#146 here  for this graduation card. The recipient's college colors will be purple and white so I used the soon to retire Concord Crush DSP Pack In-Color with the retiring Petal Pizzazz stamp set.
The base is Whisper White card stock and then I added two papers from the DSP Pack In-Color. I stamped the flowers from Petal Pizzazz in Concord Crush and cut out the two smaller ones. I used the 1 3/4 inch XL Scallop Circle punch on the middle flower.All three flowers were popped up with Stampin' dimensionals.  I stamped Congratulations from Occasional Quotes in Concord too. Finally, I used the Paper Piercing tool to add rows of holes to the top and bottom of the card.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Petal Pizzazz and Occasional Quotes
Papers: Whisper White and DSP Pack In-Color
Inks: Concord Crush
Accessories: 1 3/4 inch XL Scallop Circle punch, Stampin' dimensionals, Paper Piercing tool

A Card for Two Challenges

I made this one for the Create with Connie and Mary Sketch Challenge151 here, and the Splitcoast Color Combination#324 here. The colors to use are Baha Breeze, Perfect Plum and Soft Suede.
My base is Soft Suede card stock then I added some Baha Breeze and DSP from Elegant Soiree. I stamped the sentiment from Occasional Quotes in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla and matted it with some Soft Suede. I stamped the "bee hive" image from Circle Circus in Perfect Plum and trimmed it down, adding a Perfect Plum piece punched with the 1 inch Circle punch. I ran some Baha Breeze thru the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and punched out two circles with the 1 1/4 inch Circle punch. I stamped friend to friend from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Perfect Plum and punched it out with the Word Window punch. I added a Perfect Plum piece punched with the Modern Label punch and popped it up with Stampin' dimensionals. Finally, some Baha Breeze 1/2 inch seam binding finishes it off.
Stamps: Occasional Quotes and Teeny Tiny Wishes
Papers: Very Vanilla, Baha Breeze, Soft Suede, Perfect Plum, Elegant Soiree DSP
Inks: Perfect Plum and Soft Suede
Accessories: 1 inch and 1 1/4 inch Circle punches, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Square Lattice embossing folder, 1/2 inch Baha Breeze seam binding, Stampin' dimensionals

Splitcoast Sketch#323 Living Life Card

I used the Splitcoast Sketch#323 here for this card.
The base is Old Olive and then I added some DSP from the Ice Cream Parlor DSP. I also used some Quick Accents for the strip of Peach Parfait on the main rectangular panel. I colored in the stamp from Occasional Quotes with my Peach Parfait and Old Olive Stampin' Write markers, stamped it on Whisper White and punched it out with the 1 3/4 inch XL Circle punch. I used the Circles#2 Big Shot die to cut out the Old Olive circle. The 2 3/8 inch XL Scallop Circle punch was used for the Peach Parfait piece. I popped all those up with Stampin' dimensionals. I punched out the corners of the Whisper White piece with the Ticket Corner punch. Finally, some 1/2 inch Peach Parfait stitched-poly ribbon finishes it off.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Occasional Quotes
Papers: Whisper White, Peach Parfait, Old Olive, Ice Cream Parlor DSP
Inks: Peach Parfait and Old Olive Stampin' Write markers
Accessories: Ice Cream Parlor Quick Accents, Ticket Corner punch, Circles#2 Big Shot die, 2 3/8 inch Scallop Circle punch, 1 3/4 XL Circle punch, Stampin' dimensionals, 1/2 inch Peach Parfait stitched-poly ribbon

Splitcoast Sketch #304 Christmas Magic

This card is for the Splitcoast Sketch #304 here.
I started with a Garden Green card stock base and added different papers from the Candy Candy Christmas Specialty DSP.
I cut the ovals with my Coluzzle. I stamped the quote from Occasional Quotes in Real Red on Whisper White. I stamped the snowflakes from Snow Swirled in Garden Green on Whisper White and popped them up with Stampin dimensionals.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Occasional Quotes and Snow Swirled
Papers: Whisper White, Garden Green, Real Red and Candy Cane Christmas Specialty DSP
Inks: Garden Green and Real Red
Accessories: Coluzzle Oval cutter, Stampin dimensionals

Splitcoast Sketch#303 Season of Joy

This card was make for the Splitcoast sketch# 303 here.
I started with a base of Garden Green and added three of the different papers from Candy Cane Christmas DSP. I colored the tree from Season of Joy with the Chocolate Chip, Garden Green and Real Red Stampin write markers. I cut out the ovals with my Coluzzle. I stamped the greeting from Occasional Quotes on Whisper White in Real Red and punched it out with the 1 3/4 inch circle punch. I inked up the little flower from Season of Joy with my Garden Green and Real Red Stampin write markers and punched it out with the Itty Bitty Shapes punches pack. A Real Red flower was punched with the XL Fancy Flower punch, layered behind the greeting and popped up with Stampin dimensionals.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Season of Joy, Occasional Quotes
Papers: Whisper White, Garden Green, Real Red and Candy Cane Christmas Specialty DSP
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Garden Green and Real Red Stampin write markers, Real Red Classic Stamp pad
Accessories: 1 3/4 inch circle punch, Coluzzle oval cutter, XL Fancy Flower punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punches pack, Stampin dimensionals

Clean and Simple FTL #103

I found this great blog and made two cards for this post. It's called Clean and Simple Stamping and here's the sketch I used for these cards. Since it was really simple to make the first one, I had to make another to show off the awesome papers from the Greenhouse Gala DSP! I used the flower from Friends Never Fade and colored it in with Stampin write markers. The sentiment is from Occasional Quotes. You can figure out which colors are for which card so here's my recipe:

Stamps: Friends Never Fade, Occasional Quotes

Papers: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz, Greenhouse Gala DSP
Inks: Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzazz Stampin Write Markers, Pumpkin Pie and  Chocolate Chip Classic Stamp pads and Stampin write markers
Accessories: 3/8 inch Daffodil Delight taffeta ribbon and 1/2 inch Pear Pizzazz stitched-poly ribbon

MOJO #151 Elegant Soiree Birthday

I'm back after two fun-filled exhausting days with my three nephews! I forgot how much energy three boys, ages 7, 5 and 18 months have. With my three kids, the three cousins and my sister we had fun. But I was definitely itching to tear open my Holiday Mini pre-order. I'll get to the holiday cards eventually, but I had to make one with these beautiful papers from Elegant Soiree DSP.
So I used the MOJO Monday sketch #151 here.
The base of this card is Soft Suede with a piece of Basic Gray layered on that. As I said, the papers are from the Elegant Soiree DSP. I stamped the Eiffel Tower from Artistic Etchings in Basic Gray and Birthday Wishes from Occasional Quotes in Baha Breeze. I ran a little piece of Soft Suede thru the Scallop Edge border punch and clipped the end of the other Soft Suede piece for the "banner look". Finally, a retired Baha Breeze button, with a sliver of Crumb Cake as the thread, finishes it off.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Artistic Etchings, Occasional Quotes
Papers: Very Vanilla, Baha Breeze, Crumb Cake, Basic Gray, Soft Suede, Elegant Soiree DSP
Inks: Basic Gray, Baha Breeze
Accessories: Scallop Edge border punch, retired Baha Breeze button

Stamping 411 #161 Printed Petals

Another sketch from Stamping 411 here.
I began with a Crumb Cake card stock base and then ran a piece of Pear Pizzazz thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Details texturz plate. Flowers from Printed Petals were stamped in Concord Crush, Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz. The larger ones were cut out by hand but the smaller ones were punched out with the Itty Bitty shapes punch pack. A few were popped up with Stampin dimensionals. The sentiment from Occasional Quotes was stamped in Concord Crush and punched out with the XL Scallop Oval punch. That was layered onto a Concord Crush piece punched with the XL 2 by 1 3/8 Oval punch. Finally, I added a piece of 1/2 inch Concord Crush stitched-poly ribbon.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Printed Petals and Occasional Quotes
Papers: Whisper White, Concord Crush, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait
Inks: Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: XL Scallop oval punch, XL 2 by 1 3/8 inch oval punch, Itty Bitty shapes punch pack, Stampin dimensionals, Perfect Details texturz plate, 1/2 inch Concord Crush stitched-poly ribbon

Double Challenge Baby Card

I made this cute baby card for two challenges: MOJO#148 here and Stamping 411 Color Inspiration #133 here.  The colors are Baha Breeze, Crumb Cake and Not Quite Navy.
Crumb Cake card stock is the base of this card with some Crumb Cake DSP from the Travel Journal DSP layered onto that. I used my Coluzzle to cut the big circles, one in Not Quite Navy and one in Baha Breeze. I ran the Baha Breeze one thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka-dot textured impressions folder. I stamped the monkey (from Fox and Friends) in Baha Breeze and the whale in Not Quite Navy. I then punched both of those out with the 1 1/4 inch square punch and layered them onto coordinating card stock punched with the 1 3/8 inch square punch. The center sentiment is from Occasional Quotes and was colored with Crumb Cake and Not Quite Navy Stampin write markers, stamped on Whisper White and punched out with the 1 3/4 inch circle punch. The Sizzix Circles #2 die was used for the Crumb Cake circle under the sentiment. The two patterned Crumb Cake squares from the Travel Journal DSP were also punched with the 1 1/4 inch square punch. Finally, "congratulations" from Occasional Quotes was stamped in Not Quite Navy.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Occasional Quotes, Fox and Friends
Papers: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Baha Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Travel Journal DSP
Inks: Baha Breeze and Not Quite Navy Classic Stampin pads, Crumb Cake and Not Quite Navy Stampin write markers
Accessories: Coluzzle, Circles #2 die, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 inch square punches, 1 3/4 inch circle punch, Perfect Polka-dot textured impressions embossing folder

PPA#50 Medallion Wedding

This one is for PPA#50 a color challenge, here.
I wasn't too sure about this color combo but I actually like how this card turned out. But that's the great thing about challenges, right? You're challenged to get outta your comfort zone!
So I started with a card stock base of Basic Gray and ran that thru the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper textured impressions embossing folder. I used the Top Note die to cut out two top notes in So Saffron and Whisper White. I trimmed down the white one and stamped the Medallion stamp on that with Chocolate Chip. I again stamped the Medallion in So Saffron and cut out the center. I added a yellow Circle Fire Rhinestone brad to the center. The greeting is from Occasional Quotes and that was stamped on So Saffron with Chocolate Chip and punched out with the XL Scallop Oval punch. A piece of Chocolate Chip was punched with the XL 2 by 1 3/8 oval punch and popped up with Stampin dimensionals. Finally, a piece of 5/8 inch Basic Gray taffeta finishes it off.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Medallion, Occasional Quotes
Papers: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Basic Gray, So Saffron
Inks: Chocolate Chip and So Saffron
Accessories:  Vintage Wallpaper textured impressions embossing folder, Circle Fire Rhinestone brad, 5/8 inch Basic Gray taffeta ribbon, Stampin' dimensionals, XL Scallop oval punch, XL 2 by 1 3/8 oval punch

Occasional Quotes Anniversary Card

Here's an anniversary card I needed to make for my sister-in-law and her husband. I used an old Stamping 411 sketch, #153 here for my inspiration.
I did use four new colors, Occasional Quotes, a Level 3 Hostess set and new taffeta ribbons.
I stared by running Early Espresso card stock thru the Big Shot with the Square Lattice textured impressions embossing folder. I then stamped circles from Circle Circus in Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight and Marina Mist. I used those same color Stampin' write markers to color in the stamp from Occasional Quotes. A bit of Cherry Cobbler and Marina Mist card stock behind the Whisper White make it pop. Finally, 1/8 inch Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso and Marina Mist taffeta ribbon finish it off.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Occasional Quotes and Circle Circus
Papers: Whisper white, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Marina Mist
Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight and Marina Mist Classic Stamp pads and Stampin' write markers
Accessories: 1/8 inch Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight and Marina Mist taffeta ribbons, Square Lattice textured impressions embossing folder