FMS 51 - Button Buddies & Punches

Design Team member Cindy Hall over at Freshly Made Sketches is the hostess for the week who created this fun sketch to play with, FMS#51. If you would like to join the fun, you can click here to go directly to the challenge.

 

Here is mine below:

Loving this paper and color combination as you can see from previous posts but bare with me. I promise my next card will be totally different including the color combo and paper.

 

Once again, Festival of Prints is the DSP along with Cherry Cobbler, Black, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, and Whisper White. The sentiment comes from the set: Watercolor Trio (now retired). Adorning Accents Edgelits with matching embossing folder were used to create the scallop border on the side.

Punches are so fun and made this card fun to do. I used the Blossom punch in Old Olive as my base for the flower along with the stamp set: Button Buddies.  

To create the flower dimensionaI, I stamped it three times using Cherry Cobbler and used my little scissors on 2 of them. The 1 3/4" Scallop Punch was used to start this flower. Afterwards, I layered the 3 on top of one another using Stampin Dimensionals. Added a button on top to finish it off. Hope you enjoy and have fun creating!!

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FMS 49 - Betsy's Blossoms

Design Team member Jen Mitchell over at Freshly Made Sketches is the hostess for the week who created this cute square sketch with lots of circles to play with. If you would like to join the fun, you can click here to go directly to the challenge.

 

Here is mine below:

Pulled out the Betsy's Blossoms stamp set to see what I could come up with for this challenge and used all of the new In colors 2012-2014. 

 

Stampin Dimensionals were used under the (Summer Starfruit) bird. Added a sentiment from the set: Fabulous Phrases along with the Word Window Punch.

Cardstock used was Midnight Muse, Marina Mist, and Whisper White. For the ribbon, 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon in Primrose Petals. The Scallop border was created by using the new Large Scallop Edgelit. 

For the final touch, I added little rhinestones to the flowers and little bird. After I finished the card, I realized no DSP was used and only cardstock, colors, and ribbon to complete this card. Hope you enjoy and have fun creating!!

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FMS48 - World Treasures & Comfort Cafe

Design Team member Tui Nathan over at Freshly Made Sketches is the hostess for the week who created this cute sketch to play with. If you would like to join the fun, you can click here to go directly to the challenge.

 

It's been hard to play with any fun stuff lately from the heat we have been having everyday and no A/C, so every time I go into my craft section, I'm sweating and nothing comes to mind except water to cool down. Aside from the heat, my little son has been super cranky, but happy to say he got his right top tooth in competely as of yesterday.

 

I will say that tooth was hard to come in...1 day it cut the gum a little on one side, 2nd day...it cut the gum a little more on the right side, and yesterday, the gum cut in the middle allowing the full tooth to finally show as one. It's been the hardest tooth to come in. The funny thing was, he got a third tooth on the bottom while we were still waiting for the top tooth to come in...now he has 5.

 

Back to the card....I was able to manage to get this one done. 

Fun new stuff with the Delicate Designs Embossing Folder which coordinates with the Large Scallop Edgelits Die and new stamp set: World Treasures. Since I wasn't sure which color I wanted to do, I used my sponge daubers and added 3 colors to the feathers: Primose Petals, Summer Starfruit, and Midnight Muse. For the Bird, Chocolate Chip ink.

Added Baker's Twine in Lucky Limeade and added 1 Vintage Faceted Button with basic pearl on top. In addition added several Basic Pearls around. Stampin Dimensionals were used under the Peacock and under the retangle. Hope you Enjoy and have fun creating!!! 

 

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FMS45 - Bordering on Romance & Poka Dot Parade

Design Team member Cindy Hall over at Freshly Made Sketches is the hostess for the week who created this sketch and brought us these fun shapes to play with.

I wish....I wish.... my little 10 month old would get his top teeth in soon so he could sleep through a little more and not have so much pain. I think it's almost out since it looks like a blister on the top gum..at least one...will see soon. Back to the card now.

If you would like to join the fun, you can click here to go directly to the challenge. Here is mine below:

I know this stamp set has been out for awhile, Bordering on Romance, but I just bought it myself and wanted to work on some coloring so here you go. I did incorporate one of the new DSP called Polka Dot Parade along with some Marina Mist & Rose Red cardstock.

I just love this flower and what a wonderful chance to color with my markers and the Aqua Painter. Colors used were: Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist along with So Saffron. Almost the entire collection of Subtles when I look now. SU Watercolor paper was used for this.

For the ribbon, I used 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon in Pear Pizzaz (now retired) along with punching out a little white flower with the Boho Blossoms Punch. Added a little button from the Twitterpated collection (retired). Need to buy more buttons.

As always, I did use Stampin Dimensionals under the Circles and for the sentiment, I used the stamp set: Apothecary Art. Hope you enjoy and have fun creating!!

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FMS44 - Perfect Punches & Birds of a Feather

Design Team member Jen Mitchell over at Freshly Made Sketches is the hostess for the week who created this sketch and brought us these fun circles to play with.

This one was quite a challenge for me since I felt like I had a creative block. In the end, after alot of thinking, I thought let me pull those punches out and see what I come up with. If you would like to join the fun, you can click here to go directly to the challenge.

 Here is mine:

I pulled out some new DSP called: Birds of a Feather and played with In Colors: Midnight Muse and Raspberry Ripple cardstock as main elements on the card.

Sentiment comes from the set: Perfect Punches using Midnight Muse ink along with the Modern Label Punch as a layer under it. Added a little butterfly in the end to the sentiment and added some Basic Pearls.

Here I used the 2 3/8" Scallop Punch (Raspberry Ripple), Owl Punch (Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, DSP), for the leaf Bird Punch (Old Olive) and last but not least 1 3/4" circle punch.

This time around, I forced myself not to use any embossing folder and see how it would look all white and smooth. Let me know what you think. Almost forgot Stampin Dimensionals were used under the Owl. Hope you enjoy and have fun creating!!

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FMS42 & PPA138 - Just Believe & Polka Dot Parade

The Pals Paper Arts is having a color challenge this week, PPA138 and over at Freshly Made Sketches they had a cute sketch designed by Jennifer Timko that I wanted to try out.

Both sites are wonderful and have many great inspiring ideas, so if you would like to join the fun, you can click here for the Color Challenge or click here for the sketch challenge or best of all try combining both in one.

Here is mine: 

Finally opened the new DSP paper called: Polka Dot Parade and used the Daffodil Delight one. The great thing was being able to use both sides of patterns on this card.

Love this stamp set: Just Believe which is so versatile and this color combination is terrific for any occassion.

Here you can see I used the Stripes embossing folder and a close up picture of the both patterns of this cute DSP. Ribbon used was the new 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon in Whisper White.

Stampin Dimensionals were used under the Whisper White cardstock and under the Modern Label Punch for the sentiment to stand out more. Basic Pearls were added in the end to give this card a final touch. Hope you enjoy and have fun creating!!

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FMS41 - Sketch - Apothecary Art with Twitterpated

Another week, another sketch. This time a sketch design by the talented Team Designer, Cindy Hall over at the Freshly Made Sketches . If you would like to join, click here to go directly to the challenge.

Here is mine:

What's new from the catalog in this card? Color...which one? Primrose Petals along with the 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon in Early Espresso.

Here I used the set: Apothecary Art and stamped it down onto watercolor paper first using StazOn Ink so I could color away with my Aqua Painter using Primrose Petals and Old Old ink. Added some Basic Pearls on top of the roses for final touch.

Other supplies used were: Stampin Dimensionals under the Framelits Labels Die, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Early Espresso and Blushing Bride (retired) cardstock, DSP Twitterpated and some Basic Pearls on the corners.

Hope you Enjoy and have Fun Creating!!

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FMS39 - Laugauge of Friendship



What a cute sketch design by the very talented Team Designer, Jen Mitchell over at the Freshly Made Sketches blog and I wanted to give a try. So many beautiful cards already there as today is the last day to still enter. 

Here you go:

Picked up the DSP Twitterpated, since it's my most favorite paper, but still trying to challenge myself to use various different color combos with other challenges yet to come still. Blushing Bride was used as the mat background, Island Indigo for the mat stripe on the left hand side and Pear Pizzaz for the 2 1/2' circle.

Love this little bird and flowers from the set: Lauguage of Friendship. It's getting easier to challenge myself and practice more for clean & simple looks, but always uncertain as to if it needs more and/or less. I suppose that's the hard part along with deciding where to start for any card, but always fun.

For the sentiment, the set Loving Thoughts came in handy for this card and used Island Indigo ink for it. Stampin Dimensionals were used under the bird, wing, and little flowers that were done using Riding Hood Red. Hope you enjoy and if you haven't stopped by yet, you can click here to go directly to the challenge.

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FMS 35 - Pocketful of Posies & Fun Flower

What a cute sketch design by the very talented Team Designer, Jennifer Timko over at the Freshly Made Sketches blog and I wanted to give a try. Great inspiration over there so go take a look and enjoy!

I've had bad luck with the internet and have only been able to use my ipad, which I can't figure out how to post using that. Therefore, missed out on being able to post recently, so decided to start with this sketch now that my internet is back up. Very fustrating, but the company believes it's now resolved completely. Well onto the actual card.......

Finally got to play around with some new stuff I've had such as the Marina Mist Pleated Ribbon which I got back from the Occasions Mini Catalog, but now retired. Also, used the DSP Pocketful of Posies which will be retiring at the end of May. 

For the flower, I used Bigz L Die called Fun Flower than I spritz it with some water to crumple it up and unfolded to add a new twist to it. What do you think?

For the sentiment, I used the stamp set You're a Gem, which is also retiring, but yet so cute. Don't worry, you can still get it while supplies last. Also used Stampin Dimensionals to pop up the center and the small Oval Punch.

Last but not least, I finally got to use my new Edgelits Adorning Accents and happy to say it's in the new catalog coming June 1, 2012. Colors used were Marina Mist, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, and Early Espresso for the sentiment. Hope you enjoy!!

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FMS Challange 33 - Pocketful of Posies

I went looking for a sketch design and saw this cute one designed by Jen Mitchell over at the Freshly Made Sketches. You should see all of the beautiful creations done already. Click here to go directly to the challenge.

Here is mine below

 Here is another DSP that I used, which is retiring called Pocketful of Posies. Very fun colors to work with, Always Artichoke, So Saffron, and Rich Razzleberry.

For the any shape on the sketch, I decided to create a rosette using the Lace Ribbon Punch which is also on the retired accessories list using Whisper White cardstock. Added just a little glitter to it before ataching it to the 2 3/8" Scallop Punch and 1 Basic Rhinestone for the center.

For the leaves, I used Lucky Limeade cardstock along with the Blossom Petal Punch.

Hope you enjoy!!

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Freshly Made Sketches#14 - Mixed Bunch with Paper Doily

When thinking of a sketch, I went over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog for my inspiration of today's card. Sketch designed by Jennifer Timko, week#14. The design team created some beautiful cards for inspiration based on this sketch that got me going. Easy to join, click here to go directly to the challenge. 

Here is my card below.

Decided to start with a color I don't normally use, Rich Razzleberry but now I don't know why I haven't used before since it's such a pretty color and works so beautifully with this DSP paper called Flirtatious Specialty.

For the middle, I used a 2" circle in Old Olive as my base on top of the new large Sizzlits Paper Doily Die that will be available starting Jan 4th when the customer sales period begins for the new Occasions Mini Catalog along with the stamp set called Mixed Bunch. I couldn't resist but to use both of these together for this card.

Here is a close up of the paper doily that I cut out with black cardstock and later added basic pearls around the entire doily to add some color to the black and as an accent to the overall card.

Stampin dimensionals were used to pop up the flower in the center and used dazzling details for the glitter on top of the flower. Card measures 5 x 5 inches. Hope you enjoy!!

If you haven't stopped over yet at the Freshly Made Sketches, you can click here to go directly to their blog. Pin It