Pink & Yellow

Hello again! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! 

Today's card takes the inspiration very literally. I used the latest SUO Challenge to CASE the designer. Check! I didn't use the same shades, but I did use the same colors for everything. I used a different, but similar flower image. It's also a thank you card, like the one in the picture, haha! I didn't use any DP, but I did stamp a very subtle background onto the pink to make it not quite so flat. And the strip of green I found was interesting, leftover from cutting a die some other day, and I thought it added a bit of fun.

Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Elements of Text

Ink: Memento Black, Melon Mambo
Stampin' Blends: Light & Dark Melon Mambo, Dark Daffodil Delight, Dark & Light Granny Apple Green

Paper: Basic White, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green & Daffodil Delight card stocks

Accessories: Regal Foiled Dots, Dimensionals

I don't know why I torture myself fussy cutting this flower out, but maaan I do...! And it's pretty that way! 

Another Floral Thanks

(I feel like I've  used that title before...maybe a lot?)

Anyway, today I have a triple challenge card. I used the colors from Color Throwdown, the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, and it fits the SUO Challenge to make something! Simple and cute- my favorite kind! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Elements of Text

Ink: Melon Mambo, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Basic Gray, Basic White card stocks

Thinking of Flowers

Happy Friday! I hope you have a relaxing weekend ahead! 

Today I have a quick and simple card that I am really happy with.  I combined the colors from Color Throwdown and the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Simply Said, Elements of Text

Ink: Berry Burst, Timid Tiger, Crumb Cake

Paper: Basic White card stock

Accessories: 2025-27 In Color Flat Pearls, Dimensionals 

Layers!

Happy July, already!! I mean, at least there's a reason for the heat, lol, but the year is kinda flying... 

For today's card I used the color challenge from As You See It, and the sketch is a recent one from Splitcoaststampers. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature

Ink: Peach Pie, Garden Green, Melon Mambo

Paper: Peach Pie, Basic White card stocks, Full of Life DP

Accessories: Party Dots (retired), Dimensionals 

Spring Thanks

Hello again! We did get a little snow but now we've skipped over spring and it's 75* yesterday, today and tomorrow. rats. I'm not ready to be hot yet... 

Today's card uses the inspiration photo and sketch from Inspired By Challenges, and it fits the Inspire.Create.Challenges to make a card with a spring theme.

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature

Ink: Shaded Spruce, Soft Seafoam

Paper: Basic White, Soft Seafoam, Lemon Lolly & Bubble Bath card stocks

Accessories: Transparent Dots

That piece of Bubble Bath card stock was a scrap I pulled out of the pkg exactly like that, and trimmed the white and Lemon Lolly to match the width. Keep those scraps, hahaha! 

Pastel Flowers

Today I've combined the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, with the color challenge from The Paper Players, and I'm playing along again with SUO Challenges too! 

First I used the Pastels Challenge for a slightly more colorful card. Some yellow, green, pink and honestly, even the beige strikes me as a pastel... 

Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Simply Said

Ink: Lemon Lolly, Soft Seafoam

Paper: Basic Beige, Country Woods DP

Accessories: Earth Tones Shimmer Gems

Then I did a version with just pinks. Because cutting that darn flower out more than once was fine.... It is not fine, lol. But I *do like how it turns out! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight on Nature

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Soft Seafoam

Paper: Basic Beige, Country Woods DP

Accessories: 2024-26 In Color Resin Dots

With Sympathy

Hello again, and welcome to March! 

Today's card was a last second decision to send a sympathy card. A young man who is my sons age, and he was also in my husband's boy scout group a few years ago, passed away from cancer last week. I haven't interacted with this family much for the last few years, because we moved away and they moved away, but I sent his mother a card. We still live within the same community, so I was able to determine her address.

I used a Blending Brush to add some Soft Seafoam to the card front (and honestly, whatever other shades are on the brush). Then I stamped off once, the text stamp in Garden Green. I fussy cut out the leaf, and popped it up on Dimensionals. The greeting has been retired a few years, but it was a nice sympathy word, so it's good. The dots are also long retired, but it's fine. They're actually Wild Wasabi colored, ha.

Supplies:

Stamps: Elements of Text, Spotlight On Nature, Special Moments (retired)

Ink: Soft Seafoam, Garden Green, Shaded Spruce
Paper: Basic White card stock

Accessories: Subtles Candy Dots (retired), Dimensionals

Purple Birthday!

Today's card is extra happy because I was already thinking about having these flowers hang over the circle text somehow and did you see the latest from Freshly Made Sketches? Perfect match!

 
I fussy cut out the flowers, and layered Gorgeous Grape flowers over the whole image in Soft Seafoam. I am loving the texture and layers. I'm not always good at the layers, but I am very happy with today's card! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Elements of Text, Happiness Abounds (retired)

Ink: Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape, Soft Sea Foam

Paper: Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape & Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Tinsel Gems 3Pack, Iridescent Striped Trim, Spotlight on Nature dies, Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, big shot

Bright Thanks

Happy Friday! Here's a wish for a calm weekend!! 

Today's card uses the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, and it was going ot use the colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments...but I don't own Highland Heather ink and I just couldn't make it work with this card. Maybe another day... 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature

Ink: Petunia Pop

Paper: Lemon Lime Twist & Basic White card stocks, Unbounded Beauty DP

Accessories: Iridescent Striped Trim, Transparent Adhesive-Backed Dots, Spotlight on Nature dies, Dimensionals, big shot (retired)

Leafy Thanks

Hello! Today I have a simple autumny card for you! 

I used the sketch from Inspire.Create.Challenges, along with a color challenge from Splitcoaststampers.com. 

And I think this is going to be part of my next card class! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight On Nature

Ink: Poppy Parade, Night of Navy

Paper: Night of Navy, Very Vanilla & Wild Wheat card stocks

Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems

Wood Flowers

Today's thank you card uses this wood DP and this flower, which I have combined before. This time I focused on that blue chippy paper. I used the latest SUO Challenge, and CASED the red package actually... on the top right. But I made mine a card. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight On Nature, Simply Said

Ink: Pool Party, Wild Wheat

Paper: Basic White card stock, Country Woods DP

Accessories: White Baker's Twine, Brass Butterflies, Dimensionals 

Autumn Leaves!

I have not yet made it up to the mountains, where the leaves are usually much more colorful, and I am totally disappointed about that. I'm afraid I have missed our teeny window of color... There are trees around me, but for some reason the trees in our park strip tend to stay green and fall off in a heavy snow storm... weird. 

But today my card is full of colorful leaves! This is for the latest SUO Challenge (rats! I'm too late for this one too!) and the colors are all pulled from their inspiration photo. Like I actually held my ink pads up to the photo to pick the right shades. HA. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature 

Ink: Petunia Pop, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Lost Lagoon, Crushed Curry

Paper: Cajun Craze, Basic White

Accessories: Linen Thread, Dimensionals 

Coral Flowers

We made it to Friday! But I have a packed weekend coming up so it isn't a break, haha....

I've got another card for my upcoming class. Simple but pretty.
And this one totally fits the latest challenge from Inspire.Create.Challenges- to make something "floral"! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature

Ink: Calypso Coral, Wild Wheat

Paper: Calypso Coral, Basic White card stocks, Country Woods DP

Accessories: Brass Butterflies

This was the one I actually designed first. I like the idea, but this particular stamp is too thin of a line image to work on this wood grain DP. And, the Stampin' Spots didn't work out as nicely as I'd hoped and these classes are not about teaching, they're about getting their five cards done, ha, so I decided against it for now. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature

Ink: Calypso Coral, Garden Green

Paper: Calypso Coral, Country Woods DP

Accessories: Brass Butterflies

Richer Flowers

Today's card uses the same set as yesterday, but in richer tones. 
Once again, I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches, but this time I used the colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Simply Said
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Moody Mauve, Wild Wheat
Paper: Very Vanilla, Moody Mauve card stocks 
Accessories: Transparent Adhesive Dots Circle Dies (retired), Big Shot (retired)

Peaceful Birthday

Hello again! I'm excited I've gotten so many cards made this week! And lots going in the mail too! 
Today I have a sweet and simple card that combines the colors from Color Throwdown and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Simply Said
Ink: Boho Blue, Crumb Cake
Paper: Basic Beige, Crumb Cake card stocks
Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems, Dimensionals

Soft Thanks

Less than a week in and today is the first day that feels like summer- it's 89* out there! It does make it easier to play in the water, but that is not on my agenda today so it's just hot. 

Today I combined the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches with the colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments. I love how it turned out!! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature

Ink: Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam, Lost Lagoon
Paper: Soft Sea Foam, Petal Pink, Basic White

Accessories: Tinsel Gems Three Pack, Spotlight On Nature Dies, Dimensionals, big shot

For a Birthday

It's summer vacation over here, (HOORAY!!!) but I got this done before school ended! 
~~~

Sometimes you use a color challenge you don't love to stretch your creativity. And sometimes you end up loving the result anyway! ha! 

Today's card combined the colors from Color Throwdown with the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches.
This challenge looked more like Wild Wheat to me, than what Stampin'  Up! calls "olive". Wild Wheat is not my favorite color, but I do have a couple kids in my house who really like it, so I know other people do too. I *do like Pebbled Path and it seems to go well with most colors. But really, I think the DP is what pulled this card together.

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Simply Said

Ink: Wild Wheat, Pebbled Path
Paper: Wild Wheat, Pebbled Path & Basic White card stocks, Traditions of St Nick DP (online exclusive!)
Accessories: Transparent Adhesive-Backed Dots, Dimensionals

I might even know who will get this one in the mail! 

Colorful Leaves

Hello again! This is an afternoon post, which is not common, but maybe it will be this summer. One day left of this school year....!!! 

Today I combined the inspiration challenge from Hand Stamped Sentiments with the background challenge from TGIF Challenges!
I used the leaves, stamped in three different shades, and then used an embossing folder to give it some good texture. It looks great in person, ha! And the large, scripty words are inspired by the inspiration photo too.

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature, Encircled in Nature

Ink: Copper Clay, Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Soft Sea Foam

Paper: Very Vanilla card stock

Accessories: Brass Butterflies, Exposed Brick embossing folder, Dimensionals, big shot

Softer Flowers

Hello again! Last Monday of the last week of school!! We can do this!! 

Today I have the same flowers as Saturday, and the same method for coloring them, but this card worked out better. I used the color combo from Global Design Project. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature
Ink: Pretty Peacock, Moody Mauve, Petal Pink
Paper: Petal Pink, Moody Mauve & Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Brass Butterflies, Dimensionals

Purple Flowers

Happy Saturday!! I made cards and they fit challenges with end dates coming up! So here we go!

 
This is my first time using this new-from-the-catalog stamp set. I used the sketch from Just Add Ink and the colors from Color Throwdown to make it.
It's not the best result, but it worked out okay. I taped the squares together to hold them still, and stamped right on to them. Then I inked up the flowers in Gorgeous Grape annnd didn't quite line it up. It's fiiine. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Spotlight On Nature
Ink: Pretty Peacock, Gorgeous Grape, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Pretty Peacock & Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Brass Butterflies, Blending Pens