Fusion Challenge

So I was curiously drawn to the Fusion challenge.   I can't tell you how much I have missed the Fusion challenge!    The images, the sketches and the colors.     As soon I saw the image I started thinking of what images and dies I could use.

I have to say the sponged background and masking with post its was a good way to add color and dimension.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Loving Thoughts, Unity stamp set
Ink:  Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz
Paper:   Whisper White, Early Espresso
Accessories:  Linen Thread, Neutral Candy Dots and Buttons
Tools:  Project Life Corner Rounder

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Color Challenge

I absolutely love, love this week's Global Design Project color challenge!!   How beautiful is Basic Black, Smoky Slate and Melon Mambo together.

The only thing I knew when I was putting the card together that I was going to use the Melon Mambo as a pop of color with a floral.   I wasn't sure until I sat down to create and looked through my stamp set how that was going to come together.

In the end I decided to use the leaves from the Crazy for You to stamp a background.

In the end I love the way this card came out.  I may have to pull out these leaves again for a future project.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Crazy for You, Flower Fest, Build a Birthday
Ink:   Melon Mambo, Smoky Slate, Versamark
Paper:   Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories:   Basic Black Baker's Twine, White Perfect Accents colored in with Black Sharpie, Whisper White Embossing Powder
Tools:   Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy, Flower Fair Framelits

Watercolor Flowers

Here is another watercolor creation for the Paper Players clean and simple challenge of the week.     Just a few drops of ink and an aqua painter and it creates a beautiful background.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets from an online store
Ink:   Basic Black, Perfect Plum
Paper:   Whisper White, Pop of Pink Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Basic Black Bakers Twine, Buttons and Enamel Dots from a local craft store
Tools:  Aqua Painter

Watercolor Flowers

This week at The Paper Players they are challenging everyone to a create a Watercolor project.    Here is a super simple watercolor card.    Just stamp, a little ink from a blender pen and the card comes together quickly.  

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Set from an online store
Ink:  Basic Black, So Saffron, Old Olive
Paper:   Pop of Pink Designer Series Paper, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories:   Baker's Twine, Button and Enamel Dots from a local craft store
Tools:   Aqua Painter

Floral Theme Challenge

This week at Stampin' Royalty we are challenging everyone to a floral theme.    As soon as I saw the challenge I knew I wanted to create a black and white card with a pop of yellow flowers.

So here is the Flower Patch stamp set with some White Perfect Accents colored with a black Sharpie.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Flower Patch, Cottage Greetings
Ink:   Basic Black, Daffodil Delight
Paper:   Whisper White, Basic Black, Pop of Color Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   White Perfect Accents colored with Black Sharpie, Basic Black Baker's Twine

Swirly Scribbles Live Laugh Love

When I saw last week's Retro Sketch of the week, it screamed for me to create with the Swirly Scribbles die.   The sketch is just beautiful.    It is helped me create a card that I am absolutely in love with.

This time I decided to create this time with the beautiful Peekaboo Peach InColor.     How beautiful is the Live Laugh Love sentiment.   Also you are going to love the new Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper.     Black, White, Melon Mambo and Gold.   Wow.

Paper Craft Crew flower challenge is just perfect for the sneak peek into the 2016-17 Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Layering Love, Watercolor Wings
Ink:  Peekaboo Peach, Basic Black
Paper: Whisper White, Peekaboo Peach, Pear Pizzazz, Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   White Perfect Accents colored with a black Sharpie, Basic Black Baker's Twine
Tools:  Swirly Scribbles Framelit, Project Life Corner Rounder

Retro Sketch Challenge

I love, love this week's Retro Sketch.   I was trying to think of what floral I should use for this amazing sketch then I saw the beautiful florals in the English Garden designer series paper and I knew I just had to use them.

I was looking through my stamp collection wondering what I could use for the stems and then I realized the stem is just curvy line.   I pulled out my Stampin' Write Markers and I just free form drew the lines.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets;   Well Scripted, Bountiful Border
Ink:   Crumb Cake
Paper:    Whisper White, English Garden Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Neutral Candy Dots

Flowers

So this week we challenge everyone at Stampin' Royalty to create a card with Flowers on it!    So break open your floral stamp set and get creating!   Here is my Flower Patch set to create my floral card.

The challenge will be open until 3:00 (PST) July 6th.    Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Flower Patch, Cottage Greetings
Ink:  Versamark, Basic Black
Paper:   Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz, Subtles Patterns Paper Pack
Accesories:   White Perfect Accents, Neutral Candy Dots, Basic Black Baker's Twine, uni-Signal Gel Pen, White Embossing Powder
Tools:  Flower Fair, Oval Coluzzle Cutting System, Circle Framelits, Heat Gun, Embossing Powder

Freshly Made Sketches

 I absolutely love the English Garden designer series paper.    There is some really beautiful florals and designs in the paper pack and it is a must have for your paper collections.

Here is the beautiful floral cut out.    I paired up the floral with the For the New Two stamp set to create a card with the Freshly Made Sketch of the week.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   For the New Two
Ink:   Soft Suede, Primrose Petals, Gumball Green
Paper:   Whisper White, English Garden designer series paper
Accessories:  Linen Thread, White Perfect Accents, Pearls

Caseing the Catty Birthday

We are now blog hopping at Caseing the Catty.   So hop with us from one design team member to the next. I hope you can join us in the hop and enjoy all the beautiful creations that we case (copied and steal everything) from the 2015-16 Stampin' Up! catalog.   This week we are challenge everyone to case a project from the Birthday section of the catalog.

I really wanted to create something with some of the new goodies that I just purchased from the new Stampin' Up! catalog, so I decided to case the floral card on page 8.    I love the sketch of the card.   Here is the new Bountiful Border and Cottage Greetings stamp set from the new catalog.  

I also ended up caseing a second project from the birthday section.   I love the simplicity of the sketch of the card on page 7 as well.       I ended up making a thank you instead of a birthday for it.     I love the White Perfect Accents.   I am so happy we now have them in the catalog!!!    For the Birthday floral card, I colored in the accents with my black Sharpie.

If you have been following the hop, you just came from Judy May blog and the next stop in the hop is

back to the Caseing the Catty blog.

Ingredients to make the Black and White Birthday Card:

Stamp Sets:   Bountiful Border, Cottage Greetings

Ink:   Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Basic Black

Paper:   Whisper White, Neutrals Patterns Designer Series Pack

Accessories:   White Perfect Accents, Basic Black Baker's Twine

Tools:   Labels Collection Framelits

Ingredients to make the Pear Pizzazz Thank You Card:

Stamp Sets:   Bountiful Border, Cottage Greetings

Ink:  Pear Pizzazz and Blushing Bride

Paper:   Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz Subtles Patterns Designer Series Pack

Accessories:   White Perfect Accents, Whisper White Baker's Twine

Tools:   Project Life Corner Rounder

Delightful Dijon Floral

So I can't help myself and I am completely enjoying playing with the new products and colors from the upcoming 2015-16 Stampin' Up! catalog.    Here is the Delightful Dijon color paired up to create this week's Stampin' Royalty photo challenge.   I was completely drawn to the rose in the lapel.

I decided to pull out the Rose from the Snuggles and Scribbles stamp set to white heat emboss for the challenge.    I love the look and it is absolutely stunning.

The photo inspiration challenge will be open until 3:00 (PST) on May 18th!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Build a Birthday, Snuggles & Scribbles
Ink:   Versamark, Delightful Dijon
Paper:  Whisper White, Delightful Dijon
Accessories:   Whisper White Satin Ribbon and Button, Whisper White Embossing Powder
Tools:   Heat Gun and Embossing Buddy

The Graduation challenge will be open until 3:00 (WPST) May 11th.   Hope you can join us!

Aqua Painter Summer Silouhette

 We all have stamp sets we have purchased, but yet we haven't played with quite that much.   I love the Summer Silhouettes stamp set, but I have to say I haven't played with quite as much as I should considering how absolutely beautiful it is.    I background of the image was made by just a couple drops of ink refill and my aqua painter.  

I have to say I love the results.   I also love the black and white paired up with the Tangerine Tango, such a beautiful combination.   I also used another old favorite that has been sitting on my shelf Label Love.  

Hope you enjoyed my card that I made to play along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Summer Silhouettes, Label Love
Ink:   Tangerine Tango, Basic Black
Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Basic Black Tafetta Ribbon, Enamel Dots from a local craft store
Tools:  Artisan Label Punch, Aqua Painter

Thinking of You

I just got a package filled with lots of Stampin' Up! goodies and I just could not wait to play with them.   The Garden Party stamp set has been on my wish list and I was finally able to pick it up and add it to my collection.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Garden Party and Kind & Cozy
Ink:  Real Red, Old Olive
Paper:  Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive and Maritime Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Pearls, Very Vintage Buttons, Baker's Twine
Tools:   Project Life Corner Rounder

Flower Patch Inkredible Color Challenge

This week the Inkredible color challenge is:   Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, Mossy Meadow and Pistachio Pudding.   The instance I saw those colors I knew it was going to be a floral card.    So I pulled out the beautiful Flower Patch stamp set for the challenge.  I love this set!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Flower Patch, Hey You
Ink: Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, Mossy Meadow and Pistachio Pudding
Paper:  Whisper White, Strawberry Slush
Accessories:  Pearls

Pleasant Poppies

 

So I never get tired of using the  Pleasant Poppies stamp set.    Just so beautiful and elegant.   Just stamp color and the card is almost done.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:    Pleasant Poppies, Label Love
Ink:   Basic Black, Old Olive, Calypso Coral
Paper:  Whisper White, Old Olive Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Whisper White Button, Organza Ribbon, Pearls
Tools:  Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Big Shot, Artisan Label Punch

Inkredible Color Challenge

This week's Inkredible color challenge is Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight and Gumball Green.    So as you can see it is almost all the colors in the color combo, I added a few neutrals to card to finish it off.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Happy Watercolor, Hardwood, Express Yourself
Ink:   Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Gumball Green
Paper:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight and Early Espresso
Accessories:  Vintage Brads, Doilies, Pearls
Tools:  Envelope Punch Board,  Circle Framelits, Big Shot, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Bitty Banner Framelits

Burlap Flower



I love the Burlap Ribbon in the Holiday Mini.   I decided to use the Jumbo Sticky Rounds  and make my own burlap flower.    Start with a knot and then just keep twisting the flower until you have your burlap flower.     So simple, you will never want to buy another floral and just think of all the ribbon you have been hoarding, now you have a reason to use it!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Remembering Your Birthday, Gorgeous Grunge, Chevron Background Stamp
Ink:  Tangering Tango, Crisp Cantaloupe
Paper:   Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Burlap Ribbon, Natural Buttons, Jumbo Sticky Rounds, Doily