Mini Album

This week's Inkredible color challenge is Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana and Basic Gray.     I have to say I love this color combination.   In fact, stay tuned tomorrow for another project made with these colors.

Here is a mini album I made to give to my fellow design team members the Stampin' Royalty as well as my roomie and best friend.

The die to make the album is not Stampin' Up! but it is one of my favorites perfect to put wallet size photos inside.

 

Ingredients to make the project:

Stamp Sets:   Show & Tell 1, 2

Ink:   Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight

Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight I Am Me Designer Series Paper, Coastal Cabana Designer Series PaperQuatrefancy Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories:  Gingham Garden Designer Washi Tape, Rhinestones, White Organza Ribbon, Daffodil Delight Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Smoky Slate Chevron Ribbon

Tools:  Chevron Border Punch, Hexagon Punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch

Inspiration is everywhere.

Next time you are in a bind, check out my Pinterest boards.   I have to say I love some of the amazing card ideas I have found especially my Holiday Cards and Project board.    Click here to see the inspiration for today's post.   A simple punch of a snowflake, some designer paper and some embellishments and this card is almost done.   Most of the products are not SU except for the vanilla button, whisper white card stock, cherry cobbler ink and Snow Festival designer series paper from the Holiday Mini.

Stamping Royalty Photo Inspiration

I am so loving this week's Stamping Royalty photo inspiration.   The best part of the photo is the chevrons and the pairing up of orange and light blue.

The challenge will be open until 3:00pm (PST) January 14th. Hope you can join us!
Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Lots of thoughts, Oh, Hello
Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Pool Party
Paper:  Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series Paper, Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls, Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Buttons
Tools:  Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch, Blossom Petals Builder Punch, Corner Rounder

Inkredible Color Challenge

A good friend of mine just moved into a new home.    This week's Inkredible color combo worked perfectly to make a card for her and her family.    The colors are:  Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Marina Mist and Raspberry Ripple.   So here is my punch art home.   

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Border Banter
Ink:  Night of Navy
Paper:  Textiles Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist
Accessories:  Pearls, Whisper White Taftetta Ribbon
Tools:  Small Heart Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, 1/4" Square Punch, Corner Rounder from a local craft store

Ready, Set, Snow!

I just love this sentiment, it is from a retired stamp set, but I just love using it.   Perfect for those wintry cards.    Stamping Royalty starts off the new year with a color challenge.   The colors are:   Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla.

I pulled out the great Oh, Hello stamp set from the Occasions mini!

The challenge will be open until 3:00pm (PST) January 7th. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Make a Mitten, Best Wishes & More, Oh, Hello
Ink:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Not Quite Navy
Paper:  Whisper White, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls, Victoria Crochet Trim, Natural Button
Tools:  Snowflake Punch, Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Big Shot, Corner Rounder


Another Sweetest Wishes

So I have never been happier about a purchase than my personalized stamp set that says sweetest wishes.   Here is it s paired up with candy canes!

Here are the ingredients to make the card:
Stamp set from a local craft store and personalized stamp
Ink:   Pink Pirouette, Primrose Petals, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler
Paper:   Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Snow Festival Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls and Stickers from a local craft store
Tools:   Heart to Heart Punch, Corner rounder from a local craft store

Stampin' Royalty Sketch Challenge

This week the Stampin' Royalty challenge brings us a sketch challenge.   What better than an opportunity to get another Christmas card completed.

The challenge will be open until 3:00pm (PST) November 26th. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Make a Mitten, Warmest of Wishes Ink:  Baja Breeze
Paper:   Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Shimmery White, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper, Snow Fesitval Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Pearls, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Antique Brads
Tools:  Snowflake Punch, Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits, Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Tasteful Trim Sizzex

Stamping Royalty Photo Inspiration

So here is this week's Stamping Royalty challenge.   The challenge is a photo inspiration.    With every challenge, I try to get another Christmas card into my pile.    So here is my Christmas take on the photo.   

The challenge will be open until 3:00pm (PST) Monday, November 19th. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Contempo Christmas, Pines & Poinsetta
Ink:   Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler
Paper:   Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Snow Fesitval Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Pearls
Tool:   Key Tab Punch, Corner Rounder and Scallop Trim Border Punch

Love, Love this Holiday Card

Here is this week's Inkredible color challenge.   The colors are Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and Cherry Cobbler.  I am so loving this week's colors.   Perfect for a holiday card project.    I have to say I love the way this card came out!  

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets:  Make a Mitten and stamp set from a local craft store

Ink:  Not Quite Navy

Paper:  Not Quite Navy, Whisper White and Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper, Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze

Accessories:  Pearls

Tools:  Snowflake punch from a local craft store,  Labels Collection Framelit Dies, Big Shot, Mitten Builder Punch, Small Heart Punch



Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! I hope everyone has a great day trick or treating or is in NJ we will be waiting to trick or treat on Monday. This week's Stamping Royalty challenge brings us an emboss resist challenge. I have to say it was a challenge to come up with an emboss resist project. I do embossing, but I have to say I haven't done much resisting! So I hope you join us in the challenge. I have to say getting out of your comfort zone is always a good thing, you just never know what the results will be. I have to say I am happy with mine.

The challenge will be open until 3:00pm (PST) November 5th. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the gift bag:
Stamp Sets:  Border Banter, Letter It
Ink:  Versamark, Pumpkin Pie, Gumball Green, Rich Razzleberry
Paper:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Frightful Sight Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Antique Brads, Rhinestones, Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Basic Black Embossing Powder
Tools:  Bat Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Double Circle Punch, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Big Shot, Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy, Sponge Daubers, Tasteful Trim

Happy Halloween!

Here is my newest Halloween decoration that I made to add to my collection.    The collection started with a few scarecrows and pumpkins and has grown to so much more!   Here is a chipboard that I decorated.   Most of the products are not SU except for some black cardstock and Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series Paper.     

Love the Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP

The Howlstooth & Scaringbone designer series paper is slowly becoming one of my favorite designer series papers.   It is so versatile and I love all the designs.   It worked perfectly for this week's Inkredible color challenge.   The colors are:   Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango and Early Espresso.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets form a local craft store, Gently Falling
Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango and Early Espresso
Paper:   Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Chocolate Chip Brads, Button and Crochet Trim from a local craft store
Tools:  Scallop Trim Border Punch, Corner Rounder from a local craft store, Mat Pack

Double Trouble

I just love this week's Scrapbook News & Review color combination.   I have to say it has become one of my favorite color combos.   Probably because I haven't used Going Gray in a long time.  I actually don't even have the ink pad anymore, I just had my marker.     Here is my niece and nephew just being as cute as ever.   You never know what you are going to get with the two of them.   It could be laughter or trouble!

Ingredients to make the scrapbook page.
Stamp Sets: Border Banter, Clockworks
Ink:  Going Gray
Paper:  Going Gray, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Early Espresso, Basic Gray Patterns Designer Series Paper, Whisper White Patterns Designer Series Paper, Designer Series Paper from a local craft store
Accessories:  Natural Buttons, Pearls, Buttons and Chipboard Stickers from a local craft store
Tools:   Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Big Shot, My Way Punch

Ornament Christmas Card

Here is a combination of two of my favorite products from the holiday mini, the Snow Festival designer series paper and Christmas Wishes SU hostess exclusive stamp sets.    I love how this card came together as an ornament!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Christmas Wishes
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Snow Festival designer series paper, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories:   Silver Brad and Cord, Rhinestones, Dazzling Details
Tools:  Clear Circle Sizzex, Round tab punch, Crop-a-dile

Snow Much Fun

It's never to early to get started on making holiday cards.    I find if you do a little at at time, before you know it you have a great little stash ready to send in December.  Here is the beautiful Snow Festival Designer Series Paper from the holiday mini.  This week Stamping Royalty brings us a sketch challenge.

The challenge will be open until 3:00pm (PST) Monday, October 22nd. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Snow Much Fun, Pines & Poinsettas
Ink:  Basic Black, Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie
Paper:   Snow Fesitval Designer Series Paper, Whisper White
Accessories:   Pearls
Tools:  Scallop Trim Border Punch, Dotted Scallop Border Punch, Key Tab Punch






Yahoo!!

On October 6, we celebrated World Card Making Day.   I spent the day stamping and creating lots and lots of cards.   In fact I made 20 cards total.   I had a great time participating in the Fiskateers challenges.   Today, the released the list of winners of the days challenges!   I won in the Sing, Sing a Song challenge.    So exciting, I even get prizes in the mail coming my way!   Yeah!  

So here is my card and the song of choice is "Baby It's Cold Outside".    I love that song.  It always reminds me of the movie Elf. 

Here are the ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Make a Mitten and a stamp set from a local craft store
Ink:  Baja Breeze
Paper:  Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Snow Fesitval Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls, Silver Cord
Tools:  Corner Rounder from a local craft store, Labels Collection Framelit Dies, Big Shot, Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Big Shot

Stampin' Royalty Color Challenge

This week's Stamping Royalty color challenge is Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White.    The only thing I knew starting the challenge was that I did not want a floral card, so I pulled out the Affection Collection and added a butterfly and I was on my way.

The challenge will be open until 3:00pm (PST) October 8th. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Affection Collection, Loving Thoughts
Ink:   Rose Red
Paper:   Whisper White, Rose Red, Rose Red Prints Designer Series Paper, Rose Red Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Pearls, Vintage Flowers
Tools:  Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Big Shot, Eyelet Border Punch, Stripes Textured Embossing Folder, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Petite Pennants Punch

USE DIE CUTS - USE YOUR BIG SHOT!

How great is this week's Stamping Royalty challenge. The challenge is to use your die cuts - use your big shot! So I accepted the challenge and I thing I did a good job in using as many dies in this project as possible. I believe 4 dies in all!

The challenge will be open until 3:00pm (PST) Monday, October 1st. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Affection Collection, Something to Celebrate
Ink:  Blushing Bride, Pretty in Pink
Paper:   Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper, Nursery Nest Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Antique Brads, Pearls, Whisper White Satin Ribbon
Tools:   Big Shot, Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Hearts Collection Framelits, Labels Collection Framelits, Perfect Pennants Sizzex, Corner Rounder

Christmas Wishes

This week's Inkredible color challenge is:  More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler and Calypso Coral.   I decided to take these colors and turn them into a Christmas card.    I just love this hot air balloon in the Christmas Wishes stamp set.    This set is a hostess exclusive stamp set and a must have.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Christmas Wishes
Ink:  More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler and Calypso Coral
Paper:   Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, More Mustard Patterns Designer Series Paper, World Spectacular Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls, Linen Thread, Cherry Cobbler Button
Tools:  Scallop Trim Border Punch, Corner Rounder and Border Punch from a local craft store, Oval Coluzzle Cutting System

My First Isabella Scrapbook Page

Here is one of the many scrapbook pages I am sure to be making for my niece, Isabella.   She was born in June and I can't believe it's taken me this long to create a scrapbook page for her.   Here is here a photo from her one month photo shoot.   I used the Jumbo Sticky Rounds from the holiday mini and made those beautiful flowers.   Once I started I could not believe how quick and easy those flowers came together.   Such great embellishments on any project.

Ingredients to make the scrapbook page:
Paper:   Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Vellum, Pink Pirouette Patterns Designer Series Paper, Designer Series Paper from a local craft store
Accessories:   Jumbo Sticky Rounds, Pink Pirouette Grosgrain Ribbon, Pearls and Buttons from a local craft store, Blushing Bride Pleated Ribbon, Chipboard Stickers from a local craft store
Tools:  Border Punch from a local craft store, Blossoms Petal Punch, Corner Rounder from a local craft store, Butterfly Punch from a local craft store