Thank You Kindly

I always seem to take the basic concept of a sketch and then end up changing it to fit the design I was looking for.    This week's Always Play with Paper Sketch is no exception.   I needed to get out a few thank you cards and I pulled out some retired products to pull this card together.

Then end result is a super easy thank you.  The hardest part was fussy cutting the floral.

Ingredients to make the card:  Perfect Pairings
Ink:   Early Espresso
Paper:  Whisper White, English Garden Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Neutral Candy Dots and Button, Linen Thread
Tools:   Circle Framelits

Pleasant Poppies

 By visiting my blog, you know I am a huge fan of the Retro Sketch.   There is not a week that goes by that I don't participate in their weekly sketch and I am always a little sad when I don't have enough time to fit creating with their weekly sketch.

Ingredients to make the card:  
Stamp Sets:   Pleasant Poppies, Work of Art
Ink:   Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Old Olive
Paper:   Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake and Subtles Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:    Very Vintage Buttons, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Enamel Dots from a local craft store
Tools:  Project Life Corner Rounder, Triple Banner Punch

Happy Memorial Day

As soon as I saw this week's My Favorite Things sketch of the week, I wanted to create a card and I even have hopes of creating a scrapbook page.    I love the 5 circles!!      So I decided to pull out the poppy set in honor of Memorial Day.      Thank you for all active military and veterans for keeping our country safe.

Most of the products to make the card are not SU, but the ones that are the ink, card stock, baker's twine and designer series paper.  

Happy Memorial Day Everyone!  

Administrative Professional Day

 April 27th is Administrative Professional Day.   A customer of mine asked me to make a few cards for his assistants.     Here are two project ideas I made.   I have to say I love the first one it.   It is such a great graphic look.    Stacking stamped images love it.   Real Red and Smoky Slate, just beautiful.

The second card I decided to go with a classic office supply look.   I made a tag.   I cut the corners of the card stock corners and then I added a 3/4" square punch with a Crop-a-dile punch center.

Paper Craft Crew

There is so much potential with this week's Paper Craft Crew sketch of the week.   One of the best things was I was able to use 3 of my favorite stamp sets in the Idea Book & Catalog.
Thank you Paper Craft crew.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Cottage Greetings, Bountiful Border, Floral Wings
Ink:   Hello Honey, Mossy Meado, Versamark
Paper:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, English Garden Designer Series Paper, InColor Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Regal Candy Dots, Bright Buttons, Linen Thread, Whisper Whtie Embossing Powder
Tools:  Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy, Project Life Corner Rounder

Stampin Royalty Picture Inspiration

As soon as I saw this week's Stampin' Royalty picture inspiration, I knew I wanted to wanted to use the Bountiful Border stamp set for the challenge.   It was a perfect fit for the greens and blues in the photo.   I never thought to use Wild Wasabi and Pacific Point together, but they really look beautiful together.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Bountiful Border, Express Yourself
Ink:   Wild Wasabi and Pacific Point
Paper:   Whisper White, Pacific Point, Subtles Patterns Designer Series
Accessories:   Pearls, Antique Buttons, Whisper White Baker's Twine

Caseing the Catty Gift Packaging

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 Gift Packaging section of the catalog.

I absolutely love the gift page on page 56.    Love the polka dots!!!    The polka dots in the project made me want to purchase the Stamp a Bag stamp set so I can recreate the background.   I decided to make a card instead of gift package.   

If you have been following the hop, you just came from Emma Palonek and the next stop in the hop is

back to the Rebecca Scurr

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Me=Grateful, Stamp a Bag
Ink:   Versamark
Paper:   Crumb Cake, Everyday Occasions Cardmaking Kit, Gold Foil
Accessories:   Linen Thread, Doily, White Embossing Powder
Tools:   Heat Gun, Embossing Powder

Love Watercolor Wings

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 create a project from the Thank You section of the catalog.

There is so many thank you cards that caught my eye!   So many beautiful projects.    In the end I decided to case the butterfly card on page 13.

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

Tricia Raineri.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets:   Work of Art, Watercolor Wings

Ink:  Mint Macaron, Cucumber Crush

Paper:   Whisper White, Cucumber Crush, Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper

Accessories:   Subtles Candy Dots, Paperclips

Tools: Project Life Corner Rounder, Butterflies Thinlits

New Sketch Blog

I love finding new sketch challenge blogs.    I love the Paper Craft Crew sketch they posted.    It was a perfect fit for the thank you cards I needed to make for my customers!    It was perfect for me to create a card with the beautiful Watercolor Wings.  

I love that there are so many stamps in the set that make it perfect for layering.   The layering ends up giving us a beautiful watercolor wings

The new White Perfect Accents with a color of a sharpie give you perfectly coordinated accents.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets:   Watercolor Wings, Cottage Greetings
Ink:   So Saffron, Calypso Coral, Watercolor Wonder
Paper:   Whisper White, So Saffron, Subtles Patterns Designer Series Paper, Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   White Perfect Accents, Whisper White Embossing Powder
Tools;   Bold Butterfly Framelits, Banner Punch, Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Gift Card Envelope & Trim Thinlits

Thanks You Are Amazing

I love this week's Freshly Made Sketch of the week.    I love how my coffee card came out with this week's sketch.

I have to say I am loving the font in the Cottage Greetings stamp set.   It is slowly becoming one of my favorite sentiments.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Cottage Greetings
Ink:   Basic Black
Paper:   Whisper White, Basic Black, Sahara Sand, Neutral Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accesories:  Neutral Candy Dots, Basic Black Baker's Twine
Tools:  Oval Coluzzle Cutting System, Smal Heart Punch, Gift Card Envelop & Trims Thinlits Dies

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

Butterfly Thank You

So are you loving the new Best Year Ever Designer Series paper as much as me!   With a 50$ order, you can earn 12 sheets of this amazing paper for free!    You can see some of the amazing designs in the paper by peeking through the butterfly punch out.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Work of Art
Ink;   Calypso Coral
Paper:   Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper, Whisper White
Accessories:   Pearls
Tools:  Bitty Butterfly Punch, 1 1/4" Square Punch

Thank You ... You're the Best

This week's Inkredible color challenge is:   Cajun Craze, Tangelo Twist and Baked Brown Sugar.   Fall is here and so are amazing fall color combinations.  

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Perfect Blend, Hello, Lovely, For All Things
Ink:  Cajun Craze, Tangelo Twist and Baked Brown Sugar
Paper:   Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar Patterns Designer Series paper
Accessories:  Neutral Candy Dots
Tools:  Project Life Corner Rounder

Photo Inspiration

This week's Stamping Royalty brings us photo inspiration.   My eye went immediately to the beautiful gold and teal images.     Here is the Flowering Flourishes stamp set embossed in gold with a teal butterfly.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Flowering Flourishes, Because I Care
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Whisper White, Holiday Lounge Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools:   Bitty Butterfly Punch, Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy

Stamping Royalty

This month's Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking crowned their 2014 Stamping Royalty.   I worked really hard and submitted a few cards to the contest.  Unfortunately, I did not win.   I have to say it was a challenge to get down to the basics and primarily focus the card on just stamping.    It was not an easy challenge.

Here is the first card I came up with.  It was by far one of my favorites.  

Ashley Harris is hosting a blog post dedicated to entries that were made to Stamping Royalty that didn't get chosen.   There are some beautiful cards.   Take a moment and visit her blog and get inspired by the amazing creativity in the paper crafting world.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Yippee Skippee, Banner Blast, Oh, Hello, Show & Tell, Perfect Pennants
Ink:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay
Paper:  Whisper White, Gold Foil
Accessories:  Gold Embossing Powder, Gems from a local craft store
Tools:  Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Circle Framelits, Big Shot

Inkredible Color Challenge

This week's Inkredible color challenge is:   Smoky Slate and So Saffron.   Adding Smoky Slate is another way to make it one of my favorite color combos! 

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Perfect Pennants, Regarding Dahlias, Summer Silouettes
Ink: Smoky Slate and So Saffron
Paper:  Whisper White
Accessories:  Pearls

Love this color combo

This week's Inkredible color challenge is two of my favorite colors:   Blushing Bride paired up with Gold.    I just love them together.

Ingredients to make the card: 
Stamp Sets:  Million & One, Summer Silhouettes
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Whisper White, Blushing Bride Prints Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls, Blushing Bride Ruffled Ribbon, Doily, Watercolor Wonder Designer Washi Tape
Tools:  Ticket Corner Punch, Fancy Flower Punch, Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy

Chevron Thank You

So here is my fall chevron thank you card.    So simple and so easy to make.     Perfect when you need to send out a thank you card especially if you need a masculine card.  The hardest part of this card is cleaning off the white ink.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Pretty Petites, Chevron Border from a local craft store
Ink:   Early Espresso, Whisper White
Paper:   Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso
Accessories:   Linen Thread, Chocolate Chip Button
Tools:   Corner Rounder from a local craft store, Little Leaves Sizzlits, Big Shot, Curly Label Punch

Moxie Fab Thank You Blog Hop

 

Today, I have the honor of taking part of the Moxie Fab Thank You blog hop to Cath Edvalson.   Cath is the super amazing and inspirational Trends Editor at Paper Crafts Magazine.    She is moving on to new endeavors and she is going to be truly missed by everyone in the Paper Crafting Community.    She was one of the few blogs I made a point to visit every day.    I am going to miss visiting all her posts on Moxie Fab World.  She kept everyone up to date on the latest in the paper crafting world and she had an amazing eye for finding inspiration everywhere.    

 

Thank you Cath for starting out my day with a smile!   I am going to miss you and all your moxie fabness!!! You brought creativity to another level and you will be missed!   

There are over 250 paper crafters taking part in the blog hop!   This will be a truly amazing blog hop that you will want to take the time and visit with these amazing designers.  Cath was an inspiration to all of us so you will not want to miss out all the creations that our muse inspired.

If you are following along with the blog hop you are coming from Chrissie Tobas's blog. 

The next stop in the blog hop is  Heather Hoffman.

If you get lost along the way, I am #170 and you can use can use the link list below to help navigate through the hop.

Make sure to scroll down below to my post from Thursday, 11/7.    I reached a milestone on my blog 300,000 visits so there is blog candy that you can enter and get a chance to win.

Thank you for visiting my blog!

Here is my thank you card to Cath.
Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Perfect Blend, Hello, Lovely
Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar, Calypso Coral
Paper:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper, 2013-15 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack
Accessories:   Antique Brads, Linen Thread, Large Pearls, Victoria Crochet Trim
Tools:  Leaves Sizzex, Corner Rounder
Misc:   Starbucks Sleeve

Color Challenge

I just love, love love this color challenge that was posted on the Fiskateers discussion board!  It is perfect for our Indian Summer we are having.   It's like having a farewell to summer.   

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Million & One
Ink:  Coastal Cabana
Paper:  Whisper White, Primrose Petals Patterns Designer Series Paper, Certainly Celery Prints Designer Series Paper, Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls and Buttons from a local craft store
Tools:   Pansy Punch, Labels Collection Framelits, Honeycomb Textured Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Build a Blossom Punch and Corner Rounder from a local craft store