Desktop Thursday #20

I think I need to sort and put away the paper...

A Friendly CASE

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to CASE a card from one of the Stampin' Up catalogs. I chose to recreate this fun card:

I love the different colored markers used to make the sentiment. I love the multiple layers of embellishments. So, I pulled out my current SU color markers and picked a fun, but different color combination. I went with Watermelon Wonder; Dapper Denim, and Delightful Dijon. I have to admit that Delightful Dijon isn't one of my favorite colors, but I think it looks really nice with these other two colors. After recreating the sentiment, I had fun pulling papers and embellishments from my stash. My card isn't an exact CASE. I love taking the basic idea of the example card and putting my own touches to it!

• Stamps: Friendly Wishes
• Inks: Dapper Denim; Watermelon Wonder; Delightful Dijon
• Cardstock: 2015-2017 In Color DSP; Watermelon Wonder; Dapper Denim; Whisper White
• Accessories: 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes; Gold Sequin Ribbon; Delightful Dijon Ribbon
• Tools: Lots of Labels Framelits

Razzle and Pool Trees

Another great Christmas card buffet card for today. This one utilizes some great retired Stampin' Up DSP that I still had laying around the house. I pulled the Pool Party from the DSP to create a nontraditionally colored Christmas card. I layered on some stamped trees to create more visual interest. Then I went a little crazy with the embellishments. The card cried for some bling (hence the rhinestones), but the sentiment looked to plain by itself on the paper. The two ribbons layered underneath helped to fill that void. As an afterthought, I pulled out these great little snowflake brads. Perfect touch!

• Stamps: Wrapped in Warmth; Foxy Friends
• Inks: Pool Party; Rich Razzleberry
• Cardstock: Winter Frost DSP (retired); Rich Razzleberry; Whisper White
• Accessories: Rhinestones; Rich Razzleberry Ribbon; Pool Party Ribbon (retired); Snowflake brads (non-SU)
• Tools: Lots of Labels Framelits

SSINKCS39: Warm Christmas

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the sketch below. Sketch cards are always a lot of fun to make.

I had a few pages from the Warmth and Cheer DSP pack leftover from my paper share. I love this fun collection of patterns and colors. So I decided to go with a nontraditional combination of Garden Green and Delightful Dijon. I had a ton of fun mixing and matching patterns to recreate the sketch. A simple, but very visually appealing card.

• Stamps: Wrapped in Warmth
• Inks: Garden Green
• Cardstock: Warmth and Cheer DSP; Crumb Cake; Kraft
• Accessories:
• Tools: Stars Framelits

Hello Santa

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card with our favorite Christmas stamp. Of course I had to make a card using the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp.

I love the little figures and this little Santa Claus is just the cutest. I decided to keep my card design simple to focus on the beautiful paper and stamped image.

• Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas
• Inks: Real Red; Basic Black; Delightful Dijon
• Cardstock: Candy Cane Lane DSP; Real Red; Whisper White
• Accessories: Real Red Ribbon
• Tools: Scallop Tag Topper Punch

Fun n' Crafty Blog Hop November 2016

Welcome to the Fun n’ Crafty Blog Hop for November. This month's theme is Christmas cards. Have you seen the new Stitched Shapes Framelits? They are a great addition to Stampin' Up's framelits. I bought mine last week and they arrived on Monday, just in time for me to use them for today's card. 

For my card, I wanted to go simple but play with shapes and patterns. I layered a couple different patterns from the Warmth and Cheer DSP stack to create my background. From there, I layered some ovals framelits to create the nice center of my card. Note the fun stitching around my sentiment! To finish off the card, I added some metallic thread behind my sentiment and and a few gold enamel shapes.

• Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas
• Inks: Cherry Cobbler
• Cardstock: Warmth and Cheer DSP; Garden Green; Cherry Cobbler; Basic Black; Whisper White
• Accessories: Real Red Metallic Thread; Metallic Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Stitch Shapes Framelits; Ovals Framelits

Blog Hop List:

• Tobe B - The Craft Sea <--- you are here!
• Pamela Wu - Stinky Tofu
• Kathy Thisted - Stampablog
• Jennifer Blomquist - Northwest Stamper
• Stacey Lane - A Work of Carte
• Susan Schultz - Stampin By the Bay
• Christine Szekeres - Artful Musings
• Nicole Flourney - Inky Fingers Stamping
• Danielle Elvin - Going to Collage

It's CASE Time!

Welcome to the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration blog hop! This month we are CAEing a fellow Design Team member. As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 5 on the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration Blog Hop – Jenny G @ Jenny G Paper Stamps. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn’t work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

I chose to CASE this great card from Diana Eichfeld. I always love her cards. She has great attention to the little details in card making! For my CASE, I went a bit more simple, but kept the idea of the layout and layering of DSP. Apparently, I am really digging the purple and blue color combo lately. I've made four different cards using varying shades of purple and blue just this week!

• Stamps: Celebrate Today; Papillon Potpurri
• Inks: Sweet Sugarplum; Tip Top Taupe
• Cardstock: A Little Foxy DSP; 2015-2017 In Color DSP; Pool Party; Sweet Sugarplum; Whisper White
• Accessories: Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon; 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes
• Tools:Circle Framelits; Elegant Butterfly Punch

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Tobe B. at The Craft Sea
2. Pamela W. at Stinky Tofu
3. Nichole L. at Scrappy Stamps and Ink
4. Darcy J. at Dj's Stampin' Place
5. Jennifer G. at Jenny G Paper Stamps

Currently...

Watching: Working my way through the entirety of the Gilmore Girls. I'm currently in the middle of Season 2.

Reading: About 1/3 of the way through Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Listening: Catching up on my One Bad Mother podcasts

Making: Diving into making some Christmas cards. I have some leftovers from last year, but also wanted to make a few with my new Christmas sets.

Feeling: Yesterday I had a horrendous migraine. It's not completely gone, but I'm pulling out of it.

Planning: Trying to finish the meal plan for the rest of the month. 

Loving: Baby Q is not a great sleeper, so any that I do get is wondrous.

SSINKCC39: Paisley DSP

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the colors below.

I love the Paisley and Posies stamp set for how many different ways you can use it. For this card, I decided to make my own background pattern paper for the card using the colors in the challenge. From there, I layered on some great cardstock. For the sentiment, I inked part of the sentiment in Tangerine Tango and the other part in Island Indigo. I love the final effect!

• Stamps: Paisleys and Posies; Friendly Wishes
• Inks: Tangerine Tango; Island Indigo; Smoky Slate
• Cardstock: Island Indigo; Tangerine Tango; Smoky Slate
• Accessories:
• Tools: