SCIC #20 & Papercraft Star Challenge #14

2 in 1 again . . . this week I combined SCIC #20 and a new choice from my Papercraft Star!

The inspiration at Stampin' Celebration was . . .



And Challenge #14 for Papercraft Star was . .

Simon Says Follow this Recipe:
Make a Card
Base: 5.5 x 5.5
Mat: 5 x 5
Score Mat 5 times at 1/4 inch
3 Flowers from Die Cut or Punch
3 Buttons and Twine
(You may also add a sentiment or other items as desired)

So granted for SCIC I didn't use the 'pale pink' . . but chose a 'hot pink' instead. I still like it and these are truly not colors I usually use, so this was completely out of my box! Heck, I have twin boys!

As for Papercraft Star, I usually don't do this size of card . . it is a hard size for me to work with for some reason. So again, totally out of my box!

I scored the mat 5 times at the 1/4 inch mark, but you can barely see it as I placed my 'inchies' over it. My 3 flowers (black) and 3 buttons (pink) are laced through w/ the twine. All I had was brown twine so I ran it threw my black ink a few times to darken it up to fit more w/ the card colors. The pink & white ribbon was a little bright for my card so to tone it down I added a thin black (see-through) ribbon on top of it . . .




Stamps: Fundamental Phrases, Circle Circus (my new favorite - yes, it has been out a while, but I go on kicks when I pull one out I haven't used in a LONG time . . . get ready to see more of it!)
Ink: Melon Mambo, Basic Black
Other: 1 3/8 circle punch, 2-step bird XL punch, word window punch, modern label XL punch, 1 3/4 scallop circle punch, stylus (for scoring)

PPA58 & 2S4U60

Two challenges in 1! I am on a kick to start doing challenges again . . so look out! LOL!

The challenge over at PPA was to use pearls! I must have used all my sticky scrapping pearls, so I had to dig in my stash of beads for this one! LOL!


This week the sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 You was this . . LOVE IT!


Here is my version of both the sketch and the pearls . . .



Stamps - Congrats (Retired)
Ink - Night of Navy
Other - Scallop Edge Border Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, 1 1/4 & 1 3/8's Circle Punches

SCIC18

Had to jump in and celebrate w/ Erica on the excitement of her making the DT at Stampin' Celebration! CONGRATS ERICA, your work is awesome and they are SO lucky to have you!

With that . . I had to play along! The challenge this week . . .


I decided to go w/ the table setting. I pulled the runner out and the navy plates, etc. Used yellow from the lemon's as the base of my cards.



Stamps - Occasional Quotes, Goody-Goody Gumdrops (retired)
Ink - Night of Navy
Other - Scallop Trim Border Punch, Circle Scissor Plus, Modern Label Extra Large Punch

Celebrate!

Stamps - Lots of Bots
Ink - Classic Real Red, Classic Basic Black
Other - 1 3/8" Circle Large Punch, Blender Pens

A few cards . . .

cQc #31 . . . I'm the FRIEND!

Yep, I am the FRIEND that Ms. Erica decided to invite to play on this week's Color Challenge over at ColourQ (THANKS ERICA!!!)!

I was so excited . . . I have been 'admiring' this blog for a little while, but never played along. I did a card earlier this week, but didn't really care for it so I made another tonight . . .

The challenge was to use the following color scheme . .



Here are my cards:



Stamps: Lots of Bots
Ink: Brillant Blue, Whisper White
Other: Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Circle Scissor Plus



Stamps: Very Thankful
Ink: Brillant Blue
Other: Circle Scissor Plus, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Scallop Trim Border Punch

So now if you didn't come from Erica's blog to see my project, jump over there and see what she did! I absolutely LOVE her work . . .

Thanks again Erica!!!

Blog Hopping Good Time!

It's that time again, blog hopping time!


Our challenge this round was to use this sleeper as our 'inspiration', the colors, the dots, the daisy . . . doesn't matter.


Here are my versions . . I opted out of a layout this time b/c I really need to get some more pictures printed! What I have is just not giving me the scrapping 'vibe' which I am sure you all know what I mean!




Now that you have seen my goodies, click my 'blog hop' button over on the right side of this page and head on over to Jen's blog to see her work!

Got to use my new Polka Dots SU Impressions Folder!

Not a big 'ta-doo' . . . but I really wanted to use my new Impressions Folder I got last week and I needed a card to give to the boys teacher, so guess what . . I USED IT! LOL! And . . I love it! I can see myself using this one alot!


Stampin' Up Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder
Stampin' Up Taken with Teal Classic Ink
Stampin' Up Picture This Hostess Stamp Set

Love You Much!

Stampin' Up Love You Much Stamp Set
Stampin' Up Taken With Teal Classic Ink
Stampin' Up Watercolor Pencils
Stampin' Up Blender Pens


Stampin' Up Love You Much Stamp Set
Stampin' Up Taken With Teal Classic Ink
Stampin' Up Watercolor Pencils
Stampin' Up Blender Pens

New Blogity Blog HOP!

It's that time again . . . time for another Scrappy Blog Hop!



The theme this time was FALL . . could range anywhere from Halloween, Thanksgiving, Fall Leaves, Fall Colors . . .

I decided to try making my own little 'Turkey' that I got the idea from in one of my recent Scrap Magazines. I think he turned out SO cute!




To make my little guy I used the following Stampin' Up! Punches:
1" Circle
1 1/4" Circle
Heart to Heart

You can either draw his little legs on, hide them . . . or I used my Heart to Heart punch upside down.

Now jump along and see what our other member's Fall Themed crafts were . . click the Blog Hop Button on the right side of my page! HAVE FUN & Happy Fall!

PPA11

This week over at Paper Pal Arts we had a Color Challenge . . . 3 of my favorite colors right now w/ Stampin' Up!


This is what I came up with . . . I actually did 'no' stamping shockingly (other than the heart on the envelope), but still love the way it turned out!


Stampin' Up Wide Oval Punch
Stampin' Up Heart to Heart Punch
Stampin' Up Scallop Edge Punch
Stampin' Up Many Thanks Sizzlits Die
Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie 1 1/4 Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
Stampin' Up Mistletoe Ribbon Originals (Mini Catalog)
Stampin' Up Texture Plates #4
Stampin' Up The More the Merrier (heart) Stamp Set

Card Share . . .

Trying to get caught up on my posts and clean out my 'to post' folder so thought I would just do a quick 'card share' and be done w/ the 'cards'! Alot of these are using Stampin' Up products, I am sure you can spot some of them as I use them regularly! ENJOY!

Pumpkin Patch

I love this Stampin' Up set! I think these little fellers are SO cute!


Stampin' Up Kiwi Swiss Classic Ink
Stampin' Up Soft Suede Classic Ink
Stampin' Up Dusty Durango Classic Ink
Stampin' Up Really Rust Classic Ink
Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink
Stampin' Up Basic Black Classic Ink
Stampin' Up Pumpkin Patch Stamp Set
Stampin' Up Scallop Oval Punch
Stampin' Up Large Oval Punch
Stampin' Up Distressed Texture Plate

Sympathy Cards

I absolutely HATE making these type of cards . . I never seem to know what 'color' or 'design', etc . . but thank gosh for sympathy stamps or I would REALLY be in trouble!

This time I needed to make TWO . . so why not just bust out 2 to match, super easy . . .

Stampin' Up Word Window Punch
Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa Classic Ink Pad
Stampin' Up Bella Rose PP <---Retired
Stampin' Up Kindred Spirits Stamp Set