Breezy Pacific Gardens Mojo Love

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This card is for three challenges--SCS color challenge 203 (Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, and Garden Green), the very latest hot off the press Stamp Simply--#72, show some LOVE!, and Mojo Monday 70--just a little late, LOL, but I like the sketch so I'm doing it. That's my story, etc., etc. This could be an anniversary card, I think. Or a Valentine's Day card.

My card base is Whisper White with a layer of Garden Green, then Pacific Point, then a layer of Whisper White that I ran through my Cuttlebug with the Love Language embossing folder. The next "element" is two rows of Pacific Point striped ribbon. The half-round element is Baja Breeze stamped with my Posy backgrounder stamp cut/embossed with a circle Nestibilities die and layered on Baja Breeze cut/embossed with a scalloped circle die. The long element is Garden Green, Pacific Point, and Whisper White that was run through the Cuttlebug with the Stylized Flower embossing folder. These elements are up on 3M foam squares. The focal image was stamped on Whisper White with Garden Green using a stamp from Verve's Beautiful You set--you can't see it but the little flower was done in Pacific Point. It was cut/embossed with a Lables One die and layered on Pacific Point which was cut/embossed with a square die--the edges were sponged with Baja Breeze then Pacific Point. This is also up on foam squares. The "Baja Breeze" Prima was once a white one. I colored it with a Twinkling H2O called Tahitian Blue--which was a little too blue so I went over it with Shimmerz in Mint. It's probably closer to Soft Sky but it works and it sure does shimmer.
The flowers are attached with a clear crystal brad. See the green leaves? I bought a miniature ivy garland at Wal*Mart in the floral department for $3.00 and cut the little leaves off. I LOVE how this turned out!! Now I have leaves for, well, let's just say for quite a while for almost nothing, LOL. They're attached with glue dots and match the Garden Green to a "T".

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~Recipe~

Stamps: Beautiful You (Verve); Posy Backgrounder (SU!)
Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, and Garden Green (SU!)
Ink: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, and Garden Green
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, embossing folders; Primas; 3M foam squares, crystal brad (craft store); ivy leaves (Wal*Mart); Twinkling H2Os; Shimmerz (Jacksonbelle Embellishments)

Flower of the Month--January

This card is for the last Viva la Verve January challenge. It's a sketch with a twist of flowers. I'm always ready to do flowers, and since I just got this retired SU! set called Flower of the Month, I was ready. I really love this set.

My base card is Very Vanilla with three layers of cardstock from a K & Co Cardstock Pad called K-ology Hannah, and I added a Dew Drop from the Primary Color bottle in each of the corners.The next element is also all from that cardstock pad and is up on 3M foam squares with a little paper piercing in each corner. The third element is two pieces of satin ribbon that match the card stock. The focal image is the flower for January--Carnation. It was stamped on Stamper's Select cardstock with Palette Hybrid Noir Black ink. I colored it with Copic markers (see picture below for the ones I used), sponged the edges with Creamy Caramel ink and cut/embosed it with a Lables One Nestabilities die. Then it was matted with card stock from the pad that was cut/embossed as well. The sentiment is from Verve's Wonderful Wishes set and was stamped on patterned cardstock with Basic Black, punched with the small oval punch and matted on more cardstock punched with the medium punch. Both the focal image and the sentiment are up on 3M foam squares.

I like the way this card turned out. Each month I'll use the stamp for that month for a birthday card. And I have another project in mind for this set, too.

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~Recipe~
Stamps: Flower of the Month (SU!); Wonderful Wishes (Verve)
Paper: Very Vanilla (SU!); K-ology Hannah Cardstock Pad (K & Co); Stamper's Select (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir Black; Basic Black, Creamy Caramel (SU!)
Accessories: Copics; Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Lable One; 3M foam squares, ribbon, sponge (craft store); Dew Drops (Robin's Nest); paper piercer/mat/template; small and medium oval punches (SU!)

Anniversary Birds

This card is for SCS Sketch Challenge 212--another great sketch. It's also, obviously, an anniversary card.

My base card is Very Vanilla, with a layer of Always Artichoke, then a layer of Bashful Blue, then a layer of DSP from the Le Jardin (retired SU!) collection. I've had this for a while and never used it, but I was inspired by a picture I saw in a magazine and immediately thought of this DSP. The next element is more Always Artichoke and Bashful Blue, and another pattern from the collection. The third element is simply Always Artichoke and Bashful Blue. The focal image is from the For the Love of Birds set by Our Craft Lounge. It's stamped on water color paper with Basic Brown and stamped off once since I wanted very soft lines for this image. I then water colored it with Stampin' Up! markers and a blender pen, then went over all the water colored areas with Angel Wings Shimmerz. The picture below shows a close up of the shimmer. It was then cut/embossed with a circle Nestabilities die and the edges were lightly sponged with Bashful Blue. Then I matted it on another pattern of DSP which was cut/embossed with scalloped circle die, and is up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment is from the same set and was done in the same manner, except I didn't stamp off the word stamp. It was cut out with a Designer Label punch, sponged with Bashful Blue and matted on more DSP cut out with the Large Oval punch. It's also up on foam squares. A few blue rhinestones in strategic places finish the card off.

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~Recipe~
Stamps: For the Love of Birds (Our Craft Lounge)
Paper: water color paper,Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla, Le Jardin DSP (SU!)
Ink: Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue, Creamy Caramel, So Safforn, Basic Brown (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities; 3M foam squares (craft store); blue rhinestones (Hero Arts); Designer Label and Large Oval punches (SU!); Angel Wings Shimmerz

Gratitude

Don't you just love the Verve sentiment stamps? I do, and hope to get some new ones soon. This card is for SCS Color Challenge #202: Bravo Burgundy, Regal Rose, and Kiwi Kiss. Great combination. I started flipping through my Basic Grey paper pads and saw that Eva fit the bill with the colors. I love this collection. This card is also for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #27.

My base card is Whisper White with a layer of Bravo Burgundy, Kiwi Kiss, and finally, a layer of the Eva DP. The next element is the same with different DP. I tied a bow around all this with striped Kiwi Kiss ribbon. The sentiment is from Verve's Beautiful You set and is stamped on Whisper White with Bravo Burgundy. It--and the Kiwi Kiss layer--is cut/embossed with oval Nestabilities and the Bravo Burgundy layer is done with the scalloped oval dies. This element was attached with 3M foam squares and a Fresh Cut Grass Dew Drop was added as an accent.

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~Recipe~
Stamps: Beautiful You (Verve)
Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White (SU!); Eva 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Bravo Burgundy (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities; ribbon (SU!); 3M foam squares (craft store); Dew Drops

A gift for a friend

This gift box of note cards is for a very dear friend. I got the idea a couple of weeks ago from a card I made for a challenge. I guess I'm CASEing myself, LOL.

All of the base cards are Whisper White with a layer of Certainly Celery. Then they each have a different DP from Basic Grey's Eva 6 x 6 pad along with the pink solid included in the collection. A celery green ribbon was tied around, where the papers meet, in a bow. I stamped the monogram with Just Rite's 1 5/8" round Harmony stamper, the Brayton Font and a border from the 10 Designer Centers and Borders set on Whisper White with Bravo Burgundy ink. The monogram and the layers were cut out with large and small circle and large scalloped circle Nestabilities dies and the whole thing was mounted on 3M foam squares. Each sentiment, stamped with Bravo Burgundy, is different and all are from SU!'s Sincere Salutations set. Three Fresh Cut Grass Dew Drops balance the left lower corner.

After they were done, I put them in a clear box and tied a rich burgundy ribbon around it. Pretty simple, but very pretty, too, and easy and quick. You can't get any better than that. I think my friend will like the set.

Thanks for dropping in today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Sincere Salutations (SU!); Brayton Font, 10 Designer Centers and Borders (Just Rite)
Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Bravo Burgundy (SU!); Eva 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Bravo Burgundy (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities; Harmony 1 5/8" round stamper (Just Rite); ribbon x 2, 3M foam square (craft store); clear box (Clear Bags)

Love is in the air

This card is for Mercy's sketch challenge #25--just a wee bit late ;-). But that's OK, it's a great sketch and it was fun to do. It also qualifies for CCEE Stampers' challenge today: use a fish or fish lips on your card. I've been wanting to do this little Fluffles stamp and this was a perfect sketch with which to use him.

My base card is Chocolate chip, the next layer is Real Red and the next is Pretty In Pink, run through my Cuttlebug with the Love Language folder. The focal image was stamped on Papertrey Ink's Stamper's Select White Cardstock with Chocolate Chip craft ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder (I tried several times with Momento ink and the fish kept bleeding outside the lines!). It was then colored with copics (see below). Then it was cut/embossed with an oval Nestabilities die and matted on Pretty In Pink and Chocolate chip. Three flat-backed hearts accent the bottom of the A 1" red gingham bow (I love the big ribbons and bows!) finishes it off. The focal image is up on 3M foam squares.

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~Recipe~
Stamps: Fishy Fluffles (Stampendous)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Pretty In Pink (SU!); Stamper's Select White Cardstock (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Chocolate Chip craft ink (SU!)
Accessories: 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); flat-backed hearts (Hero Arts); Cuttlebug and oval Nestabilites, Copics, clear embossing powder, heat gun

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

This card is for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge 43. This is the first time I've done this challenge and I love this sketch. I'll be using it more, I'm sure.

You know, when you have a great layout and you have great paper, you can't mess up. Well, your chances are lessened, anyway, LOL. I really love this card. I think it's the vintage feel and I love the colors.

My base card is Bravo Burgundy with a layer of DP from Cosmo Cricket's Oh Joy collection called Frosty. I love this collection! I got it from Jacksonbelle Embellishments and every design in the collection is gorgeous! The focal element is first Bravo Burgundy, then Mellow Moss, then the focal image is stamped on Very Vanilla with Mellow Moss and this layer is sponged with Creamy Caramel (naturally). The snowflake stamp is from The Paper Studio's set called Snowflakes (as is the small snowflake, as well). Three burgundy brads accent this element. The next element is first Bravo Burgundy, then more DP, then Very Vanilla with the sentiment from Verve's Ornamental Christmas set in Bravo Burgundy. This is also sponged. The accent element is stamped on Very Vanilla, sponged, and layered on Mellow Moss. Each of the elements are up on dimensionals. I really love this card--it may be a keeper. Thanks for taking a look today!

~Recipe!
Stamps: Snowflakes (The Paper Studio), Ornamental Christmas (Verve)
Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla (SU!), Oh Joy: Frosty (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Mellow Moss, Bravo Burgundy, Creamy Caramel (SU!)
Accessories: brads (craft store), Cuttlebug, small and large circle Nestabilities, sponge, dimensionals

Run, run reindeer!

This card is for Paper Craft Planet's third sketch challenge. I love this paper and the stamp and I've been wanting to use them for a while. I think it also qualifies for Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply challenge for this week. I'm going to give it a try, anyway :)

My base card is Chocolate Chip. This sketch called for a square card which is not my favorite, but that's why it's a challenge, right? It also called for an oval focal image but the stamp I wanted to use worked with a circle better. The top element is Soft Sky with a layer of DP from My Mind's Eye Signature Christmas collection called Flying Friends and is attached with Soft Sky look-alike brads. The focal image is a Basic Grey stamp set called Winterland. It's stamped on Whisper White with Chocolate Chip, then cut out with a Nestabilities circle die. The edges are sponged with Soft Sky. It's layered on Soft Sky that was cut with a Petite Circle die--each scallop was accented with a Chocolate Chip SU! marker. The sentiment was stamped on Soft Sky with Chocolate chip using a Martha Stewart stamp from a clear stamp set called Christmas Phrases. The focal image and the sentiment are up on dimensionals. I really like the look of this card and it's going into my sloooooowly growing Christmas card stash. Thanks for taking a look!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Winterland (Basic Grey), Christmas Phrases (Martha Stewart)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky (SU!), Flying Friends (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilites, brads (craft store)