Bleeding heart - Stamp Simply #124

Are you ready for a new Stamp Simply challenge? Sharon's got another fun one for us today: Bleeding Heart. She wants us to use a heart and the color red on our card or project.

For my card, I decided to take Sharon very literally and go with Flourishes' Bleeding Heart flower stamp from their Spring Ephemerals set. I stamped it on some paper from Basic Grey's Scarlett's Letter paper. I LOVE that collection and am hoarding what I have left, but it was just too perfect for this project--that silhouette flower works so well with this paper. I stamped the image with SU! Basic Black Craft ink and heat embossed with black detail embossing powder. I find if I use black ink and black powder that I get much better coverage than either one alone. I'm using Mercy's sketch for this week, so for the scalloped interest at the bottom, I used some heavy black lace. Card stock is Riding Hood Red and Basic Black. I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black for the excellent coverage it provides, punched it out, matted it, and popped it up on a 3M foam square. The image element is also popped up, on Pop Dots. Lastly, I added some red crystals to the lace and the sentiment. I love how it turned out! And hey, look--no ribbon, no buttons ;-)

So, now it's your turn. Come along and play and take us up on the challenge--we'd love to see what you come up with. If you do, be sure to leave the link to your project on Sharon's blog using Mr. Linky. Please use the keyword ssnotime124 if you upload to a public forum. And don't forget to check out Sharon's fabulous sample and also the great designs from the Stamp Simply team and leave 'em some love!

Julie Koerber

Jennifer Buck is sitting out this week

Barb Schram

Janine Orchard

A J Otto

Tammy Hershberger

Deb Saarenen

Jenny Gropp

Thanks for dropping in today! Tomorrow is Crazy 4 Challenges day and we've got a fun challenge for you, so I hope you'll stop by again then.

~Supplies~
Stamps: Spring Ephemerals (Flourishes)
Paper: Basic Black, Riding Hood Red (SU!); Scarlett's Letter (Basic Grey)
Ink: Basic Black Craft (SU!); Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: 3M foam squares, jewels, lace (craft store); 3/4" and 1" circle punches (EK Success); fine detail black embossing powder (Ranger); heat gun; Embossing Buddy (SU!)

Love You Forever

Finally getting around to Mercy's Sketch for the week that's almost over.

I started out trying for CAS but it wasn't happening. I do have layers but there's a lot of white space--I think I'm channeling Silke, LOL ;-) I fiddled with this card way too long, but I love how it turned out in the end.

I started by stamping the heart border image from PTI's Simple Valentine. I had decided I wanted to use black, white, and Hibiscus Burst, so to tie it together, I used a black Copic marker to fill in some of the dots on the border. Then I stamped the small polka dots from Polka Dot Basics II in Hibiscus Burst and stamped the sentiment from Heart Prints in True Black. I've had that ribbon for forever and it matches just about perfectly--the Vintage buttons in Hibiscus Burst and True Black are tied on with DMC embroidery floss in a close match. The stamped hearts are from Heart Prints, too. Since I don't have the heart punches I cut them out by hand and popped them up with Pop Dots. I love the mix of layers and lots of white space. I almost added some black flat-backed pearls to the upper right corner but decided that less is more in this case ;-)

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Supplies: Stamps: Simple Valentine, Heart Prints, Polka Dot Basics II (PTI) Paper: White, True Black, Hibiscus Burst (PTI) Ink: Hibiscus Burst Pigment, True Black Hybrid (PTI) Accessories: Pop Dots, DMC floss, ribbon (craft store); Vintage buttons (PTI); border punch (Martha Stuart)

Enjoy the Season

Happy Monday, peeps! This card is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #48--just under the wire, again ;-) I think it's mostly pretty self explanatory, but I'll explain a couple of things. The teapot and the holly are from a new Flourishes' set called, appropriately, Christmas Tea, stamped on a Cream Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copic markers. I didn't have any ribbon the right shade of red, so I ended up threading a strip of card stock through the lace and it really worked well. Then, there's Stickles accenting the pot, the holly, the sentiment, and the holly leaves. I have a little book called The Teas Of Christmas and this image reminds me of it. Cute!

Thanks for dropping by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Christmas Tea (Flourishes Stamps)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Sage Shadow (SU!); Jolly By Golly 6 x 6 mini deck (Cosmo Cricket); Cream Perfect Paper Panel (MFT)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Riding Hood Red (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provo Craft); Labels Six Nestabilities (Spellbinder); 3M foam squares, lace (craft store); Copic markers; Stickles; holly leaf punch (Martha Stewart); sewing machine

Gifty Girl Goes Green--Stamp Simply #112

It's Stamp Simply time so it must be Friday ;-) Today, Sharon has challenged us to use a brown paper bag or brown postal wrapping paper on our projects. Here's what she says:

Friday, Nov. 6 - ssnotime112 - Let's be Thrifty -- I love the simple and natural look of brown postal wrap and/or the inside of brown paper grocery sacks. I use them often at Christmas to wrap packages, but they would work well in card making, too! And that is today's challenge -- use either brown postal wrap OR the inside of a paper grocery sack in your project. And your project may be anything at all -- a card, a wrapped package, a 3-D or altered item -- decorated to the hilt of done plain and simple -- let's just collectively find some uses and share ideas for using a fun, inexpensive and under-utilized product!

I'm using another new My Favorite Things November release image on my card. You may have seen her in a kit a couple of months ago, but now she's available as a stand alone set. It hit me that Gifty Girl's shopping bags could be brown paper shopping bags! So, after stamping her on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and coloring with Copic markers, I paper pieced her shopping bags with the brown wrapping paper. I paper pieced WTG's dress with Old Olive DSP and used more brown wrapping paper on the Labels Four mat. To give this element more body, I cut it and some thin chip board at the same time then glued them together--it's up on 3M foam squares, as is the main image. This patterned paper is from Webster's Pages Magical Wishes 6 x 6 pad and I love the colors--the brown wrapping paper matches perfectly IRL ! Some lavender ribbon and a few Dew Drops dress this card up. The perfect little bow was made with my Bow Easy that I got from Sharon's store, and I couldn't resist adding a little chipboard flower that I spritzed with olive green Glimmer Mist under the bow. I'm using Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #46 although I flipped it every which way I could, LOL. I promise this sketch was my inspiration :)

So, now it's your turn. Come along and play and take us up on the challenge--we'd love to see what you come up with. If you do, be sure to leave a comment on Sharon's blog telling her where you uploaded. Please use the keyword ssnotime112 if you upload to a public forum. Check out Sharon's fabulous sample and also the great designs from the Stamp Simply team and let's give a warm welcome to our November Guest Designer, Bethany Paull--welcome, Bethany, we're so glad to have you with us this month!

Bethany Paull - November Guest Designer

Julie Koerber

Barb Schram (filling in for Jennifer Buck who is taking some time off)

Janine Orchard

A J Otto

Tammy Hershberger

Deb Saarenen

Jenny Gropp

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Gifty Girl (MFT)
Paper: Brown postal wrapping paper; Whisper White, Old Olive, Pale Plum, Old Olive DSP (SU!); Magical Wishes (Webster's Pages); Perfect Paper Panel (MFT)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Labels One and Dahlia Nestabilities; 4M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); Glimmer Mist; Copic markers; Dew Drops; Bow Easy

Wisteria Tea Kettle--Color Throwdown #66

WHERE is the time going???!!! It's Wednesday again already so that means it's Color Throwdown day! Our very lovely and talented Miss LeAnne chose the colors today and they were a REAL challenge for me, LOL! Elegant Eggplant, Rich Razzleberry, and Bordering Blue. Wowza!
So, here's what I came up with. I'm using Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #45 for my layout--love it! My little tea kettle image is an October My Favorite Things release called In the Background. Patterned paper is from the Wisteria 6 x 6 pad by Basic Grey. I stamped the tea kettle on one of the designs and cut it out, popping it up on a Nestabilities Label Four mat with Dimensionals. The rest of the card is pretty straight-forward.

Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play. If you don't, just use the closest you have. And don't forget--there's a chance to be chosen as Featured Stamper, which makes you eligible to become a Guest Designer. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use Mr. Linky to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily and so you'll be eligible to win (only directly linked entries will be considered for Featured Stamper--see the sidebar on the blog for all the details). And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown--failure to do this will also disqualify you from winning. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD66 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there!

Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week!

Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Cathy Indelicato--Crafty Thoughts
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
Lisa Kind/October Guest Designer--Kind Creations

Thanks for dropping by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: In the Background (MFT)
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant, Bordering Blue, Whisper White (SU!); Wisteria 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Labels Four Nestabilities die; Dimensionals, template (SU!); ribbon, flat backed pearls (craft store); border punch (Martha Stewart); paper piercer (Ornare)

Thinking of hoo--MTSC #44

Just under the wire again for Mercy's sketch this week. Sigh. Seems to be a trend here, doesn't it? This post will be a quickie ;-) I did this card with images from this month's kit from My Favorite Things, Thinking of Hoo and I'm using patterned paper from the new Nutmeg line from Cosmo Cricket. I stamped the main image on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Rich Cocoa ink twice, and then I stamped the limb image on patterned paper. I colored the owl image, cut it and the limb out and paper pieced them on the original stamped copy. The rest is pretty simple. I need to point out that the ribbon in real life is BROWN gingham--it's showing up black on my monitor, but it is dark brown. I love how this turned out and it was super easy!

Thanks for stopping by today! And don't forget the contest at MFT Member Forum at SCS:

So You Think You Can Stamp?

Here are the general contest rules:


*Weekly themes will be posted on Wednesday, starting October 7th

*You may enter ONE card/project for each theme, and MFT Stamps must be the primary stamps used on your submission.

*Entries must be uploaded by the Monday AFTER the challenge is posted. (You have 5 days to complete each weekly challenge)

*1 Finalist will be selected each week based on the votes from our 3 Panel Judges including 1 Weekly Guest Judge

*Each Weekly Finalist will be paired with an MFT DT MENTOR that will work with them the last week of the competition

*If you are NOT chosen as the current weeks FINALIST, you may play again the following week!

*One FINALIST will be selected each week, and join us on Week 7 to play for the GRAND PRIZE. As a FINALIST, you can certainly play along with us each week, but will only be selected as a FINALIST one time.

*There will be a total of 6 FINALISTS competing on Week 7 for the GRAND PRIZE

What IS the Grand Prize?

ONE lucky (VERY LUCKY) winner will receive ALL the upcoming New Releases from Dec 2009 through May 2010! (Sets will be sample sets, sans packaging).

Good luck!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Thinking of Hoo (MFT)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky (SU!); Melon Berry (PTI); Nutmeg mini deck (Cosmo Cricket); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Petite Oval Nestabilities dies; 3M foam squares (craft store); button/twine (PTI); ribbon (May Arts); sewing machine

Santa Baby--MTSC #43

Yep, last minute again for Mercy's Sketch Challenge. But I have a good reason--I've been out of town and couldn't get it done any sooner. Yeah, that's my story ;-)

This card is using the main WTG image from Santa Baby, new this month from My Favorite Things. I'm going to make this post short and sweet, but if you have any questions, just shoot me an email. I stamped the image on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and for the most part, this image is paper pieced. I did use Liquid Applique on Santa's beard and cuffs and the coloring is done with Copic markers. I flipped the sketch and I love it--another one I'll be going back to again. Patterned paper is from a Christmas 8 1/2" x 11" I got at Hobby Lobby--I just love this red, black, and vanilla for Christmas!

Thanks for dropping by today! Don't forget you have until tonight to get in your card for this week's theme for the contest!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Santa Baby (MFT)
Paper: Very Vanilla (SU!); Perfect Paper Panel (MFT); Holiday paper (Hobby Lobby)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: 3M foam squares, Pearl cotton, ribbon, flat back red pearls (craft store); Copic markers; 1/16" hole punch; Liquid Applique

Think Pink!

This card is for several things: first, it's Breast Cancer Awareness month, so it's a reminder to get your mammograms scheduled. Second, it's for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #42--last minute again. Third, it's for a new challenge blog calls Just Us Girls--or JUGS for short ;-) This is just the second week and the challenge is a technique challenge--to use paper piecing and with the optional challenge of using pink on the card for Breast Cancer Awareness month.

I stamped the main image, from Think Pink (which is apparently sold out at the moment), on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored it with Copic markers and paper pieced the suit and the skirt. The sentiment is from Twisted Too, also apparently out of stock right now.

Don't forget the contest going on at the My Favorite Things' Member Company Forum. You have until midnight tonight to get this week's challenge in. But don't despair if you can't make it--there are five more weeks to win a finalist spot and the next challenge will be posted on Wednesday, October 14.

Thanks for dropping in today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Think Pink (MFT)
Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink (SU!)' Porcelain 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Classic Circle Nestabilities dies; Pop Dots, ribbon, Pearl cotton (craft store); Copic markers; Vintage Buttons (PTI); sewing machine

With Thanks

Happy Sunday!!! Today I've got a card using the new Flourishes set Seasonal Wreaths. I love seasonal stuff so this caught my eye right away. I'm using Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #39, too. This was another fun sketch from Mercy...another one I'll be going back to again and again, I'm sure.

I stamped the sunflower wreath image on Ivory Pure Luxury 80 lb paper with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored it with Copic markers. Then I cut/embossed it with a Nestabilities Classic Circle die and matted it with a scalloped circle. Patterned paper is from the Earth Love Mini Deck by Cosmo Cricket and card stock is Soft Suede, Really Rust, and So Saffron. I distressed the edges of card stock with Old Photo Distress Ink and with a sanding block before stitching around the base card and the second element. The buttons are from PTI and tied on with Pearl cotton. The sentiment is from the same set, stamped in the same way as the main image and cut/embossed with a Spellbinders tag die. It was also ink distressed before being attached to the bow with a Making Memories Vintage Findings pin. Another fall card added to my stash!

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Seasonal Wreaths (Flourishes)
Paper: Soft Suede, Really Rust, and So Saffron (SU!); Earth Love Mini Deck (Cosmo Cricket); Ivory Pure Luxury 80 lb paper (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Old Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities/Spellbinders dies; 3M foam squares, ribbon, Pearl cotton (craft store); Copic markers; Vintage Findings (Making Memories); Vintage buttons (PTI)

Totally Witchin'--MTSC #38

First of all, can I say I love this card? 'Cause I do, LOL!! First of all, this set, Totally Witchin' is so stinkin' cute!! And Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #38 is rockin'! And I love how I cut out that spider web! And... OK, I'll stop now ;-)

I stamped the image on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. Paper is Cosmo Cricket "Haunted" and card stock is Basic Black and More Mustard. I think most of it is pretty obvious, but I wanted to point out that for the spider web, I stamped it on More Mustard with Versamark and heat embossed it with black detail embossing powder. I felt this would give it a little more strength for the next step: cutting out the spaces with a craft knife. I held my breath almost the entire time, LOL--I just knew I'd get almost done and slip up. But happlily, I finished it up without mishap :) The spider was done with a punch, and I added golden jewels for eyes. I also added black metal brads--which is for My Favorite Things My Favorite Challenge #16--to use metal on the project. Can I say it again? I love it ;-)

I'm so glad you dropped by today--I hope you like this card as much as I do!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Totally Witchin' (MFT)
Paper: Basic Black, More Mustard (SU!); Haunted (Cosmo Cricket); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Spellbinders label tag die; 3M foam squares, ribbon, Perle cotton, brads, jewels (craft store); Copic markers; black detail embossing powder, heat gun; Embossing Buddy (SU!), craft knife; spider punch (Martha Stewart)

Creepy Crawlies

I'm last minute getting Mercy's Sketch done again. Seems to be a pattern ;-) Anyway, this is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge # 37. A very fun sketch, as always!

A very dear friend wanted me to make some Halloween cards for her to give to her grand kids and one's a teen-aged boy. This card is what I came up with for him. I'm using My Favorite Things' Ghoulish Labels set again. I just love this spider!!! I stamped him (her?) three times on Whisper White with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut/embossed it with a circle Nestabilities die. I added some tiny flat backed pearl "eyes" that I think make the card when you see it in real life. I drew in the spiders' string with a black pen and went over that with a Sakura Clear Star glitter pen. Then I added a Basic Black layer, also cut/embossed with a circle die. The DP is from K & Co. Halloween mat pad and I'm using Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, and Tangerine Tango card stock. I love that goo border punch! I'm thinkin' that this card will work quite nicely for that teen-aged boy, don't you?

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Ghoulish Labels (MFT)
Paper: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White (SU!); Halloween mat pack (K & Co.)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities circle dies; foam tape, flat backed pearls (craft store); goo border punch (Martha Stewart); black pen; Sakura Clear Star glitter pen

Hoppy Cupcake Day

Well, that's *any* day, right? ;-) Can you believe I had a Flopsey set that hadn't seen ink? Me either, LOL. That's My Favorite Challenge at My Favorite Things' Member Company Forum this week. I'm late getting it done--had out of town guests most of last week. W e really enjoyed having them here, but it really cut into my stamping time ;-)

I'm using Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #35--getting it in just under the wire.

My card base is Very Vanilla with layers of Kraft and Bermuda Bay, then patterned paper from a Making Memories 8 x 8 pad called Vintage Findings. Flopsey was stamped on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, colored with Copic markers and cut "out of the box". Then I matted him with Bermuda Bay and Kraft card stock and popped him up on 3M foam squares. I used liquid applique on the frosting and glued some seed beads on for "sprinkles". Ithink the rest is pretty self-explanatory. Oh, see those tiny little brads? I just found them at Michaels' this weekend. They are so stinkin' cute! So of course I got all the colors, right? Buttons are from My Favorite Things' Summer Collection.

I'm so glad you dropped in today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Cupcake Flopsey (MFT)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Kraft, Bermuda Bay (SU!); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT); Vintage Findings (Making Memories)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Dahlia Nestabilities die; 3M foam squares, ribbon, tiny brads, seed beads (craft store); border punch (Martha Stewart); buttons (MFT); 1" circle punch, linen thread (SU!); Liquid Applique (Marvy)

Stamp Simply Challenge is 100!!!

Yep, this is Stamp Simply Challenge #100!!!! And to celebrate, we're having a birthday party, but YOU get the gifts!!! Here's what Sharon says:

August 14 - ssnotime100 - It's a Birthday Party! -- Yes, today is Stamp Simply's 100th Challenge, so that's good enough reason to celebrate for me!!! Thank you ALL for coming to read our challenges, check out our projects and play along with us over the last 100 weeks -- we've loved every minute of it!!! So, it only follows that today's challenge is to make a birthday card -- that's it -- how simple and how fun!!!

And going beyond the challenge, we at Stamp Simply ARE having a Birthday Party, and YOU are invited!!! Today many of the designers who have worked with us in the past in any capacity -- Retired Designer, Guest Designer, Party Participant, whatever -- have been invited to join in our celebration to bring some fun projects and ideas to YOU!!! We have a wide variety of things going on. Read the links below to find out what is happening at each blog, then I hope you can find some time to sit down with a nice cup of coffee or tea and start cruising to see what you can find -- have fun everyone -- and THANKS for coming!!!

So, I've got a birthday card for you and some blog candy to give away to one lucky person, so be sure to comment on this post to get a chance to win!

Here's my birthday card. I knew I wanted to make an elegant card for this special occasion, and as soon as I saw this vase at last Saturday's Inspiration Challenge at SCS I knew I wanted to use it as my inspiration piece. The stars all aligned and I had my card idea, LOL! Of course, I also immediately thought of these Flourishes' sets to use on this card--more well-aligned stars ;-) I'm using three Flourishes' sets: Vintage Wallpaper for the background, Thinking Of You for the focal image, and Sweet Violets for the sentiment. And I'm using Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #34 for my layout.

My card base is Very Vanilla with a layer of Tempting Turquoise. For the next element, I stamped the background image on Tempting Turquoise with Very Vanilla Craft ink and heat embossed with white detail embossing powder, then layered it with Tempting Turquoise and Very Vanilla. The ribbon is from My Favorite Things' Royalty Ribbon Bundle and the bow was tied with my Bow Easy. The focal image and sentiment were stamped with Tempting Turquoise Craft ink, heat embossed with clear detail embossing powder, matted with Tempting Turquoise and Very Vanilla, and popped up on 3M foam squares. Some flat backed pearls were the only other thing this card needed, I'm thinkin'.

Now here's what you've been waiting for ;-) You may have heard about the free stamp set you could get at the PTI booth at CHA for a minimum purchase. Well, I was *lucky* enough to get TWO sets, LOL! So, I'm sharing one with some lucky winner. I'm also giving away a pack of PTI Raspberry Fizz card stock and a tote bag that was also only available at CHA. I managed to snag *three* of them so I'm sharing one of them, too. It was used that day to carry my loot, so it's a little wrinkled, but it's so cute! To be eligible, leave a comment on this post by 11:59pm EDT Sunday, August 16. I'll pick the winner using Random.org and announce the winner Monday, August 17 here on my blog. Be sure to check back to see if you're the winner. If you are, you'll need to contact me within 48 hours via my email (left column, under my picture). If I don't hear from you within 48 hours, I'll pick another random winner.

Now we'd like for you to play along with the challenge. If you do, be sure to leave a comment on Sharon's blog telling her where you uploaded. Please use the keyword ssnotime100 if you upload to a public forum. Check out the great designs from the Stamp Simply team and our guests for this celebration. They all have a little something special for you so you won't want to miss any of them! Have fun!

1. Pat Adam - Christmas Gift Tags with BLOG CANDY

2. AJ - 1 Card Done 3 Ways

3. Janine - A Stress Free Summer Menu with BLOG CANDY

4. Tammy - Birthday Reminder Book and BLOG CANDY
   

5. Jennifer - Birthday Card with BLOG CANDY

6. Julie - Card Set in Tote with Directions

7. Deb- Tutorial on Dying Silk Ribbon Using Copics and Refills

8. Jenny- Birthday Card with BLOG CANDY

9. Jerri - Birthday Card and Tutorial on Hand Embossing with Light Box

10. Joan- Birthday Card and Etched Glass with BLOG CANDY

11. LeAnne - Birthday Card with Glitter

12. Barb- Birthday Cake 3-D Gift Item with BLOG CANDY

13. Darlene - Birthday Card with Special Recipe

14. Rose Ann- Birthday Card with BLOG CANDY

15. Leslie - Gift Tin of Soaps with Coordinating Card

16. Heather - Birthday Card

17. Sabrina- Birthday Card with BLOG CANDY

18. Sharon- Monogrammed Birthday Gift Set with BLOG CANDY
    

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Vintage Wallpaper, Thinking Of You, Sweet Violets (Flourishes)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Tempting Turquoise (SU!)
Ink: Very Vanilla and Tempting Turquoise Craft (SU!)
Accessories: 3M foam squares, flat back pearls, white and clear detail embossing powder (craft store); ribbon (MFT); Embossing Buddy, Ticket Corner punch (SU!); heat gun

A triple hitter!

It's been a while since I've been able to get some challenges done, but I finally got the time! This card is for Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday #27 (use hardware), Mercy's Sketch Challenge #33 (the layout), and The Stampin' B's Challenge #18 (make a masculine card). I love it when that happens, LOL!

OK, the first thing was to decide on a masculine theme. I'd never used this To the Nines Specialty paper but I got it expressly for masculine cards, so that took care of the paper. I love Flourishes' DIY Topiary set--it can go masculine or feminine--so that took care of the focal image. I stamped it on Sahara Sand--three times for the container and twice for the tree, colored with SU! markers, and layered it up on 3M foam squares

On to the sketch. Since I couldn't use a flower for that large embellishment, I used a large brown button from PTI's Dark Chocolate Vintage Button collection and added a dull green one for the center from my stash, then tied them on with some natural hemp.

For the hardware, some antique copper brads finished it off. I'm liking it. I need a couple masculine birthday cards this month so here's one of them all done!

I'm so glad you dropped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: DIY Topiary (Flourishes)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, To the Nines Specialty Paper (SU!)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: 3M foam squares, brads, hemp (craft store); Vintage buttons; SU! markers; button from stash