Stampin Celebration Challenge Returns!

Hello there,

So glad you stopped by today!  Do you know what today is?  It's the day Stampin' Celebration Challenge starts up again after a very short hiatus!  And, we are so excited to bring you this fresh, awesome picture sketch for you to play along with!  

What did you notice first?  My eyes were immediately drawn to the bright coloured stripes and the fun citrus images.  The next thing I saw was the white lettering on the black background.  I immediately thought fun chalkboard technique!  

Here is the card I designed with these picture in mind....

  I just LOVE how this turned out!  And I made it in about 10 minutes flat - a record for me!  

I found some yellow stripped DSP in my stash and paired it with a Tangerine Tango cardbase.  My greeting is from the stampset Watercolour Words.  I stamped it using Whisper White craft ink on a a scrap of Basic Black cardstock.  I added some speckles using the Georgous Grunge stampset.

Finally, I stamped the flower from Crazy About You - it was the closest stamp I had to a citrus fruit stamp, but I think it works - in Tangerine Tango on Whisper White Cardstock, cut out and popped up on dimensionals.  The flower center is a 1" circle punch out of Daffodil Delight Cardstock to match the stripes in the DSP.

I hope you like my card.  Please be sure to stop on over to the Stampin' Celebration Challenge blog and see what everyone has created using this picture inspiration.

 
Your turn!  I can't wait to see what you create using our challenge! Remember you have 2 weeks to participate.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

 

Spring Birthday with Global Design Project!

Hey there,

I have a birthday card to share with you today.  I made it using CASE the Designer challenge over at Global Design Project.  They have a really fun card from Michelle Last to CASE.  Here is her adorable card!

 

 Super cute, eh?  The colours, the darling little butterfly and did you notice the shaker? I decided to CASE the layout.  But also tried for super cute!  :)  I hope you can see the resemblance...

I started with the DSP and picked the other colours based on it.  I love lots of layers on a card so layered some yellow cardstock between the cardbase and the DSP.   I love using the tag topper punch to create a tag for the front of a card - it can be used as a bookmark afterwards.   

LOVE this little greeting.  It is from the Sale-a-bration stampset Hello.

Be sure to stop on over to Global Design Project to see all of the great creations CASEing Michelle's card.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Happy Birthday with Retro Sketches

Hey there stampin' friends,

So glad you have stopped by today - I have a really fun card to share with you!  I received this sketch challenge in my e-mail from Retro Sketches and just had to create a card with it!

Fun sketch isn't it?
 Here is my card...

I wanted to use some fun colours so I took my cue from the DSP stack Pretty Petals.  I picked 2 patterns that had similar colours and alternated them for the back strips of paper.  My card base is Mint Macaroon.

The leaf image is from Crazy About You and the butterfly is from Papillon Potpourri.  I stamped in Calypso Coral onto Calypso Coral cardstock.  My greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

 Be sure to stop on by Retro Sketches to see all of the wonderful cards created using this sketch!


Happy Stampin'


Tammy

Winter Themend Birthday Card

Walkin' in a winter wonderland.....

We have had SO much snow here in central Ontario in the last two days - it is crazy!  My middle one is SO excited because it means full steam ahead for his skiing but the people needing to drive anywhere, aren't exactly happy!  
So, I couldn't help but use the Snow Friends framelits to create the card I have to show you today and then I looked to some challenge blogs for some help beyond that.


I took some inspiration from the sketch over at Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration and the colour choices from the Colour Challenge over at The Paper Players.  Be sure to check out all of the great creations made with these 2 challenges.  

Here is the sketch from Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration....

 

....and the colour challenge at The Paper Players....
 

 

The colour challenge is quite a stretch for me for sure!  But that is what challenges are for, right? 


Here is the card I came up with....

 
I am pretty happy with it.  That just proves that stretching you comfort zone is worth it! 


I had this negative scrap of the snowman left over from my Christmas cards laying around and thought it would be perfect for the sketch and our wintery weather. lol I stamped the little buttons from the coordinating stampset, Snow Place, in Tempting Turquoise.


My greeting is from Crazy for You that I stamped on two separate pieces. 


Thank you for stopping by!


Happy Stampin'


Tammy

Valentine's with Paper Craft Crew

Hello stampin' friends,

I have been working away in my craft space and boy it feels good!  But I needed a little bit of inspiration so I headed on over to the Paper Craft Crew and found sketch #176!

 

Great sketch isn't it?  Be sure to stop in and see all of the great creations made using it.  You can do that here.

And here is my card that I created using this sketch...

Well, how did I do?

I was thinking valentines and I LOVE Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler together, so I found this DSP in the English Garden Pack.  I framed it with a Whisper White layer and wrapped my ribbon around them both.  I put them on top of a Crumb Cake cardbase.

I cut the different sized hearts using the retired Heart Framelits and popped them up on Dimensionals.

The greeting has come from the stampset Crazy About You.   I stamped it in Early Espresso.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

 

Stampin Celebration Challenge Time!

Hello stampers!

Welcome back.  We have a wonderful challenge over at Stampin Celebration Challenge this week!  It has fabulous, fun pictures to inspire you.  Here is our challenge inspiration...

 

The first thing I noticed were the colours - bright blues and bold oranges - such a fun combo, don't ya think?  The second thing my eyes ran to, was the orange chevron pattern on what I think is burlap and the third thing that really jumped out at me was the hardwood strips behind the flowers.  

I am so excited to show you the card I created!  Here it is.....

 

I started with a Crumb Cake card base then added a layer of Night of Navy cardstock stamping my Hardwood background stamp using Night of Navy Ink!  I have been wanting to try this in a while - I just LOVED how it turned out!

I wrapped the Night of Navy layer with a strip of my burlap ribbon and then layered a strip of Pumpkin Pie Chevron DSP onto the top of the ribbon.   

My flower was created using Pumpkin Pie Ink on Pumpkin Pie cadstock. I stamped it with the flower from the Crazy about You stampset.  I did this twice and layered my flowers in a staggered sort of way.  My flower center was just a scap of Night of Navy punched with the Petite Petals Punch.  

The greeting I chose is from the set And Many More - a fabulous set that has SO many wonderful greetings - a must have!  It was stamped in Night of Navy onto Curmp Cake cardstock.

I polished my card off with some some twine. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to check out my blog later in the week for the some fall projects I am making for my next appearance on Roger's Daytime!  I am really looking forward to being a part of their show again this year!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Father's Day with Sunday Stamps and Pals Paper Arts

Happy Friday!

I hope your week is going well.  I have another father's day card for you today using two more of the fabulous new products from the new Stampin'UP! Annual Catalogue - don't you just LOVE new stuff to play with?

Can you spot the new tools I used?  Yep, the Brick Wall Embossing folder and the Triple Banner Punch!  I love how this card turned out.

I was lucky enough to have 2 colour challenges to help me decide what colours to use on this Father's Day card.  These 2 challenge blogs are a really great inspiration.  They are...  Sunday Stamps and Pals Paper Arts.

Be sure to stop on over and check out their fabulous creations!

The other wonderful items I used on this card are....Crazy about you Stampset, Gorgeous Grunge Stampset and Hello You Thinlits.

Thank you for joining me.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy