Friday Mashup!! Fan Favorite with Kites!

Happy Stampy Friday!! We have a great challenge for you this week...it's our Fan Favorite!!! http://www.fridaymashup.com/2012/03/fm52-its-fan-favorite.html We're playing with kites, thanks to a challenge presented by Laureen...which is a lot of fun! I made this card in advance...then realized that I won't be flying a kite today, but I will flying on a plane! I am headed back from LA to my little home in Danville Illinois! I am probably exhausted after a full week of conference workshops. So, I'll look at your creations after I get some sleep!

1. Make a project using colorful twine
2. Or make a kite themed project
3. Or make a kite themed projet using colorful twine

I don't have any kite stamps...but I want some! In lieu of stamps, I made my own kite. My card has very little stamping...just a sentiment from a new birthday set. My card base is black, and I added a little of each of this years in-colors. Pool Party for the sky background, with clouds drawn by a white gel pen. Then I made portions of the kite in wisteria wonder, lucky limeade, calypso coral, and indigo island. Each piece was embossed with a different folder, and a polka dot brad holds it together. I added baker's twine for the tail, and some on the card fold as well.

Check out this week's challenge, and play along! Link up your project on the Friday Mashup blog, http://www.fridaymashup.com/2012/03/fm52-its-fan-favorite.html and use keyword FM52 in your gallery.

Inky {{{HUGS}}}

Friday Mashup!! #51

Hello and Happy Friday!! Great seeing you here again! Are you ready for another Friday Mashup challenge? Lisa is our hostess this week...check it out:

1. Make a projected using the "Quilted card technique"
2. Or make a project using "Something that's been forgotten" (in your stash forever!)
3. Or Mash it Up and make a "Quilted card project using something that has been forgotten"

Well, let's face it...we all have something in our stash that has been untouched and perhaps even forgotten, right? For many of us, that includes stacks of pattern paper, which is PERFECT for the quilted card technique!

My eye caught a package of Bella Rose dsp. Love this stuff, and I will be sad when it is gone! I cut strips from 2 sheets, and used both sides of each to make a pattern, taping the strips down on a scrap piece of card stock. I then cut it out with my Top Note die in the Big Shot, then took my chocolate chip marker to make faux stitching. Note the stitching is uneven..that's what any real stitching would look like if I ever tried to sew! LOL! I placed my "quilt" on a riding hood red card base that has a layer of pink pirouette embossed with perfect polka dots. I also included a strip of the rose pattern of the dsp between the pink and the quilt. My image is from Simple Sketches...one of my first and favorite stamp sets! I don't know when I last used it. It is a 2 (actually 3) step stamp, which loksgreat when you use markers. The lined image was stamped in chocolate chip. The next stamp has pink pirouette and lucky limeade. The final stamp has riding hood red and pear pizazz. Love the dimension! I punched it out with a scallop circle, and layered on the larger scallop circle, highlighting with a white gel pen. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes, on a word window punch. Finally, I added this fun, retired polka dot ribbon. Last I checked, you can get some of this on the Stampin' Up Clearance Rack!

I hope you join us this week! Dig deep in your stash...have some fun! Check out the other DT projects for some inspiration.http://www.fridaymashup.com/ Be sure to use keyword FM51 in your online gallery. Can't wait to see what you create!

Inky {{{HUGS}}}

Still Time for Blog Candy!!

Hey there Stamping Friends! I have had a busy weekend, trying to get stuff done before the 25th...when I will be headed out to LA!! I have a conference for work, and I am doing a presentation on the 29th. LOTS to do! I got the next 3 Mashup challanges done...but you have to wait to see them!

BUT you don't have to wait to enter your chance at Blog CANDY for Friday Mashup #50!! http://www.fridaymashup.com/2012/03/fm50-i-want-candy.html Just submit your own challenge entry on the FM blog, then comment on the DT cards. It's fun...and each of the 6 full-time DT members have candy!! Shipping is limited to USA & Canada...except sweet Kasey from Down Under, who has candy for someone in New Zealand or Australia!

Play along with us! http://www.fridaymashup.com/2012/03/fm50-i-want-candy.html Maybe I'll send YOU the stuff in the picture abov before I fly to California!

Inky {{{HUGS}}}

Soft Colors with the Paper Players

Hi there, Stamping Friends! It's Friday night, and so I am posting a card for the Paper Players Challenge...just in the nick of time! (Edited: NUTS! I forgot that the deadline is Noon, not Midnight! Oh ell...at least I had fun!) The picture stinks with no natural light at this hour, but I just had to play! I love this color combo! So soft and delicate!

Once again, all products used are from Stmpin' Up! I started with a crumb cake base. I stamped the grass from Inspired by Nature in pear pizazz on whisper white, then sponged pear and pool party for the grass and sky. I layered it with wisteria wonder, punched with the scallop trim border punch. Next I added some butterflies, made with my Beautiful Wings embosslit and the Big Shot. The sentiment is from Oval All, colored with blender pens and punched with the scallop oval, layered over crumb cake seam binding in a bow.

That's it! Maybe next week, I'll play sooner!

Be sure to read my previous post for the Friday Mashup challenge http://www.fridaymashup.com/2012/03/fm50-i-want-candy.html...we've got blog candy this week!

Inky {{{HUGS}}}

Friday Mashup #50!! Blog Candy!!

Hello, and Happy Friday!! It's a great day, because we celebrating Challenge #50 at the Friday Mashup!! And a celebration isn't complete without some treats! So this week, we have Blog Candy on each Design Team members' blogs! More on that at the end of my post.
But first, Heidi is hosting this week's challenge, and it's a beauty!! We have a great sketch and a fun technique!

1. Make a project using the "Sketch"
2. Or Make a project using the "Faux Mother of Pearl Technique"
3. Or Mash it Up! and Make a project using the "Sketch" and "Faux Mother of Pearl Technique"
   
   This is such a lovely technique that I had NEVER used before! (This DT gig has really expanded my horizons! LOL) If it is new to you, check out this tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.
   

My card is filled with fresh colors for spring! All products used are from Stampin' Up! After flipping the sketch, I started with a wonder wisteria card base, layered with lucky limeade and 2 sides of the same sheet of Cheerful Treat dsp (a hostess item in the Idea Book & Catalog.) I added some retired polka dot melon mambo ribbon, but you can get new ribbon with scallops! Next, I used shimmer paint on whisper white, and sponged with pink pirouette ink for the mother of pearl technique. I stamped this image from Bordering on Romance (from the Occasions Mini) with stazon black ink. Next I used my blender pens and re-inkers to color the image. After it dried, I punched it out with the extra large scallop circle punch, layered it with concord crush and popped it up with dimensionals. (Edited: The concord crush circle was made with the Sizzix Circle di found in the Stampin' Up catty) The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes, stamped with concord crush ink on more of the sponged/mother of pearl paper.

Now...about the BLOG CANDY!! For my collection, I have 2 rolls of non-SU ribbon, an unused non-SU stamp set (cute, but I just never touched it!), a scallop circle chipboard "scrapbook", and lots of rub-ons, including Christmas and Valentine's Day sets. So, how do you win? First, submit your submission to the Friday Mashup Challenge #50. (Deadline is Thursday 3/22 at 12:00 a.m. EST) Next, go to each Design Team member blog, and comment on each of their entries. Every DT member has blog candy, so there are lots of chances to win!! (Just one blog candy bundle per person, shipping just to USA and Canada). We are excited to see what creative projects you create!!

Inky {{{HUGS}}}

Virtual Stamp Night...Again!

Here are the last 2 cards I made for the March 2012 Virtual Stamp Night Challenges at splitcoaststampers.

The first one was for a tough challenge...Steam punk! Hard to explain, but check out these cards in the SCS gallery. Turns out, last fall while visiting my mom in South Carolina, I purchased some non-SU items at a cute local stamp shop that worked perfectly. These gears and the embossing folder make a fun masculine card. Everything else is from Stampin' Up!

My next card uses the fabulous new Tea Shoppe stamp set with the lovely retired Urban Garden dsp. I'll never tire of this color combo!!

Thanks for stopping by again!!

Inky {{{HUGS}}}

Virtual Stamp Night!

I made these cards last weekend. Just wanted to post quickly. I love Virtual Stamp Night at splitcoaststampers....and wish I was organized to do all of the challenges! I have already posted 2 cards that were combined with blog challenges. I did 5 other cards, as well. Here's 3 of them:

The first card was for a "Love is in Bloom" challenge. We had to use hearts or the word "Love". I made this clean and simple card for my mom, allowing the retired Greenhouse Gala dsp to take center stage. She loves to garden, so the flowers are perfect!

The next card asked us to do some "Spring Cleaning" by using older, neglected products. This retired Bella Bleu dsp, along with the retired stamps and ribbon did the trick!

Finally, "Spring is in the Air" prompted me to pull out my Flight of the Butterfly and more retired Greenhouse Gala dsp. Gotta use this stuff!!

If you want more details...let me know. Everything is from Stampin' Up...I just want to finish posting before bed! LOL

Inky {{{HUGS}}}