My son got married in Aug 2014. This is the card I made them.

Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge 260

Time for another Stamping 411 Saturday sketch challenge. Head on over there and see what's going on. They have a great sketch where you can play along too. They give the measurements to start you off with and you decide on color and content. It helps so much putting a card together, you are not staring at a blank piece of card stock wondering where to start. This card looks like summer to me.

Leave me a message if you like what you see and thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

Stamps: Printed Petals
Paper: Lap Of Luxury dsp, Whisper white, Perfect Plum, Pretty In Pink
Ink: Perfect Plum, Pretty In Pink
Tools: Corner Rounder, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Scallop Circle punch, Adorning Accents Edgelits and folders, Basic Pearls, Gingham ribbon pink

Challenge 254

 

Here is my take on the Stamping 411 sketch this week. I am loving the framelits  labels collection. Using it every chance I get. Finally, my bling shows up on this card. As you can see I used Dazzling Diamonds on the branch that the bird is sitting on and it really came through in the picture. I wanted to use Language of Friendship to stamp my bird but it's facing the wrong way so I punched out a bashful blue bird and hand drew the details on. I think it turned out fairly well.

Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.  Here are the supplies. 

Stamps:Bordering On Romance

Paper:Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla

Ink:Marina Mist, Stazon black, Not Quite Navy, Wild Wasabi, Always Artichoke, Lovely Lilac, Pumpkin Pie, Black Journaling marker, blender pen

Tools: Framed Tulips ef, Elegant Bouquet ef, Framelits Die Labels, Bird Punch, Basic Pearls, dazzling Diamonds, Sponges, 1 1/4" Striped Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon

Ed's Birthday Card

I made this card a long time ago, when this stamp set first came out in the Holiday mini catalog last year. I made the background paper with post it notes and a brayer and then stamped and embossed the medallion on top of it and also stamped the swirls from Baroque Motifs on the bottom piece. If you look real closely you can see the smallest pearl right in the middle. The Wild Wasabi is embossed with the lines ef. The card got a lot of admiring on Sunday when I gave it to Ed my brother in law for his birthday.

Here is the inside of the card, I always like to put some kind of lighter card stock inside when I'm using a dark color for the base of the card. It makes it so much easier for the recipient to read the message and sort of ties everything together.

Let me know if you have any questions and thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.

Supplies:
Stamps: Day of Gratitude, Baroque Motifs, Happiset Birthday Wishes
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Black Craft, Basic Black
Tools: Eleganat Lines ef, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Scallop Trim border punch, basic pearls, black 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, clear embossing powder

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Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge 229

I am really gearing up my Christmas Card making now. Every challenge is going to be Christmas. I can hardly believe next week is Thanksgiving so times a tickin'. This is the season for the paper crafter. We live for the holidays because we send so many cards at this time of year. I used to make one design of card but now I have a tendency to make a variety of them. It's fun and there are so many possibilities.

This card features Mrs. Claus. She is very easy to make and I dressed her up with her red pearl earrings, sending a cheery sentiment from the stamp set Seasonal Sentiments. If you are interested in how to Mrs. Claus see below.  

Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.

Supplies:

Stamps: Seasonal Sentiments

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Blushing Bride, Early Espresso markers

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper white, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Jolly Holiday dsp

Tools: 1 3/4", 1 3/8", 3/4" circle punches, scallop circle punch, Scallop border punch, ticket corner punch, basic pearls

Update on Mrs. Claus. Here is the link to the youtube video on how to make her from create with De. Thanks to De for such good instructions

Challenge Stamping 411 #226

Okay, it's getting serious now. It's the end of October and I have to get going on my Christmas Cards. What are you doing this year? I would love to hear from each of you about your ideas for Christmas cards. What stamp sets are you using, dsp? Things like that.

This card went together very fast. I used the blossom petals builders punch for the petals of the flower and the leaves. I punched a scrap piece of card stock with the 1 1/4" circle punch to glue all the petals to and after the flower was constructed I sprayed it with smooch spray. The center is a 3/4" circle of brushed golf cs with the basic pearls put on it. The dsp is from last year Jolly Holiday dsp I think is what it was called. I also used the Dotted scallop ribbon border punch on old olive cs for my ribbon element. I love that punch, turns any card stock into a ribbon and it's flat for mailing.

A pack of dsp really goes a long way. I had a class using this paper and made several cards and still have six sheets that aren't even cut yet. The sentiment is from Petite Pairs. The colors are Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive with Very Vanilla

If you have any questions let me know and thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place

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411 Challenge 217 Pink Doilies

Sometimes you just have to flip that sketch. I stamped that big Melon Mambo doily up in the corner then realized that it needed to be opposite my punched image so I just flipped it from the right side to the left. I like it. Do you know what the punched image is? I know it's a cute little flower but are you looking at your punches wondering if you own it? I'll  tell you what it is in a minute.

There are two challenges over at Stamping 411 this week. This is the first. Here are the dimensions.

Base: 1 1 x 4 1/4", scored and folded in half at 5 1/2"
Layer 2: 4 7/8" x 3 5/8"
Layer 3: 3x4"
Layer 4: Ribbon or cardstock
Layer 5: ANY shape punch

This is what I did. I scored and folded a piece of Melon Mambo cs 11 x 4 1/4 for the base. Added a piece of dsp from the brights dsp stack in Regal Rose, then a piece of Pink Pirouette was stamped with doilies, the large one in Melon Mambo. the small in Pretty in Pink  and the other large one in Pink Pirouette. Then I used the Melon Mambo marker to outline the edge of PP cs to give the illusion of a very small border. Then I adhered it to the dsp. I punched out the glossy white with the dotted scallop ribbon border and ran it through the crimper. Love that thing. It makes it look like real ribbon so you can make ribbon any color that you have in card stock. Then I punched once with the Lace Ribbon Border in Pretty in Pink. Gorgeous. Took the 3/4" circle punch and punched out a perfect little flower from the center. I wanted to back it with the Melon Mambo but the 1/2" circle wasn't quite large enough so I used the flower from the Boho Blossoms punch. It worked great. Added the basic pearl. and that's it.

Stamps: Delicate Doilies

Ink: Melon Mambo ink pad and marker, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose

Paper: Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Brights Patterns dsp stack, Glossy White

Tools: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Lace Ribbon Border punch ( This is the little flower on the ribbon), 3/4" circle punch, basic pearls