Variations on Circle Circus

Using a very similar style layout, here are three different cards made with the Circle Circus. Some are ones I made a while back but I wanted to show you how they look together.

Halloween Scraplings

All supplies are current Stampin' Up, a mixture of Halloween sets and paper for these scraplings. They measure 4 1/4 x 1 1/4. From The Crypt, Twick or Tweet, Eat, Drink, and Be Scary along with Night & Day and Cast A Spell designer papers. Also used Medallion in craft white and various punches.

Dads like treats too

I made this treat box holder with the fabulous tutorial found at www.stampinaddicts.com
Sahara Sand textured cardstock and Parisian Breeze designer paper that was run through the Big Shot with one of the texturz folders used along with the All Holidays and Nature Silhouettes sets.

Thoughts and Prayers Easy Z Fold

A Z fold card is super easy, you just use your standard A2 size and fold the front of the card in half in the opposite direction. I started by stamping the tree from Thoughts & Prayers in Versamark and then clear embossed. Added white gel pen highlights. Sentiment was embossed in Rose Red craft and clear powder.
The front uses the floral branch from the set using markers, sentiment in Rose Red. I positioned this panel so it completely covers the inside image and sentiment when closed. The flower embellishment was made using the Birds & Blooms Sizzlits dies in Pink Pirouette sponged with Pretty In Pink and Rose Red, added a Pretties Kit pearl to center. The pink designer paper is Sweet Nothings by Stampin' Up.

One Layer Cards

I love the way this card looks in real life, I used Pebbles Inc. Pearlescent Chalks to shade the sun and sky and it has such a pretty shimmer hard to see in photo. I used Garden Silhouettes on Whisper White cardstock. Inks and markers were used for flowers- Celery, Mustard, Ruby Red, Old Olive, Ballet Blue, Lavendar Lace, Apricot Appeal. I also used Art of Life for sentiment and Happy Hamony and Watercolor Minis for flowers. My favorite part of this card is that it reminds me of an Impressionist style of painting. I used the leaves stamp from Branch Out and stamped repeatedly in stamped off Soft Sky and Cool Caribbean. For the grass I did the same with Kiwi and Celery.


This was a super quick 10-15 minute card. I used the retired Looks Like Spring set on Naturals White cardstock. Inks were Coral, Pretty In Pink, Saffron, Celery, Cameo Coral, and Amethyst. Layered a silk flower, a button and a pearl.

CBC #65 Belli Color Challenge- Join in!

This week our Creative Belli Challenge is to use the Stampin' Up colors of Apricot Appeal, Cameo Coral, and Certainly Celery. I hope you can join us, you can always use the closest thing that you have to this combination.
For my card I started with a Cameo Coral base. The next layer is Certainly Celery run through the Big Shot with the new SU Texturz plate "Damask", I sponged some additional celery ink on the edges.
For the flowers I embossed them using Versamark and white embossing powder. Stamp set is Fifth Avenue Floral. I used my re-inkers and an aquapainter to color and added additional color by sponging around edges. The sentiment is from Sincere Salutations on Whisper White. Arranged the flowers around this white oval, some were raised up a bit on dimensionals.

Rock and Roll Butterfly

For the rock and roll technique, start with your lighter color and ink the stamp completely. Take your darker color and just roll the stamp around the edge, picking up the darker color. You can ink in a little bit farther in for more color or just on the very edge. Experiment and see which you like, both ways are very pretty.
I used Summer Sun and Only Orange for the butterfly, Kiwi Kiss and Old Olive for the sprigs, Summer Sun for the smaller ones. I embossed the retired French Script background almost as an afterthought. I noticed similar script in the butterfly image and carried that over to the background.

Simple Friendship

Two challenges in one! Today's limited supply challenge was to use 1 image, 1 sentiment, 1 embellishment, and a wheel. I combined this with our weekly Doubledog Dare Challenge this week hosted by Anne (jdmommy) to use red, black, and white. We'd love to have you join us! Cardstock colors are Real Red, Whisper White, and Basic Black. I embossed the It's Beautiful jumbo wheel with Versamark and clear embossing powder. I pierced all along where the little dots were throughout this design. Took a while but I persevered! Image and the sentiment was stamped in black and then colored with red marker. My one embellishment was a clear rhinestone brad and these images were popped up on dimensionals. Hope you like it. Happy Friday to you all, the weekend is almost here!

God's Beauty

I used God's Beauty stamp set, colored with markers. The sky was made with sponges and Soft Sky and Cool Caribbean inks.

Friends 24-7

This is for today's Featured Stamper Julie, justwritedesigns. Her gallery is filled with exquisite works of art, she is really talented. Congrats, Julie, enjoy your day!!
I used different stamps, ribbon, and embossing folder. I embossed the brocade from Friends 24-7 in gold and also the sentiment from Oval All, inked texture folder with Encore gold ink and then ran through Big Shot. Dress Up ribbon and gold brads also added. Clear embossed Always wheel on Real Red card base.

More Inspiration

I found this sweet apron template at Mirkwood Designs. I used all Stampin' Up supplies: Whisper White card base, Doodle jumbo wheel in black, colored in markers, vintage eyelets, and black gingham ribbon. I added a pocket with a decorative edge on the bottom and slipped in a packet of seeds.

Friends 24-7 Walk In The Park

Friends 24-7 flowers colored in markers with Walk In The Park paper, my 3 embellishments were the grommets, pearls, and ribbon.

Music Expressions

Stamp Muse was kind enough to send me some of these lovely images, thanks M!!
I used today's SCS sketch challenge and the colors Ballet Blue, Chocolate Chip, and Close To Cocoa along with Patterns Pack II. I am still in the process of getting my stamp room back together and couldn't locate my pastels that I had hoped to use for the yellow shaing. What I did with the watercolor crayons and inks came out a bit darker than what I really wanted.

Garden Collage

Spring is here!!
I used the retired SU Garden Collage shaded in pastels and Prismacolor pencils. Background was embossed with Bella Toile in white on Pale Plum, card base So Saffron.
Ribbon is Dress Up. All supplies are Stampin' Up.

Celebrate Everything & Embrace Life

Color challenge choices today were Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, and Summer Sun. I double stamped the Celebrate sentiment, in each Summer Sun and Pumpkin Pie (shadow stamping). I embossed the Embrace Life flower in gold and colored in with markers and re-inkers, cut them out and mounted them with some leaves from Old Olive cardstock.

Big Shot Valentine Treats

This week I will be sharing some treat container ideas for Valentine's Day. I figure if I get everything made, packaged up, and set aside I may be a little less tempted to eat up all of the chocolate and candies. we'll see...
Both projects use the Stampin' Up Big Shot dies- the Baskets and Blooms and the Small Pillow Box along with the Riding Hood Red designer series paper patterns. For the basket I used the hearts from Simply Said along with the heart from the new upcoming level 2 hostess set A Little Somethin'. I also used 3 silver eyelets along each side seam and wove the taffeta red ribbon through the center ones and made a bow.
The little pillow box came together in a snap. Filled with candy and tied with linen thread and added Iridescent Ice embossed hearts punched from A Little Somethin' heart and added pearl.

Money saving tip: I scour through the after Christmas decorations to scoop up all of the red things that I can find and use them for Valentine's Day. By now (if there's anything left) it is marked down to 70% off at least. This is where I got the red crimped filler and I also got some clear bags, red wrapping and ribbon.