Friends Never Fade

For the Mojo Monday 154 challenge I chose both the round and square layouts since I couldn't decide which I liked better.
Color challenge today of Baja Breeze, More Mustard, and Melon Mambo. Also used Greenhouse Gala paper, hodgepodge silver hardware, mustard grosgrain ribbon, Chantilly and Victorian lace.

On A Pedestal

The inspiration word for the Clean and Simple challenge today was "delicious". I used the cake from Stampin' Up's On A Pedestal, Pink Pirouette and Whisper White cardstocks, inks of Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Soft Suede, and Riding Hood Red. I stamped a row of cherries on the bottom of the card.

Bells and Boughs Deck The Halls

New Stampin' Up from the Holiday mini available in a couple of days!
Supplies used: Deck The Halls paper, Artichoke card base, Music Notes wheel, Bells & Boughs stamp set, Real Red taffeta ribbon and Chantilly lace, vintage decorative brads. Poinsettia from my stash, center is the retired green glass bead duos.

More Virtual Stamping today!

For Patty's Soaring challenge I chose the Sweet Centers hot air balloon image with a jelly bean filled treat cup. I had to add a passenger (image from Window Dressing) because I got a smudge of red ink there and I had to cover it. I had already sponged on the clouds in Cool Caribbean and didn't want to do THAT again :) Sentiment is an oldie from SU's Mixed Greetings set.


Faux Cloisonne technique.
I used a magazine advertisement for chocolate cherry crunch oatmeal for my design. The flower petals are a stamp from Heartfelt Creations embossed in gold. The red glass marble is darker in the photograph and looks more like the cherries in the picture in real life. The red card base was pre-made from my stash and was embossed with Mark's Finest papers Frames & Flourishes stamp set.

I love how the little stamp on the bottom matched the larger one. Small square is SU's Cute By The Inch (hostess set) and this is the first time I have used it.
Larger image from Mark's Finest Papers called Tweet Blessings with the requirements of one embellishment (pink gingham ribbon), and some yellow. Designer paper is retired SU.

I used the Flourished Sea Creatures set from Mark's Finest Papers on glossy cardstock with turquoise and Pacific Point inks. Cut out turtle and popped him up. Large Nestabilities frames also used. Stamped the bubbles stamp all along the edges of the white cardstock border.

This is the new sneak peek of the set Stinky Situation from Mark's Finest Papers available very soon in mid September. I used a textured wood grain plate on Soft Suede cardstock and swiped it with my Kraft pad. The white birches image was outlined in a pale blue and the skunks cut out and mounted over top.

The color combination was to use purple and amber. I chose Stampin' Up's Concord Crush with More Mustard using the Elements Of Style set.

This challenge was to use seashells in your design. My card base was from The paper Company, already embossed. I used Mark's Finest papers seahorse and sentiment from the awesome Flourished Sea Creatures set along with Stampin' Up's retired Stipple Shells. A classic keeper! Fern punch by Martha Stewart and the sand dollar I made from Sculpey clay and the sand dollar stamp from the Stipple Shells set.

Cherry Blossoms Inspiration

The dress is from our inspiration website today, Mod Cloth. They have so many beautiful things there, it's amazing.
I used the Kimono Kids and Eastern Blooms stamp sets from Stampin' Up. Cherry Blossom paper was from the art store. On Very Vanilla and Cocoa cardstocks.

Speedy's Friends Challenge

This week our challenge at Mark's Finest papers is to make a friendship card. I used the new sneak peek set of Thankful Mums & Pumpkin due out in mid September. I colored the pumpkins with Copics and made a water washed background with various inks and a spritz of bleach. Pumpkin brads from Making Memories.

It's Summertime Virtual Stamp Weekend!!

Come and join us for Virtual Stamping over at Splitcoast. The theme is Summertime In The Land That I love with all kinds of fun challenges posted. I am one of the hostesses this time so I have some samples already prepared and will share them here on my blog for you also. Hope you can play!

All supplies for this are Stampin' Up. I used the new Artistic Etchings set from SU along with French Foliage and En Francais background stamp/ I sponged Confetti Tan cardstock with poppy, Caramel, and Mustard inks to give it an aged postcard look.



Next we have a camping or nature inspired theme. I went with a very clean and simple design using the new Just Believe set from SU.


This is the wax paper resist technique using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. Tutorial can be found in the Resources section at SCS. Emboss a sheet of waxed paper with your folder, insert between two sheets of glossy cardstock and iron together. This will leave the embossed image on the glossy cardstock. I then brayered it with my retired Stampin' Up Kaleidoscope ink pad Cotton Candy which is various shades of pink. Central image is from the new hostess level 1 set Punch Potpourri and is layered with various Nestabilities shapes.


This is for the "window" challenge. Use any type of window image or technique.
I used SU's Window On The World image with Mark's Finest Paper's sentiment (from the upcoming set Thankful Mums & Pumpkin), and SU Autumn Spice Paper with Dusty Durango and Very Vanilla cardstocks.

This is for the summertime foods inspiration. The image is by Anita's Rubber Stamps and is colored in Copic markers. The designer paper is by Crafty Secrets. Ribbon, sentiment and embellishments by Stampin' Up.