Brightest Wishes

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Birthday Wishes

Ink: Stampin' Up Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Old Olive

Paper: Gina K White, Stampin' Up Botanical Butterfly DSP, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Simon Says Stamp Matte Gold

Accessories: Honey Bee Birthday Wishes Dies, Spellbinders Sunflower Serenade Die, May Arts Twine, Spellbinders Bee-Cause Embossing Folder, Stampin' Up Mini Dimensionals, Pickett Fence Blending Brushes

Hello Stampers!  I made a card today for the Just Add Ink Challenge.  The challenge was to pick two from the following choices: Gingham, Circles, Flowers, or Sequins.  I picked gingham and flowers for my card.  I started my card by assembling the sunflower die cut.  I cut out the pieces and then inked up the edges of the sunflower petals and the leaves.  Next I found some black gingham paper for the bottom portion of the card.  After this I decided to emboss the top portion of the card.  Once I had this embossed I taped the embossed portion and the gingham portion together on the back.  I did this so I could hide the twine from the inside of the card.  I wrapped the twine around the seam of the two pieces of paper three times.  Next I adhered the sunflower, and added a twine bow.  To finish the front I stamped and die cut the sentiment.  I cut the mini dimensionals in half to adhere the sentiment.  For the inside I embellished it with the gingham DSP and added a sentiment.  And that completes my card!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  

Terri

Buzzing By to Say Hi

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up Meant to Bee, Great Impressions (sentiment)

Ink: Stampin' Up Basic Black, Daffodil Delight

Paper: Gina K White, Stampin' Up Pool Party

Accessories: Cuttlebug Embossing Strips, Honey Bee Clear Gems, Stampin' Up Dimensionals

Hello Stampers!  I'm poppin' in to share a card I made for two challenges: Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use It: Stripes, Doodled Lines, or Linewash and the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.

 

For my card I started with the diagonal lines.  I found some Cuttlebug embossing strips in my collection that would work perfectly for these lines.  First I embossed the hexagons, then I had an embossing strip with just dots and I embossed the dots on each side of the hexagons.  So then it was onto the bees.  I stamped and fussy cut these out.  I arranged them onto the card, and decided to stamp some of the bee trail for the bottom and top bees.  After this I popped up the bees with the bee trail and tucked in the third bee.  I decided to add a little bling with some clear gems.  And to finish the front of the card I stamped my sentiment.  For the inside I used the hexagon embossing strip and made another bee to embellish it.  

That's all for now!  Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

Terri

Snowman Sleigh

 Supplies:

Stamps: Penny Black Snow Family, Stampin' Up Greetings of the Season

Ink: Stampin' Up Basic Black and Distress Inks Villainous Potion, Prize Ribbon, Chipped Sapphire

Paper: Gina K White and Stampin' Up Basic Black

Accessories: Stampin' Up Everyday Arches Dies, Concord & 9th Snowfall Card Front Die, Copics, Honey Bee Clear Gems, Eclipse Masking Paper, Pickett Fence Blending Brushes

Hello Stampers!  I made this card for two challenges: Splitcoaststampers Clean and Simple: Gems and CAS Christmas Challenge: Santa's Sleigh. For my card I started with the focal image.  I stamped it on Eclipse masking paper and then fussy cut it out.  Next I stamped the focal image on white card stock and die cut it with one of the everyday arches dies.  I applied the masking paper onto the image and then ink blended a night sky.  I removed the masking paper, colored in the images with Copic markers, and added some gems.  I decided to mat this image in black.  For the card base I die cut it with the snowfall card front die, and then adhered my focal image onto the card base.  For the inside I used the same everyday arches dies and stamped a sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Terri

Happy Birthday

Supplies:

Stamps: Market Street Stamps: Daily Grind, Stampin' Up Like It A Latte

Ink: Stampin' Up Poppy Parade

Paper: Gina K White and Kraft, Stampin' Up Poppy Parade

Accessories: Stampin' Up Baker's Twine Essentials Pack, Softly Woven Embossing Folder, Stitched Circle Dies, Sizzix Alterations by Tim Holtz, Spellbinders Layered Happy Birthday, Waffle Flower Nesting Circle Dies

Hello Stampers!  It is Featured Stamper Sunday over at Splitcoaststampers.  Here is the card that I CASED (the bottom right card):

For my card I used an embossing folder for the focal panel in place of the dsp.  I matted this panel with poppy parade.  For the card base I embossed it with the softly woven embossing folder.  I used a die cut sentiment in place of a stamped sentiment.  For the background of the sentiment I ran that through the same embossing folder as the card base, and then adhered the sentiment on top.  Behind the sentiment I twisted some white baker's twine.  I thought it needed just a little something so I stamped and fussy cut out the coffee and nestled it into the sentiment. I popped up both the sentiment and the coffee.  For the inside I duplicated the same layout.  I stamped, die cut, and matted the sentiment.  And then added the same coffee as the front.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Terri

 

Make a Splash

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up Splash and Relax

Ink: Stampin' Up Basic Black, Pool Party, Fresh Freesia

Paper: Gina K White, Stampin' Up Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Freesia, Basic Black

Accessories: Stampin' Up Splash and Relax Dies, Scalloped Blooms Dies, Soft Waves Embossing Folder, Honey Bee Clear Gems

Hello Stampers!  I made this card using the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.

For my card I started with the circle elements of the sketch.  I used the Splash and Relax dies to use for these elements.  For the strip of paper of the sketch I stamped the sentiment on white card stock and then snipped the ends so the ends would have a slanted edge.  For the piece under the sentiment I went with a strip of lemon lime twist.  Next I cut a piece of pool party card stock and embossed it with the soft waves embossing folder.  To finish I adhered everything together, and then added some bling.  For the inside I die cut the flip flops and sunglasses and adhered them in the corner, and then for the sentiment I stamped it on white and matted it with a scalloped rectangle.  And that completes my card.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Terri

Pumpkin Latte

 Supplies: 

Stamps: Stampin' Up More Than Autumn, Amuse Just a Note

Ink: Stampin' Up Basic Black and Early Espresso

Paper: Gina K White, Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Patterned Paper from Stash

Accessories: Waffle Flower Nesting Circle Dies, My Favorite Things Stitched Fishtail Flag Dies, May Arts Twine, Copic Markers, Masking Tape, Stampin' Up Pattern of Friendship Die and Double Oval Punch

Hello Stampers!  Fall is creeping up pretty quickly!  I go back to school in 2 weeks!  Yikes!!  Yesterday I crafted with my mom and sister and I think I have all of my Christmas cards and Christmas tags done.  What a relief it is to have them completed!  So I switched gears a bit and went for a fall card.  For this card I started with the coffee.  I stamped, die cut, and then colored it in with copics, and then matted it with some pumpkin pie card stock.  I also added some twine behind the focal image.  I have seen other crafters do this and thought I would give it a try. I selected some patterned paper and die cut a fishtail flag to go behind the focal image.  For the white background layer I used the Pattern of Friendship die and ran it through the die cut machine.  Then I turned the die 90 degrees and ran it through again so it would match the pattern of the paper.  I should note when using cover plate dies you often have to use a stronger adhesive like Score Tape, otherwise it is not very secure on your card.  For the inside I kept it simple.  I adhered the patterned paper strip and then added the sentiment that I stamped and punched out.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Terri

Snowy Winter

 Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up Snowman Magic

Paper: Gina K White, Simon Says Stamp Matte Silver Cardstock, Black Glossy Paper, Stampin' Up Shaded Spruce and Pecan Pie

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Stampin' Up Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Snowman Dies, Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders, Poppy Iced Pine Trees, Twine?, Tim Holtz Distress Sanding Disks, Copic Markers

Hello Stampers!  I made a card today for the Free 4 All Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.  The theme is Countdown to Cool, make a winter card.  I was excited to make this card, because I watched Jennifer McGuire demonstrate a technique I wanted to try.  She used 3D embossing folders on black glossy paper, and then she used Tim Holtz Distress Sanding Disks to sand off the black layer of the glossy paper.  Here is the video tutorial I watched: Embossing Folder Technique Showcase.  I thought of using a snowflake embossing folder and then the snowflakes would be white on the black glossy paper.  I tried it and I love the look of it.  So after I made the black sky, I die cut two layers of snowy hills to the bottom for my wintery images.  I have had these images on my desk forever, and I am so happy they worked out on this snowy card.  I matted this layer with silver cardstock and adhered it to the white card base.  For the inside I simply stamped and die cut a sentiment.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Terri