A Little Bit of This & A Little Bit of That

Posted on March 23, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Once I started piling stuff on this card, I just couldn’t stop. I could just never seem to get happy with it. I decide to step away and take a little break, when my eight year-old came over to my desk and asked if she could make a card. When I asked her which one of the many on my desk she wanted to make, she picked this one. Just what I needed!

I used a sponge dauber to dye the paper flowers Melon Mambo.

Have a great Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: That’s the Ticket, Beautiful Birthday
Ink: Basic Gray, Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Versamark
Paper: Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo, Marina Mist, So Saffron, Lucky Limeade, Sunshine & Sprinkles dsp
Embellishments: Ticket Duo Builder punch, 3/16″ Corner punch, Bitty Butterfly punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Designer Builder Brad, Paper Daisies, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, 3/8″ Designer Printed Brads, 3/16″ Brights Brads

Celebrate Cupcake-Style

Posted on March 22, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I needed to make a birthday card for a friend who is a fellow Stampin’ Up demonstrator (hope you had a great birthday, Wendy!). I hadn’t used the Create a Cupcake stamp set and coordinating punch in a long time, so I thought this was the perfect occasion to pull them out.

I sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds glitter over the cupcake frosting to give it a little sparkle, and I colored the Rhinestone Basic Jewels with a pink Sharpie marker to make the colored rhinestones.

Enjoy your Friday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Create a Cupcake, Make a Wish
Ink: Melon Mambo, Basic Gray
Paper: Basic Gray, Marina Mist, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Sunshine & Sprinkles dsp
Embellishments: Cupcake Builder punch, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Perfect Pennants Bigz die, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Sharpie marker

Boutique Blossom — FMS78

Posted on March 20, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for another sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. Jen Mitchell has a great sketch for us, which I think has a lot of different possibilities.

When I saw this sketch, I knew I needed to use the Boutique Blossom single stamp. Did you know that Stampin’ Up is offering ten single stamps through March 31? Boutique Blossom is one of them. You can check them out here. I hadn’t used this stamp yet, so it needed to get inky.

I hope you can join us for this challenge. Go see what the other designers made with it at the Freshly Made Sketches site.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Boutique Blossom, Loving Thoughts
Ink: Versamark, Gumball Green, Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit
Paper: Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, In-Color dsp stack, Neutrals dsp stack
Embellishments: Large Scallop edgelit, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Dazzling Details, Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

Blossom

Posted on March 19, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Here’s a simple card with some colors that I got from a Hungry Jack hashbrowns ad in the Sunday coupon pages. The logo on the ad really caught my eye because of the color combination used, so I tore it out and saved it until I could make this card. Sometimes inspiration comes in truly unexpected ways, doesn’t it?

Enjoy your Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Lacy & Lovely
Ink: Real Red, Baja Breeze, Summer Starfruit
Paper: Baja Breeze, Real Red, Whisper White, In-Color dsp stack
Embellishments: Blossom punch, 1″ Circle punch, Large Scallop edgelits, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, 3/16″ Corner punch, Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Dazzling Details, Summer Starfruit 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

More Sent with Love

Posted on March 18, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I pulled out my Sent with Love bundle again. I have really enjoyed using it! I especially love the dsp sheet that has all of the cute tags on it. I punched one out for this card and made it the focal point.

There is very little stamping on this card. Can you spot it? I’ll post the answer under the supply list at the bottom of this post.

Enjoy your Monday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Sent with Love
Ink: Whisper White
Paper: Calypso Coral, Real Red, Sent with Love dsp
Embellishments: Sycamore Street Ribbons & Buttons pack, 3/16″ Brights Brads, 3/8″ Designer Printed Brads, Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine, 1-3/8″ Circle punch, 1-3/4″ Circle punch

Answer: The only stamping is the Whisper White lines on the thin, flagged, red strip of card stock.

Three Flowers Squared — PP 137

Posted on March 17, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It’s Sunday, and that means it’s time for another fun challenge at the Paper Players. And this week, Ann has a great CAS sketch challenge for us:

Since this week is the last week of Sale-A-Bration, I wanted to use one of the Sale-a-Bration sets. I chose Bloomin’ Marvelous because I haven’t used it enough and I thought the flowers would fit nicely in the little squares on the sketch.

I chose this happy color scheme of Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Gumball Green, and Crumb Cake for the card. I love these colors together.

Come on over to the Paper Players and join us in this week’s challenge. We’d love to see how you interpret the sketch. Meanwhile, check out what the other designers made:

Enjoy your Sunday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Bloomin’ Marvelous, Friendly Phrases
Ink: Gumball Green, Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise
Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Neutrals dsp stack
Embellishments: Finishing Touches edgelits, Pool Party 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon, Linen Thread, Sycamore Street Ribbons & Buttons pack, Pearl Basic Jewels

Neglected Make a Wish

Posted on March 16, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Continuing on with my theme of using neglected stamp sets this week, I dusted off the Make a Wish stamp set for this card. Now, this one hasn’t really been TOO neglected. I did just receive it last month at the Dallas Regional event. However, I’ve looked at it every day since then and had only mounted one of the stamps (I used one of the sentiments a while ago). So I mounted the rest of the stamps in the set and put it to use. I paper pieced the cake.

Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Make a Wish, Pretty Petites
Ink: So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Midnight Muse
Paper: Basic Gray, Midnight Muse, So Saffron, Whisper White, In-Color dsp stack, Subtles dsp stack
Embellishments: Tea Lace Paper Doilies, 2-1/2″ Circle punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Pool Party Baker’s Twine, Petite Curly Label punch

Neglected Field Flowers — FabFri14

Posted on March 15, 2013 by amyoneillblog

This is another Fab Friday week! And we have a fun color challenge in store for you this time:

I love these colors! Going along with my theme for the week — to use my neglected stamp sets (I really need more than a week for this theme :)), I chose Field Flowers for today. I think this set is gorgeous! And I love how the flower is a separate stamp from the stem — it makes it so easy to ink up the colors you want. And the two-step stamping for the petals makes it so easy to add dimension to the card. Why haven’t I been using this stamp set more? I don’t know, but I really had fun playing with it for this challenge.

I hope you’ll be able to join in, and make a card for this challenge with us at Fab Friday! You get two weeks!

Enjoy your Friday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Field Flowers
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade
Paper: Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Tea for Two dsp, Fan Fair dsp
Embellishments: Natural 7/16″ Trim Ribbon, Linen Thread, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Pearl Basic Jewels, Dazzling Details, 3/16″ Corner punch

Neglected Summer Silhouettes — FMS 77

Posted on March 13, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Continuing on with my theme for the week of using neglected stamp sets on my shelf, I am using Summer Silhouettes today. I also used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, by the very talented Jennifer Timko.

This stamp set was one of the first sets I ordered when the catalog came out. I love it and I used it a few times, and then it was sadly neglected.

When I saw the sketch, I immediately knew I wanted to use the large Silver Basics Designer Buttons. I have used up almost all of the small ones, but have had a hard time incorporating the large ones into my projects. I think they fit well with this sketch.

I hope you can make time to join us in this challenge at Freshly Made Sketches this week. Go check out what the other designers did with the sketch and then make a project of your own.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Summer Silhouettes
Ink: Gumball Green, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red
Paper: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Very Vanilla, Sycamore Street dsp, Print Poetry dsp stack
Embellishments: Real Red 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, 5/8″ Crochet Trim, Silver Basics Designer Buttons, Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

Neglected Elements of Style

Posted on March 12, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I still think that Elements of Style is a beautiful stamp set. The details are so pretty. But continuing with my theme this week of using neglected stamp sets on my shelf, I had to include this stamp set. I’ve seen so many pretty cards made with this set and they are colored so beautifully, and I tend to shy away from that because it takes more time than I have to color and I don’t really feel that I’m very good at that. But really, this stamp doesn’t have to be colored. It’s pretty just as it is.

I cased this layout from one used by Betsy Veldman in a Paper Crafts magazine. I sprayed the floral panel with some Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz so it has a pretty sparkle in real life. I used a sponge dauber and Pretty in Pink ink to dye the doily snippet, and I dyed the flower trim with Calypso Coral ink. The paper scraps in the bottom corner all came from the Tea for Two dsp.

Enjoy your Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Elements of Style, Fabulous Phrases
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black
Paper: Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Tea for Two dsp
Embellishments: Finishing Touches edgelits, 5/8″ Flower Trim, Subtles Designer Buttons, Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz