SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge - Two Cards

The colors for the Color Challenge this week on SplitCoastStampers are Pink Pirouette, Real Red and Pear Pizzazz.  I don't have Pear Pizzazz so I used Certainly Celery on this first card and Kiwi Kiss on the second card.

The flower on both cards is from Technique Tuesday's Spiro Garden. For this one, I stamped with Real Red on Pink Pirouette and cut it out. The leaves are punched with an EK Success punch from Certainly Celery. The background is embossed with a QuicKutz embossing folder and matted with Pink Pirouette. Before I embossed, I brayered Pink Pirouette on the folder. You can see it in real life, but it's very hard to see in the picture. It's matted with Pink Pirouette. The sentiment (from PTI's Birthday Basics) is stamped with Certainly Celery and matted on Celery, too. The button is from SU! and I also used grosgrain ribbon.
 

I had done this card first, but I wasn't real pleased with it - that's why I did the second card:)  However, I'm going to share it with you anyway!  I stamped the flower and leaves (from Technique Tuesday's Spiro Garden set) with Pink Pirouette and Kiwi Kiss and cut them out. I glued the leaves on and mounted on Dimensionals. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions and is stamped with Real Red. I matted with Kiwi Kiss and added some dashed lines with a Pretty in Pink marker. (I know - you can barely see them in the picture.) EDITED TO ADD:  Sorry - I forgot to say that I used the Clean&Simple blog's Fall-To Layout #111 from last week!

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Simple Thanks

Another simple card. It's really late (I'm pre-posting) so I'm just going to paste what I wrote for SCS.

I stamped the image (from Inkadinkado) on the textured white cardstock, and again on a scrap of plain white. I colored the plain white one with markers and also "painted" over the whole thing with a wet paintbrush and Mellow Moss and Bashful Blue inks, and cut it out. Then I covered it with Versamark and embossed with Iridescent Sparkle embossing powder. Then I used Versamark again (twice more) and Deep Impressions embossing powder. I mounted it on Dimensionals. The sentiment is from Verve (a thank you set.) I matted the textured white with Mellow Moss and mounted on the card front. Oh, I also added tiny gems for the flower centers.

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Thinking of You

Another quick card.  :)

The image for this card is from an Inkadinkado set.  I colored it with markers and then added Stickles to the flower and butterfly.  I scored a double line under the image and then scored the lattice pattern under that.  I matted with a textured green paper.  That's all there is to it!

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Flowery Thank You

Another card for today using my new Technique Tuesday stamps.

I stamped the flowers (from the In Bloom set) with VersaMagic inks - Sea Breeze and Aloe Vera. I matted with (I think!) Wild Wasabi and Baja Breeze. I scored some lines with my Scor-Pal and punched a border with a Martha Stewart punch. I also threaded ribbon through the punching and added tiny Twinkles (from Taylored Expressions) to the flower centers. The sentiment is from TT's Simply Stated set and is stamped in Baja Breeze.

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Dracula's Face

 

Another Monday - another Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week!!  This week's Stamp is 2311-G, Dracula Face.  You can find it here - just scroll down a bit on the page.  He's pretty spooky looking:)  To get the details you need in order to purchase this stamp at 50% THIS WEEK ONLY, just visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, and follow the instructions.  Also, be sure to visit the other Rock Stars' creations.

Ayana ~ Dana ~ Michele ~ Joy ~ Darsie 

For my card, I stamped the image on white card stock and added some black and red with markers.  I also added Diamond Glaze on the eyes and bow tie.  I cut him out with a Nestability die.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also.  I added some dashed lines on both the image and the sentiment, and I used Dimensionals to mount them.  The background is Basic Black and is embossed with a Fiskars texture plate.  I added Stardust Stickles on the spider web for some shimmer.

Don't forget, you still have time to make a card using the WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch.  If you do, and upload, you will have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Repeat Impressions.  If you use RI stamps, you get TWO chances!  You can find the details in this post.  I'd love to see what you do with this sketch.

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The Time to be Happy - Technique Tuesday Challenge

I made another card for Technique Tuesday challenge #6 - to use words. You can find the challenge here.

The flowers were in a goody bag I got from Taylor this summer when our group visited her. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!'s Garden Whimsy set and is stamped in Perfect Plum. The grass is a stamp from Repeat Impressions and is stamped in Certainly Celery. The matting is Perfect Plum and the buttons are from Lasting Impressions.

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Ribbit, Ribbit ... and an Honor

I have a little announcement to make.  I get to be a guest designer for Technique Tuesday for this month.  How awesome is that!  I applied for their design team and was not selected.  However, they asked me to be a guest "Stamping Tech" and of course I said yes.  They have clear stamps that are very high quality.  I got some in the mail yesterday and they are super!  You can find the store here.  (You can read the announcement on the SCS thread here.)


This is the first card I made with my new stamps.  They are all from the little set called "Ribbit" which you can find on this page.  I used VersaMagic Spanish Olive ink for the frogs, and Versafine Onyx Black for the eyes.  (I stamped them on scrap paper and cut them out.)  The eyes on the middle frog are mounted on pieces of Dimensionals.  Also, the middle frog itself is cut out and mounted on Dimensionals.  Aren't those little flies cute??  I matted the whole image panel with black.  

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Heartfelt Thanks - Technique Tuesday Challenge

I made this card for Technique Tuesday's challenge for this week, which is to use stamped words on your card/project.  You can find the challenge on SplitCoastStampers in this post.

Since I use a sentiment on nearly every card I make, I wanted to use the words in some sort of a special way.  I thought of Heartfelt Thanks from Stampin' Up!  I used SU! inks, also - Rose Red, Rose Romance and Mellow Moss.  The matting cardstock is from SU! as well.  The butterflies are punched using a Martha Stewart punch.  I mounted them on pieces of Dimensionals and added pearls to their bodies.  I added a little bit of scoring around the edges.

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More "Card Parts" Cards

All of these cards were made with pieces from Stampin' Up! cards that I "dismantled."  (They were cards that I did not make.)  The sentiments are mostly from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set.  I also used an Inkadinkado set for the "THANKS!" and a Nestability for the embossed frame on one card.  It's hard to tell, but some of them are white and some are ivory.

An update on my mother-in-law:  She continues to do VERY well.  She has been recuperating in a nursing home for a week now.  We're not sure how long she will be in there, but the expectation is that she WILL be going home.  Also, we had a wonderful - but much too short - visit with our daughter, son-in-law, grandson and granddaughter.  They have to be the cutest and smartest kids ever.  Well, maybe except for YOUR kids and grandkids! LOL!!

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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch

Today is another WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge from Repeat Impressions.  Every other Wednesday, Wendy has a sketch challenge for us.  And YOU are all invited to join us! :)  Here is the sketch for this week.

We'd love to see what you can create using this great sketch.  Just make your card and upload a link to it on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, by Tuesday, October 19 at 5:00 p.m. EDT.  If you use an online gallery such as SplitCoastStampers, please use the keyword O610.  One random winner from the month of October will win a $25 gift certificate.  Definitely worth a try!  Check out the great cards from the other Rock Stars, too - you WILL be impressed!

Ayana Posadas

Dana Joy

Darsie Rose Bruno

Harriet Skelly

Joy Hadden

Makiko Jones

Robin Kirkpatrick

For my card, I used stamps from the recently-released stamp sets.  You can find them individually here and here, or the whole sheets are available here.  The penguins and the snowflake are from the penguin set and the sentiment is from the snowglobe set. The embossing was done with Cuttlebug folders - a snowflake one and a winter border one.  The matting is SU! Real Red.

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Male Birthday Card

A quick post for today.  This card is for my neighbor.


Several years ago when I became a Stampin' Up! demo, the woman who I signed up with gave me a whole bag of cards and card fronts.  I had never gotten around to going through them until a couple weeks ago.  I tossed a lot of them, and I have a lot of them to donate to a local paper company that is going to donate them to the Troops.  However, there were a few that I dismantled and saved the main image panels from.  This is one of those images.  I think I have about ten of them, and will quickly make them into cards and share them soon.  However, since I've been VERY short of stamping time lately, I'll have to share this one by itself.  I only added the scoring and the sentiment, which is from Papertrey's Birthday Basics.

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Candy Corn

Even though I don't have a card to share with you, I wanted to remind you that today is the beginning of a new Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week!  This week's stamp is called 2306-D, Candy Corn.  You can find it on this page.  To get all the details necessary to get this stamp for 50% off, please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built  There you will also find links to the great samples made the the RI Rock Stars.

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Happy 2nd Birthday, Andrew!

 Besides being my mom's birthday, yesterday was our grandson's second birthday!  Unbelievable that he's two already!

Here is the card I made for him.  The image stamps are from Recollections.  The sentiment stamps are from Stampendous, and the alphabet stamps are from a dollar set from JoAnn's.  I colored with Stampin' Up! markers.  I cut his mouth out again, and mounted it on Dimensionals.  I used googly eyes, too.

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Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today is my mom's 80th birthday.  All of my siblings are in town, as are some of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  We'll all be going out to eat dinner at the Pizza Ranch and we'll have a great time!

The card I made for her is an easel card.  You can find a tutorial on SplitCoastStampers here.  The one I made is for a full-sized card.  The dimensions for that are at the very bottom.

The main image stamp I used is from The Paper Studio.  I colored the images with Stampin' Up! markers.  The sentiment is from PSX.  I used my Scor-Pal to add some definition to the white space, which I had masked off.  The butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch.  The letters are cut with a Cuttlebug alphabet set, and the border on the inside is also done with a Martha Stewart punch.  I added Crystal Stickles to the letters, the butterflies, and the flower centers.  The butterflies also have gems for their bodies.

One last view - this is what it looks like when you can only (mostly) see the front.  This card is also for Flutter By Wednesday, which this time is to use glitter and bling!

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October Calendar Page

Wow, October First!  Totally amazing.  (Especially since the temperature was at least 70 yesterday!)

Here is the October page from my calendar.  The stamps are all Inkadinkado, I believe.  I used a Cuttlebug folder on the orange paper after stamping.  That's it!  Short and sweet.  I still have things to do to get ready for my daughter and her family, and then we have birthdays to celebrate:)

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Another Christmas Card

 

Just another quick post for today.

I am sharing another card I made with my Festive Favorites set (from Stampin' Up! and from Gloria) but today's card uses the snowmen.  This one is actually a One-Layer card.  I colored the snowmen with markers.  I used Stickles for the snow. I also added Stickles to the snowflakes, and then I popped them up on Dimensionals.  The sentiment is from the same set.

It's nice to be home after almost a week, especially when we only planned on being gone for three days!  My mother-in-law is doing great and will be moved to a nursing home this morning.  It is a bright and cheery place, so hopefully she will love it there and regain some strength and learn to use a walker.  And then hopefully, she will return to her home after about three weeks.  I offered to go back for a couple days next week.  Also, our daughter and her family will be here on Friday through Sunday.  And it's my mom's 80th birthday on Saturday and our grandson's second birthday the same day!  (I can't believe he'll be TWO already!)  So, please bear with me as I'll be scarce here for a while!

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Play Time Cat

Another Monday brings another Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week!  This week's cutie is 4207-H, Play Time Cat.  You can find it on this page - just scroll down a bit.  To find out how to purchase this stamp for 50%, just visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  You'll find all the details there, along with links to the other great cards by the Design Team.


I was a little pressed for time, when I made this card, but I still like it:)  I stamped it and colored it with markers.  Then I stamped it on a piece of scratch paper and used it for a mask.  Then I cut it with an Oval Nestability and sponged it while still in the die.  It's matted with an scalloped mat and mounted on Dimensionals.  I added a layer of white textured paper from Die Cuts With a View.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also.


An update on my mother-in-law:  She went through her surgery wonderfully.  She will be in the hospital for a few days and then will transfer to a nursing home - hopefully for only about three weeks - before going home.  Thanks for all of your prayers.  I am writing this Sunday night, so I might add an update later on on Monday.


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Four Cards - One Stamp

I have four cards to share with you today.  They all use part of a stamp from Stampin' Up!'s Festive Favorites. I got this stamp set from a good on-line friend.  She sent it to me as a "thank you" for helping her with a couple things.  Thanks again, so much, Gloria!!  I also have a prayer request at the end of the post, if you read it that far:)

The biggest stamp of the set is three rows of objects - trees, reindeer and snowmen.  I cut the stamp into three pieces so that I can stamp them separately.  That works much better for a "clean and simple" stamper like me!  I can always put them back together if I want to use them all at once.  For today's cards, I only used the trees.  I used a Deckle Rectangle Nestability for this card.  The sentiment is a dollar stamp from Michael's.  I used various Stickles on each card.

The sentiment on this second one is from a clear dollar set from JoAnn's.  I also did a little bit of embossing with a border folder from Cuttlebug.

Same sentiment as the first one.  I did not mat the image panel - just white on white.  You can't really tell in the photo - I only colored the outlines of the trees and then decorated them.  I also covered each tree with Stickles.

Same sentiment as the second card.  Different orientation.

And now for the prayer request.  While we were in town for our two funerals, my mother-in-law fell and broke her hip.  She will be 93 years old in November.  She will be having a partial hip replacement today around noon.  We would appreciate any prayers you would say for her, specifically for her to survive the surgery, have a speedy recovery, and lastly to be able to return to her home following her recovery.  Thank you all so much!!!

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NOEL - Two Versions

I have a couple minutes, so I thought I would just upload a couple cards I have made.  They both use a stamp from Repeat Impressions.  It's called 2107-H NOEL, and you can find it here - just scroll down a little bit.

For this first one, I stamped with Versamark and embossed with Detail Gold embossing powder.  I stamped again and cut out the "O" and colored the poinsettia with markers and mounted it on Dimensionals.  I matted with red cardstock.

For this second one, I simply stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and colored the poinsettia.  Then I used a Nestability and embossed the frame.

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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch

It's another Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch Challenge!  You can find the sketch and the details on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  Create your card using this sketch and upload it to your on-line gallery or blog.  Leave a link to your creation on the RI blog.  If you link to an on-line gallery, please use the keyword S2210.  One random winner for the month will be chosen to receive a $25 gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  So besides being fun, it can be profitable! :)  Check out what the other RI Rock Stars have to share, also:

Ayana ~ Darsie ~ Harriet ~ Joy ~ Julie ~ Makiko ~ Michele ~ Robin

The main image I used is 628-I, Toy Train.  You can find it on this page.  I colored it with Stampin' Up! markers and cut it, and the matting, with Nestabilities.  I embossed with the Nestabilities, too, and added some decorative scoring with my Scor-Pal.  The patterned paper is from SU.  The sentiment is also from Repeat Impressions.  I separated it to fill two ovals with it.

I may be missing for a few days, even though I do have cards done.  I might even just post the cards without much of a blog entry.  We've had a couple deaths recently and the funerals are Thursday and Saturday.  My husband's aunt passed away on Sunday.  She was 90 and had not been doing well for a while.  Very sad, but not unexpected.  The other one, however, was totally out of the blue.  A friend of ours, who we had just been camping with the weekend before last, died of a heart attack on Monday.  Talk about a shock!  He was our age - 56.  MUCH too young to go.  He leaves behind a wife and three kids.

How about ending on a lighter note!  We went to the wedding of a friend's son on Saturday.  She emailed a picture to me of my husband and me, and we actually liked it!  So, I changed my Profile picture:)  (Thanks, Lucy!)

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