Blue Birthday

Today’s card has so many fun layers and patterns. I wanted to create a great birthday card featuring one of the new Glimmer papers. I chose to play off the Bermuda Bay Glimmer Paper and started layering from there. I ended up making an all blue card. You could recreate this card in any color. Perfect for festive birthdays.

• Stamps: Celebrate Today; Playful Backgrounds
• Inks: Soft Sky; Pool Party; Island Indigo; Bermuda Bay
• Cardstock: Bermuda Bay; Soft Sky; Whisper White; Glimmer Paper Assortment (Bermuda Bay)
• Accessories:
• Tools: Balloon Framelits

Stamp Sets to Use:

• Birthday Blooms
• Celebrate Today
• Build a Birthday
• Love and Affection
• Foxy Friends
• No Bones About It
• Watercolor Wings
• Papillon Potpurri
• Jar of Love
• Petite Petals
• Seaside Shore
• Suite Sayings
• Friendly Wishes
• Flower Shop
• Timeless Textures
• Playful Backgrounds
• Work of Art
• Blooms and Wishes
• Botanical Blooms
• Kinda Eclectic
• Labeler Alphabet
• Cookie Cutter Christmas
• Paisleys and Posies
• Endless Birthday Wishes
• Dragonfly Dreams
• Cool Treats
• Bookcase Builder
• Birdcage Builder
• Tasty Trucks
• Hey Chick
• Designer Tee
• Reverse Words
• Four You
• Four Feathers

SSINKIC42: Hot Air Balloon View

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the picture below as inspiration!

For my card, I played off of the hot air balloons and some of the colors from the picture. I pulled out my trusty Celebrate Today stamp set. While most use this set to make balloons, it does include this cute little basket stamp to turn balloons into hot air balloons. Perfect for the photo! I simply inked up a few hot air balloons in some coordinating colors. I made sure to feature some great DSP from the Sale-a-Bration Carried Away pack. Love that paper so much. To finish my card, I added a few little embellishments.

• Stamps: Celebrate Today
• Inks: Peekaboo Peach; Watermelon Wonder; Sweet Sugarplum; Rich Razzleberry; Mint Macaron; Night of Navy; Basic Gray
• Cardstock: Carried Away DSP; Watermelon Wonder; Whisper White
• Accessories: Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon; Metallic Enamel Shapes
• Tools:

It's CASE Time!

Welcome to the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration blog hop! This month we are CAEing a fellow Design Team member. As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 5 on the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration Blog Hop – Jenny G @ Jenny G Paper Stamps. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn’t work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

I chose to CASE this great card from Diana Eichfeld. I always love her cards. She has great attention to the little details in card making! For my CASE, I went a bit more simple, but kept the idea of the layout and layering of DSP. Apparently, I am really digging the purple and blue color combo lately. I've made four different cards using varying shades of purple and blue just this week!

• Stamps: Celebrate Today; Papillon Potpurri
• Inks: Sweet Sugarplum; Tip Top Taupe
• Cardstock: A Little Foxy DSP; 2015-2017 In Color DSP; Pool Party; Sweet Sugarplum; Whisper White
• Accessories: Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon; 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes
• Tools:Circle Framelits; Elegant Butterfly Punch

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Tobe B. at The Craft Sea
2. Pamela W. at Stinky Tofu
3. Nichole L. at Scrappy Stamps and Ink
4. Darcy J. at Dj's Stampin' Place
5. Jennifer G. at Jenny G Paper Stamps

SSINKCS35: Blue Birthday

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the sketch below.

I went very simple with today's card. I played with a few different pieces of DSP to act as accompany the die cut balloon. The Irresistibly Floral paper is so versatile. This card is so simple, but I love it.

• Stamps: Celebrate Today
• Inks: Pool Party; Island Indigo
• Cardstock: A Little Foxy DSP; Irresistibly Floral DSP; Island Indigo; Whisper White
• Accessories: White Accents
• Tools: Balloon Framelits

SSINKMC34: Stars and Fireworks

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using 3 or more elements from below. I chose to use shape, colors, glitter, and patriotic.

I decided to use one of our great new In Colors: Dapper Denim! Real Red pairs perfectly to create a very patriotic color scheme. I stamped an image from Kinda Eclectic that reminds me of a firework. Once the sentiment was added, I evaluated the card and found it too plain. Enter glitter, gold ribbon, and gold sequins. Much much better!

• Stamps: Celebrate Today, Kinda Eclectic
• Inks: Dapper Denim, Real Red
• Cardstock: Dapper Denim, Real Red, Whisper White
• Accessories: 1/8" Gold Ribbon, Gold Sequins, Gold Glitz Dazzling Details
• Tools: Lucky Stars Embossing Folder

Hello Again Bones!

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using one of our favorite products. I bought No Bones About It last year in preparation for Arthur's dinosaur themed 2-year-old birthday party. I created so many fun projects with it. I put the stamp set away in November and it's sat in the cabinet ever since. So, last week I was looking for some different (no flowers or butterflies) and I remembered this great stamp set. It's fast becoming a favorite again!

• Stamps: No Bones About It; Work of Art; Celebrate Today
• Inks: Dapper Denim; Emerald Envy; Pumpkin Pie
• Cardstock: Dapper Denim; Emerald Envy; Pumpkin Pie; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools: Balloon Framelits

SSINKIC33: Pastel Ice Cream Cones

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the picture below as inspiration.

After glancing at the picture, I immediately knew that I would use the Celebrate Today stamp set. The set makes balloons, but I could turn those into ice cream cone shapes easily.  I set about adding some pattern stamps to the plain cardstock. Finally I added a nice sentiment. Lovely card for a new baby.

• Stamps: Celebrate Today; Welcome Words (retiring); I Think You're Great (retiring)
• Inks: Crumb Cake; Daffodil Delight; Wisteria Wonder; Blusing Bride; Mint Macaron
• Cardstock: Crumb Cake; So Saffron; Wisteria Wonder; Blusing Bride; Mint Macaron; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools:

Lots of Cups

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using Sale-a-Bration products. My favorite SAB item hands down is the Wildflower Fields DSP! I love the color combos (thank you SU for using Blackberry Bliss!) and the designs. I decided to highlight the DSP by layering lots of teacups. Fairly simple card, but I love how the DSP pops!

• Stamps: A Nice Cuppa; Celebrate Today
• Inks: Blackberry Bliss; Calypso Coral; Old Olive
• Cardstock: Wildflower Fields DSP; Hello Honey; Lost Lagoon
• Accessories: Gold Ribbon
• Tools: Cups and Kettle Framelits

Washi Balloons

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to use some of SU's amazing washi tape. I love washi tape and it appears on many of my cards. For this card, I wanted something big and bold. How about covering my piece of cardstock with washi tape? That's definitely big and bold.

After covering the cardstock in washi, I cut out two balloons, added a sentiment, and finished the card with a little banner. A simple card, but it makes a big statement.

From the above card I had cut out two washi covered balloons. I couldn't just throw those in the trash. Instead I decided to make another birthday card. Another cut out balloon, a sentiment, and drawn on balloon strings complete the card. The perfect pair of cards featuring some great washi tape!

• Stamps: Celebrate Today
• Inks: Watermelon Wonder; Cucumber Crush; Bermuda Bay
• Cardstock: Watermelon Wonder; Cucumber Crush; Bermuda Bay; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools: Balloons Framelits

SSINK July 2015 Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog hop! I'm so excited to be participating in my first SSINK blog hop. As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number #5 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Darcy at Dj's Stampin Place. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

My demo group has recently started weekly challenges. Although I may not always have time to do the challenge, I love the idea. The card below was from our very first challenge over the Fourth of July. Our theme: Stars and Stripes. A few people made patriotic themed cards, but many of us took a different direction. I had fun with die cuts and pattern paper. A cute quick and easy birthday birthday card!

• Stamps: Celebrate Today
• Inks: Bermuda Bay
• Cardstock: Cherry on Top DSP; Bermuda Bay
• Accessories: Gold Sequins; Bermuda Bay Sequins
• Tools: Stars Framelits

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Jenny at Jenny G Paper Crafts
2. Diana at Stampin Fun with Diana
3. Leanne at Literally My Joy
4. Kim at Stamping with Kim
5. Darcy at Dj's Stampin Place
6. Tobe at The Craft Sea
7. Melissa at Stamp Doc
8. Donna at Organized Chaos
9. Bree at Craft-Somnia Momma
10. Jennifer at Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life