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Party Animal

Today’s card is a variation on a card that I made during my March Birthday Celebration. I mixed up the pattern paper using scraps from the paper pack. Instead of a flower, I decided to attach a fun ice cream cone instead.

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  • Stamps: Cool Treats; Designer Tee
  • Inks: Emerald Envy; Soft Sky; Pacific Point
  • Cardstock: Party Animal DSP; Crushed Curry; Pacific Point Crumb Cake
  • Accessories: Wink of Stella
  • Tools: Frozen Treats Framelits
tags: Cool Treats, Designer Tee, Party Animal DSP
categories: Birthday Cards
Tuesday 04.18.17
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Have Your Cake

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Birthday card. I had fun recreating a card I saw from the Artisan Team. Guess I'm digging Peekaboo Peach right now...

 
  • Stamps: Designer Tee
  • Inks: Peekaboo Peach; Basic Gray
  • Cardstock: Carried Away DSP; Peekaboo Peach; Smoky Slate; Whisper White
  • Accessories: Silver Sequin Trim
  • Tools: Stitched Shape 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
tags: Carried Away DSP, Designer Tee
categories: Birthday Cards
Friday 03.10.17
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today’s card is my birthday card. Okay, well it's a birthday card and it's my birthday, so I guess it's my birthday card. It's a simple card featuring some of the remaining scraps from the Festive Birthday pack. I layered on some fun colors and patterns. From there, I stamped a simple sentiment and added a punched flower. Easy peasy!

 
  • Stamps: Flower Shop
  • Inks: Melon Mambo; Tempting Turquoise
  • Cardstock: Festive Birthday DSP; Melon Mambo; Emerald Envy
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Pansy Punch

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
tags: Designer Tee, Festive Birthday DSP, Flower Shop
categories: Birthday Cards
Sunday 03.05.17
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

SSINKTC41: Dreamy Dragonflies

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

 

For my card, I knew I wanted to keep a fairly monochromatic color palette and use my dragonflies. I started with making my base. There are a few ways to achieve the bokeh effect. I chose to use the sponging and craft ink method. I have also seen a watercolor method and a water drop method. Search YouTube for some great tutorials.

I sponged Night of Navy, Island Indigo, Bermuda Bay, and Pool Party onto a piece of white cardstock. From there, I die cut some different size circles into a piece of acetate to create a template. I then stenciled on craft white ink to soften the colors and create the bokeh effect. From there it was just a matter of deciding which dragonfly to use and picking a sentiment. I went with the fun multiple dragonflies and jazzed it up with a bit of Wink of Stella (hard to see in photo). For the sentiment, I pulled out my SAB stamp set Designer Tee. This little sentiment fir perfectly in my square Stitched Shapes Framelits. I added a layered piece of Island Indigo to give it some depth. Loving this card!

 
  • Stamps: Designer Tee (SAB)
  • Inks: Island Indigo; Night of Navy; Pool Party; Bermuda Bay; Craft White
  • Cardstock: Island Indigo; Pool Party; Whisper White
  • Accessories: Wink of Stella
  • Tools: Detailed Dragonflies Thinlits; Stitched Shapes Framelits; Sponge Daubers
tags: bokeh, Designer Tee, Technique Challenge
categories: Misc- Cards
Monday 01.23.17
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

SSINKCS41: Carried Away

I ran out of time this past weekend to get a card sketch card posted for Monday's SSINK challenge. So instead of being a design team member, I'm going to participate in the challenge today. Click on the sketch to play along with us!  Here's the sketch we were given:

 

And here's the card I came up with! I decided to play with patterns and stamping for this card. The new SAB paper Carried Away is one of my favorites! I love the great color combinations and patterns. So I took three patterns from that pack for the circles and the banner. I then added a simple sentiment, but jazzed it up by using tone on tone stamping to create my own patterned background. Before I glued everything down, I decided the background needed a bit more. Enter the Playful Backgrounds stamp set. A few stamps of these fun circles completed my card.

 
  • Stamps: Designer Tee (SAB); Playful Backgrounds
  • Inks: Watermelon Wonder; Peekaboo Peach
  • Cardstock: Carried Away DSP (SAB); Watermelon Wonder; Peekaboo Peach
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Circles Framelits; Triple Banner Punch
tags: Carried Away DSP, Designer Tee, Playful Backgrounds, Sketch
categories: Birthday Cards
Thursday 01.12.17
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Dotted Dragonfly

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a $50 bundle and card. For my bundle, I used the following products:

  • Dragonfly Dreams Bundle $46.75
  • Wink of Stella $8
  • Total: $54.75
  • SAB Product: Designer Tee Stamp Set
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Using the products listed above and some cardstock and ink, I created this fun dragonfly card. The dragonfly itself is two layers. The bottom layer is the sold dragonfly image stamped using the baby wipe technique to create a fun tie-dye feel. the top layer is the detailed dragonfly die cut from vellum. I also added a layer of Wink of Stella on the vellum to give a bit of sparkle and shine. Finally I topped my dragonfly with a few rhinestones.

Detail of Wink of Stella and rhinestones:

 
  • Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams; Designer Tee
  • Inks: Flirty Flamingo; Old Olive; Tip Top Taupe
  • Cardstock: Flirty Flamingo; Old Olive; Whisper White; Vellum
  • Accessories: Rhinestones
  • Tools: Detailed Dragonfly Framelitsl Wink of Stella
tags: Designer Tee, Dragonfly Dreams, Wink of Stella
categories: Birthday Cards
Wednesday 01.11.17
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

I Think I Can

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using one of the new Sale-a-Bration stamp sets. For my preorder, I knew I had to have the Designer Tee Stamp Set. It has the absolute cutest sayings and stamps. My favorite is the cute little affirmation train. This would be the perfect card for kids or adults alike. I went a little crazy layering some fun DSP from three different packs. As a finishing touch, I colored the clouds with Wink of Stella. You can't see from the picture, but I guarantee the shine comes through in person.

  • Stamps: Designer Tee
  • Inks: Mint Macaron
  • Cardstock: Carried Away DSP; A Little Foxy DSP; 2015-2017 In Color DSP; Peekaboo Peach; Whisper White
  • Accessories: Peekaboo Peach Ribbon; Wink of Stella
  • Tools: Circles Layering Framelits; Stitched Shapes Framelits
tags: 2015-2017 In Color DSP, A Little Foxy DSP, Carried Away DSP, Designer Tee, Wink of Stella
categories: Misc- Cards
Wednesday 12.28.16
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

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