SSINKCS45: Love You!

Today’s card is a submission for Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration's Card Sketch Challenge! I love card sketches to give me a "roadmap" for a card design. This month's card sketch:

My card was created using the last bits of the Festive Birthday DSP pack. I had a larger piece of the Melon Mambo paper and so based my card off of that that. I added some great other patterns and colors as banners. The sentiment echoes the colors of the DSP. As a final touch, I had to add some shiny in the form of gold sequins

• Stamps: Friendly Wishes
• Inks: Melon Mambo; Emerald Envy
• Cardstock: Festive Birthday DSP; Emerald Envy; Whisper White
• Accessories: Emerald Envy Ruched Ribbon; Gold Sequin Trim
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

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

Festive Dinosaur

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using your favorite animal stamp. Hands down my favorite animal stamp is the dinosaurs from No Bones About It. I love that I can layer the solid images and the skeletons. Such a cute visual! I decided to play with a simple color scheme of blue and orange with a yellow accent. I love the play of subtle patterns in the DSP. Because of the DSP, I kept my dinosaur image and sentiment simple.

• Stamps: No Bones About It
• Inks: Pumpkin Pie; Soft Sky; Tempting Turquoise
• Cardstock: Festive Birthday DSP; Soft Sky; Tempting Turquoise; Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits; Triple Banner Punch

Festive Cupcake Truck

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card with one of our favorite Sale-a-Bration items. I knew I had to have the Tasty Trucks Stamp Set when the sale launched. Apparently, everyone loves this set. Almost all of my club ladies picked this SAB item for their January orders. I'll definitely be making more cards using this set and featuring one of them for February club. But first, let's see my first attempt!

I knew i wanted to make a birthday card featuring the watercolor pencils and some bright bold colors. I used some of the remaining scraps from the Festive Birthday DSP pack to create some fun pattern layers. From there, I focused on my main image. I stamped the truck, embellishments (cupcakes, flags), and sentiment in Basic Black. I then light colored parts of the image with the watercolor pencils. I applied some water to create a soft colored image. I finished off the card with a couple Emerald Envy enamel shapes.

• Stamps: Tasty trucks
• Inks: Basic Black
• Cardstock: Festive Birthday DSP; Emerald Envy; Pumpkin Pie; Whisper White
• Accessories: 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Watercolor Pencils; Aqua Painter

SSINKIC41: Falling Hearts

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

I decided to take the colors I saw and make a fun Valentine card. I started by pulling some fun paper: Festive Birthday DSP (for Melon Mambo color), Blushing Bride, and Gold Foil. From there I punched out a ton of hearts and even colored the Blushing Bride with Wink of Stella Clear to give some extra shine. I then created some "strings" on which to hang the hearts. I finished the card with a simple big sentiment.

• Stamps: Friendly Wishes
• Inks: Melon Mambo
• Cardstock: Festive Birthday DSP; Melon Mambo; Blushing Bride; Gold Foil; Basic Black; Whisper White
• Accessories: Wink of Stella Clear; Black marker
• Tools: Baker's Box Thinlits (heart shape)

Best Botanicals

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using our favorite die set. I go back and forth between a few sets, but I recently rediscovered my love the Botanical Builder Die Set. Check out all the pieces!

For my card, I decided to showcase a few of the die pieces including the border piece that I seldom use. I picked some fun bright colors and papers. I haven't used all of my Festive Birthday DSP pack and fortunately it has this great subtly patterned sheet of Melon Mambo.  From there, I picked a nice big sentiment from the Friendly Wishes set. Finally I cut out some great layered flowers and added a hint of embellishment with the Perfect White Accents.

• Stamps: Friendly Wishes
• Inks: Dapper Denim
• Cardstock: Festive Birthday DSP; Emerald Envy; Dapper Denim; Peekaboo Peach; Whisper White; Basic Black
• Accessories: Perfect White Accents
• Tools: Botanical Builders Die Set

SSINKIC37: Bright Congrats

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

I decided to play off of the fun bright colors featured in the picture. I pulled out some bright DSP from the Festive Birthday pack and started matching it up. From there, I grabbed the coordinating ink colors to compliment the paper. These candles from the Build a Birthday stamp set were a perfect choice! The stark white background felt a little too plain so I added some circles from the Playful Backgrounds set. I finished off my card with simple sentiment.

• Stamps: Playful Backgrounds; Build a Birthday; Happy Happenings
• Inks: Daffodil Delight; Pumpkin Pie; Emerald Envy; Melon Mambo
• Cardstock: Festive Birthday DSP; Emerald Envy; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools:

Festive Drapery

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using our favorite new accessory. Hands down my favorite accessory is the beautiful 2016-2018 In Color Ruched Ribbons! I'm not usually a ribbon lover, but these have changed my opinion. I love the colors and the feel of these ribbons. For this card, I decided to highlight the gorgeous Emerald Envy Ribbon. This card may look complicated, but believe me, it is simple!

Directions for a drapery card:

• Cut DSP to 4" x 11 1/2"
• Score at 3", 4", 6", 7", 9", and 10"
• Cut at a diagonal starting at 3", leaving about 1-1 12" at the end.
• Fold!

Supplies used:

• Stamps: Jar of Love
• Inks: Melon Mambo
• Cardstock: Festive Birthday DSP; Tempting Turquoise; Melon Mambo
• Accessories: Emerald Envy Ruched Ribbon; White Accents
• Tools: Lots of Labels Framelits

Sunday Haul #13

Big stamp club order arrived this week. Super excited to drive in. I have so much DSP to play with this coming week.

• Foxy Friends DSP
• Precision Base Plate for the Big Shot (for those intricate dies)
• Moroccan Washi Tape
• Fox Builder Punch
• Sponge Daubers
• Mint Macaron Striped Ribbon

• This Christmas DSP
• Fruit Stand DSP
• Affectionately Yours DSP
• Moroccan DSP
• Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate
• Blooms and Bliss DSP
• Festive Birthday DSP
• By the Shore DSP
• Irresistibly Yours DSP
• Floral Boutique DSP