Retiring Roundup #1

Today's cards were extra ones featuring retiring products. I couldn't let these languish on my craft desk. 

• Stamps: Kinda Eclectic; Petite Petals
• Inks: Watermelon Wonder; Emerald Envy; Crushed Curry
• Cardstock: 2015-2017 In Color DSP; Watermelon Wonder; Whisper White; Crushed Curry
• Accessories: Emerald Envy Ruched Ribbon; Pearls
• Tools: Bitty Butterfly Punch; Petite Petals Punch; Pansy Punch; Flower Medallion Punch

• Stamps: Friendly Wishes
• Inks: Dapper Denim
• Cardstock: Cajun Craze; Early Espresso; Whisper White
• Accessories: Moroccan Washi Wape; Metallic Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Lots of Labels Framelits

• Stamps: Kinda Eclectic
• Inks: Smoky Slate; Flirty Flamingo; Old Olive
• Cardstock: Flirty Flamingo; Old Olive; Smoky Slate; Whisper White
• Accessories: White Doilies
• Tools: Elegant Butterfly Punch; Bitty Butterfly Punch

• Stamps: Build a Birthday
• Inks: Pacific Point; Tangerine Tango; Emerald Envy; Crushed Curry
• Cardstock: Tip Top Taupe; Pacific Point; Whisper White
• Accessories:  Party Animal Washi Tape
• Tools: 

Build a Wedding Cake

Today's card is all about the Build a Birthday Stamp Set. Instead of my usual birthday cakes, I decided to make a wedding cake! I saw a similar idea on Pinterest and ran with it. I created a multiple layer cake and decorated it with some great little flowers. After cutting out my weddign cake, the background looked a little plain so I added a great embossed piece. Love this card!

• Stamps: Build a Birthday; Petite Petals
• Inks: Pink Pirouette; Basic Gray
• Cardstock: Smoky Slate; Basic Gray
• Accessories: Pearls
• Tools: Petal Burst Embossing Folder; Petite Petal Punch

SSINKIC43: Bunny Wreath

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

I took my cues from the wreath encircling a bunny, but how to recreate it? Foxy Friends to the rescue. Obviously the Foxy Friends stamp set is made to create foxes, but you can make so many other animals with it. With a bit of modification, I made this cute little bunny. From there I started stamping and punching flowers to create a wreath. The circle itself left too much white space around the bunny, so I went back in to stamp some flowers on the piece of white. Much better. I finished off the card by adding a piece of DSP to give just a bit more visual interest. And voila! My cute little bunny wreath.

• Stamps: Foxy Friends; Petite Petals
• Inks: Pear Pizzaz; Pool Party; Blushing Bride; Daffodil Delight; Sweet Sugarplum; Smoky Slate; Basic Black
• Cardstock: A Little Foxy DSP; Pear Pizzaz; Pool Party; Blushing Bride; Daffodil Delight; Sweet Sugarplum; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools: Circle Layering Framelits; Petite Petals 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

SSINKMC32: Beautiful Bouquet

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the requirements from the April Mystery Challenge.

This month, I went with three elements: shape, color, and tool. I stamped and punched a bunch of flowers in Daffodil Delight and Mossy Meadow to create a bouquet. I added a heat embossed sentiment.  Candy dots, a bow, and a punched out sentiment completed the card. The finished card is more subdued than my usual design and palette, but it's a nice change. I love doing these mystery challenges. I never know what I will end up creating.

• Stamps: Flower Shop; Petite Petals; Perfect Pairs (SAB)
• Inks: Hello Honey; Mossy Meadow; Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Daffodil Delight; Mossy Meadow; Early Espresso; Very Vanilla
• Accessories: Candy Dots; Crumb Cake 3/8" Stitched Ribbon
• Tools: Washi Label Punch; Pansy Punch; Petite Petal Punch; Espresso Embossing Powder

SSINKCC25: Pool Party, Hello Honey, Chocolate Chip

Today's card is featured over at Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration and features a fun color challenge: Pool Party, Hello Honey, Chocolate Chip.

I wanted to incorporate Hello Honey, but alas! I was out of Hello Honey cardstock. What is a girl to do? Take a brayer and color some whisper white with Hello Honey ink. For the rest of the card, I wanted to be simplistic yet fill the card with embellishments. My favorite part is the gold sequins. Love them!

• Stamps: Flower Shop; Friendly Wishes; Petite Petals
• Inks: Pool Party, Hello Honey, Chocolate Chip
• Cardstock: Chocolate Chip; Pool Party; Whisper White
• Accessories: Gold Sequin Trim
• Tools: Pansy Punch; Petite Petals Punch; Brayer

SSINKCC23: Watermelon Wonder, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake

Today's card is featured over at Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration and features a fun color challenge: Watermelon Wonder, Bermuda Bay, and Crumb Cake. I love the fun clean look of the color combo. It screams summer!

I decided to have some fun with texture and layers. Nesting the sentiment in oval die cuts gives the card lots of visual interest without being too bulky. Adding the embossed piece of crumb cake and flowers balances out the negative layers. The last touch was to add some candy dots to the center of the flowers. SU doesn't sell candy dots in the in-colors, but Real Red looks great with the Watermelon ink. Overall, a very cute flower card!

• Stamps: Friendly Wishes, Flower Shop, Petite Petals
• Inks: Watermelon Wonder, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake
• Cardstock: Cherry on Top DSP, Watermelon Wonder, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
• Accessories: Candy Dots
• Tools: Ovals framelits, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Pansy Punch, Petite Petals Punch

Unite and Excite Swaps: The Rest of the Pretties

We had a great swap time at the Livermore Unite and Excite event on Sunday.  Here are the rest of the great swap cards I received:

Sara Grafton @ 1200 Some Miles

Vinnie Cespedes

Margery Chen

Alicia Valdez

Janet Smith

Deidre Wong

Denise Zachariah

Sarah Camarillo

Patti Mizutani

Paula Frieders

Maria Esther Fennelly @ Maria's Creative Place

Jeannie Barron

Raberta Gannon @ Inkabella Crafts

Carrie Vermazen @ Crafty Carrie

Cary Farruggia @ Cary's On Your Case

Colleen Becker

Sharon Tong-Robinson

Sweet Sorbet DSP Purge: Random Edition

Another attempt to use my retired DSP to make room for new fun stuff...  This time I'm highlighting cards made from the Sweet Sorbet DSP pack (Sale-a-bration 2014).  The following cards are using a lot of the other papers in the pack.  I found that I wasn't a huge fan of the primarily Summer Starfruit, Sahara Sand, and black paper pattens.  But I did find a few cute card designs to use them.

Card #1

Card Inspiration from Linda Higgins

My version

• Stamps: Petal Parade; A Word for You
• Inks: Basic Black; Pool Party
• Cardstock: Crisp Cantaloupe; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired); Whisper White
• Accessories: Silver Dots; Crisp Cantaloupe Ruffled Stretch Trim (retired)
• Tools: 1 1/4" Circle Punch

Card #2

Card Inspiration from JK Cards

My version

• Stamps: Perfect Pennants
• Inks: Basic Black
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories:
• Tools: Elegant Butterfly Punch; Bitty Butterfly Punch

Card #3

Card Inspiration from Ginger Stamps

My version

• Stamps: Petite Petals
• Inks: Pool Party
• Cardstock: Basic Black Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: In Dolor Dahlias (retired)
• Tools: Patterned scissors; Petite Petals Punch; 1 1/4" Circle Punch

Card #4

Card Inspiration from Stampin' Up in Munchen

My version

• Stamps: Perfect Pennants; Petite Petals
• Inks: Crisp Cantaloupe; Pistachio Pudding
• Cardstock: Summer Starfruit; Crisp Cantaloupe; Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Silver Dots
• Tools: Petite Petals Punch; Patterned Scissors

Card #5

Card Inspiration from Stamps, Paper, n' Stuff

My version

• Stamps: Flower Shop; A Word for You (retired)
• Inks: Basic Black; Crisp Cantaloupe
• Cardstock: Crisp Cantaloupe; Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Rhinestone Jewels; Crisp Cantaloupe Ruffled Stretch Trim (retired)
• Tools: Hexagon Embossing Folder; Pansy Punch

Card #6

Card Inspiration from CindyLeeBee Designs

My version

• Stamps: A Word for You (retired); Petal Parade (retired)
• Inks: Summer Starfruit; Crisp Cantaloupe; Pistachio Pudding
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Pool Party Ribbon (retired); Rhinestone Jewels
• Tools: 1 1/4" Circle Punch; Hexagon Punch (banner ends)

Card #7

• Stamps: Petal Parade (retired)
• Inks: Basic Black
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White; Crisp Cantaloupe; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Crisp Cantaloupe Ruffled Stretch Trim (retired)
• Tools: Blossom Punch; 1 1/4" Circle Punch

Card #8

Card Inspiration from Stamping Sanity

My version

• Stamps: Perfect Pennants; Petite Petals
• Inks: Pool Party; Crisp Cantaloupe; Summer Starfruit
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White; Pistachio Pudding; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories:
• Tools: Petite Petals Punch; 2" Circle Punch; Patterned Scissors

Card #9

Card Inspiration from Susan Stamps

My version

• Stamps: Flower Shop; Petite Petals; Petal Parade (retired); Vintage Verses (retired)
• Inks: Pool Party; Basic Black; Pistachio Pudding; Crisp Cantaloupe
• Cardstock: Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Crisp Cantaloupe Ruffled Stretch Trim (retired)
• Tools: Pansy Punch; Petite Petals Punch; 2" Circle Punch

Card #10

• Stamps: Best of Greetings (retired); Petal Parade (retired)
• Inks: Crisp Cantaloupe; Basic Black
• Cardstock: Whisper White; Pool Party; Pistachio Pudding; Summer Starfruit; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories:
• Tools: Pansy Punch; Secret Garden Framelits

Card #11

Card Inspiration from Tiddbits from Dawn

My version

• Stamps: Wacky Wishes (retired); Petal Parade (retired)
• Inks: Pool Party; Crisp Cantaloupe
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White; Summer Starfruit; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories:
• Tools: Bitty Butterfly Punch

Sweet Sorbet DSP Purge: Polka Dots Edition

Another attempt to use my retired DSP to make room for new fun stuff...  This time I'm highlighting cards made from the Sweet Sorbet DSP pack (Sale-a-bration 2014).  The following cards are primarily using the polka dot patterned paper.

Card #1

Card Inspiration from Wild West Stampin', Scrappin' and Crafts

My version

Description

• Stamps: Perfect Pennants
• Inks: Basic Black
• Cardstock: Crisp Cantaloupe; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired); Whisper White
• Accessories: Boutique Details (retired)
• Tools: 1 1/4" Circle Punch

Card #2

Card Inspiration from Card Creations by Beth

My version

Description

• Stamps:
• Inks:
• Cardstock: Pool Party; Basic Black; Whisper White; Crisp Cantaloupe; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Boutique Details (retired); Crisp Cantaloupe Ruffled Stretch Trim (retired); Pool Party Ribbon (retired)
• Tools: Blossom Punch; 1 1/4" Circle Punch; Chevron Embossing Folder; Swiss Dot Embossing Folder

Card #3

Card Inspiration from Avery's Owlery

My version

Description

• Stamps: Morning Meadow (retired); Flower Shop
• Inks: Crisp Cantaloupe; Certainly Celery (retired); Summer Starfruit; Blushing Bride; Pretty in Pink
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired); Pistachio Pudding
• Accessories: Crisp Cantaloupe Ruffled Stretch Trim (retired)
• Tools: Pansy Punch

Card #4

Card Inspiration from Stamp with Angela

My version

Description

• Stamps: Perfect Pennants
• Inks: Crisp Cantaloupe
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired); Summer Starfruit; Pistachio Pudding
• Accessories: Boutique Details (retired)
• Tools: Chevron Embossing Folder; Swiss Dot Embossing Folder; Label Dies (Spellbinders)

Card #5

Card Inspiration from Uncanny Crafting

My version

Description

• Stamps:
• Inks:
• Cardstock: Crisp Cantaloupe; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Boutique Details (retired)
• Tools:

Card #6

Card Inspiration from A Stamping Journey

My version

Description

• Stamps: Express Yourself (retired); Petite Petals
• Inks: Basic Black; Crisp Cantaloupe
• Cardstock: Whisper White; Crisp Cantaloupe; Pistachio Pudding; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Silver Dots; Crisp Cantaloupe Ruffled Stretch Trim (retired)
• Tools: Petite Petals Punch; Hexagon Punch (banner ends); Swiss Dot Embossing Folder; 1 1/4" Circle Punch; 1 3/8" Circle Punch

Card #7

Card Inspiration from Maine Mountain Stamper

My version

Description

• Stamps: Vintage Verses (retired); Flower Shop
• Inks: Summer Starfruit; Crisp Cantaloupe; Pool Party
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White; Pistachio Pudding; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Large pearls
• Tools: Pansy Punch

Card #8

Card Inspiration from Inkspired Treasures

My version

Description

• Stamps: Perfect Pennants; Petal Parade
• Inks: Pool Party; Pistachio Pudding; Crisp Cantaloupe
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White; Pistachio Pudding; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Rhinestone jewels
• Tools: Label dies (Spellbinders)

Card #9

Card Inspiration from Northwest Stamper

My version

Description

• Stamps: Banner Blast
• Inks: Pool Party; Crisp Cantaloupe; Summer Starfruit
• Cardstock: Whisper White; Crisp Cantaloupe; Summer Starfruit; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories:
• Tools: Banner Punch; Patterned Scissors

Sweet Sorbet DSP Purge: Pool Party Edition

Another attempt to use my retired DSP to make room for new fun stuff...  This time I'm highlighting cards made from the Sweet Sorbet DSP pack (Sale-a-bration 2014).  The following cards are primarily using the Pool Party flower patterned DSP.

Card #1

Card Inspiration from Stamp with Amy K

My version

Description

• Stamps: Best of Greetings (retired); Mixed Bunch; Flower Shop; Petite Petals
• Inks: Basic Black; Pool Party
• Cardstock: Pool Party; Basic Black; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired); Whisper White; Scrap polka dot paper
• Accessories: Rhinestone Jewels
• Tools: Patterned scissors; Blossom Punch; Pansy Punch; Petite Petals Punch; Hexagon Punch (banner ends)

Card #2

Card Inspiration from Ink It Up with Jessica

My version

Description

• Stamps: Best of Greetings (retired)
• Inks: Basic Black
• Cardstock: Pool Party; Basic Black; Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Rhinestone Jewels
• Tools: Elegant Butterfly Punch; Bitty Butterfly Punch

Card #3

Card Inspiration from Julie's Stamping Spot

My version

Description

• Stamps: Sweet Essentials; Petite Petals
• Inks: Basic Black; Pool Party
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Pool Party; Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired); Scrap polka dot paper
• Accessories: Silver dots
• Tools: Patterned scissors; Pansy Punch; Petite Petals Punch

Card #4

Card Inspiration from ARTfelt Impressions

My version

Description

• Stamps: Perfect Pennants; Morning Meadow (retired)
• Inks: Basic Black; Pool Party
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Pool Party; Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Basic Gray Twine; Large Pearls
• Tools: Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder; Pansy Punch

Card #5

Card Inspiration from Stamp Lady Katie

My version

Description

• Stamps: Petal Parade (retired); Express Yourself (retired); Petite Petals
• Inks: Pool Party; Basic BLack
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Pool Party Ribbon (retired); Silver dots
• Tools: Patterned Scissors; Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder; Petite Petals Punch

Card #6

Card Inspiration from Krystal's Card

My version

Description

• Stamps: Sweet Essentials
• Inks: Basic Black
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Pool Party; Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Pool Party Ribbon (retired); Rhinestone Jewels
• Tools: Blossom Punch; Pansy Punch; Petite Petals Punch; Bitty Butterfly Punch

Card #7

Description

• Stamps: Best of Greetings (retired); Flower Shop
• Inks: Pool Party; Basic Black
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White; Pool Party; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Pool Party Ribbon (retired)
• Tools: Pansy Punch; Artisan Label Punch

Card #8

Description

• Stamps: Wacky Wishes (retired)
• Inks: Crisp Cantaloupe
• Cardstock: Smoky Slate; Whisper White; Sweet Sorbet DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Silver dots
• Tools: Blossom Punch; Petite Petals Punch