SSINKCS33: Schoolhouse Birthday

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

With the coming of the new catalog, I've really been trying to use my current DSP. I tend to hoard the pretty papers... For this card, I wanted to make a fun, bright birthday card. I love the result! I think I'll use this as a kid birthday card.

Stamps: Suite Sayings
Inks: Pacific Point
Cardstock: Schoolhouse DSP (retiring); Tangerine Tango; Whisper White
Accessories: Candy Dots (retiring)
Tools: Chevron Embossing Folder (retiring); Circles Framelits (retiring)

Layered Sunburst

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using candy dots. Candy dots are hands down my favorite Stampin' Up embellishment. I use them all the time. For this card, I focused on creating a multiple layered card featuring dots. I could then add on candy dots in coordinating colors to finish off the effect. In fact, I loved this card so much that I choose it as one of the March stamp club cards.

Stamps: Sunburst Sayings
Inks: Pacific Point
Cardstock: Schoolhouse DSP; Pool Party; Daffodil Delight
Accessories: Candy Dots
Tools: Sunburst Thinlit; Circle Punch; Scallop Punch; Decorative Dots Embossing Folder

SSINKCS25: Schoolhouse Banners

Today’s card is featured over at Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration and features a fun card sketch challenge today.

I started with this great Mint Macaron DSP and started building a great new baby card. I had fun coloring the Hey There Buds card. Blushing Bride, Pink Pirouette, and Mint Macaron are the perfect combination. I finished this card off with a sentiment from Crazy About You. I finished the card and realized that the Hey There Buds stamp is retired. Ugh! I can't use retired cards for the SSINK blog. What to do? It's a cute card so I had to feature it on my blog, but I went back to the sketch to find current items to make my design team card...

I started this card with the beautiful polka dot DSP from the Schoolhouse pack. I layered the polka dot print over the opposite side featuring numbers. Beautiful combo! To finish out the card, I added a simple sentiment, some washi tape, and a punched banner. Very cute!

Stamps: Hello Life; Crazy About You; Hey There Buds
Inks: Mint Macaron; Blushing Bride; Pink Pirouette; Staz-on Black
Cardstock: 2015-2017 In Colors DSP; Crumb Cake; Schoolhouse DSP; Pacific Point
Accessories: Seasons of Cheer Washi Tape
Tools: Banner Punch

Using Positive and Negative Cuts

My demo friend and I figured out that we have have very similar styles, but don't have the same stamp sets. Why don't we swap some stamp sets occasionally? Perfect plan! This bast month I gave her the Baker's Box Thinlits and Homemade for You stamp set and she gave me Hello You Thinlits and Crazy About You stamp set. I had to make a few cards with her products... The Hello You Thinlits made the cutest cut out words. Even the negative pieces are amazingly versatile. So I made two two cards out of one piece of pool party cardstock. From there I layered some Schoolhouse DSP and a pretty stamped flower. Simple but striking cards.

Stamps: Crazy About You
Inks: Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Schoolhouse DSP; Tangerine Tango; Pool Party; Whisper White
Accessories: Candy Dots
Tools: Hello You Thinlits; Medallion Punch