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SSINKCC54: Leaves and Tea

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

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I pulled out the colors and pondered the direction of my card. I knew I wanted to use the Making Everyday Bright leaves to decorate and adorn something. I paired the leaves with the Time for Tea stamp set to create a card full of leaves and a cup of tea. I then finished out my card by adding more texture (embossing folder, ribbon) and visual interest.

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  • Stamps: Timeless Textures; Time for Tea; Making Everyday Bright

  • Inks: Highland Heather; Smoky Slate; Crushed Curry; Cajun Craze

  • Cardstock: Country Lane DSP; Smoky Slate; Very Vanilla

  • Accessories: Very Vanilla Lace Trim

  • Tools: Spot of Tea Framelits; Seaside Embossing Folder

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tags: Making Everyday Bright, Time for Tea, Embossing Folder, Timeless Textures, Country Lane DSP
categories: Misc- Cards
Monday 11.05.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

CASEing Cheryl

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to CASE a card from fellow Design Team member Cheryl Hamilton! I picked this cute baby kangaroo card to CASE.  I loved the layout and kept most of those elements. But I changed out everything else. I wanted to make a fun autumn card to celebrate the first week of November. My circle framelit doesn’t quite fit, but I love the elements of my main piece. If you look closely, you can see pops of Blackberry Bliss and Mint Macaron to balance out the palette.

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  • Stamps: Many Blessings

  • Inks: Early Espresso; Blackberry Bliss; Mossy Meadow; Old Olive; Mint Macaron; Pumpkin Pie; Crushed Curry; Close to Cocoa (retired); Ruby Red (retired); Really Rust (retired)

  • Cardstock: Country Lane DSP; Crushed Curry; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Very Vanilla Lace Trim

  • Tools: Basket Weave Embossing Folder; Layering Circles Framelits

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tags: Country Lane DSP, Many Blessings, Embossing Folder
categories: Misc- Cards
Friday 11.02.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

SWYL CASE #4

Today’s card is one of the Share What You Love CASEs that I featured at my Fall Bingo event. I slightly changed a few things from the example card, but kept it mostly the same.

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  • Stamps: Love What You Do

  • Inks: Grapefruit Grove; Mint Macaron; Sweet Sugarplum (retired); Blackberry Bliss

  • Cardstock: Share What You Love DSP; Blackberry Bliss; Mint Macaron; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Share What You Love Artisan Pearls; Rich Razzleberry Velvet Ribbon

  • Tools:

tags: Love What You Do, Share What You Love DSP
categories: Misc- Cards
Wednesday 10.31.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Tree of Friendship

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card  featuring trees, leaves, and/or pinecones. I pulled out a few leftover stamped trees from the Sheltering Tree stamp set and found an autumn colored one. Perfect to feature a nice tree image. I did a few cardstock layers, but the card was missing some kind of bling. I added bit of Very Vanilla Lace Trim and a shiny Gold Faceted Gem to complete the card.

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  • Stamps: Sheltering Tree

  • Inks: Real Red; Pumpkin Pie; Early Espresso

  • Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie; Early Espresso; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Gold Faceted Gems; Very Vanilla Lace Trim

  • Tools:

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tags: Sheltering Tree
categories: Misc- Cards
Friday 10.26.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

SWYL CASE #3

Today’s card is one of the Share What You Love CASEs that I featured at my Fall Bingo event. I slightly changed a few things from the example card, but kept it mostly the same. I CASE this beautiful card from Kim McGillis @ Kim McGillis Papercrafting.

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  • Stamps: Love What You Do

  • Inks: Tranquil Tide

  • Cardstock: Share What You Love DSP; Tranquil Tide; Mint Macaron; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Pearlized Doilies

  • Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Lovely Floral Embossing Folder

tags: Love What You Do, Share What You Love DSP
categories: Misc- Cards
Wednesday 10.24.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Hanging Baskets of Love

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Get Well Card. For these types of cards, I gravitate toward bright colors and floral images. So I decided to play off of both of things and feature the hanging baskets from the Hanging Garden stamp set and the beautiful Garden Impressions DSP. I pulled colors out of the DSP to color in my baskets. Simple card, but effective.

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  • Stamps: Hanging Garden; Sheltering Tree

  • Inks: Pacific Point; Calypso Coral; Soft Sea Foam; Gorgeous Grape; Shaded Spruce; Melon Mambo; Daffodil Delight; Petal Pink; Baked Brown Sugar (retired); Creamy Caramel (retired); Basic Black

  • Cardstock: Garden Impressions DSP; Shaded Spruce; Whisper White

  • Accessories:

  • Tools: Squares Framelits

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tags: Hanging Garden, Garden Impressions DSP
categories: Misc- Cards
Monday 10.22.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Soup and a Card

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card and feature a soup of the day recipe. I love when the weather cools down just enough to enjoy a giant pot of soup. One of my favorite soup recipes is for Sausage, Potato, Spinach soup. It’s a hearty soup with just the right amount of spice for my spicy husband. I took the recipe from Damn Delicious and it really is!

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Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 pound spicy Italian sausage, casing removed

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 onion, diced

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon dried basil

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

5 cups chicken broth

1 bay leaf

1 pound red potatoes, diced

3 cups baby spinach

1/4 cup heavy cream

Directions:

Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add Italian sausage and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the sausage as it cooks; drain excess fat.

Stir in garlic, onion, oregano, basil and red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring frequently, until onions have become translucent, about 2-3 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Stir in chicken broth and bay leaf, and bring to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender, about 10 minutes.

Stir in spinach until it begins to wilt, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in heavy cream until heated through, about 1 minute; season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Serve immediately.

And while I love a good pot of soup, the weather outside also call for the perfect cup of tea. I decided to make a card featuring a great cup of tea! I really fell for the Tea Room Suite in the annual catalog and this is the perfect use of the suite!

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  • Stamps: Time for Tea

  • Inks: Basic Black; Rich Razzleberry; Old Olive; Daffodil Delight

  • Cardstock: Tea Room DSP; Coastal Cabana; Blackberry Bliss; Calypso Coral

  • Accessories: Tea Room Ribbon Combo

  • Tools: Ruffled Embossing Folder; Spot of Tea Framelits

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tags: Time for Tea, Tea Room DSP, Embossing Folder
categories: Misc- Cards
Friday 10.19.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Frosted Cheers

Today’s card was featured at my Fall Bingo event. This card turned out more simple than I intended, but I have to say that I like the result. You can’t quite see the details, but the white background pane is shimmery to connect with the shimmery Frosted Floral DSP.

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  • Stamps: Time for Tea

  • Inks: Tranquil Tide

  • Cardstock: Frosted Floral DSP; Tranquil Tide; Powder Pink; Shimmer White; Blackberry Bliss

  • Accessories: Tranquil Tide Velvet Ribbon

  • Tools: Springtime Impressions Thinlits

tags: Time for Tea, Frosted Floral DSP
categories: Misc- Cards
Monday 10.15.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Floral Cup of Happiness

Today’s card was featured at my fall Bingo event. I started with a general idea of a card and started adding tons of texture! I had seen a card featuring stamps floral images surrounding a pretty stitched shape framelit, but I realized that I didn’t have any of the floral stamps that I saw. So I improvised and fussy cut these beautiful shimmery flowers from the Frosted Floral DSP pack. I love the colors and textures on this card so much. If I had to pick, my favorite piece is the Tranquil Tide Velvet Ribbon. So beautiful and must touch!

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  • Stamps: Time for Tea

  • Inks: Blackberry Bliss

  • Cardstock: Frosted Floral DSP; Powder Pink; Gray Granite; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Tranquil Tide Velvet Ribbon

  • Tools: Spot of Tea Framelits; Ruffled Embossing Folder

tags: Time for Tea, Frosted Floral DSP, Embossing Folder
categories: Misc- Cards
Friday 10.12.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

SWYL CASE #2

Today’s card is one of the Share What You Love CASEs that I featured at my Fall Bingo event. I slightly changed a few things from the example card, but kept it mostly the same. I CASE this beautiful card from Chris Slogar @ Buckeye Inklings.

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  • Stamps: Love What You Do

  • Inks: Blackberry Bliss

  • Cardstock: Share What You Love DSP; Old Olive; Whisper White

  • Accessories:

  • Tools: Layering Circles Framelits; Lovely Floral Embossing Folder

tags: Love What You Do, Share What You Love DSP
categories: Misc- Cards
Wednesday 10.10.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 
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