CTS236: Hoo's There?

Today's challenge was two-fold. I wanted to play along with CAS(E) This Sketch's challenge and I wanted to use some of my Holiday Catalog preorder goodies.

I pulled out one of two new stamps from the Holiday Catalog and started figuring out which image to choose. I settled on the Owl Stamp from the Spooky Cat set. After stamped and fussy cutting the owl, I chose a simple sentiment (with a great font). The hardest part of this card was picking patterned paper I wanted to use. The Spooky Night DSP pack has such great patterns. I chose a more subdued pattern for my background and choose the busy words as my focal point. Such a simple card, but so cute!

• Stamps: Spooky Cat
• Inks: Basic Black
• Cardstock: Spooky Night DSP, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla
• Accessories: 
• Tools: 

Happy Mother's Day!

Today at Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration we're celebrating Mother's Day! (It's this Sunday remember!) I love making floral cards for Mother's Day. Maybe it's because my mom owned a flower shop... For today's card, I had to use my favorite retiring color, Mint Macaron. Night of Navy looks amazing next to Mint Macaron, so I decided to play off the color combo. I also love making triptych cards, so I combined the colors and the design for this great card! The white ink takes forever to dry, but I think it was worth it.

• Stamps: Love and Affection
• Inks: Craft White Ink; Night of Navy
• Cardstock: Mint Macaron; Night of Navy; Whisper White; Basic Black
• Accessories: Rhinestones
• Tools: Botanical Builder Framelits

Floral Affection Mother's Day

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card for Mother's Day. Just like last month's card, I always go to flowers for Mother's Day cards. I pulled out some scraps from the Affectionately Yours DSP pack and started playing with layering. I saw a card that featured a diagonal piece of patterned paper and thought it might look nice on this card. From there, I embossed a piece of Mint Macaron to act at my focal point. A simple sentiment finished off my card. 

• Stamps: Love and Affection
• Inks: Night of Navy
• Cardstock: Affectionately Yours DSP; Mint Macaron; Very Vanilla; Watermelon Wonder
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Floral Affection Embossing Folders

A Card for Mom

Today'’s card theme is Mother's Day. When I think of Mother's Day, I always think of flowers. Of course I had to use my favorite floral stamp set, Birthday Blooms, to create this card! I did something a little different in coloring only the layered piece. And no flower is complete without a bumblebee! Overall, I'm really digging the style of this card. 

• Stamps: Birthday Blooms
• Inks: Chocolate Chip; Wisteria Wonder; Elegant Eggplant; Delightful Dijon; Pear Pizzazz
• Cardstock: Chocolate Chip; Wisteria Wonder; Elegant Eggplant; Very Vanilla
• Accessories:
• Tools: Detailed Dragonfly Framelits

Happy Easter

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin' Stampin' Inkspriation. The challenge was to create an Easter card. I don't make many Easter cards, but I knew I wanted to do something cute and fun. And then I stumbled upon the bunny butt card on Pinterest. Perfect! I pulled out a ton of dies and started picking out the right shapes and sizes to make my own bunny butt. My only hangup happened when I realized that I white feet are the smallest size oval I own. Darn! I just had to fussy cut the Blushing Bride inserts.

• Stamps: Labeler Alphabet
• Inks: Blushing Bride
• Cardstock: Blooms and Bliss DSP; Mint Macaron; Blushing Bride; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools: Oval Framelits; Layering Circle Framelits

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

Easter Twisted Gate

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create an unusually shaped card. I chose to make the twisted gate fold. It looks complicated, but promise it was super easy to make. Do a quick Google search to find a tutorial. For my embellishments, I just added a few punched flowers to the outside. The inside features a simple Easter message. A fun shaped card for today!

• Stamps: Love and Affection; Suite Sayings
• Inks: Watermelon Wonder; Daffodil Delight; Night of Navy
• Cardstock: Affectionately Yours DSP; Night of Navy; Watermelon Wonder; Daffodil Delight
• 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

Love is In the Air

Welcome to the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration blog hop! This month we are creating cards with the theme of "Love is in the Air."  As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 2 on the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration Blog Hop – Cathy @ Maine Mountain Stamper. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn’t work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

I decided to feature a simple love card featuring the beautifully simple Sending Love DSP. I'm not huge on Valentine's Day cards and all the red and pink, so I tend to go pretty simple wth my cards. For today's card, I focused on the heart shape and our Sending Love DSP. No extras embellishments or layers. I love how simple the cards is. One of my favorites.

Another fun heart card. Once I got started, I couldn't stop myself from making another card... 

• Stamps: Happy Happenings; Love and Affection
• Inks: Real Red
• Cardstock: Sending Love; Real Red; Basic Black; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools: Sweetheart Punch; Wink of Stella

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Nichole L. at Scrappy Stamps & Ink
2. Cathy A. at Maine Mountain Stamper
3. Tobe B. at The Craft Sea
4. Diana E. at Stampin' Fun with Diana
5. Pamela W. at Stinky Tofu
6. Darcy J. at Dj's Stampin' Place
7. Melissa S. at The Stamp Doc
8. Cheryl H. at Create with Cheryl
9. Donna S. at Geek Squad Crafting
10. Jennifer G. at Jenny G Paper Crafts
11. Jen G. at Faith.Grace.Stamp
12. Jen P. at By the Shore Stamping
13. Bree W. at Craft-somnia Momma
14. Tonya B. at Stampin' with Tonya
15. Kim R. at Stamping with Kim
16. Darla R. at Stampin' with Darla

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)

Occasions Catalog and SAB Swap Cards

I love participating in swaps when the new catalogs launch. Over the Christmas break, I was in three big swaps, ensuring lots of great cards to keep on hand for inspiration for me and my customers. Check them out!

Wanda Smith @ Wanda Creates

Michele SalchowJudy Pinner

Jeanne Moss @ Bluegrass StamperSheila Stanton @ Sheila StampsCreator unknownDarla Roberts @ Stampin' With Darla

(fellow member of the SSINK Design Team) Jenny Hall @ Jenny Stamps Up

Jen Guarino @ Faith, Grace, Stamp

(fellow member of the SSINK Design Team)

Jen Guarino @ Faith, Grace, Stamp

(fellow member of the SSINK Design Team)Jeanne Moss @ Bluegrass Stamper

Candy MichaelStasia ToddWendy Cranford @ Luvin' Stampin'Creator UnknownSheila Stanton @ Sheila StampsCatherine DaweLynda Falconer @ Crafter InspiredKathy ThistedJennifer Blomquist @ Northwest StamperLiz Mitchell @ Liz Loves 2 StampPamela Wu @ Stinky Tofu

(Pam's my upline and good friend)Carla BrantonNicole Flournoy @ Inky Fingers StampingStacey Lane @ A Work of CarteSusan Schultz