Sugarplum Dragonfly

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using your favorite Sale-a-Bration item. My newest obsession is the new 6x6 Glimmer Paper Assortment Pack. You get four sheets each of three colors: Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron, and Sweet Sugarplum. I need all the shiny things so of course I got this as soon as I could! For my card, I kept it simple to highlight the awesome glitter paper. I die cut a dragonfly from my piece of whisper white and a piece of vellum. I layered on a few coordinating colors of cardstock and added a simple sentiment. For final touches I added a few enamel shapes to give a bit extra sparkle. This card really shines in person!

• Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams
• Inks: Rich Razzleberry
• Cardstock: Sweet Sugarplum Glimmer Paper; Rich Razzleberry; Sweet Sugarplum; Whisper White; Vellum
• Accessories: 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes; Metallic Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Detailed Dragonflies Thinlitsdra

Fun n' Crafty Blog Hop February 2017

Welcome to the Fun n’ Crafty Blog Hop for February. This month's theme is watercolor. For my card, I kept the design and embellishments simple to focus on the watercolor pencils. I love love love this product and am so excited that they are back in stock after a temporary outage. The pencils are so versatile. You can simply color an image or apply a bit of water and create an amazing watercolor effect. For my card, I colored in some jars using two different colored pencils to create a fun paint jar look. The color combos are: Calypso Coral and Read Red, Pool Party and Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry, and Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie. I then die cut the jar and trimmed a bit off the edges. I stamped the jars onto a piece of Whisper White and then glued the die cut jars onto the stamped images. I used a similar effect on this Jar of Love card. I also added a stamped and die cut lid for each of my jars. For my sentiment I stamped is with a two tone effect. I kept the background simple with a layer of silver foil paper on top of a Basic Gray card base. It's hard to tell in the first photo, but I did add a bit of sparkle with some clear Wink of Stella in jar.

Detail of the Wink of Stella.

• Stamps: Jar of Love; Suite Sayings
• Inks: Basic Gray; Smoky Slate; Melon Mambo; Rich Razzleberry
• Cardstock: Basic Gray; Silver Foil Paper; Whisper White; Smoky Slate
• Accessories:
• Tools: Everyday Jars Framelits; Wink of Stella Clear; Wink of Stella Gold

Blog Hop List:

• Kathy Thisted
• Christine Szekeres
• Tobe Buffenbarger <----- You are here
• Susan Schultz
• Pamela Wu

Trucks in a Line

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a using your scraps. I always seems to have these little strips of DSP that I just can't bear to throw away. It's such pretty paper! So today I grabbed a couple of those random strips and made a platform on which to place my super cute taco trucks. I colored my trucks taking cues from the Party Animal DSP (adding in Real Red). I love how the strips of DSP bring an added element to the card.

• Stamps: Tasty Trucks
• Inks: Early Espresso; Real Red; Tangerine Tango; Crushed Curry; Tempting Turquoise; Emerald Envy
• Cardstock: Party Animal DSP; Crushed Curry; Emerald Envy; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools:

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

A Collection of Quilts

Merry Christmas Everyone! The boys and I are at my mom's house in Indiana snuggling up to stay warm and enjoying our lazy day. Today's card is the last of my Christmas cards to share with you this year. Simply make a quilt from all the little pieces! In this case, I used the smallest square from the Stitched Shapes Framelits set and die cut 12 squares for each card. If you look, I ended up die cutting 96 squares to make this collection. A lot of cranking! But it was worth it create this amazing collection of cards. And I used use a ton of small scraps laying around. Win win!

• Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas
• Inks: Cherry Cobbler
• Cardstock: Presents and Pinecones DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Mint Macaron; Emerald Envy; Gold Foil; Whisper White
• Accessories: Mint Macaron Striped Ribbon; Metallic Enamel Shapes; Emerald Envy Metallic Thread
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Variations

• Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas
• Inks: Cherry Cobbler
• Cardstock: Presents and Pinecones DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Mint Macaron; Emerald Envy; Gold Foil; Whisper White
• Accessories: Mint Macaron Ribbon; Emerald Envy Ribbon; 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

• Stamps: Four You (retired)
• Inks: Cajun Craze
• Cardstock: Petals and Paisleys DSP; Delightful Dijon; Mint Macaron; Copper Foil; Very Vanila
• Accessories: Regals Candy Dots (retired)
• Tools: Paisley Framelits; Stitched Shapes Framelits

• Stamps: Four You (retired)
• Inks: Night of Navy
• Cardstock: Petals and Paisleys DSP; Night of Navy; Mint Macaron; Copper Foil; Very Vanilla
• Accessories: Affectionately Yours Washi Tape
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

• Stamps: Random Christmas Stamp (retired)
• Inks: Cherry Cobbler
• Cardstock: Warmth and Cheer DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green; Crumb Cake
• Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Twine (retired)
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

• Stamps: Random Christmas Stamp (retired)
• Inks: Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Candy Cane Lane DSP; Early Espresso; Crumb Cake
• Accessories: Real Red Ribbon (retired)
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

• Stamps: Four You (retired)
• Inks: Island Indigo
• Cardstock: Winter Frost DSP (retired); Mint Macaron; Island Indigo; Silver Foil; Smoky Slate
• Accessories: Large Rhinestones; Silver Metallic Twine
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Winter Thanks

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using one of our tree stamps. I decided to highlight the very versatile Sheltering Tree stamp.

In fact, I have a few Sheltering Tree cards coming this month. I loved taking the bare tree, stamping some "snow", and then adding texture and shine to the card.

• Stamps: Sheltering Tree; Labeler Alphabet
• Inks: Soft Sky; Night of Navy; Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Soft Sky; Night of Navy; Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Foil Doilies; Silver and White Twine (nonSU)
• Tools: Softly Falling Embossing Folder

Reindeer Tag

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a tag. I made this cute little reindeer out of the Foxy Friends stamp set. I really need to play with the set and make some different animals.

• Stamps: Foxy Friends; Jar of Love
• Inks: Cherry Cobbler; Crumb Cake; Chocolate Chip
• Cardstock: Wrapped in Warmth DSP; Garden Green; Whisper White
• Accessories: Rhinestones
• Tools: Scallop Tag Topper Punch; Lots of Labels Framelits; Oval Framelits

Moroccan Star

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a washi tape card. I ended up directly CASEing a beautiful card from Leanne Johnson @ Literally My Joy. I rediscovered her card while searching for some way to incorporate washi tape and make a fun card for my card buffet class. I changed up the sentiment and colors, but kept the simple design. I love it!

• Stamps: Happy Happenings
• Inks: Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Cajun Craze; Delightful Dijob; Very Vanilla
• Accessories: Moroccan Washi Tape
• Tools: Stars Framelits

Paisley and Copper

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using my favorite Holiday Catalog accessory. I was immediately drawn to the Petals and Paisleys Suite in the catalog. I'm not a huge ribbon fan, but I had to buy the coordinating Ribbon Trio Pack featuring Mint Macaron, Rich Razzleberry, and Delightful Dijon spools.

I've been using these spools of ribbon for a ton of projects and I'm still not sick of them! For this card, I decided to featuring a small strip of Mint Macaron ribbon to "hold" my die cuts in place. I love the pattern mixing and colors of this card!

• Stamps: Jar of Love; Paisleys and Posies
• Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Mint Macaron
• Cardstock: Petals and Paisleys DSP; Copper Foil; Rich Razzleberry; Mint Macaron; Delightful Dijon
• Accessories: Mint Macaron Robbon
• Tools: Paisley Framelits; Lots of Labels Framelits

SSINK August 2016 Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration blog hop! This month we are creating ABC 123 cards. That's 1 stamp set, 2 pattern papers, and 3 embellishments.  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 1 on the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration Blog Hop – Diana @ Stampin' Fun with Diana. 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.

Each card needed to have one stamp set, two paper patterns, and three embellishments. I decided to play off the beautiful patterns and colors of the Moroccan DSP. I didn't initially fall for this pack of paper, but I've found myself wanting to pick up and use it more and more lately. Yea for me not hoarding paper like I usually do. So I layered some of the patterned paper on top of coordinating cardstock. The middle was pretty empty, so I added this beautiful die cut butterfly. For my embellishments, I pulled out the Dapper Denim color for the washi tape and ribbon. And went tone-on-tone with the Emerald Envy enamel shapes.

• Stamps: Happy Happenings
• Inks: Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Moroccan DSP; Early Espresso; Emerald Envy; Delightful Dijon; Cajun Craze
• Accessories: Moroccan Washi Tape; Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon; 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Bold Butterfly Framelits; Lots of Labels Framelits

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Diana at Stampin' Fun with Diana
2. Tobe at The Craft Sea
3. Jennifer at Jenny G Paper Stamps
4. Jen at Faith.Grace.Stamp.
5. Cheryl at Create with Cheryl
6. Darcy at Dj's Stampin' Place