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Cool Trees

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Christmas card using nontraditional colors. I decided to go with Rich Razzleberry, Mint Macaron, and Silver. I love the cool look of this card. I embossed the piece of Mint Macaron with the Softly Falling Embossing Folder to give some extra dimension to the card. The trees were stamped from the Foxy Friends stamp set and coordinate with the Perfect Pines Framelits. Unfortunately, I never bought those framelits. Oh well! I just fussy cut the trees. Not a huge deal, but I'm really thinking about buying those framelits now.

  • Stamps: Wrapped in Warmth; Foxy Friends
  • Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Mint Macaron
  • Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry; Mint Macaron; Whisper White
  • Accessories: Metallic Doilies; Rhinestones
  • Tools: Lots of Labels Framelits; Softly Falling Embossing Folder
tags: Embossing Folder, Foxy Friends, Softly Falling Emboss, Wrapped in Warmth
categories: Christmas Cards
Wednesday 11.02.16
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

October DSP Special!

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using one of the DSP packs on special. For the month of October, buy three packs of qualifying paper packs and get one free! I love when SU runs this once a year deal. It's great to build up your pattern paper stack and save a bit of money. The list of qualifying paper packs are a mix of annual and Holiday catalog offerings:

141663      Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper
141645      Moroccan Designer Series Paper
141660      Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper
141654      Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper
141630      Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper
141640      By the Shore Designer Series Paper
141986      Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper
141981       Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper

For my card, I focused on the Blooms and Bliss DSP. I love the pinks and purples for half the pack and the blues and greens for the other half of the pack. Along with using the beautiful patterned paper, I also tried out a new-to-me technique: aluminum foil embossing! It was so easy and makes a nice addition to the card.

 
  • Stamps: Suite Sayings; Watercolor Wings
  • Inks: Blushing Bride; Sweet Sugarplum; Rich Razzleberry; Smoky Slate
  • Cardstock: Blooms and Bliss DSP: Rich Razzleberry; Sweet Sugarplum; Whisper White
  • Accessories: Wink fo Stella
  • Tools: Petal Burst Embossing Folder; Lots of Labels Framelits; Butterfly Thinlits
tags: Blooms and Bliss DSP, Embossing Folder, Suite Sayings, Watercolor Wings
categories: Misc- Cards
Wednesday 10.05.16
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Splatter Technique

Today's card was our April stamp club technique card. I choose the splatter technique to try out. Basically you drop some ink onto the paper and blow it out using a straw. I experimented a few times with different inks and techniques. The best inks to use were bright colors instead of dark colors. As for technique, I found that blowing one drop at a time was better than trying to do a bigger blob of ink. I can't wait to see what the stamp club ladies create tomorrow night.

  • Stamps: Happy Happenings
  • Inks: Crisp Cantaloupe (retired); Coastal Cabana (retired); Pistachio Pudding (retired)
  • Cardstock: Crisp Cantaloupe (retired); Pistachio Pudding (retired); Whisper White
  • Accessories: Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim; Pool Party Ribbon (retired); Crisp Cantaloupe Twine (retired); Crisp Cantaloupe Pom Pom Trim (retired)
  • Tools: Tiny Triangles Embossing Folder; 2" Circle Punch; Circle Framelits
tags: Embossing Folder, Happy Happenings, sequins
categories: Misc- Cards
Wednesday 04.20.16
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Layered Flowers and Dots

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using embossing folders. The Decorative Dots folder is my absolute favorite, so of course I had to make a card using that one! I just started layering on the flower parts to build up the card. As a last touch, I added some rhinestones to the middle of the flowers and coated the Calypso Coral flowers with Wink of Stella (hard to see in the pic).

 
  • Stamps:
  • Inks:
  • Cardstock: Calypso Coral; Chocolate Chip; Old Olive
  • Accessories: Rhinestones; Doilies
  • Tools: Botanical Builder Framelits; Wink of Stella
tags: Embossing Folder, Wink of Stella
categories: Misc- Cards
Wednesday 03.09.16
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

SSINKMC29: Color Wash Thank You

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

 

I decided to go with four different elements: color, technique, tool, and special element. And I love how this card turned out! I started with a piece of watercolor paper and played with the watercolor emboss resist technique to create the sentiment. From there, I repeated the ink colors in the three layers of cardstock. I incorporated two different embossing folder to give the card more texture. Finally I added a thin stripe of Wink of Stella along the raised portion of the stripes (see pic below for glitter detail).

Detail of the glitter:

  • Stamps: Another Thank You
  • Inks: Watermelon Wonder; Bermuda Bay; Wild Wasabi; Versamark
  • Cardstock: Watermelon Wonder; Bermuda Bay; Wild Wasabi; Watercolor paper
  • Accessories: Wink fo Stella; White Embossing Powder
  • Tools: Decorative Dots Emboss Folder; Stripes Emboss Folder; Heat Gun; Aqua Painter
tags: Another Thank You, Emboss resist, Embossing Folder, Mystery Challenge, Wink of Stella
categories: Thank You
Monday 01.25.16
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

A Sparkly Tree Christmas

Today's card is featured over at Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration and features another great Christmas card. I love the idea of the embossed piece peeking through on the tag. In person this card shines and sparkles. I am a huge fan of this one.

 
  • Stamps: Sparkly Seasons
  • Inks: Cherry Cobbler
  • Cardstock: Merry Moments DSP; Old Olive; Mossy Meadow; Gold Paper; Whisper White
  • Accessories: 1/8" Gold Ribbon
  • Tools: Tree Punch; Scallop Tag Punch; Decorative Dots Embossing Folder
tags: Christmas, Embossing Folder, Merry Moments DSP, Sparkly Seasons
categories: Christmas Cards
Wednesday 12.02.15
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

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
tags: Cherry on Top DSP, Embossing Folder, Flower Shop, Friendly Wishes, Petite Petals
categories: Misc- Cards
Monday 07.06.15
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Hexagons and Embossing Folders

Today's card is being featured on Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration and uses many embossing folders. Our project today was to use one of SU's embossing folders, but I couldn't decide which one to use. Instead, I decided to use four different ones. The look is full of texture and layers. I love it!

  • Stamps: Six Sided Sampler, Work of Art
  • Inks: Tip Top Taupe, Cucumber Crush
  • Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Cucumber Crush
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Hexagon Punch, Chevron Embossing Folder, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Hexagon Embossing Folder, Lucky Stars Embossing Folder
tags: Embossing Folder, Six Sided Sampler, Work of Art
categories: Misc- Cards
Friday 07.03.15
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Christmas OSW Set

For the Christmas set, I wanted to try another OSW template.  I found this one from Mae Collins.

 
 

Unfortunately, it is using the metric system.  My paper trimmer doesn't do centimeters.  First things first, I had to convert the measurements to get me approximations for inches.  Once cut, I was supposed to use the pieces to create these 15 cards.

Instead of making 15 cards, I made the following 12 cards.  I added some layering cardstock and stamping to help fill the cards.  Overall, I did like the template and will possibly use it again sometime.

 
 
 

Supplies:

  • Stamps: SU Merry Christmas stamp (retired); SU Christmas Tree stamp (retired)
  • Cardstock: SU Candlelight Christmas (retired); Primrose Petals (retired)
  • Accessories: SU Buttons (retired); SU Embossing Folder (retired)

Snail Adhesive

$6.95

Stampin' Trimmer

$29.95

Big Shot Die-Cut Machine

$99.95

Stampin' Dimensionals

$3.95

Old Olive 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$6.95

Real Red 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$6.95

Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

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tags: 12x12 Template, Candlelight Christmas DSP, Christmas, Embossing Folder, One Sheet Wonder
categories: Christmas Cards
Thursday 07.03.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Card Class #2

A few weeks back I held my second card class.  We made four cards using a ton of retiring/retired DSP.  I wanted to make sure that the card designs were fun, but easy to make.  I think I found the right balance with these.

Card #1

Inspiration: From Stampin' Pretty

My Interpretation:

Supplies:

  • Stamps: Daydream Medallions; Sweet Essentials (retired)
  • Cardstock: Basic Black; Very Vanilla; Silver Glimmer Paper; Modern Medley DSP (retired)
  • Ink: Riding Hood Red (retired)
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Floral Frames Framelits; Big Shot; Paper Trimmer; Snail

Card #2

Inspiration: From Ink It Up with Jessica

 

My Interpretation:

 

Supplies:

  • Stamps: Birthday Cake (retired)
  • Cardstock: Whisper White; Crisp Cantaloupe; Birthday Basics DSP (retired)
  • Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe
  • Accessories: Honeycomb Embossing Folder
  • Tools: Big Shot; Paper Trimmer; Snail; Scissors

Card #3

Inspiration: From Angela guesting on Northwest Stamper

 

My Interpretation:

 

Supplies:

  • Stamps: Perfect Pennants
  • Cardstock: Crumb Cake; Coastal Cabana; Real Red; Whisper White; Fresh Prints DSP (retired)
  • Ink: Real Red
  • Accessories: Small Metal Brads
  • Tools: Paper Trimmer; Snail; Scissors

Card #4

Inspiration: From Ginger Stamps

 

My Interpretation:

 

Supplies:

  • Stamps: A Word for You (retired); Petite Petals
  • Cardstock: Whisper White; Watercolor Wonder DSP (retired)
  • Ink: Gumball Green (retired); Crisp Cantaloupe
  • Accessories: Jewels; Island Indigo Ribbon (retired)
  • Tools: Blossom Punch; Petite Petals Punch
tags: A Word For You, Birthday Basics DSP, Birthday Cake, Congratulations, Daydream Medallions, Embossing Folder, Floral Frames, Fresh Prints DSP, Happy Birthday, Modern Medley DSP, Perfect Pennants, Petite Petals, Sweet Essentials, Watercolor Wonder DSP
categories: Birthday Cards, Misc- Cards
Tuesday 06.03.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 
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