SWYL CASE #5

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 Kristi Gray @ Stamping with Kristi.

• Stamps: Love What You Do

• Inks: Mossy Meadow; Rich Razzleberry; Blackberry Bliss

• Cardstock: Share What You Love DSP; Mossy Meadow; Crumb Cake; Whisper White

• Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Velvet Ribbon; Very Vanilla Lace Trim

• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Oval Framelits

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:

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.

• 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

Birthday Note

Today’s card has been sitting half done for months now. I had a whole stack of these unfinished cards and took a Saturday to knock them out. This card is a play on a card design from last year. I switched out the main stamped image but kept the rest the same.  

• Stamps: P.S. You’re the Best

• Inks: Basic Black; Powder Pink; Regal Rose

• Cardstock: Regal Rose; Blushing Bride; Whisper White

• Accessories: Pearls; Petal Burst Embossing Folder

• Tools:

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.

• 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

November Crafting Goals

A recap of last month’s goals:

• Set up a craft area in the new house — Success. I’ll have to do a big of craft area tour soon.

• Finish my random card projects — Finally wrapped up a stack of random half-done cards. Now I can move on to new stuff.

• September MP Pages — Success! I got these done before leaving Indiana.

• Set up my first Nebraska meet up — Success for planning it, fail for no one showing up

November Goals:

• Schedule Christmas card classes and a crop — I want to get all these on the schedule and start prepping.

• Catch up on MP pages — I’ve started my October pages and want to finish them out.

• Get back into Project Life? — As I was puling out supplies I got the urge to dive back in. Now that we have a home photo printer, I may need to reassess my progress.

• Plan out December Daily ideas — Need to prep!

• Pull out and organize Christmas supplies — I want my Christmas cards done by the end of this month. Better get my supplies out now!

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.

• 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:

No Tricks Just Treats

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card featuring Candy and Treats. I wanted to feature the pretty Silver Glitter Ribbon and the fun Spider Trinkets. I played off of the colors in the witch hat DSP to coordinate my ink and cardstock. Simple, fun card.

• Stamps: Spooky Sweets

• Inks: Gorgeous Grape

• Cardstock: Toil and Trouble DSP; Gorgeous Grape; Pumpkin Pie

• Accessories: Black Glitter Organdy Ribbon; Spider Trinkets

• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits; Polka Dot Embossing Folder

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.

• 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:

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.

• 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

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.

• 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