Birthday Celebrations

Happy Monday all,

Here's a card that I made for the current Seize the Birthday challenge. This week is feminine.

I pulled out one of my old, and favorite, Stampin' Up sets and combined it with some new DSP.

This is a mostly SU card. I did use the Die-namic Fishtail Flag dies for the banners.

Supplies
Stamps: Upsy Daisy set by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU Melon Mambo and Whisper White card stock and SU Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP
Ink: SU Melon Mambo and Pacific Point
Other: SU Polka Dot and Vine Street embossing folders, SU ribbon, SU Edgelits die, SU Labels Framelits dies, Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX dies, sewing machine, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Thanks for looking in today. Have a great work week,
Colleen

Count Your Buttons

Hi.

I hope you are having a fun weekend. I had stamping time yesterday afternoon and here is one of the cards that I finished. I used the current Dynamic Duos color combination of Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party along with the FTL 235 sketch. (I know that the FTL sketch is supposed to be a Clean and Simple challenge, but I really liked the layout and used it here for a not so clean and simple card).

I certainly had fun coloring up this cute and relatively new PI set. I love the way she turned out. I matched her with the coordinating Die-namics button border die which I also love. Here is the inside:

Supplies
Stamps: Pure Innocence Cute As A Button set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party card stock and Cosmo Cricket Tea For Two pattern paper
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Cherry Cobbler and these Copics
E50, E01, E11, E83, E21, E15, E18, B00, B01, R37, R39, R89, R35, R46, W2, W6, BG70, BG10
Other: Die-namics Button Border, Notched Border and Banner dies, Kaiser light blue rhinestones, sewing machine, red Stickles, the Big Shot and dimensionals.

Have a great Sunday and thanks for looking,
Colleen

Thank You Very Much

Hi and Happy, Happy Friday,

As always, I'm certainly looking forward to the weekend. How about you? I started mine a little on the early side this afternoon. I finished my work project around 3:30 pm. What else to do but stamp, right? We are meeting a friend in a little while at our favorite wine bar then on to dinner. Good wine, good food and the best of friends. There's no better way to end the week!

My S.O. needs a thank you card for one of his admins and asked me to make one. She likes butterflies so I pulled out some new stamps and dies from Taylored Expressions and made this card using this week's Freshly Made sketch.

I decided to make a standard rectangle card instead of a square one. I love this cutting plate from TE. So cute! Instead of a ribbon and bow, I decided to use some twine and a button. The current Catered Crop recipe swap is to use twine on your project. I'm entering my card there as well.

Supplies
Stamps: Make It Memorable set by Taylored Expressions
Paper: SU Whisper White and Tempting Turquoise card stock and Doodlebug Fruit Salad patterned papers
Ink: SU Pumpkin Pie and Tempting Turquoise
Other: TE Floral cutting plate, TE Make It Memorable coordinating dies, TE medium scalloped border die, TE medium layering doily, twine, SU white pearls, Doodlebug orange pearls, Pebbles lg crystal pearl, TE button, the Big Shot, and dimensionals.

Have a super fab weekend and thanks for looking,
Colleen

Rule the World

Good morning,

I had some stamping time Monday evening and decided to play along with this weeks Mojo Monday challenge.

I don't drink coffee but for some reason I love this Verve "Better With You" set.  The coffee cup is all paper pieced. The doily was sponged with Riding Hood Red ink.

Supplies
Stamps: Better With You set by Verve
Paper: SU Riding Hood Red and So Saffron card stock and Echo Park "Sweet Day" patterned paper
Ink: SU Early Expresso
Other: SU Scalloped circle and circle punches, SU doily, Queen and Co red pearls, Fiskers corner rounder, dimensionals

Thanks for looking. Have a great Friday and weekend.
Colleen

Big Birthday Fishes

Hi stampers,

Here's a quick and simple card that I made using the Seize the Birthday sketch #11. The challenge is to make a masculine card. I went for juvenile masculine. Hopefully, some little guy will like it.

After coloring the shark with Copics, I used dimensionals to give him some lift in the waves. I covered him with Crystal Effects to give him a wet look.

Supplies
Stamps: Under the Sea set by Taylored Expressions
Paper: SU Whisper White card stock and Echo Park Splash patterned paper
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and Copics
Other: TE wave die, Crystal Effects, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Happy Birthday

Hi Stampers,

Here is a card for two challenges, the MFTWSC117 and the Paper Players 139 Tic-Tac-Toe challenge. I chose to use the vertical elements down the right side of the square; Pearls, Birthday, Green and Pink.

As you can see, I paper pieced the birthday girl's dress with the same paper as my background. The rest of her is colored with Copics - E50, E11, E01, E93, Y23, Y26, Y28, R20, R21, RV13, RV17.

Here is a look at the inside:

Supplies
Stamps: Pure Innocence Birthday Girl set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Old Olive, Pretty In Pink and X-Press It Blending card stocks and SoHo Garden by American Crafts patterned papers
Ink: SU Primrose Petals, Memento tuxedo black and Copics
Other: Die-Namics Fishtail Flags STAX and large scalloped border dies, SU BoHo Blossom punch, SU Fans EF, Big Scalloped Circle and Classic Circle Nesties, Kaiser green and pink pearls, sewing machine, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Thanks for looking in today,
Colleen

Hello

Hi and happy Monday,

Alas, it's back to work. I had a fun weekend walking in the sunshine, stamping and having dinners with friends.

Here is one of the cards that I made on Sunday. I used the Freshly Made Sketch #79 for the layout, Taylored Expressions stamps and SU DSP to create my card.

Here is the inside:

Supplies
Stamps: Delightful Day set by Taylored Expressions
Paper: SU Baja Breeze and Whisper White card stock and SU Floral District DSP
Ink: SU Primrose Petals, Baja Breeze and Rich Razzleberry classic pads, Memento tuxedo black and Copics
Other: TE scalloped border dies, classic circle and scalloped circle Nesties, SU Baja Breeze ribbon, Pebbles pink candy dots, SU rhinestone, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Have a fabulous week and thanks,
Colleen