I am Tickled Pink

 Hi Peeps,

I have a fun and bright card to share today. I made this using the current Just Us Girls challenge. It's color week and this week's colors are Pink and Aqua. I thought perfect for the Spellbinders Large Die set of the Month for May. With flamingos, tropical leaves and large flowers it's meant for colors like these.

I've been seeing these tunnel style cards around IG and bolg-land and while I don't have the Spellbinders dies (yet) I do have some that worked for the layout I had in mind. The background panel is ink blended into an ocean and pink sky. The foreground is made using the Spellbinders Scattered Tropics 3D embossing folder using C&9th Tidepool card stock. 

After die cutting all of the pieces of the flamingo, I did a little ink blending over the wing feathers for added depth of color. After putting the card togetherr before gluing everything, I decided I wanted a shadow around the large center cutout. Using the same card stock as the leaves, I cut the same shape and placed it to create the shadow.

The inside is super simple with a Spellbinders sentiment from an older stamp set.

My friend is coming later today so we can put the binding on her quilt we've been working on for a few months. Then it will be finished, and a very nice accomplishment for her as it's her very first time sewing anything.

Enjoy your day,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps:  Spellbinders sets Sentimental Greetings and Let's Get Together

Paper: Concord & 9th Oceanside, Tidepool, Pink Lemonade,  White and Black card stock

Ink: Concord & 9th Tidepool, Pink Lemonade, & Dragonfruit. Gina K Designs Sea Glass, Black Onyx and Wild Dandelion

Other: Spellbinders Grand Tropical Flamingos, Stampin' Up Layering Diorama dies, Spellbinders Scattered Tropics embossing folder, Concord & 9th yellow enamel dots, foam tape, liquid glue

Thank You

Happy Saturday Peeps,

I have a couple of bright cards for you today. You might need to wear some shades, LOL. I love the colors this week at Color Throwdown and I had to play along.

I pulled out some stenciling paste and re-inkers to make the stenciled background on both of these cards. The stencils, stamps and stitching dies are from Spellbinders.

These were really fun to make, although a bit messy. 

Here are the individual cards, fronts and inside.

I love, love this pineapple stitching die. It was the Spellbinders May 2024 Stitching die of the month. It looks great made in any color.

The inside sentiment is from the May 2024 Clear Stamp of the month set.

The large flower on this card is from the February 2024 Stitched Die of the month. There is also a stitched card front with the set. I added the bright pink scalloped circle using an older Spellbinders die. The sentiment comes from the Spellbinders Happy Stitching set, April 2024 Clear stamp of the month.

 

This sentiment is from the Spellbinders Sentimental Greetings stamp set.

Enjoy your day, and thanks for looking in. I'm spending my day binding two quilts that I made for wedding presents. They just came back from the long arm quilter, and I can't wait to see them finished. 

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Spellbinders Sentimental Greetings, Happy Stitching and Let's Get Together sets

Dies: Spellbinders Stitched Floral Focal Card Front, Stitched Pineapple and Scalloped Circle. Gina K Designs Master Layouts 1

Paper: Concord & 9th White and Dragonfruit card stock, Stampin' Up Pineapple Punch, Bumble Bee, Grapefruit Grove and Pale Papaya card stock. Gina K Designs Tangerine Twist and Black Onyx card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Black Onyx, Craft White. Concord & 9th Dragonfruit ink pad and re-inker

Other: WOW white pearl embossing powder, heat tool, Cloud Whip paste, palette knives, orange and yellow embroidery floss, needle, Concord & 9th Dragonfruit enamel dot, SU Sequin, Connect liquid glue, Gina K Designs foam squares

You Lift Me Up

Hello Peeps,

Before I head out to PT this afternoon, I have a cute card to share. I've used Amy's sketch for Freshly Made Sketches and Jaydee's theme for this week's Paper Players Challenge for the inspiration.

The stamps are Gus and Gertie, Besties from a line of sets by Taylored Expressions, and I think they are just the cutest. They are friends who, according to the stamp set themes, have lots of fun adventures together.  

The card is simply made with a cloudy background from both an embossing folder and a stencil. The image is stamped with black ink and colored with Copics then die cut and popped up over the clouds.

The inside has a sentiment from a different Gus and Gertie set.

Enjoy your day,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Gus & Gertie and  Gus & Gertie Ride On sets by Taylored Expressions

Paper: Gina K Designs card stock

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Gina K Designs Powder Blue, and Copics

Other: SU Clouds embossing folder, SSS cloud stencil, MFT Stitched Rectangle dies, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2 dies (banner), Misti, SU Dimensionals, blending brush

Oh Happy Day!

 Happy Hump Day,

I love blue and yellow paired together so I just had to play along with the the Color Hues challenge 88. Many options would work for these colors. In the end, I decided to use some Concord & 9th supplies and make a bright paper quilt.

I started by using the Pick Me Up Turnabout stamp, stamping and embossing with white on both blue and yellow card stock. The quilt dies are from the Poinsettia Quilt Top die set. I cut the pieces from the same area on both of the colors then alternated the colors when glueing them in place. I liked the plain card stock in the corners instead of the stamped, so that's how I kept it. 

The sentiment is from C&9th too. I cut it three times from yellow card stock and glued them together for dimension. After popping it up on the card, I used some sparkly Crystal Effects to give it some shine. To finish the embellishing, I added some dark blue enamel dots.

Here is the inside. Since I have many birthday cards to make for the next two months, this makes one less to go. 

Enjoy your Wednesday!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Pick Me Up Turnabout set and Bunch of Balloons bundle (inside sentiments) by Concord & 9th

Dies: Poinsettia Quilt Card Front and Short & Sweet sets by Concord & 9th, Master Layouts 2 by Gina K Designs

Paper: Daffodil Delight and Blueberry Bushel by SU, Layering Weight White by Gina K Designs

Ink: Craft White by Gina K Designs, Daffodil Delight and Blueberry Bushel by SU

Other: WOW Bright White Embossing Powder, heat tool, Misti, Concord & 9th Glossy Details, enamel dots, SU Dimensionals

Happy Birthday Friend

 Hello peeps,

Jaydee is the hostess for the Paper Players this week, and she has a fun theme challenge for us. I have a several family and friends that have birthdays this summer and I've started working on cards for them, which makes this weeks PP challenge timely for me.

I've used a new Concord and 9th stamp and die set to make a card for one of my good friends who happens to have a birthday just a few days after mine in July. The set is called Best Friend Vibes. The stamps and dies make super cute friendship bracelets and has limitless creative options. 

The stamps include small alpha and numeric characters and a few sentiments. The dies have tons of options to use the stamps and faux woven bracelet dies. So Fun!

Here is the inside.

Update on my arm. The break continues to heal and I've started PT for my wrist and hand. It's all feeling much better.

Have a good week!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Best Friend Vibes by  Concord & 9th

Paper: Concord & 9th card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Black Onyx

Other: Concord & 9th Sunburst Card Front die, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 1 dies, Concord & 9th enamel dots

Celebrate

 Happy Hump Day Peeps,

I'm continuing the Red, White and Blue color theme with today's Fourth of July card. This card came about because I was shopping my stash of wood mounted stamps to play along with Amy's May edition of Woodblock Wednesday. The flag and fireworks stamps were sitting next to each other and I thought why not? I'm using the new sketch from Narelle for Freshly Made Sketches.

The fireworks stamp is from 2000 by Double D Rubber Stamps and the Sm Heart Flag stamp is from 1998 by Stampington Co. 

The background is stenciled, the flag is colored with red and blue Copic markers,  and the fireworks image is heat embossed using WOW Galaxy Glow embossing powder, which is made of white EP with silver glitter. I added some tiny Hero sequin stars around the embossed image.

Here is the inside of this card.

Thanks for looking in and have a good rest of your week,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Wood Mounted: Fireworks Image from Double D and Flag Image from Stampington Co. Greeting stamps on the front and inside are from SU

Paper: SU Basic White Thick, Real Red and Blueberry Bushel card stock

Ink: GKD Black Onyx, Embossing Pad, Red Hot and Powder Blue. Copics

Other: GKD Master Layouts 3 dies, Seeing Stars stencil, blending brushes, Spellbinders Circle, Scalloped Circle and Rectangle dies, WOW embossing powder, heat tool, Hero small sequin stars, SU Dimensionals and Connect glue

Birthday Cards

 Hello Peeps,

It's been quite some time since my last post. There are a few reasons. I was visiting my mom and sister in northern California for most of April. Instead of stamping while there, I pieced a quilt top that is currently at the quilter's being quilted and, I fell and fractured my left arm, specifically the Radial Head. Not going to lie, it hurts! 

My sister and I bought new bikes and we had just finished a 20 mile ride. I got tangled up with the peddles stepping through to get off and over I went. There is not much that can be done with breaks in the elbow. The good news is the bones stayed aligned and it's healing well. The last Xray shows new bone already. Basic restrictions: no weight bearing activities.

After a month of not doing much, I decided to try stamping and it went okay. The hardest is holding the die cutting machine steady with my left hand because that hurts, so I went to using the electric cutter which was easier. 

Here's the cards that I made yesterday. I was in a red, white and blue mode, I guess because of Memorial Day. I've used Claire's sketch for this week's Paper Players challenge.

I made two cards using the same Concord & 9th stamp and die set. This is actually a gate fold card with a belly band. The stamped panels are made using the Contempo Turn-a-bout stamp. The panels and mats are cut using dies from Master Layouts 13 die set from Gina K. This cute phone die set is called Just Calling. All of the inks and card stock are also from Concord & 9th.

This die set has an option to make an interactive card and that is what I made for the second card. 

If you notice, there is the word "turn" stamped next to the phone's dial. If the dial is turned, a different image rolls into the window above the phone. Here's a pic of that.

There are 10 spaces on the die to stamp phrases or images from the coordinating stamp set.

This card is not a gate fold card. The background plaid is another C&9th Turn-a-bout stamp and I used the same GKD die to cut the panels for the front. 

I didn't take pictures of the insides of the cards this time. They both have birthday sentiments.

Have a good week. I'm going to try to get back to more stamping, as much as my arm allows for.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: From Concord & 9th Just Calling set with dies, Contempo Turnabout and Plaid Turnabout

Paper: Concord & 9th card stocks

Ink: Concord & 9th 

Other: Gina K Designs Master Layouts 13 and Stitched Circle dies, Concord & 9th Sunburst Card Front die, Big Shot Switch, Misti, SU Dimensionals, Connect Liquid glue, SU enamel star embellishments