GDP348 Thinking Moment

 

I am playing along with the case the designer challenge over at global-design-project.com today and a fussy cut challenge as well. For casing the designer, I went with similar color combo of Pool Party, Sweet Sorbet and Smoky Slate plus the layout also.  I stamped the women from the In The Moment set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with my Stampin Blends markers in Mango Melody and Daffoldil Delight for the hair, Sweet Sorbet for the hair ribbon and shirt, Smoky Slate for the pants, and SU900 for the skin. I then fussy cut her out with my paper snips and layered her on a piece of white card stock stamped with the background piece from the Natural Textures set in Pool Party ink. It looked like a frosty window to me.  I stamped the sentiment from the Season Of Chic set in Sweet Sorbet ink. I then layered on the white to a piece of Pool Party card stock and a Smoky Slate base. 

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

I will be missing in action for a little while as we are headed on a family three week trip to California. I will return here for more inspiration on Monday July 18th. 

Stamps set: In The Moment, Natural Textures and Season Of Chic

Ink: Sweet Sorbet, Pool Party, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Smoky Slate, Pool Party and Basic White

 

Wonderful Teacup

I am featuring Tahitian Tide today with the Tea Boutique cards and envelopes along with the Cup of Tea bundle and the Happiness Abounds bundle. I stamped the tea cup from Cup Of Tea set on white card stock in Daffodil Delight ink and cut it out with the matching dies called Teacups dies. I then stamped on white the flower and leaves from Happiness Abounds set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with my Stampin Blends markers in Tahitian Tide, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green. I cut them out with the matching dies called Blossoming Happiness and popped all on a Deckled Rectangle cut from white card stock. I stamped the sentiment from Happiness Abounds set in Tahitian Tide ink and added some of the same color matte dots to finish it off. 

Hope you have abeautiful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp sets: Happiness Abounds, Cup Of Tea

Ink: Tahitian Tide, Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers: Tahitian Tide, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green

Paper: Basic White

Tea Boutique cards and envelopes, Blossoming Happiness dies, Teacup dies, in color matte dots, Deckled Rectangle dies 

 

A Lighthouse Point Birthday

 

The Lighthouse Point bundle sure does look good with the New Horizons DSP in the background! It looks so stormy! I layered the piece of DSP on a white base after wrapping some Crushed Curry twine from an old kit around. I added the twine double bow to the right side. I stamped the sentiment from the retired set called Clubhouse in Night of Navy ink on white card stock and cut it out with the Lighthouse dies along with a second larger one in Navy card stock. I also used those dies to cut out my large lighthouse in Basic White, Night of Navy, Crushed Curry and Basic Gray card stocks. 

Hope you have a special day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Clubhouse-retired

Ink: Night Of Navy

Paper: New Horizons DSP, Basic White, Night of Navy, Crushed Curry and Basic Gray

Lighthouse dies, Crushed Curry twine-retired

PP596 One Layer of Daisies

 

One layer cards are fun and a challenge for sure. But when I saw Jaydee's challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com I knew I could pull out my daisy background stamp called Daisy Garden for a lovely card. 

Here I decided to use a Crumb Cake base so I could color with my water color pencils in white on the daisies stamped in Soft Suede ink. I also used Old Olive and Daffodil Delight pencils, too. I stamped the sentiment at the bottom from Cup of Tea set in Soft Suede. 

Happy Tuesday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Daisy Garden, Cup of Tea

Ink: Soft Suede

Paper: Crumb Cake 

water color pencils

I Miss You Teacups

 

I am still rocking these Tea Boutique cards and envelopes along with the Cup of Tea bundle. This time we have Parakeet Party featured. It is bright but a wonderful pop of color. I cut the white circle from the Stylish Shapes dies and added my Tahitian Tide cups-one is solid and one is the deatiled layered on top. I then stamped the stems in Parakeet Party ink and cut them out with the Teacup dies. I also cut those tiny hearts out in Sweet Sorbet card stock form the same dies. I stamped the tag on white card stock in Tahitian Tide ink along with the sentiment ink Sweet Sorbet ink from the Cup of Tea set. After cutting it out with the dies, I added it with a bit of Sweet Sorbet twine. I finished off with some Tahitian Tide matte dots. 

Hope you have a awesome Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Cup Of Tea

Ink: Tahitian Tide, Sweet Sorbet, Parakeet Party

Paper: Basic White, Tahitian Tide, Sweet Sorbet

Teacup dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Sweet Sorbet twine, in color matte dots,  

GDP346 Hey There Artfully Layered

 

A load of leaves for the sketch challenge this week over at global-design-project.com  I really wanted to use this bundle called Artfully Layered again before it etires in a few weeks. I grabbed my Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce card stocks to cut several leaves from the Tropical Layers dies. I also stamped on the white panel of card stock some small leaves in Calypso Coral ink. After placing all the leaves on, I added the panel to a white card base. I stamped the sentiment from the same set in Coral ink on white card stock and cut it out with the Stylish Shapes dies. I finished off with several white Faux Sea Glass shapes. 

Hope you have a fantastic weekend!

I know I will as we are finally headed on our beach vacay to Sanibel Island for much needed down time! I will not be posting next week but be back on Monday the 20th. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Artfully Layered

Ink: Calypso Coral

Paper: Basic White, Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce

Tropical Layeres dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Faux Sea Glass Shapes

PP594 Time For Tea

 

I am playing along with Anne Marie's theme challenge this week and decided I wanted to do two tea cups not stacked and without flowers in them like I have been doing lately. I cut both cups from the Teacup dies in Flowering Fields DSP in two different prints. I love the washed look of them. I placed them on the white panel cut with the Scalloped Contours dies and stamped with the sentiment from Cup Of Tea in Rich Razzleberry ink. I then stamped the teabag in Highland Heather ink and the small sentiment in Rich Razzleberry ink plus the lemon in Daffodil Delight ink all on a piece of white card stock. I cut all out with the Teacup dies. I added a piece of white twine to hang my teabag. I layered the white panel on another piece of Flowering Fields DSP and Highland Heather base. I finished off with some purple flowers from the Fun Flowers resin shapes. 

Hope you have a sweet day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Cup Of Tea

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Highland Heather nad Daffodil Delight

Paper: Highland Heather, Basic White, Flowering Fields DSP

white twine, Fun Flowers resin shapes, Scalloped Contours dies, Teacup dies

Lighthouse Point Casing For The Pals Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month, the theme is “CASE the Catalog” so the Design Team chose a card from the new Annual Catalog and has CASEd it with their own creative twist. We really hope that you are inspired by all the amazing creations the Pals are sharing with you! As you hop from blog to blog, we would love for you to leave a comment. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

My favorite bundle in the new annual catalog is the Lightouse Point bundle found on page 100. Above, I included a photo from that page of the projects Stampin Up! has provided to inspire us. I chose for the hop today to do a bit of casing from the card on the lower left in green. I kept the layout and sentiment but decided I would love it in Balmy Blue! 

I took a white base and added some Balmy Blue ink to the middle of the base by blending with my blending brush. I then cut a circle out with the Stylish Shapes dies from a piece of Balmy Blue card stock. I ran the piece through the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder for texutre. I stamped the lighthouse on white card stock in Smoky Slate and then added the Black stripes. I stamped the light on white card stock in Crushed Curry and the sentiment in Black ink and cut it all out with the Lighthouse dies. I even cut the ladder looking die in Crushed Curry with the same dies. I finished off with some black matte dots. 

More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on July 13th. Our theme will be “Create Your Own Background” when our Design Team creates a background using any technique they wish, such as stencils, stamping, watercolor, embossing but not DSP.

Until then, have fun in your craft space!

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
3. Ann Murray at Murray Stamps INK
4. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
5. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
6. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
7. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
8. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
9. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
10. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
11. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
12. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
13. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
14. Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping
15. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
16. Amanda Howard at Papercrafting With Amanda
17. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
18. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja

Hope you have a bright and beautiful day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Lighthouse Point

Ink: Balmy Blue, Memento Tuxedo Black, Smoky Slate and Crushed Curry

Paper: Basic White, Crushed Curry, Balmy Blue

Lighthouse dies, black matte dots, Painted Texture embossing folder, Stylish Shapes dies, blending brush

Hues Of A Happy Birthday

 

I am using more of the flowers I cut from the wonderful Hues Of Happiness DSP last month. I cut many colors along with leaves from the designer paper to have handy with I wanted to make a card. I grabed a pink and yellow one to add to my piece of Basic White card stock cut into with the detailed background die from the Blossoming Happiness dies. I also added the leaves and some leaves cut from the Forever Flourishing dies in vellum. I layered it all on a piece of the Hues of Happiness DSP with several colors and a white base. I stamped the sentiment from Happiness Abounds set in Early Espresso on a white strip. I finished it off with some Daffodil Delight dots from the glossy dots assortment.

I hope you have a happy Tuesday and thanks fors stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Happiness Abounds

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Hues Of Happiness DSP, Basic White, vellum

Blossoming Happiness dies, glossy dots assortment-Daffodil Delight, Forever Flourishing dies

FF0110 Beyond Chic

 

I confess I have not played with this gorgeous Texture Chic suite as I want to hoard this designer paper! But alas, I did finally cut into it for the festivefridaychallenge.com to use feminine, pink, sparkle, friendship sentiment, and patterned paper. I grabbed two patterns, one for the background layered on Petal Pink base and the other for the banner down the left side. I also cut into the beautiful distressed gold specialty paper for more bling/sparkle using the Chic detailed die. I then stamped the shell from the Season Of Chic set in Petal Pink on white card stock and cut it out with the same dies along with two shells in the same distressed gold paper. I heat embossed the sentiment from the same set I stamped in VersaMark ink in gold on white card stock and cut it with the Lighthouse banner die. 

I finished with a few genial gems that seem to blend in.

I hope you have a beautiful Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Season Of Chic

Ink: Petal Pink, VersaMark

Paper: Basic White, Distressed Gold specialty paper, Texture Chic DSP, Petal Pink

Lighthouse dies, Chic dies, genial gems, heat tool, gold embossing powder

Flamingo In Paradise Cascade Tri Fold

 

I wanted to do a fold card that could stand up for display so I used the cascade tri fold for my best friend's birthday card! She and I collect and love flamingos so that that reason I still have the Friendly Flamingo bundle. 

The card uses a 5 1/2" by 12" piece of Crumb Cake card stock. I scored it at 4" twice to make three panels all measuring 4" each. I then cut the whole piece across to make it shorter for the front two panels. I cut designer paper that just retired called Expression In Ink DSP for the front two panels and inside I cut some In Color Shimmer vellum in Polished Pink and a piece of Polished Pink and Basic White card stock. Inside, I stamped the two sentiments from Friendly Flamingo on the white panelin Polished Pink ink. 

I then cut two palm trees in white card stock for the middle panel from the Palms dies and a flamingo in the shimmer vellum from the Flamingo dies. 

For the front, I added a flamingo stamped in Polished Pink ink on white card stock and cut with the Flamingo dies. I also stamped the floral piece on white card stock in Granny Apple Green along with a little flowers ring for the flamingo's neck and cut with the same dies. I did add a little Polished Pink to the flowers with my Stampin Blends marker.  

I was hard to get good photos but hopefully you can see some of the details. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Windy

Stamp set: Friendly Flamingo

Ink: Polished pink and Granny Apple Green

Stampin Blend marker-Polished Pink

Paper: Expressions In Ink DSP-retired, Basic White, Polished Pink, Crumb Cake, 2021-2023In Colr Shimmer Vellum in Polished Pink

Flamingo Dies, Palms dies

GDP345 A So Much Thanks Lighthouse

 

Yes, give me any color combo and I can use it with the Lighthouse Point bundle! Ha! I did use it today for the color challenge over at global-design-project.com  I started with the Deckled Rectangles dies cutting one in white card stock and another in Starry Sky. I then stamped the background from Lighthouse Point set in Petal Pink ink twice and a small "ledge' piece three times for the lighthouse to rest on. I then stamped the stripes in Starry Sky ink on a cut out lighthouse from Sweet Sorbet card stock. I then stamped the sentiment in Starry ink on white card stock and cut it with the Lighthouse dies. I added all to a Sweet Sobet base and finished off with a few Starry Sky matte dots. 

Hope you have a blessed Thursday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Lighthouse Point

Ink: Petal Pink, Starry Sky

Paper: Basic White, Sweet Sorbet and Starry Sky

Lighthouse dies, in color matte dots-Starry Sky, Deckled Rectangles dies 

PP593 Beachy Birthday

 

I was happy to see Ann's tic tac toe challenge this week over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com as I love to play along. I have been wanting to make a beach scene and do a little casing from Carol Brown in the UK at thestampingground.co.uk when I saw her gold embossed palm trees. So I picked the top row across with birthday, embossing and ribbons. I cut a white base then another piece of white card stock to blend some Bermuda Bay and Crumb Cake inks with my blending brushes. I then cut into the top piece with the Stitched With Whimsy dies for the stitiching. I grabbed my Paradise Palms set to stamp in VersaMark ink and to heat emboss in gold embossing powder the trees three times. I added the white 3/4" frayed ribbon plus used the Stylish Shapes dies to cut a Crumb Cake banner. I stamped the sentiment from the set in Bermuda Bay ink and cut it out with the All That die in an oval shape. I finihed off with some opal rounds. I wanted to put them around the trees but it just messed up the beautiful sky. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful Wednesday!

Windy

Stamp set: Paradise Palms

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, and VersaMark 

Paper: Basic White, Crumb Cake

blending brushes, opal rounds, All That dies, gold embossing powder, All That dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Stitched With Whinsy dies, white 3/4" frayed ribbon