February 2013 – Page 2

February 18, 2013January 6, 2016

Fab Friday 12

Ahh… Monday back to rear your ugly head once again I see. It really is funny how the weekend just flies by but the work week seems to move along at a glacial pace isn’t it?! I had a nice weekend and hope that you did too. I had my daughter Taylor and my friend Heather over for dinner last night. I made some Penne Rosa, pinned from Pinterest, and watched the Adjustment Bureau. A nice relaxing evening indeed! How was your weekend? It’s a blustery 15 degrees here this morning, now that’s chilly!

Today I have my Fab Friday card for their color challenge. They have supplied us with these colors to work with…

An interesting color combination and I have to admit that I had a little trouble with it at first. The base of my card is Very Vanilla Card Stock and the background is a piece of Baja Breeze that I stamped with the Netting Background Stamp. The three stamps are from the Postage Due Stamp Set and are stamped in Wild Wasabi and punched out with the Postage Stamp Punch. I used the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies to cut out three pieces of Perfect Plum. Before I adhered them to the back of the stamps I used the Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack and Paper-Piercing Tool to pierce the chevrons in them. The greeting is from the Oh, Hello! Stamp Set. I markered each one of the letters and stamped them individually. The tiny postage stamp punch from the Lovely Little Labels Punch Pack is used to punch them out. I got the idea from the Spring Catalog. All of the elements are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really like the way the thank you looks all punched out and the Netting Background goes really well with the stamps. I hope that you enjoyed my Fab Friday card and thanks for visiting with me today. I hope you all have a bearable Monday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze and Perfect Plum

Ink: Baja Breeze, Perfect Plum and Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Postage Due and Oh, Hello! Clear Mount and Netting Background Wood Mount

Framelits: Bitty Banners

Punches: Postage Stamp and Lovely Little Labels Punch Pack

Tools: Big Shot, Occasions Paper-PIercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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February 17, 2013January 6, 2016

Paper Players #133 :-)

Well, that Saturday went fast! How was your day? I got a lot of crafting done which is what I wanted to do. It started snowing here last night again. I am seriously thinking about a move to a warmer area of the country! Any suggestions?!

Today is Sunday so that means it’s time for this week’s Paper Players Challenge. Before we got to this week’s I want to congratulate Karen on being my pick for Cut Above for last week’s challenge! This week the talented Anne Marie has given us a CAS Buttons and Bows for Baby challenge…

I knew exactly what stamp I was going to use as soon as I saw this. The base of my card is Calypso Coral Card Stock. I stamped a piece of Whisper White with the Distressed Dots Background Stamp in Calypso Coral for the background. The Oh, Baby! Single Stamp is stamped in Calypso Coral on Whisper White and backed with a piece of Calypso Coral. I wound some Calypso Coral Bakers Twine around the bottom half and tied a Natural Designer Button on with a little bow. Whew! That was a lot of Calypso Coral! I do have to say that the new Firm Foam Ink Pads do a great job of inking up big solid images. I hope that you enjoyed my Guest Designer card for this week’s Paper Players Challenge from Anne Marie. Don’t forget to click on over to the blog and see what the other fantastic designers have come up with. Enter one of your own creations for us to see and maybe you’ll be a Cut Above or the Headliner next week! Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you all have an very enjoyable Sunday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White and Calypso Coral

Ink: Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamps: Oh, Baby Single Clear Mount and Distressed Dots Background Stamp

Embellishments: Calypso Coral Bakers Twine and Naturals Designer Buttons

Tools: Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 16, 2013January 6, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches # 73

Morning! How are we all doing this fine Saturday? It was actually really nice here yesterday, we had a high of 50 degrees and I had a nice evening last night. Some TGI Friday’s with Danielle, Anthony, Bill and Heather is always a good time! I will be doing some much needed crafting today, a nice relaxing Saturday for me!

I have my Freshly Made Sketches Challenge card for you today. Jen B. has given us this nice square sketch…

I really can’t get enough of the Sent With Love Stamps and Designer Series Paper. I love the images and the colors are great too. The base of my card is Calypso Coral Card Stock. I used the clouds from the Up, Up and Away Stamp Set stamped randomly in Calypso Coral for the background. The center circle is Pool party and I stamped the airplane image in Island Indigo. For the two clouds I punched out the frosting from the Cupcake Builder Punch in Whisper White and adhered them to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The band of paper across the bottom is from the Sent With Love Designer Series Paper Pack. I stamped the special Delivery in Calypso Coral. Another airplane is stamped in Island Indigo and punched out with the 1″ Circle Punch and adhered to the inside of a Soda Pop Top that is then adhered to the card with a Mini Glue Dot. Like I said before I really do love the stamps and paper from the Sent With Love Bundle. I hope that you enjoyed this week’s Freshly Made Sketches card and as always, thank you for stopping by. Have a great and crafty Saturday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Calypso Coral, Pool Party and Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Sent With Love

Ink: Island Indigo and Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Up, Up and Away and Sent With Love Clear Mount

Punches: 1″ Circle Punch and Cupcake Builder Punch

Embellishments: Soda Pop Tops

Tools: Mini Glue Dots, Stampin Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 15, 2013January 6, 2016

Create with Connie and Mary 239

Good morning and happy Friday! Did you all have a nice Valentine’s Day? Mine was pretty good. I stopped by my friend Sandy’s and then went over and spent some time with the lovely Kim, Heather, Izzy and Savannah! Izzy said my name last and it was so cute. She is just way too adorable, if you whisper something to her she whispers it back.

Today I have my Create with Connie and Mary Challenge card for you. This week we have a sketch…

NIce and simple! While I was rifling through my supplies I came across an embossing folder that I haven’t used in ages so I thought this would be a good card for it. The base of my card is Very Vanilla Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Chocolate Chip with the Flower Garden Textured Impressions Embossing Folder on the left side. The right side has a piece of paper from the Tea Time Designer Series Paper Pack. The pattern in the paper matches the pattern in the stamp. I adhered a piece of Raspberry Ripple 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon around the back with some Sticky Strip before I mounted it to the card. The stamped image is the Thinking of You Wood Mount Stamp. I stamped it twice, once in Chocolate Chip and again in Raspberry Ripple. The Raspberry Ripple piece is cut out with some Sizzix Circle Framelits and mounted to the Chocolate Chip piece, that I cut out with the Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies, and then to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. An In Color Dahlia finishes off the card. I like the colors together and the fact that the patterns in the paper and stamp match is pretty neat. I hope you enjoyed my Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge card for this week. Thanks for visiting and I hope you have an amazing Friday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip

Designer Series Paper: Tea Time

Ink: Chocolate Chipe and Raspberry Ripple Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp: Just Thinking Wood Mount

Framelits: Window Frames Collection

Embossing Folder: Flower Garden

Embellishments: Raspberry Ripple 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon and In Color Dahlias

Tools: Big Shot, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 14, 2013January 6, 2016

Happy Valentine’s Day!

The title says it all! Happy Valentine’s Day to you! I’m so happy that I get to share my creativity with you every day! I love that you visit and leave comments. I have gotten to know some of you and I love that too! I guess there is a lot of love going around. Today I have two Valentine’s projects for you. The first one is a banner and the second one is a 3×3 card.

The first one up is a Valentine’s banner. I do like to make a banner from time to time as you know! I used Pool Party, Real Red and Pretty in Pink Card Stock. The flagged backgrounds for each of the panels is Real Red and Pretty in Pink. I embossed each one with the Cloudy Day Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. For the two end panels I used some More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper to make two rosettes. On top of that is a piece of Pool Party that I cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies. I stamped the Love Heart in Primrose Petals and punched them out with the Full Heart Punch. Each of the letters is from the Morning Post Alphabet Stamp Set and they are also stamped in Primrose Petals. I used my Paper Snips to cut each one out and backed them with a piece of Pool Party that I cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits. All of them are then adhered to the flagged pieces with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The string is a piece of “Vintage” Real Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon and I punched out some more Pool Party with the Modern Label Punch and folded them in half to hang them. I really like the colors and the two larger end pieces on the banner. It looks pretty neat hanging above my craft area!

The second project is a 3×3 card that would be great to give to a special co-worker or slip into your child’s lunch. The base is Whisper White Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Pool Party with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for the background. Two flagged pieces of More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper are adhered behind the heart that I cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies from Primrose Petals and embossed with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The heart in the center is stamped in Pool Party on Pool Party and also cut out with the framelits. The greeting is from the Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Set and is stamped in Primrose Petals and cut out with the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies. All of the elements are adhered to the background with Stampin’ Dimensionals. It’s a cute little card with a lot of wow for it’s size!

I hope that you enjoyed my Valentine’s Day projects. It’s my little way of saying thank you for stopping by and spending a little of you day with me. I love your visits and your comments and hope that your day is filled with love! Oh, the dentist was ok yesterday, I have an infection and got some antibiotics so hopefully once they kick in the pain will subside. 🙂

Stampin’ Up Products used:

Card Stock: Pool Party, Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Whisper White and Primrose Petals

Designer Series Paper: More Amore Specialty

Ink: Pool Party and Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Hearts a Flutter, Itty Bitties and Morning Post Alphabet Clear Mount

Single Stamps: Love Heart Clear Mount

Framelits: Hearts a Flutter and Itty Bitty Banners

Embossing Folders: Cloudy Day, Fancy Fan and Honeycomb

Tools: Big Shot, Simply Scored, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 13, 2013January 6, 2016

Paper Craft Crew Sketch 29

Good Wednesday morning my peeps! How are you today? I’m ok, I have a toothache. Thankfully I took some Ibuprofen and it helped. I guess I will be going to the Dentist. I really don’t like the dentist. I guess I had a bad experience when I was little because I have a un-natural fear. Wish me luck! On the weather front, we didn’t get any snow today, I was mistaken. It’s supposed to happen tonight with anywhere from 1″ to 3″. I’m hoping for the 1″ if any!

Today, being Wednesday, means it time for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge. This week we have a sketch…

Since Valentine’s Day is tomorrow I went with a love theme. The base of my card starts off with a piece of Real Red Card Stock and the background is just a plain piece of Crumb Cake. Up in the right hand corner we have a piece of Whisper White that I stamped in Real Red using the Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set and I cut it out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies. The ticket is from the That’s the Ticket Stamp Set and is also stamped in Real Red. I punched it out with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch and put a piece of Real Red behind it and ticketed the corners with the Small Heart Punch. A Tea Lace Doily serves as a background for my pair of Real Red hearts that I cut out with the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit and mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. For a little sparkle I punched a piece of Red Glimmer Paper out with the Small Heart punch and adhered that too with a Stampin’ Dimensional. I like the simplicity of the card but it also has just enough to not be too simple. I hope that you enjoyed my Paper Craft Crew Design Team card for this week. Click on over and take a look at what the other deigners have for you this week and upload one of your creations for us to see. Thanks for checking in and I hope that you have lovely day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Real Red, Whisper White and Crumb Cake

Specialty Paper: Red Glimmer

Ink: Real Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Hearts a Flutter and That’s the Ticket Clear Mount

Embellishments: Tea Lace Doily

Punches: Ticket Duo Builder and Small Heart

Framelits: Hearts a Flutter

Embosslit: Scalloped Heart of Hearts

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 12, 2013January 6, 2016

Mojo 280

Hello peeps! How was your Monday? Mine was ok. It rained here all day and was really foggy. Not as much of the snow melted as I had hoped. It’s supposed to snow a little more tonight and maybe some more on Saturday. Sigh… I really am done with winter! I can’t wait for the warmer weather so I can put the top down in my car again!

For today’s post I have my Mojo Monday Sketch challenge card for you. This week Julee Tilman has give us this sketch…

I really love the new Sent With Love Bundle so I decided to use it on my card today. The base of my card is Pool Party Card Stock. I used a strip of paper from the Sent With Love Designer Series Paper across the lower half of the card and on the panel in the middle as well. I adhered the piece in the middle to a piece of Whisper White to give it a little more thickness so I could adhere the “vintage” Real Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon on a diagonal around the back. The piece of Calypso Coral along the bottom is punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. For the main panel of Pool Party I stamped the dashed line from the Sent With Love Stamp Set in Island Indigo. The greeting is from the Essentials Wood Mount Stamp Set and is also stamped in Island Indigo. I stamped the stamp image in Island Indigo and punched it out with the Postage Stamp Punch. The heart is a piece of Red Glimmer Paper and that is punched out with the Small Heart Punch. The final stamped image is also from the Sent With Love Stamp Set and is stamped in Calypso Coral and punched out with the 1 1/4″ Circle Punch. I love all of the images and patterns in the bundle and I hope you like my card for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch challenge. Thanks very much for spending some time with me today. Come back tomorrow for my Paper Craft Crew Design Team card. Have a super day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pool Party and Calypso Coral

Designer Series Paper: Sent With Love

Specialty Paper: Red Glimmer

Ink: Island Indigo and Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Sent With Love Clear Mount and Essentials Wood Mount

Embellishments: Real Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon (Vintage)

Punches: Scallop Trim Border, Postage Stamp, 1 1/4″ Circle and Small Heart

Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 11, 2013January 6, 2016

Pals Paper Arts 152

Ahh… back to Monday we go! Well that was some weekend her on Long Island. Between the snow and the lack of snow removal getting around has been fun. It’s raining today so hopefully that will get rid of the white stuff. I’m sure it will cause some other issues, like flooding, but what can you do? I had a nice weekend all in all. I got some crafting done and I’m actually almost caught up! I’m sure that won’t last long! But I love it!

Today I have a card that I made for the Pals Paper Arts challenge. This time they have provided a color challenge…

Some Primrose, Pool Party and Red, a good color combo indeed. The base of my card is Very Vanilla Card Stock. I stamped the greeting in Real Red from the Curly Cute Stamp Set right on the base. The strip across the bottom starts off with a piece of Primrose Petals. On top of that is a piece of Pool Party that I embossed with the Delicate Designs Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The flowers are from the Secret Garden Stamp Set and are stamped in Primrose Petals and Real Red. I used the Secret Garden Framelits Dies to cut out the flowers and adhered them to the strip with Stampin’ Dimensionals. It’s a nice clean card with just enough detail to make it fun. I hope that you enjoyed my card for the Pals Paer Arts color challenge. Thanks for spending some time with me today and I hope to see you back again! Have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals and Pool Party

Ink: Primrose Petals and Real Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Curly Cute and Secret Garden Clear Mount

Framelits: Secret Garden

Embossing Folder: Delicate Designs

Tools: Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 10, 2013January 6, 2016

The Paper Players #132 :-)

Hello from the tundra! There were a lot of snowblowers running yesterday around here. My car was dug out early and I ventured out to help my friend Heather dig out. We had some Subway for lunch and then I stopped to see Kim and came home and did some crafting. One of my friends is in Florida, one cousin is in Mexico and another is in Australia. I have to say that I am jealous on three counts! I would rather be anywhere but here right now!

On a positive note it’s Sunday and that means it’s time for this weeks Paper Players Challenge. This week the lovely Ann has given us a color challenge…

I have to say that these are favorites of mine! I reached for the Patio Party Designer Series Paper first and then I thought no, I’m gonna think outside the box! The base of my card is Primrose Petals Card Stock. I used a piece of paper from the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack for the background. The greeting is from two sets, The Best of Love Stamp Set and the You Rule Stamp Set, both are stamped in Primrose Petals on the DSP. The crown is also form the You Rule Stamp Set and is stamped in Summer Starfruit. I used my Paper Snips to cut it out and added just a few, well maybe a lot, of Basic Jewels Rhinestones and Large Basic Jewels Rhinestones to give it the much needed bling that it deserves! Who wouldn’t want to get this blinged out card for a thank you or a birthday?! I hope that you enjoyed my Paper Players Guest Designer Card for this week’s color challenge from Ann. Hop on over to the blog and see what awesome creations my fellow designer have in store for you and upload one of yours! Thanks for visiting, have a good day. This is Justin signing off form ice station NY!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Primrose Petals and Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Print Poetry Stack

Ink: Primrose Petals and Summer Starfruit Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: You Rule and Best of Love Clear Mount

Embellishments: Basic Rhinestones and Large Basic Rhinestones

Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

February 9, 2013January 6, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches #72

Hello from really snowy Long Island. Boy did we get walloped last night! I think we got about 16 inches of snow. 🙁 I will not be leaving the house today, my car doesn’t like the snow at all. When I let Winston out last night at 11:45 it was a blizzard. Sigh, guess I’ll get a lot of stuff done around the house today! I did watch Skyfall last night and I have to say that I really enjoyed it, but I’m a big James Bond fan so my opinion may be a little swayed!

Now for today’s post which is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches. This week Cindy has provided us with this sketch…

This was one of those cards that as soon as I saw the sketch I knew what I was going to use. I got some new goodies from Mr. Brown today so I used some of those too! The base of the card is Crumb Cake Card Stock. I used some Whisper White that I stamped with an image from the new Sent With Love Stamp Set in Cherry Cobbler for the top half of the background. The bottom half is a piece of the Sent With Love Designer Series Paper. Across the middle is a piece of Cherry Cobbler that I embossed with the Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The greeting is from the Dude, You’re Welcome Kit and is stamped in Island Indigo and cut out with my Paper Snips. For a little added detail I stamped another one of the images from the Sent With Love Stamp Set in Versa-Mark and heat embossed it in Cherry Cobbler. I adhered it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals and tilted it ever so slightly for a little imperfect tag on a package look! I love the Sent With Love Stamps and DSP. I have wanted a plane for the longest time and the patterns in the DSP are great! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. Thank you so much for checking in with me today, I hope you are having better weather than we are and that you have a great day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler

Designer Series Paper: Sent With Love

Ink: Island Indigo and Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stamp Sets: Sent With Love and Dude, You’re Welcome Kit

Embossing Folder: Chevron

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL