Back Again With FS191 CASEing Alison

Howdy! I am back again tonight with a quick post of the card I created for today's Featured Stamper Challenge over at SCS. Congrats to Alison aka 'Alimarbles' on being this week's honored stamper! Here is a LINK to Alison's card that I chose to CASE. I chose this card for it's clean and simple design and I will be making a handful of these to send in my next box of cards to Operation Write Home.



Here is my supply list - All products are Stampin' Up! except for the tag punch



STAMPS: Warm Words



PAPER: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Merry Moments designer series paper



INK: Chocolate chip



THE REST: embossing folder, Big Shot, very vanilla grosgrain ribbon,

Okay, I think I am done for tonight! Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by! See you again real soon!

Two More Cards For Hope You Can Cling To

Howdy! Okay, I have been stamping, stamping, stamping! In this post I am showing the cards I made yesterday as part of World Card Making Day over at SCS. These were created for the Hope You Can Cling To challenges. This first card was for the HYCCT02B challenge - Lingerie Inspired. I thought it would be fun to created a pretty bra from punches since I don't own any lingerie stamps. I really like how this came out! It's so pretty and girly! And that sentiment from Taylored Expressions was perfect!Here is my supply list:



STAMPS: Taylored Expressions



PAPER: Whisper White, Regal Rose, Patterns Pack II (SU!)



INK: SU!



THE REST: Punches (Marvy, SU!, EK); ribbon, lace rhinestone gems all from my Non-SU! stash











For my next card (I actually made 2) I used the HYCCT02C - Bring in the Brown as well as the Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge #171. I think I may use this card as a prototye for one of my Christmas cards this year! Definitely a fun sketch to work with and I thought this dark brown satin ribbon and baubles were the perfect touch for the Bring in the Brown challenge! Here is my supply list:

STAMPS: Wishing You Cheer (SU!)

PAPER: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip (SU!); Figgy Pudding designer paper (Basic Grey)

INK and MARKERS: SU!

THE REST: Stickles (Ranger); Ribbon (Michaels); baubles (unknown)

All of these cards will be donated! Please check out the links in this post as well as the links in my left side bar to see how you can participate!

Welp...back to stamping I go. I just finished another challenge card over at SCS and I gotta take some pics, so hopefully I will be back later to add another post!
Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by! See you again real soon!

Hope You Can Cling To Pink Holiday for World Cardmaking Day

Hi All,
Today is World Cardmaking Day! I decided to check out what was happening over at SCS in honor of such a fun day and they are hosting a bunch of challenges - Hope You Can Cling To - in partnership with the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center for a month long card drive to benefit those affected by breast cancer. Here is my first challenge card, HYCCT02A, to create a pink holiday card.
There are 2 more challenges today that I am going to try to get to and then they will have a new challenge each day for the month of October. I will be sending my cards to this card drive for a very worthy cause which will benefit patients being treated for breast cancer and their families. Please check out the above links and I hope you can find some time to paticipate to this cause!
Well, I am off to create some more cards! Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by!

SC300 Turkey Day

Good evening All,
I thought I would create something fun for Thanksgiving and what could be more fun than a few whimsical turkeys?! These were created completely from punches so they were easy-peasy. I made most of them with 10mm wiggle eyes, but I ran out so 2 have eyes made with punches. An added bonus was that I made them from scraps from my Earth Elements scrap pile. I then used this week's sketch challenge, SC300, for my background! I just love how they turned out and I have already mailed them with several other cards to Operation Write Home in time for the troops to use to send home to their loved ones for Thanksgiving.
Here is my supply list (all products are Stampin' Up! except for the wiggle eyes)

NO STAMPS USED:

PAPER: Chocolate chip, Whisper White, More Mustard, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa, Ruby Red, Autumn Vine DSP

NO INK or MARKERS:

THE REST: brads, circle punches(1-3/4", 1", 1/2", 1/4"), Heart to Heart punch, snowflake punch, Boho Blossoms punch, 5-petal Flower punch, Square Lattice embossing folder, Big Shot

Well, that is it for tonight. It feels good to be able to post ot my blog after spending a couple days out of commission with some sort of stomach bug, yucky!

Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by! See you again real soon!

SSC170 Giving Thanks

Good evening All, Wow! 2 post in 1 day! I've been very busy stamping and making cards this weekend! I have been stalkin' the Stamping 411 blog for quite some time now and I finally sat down and participated in one of their Saturday Sketch challenge, #170.
What a fantastic sketch this was to work with! I am still working on Thanksgiving cards to send to Operation Write Home and I gotta get them in the mail by Tuesday morning, at the latest!!

I created 4 cards using this sketch. The turkey stamp and sentiment are from a Fiskers Clear stamp set that I have had for a couple of years and never inked up!! Does anybody else do that? So silly! The other image panel is stamped from one of my fav SU! sets, Autumn Days, which has been inked up several times!! The designer paper I used is from a DCWV mat pack from last fall, it has some great papers in it!

Here is my complete supply list:

STAMPS: Autumn Days, Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!), Turkey Lurkey (Fiskers clear stamps)

PAPER: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip (SU!); Yellow textured cs, designer paper (DCWV)

INKS and MARKERS: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Early Espresso (SU!)

THE REST: Punches (SU!); ribbon (unknown from my stash)

And there you have it! I did stop by to check out the J-MO Papercrafting and Scrapbook Expo here in Las Vegas and it was a good time. Lots of activities and giveaways. There were about a dozen vendors - not bad for a 1st annual event! It'll be fun to see How it turns out next year! I did manage to spend a few dollars while I was there too!!

Thanks for stoppin' by! See you again real soon!

FS190 CASEing Sallie

Good morning All,
I've got two cards to show you today that I created for the Featured Stamper challenge FS190 over at SCS. Sallie, aka hobbydujour, has some wonderful creations in her gallery. Here is a link to her card that I decided to CASE (Copy And Share with Everyone).

The things that I changed:

1. I didn't have a vase stamp, so I used the ornament punch from SU! and just trimmed of the tip to make it look like a vase

2. I used different stamps

3. I used different colors

4. I used rhinestones instead of 1/2 pearls for my 1st card and stickles on my 2nd card

5. I added 2 layers

I really love how these came out and I may just have to make a whole set, don'tcha think? Oh, for those of you who like to see my supply list:

STAMPS: Stem Silhouettes, Stitched Exotics (SU!)

PAPER: Whisper White, More Mustard, patterns pack I and III (SU!)

INK: More Mustard, Really Rust, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip (SU!)

THE REST: Ornament punch (SU!); Rhinestone gems (Studio18); Stickles (Ranger)

And there you have it!

I am thinking about stoppin' over to the South Point Hotel & Casino this afternoon to check out the J-Mo Papercrafting n' Scrapbook Expo that is going on this weekend. It's too late for me to sign up for any classes, but I thought I might go take a look around. I'll let you know how I make out! Thanks a bunch for stopping by today! See you again soon!

S&S Sketch Challenge #35 and Dutch Dare Card Challenge #87

Good afternoon All,
I have a set of cards to show you that I created last night. As a starting point I went to this week's Sketch challenge over at the OWH Stars & Stamps Blog - S&S sketch #35. As Operation Write Home continues to celebrate their birthday with a month long Birthday Bash, I also used the Dutch Dare Card Challenge #87 which is helping OWH celebrate by featuring them for this challenge. I created 3 Birthday cards and 3 Thinking iof You cards and I wanted these to be 'gender friendly' by choosing designer paper and embellies that weren't too frilly! I just love these 2 Changito stamps by Stampendous!, aren't they just the cutest? Here is my supply list for the whole set:

STAMPS: Changito (Stampendous!); Sentiment (studio g $1 clear stamps)

PAPER: Cardstock (SU!, Bazzill, DCWV); Designer paper (My Mind's Eye)

INK and MARKERS: SU!, Copic

THE REST: punches (SU!); Brads, ribbon (unknown - from my non-SU! stash)

Well, that's it for now! Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by! Please take some time to check out Opereation Write Home and find out how you can help support our troops!