Kind Koala Card

Sometimes you just know you have to have something the minute you see it! That's how it was for me with this Kind Koala stamp by Stampin' Up!. It was the first thing I put on my wish list from the new catalog. This is the first card I've made with it and I really love how it turned out. To play along with the Tic Tac Toe challenge at the Paper Players I used twine, patterned paper and embossing. The patterned paper used on this Kind Koala Card is from the All Abloom paper stack. For the embossing I used the Beautiful Wings embosslit for the little butterfly and a discontinued embossing folder from the Needlepoint Border set. The Koala was colored with my Copic markers using the warm gray colors. I stamped the image twice and fussy cut the Koala and adhered with dimensionals. I stamped the flower on blushing bride cardstock, fussy cut it and adhered it flat to the cardstock adding a daffodil delight candy dot to the flower center. The new blushing bride twine was exactly what this card needed and the final ingredient for the Paper Players challenge. Thanks for stopping by and come back soon!

My Kind Koala Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: Tic Tac Toe
• 613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes
• Come and Get It: Animals

Announcement and a Card

Hello to all my crafty blogging friends! I have an exciting announcement to share with you today. For the next three months I will be a Guest Designer for the Paper Players!!! I must admit I was shocked and honored to be asked to create alongside the very talented design team at the Paper Players. My term starts on July 6th through September and I can't wait to get started. I hope you will stop by on July 6th and play along with my first challenge.

Now, onto the card! It's been awhile since I played along at ColourQ but this weeks colours and inspiration photo stayed with me. I used the discontinued Secret Garden framelits to create the floral die cuts in the embossed Island Indigo panel. Then I adhered the solid colored cardstock to the back and then layered to the scalloped border panel. I added the center punch detail to the flowers, rhinestone basic jewels and then used dazzling details on the flowers to add sparkle. Unfortunately, the photo didn't capture the beauty of the sparkle. It looks much better in person. The sentiment is from the Too Kind stamp set and was stamped with Island Indigo ink. To finish the card I punched the sentiment with a 1 3/8" circle punch and layered with a Real Red 1 3/4" scalloped circle punch. Then I popped it up with dimensionals and this card was done. All supplies are by Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• ColourQ: Colour
• Crafty Girls: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty: Embossing

Hello, You Card

Wow! This weekend flew by and this week my schedule is packed. Knowing I won't have a lot of crafting time, I created this Hello, You Card this evening. I used this weeks sketch at the Paper Players. I love the colors in the card created by Sandy Mathis, click here for her card. I used patterned paper from the new All Abloom paper stack (133703) by Stampin' Up! The flower is from the retired Secret Garden stamp set. I stamped it on watercolor paper and used my Aqua Painters with Strawberry Slush, Blushing Bride, Daffodil Delight and a little Crushed Curry inks to add color. The sentiment is from the Regarding Dahlias stamp set and was heat embossed with white embossing powder. I then added some heat embossed faux stitching on the banners. Well, that's about it. I hope you have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by!

Gold Blossom For You Card

It's a great day here in Oklahoma! I hope everything is wonderful where you live. My afternoon has consisted of laundry and crafting. The card I made today is for the 200th challenge celebration at The Paper Players. There are six challenge options to choose from. I picked the sketch selected by Sandy Mathis. The center panel of my Gold Blossom For You Card was inspired by a card from page 149 of the new Stampin' Up! catalog. A few of the punched circles are adhered to the typeset paper and others are loose so they move around if you shake it. The vellum was then stitched into place. All supplies for this card are by Stampin' Up! with exception to the gold paper, I believe it's by Recollections. The stamp sets used are: Flower Shop and Itty Bitty Banners. The colors are: Basic Black, Lost Lagoon, Real Red and Very Vanilla. For the patterned paper I used the discontinued Modern Medley and the embossing folder is decorative dots. To make the layered flower I used the Blossom and Pansy punches and secured them together with a real red glitter brad. This card was a lot of fun to make! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

My Gold Blossom For You Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: 200th Celebration 
• Crafting From The Heart: Anything Goes
• Love to Create: Anything Goes

Pretty Birdies Card

Most afternoons you will find my backyard busy with birds. I have seven bird feeders that I try to keep stocked with seed. It's terrific entertainment for my household felines who lay at the back windows and watch them for hours. We have two resident cottontail rabbits who love eating from the ground feeders and the neighborhood squirrels will usually pay us a few visits. This Pretty Birdies Card was inspired by my backyard feathered friends. I used this weeks sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. I rotated the sketch to accommodate the Doodle Pantry Spring Song Birdies image. The scalloped oval die is my oldest and I also used the retired Little Leaves Sizzlits. The patterned paper is some scrap from my stash that I believe is by The Paper Studio. To cut the wavy edge of the card I used an older Creative Memories wavy trimmer. The flowers were stamped with Calypso Coral ink using the Petite Petals stamp set and coordinating punch all by Stampin' Up!. In the center of the flower I added Daffodil Delight Candy Dots. That about sums it up. Thanks for stopping by!

My Pretty Birdies Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Clear it Out: Anything Goes
• Die Cuttin Divas: Things with Wings
• Crafty Bloggers: Bingo (line A)
• Shopping Our Stash: Oldest Punch or Die

Cheer Up Buttercup Card

Hello! I hope you're having a lovely day. My afternoon has been nice and quiet, just the way I like it. I spent some time creating this Cheer Up Buttercup Card using this weeks Mojo Monday sketch. All supplies are by Stampin' Up!. I used the Moonlight patterned paper, Geometrical stamp set, decorative dots embossing folder and a small strip of silver glimmer paper for sparkle. The colors featured in this card are:

> Basic Gray
> Hello Honey
> Lost Lagoon
> Whisper White


The sketch was a lot of fun to use and I love the balanced design by Julee Tilman. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Polka-Dot Pieces Card

There are many neglected but wonderful stamp sets in my collection and Polka-Dot Pieces is one of them. I really love it but for some reason I rarely use it. This afternoon I decided to pull this set out and make a card. I used the sketch from Create with Connie and Mary. The colors used are:

• Pool Party
• Cherry Cobbler
• Crushed Curry
• Island Indigo
• Wild Wasabi

All supplies are by Stampin' Up! I used three other stamp sets to create this card and they are: Happy Watercolor, Papillon Potpourri, and Label Love. The final touch was the Whisper White twine and a few rhinestones to add some sparkle. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

My Polka-Dot Pieces Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Create with Connie and Mary: Sketch
• QKR Stampede: Anything Goes
• Sister Act: Anything Goes
• Stempelsonne: Punched Flowers