Tangerine Tango Floral Thanks Card

It's way past my bedtime but once I got started I had to finish my card. This Tangerine Tango Floral Thanks Card was made using the Summer Sketch from Create with Connie & Mary. The angles on the sketch were a lot of fun to work with! I didn't do any fancy embellishing, it's just simple and clean. All supplies are by Stampin' Up! Here is the supply list:

• Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White and Garden Green cardstock, Flowerpot dsp and a long retired Blushing Bride dsp.
• Stamps: Another Thank You stamp set and the discontinued Simple Stems stamp set.
• Inks: Night of Navy and Tangerine Tango.
• Other Stuff: Fancy Fan embossing folder, Crushed Curry twine, one lonely candy dot and dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day/night!

Floral Congrats Card

This week I found out my neighbor is getting married at the end of this month. That meant I needed to make him a card quickly. To create this Floral Congrats Card I used the color challenge at Create with Connie & Mary for my inspiration. Color challenges are my favorite but I must admit that I find a three color challenge VERY challenging. The colors are:

• Coastal Cabana
• Hello Honey
• Baked Brown Sugar

To start I selected my patterned paper from the Moonlight paper stack and then used my Big Shot with the Top Note Die. At this point I sat at my desk for at least thirty minutes trying to figure out my layout. Finally, I walked away. When I came back I rotated my card and things started to come together. I was really happy I ordered the new Hey You sentiment stamp set (134519), it worked perfectly for this card. The flowers were stamped using Baked Brown Sugar ink onto Coastal Cabana cardstock using the Flower Shop stamp set and then punched using the Pansy Punch. The final step was creating the flower centers using the Bordering Blooms stamp set, the retired itty bitty scallop circle punch and of course a pearl in the center. Although I struggled with this card I think it turned out nicely. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

My Floral Congrats Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Create with Connie & Mary: Color
• Little Red Wagon: Wedding/Anniversary
• Crafty Girls: Anything Goes 

Yellow Bird Card

Good morning and hello to my new followers! It's a lovely sunny morning here in Oklahoma but the humidity is going to be awful this afternoon. So today, I am thankful for air conditioning!!! If you have followed my blog for awhile you may remember that I love birds and the colour green. When I came across the colour challenge at Daring Cardmakers, I immediately knew I had to play along. The nature inspired colors and photo are perfect. I combined the colours with the sketch challenge at Sunday Sketch and Stamp and the word BIRD from Just Us Girls challenge to create this Yellow Bird Card. I'm also entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Crafting From The Heart. The bird and flourish stamps are both by Inkadinkado and the Just for You label stamp is by Stampin' Up! Daffodil Delight ink was used for the bird and Early Espresso for the flourish and label. The green patterned paper is by Crate Paper, script patterned paper by My Mind's Eye and yellow paper by DCWV. There are two die cuts on this card, the circle scallop by Spellbinders and the Little Leaves Sizzlits. The bird was stamped onto the white circle and then stamped again, fussy-cut and adhered with dimensionals. Well, that sums it up. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

                        
                                           

By the Tide Watercolor Card

Welcome to my first post as a guest designer at the Paper Players! It was a lot of fun creating my card for this weeks theme challenge. This week Nance is the hostess and the theme is "Let's go to the Beach!"

To create my card I quickly decided to use the By the Tide stamp set and watercolor paper. It just made sense! To start, I used Pool Party ink and my aqua painters and covered the entire watercolor paper panel. I let the panel dry some but not completely and stamped the reef images with Soft Suede and Crumb Cake inks. The ink didn't bleed like I wanted, so I went back and dabbed my aqua painter on a few selected areas. Then I stamped the seahorses in Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey and Tangelo Twist. Using my aqua painter and Pool Party ink I went back in between the seahorses to make it look more watery. When the panel was dry I adhered it to a panel of Pool Party cardstock. To add some texture I wrapped the bottom with a trimmed and frayed burlap ribbon and the metallic silver baker's twine. I then went digging for treasure in my bead collection and found the silver seashell charm by Blue Moon. Once everything was tied together I used dimensionals to adhere the panel to the base of Soft Suede layered with Natural cardstock. The edge detail on the Natural cardstock was made using Fiskars deckle scissors. The final touch was the Nantucket anchor circle detail and this card was complete. I hope you like it! Unless stated all supplies are by Stampin' Up! 

Please join us over at the Paper Players! (click here)  The challenge is open through Friday, July 11th, 2014 at Noon (PDT). Stop by and say hello to the rest of the new Guest Designers and the Design Team to see what they are sharing this week. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!   

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile
Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Guest Designers

Andrea Whisman

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James
Laurie Schmidt

Mike Funke

Yapha Mason 

  

Reach for the Stars Challenge

Welcome to our July challenge at Savvy Handmade Cards. This month the theme is Reach for the Stars. Use stars somewhere on your card and play along in the challenge. Our inspiration for you is full of red, white and blue but your creation doesn't have to be patriotic. The challenge deadline is Tuesday July 29th, 2014. Thanks for stopping by and we hope to see your card in the gallery!

Inspirational Designs: 

Andrea's Card using Edward USA by Bugaboo

Erin's Card using Simply Betty image

Challenge Guidelines:

1. Create a New card using the challenge theme, no linking to old posts. 
2. Only one entry per blog address.
3. This is a card only challenge.
4. You must use a stamp, either rubber or digital.
5. You can combine this challenge with other challenges.
6. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to this challenge. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
7. All brands of stamping products are welcome.
8. HAVE FUN!!!

Mad About Plaid Winner

We certainly appreciate everyone who plaid along with the Mad About Plaid Photo Inspiration Challenge. It was fun to see all the different plaid papers utilized in your designs. The randomly selected winner is:

Alycia from Happy Chick Designs

Alycia's card is lovely. She colored her image beautifully and the patterned papers are perfect! Thanks for sharing your card with us Alycia. I'll send you an email in the next few days to request your address for the challenge prize. 

Check back tomorrow for the start of our July theme challenge.

Guest Designer at Crafting by Designs

Hello! Back in April one of my cards was selected as a spotlight winner for the anything goes challenge at Crafting by Designs. Shortly after an email showed up asking me to be a Guest Designer for their July Anything Goes challenge. I gladly agreed and the challenge starts today! I hope you will play along!!!

When I sat down to create my card I originally made a card to celebrate Independence Day but I wasn't overly thrilled with it. Then I decided to take a different approach and use red, white and blue with the lovely wheelbarrow pre-colored image by Fred She Said. The blue floral patterned paper is by Pebbles and the red is from the brights designer series paper stack by Stampin' Up! This card is a mix of digital and stamped images. The flowers are stamped using the Petite Petals stamp set and crushed curry ink. I used the coordinating Petite Petals punch and added a candy dot in the center of the flowers. The square scalloped die is by Spellbinders and I used a corner rounder on the image panel. After stamping the Happy Birthday Wishes sentiment by Stampin' Up! I used my oval punches and layered the pieces together. In the end I'm much happier with how this card turned out. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!