Mashing Up Stamping 411

Had fun this weekend creating some challenge cards .... great way to stay warm on a cold rainy weekend ... there are so many inspiring challenges out there that I combined a few to come up with my card creations!

Started by Mashing up a snowflake inspired easel card for the Friday Mashup ... feel free to click the picture to see how others were inspired by the challenge ....

Then I hopped on over to the Stamping 411 and was inspired by their layout and incorporated it into my card as well ... I did flip the orientation a bit to make it work with the easel ... feel free to click the photo to see the wonderful inspirations others had from this layout!

And finally my color combination was inspired by this months Goldstar Ink team challenge  ... make a card using grey, blue and red in a card to share with the team ... and here is my final inspiration combining these three awesome challenges.

I love how the embossing powders of silver and iridescent ice really make this card 'sparkle' and I used the silver cardstock as well which is a shade of grey and adds  some additional dimension and glam to it ...almost used our new silver glimmer paper but restrained myself otherwise people might have needed sunglasses to view the card!

And the final Piece De Resistance that makes this card so yummy for me .... a little Doily snowflake accent, rhinestone bling and dazzling details were added to the snowflakes and sentiment! 

Thanks for stopping by and taking time to leave a comment - your support and encouragement means a lot!

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Welcome to the OWH Blog Hop

I am so excited to participate in my first ever blog hop with Operation Write Home and honored to have you stopping by to take a peek at my Stampin' inspirations!

As the spouse of an amazing man who served almost 25 years and participated in many tours over seas before retiring in 2009 from medical reasons I am proud to now be able to support Operation Write Home. Sometimes I wish I could do more as it is such a small thing to do to help them stay in touch with loved  - but it means so much to them and their families! 

These are the men and women who risk their lives both at home and over seas to help keep us safe and ensuring that we are able to enjoy the many freedoms we often take for granite - my heart and my gratitude goes out to them daily!

Now on to the cardmaking .... I wanted to share a card with my favorite little Christmas Greeting Girl from the Stampin Up Greeting Card Kids stamp set! She is such a sweetie and so much fun to color with our Stamp Write Watercolor markers and my Aqua Painter.

I also love how you can use one stamp set to make so many different cards by just tweaking the layout and embellishments. Here are a few more cards I made to share today using the same materials but changing up the layouts and embellishments slightly ... I will than package these up and half of them are going to OWL and the other half I will sell them to help raise money for my Run for the Cure this year...equally supporting my passions!

 

If you would like to support the Operation Write home initiative there are so many ways to do so ... visit here to learn how to donate your handmade cards for soldiers to use when over seas to keep in touch with their loved ones back home or please follow the link to give a cash donation ...

 

Happy Stampin' and Blog Hopping!

More Playing with Punches to share

This is another card we made at our monthly Gold Stars Ink team meeting this month ... this set is just versatile!

This card was shared by a new member to the team Linda, thanks for the correct name Susan I am horrible with names, and featured the Delicate Doilies and the Doily Triple Layer punch with an awesome color combo of Tempting Turquoise and Cherry Cobbler!

Perfect card for sending someone feel better soon vibes!

Happy Stampin'

Got My Mojo Back

Well after what has felt like forever the kitchen renos are finally all done and everything is unpacked and back in their new cabinet homes - I took lots of pictures before and after to make a digital scrapbook to share soon - however in the meantime I wanted to play with my new toys!

This is a card featuring the new Decoratively Doilies stamp set from the 2011-12 Catty that will be unveiled on Friday!

Also loving the new 2011-12 In Colors .... this design made use of Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade and Wisteria Wonder ... only one missing was the Island Indigo.

The Thanks So Much stamp from the Swirls & Curls Verses stamp set below can still be yours for free - just host a qualifying workshop before August 31st and you could choose this Hostess set from the Summer mini - isn't it just so whimsical?

The new Doily Triple Layer punch in the Summer Mini is a wonderful compliment to the Delicately Doilies stamp set in the new catty!

I cannot wait to play some more with this set .... the possibilities are endless!