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

Clean & Simple 159

Playing along this week at the Clean & Simple Card challenge ... Challenge 159

 Here is my Clean & Simple Christmas Card ... done in 10 minutes or less .... Baja Breeze Monochromatic card done in Embossed Serene Snowflakes with the sentiment from Tree Trimmings and a few Rhinestones for some bling factor!

I love the Clean and Simple card challenges - just wish I could get them posted in time more often!

Happy Stampin!

Designer Framed Elegant Bouquet

Yup - yet another Selective Embossing offering - having so much fun playing with this technique - the color combo is Melon Mambo and Pretty in Pink  with a hint of Wild Wasabi!

The back layer of card is stamped with flowers from Cottage Garden stamp set in Melon Mambo on the Pretty in Pink cardstock which is then run through the Square Lattice emboss folder and a strip of Whisper White attached after it was punched with the Scallop Trim punch.

Then the magic happens ... the Whisper White square was run through the Designer Frame to get our frame and than I reran it through the Elegant Bouquet using selective embossing to place the flowers inside the frame and hand cut around the frame to create the floral accent point on the card but before it was popped up on a couple dimensionals I had some fun with the floral frame...

... by playing with the Versamarker ... I heat embossed the various parts of the frame with different embossing powders ... Silver on the frame, Wild Wasabi on the stems and Melon Mambo flowers and than added a little more bling with some Rhinestones!

Happy Stampin'

Sail Away

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Mother's out there in Stampin' blog world! Hope that you are all finding time to enjoy the wonderful sunshine and warm spring day we are finally having!

Here is another awesome offering from our recent team meeting swap - love this Sail Away stamp set in the new Summer Mini ... we this card we brayered the 'background sea scape' and than stamped the image with Staz-on and added some fine silver glitter to the waves with the two way glue pen - tip to anyone wanting to create this - make sure your brayerd layer is totally dry - cause I ended up with glitter stuck everywhere initially and it would not tap off until later!

Loving the new Bakers Twine as well - so pretty in real life and while it is awesome with the Nautical Themed products - great in so many other projects as well!

Happy Stampin'
Margaret

Bare Essential Challenge

This is a card inspired from our April Team Challenge combined with the Clean and Simple layout ... our Team challenge was to create a card using one stamp set, one ink color, one embellishment and two cardstock colors...those of you who know my card making style know how much of a challenge that really was for me - but I managed with a little creative 're-inking'!

I chose for my Stamp set the Because I care set, for my one ink color I chose Certainly Celery, my one embellishment is the 'connected strip' of Rhinestones which I cut three off of and my two colors of cardstock are Old Olive and Whisper White!

So now looking at my card you are likely thinking HEY there are more than two colors there ... that is where re - inking comes in .... I used my brayer on my Whisper White cardstock to create two tones of Certainly celery on my second layer background image and than stamped the Because I care hydrangea on the lighter side!

I also used the brayer on the paper ribbon I cut out to make it look like it was Certainly Celery cardstock as well and than stamped the sentiment on Whisper white with the Rhinestones for that added flare!

I admit that the Clean and Simple challenges are always a true challenge for me - but are VERY helpful in inspiring me to be creating the quick and easy cards for classes and workshops!

Thanks for stopping by!

Elastic Easter Blossoms

Hope I am not boring everyone with the brayer themed cards - but it sure has been fun playing with my brayer again - it really is a versatile tool that should be in every stampers arsenal!

For this card card I wrapped the brayer with three elastics and than inked up with Daffodil Delight and rolled over glossy card stock and repeated with Old Olive, Melon Mambo and Pacific Point. This created a background that reminded me of Easter Grass so I thought the Eater Blossom stamp set would be perfect to use with it!

I really love how the Eggs stamped on the glossy paper - you get a really strong sharp color which popped and the 'shine' makes them look more like authentic eggs!

And of course no card of mine would be complete without some sort of bling hiding in it - so accented with some Rhinestones on the eggs and sentiment!

Mojo Monday 169 and Colour Q Challenge

So this week with all the snow we have been having and the cramping that puts of getting outside with the kiddies - I tried to take advantage of the mayhem repeated days of indoor play causes too find some time to play around with this weeks Mojo Monday Challenge to help recharge my poor old snow beaten soul!

I also figured while I was at it I might as well trying the Colour Q challenge

So since I did not have the traditional coloured paper for the Colour challenge I initially thought 'oh fudge I cannot play' but than I thought HEY yes I can ... I can play with some of the new downloads from My Digital Studio and so came up with the following electronic card design - which for some reason when I saved off centered the bleed section on me :( but anyway something a little different than a Christmas card.

Joy Banner

I am preparing for next weeks Holiday Stamp a Stack and wanting to create a JOY banner as one of our projects - one of the things I really enjoy about My Digital Studio is being able to plan out a project digitally before creating it the real thing ... so here is my digital banner layout and now I am off to the craft room create the real one which I will share tomorrow to show the difference!

Spooky Butterfly

I am loving the decorating of the Butterfly Bigz Die butterflies for embellishments... this one is stamped with the web from the Wicked Cool stamp set and embossed with Iridescent Ice, sponged with Whisper White craft ink and sealed with Chrystal Effects and embellished with some Rhinestones!

Made with a single layer these make a wonderful spooky embellishment for Scrapbook page or Halloween card and layered by gluing multiple butterflies on top of each other make a nice sturdy magnet or broach.

Notebook Bling

These are some notebooks I decorated for the Run for the Cure Fundraising ... using a Composition style book I cut the paper and stamped images to bling it up Think Pink for a cure style!

Live with Passion while Inspired by Nature Note Book with scallop edged corner border accents.

Melon Mambo Medallion Notebook with crimped ribbon border and some Rhinestone gems for bling in the sentiment.

Live with Passion Inspired by Nature with a little ticket corner accents.

Pretty in Pink Medallion Notebook with Satin Ribbon and Rhinestone gems!

We are at the Market again today fundraising - so please come on out!