So Kind

Today's spring card is for the current Color Cue challenge over at WPlus9 Design Studio.


DEEtails:

I started with a piece of Going Gray card stock, which I die cut with a PTI die and embossed with the PTI Woodgrain embossing plate. Then I created a Daffodil Delight Striped Grosgrain ribbon flower and tucked in some leaves, punched from the SU! bird punch. I stamped the sentiment from SU!'s Priceless set and tucked it under my flower. Then I added some cute felt butterflies from my stash. Enjoy!

Hope you'll join me in my I {Heart} Ribbon challenge! It includes a tutorial on how to make the ribbon flower from today's card! :)

So Kind

Today's card is for this week's CR84FN Challenge. Aren't these colors so much fun?

Here are the DEEtails for my card:

I started with a piece of Kiwi Kiss card stock, that I embossed with the PTI Woodgrain emboosing plate. Then I matted it onto a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock. I layered on a sweet doily and some Daffodil Delight Striped Grosgrain ribbon. Then I stamped a swirl and sentiment from SU!'s Priceless set onto some Whisper White card stock, that I trimmed into a tag, tied up with some Old Olive Satin ribbon and Linen Thread. I tucked in some cute teal flowers and a big Daffodil Delight bow to finish it off. Hope you like it!

Color Throwdown Color Blocks

Today's card is for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge. I'm loving this color combination:


Here are the DEEtails:

I simply started by gathering some patterned papers from the Urban Oasis, Urban Garden, and Brocade Background DSPs. I also used some Whisper White card stock, embossed with the PTI Woodgrain impression plate, plain Whisper White cards stock, and some Kiwi Kiss card stock. I cut each patterned paper and card stock piece into 1.5" squares, and arranged them on my page, adding various embellishments like a Little Leaves die cut, some Soho Designer Hardware, a Big Designer Button, a Jumbo Grommet, some Marina Mist Taffeta ribbon, some Baker's Twine, and some Jewelry tags stamped with a sentiment from SU!'s Silhouette Sentiments and some flowers from SU!'s Priceless set.

Special DEElivery:

This card is for sale in my Etsy Shop.

So Kind

Isn't this a fun color combination? Today is the first Pals Paper Arts Challenge of the year, and to kick things off, here's a fun color challenge!


DEEtails:

I started by stamping some bird cages from SU!'s Aviary set in Baja Breeze on Whisper White card stock. I love the big polka dots on the strip of Paper Patterns in Pear Pizzazz that I stamped the sentiment from SU!'s Priceless set in Whisper White ink and embossed. I added a crumpled strip of Eyelet Border punch in Perfect Plum. Then I stamped the sweet bird from SU!'s Always stamp set in VersaMark ink, embossed and cut him out. I added a Very Vanilla Seam Binding bow with a cute button to add that little extra touch.

Special DEElivery:

This card was mailed off to my grandmother in Hawaii! :)

Dog Silhouette

Today I wanted to share a craft that I created a while ago... I've seen so many silhouettes of baby heads on people's blogs that I just had to make one of my own!

I started off with a couple of frames from our wedding. My husband is Irish and I'm Japanese, so we framed Gaelic and Japanese words for our table names. Here's one of them:

Then I grabbed a photo our Basset Hound from our trip back home to Ohio this summer and edited away. I cropped the photo, so it was mostly just the pup, enlarged it, then increased the contrast. I printed it, then cut her out. I traced my image onto some Woodland Walk DSP, then cut her out again. I added a couple of embellishments, like some Kiwi Kiss card stock grass and a Early Espresso 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon collar. I framed it, then added some wood stickers that I bought a while ago on clearance at a local craft store to the outside of the frame.

I made a second picture with some letter stickers from my stash, a stamp (from my Priceless set), a 1 1/4" circle punch and strips of Chocolate Chip 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon to write out her name. Here they are:


I used some 3M picture hanging strips to stick them up to the side of a bookshelf, right above her toy basket that I snagged at Target for super cheap.


Here's what her little personalized corner looks like now.

Thanks for stopping in! :)

New Pals Paper Arts Featured Artist

This is an exciting week for me. Today I'm here as the Featured Artist for the newly made over Pals Paper Arts! I've always been a huge fan on PPA. In fact, my first blog post was for a PPA challenge. These new updates are incredible - sassy, classy, sophisticated and FUN! Here's the challenge:

Inspiration challenges are always my favorite, but wow - this is totally not my usual style and I really had to think outside the box to create this card. Here are the DEETails:

I started off by pulling colors from this photo. My eye was immediately drawn to the poppy-colored hand bag on the left and the silky black fabric. I stamped the large flower from my Bella Blossoms set in Poppy Parade ink on Riding Hood Red card stock. It took me several tries to find a color combination that looked right and I like how this one turned out. I took some Pearl Jewels and added them to the center of the flower. I also stamped a leaf from the same image inked in Always Artichoke on Old Olive card stock. Then I inked the sentiment from my Priceless stamp set in Whisper White craft ink and stamped the bottom corner of my Basic Black background. I added some Sticky Strip to my card and adhered three strips of ribbon with a few ruffles - Riding Hood Red from the Ribbon Originals Dress Up set, Daffodil Delight Satin ribbon, and Rose Red 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon. I adhered my rose and leaf with Stampin' Dimensionals, then added my Rose Red and Crushed Curry mats onto my Riding Hood Red card.

What do you think? I hope you'll play along!

Reflections

Sorry I haven't been around this week. We finally made it back home after visiting family for a few weeks. We've been busy getting settled back into our normal routine and I finally had a chance to make a card last night.

The card is for The Shabby Tea Room Challenge theme, 'Reflections'. Isn't this mantle beautiful?


Here are the DEEtails:

I started by stamping a swirl from my Priceless stamp set in Basic Gray on Very Vanilla card stock. I love this stamp and actually used it on our wedding invitations! I used it as a sort of 'branch' to 'hang' my birdcages from my Aviary set in Going Gray ink. Then I embellished the birdcages and swirls with 1/8" Taffeta ribbon in very Vanilla, Rhinestone and Pearl Jewels, plus a few gray pearls I had in my stash. I stamped the sentiment from my Wings of Friendship set and added a taffeta ribbon and Scallop Edge trim. Then I added some Going Gray and Basic Gray mats.

Hope you like it!

Compose a Card

I was really tickled when I saw Becky Oehler's Compose a Card Challenge. I love music and the idea of pairing it with a card challenge sounded so fun! So I got my iTouch and supplies ready and got to work. We've been snowed in for a week now, so it was nice to make a fun and springy card.

The inspiration photo was bright and cheerful:

And I love the song:

But the card recipe seemed very specific and a little tricky since I didn't have all the right supplies:

I hope you like my DEEsign:

Here are the DEEtails:

1. I used all SU! colors - Dusty Durango, Bashful Blue, Melon Mambo, and Whisper White - cut to the specified sizes. This is my first 5" x 7" card. I was worried because when I started, I felt like there was a ton of empty space to fill!

2. I used the large swirly flourish from my Priceless stamp set and stamped it with VersaMark directly onto the Dusty Durango card.

3. I used my Stampin' Write markers to ink a stamp from my Heard from the Heart set. I mounted it on a piece of Dusty Durango card stock just a tiny bit larger. Then used 3-dimensional squares to mount my sentiment to overlap the flourish and the Bashful Blue mat.

4. I didn't have white embossing powder (I've added it to my wishlist), so I stamped the flower image from my Always stamp set in ColorBox Frosted White ink and used clear embossing powder. I cut eight of these flowers - eight because I got tired after the eighth one! I clustered them randomly, and thought it would look cute with a few raised.

5. I didn't have rhinestones either (and one look out the window told me I had to improvise). So, I took some rhinestone brads and took them apart. I pulled the rhinestone piece out from each brad and glued them to the centers of a few of my flowers.

That's it! Hope you like it!