Baby & Kids

Welcome Baby – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #50

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Hello there, peeps! I’ve been quiet on the blogging front as helping my mom with life “things” has taken precedence. But I am SO happy to be back today with a special card and an announcement! The Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge is back up and running and today is their first challenge! I am the featured designer this week, which means that I get to create the Tic-Tac-Toe board! I filled it with things that I love so I hope you will love them too and play along! Without further ado, here is this week’s challenge board:

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I used the far left column for today’s card: Flower, Ribbon, Punch.

Measurements:

  • Card Base: 4 1/2″ x 11″, scored at 5 1/2″
  • First Layer: 4″ x 5 1/4″
  • DSP Layer: 2 1/4″ x 5″ & 1 1/2″ x 5″

Details:

  • I used this gorgeous DSP Sweet Girl by CTMH as my inspiration. This month’s theme is Home Decor/Congrats/Thinking of You. I decided congrats could mean baby, which gave me the chance to color this darling giraffe from Whimsy Stamps.

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  • I used rectangle stitched dies for my image as well as a foundation for my sentiment die. I snuck the punch in as an accent behind the focal image and even used up some positively ancient candy dots from Stampin’ Up!

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  • I used another rectangle die for the inside of the card and snuck in a scrap of coordinating DSP as a fun accent. The sentiment is from the same set as the giraffe from Whimsy Stamps.

I SO hope you’re as excited as I am to have this challenge back up and running, Tic-Tac-Toe boards are SO fun to play along with – the possibilities are endless!!

Please stop by the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge blog to see what the rest of the team has whipped up for you this week!

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Going Gray (R), Blushing Bride;  Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 80#

DSP: Sweet Girl by Close To My Heart

Ink: Going Gray (R) & Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Baby Animals by Whimsy Stamps

Alcohol Markers: W0 Warm Gray No. 0, W1 Warm Gray No. 1,  and R11 Pale Cherry Pink by Copic; RP196 Pale Pink Light by Shin-Han

Dies: Stitched Rectangle by Stampin’ Up!; Congrats by Hero Arts

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Trimmer (both retired); Everyday Label Punch

Embellishments: Blushing Bride 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon and Candy Dots, both retired

Other: Whisper White Envelope

 

Hippo Bird Day! – CAS(E) this Sketch #221

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True Story: Awhile back (during a period of time when I was not an active Stampin’ Up! demonstrator) I had the AWESOME opportunity to work at The Stamps of Life booth at a scrapbooking/stamping expo. It was SUCH a fun day chatting with fellow stampers and enabling them to take Stephanie Barnard’s designs home with them! At the beginning of the show Stephanie had taken me aside and asked me to remember if customers asked for a design she didn’t have and let her know at the end of the show. So…I made sure to tell her that there was a lady looking for a hippo stamp. She gave me a look like “Really?”, I nodded yes, that the lady’s young daughter was set on a hippo birthday party and the lady was DESPERATE to find a hippo stamp! (Parents, we’ve ALL been there, right?!?)

Fast forward six or eight months and I was so surprised and delighted to see the darling stamp sets hippo2stamp and solids4hippo and their coordinating dies come out!! Of course they had to come live with me! I am delighted and in love with how cute my little girlie hippopotamus is!!

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And she painted her nails special for this card 🙂 Are you dying with me?? Cuteness overload!!

And now, forever more, just in case someone asks me if I happen to own a hippopotamus stamp set, I will be able to say “Why Yes…Yes, I DO!!”

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Get it?? BIG TIME?? HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa I’m killing’ myself here!

No details today, this card is so clean and simple that they just aren’t necessary!!

I’m playing along with the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge today. Not sure what “CAS(E)” means? Hop on over to their blog to find out!!

I can’t wait to hear if you love this girlie as much as I do!!

Products Used:

Card Stock: Powdered Sugar by The Stamps of Life

Pattern Paper: Thank You Collection by The Stamps of Life

Ink: Tuxedo Black by Memento Ink; Ocean, Guava, and Banana by The Stamps of Life

Stamps:   hippo2stamp and solids4hippo by The Stamps of Life

Dies: Envelope Line Die (Retired) by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  MISTI; Shin-Han Twin Touch Marker CG0.5 (for face)

Embellishments: Random Sequins

Other – Envelope – Stampin’ Up!

Bold Balloon Adventures – Freshly Made Sketches 271

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Happy New Year Peeps! I’m thrilled to dip my toes back in the crafting pool with new products from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Catalog 🙂 This print from the new Party Animal Designer Series Paper caught my eye with its’ brilliant color and neutral pattern. Perfect to pair with Emerald Envy for a clean and simple masculine birthday card!

The Details:

  • Thick Whisper White Base cut to 4 1/4″ x 11″, scored at 5 1/2″
  • Emerald Envy card stock cut to 4″ x 5 1/4
  • Party Animal Specialty Designer Series Paper cut to 3 3/4″ x 5″
  • Thick Whisper White Banner cut to 3 3/4″ x 2 1/2″
  • Backed by Emerald Envy cut to 3 3/4″ x 2 3/4″

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  • The sentiment from the new Balloon Adventures Stamp Set is so cheerful in a fresh fun font and pairs beautifully with this balloon die from the Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Dies and can be purchased as a bundle for a savings of 15%! Awesome!
  • I die cut the balloon from both Emerald Envy and Pacific Point and used the Fin Tip Glue Pen to adhere the pieces to my card front.
  • Yes, the Envelope Liner Die is retired but I just cannot resist showing off more of the pretty papers in this DSP!
  • The Fine Tip Glue Pen makes adhering a bit of Whisper White Thick Baker’s Twine a snap!

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  • I used other sentiments from the Balloon Adventures Stamp Set to decorate the inside of the card as well!
  • I couldn’t stop stamping so I added some fun confetti and a balloon to the outside of the envelope…I just love Pacific Point and Emerald Envy together!

I looked to my favorite challenge blog for layout inspiration for today’s card:

Thank you to all these wonderful ladies for providing inspiration each and every week!

So what do you think? It’s pretty simple, I know, but not having put ink to paper in almost three months, I have to start somewhere!

Thank you so much for your continued message of courage and inspiration while I have been away, I have read and deeply appreciated each and every one. The world is still a very scary place for me, but little by little, I feel the fog lifting and look forward to each new day.

Supplies:

Stampin’ Up!’s Spooky fun Halloween Treat – 30 Day Card Challenge, Day 16

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Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays; however, I am finding the older I get, the less scary and more fun Halloween needs to be!

I think this card fits that bill perfectly!

The Details:

  • Card Layers:
    • Whisper White Base cut to 4 1/4″ x 11″, scored at 5 1/2″
    • Pumpkin Pie card stock cut to 4″ x 5 1/4″ (popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals)
    • Basic Black card stock cut to 3 3/4″ x 5″
    • Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper cut to 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″

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  • I LOVE these bold stripes!! So fun, cheerful, and absolutely NOT scary! I layered card stock underneath it to mimic the colors and used a quarter inch spacing between the layers to really play up the bold colors.
  • The Halloween Treat stamp set is a single set, PERFECT for treat bags and tags. Since that is the obvious use for it, I wanted to add it to a card instead. I stamped it, fussy cut it out, and popped it up onto Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • The peeks of Halloween Night Baker’s Twine behind the sentiment are darling and really set off the double bow, attached to the project with a rolled up mini glue dot.

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  • I mimicked the colors again on the inside of the card and then used the Spooky Fun Stamp Set to add a fun (not scary) sentiment. I must say, I prefer orange spiders to black ones! Not scary at all!!
  • What do you think of the envelope liner?? Such beautiful patterns in this pack of paper!!

There you have it! Have a wonderful rest of your weekend and thank you so much for stopping by! Please let me know what you think, I SO love hearing from you!!

Supplies

All Hallows Eve – Fusion Card Challenge

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Hello and welcome to another challenge from the Fusion Card Challenge!  This week’s photo inspiration is perfectly timed…

All Hallows Eve FusionIsn’t it fun? I wish my mantel looked like that 😉 Remember, you can use the photo or sketch for your inspiration, or combine them and use both! I used the sketch and the theme of the photo, just not the same colors:

SKP Watermarked Photos5-044And I discovered something…I only have ONE stamp set that is specifically Halloween oriented…crazy, right? But it is an adorable stamp set called Happy Haunting by Papertrey Ink. The set has so many options for the facial expressions, I couldn’t pick just one! I generally don’t like a very spooky Halloween anymore, but I did throw in ONE grumpy ghost 🙂

SKP Watermarked Photos5-046The frame is from a die set called Center Style-Masculine (also by PTI). I chose it because I could layer it on top of some cute pattern paper and let it peek through. The sentiment was stamped in Versamark in and then heat embossed with white embossing powder. I framed the frame (!) with another pattern paper and then popped it all off of a base of Smoky Slate. I threw in some sparkly enamel dots for a bit more fun. And speaking of fun…

SKP Watermarked Photos5-045I did enjoy creating this spooky fun interior greeting!

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s post and I hope you have a chance to see what the rest of the Fusion Card Challenge design team has created for you!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Basic Black, and Smoky Slate by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: Frightful Sight (retired) by Stampin’ Up!

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Versamark

Stamps:  Happy Haunting by Papertrey Ink

Dies: Center Style-Masculine by Papertrey Ink and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  MISTI; Embossing Buddy, White Embossing Powder and Heat Tool by Stampin’ Up!

Embellishments: Now & Then Izzy “Happenings” enamel dots by My Mind’s Eye