Happy Thanksgiving (Mojo110, StampinB#30)

This week's challenge over at the Stampin' B's Design Team site was to make a Thanksgiving/Autumn card. I used last Monday's sketch from the Mojo Monday Blog. My main image panel is a bit too far to the left to show much of the gold panel, but I had an "oops" that I needed to cover up! LOL! Everything used here is from Stampin' Up! except for the Nestabilities. Thanks for stopping by!

• Stamps: Gifts of the Earth, 2/$1 sentiment from Mike's
• Papers: Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Autumn Vines DSP (retired)
• Ink: Chocolate Chip
• Accessories: Big Shot, Nesties, Sponge, Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon

Thanksgiving (StampinB #29)

The Stampin'B's Design Team Challenge was to make a diagonal double pocket card. There's a link to instructions on the Stampin' B's site. All products used to make this card are from Stampin' Up! Thanks for visiting my blog today!!

• Stamps: Gifts of the Earth (2009 Holiday Mini)
• Papers: Autumn Vines DSP (retired), Sage Shadow, Really Rust, Whisper White
• Ink: More Mustard, Black Stazon, Chocolate Chip
• Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circles #2 Die, Coluzzle Circles, Cropadile, Eyelets, Natural Hemp Twine, Tag Corner Punch

Cardinal Gatefold (StampinB #27)

The challenge over at Stampin' B's is to make a gate fold card with a flower on it. I made mine a Christmas card and tried to make the flower look kind of like a poinsettia. I almost didn't add the flower but thought I'd better since it's part of the challenge.

I used Nestabilities to cut out the main image panel and mat. I used the Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls embossing folder on the two white panels. The main image is water colored.

I colored the stamp with the leaves and berries with SU! Markers and stamped it on the inside. I also stamped the sentiment from the set with Black Stazon. Thanks again for visiting today!

• Stamps: A Christmas Cardinal
• Papers: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
• Ink: Black Stazon, SU! Markers
• Accessories: Big Shot, Nesties, CB D'vine Swirls EF, Birds n' Blooms Sizzlits, Rhinestone, WCW Crayons, Aqua Painter, Pop-up Glue Dot, Mat Pack Stylus, Sponge

Gift Cards with Box (FS136)

I didn't get a chance to post yesterday. There were soccer pictures and then a soccer game (they won!), then a friend came over and brought us a pizza and picked up her SU! order, after that another friend who moved away to California game and visited while making the 10 Stamp Camp cards. I made a gift card box while she made her cards.
Today's Featured Stamper is Shannon (Steubner). I found inspiration with her 3" X 3" note cards. Also, Stampin B's Design Team had a challenge on Friday to make a box and 3" X 3" cards, so I did both. I made my cards Christmas gift cards. I'm going to give them as a gift. Everything used here is from Stampin' Up! except for the Nestabilities used on the top of the box. Thanks for stopping by!

• Stamps: Patterned Pines (Level 1 Hostess, Holiday Mini), Just Beclause, Four the Holidays, God's Blessings
• Papers: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, GP White, Christmas Treasures DSP (retired)
• Ink: Black Stazon, Riding Hood Red, Wild Wasabi
• Accessories: Big Shot, Square and Scallop Square Nesties, Corner Rounder Punch, Snips, Scallop Border Punch, Tiny Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Punched Butterfly (StampinB #15)

Over at Stampin' B's Design Team, the hostess for this week's challenge was Lois (aka Clownmom). She challenged us to use a butterfly on our project. More details are on the Stampin' B's Design Team blog. I started this card yesterday morning but got sick and didn't finish it until today. The base card and scallop oval mat are Almost Amethyst, the white is Whisper White, and the green is Kiwi Kiss. The white layer is embossed with a Stampin' Up! Texturz Plate (Eyelet), the leaves were die cut with SU!'s Little Leaves Sizzlit, and the flowers were punched with the Flower Trio Punch and then sponged and embossed. The butterfly was stamped and then punched out with the new Butterfly Punch from SU! Thanks again for stopping by!

• Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly
• Papers: Almost Amethyst, Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss
• Ink: Almost Amethyst
• Accessories: Big Shot, Eyelet Texturz Plate, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Oval Nesties, Flower Trio Punch, Butterfly Punch, Mat Pack, Stylus, Sponge, Rhinestone, Dimensionals

Broken Bot (SASSC22, StampinB #13)

I made one more card today because I won't be posting tomorrow. We have a parade in our little city, and my son and his youth group will be in it. We can't miss that! Then, I will be having guests over for a barbecue. I've already made the potato salad! It will be a full day ending with watching the fireworks at the park from my front lawn. Anyway, back to the card. This is for the Stamps and Smiles Thursday Sketch Challenge AND the weekly challenge over at Stampin'B's Design Team. The sketch was actually a square card layout, but I haven't been feeling like doing square cards lately, so I stretched it out to an A2 size. Faith (Markie'sMom) hosted the challenge over at Stampin' B's, and she wanted us to use metal on our cards. What could be more metal than a robot?!!! LOL! I did add the Phillip's Screw Brads. I stamped the images with Encore Gold and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. I used the crimper on the Brushed Silver panel and made the scallops by punching Brushed Silver with the 1" Circle Punch. Thanks again for stopping by!!

• Stamps: Lots of Bots (New from Stampin' Up!)
• Papers: Basic Black, Brushed Silver, Whisper White, DCWV Striped DP
• Ink: Encore Gold
• Accessories: Phillip's Screw Brads, Clear EP, 3/4" Square Punch, 1" Square Punch (trimmed), 1" Circle Punch, Crimper

Dew on the Roses

I was so busy with my Stamp Camp yesterday that I didn't get a chance to make anything or post to my blog. I'm relaxing today! I have been looking for more color challenges rather than sketches so that I can get more creative in the layouts I use. I found a color challenge on a blog called My Favorite Things. On that same blog, I found a card made with a yellow and brown 3-D flower. I just had to try my luck at making one of those, too!! What talent that young lady has! The color challenge was to use: Raspberry (Pink Passion), Artichoke (Almost Artichoke), and Celery (Certainly Celery). She called out Paper Tray colors but, of course, I used Stampin' Up! colors. This is also for Stampin' B's Challenge this week which was hosted by NANDYRUTH. The challenge was to use a flower on your card, and I did! For the rose, I cut or punched three different sizes of circles, distressed the edges and curled them toward the center. I cut out leaf shapes, folded them, and crimped them to make the leaves. I used Crystal Effects to make "dew drops" here and there. All products used to create this card are from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!

• Stamps: Three for You (Punch Box) (retired)
• Papers: Certainly Celery, Almost Artichoke, Pink Passion, Celery Prints DSP (retired)
• Ink: Pink Passion
• Accessories: Big Shot, Backgrounds #1 Texturz Plate (Flourish), Corner Rounder, Crimper, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Circle Scissors, Crystal Effects, Celery 5/8" GG Ribbon

Stampin' B's Challenge

This is a new challenge for me. It's from Stampin' B's Design Team and it comes out each Friday. This challenge was to use all of the following: Border Punch, Circle, Leaf/Leaves/Branch Punch, and two or more brads. I'm trying to do more challenges that are not sketches so that I can force myself to design my own layouts more. This challenge was perfect for me! I used the Scallop Edge Border Punch (four times), the Little Leaves Sizzlit (I think dies count as punches too), my main image panel is a circle with a scallop circle mat, and I used three brads in the flower centers. Thanks for visiting my blog today!

• Stamps: Short & Sweet
• Papers: Close To Cocoa, Purely Pomegranate (retired), Whisper White, Berry Bliss DSP (retired)
• Ink: Purely Pomegranate (retired)
• Accessories: Big Shot, Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Spring Bouquet Punch (retired), Organza Ribbon, Brads