5 for 5 Easter Blog Event - Day 4

Hello and welcome to Day 4 of our new 5 for 5 Easter Blog Event!  Each day our designers will post an Easter project based on that day’s theme. Today’s theme is "Baskets"! Some of us are offering prizes, so be sure to leave comments on each of links below and visit all the blogs for details on how to win!

To make this card I started with the basket. I cut the basket out on  my Scan N Cut , it's an image that comes with the machine. I wanted to make it be large enough to full up most of the card. It's made from DCWV paper. Then, I stamped some eggs with Archival Inks on card stock in similar colors. The egg stamps are from WPlus9. I made the grass with a border punch. The sentiment is a Denami Designs Rubber stamps.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to visit the blog of the other awesome designers taking part in our Easter 5 for 5 Event. Check back tomorrow for our last day, Day 5 which will be full of crafty fun and inspiration. 

Donna Bowman 

Rachel Kleinman 
Lynn Kopas 
Kris Lancaster 
Jessica Frost-Ballas

12 Days of Holiday Inspiration 2014 - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the 12 Days of Holiday Inspiration Blog Event brought to you by "The Inspiration Crew".  We’re just a group of online crafty blog friends who love being creative. This time we're doing a 12-day event to provide you with tons of Holiday Inspiration.

We're making crafty projects using products we like and some of us are even offering prizes. Check each blog and the information there for what prizes are being offered and when the winners will be announced on that blog.

I'm offering a prize box, check back each day. I'll have picture of my prize posted soon!! I'll announce the winner of my blog candy on Saturday, December 13. To qualify for my prize make sure you are a follower of my blog and leave a comment. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!!

Below is a list of all the crafty ladies participating in this event. Be sure to visit all the blogs each day for loads of fun, prizes, and Holiday craft ideas.

Today, I'm showing a card I made using a super cute stamp set from My Favorite Things. I just love the snowman image and the sentiment. First, I heat embossed the snowman then I used my Distress Inks that I rubbed on an acrylic block and watercolored in the snowman. I dotted the background with a white gel pen to look like snow. I used watercolor paper and card stock from my stash and a Stampin' Up border punch to finish off this fun card. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop back by tomorrow for Day 3!

Donna Bowman 

Rachel Kleinman

Ceal Pritchett

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Lynn Kopas

Misty Buck

Big Whale

I made this card using the Impression Obsession stamp called Big Whale and I colored it based on the colors at the current Touch Twin Marker Challenge (see below). I'm entering this card into the Touch Twin Marker Challenge and the current Impression Obsession Challenge - By The Sea. I love this whale stamp. He's so fun to color. I used Copics, but I would love to win some Touch Twin Markers and try them out! Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge #127

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe color challenge. I couldn't wait to use my new Retro Beetle stamp from Claudine Hellmuth from a set called So Retro!! The colors are really fun this week. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Cloud paper - Lime Twist - MME

2. Green Card stock - SU

3. Paper Sun - Good Day Sunshine - MME

4. Stamps - Beetle - So Retro - Claudine Hellmuth; Sentiment - Paper Smooches

5. Grass Punch - Fiskars

6. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento

7. Markers - Assorted Colors - Copic

8. Foam Tape - Stampin' Dimensionals

The Play Date Cafe Challenge

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Color Challenge. The butterfly was in my new Studio Calico KOM, the decorative paper is October Afternoon Sasparilla - High Noon. The stamp is from Stampin' Up.

Every time I use this sentiment I think of my friend Leona. It was her favorite thing to say and she would call all the ladies in our running group Club PLJ. Unfortunately, she died 3 years ago in a car wreck. Dusty's Birthday Party in 2008 was one of the last times I saw her. I was glad to see her husband Tom at Dusty's Party last week with 2 of their dogs. So, this one's for Leona - PLJ my friend.

Here's my card. 

CAS-ual Fridays - Friends Are Treasures

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge - to use scallops on your card. I bought this stamp set a long time ago and have never used it, so I thought I would ink it up for this one. Originally, in my mind I wanted the card to be aqua, but I couldn't find a color I liked so I found this piece of Whipped Mousse and thought it would work. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Black - Stampin' Up; Whipped Mousse - Bazzill Basics
2. Stamp - Friends are Treasures - Hero Arts
3. Ink - Black - Stampin' Up
4. Scallop Border Punch - Stampin' Up

Play Date Cafe - Newsprint Bird

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge to use Juniper, Mint and Vanilla. I just got my preordered Newspaper Bird stamp in the mail today and I was dying to use it. I think it's my favorite stamp from the new Hero Arts Catalog. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Baha Breeze, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up), Mint (Bazzill Basics)

2. Decorative Paper - Pixilicious (Cosmo Cricket)

3. Stamps - Newsprint Bird, Everyday Sayings (Hero Arts), Triple Treat Flower (Stampin' Up)

4. Ink - Iced Spruce (Tim Holtz Distress Ink)

5. Punches - Scallop Border, Flowers (Stampin' Up)

6. Die - Banner (PTI)

7. Button - Baha Breeze (Stampin' Up)

Stamp Camp Cards

It's been a month and now it's time for Stamp Camp again. Here are the cards we'll be making this month. We'll also be making the Tim Holtz Christmas Tag Day 4 and a crackled grunge board ornament. I'll show those later. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies (All Stampin Up)

Stamp - Triple Treat Flower

Card stock & inks - Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade

Designer Paper - Sweet Shop

Punches - Flowers, 1/2 circle, 2.5 inch circle

Die - 3 inch circle

Ribbon - Lucky Limeade Organdy

Stamp Set - Patterned Party

Card stock & Inks: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade

Twine - Calypso Coral

Punch - Scallop Border

Stamp Set - The Best of Everything

Card stock - Whisper White

Inks & Twines- Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Island Indigo

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #21 - Good Luck

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge to use 3 shades of a color plus brown. I used three shades of green alcohol ink - Lettuce, Meadow and Citrus to create the background. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Chocolate Chip (Stampin Up)
2. Glossy Card Stock (Ranger)
3. Ink - Alcohol - Lettuce, Meadow, Citrus (Ranger)
4. Lettere - Chipboard Alphas (Studio Calico)
5. Punch - corner (Stampin Up)

Cowgirl Howdy!

I've been working on this card for a while now. I made the fence from denim ribbon and inked the edges and it sat on my table for 2 weeks. Last night I finally colored the cute cowgirl with Copics. This morning I added everything else. I had some yellow pompom trim sitting out and I thought of making a sun with it. I decided this card would fit as an entry into this months Hero Arts Challenge - to create a scene. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials
1. Card stock - Crumb Cake, Garden Green
2. Stamp set - Howdy (Hero Arts)
3. Ink - black (Memento), Chocolate Chip (Stampin Up), Distress Frayed Burlap (Tim Holtz), Markers - Assorted colors (Copic)
4. Decorative Paper - Life of the Party (Hero Arts)
5. Twine - natural (Papertrey Ink)
6. Punch - Grass (Fiskars)
7. Sticker - Cloud (Sassafras Lass)
8. Ribbon - Denim (Stampin Up)

Wavin' Hello

I made this card for the current Lawnscaping Challenge #14 Stamp a Scene. I created this ocean scene with lots of creatures from Lawn Fawn Critters in the Sea. I've never used that set so I decided to fit in as many things as I could!!! Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!!

Here's my card. 

Materials
1. Card stock - Pool Party, Island Indigo, Sahara Sand (Stampin Up)
2. Stamp set - Critters in the Sea (Lawn Fawn)
3. Ink - black (Memento)
4. Markers - assorted colors (Copic)
5. Wave punch (Fiskars)
6. Paper Snips (Martha Stewart)

Summer Card Camp Card #2 & CAS-ual Fridays #2

This is my second card done in the color scheme for week 1 of Summer Card Camp. I used several edge punches so I'm also entering this card into this week's CAS-ual Fridays Get Edgy Challenge. I really wanted to use this orange paper, I thought it was perfect for the color scheme. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card. 

Materials

Card stock - Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Bashful Blue (Stampin Up)

Decorative paper - Jubilee (The Girls Paperie)

Edge punches (Stampin Up)

Stamp set - All Holidays (Stampin Up)

Ink - Rich Razzleberry craft ink (Stampin Up)

Clear embossing powder (Martha Stewart)

Pearls (Hero Arts)

Big Note Die (Stampin Up)

Spiffy Scooter

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #8 - Get Edgy. I used the grass edge punch for the challenge. I used two new to me stamps - the background clouds from Hero Arts and the Scooter from Paper Smooches. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials

Card stock - White, Rich Razzleberry, Garden Green (Stampin Up)

Stamps - Clouds (Hero Arts) Scooter - Spiffy Scooters (Paper Smooches)

Ink - Black (Memento), Broken China (Tim Holtz) Markers - assorted colors (Copic)

Die - Label (Nestabilities)

Punch - Grass (Fiskars)

Instructions

1. Create card from card stock - finished size is 6 x 4

2. Die cut 2 labels, stamp clouds on white panel and adhere together

3. Stamp scooter, color, cut out and adhere to clouds panel

4. Run a strip of green paper through die machine, then punch the top and adhere to card

5. Adhere labels to card

Have a Great Day!

I made this card for The Play Date Cafe Challenge #87. I used a stamp set from Unity Stamp Company and did some dry embossing. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
Card stock - Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Riding Hood Red (Stampin Up) Gray (Bazzill Basics)
Stamp Set - Could I Be Any Cuter? (Unity Stamp Company
Ink - Black (Stampin Up)
Border punch (Stampin Up)
Polka Dot Embossing Folder (Stampin Up)
Texturz Plate (Stampin Up)
Corner Chomper (Crop-a-dile)
Paper Snips (Martha Stewart)


Instructions
1. Create card from card stock - finished size is 6 x 4
2. Cut blue panel, dry emboss and adhere to card
3. Cut two 4 x 1 inch rectangles, dry emboss, punch and adhere to card
4. Cut 3 x 3 square, round corners and stamp sentiment
5. Stamp elephant on gray paper, cut out and adhere to white square panel
6. Cut 3.25 x 3.25 square, round corners and adhere white panel to it, then adhere to card

Follow Your Dreams

I made this card for this weeks Lawnscaping Challenge #12. I thought this new bicycle from Lawn Fawn would go great with this sketch. Thanks for taking a look. 

Here's my card. 

Materials

Card stock - red (Michaels), Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Decorative Paper - All Systems Go - Rocket Age (October Afternoon)

Stamp Set - Cruising Through Life (Lawn Fawn)

Ink - Black (Memento) Markers - assorted colors (Copic)

Punch - Spiral Border (Stampin Up)

Twine (Papertrey Ink)

Instructions
1. Create card from card stock - finished size is 4.25 x 5.5
2. Cut decorative paper panel and adhere to card
3. Cut white rectangle, stamp image and color
4. Cut red rectangle and adhere white panel to red panel, then adhere to card with foam tape
5. Cut red rectangle and punch with spiral border punch and adhere to card
6. Adhere decorative paper rectangle and small red strips to punched red card stock
7. Add twine and adhere to card with foam tape
8. Cut small rectangle and stamp sentiment - cut edges to make a banner
9. Cut thin red strip and adhere to card, then adhere sentiment banner with foam tape on top of it

You're Egg-stra Special

I used some free digi stamps from Paper Smooches to make this card. I also used the You're Special from the Sentiment Sampler set.  Thanks for taking a look!

Materials

Card stock - Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi (Stampin Up)

Stamp set - Free Digi Downloads, Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches)

Ink - Black (Memento) Markers - Assorted colors (Copic)

Punches - clouds, grass (Fiskars) oval (Stampin Up)

Corner Chomper (Crop-a-dile)

Instructions

1. Create card from card stock, round top corners - finished size is 4.25 x 5.5

2. Run digital images off on printer - punch sentiment, color and cut out egg basket

3. Cut green paper, use grass punch and adhere to card

4. Adhere oval and basket to card

5. Punch clouds, stamp with words and attach to card with foam tape

Congrats Grad!!

I made this card for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge #4 this week. The challenge is to make a graduation item. I used my new letters to make this CAS graduation card. I really love using these letters, they're so cute and graphic. Thanks for stopping by!!

Materials
Card stock - Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Basic Black (Stampin' Up)
Stamps - Quinn's ABCs, Hats off to You (Lawn Fawn)
Ink - Black (Memento)
Markers - Cool Gray 6, Antwerp Blue (Copic)
Border Punch (Stampin' Up)


Instructions
1. Create card from card stock - finished size is 5 x 5
2. Cut black card stock to 5 x 4, punch border, adhere to card
3. Cut white card stock to 5 x 3, stamp letters and hat, color and adhere to card

Cool Card

This is one of the card we made at Stamp Club last week. It's summery and fun. I love the colors and images. 

Materials - All Stampin' Up
Card stock - Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Melon Mambo 
Decorative Paper - Wild Wasabi
Stamp Set - Sunny Fun
Twine - white
Ink - black
Markers - Tangerine tango, Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo
Punch - Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch

Sew Lovely!

This is the second card I made for the Lawnscaping Blog Challenge this week. I created the decorative paper from buttons in the Lawn Fawn Sew Lovely Stamp Set. I chose the colors from the Stampin' Up Color Coach. 

Materials

Card stock - Sahara Sand, Regal Rose (Stampin' Up)

Ink - Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose (Stamin' Up)

Stamp Set - Sew Lovely (Lawn Fawn)

Die - Label 8 (Spellbinders Nestabilities)

Punch - large oval, dotten scallop ribbon border (Stampin' Up)

Instructions

1. Create card from card stock - finished size 4.25 x 5.5

2. Stamp top and bottom edges of card

3. Cut inside panel to 4 x 5 and randomly stamp buttons in two colors then ink the edges

4. Stamp dress form and run through die cut machine, then ink the edges

5. Stamp sentiment, punch with oval punch and ink the edges

6. Punch pink card stock with dotted scallop ribbon border punch

7. Adhere border to panel and oval to card with foam tape

8. Adhere dress form to card with foam tape

9. Adhere panel to card

Best Friends!

Here's a card I'm entering into the March Unity Stamp Company Challenge. I like all the purses and the colors. 

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Baha Breeze, Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up)
2. Decorative Paper - Eggplant Envy (Stampin' Up)
3. Ink - Elegant eggplant, Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up)
4. Stamp Set - Best Friends (Unity Stamp Company)
5. Tools: Dotted scallop Border Punch (Stampin' Up)


Directions
1. Create the card from Baha Breeze card stock.
2. Cut out a 1" strip of Eggplant Envy decorative paper and adhere to card
3. Cut out a strip of Melon Mambo paper with the dotted scallop border punch and adhere to card
4. Then cut out two rectangles from Whisper White and Melon Mambo card stock and adhere together
5. Color in the images on the stamp with markers (I used Stampin' Write markers) and stamp image on white card stock
6. Adhere panel to card