Love Warms Every Nest – FHF Sketch Challenge

Hello, everyone!  This week I played along with the latest Friends Having Fun sketch challenge.  As always, the lovely Dani came up with a great sketch to work with.

Want to see what I came up with?  This card gave me the chance to finally break out a stamp set I’ve had for a while and had been dying to use – an Elisabeth Bell set from Whiff of Joy.  Elisabeth Bell is AMAZINGLY talented – I just love her artwork so much.   It is so graceful and elegant.

I had to change up the sketch a bit to make it all fit on my card, including adding that heart-shaped sentiment piece.   Coloring this sweet girl’s image was so much fun, as was using the cheerful orange shades.  I used designer paper from K&Co. (my fave line) and Papertrey Ink’s melon berry cardstock (also a fave of mine). 

Thanks so much for visiting – see you again soon!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink White and Melon Berry cardstock; K&Co. designer paper

Stamps:  Elisabeth Bell for Whiff of Joy Stamps; Crafty Secrets (sentiment)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Papertrey Ink Melon Berry

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Sizzix embossing folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities Label die and heart die; Kaiser pearls, Papertrey Ink Melon Berry ribbon; dimensionals; Prismacolor pencils w/gamsol; Sakura Gelly Roll in Clear Star; corner rounder

For the Birthday Girl!

For my post from earlier today about Twilight Tuesday and the New Moon Blog Hop, please click here!

And onto the new post – I am excited to share these two projects because I had such a fun time making them!  This set, including a birthday card and a journal, is for an 8-year-old girl and I loved using these bright, cheerful colors and the lovely fairies!  I’ve got lots of photos to share – let’s get going!

Here is the front cover of the journal.  The fairy stamp is from Inkadinkado and the letters for the name were cut with my Cricut and the Don Juan cartridge.  I love the look of that font – it’s clean-looking and whimsical all at the same time.  I wanted the fairy to be really colorful, so I stamped the image with a Kaleidacolor Spectrum ink pad and colored it with Copic markers with touches of glitter from Sakura Gelly Roll pens. Here is the inside of the journal. The inside covers are covered with Stampin’ Up’s Cameo Coral and the pages are plain white.

And here’s the birthday card! Another fairy image from the same stamp set is on here, and I colored her with Prismacolor pencils and added lots of glittery touches. I managed to get a couple of photos that actually show that, which never happens – see below! I am loving these new Nestabilities Labels (these are Labels 9) – such a lovely shape.

I don’t yet have any items like this for little girls in my Etsy store, but I hope to add some items like this there soon.  Thank you for visiting – see you again soon!

What I Used:

Journal:

Paper:  DCWV Posies designer paper; Papertrey Ink white cardstock; Stampin’ Up! Cameo Coral cardstock; Bazzill Bling in diamond (white); Bazzill purple cardstock (for back cover of book, not pictured)

Stamps:  Inkadinkado Beautiful Fairies stamp set

Ink: Kaleidacolor Spectrum ink pad and Stampin’ Up! Cameo Coral ink

Accessories:  Cuttlebug:  Spellbinders Nestabilities petite oval dies; Cricut with Don Juan cartridge; Prima flower; Copic Ciao markers and Sakura Gelly Roll pens

Card:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white cardstock; Stampin’ Up! Cameo Coral and Lavender Lace cardstock; DCWV Posies designer paper

Stamps:  Inkadinkado Beautiful Fairies and Collaged Expressions stamp sets

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Stampin’ Up! Cameo Coral

Accessories:  Cuttlebug:  Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 9 dies and ribbon slide die; Fiskars Threading Water border punch; EK Success deco corner punch; Kaiser rhinestones; Papertrey Ink ribbon; Prima flowers; Robin’s Nest Dew Drop; dimensionals; Prismacolor pencils; Sakura Gelly Roll pens.

New Wildflower Kids are Coming!

Hey everyone!  Want another sneak peek at a new stamp set?  Well, here you go – Wildflower Kids Stamps is releasing a new set called Autumn Splendor tomorrow and they are as cute as can be!  You’ll find Wildflower Kids Stamps exclusively at the Stamp Happens Shop – go check ‘em out!

And today this post will really feature only a “peek” – my project is still a work in progress.  I’m in the process of making up a little book for myself, filled with info. on the many, many, many steps that I undergo while cooking for Thanksgiving.  I’ve been meaning to collect all of this info. in one place forever – timelines, recipes, various notes, you name it.  And this Autumn Splendor set gave me the perfect image to work with – check out this beautiful cornucopia image!  This will be the cover of my book.  I am waiting a bit to assemble the whole book and to bind it, since I want to take some time to sort out what I want to include so I can determine how many pages the book will need.  I might add tabs for sections, too.  I’ll be sure to post the whole project after it has been completed, but for now, I wanted to give you an idea of the lovely images you’ll find in the Autumn Splendor set! 

The cover of this book was covered with designer paper by 7 Gypsies, and I colored the cornucopia image with Prismacolor pencils.  I used my Cricut to cut the letters for “thanksgiving.”

The Wildflower Kids Autumn Splendor stamp set is a digital set of images by artist Jen Shults, which will be available for purchase and downloading tomorrow at the Stamp Happens Shop. 

Today, the Senior Design Team members of the Stamp Sistahs Design Team will be previewing their projects from the Autumn Splendor set; hop over and take a look!

Beth, owner, StampInsanity Stamps

Jen, owner, Wildflower Kids Stamps; her own blog: Deconstructing Jen

 Tonya, owner, Stamp Happens Shop

The full Stamp Sistahs Design Team will be posting theirs tomorrow.  Visit here tomorrow for links for that.  See you tomorrow!

What I Used:

Paper: 7 Gypsies designer paper; Papertrey Ink cardstock in Vintage Cream and Summer Sunrise; Stampin’ Up! cardstock in Really Rust

Stamp: Wildflower Kids Autumn Splendor set

Ink:  Ranger Archival Ink in jet black; Papertrey Ink in Summer Sunrise

Accessories:  Zutter Bind-it-All chipboard book covers, 8×8” size; Cricut and Storybook cartridge; Prismacolor pencils and gamsol; Cuttlebug and Spellbinders Nestabilities dies in petite oval and scallop oval.

StampInsanity Stamps Sneak Peek!

Exciting happenings this week — StampInsanity Stamps is releasing three new sets this week! And wait until you see these — they are FANTASTIC!   Two of the sets, Morgan’s Spell and Halloween Henry, are Halloween-themed.  The third set, called Morgan’s Love, is a HUGE set that is perfect for all the bookworms out there!  It’s filled with sentiments related to losing yourself in good books and is sooo much fun.  I will be displaying a project using that set as soon as I can!

To give you a little hint on the contents of the new sets, here is a card that I made the set called Morgan’s Spell. Morgan is a regular character in the StampInsanity lines – you’ll see her in this badge (at the left) as well. 

StampInsanity Stamps are sold exclusively at the Stamp Happen Shop, beginning on Friday, September 25th.   Today, the members of the Senior Design Team of the Stamp Sistahs are unveiling sneak peeks from these three new sets, and the full Stamp Sistahs Design Team will be posting their projects on Friday.  Visit the Senior Design Team members today to see their awesome projects!

Beth (owner, StampInsanity Stamps)

Tonya (owner, Stamp Happens Shop)

Jen, Deconstructing Jen

And here is my card!  I used the new set called Morgan’s Spell and I could not WAIT to get this witchy little stamp inked up!  How adorable is she? 

Coloring this image was so much fun.  I stamped the image with black ink and colored it with Prismacolor markers, with a couple of glittery highlights done with my fave Jelly Roll pens.  Her earrings just HAD to sparkle!  I used Stickles in Frosted Lace on the moon, and penciled in a little extra “moonglow” around the moon with a really pale blue-grey Prismacolor pencil.  The stars in the background are also from the Morgan’s Spell set and were stamped in metallic silver.  I embossed the white background with a stars texture plate from Fiskars. 

The quote on the card is yet another stamp from this set, and it features the classic witchy quote from Macbeth: 

Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble.

~ William Shakespeare

Lots of details for you!  I had a TON of fun making this one.  Be sure to hit the Stamp Happens Shop on Friday to grab these three new sets before they’re gone!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white cardstock; Stampin’ Up! Ballet Blue cardstock; The Paper Company silver metallic cardstock; Bazzill Bling in Tiara

Stamps:  StampInsanity Stamps Morgan’s Spell set (girl image, quote, and stars) from the Stamp Happens Shop

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Ballet Blue and Night of Navy

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Fiskars texture plate in stars; Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Three die and ribbon slide die; Dew Drops in metallic silver; EK Success deco corner punch; dimensionals; ribbon; Prismacolor markers and pencils; Sakura Jelly Roll pens in silver and clear; Stickles in Frosted Lace

Cinderella Says Thank You

 It’s time for a shout-out to my lovely friend Maureen!  She recently sent a very sweet and thoughtful gift to my daughter and we sent her this card to thank her.  Maureen is a very talented stamper who just happens to work at “The Happiest Place on Earth,” so we had to send her a message from one of the princesses! 

This card features a ton of Cuttlebugged pieces, and I realized when the card was assembled how much it looks like I made a belt on the front of the card!  It was one of those things that just happened.  The background of the card is embossed with my often-used Cuttlebug embossing folder, D’vine Swirls and I also embossed a strip of Swiss Dots for the “belt.” And then I turned to the Nestabilities – I used rectangles for the Cinderella image and long rectangles for the sentiment.  Coloring Cinderella was really fun – for that, I used Prismacolor pencils with a little Gamsol to smooth out the color.  And I gave “Cindy” (as Mau calls her) a little sparkle with  Sakura Jelly Roll pens (clear for her dress, silver for her shoes).   The blue pearl accent is from K & Company.  This was a really fun card to make!

In addition to being such a thoughtful friend, Mau also recently entered the blogging world!  Visit her at My Puhrple Puhrse, where you will find discussion on lots of topics, like stamping, Twilight, and lots of other things!

Card components:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white, Stampin’ Up! Bashful Blue cardstock

Stamps: All Night Media (Cinderella); Stampin’ Up!  Short & Sweet (sentiment)

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Bashful Blue (sentiment); Versafine Smokey Grey (Cinderella)

Accessories:  Cuttlebug:  Embossing folders (D’Vine Swirls and Swiss Dots); Nestabilities (rectangles and long rectangle dies); dimensionals;  K & Company pearl; Prismacolor pencils; Gamsol; Sakura Jelly Roll pens in clear and silver.

Teddy Bear Birthday Card

Here is a card for a little girl’s birthday.  Making this card was a nice change—I hadn’t made a kid card lately and I forgot how cheerful they can be!  I just got this stamp recently and I think it will be helpful for other kid cards; I think it could work for a boy as well.  (Or maybe just a baby boy?)

This card was pretty straight-forward to make.  I used two embossed panels, using the Cuttlebug D’Vine Swirls and Swiss Dots embossing folders.  I stamped the bear image (and the sentiment) in a neutral grey ink and colored the bear with Prismacolor pencils (smoothed out with a little Gamsol).   I used Spellbinders Nestabilities petite ovals dies for the main image.  Add a little ric-rac ribbon and dimensionals – and, done!

Card components:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white; SU! Pretty in Pink

Stamp:  Inkadinkado (teddy bear); SU! Baby Announcements set (sentiment)

Ink:  VersaFine in Smokey Grey

Accessories:  Cuttlebug:  D’Vine Swirls and Swiss Dots embossing folders; Nestabilities petite oval dies; Maya Road ribbon; Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol; dimensionals