Digi Challenge

Its dangerous to have a day off.  I decided to give My Digital Studio a try.  I bought it months ago and never gave it a try.

Here is my first attempt.  Not much design wise, but I at least got the design exported to my blog in order to post in the digi challenge.   

Happy Birthday Cooper

My husband's grandson turned 2 years old and is having his birthday party tomorrow.  It was originally scheduled for last Saturday, but got postponed due to Nemo.  So here are Elmo, Oscar, Cookie, and Big Bird to wish him a Happy Second Birthday!

  Punch art Sesame Street characters.  Plastic googly eyes.  SU Daffodil Delight card stock stamped in Cheery Cobbler with stamps from SU "Memorable Moments" and "You're Amazing"

February Pals Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the February Pals Blog Hop!  Today the Stampin' Pretty Pals are excited to introduce you to the Stampin' Up! products we LOVE. We hope you find new ideas for using the products you already have - or find new items to add to your wishlist.

You should have just left stop number 10 on the Pals Hop - Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space   If so, you are in the right spot. If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

 As I thought about the products I love, I didn't know which products to share today.  There is just so much to love and not enough time to stamp.  I decided to share a project using the Natural Composition Specialty DSP.  This paper is great because it contains glossy, raised designs.  Just sponge some ink on the paper and you're good to go.

I sponged some Midnight Muse, my favorite In Color, on the floral design lined Natural Composition DSP.  I mounted the design on some Soft Suede Card Stock.  Then I stamped a Butterfly from Papillion Potpourri and punched it out with the matching Elegant Butterfly punch. (two more of the products I love).

The Burlap Ribbon is the Natural 7/16" Trim Ribbon on page 20 of the Spring Catalog.  That's a Midnight Muse Dahlia as a flower center.  The sentiment is from Vintage Verses in the Sale A Bration flyer, also stamped in Midnight Muse on the Natural Composition DSP.  So  the products I love, that I am drawn to over and over are the Neutrals Collections papers and inks, Butterflies (small, medium and large) and Midnight Muse.

The next stop is Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers, stop number 12 on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting – and I hope to see you next month!

1. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
2. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
3. Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary
4. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
5. Leslie Davis at Stampers Paradise
6. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
7. Ann Schach at The Stampin' Schach
8. Amy Williams at Stampin' on the Range
9. Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works
10. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space
11. Diane Roberts at Score At Four and a Quarter  (you are here)
12. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers
13. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
14. Patti MacLeith Papercrafts by Patti
15. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX!
16. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
17. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
18. Lynn Hoyt at cattaildesigns
19. Kerry Willard Bray at stampgoodness
20. Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full

More Amore

PPA152  Color Challenge:  Primrose Petals, Pool Party and Real Red

This challenge was very easy to accomplish using Stampin' Up!'s DSP More Amore from the Spring Catalog.

The Pool Party Ribbon and Button are from the Sale A Bration Flyer and they are free with a $50 purchase.

Swallowtail X 2

One of my favorite new stamps is Stampin' Up!'s Swallowtail from the Spring Catalog (page 18).   It is one of my biggest stamps and usually with big stamps, I stamp off the card a bit because the image doesn't fit on a 5.5" X 4.25" card.  That's what I did with the Medallion Stamp.  I made some pretty cards with the medallion, but I was never able to get the whole image on a card.

With the Swallowtail, I decided to try cutting out the image and let it overhang just a bit on the card.  Much to my delight, the Swallowtail is very easy to cut out with my snips and I think it is very impressive on a card.

I found that embossing and then coloring with my Stampin' Up! Watercolor pencils produced a very nice image.  Here it is on Daffodil Delight w/Black card stock.  The "Love" sentiment is from Pennant Parade, punched with the Petite Curly Label Punch from Sale A Bration.

The second Swallowtail below is embossed only-no coloring.  I wanted to feature the beautiful image on the Print Poetry DSP from the Paper Stack on page 16 of the Spring Catalog.   This is all Midnight Muse, my favorite In Color. 

Give this stamp a try, you will be glad you did.  Happy Stamping!

February's Best of Love Stamp Set

Well February is here and an early spring is on the way, according to groundhog Punxsutawney Phil.

In addition, Stampin' Up! has released the second of their "Best of 25 Years"  stamps with February's Best of Love Stamp Set. 

Click on the link to learn more about earning a free stamp set.

http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ItemList.aspx?categoryid=1226

Here is one of my Valentines created with the Love You Much stamp from the Best of Love set.

I used a Whisper White card stock base and the Core'dinations Card stock in Primrose Petals, embossed with the Honeycomb embossing folder.  I sponged some SU Illuminate ink to get a little sheen on the honeycomb. 

Most of the elements of this card are found in the Spring Catalog.  That's a SU White Tea Lace Doily, the Lacey Heart is from the More Amore DSP (on page 10 of the Spring Catalog) and the lacey-looking  Brad is one of the Designer Builder brads (also on page 10).  The tiny heart inside the builder brad was punched form the More Amore DSP!  Its just perfect inside the brad.   

The ribbon is SU Primrose Petals in the main catalog on page 172.  I stamped the "Love You Much" with SU in color Raspberry Ripple.

And, yes, my card is sitting atop of my Stampin' Trimmer, a product I just love much! 

Happy Stamping!

Sale a Bration

Are you taking advantage of all the great offers in Stampin' Up!'s Sale a Bration?  This is my Thinking of You card made with my free Sycamore Street 1/4" Ribbon in Pool Party.

Card stock is also Pool Party and Whisper White

The Blossoms are from Language of Friendship  punched with the Boho Blossoms Punch

Other punches used: 1" Square Punch and Postage Stamp Punch

If you don't have your Spring Catalog or the Sale a Bration catalogue, email me and I'll get one out to you ASAP!  Happy Stamping!

PPA 151

PPA 151 is a sketch challenge: I was tempted to put the design on a top note die cut; but I resisted the urge.
Here is my card using the Stampin' Up! Stamp set "Love and Sympathy" on Whisper White and Basic Black.

Pals Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the first Pals Blog Hop of 2013! Today the Stampin' Pretty Pals are excited to introduce you to new Stampin’ Up! products that are available in the Spring Catalog. We hope you find inspiration and ideas for using the new stamps, papers and accessories.

You should have just left stop number 8 on the Pals Hop - Jennifer Takacs at Stamped In Full.  If so, you are in the right spot. If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

Here we are in 2013 with a brand new Stampin' Up! catalog.  The new products that I have used from this catalog are:

The White Tea Lace Doilies
That's the Ticket Stamp Set
The Vine Street Embossing Folder 

can you spot them?

This is an old-fashioned Valentine's card; one that you hand to your valentine.  As you can see, this one will not go through the mail in an envelope; you 'd have to insert in into a small box.

I used four White Tea Doilies to build the flower.  I spritzed the card front with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz.  Other Stampin' Up! products used:

1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon-Cherry Cobbler
Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White Card Stock
Ticket Duo Builder Punch
Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine
Cherry Cobbler Scallop Tulle Ribbon
Seasonal Sayings Stamp Set
Fashionable Hearts Embosslets

Check out the new offerings in the spring catalog and get started on your special valentines.

The next stop is Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp, stop number 10 on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting – and I hope
to see you next month!    

Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn

Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine

Naki Rager at ...notes from Naki

Peggy Noe at prettypapercards.com

Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog

Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole

Nina Dee at Deesigns by Nina Dee

Jennifer Takacs at Stamped In Full

Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter        (you are here)

Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp

Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts

Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons

Lori J Martin at The Rejoicing Papercrafter

Claire Crotteau-Hutt at Stamp Paper Scissors

Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards

Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers

Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX!

Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...

Brian King at Stamp with Brian

Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts By Patti

Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness

Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps

Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty

Pals Paper Arts PPA150

Hello 2013.  I have been away from posting too long (since the last Blog Hop).  I am happy to be back.  We have a new year and new opportunities to participate in challenges.

This week's challenge is a color challenge.

I used Stampin' Up!'s Basic Black card stock and Melon Mambo and Basic Gray DSP from the Brights and Neutrals Paper Stacks.  The flower was punched from the SU Blossoms Petals Builder punch and the center is a SU Antique Brad. I built this flower from 16 scored petals assembled with hot glue on the SU silicone pad. This flower was inspired by Mary Fish's Water Lily flower in a post from last July.  http://www.stampinpretty.com/2012/07/water-lily-inspiration-and-new-wow-video-tutorial.html  You just never know when something you've seen comes back to you as inspiration.

The ribbon is the 3/8 Taffeta Ribbon is Basic Black. 

My favorite part of this card is from the new That's The Ticket stamp set available in the new Stampin' Up! Spring Catalog that goes live today!  If not for this challenge, I would never have stamped that image in the Jet Black StazOn ink.  But I did and I really like the outcome!  And the coordinating Ticket Duo Builder punch makes this sentiment a snap!