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Love Cats Country Gingham Valentine's Day blog challenges card

02/04/2023 Edited to add dimensions... please see below

 

  Hello and Happy Tuesday!  In my continuing effort to stamp more and participate in blog challenges, I created yet another fun Valentine's Day card featuring the Love Cats stamp set. I think this one will be perfect for my son.... which one in my series has been your favorite? (See them here, here and here)

 

 

  The first blog challenge I participated in for today's project is the Inkspirational Challenges blog. This is a bi-weekly challenge blog. They chose the mood board above as inspiration for Challenge #282. I used the layout as well as the color palette as inspiration for my card.

 

  The second blog challenge I selected to participate in is from Make My Monday Challenge blog. This is a weekly challenge blog and this week's Challenge #193 theme is "Love is in the Air", perfect for this Valentine's Day card! 

 

 

  So how do you think I did?  I wanted to incorporate all three kitty images for this card and managed to just pull it off with this layout. The colors include early espresso (card base and cats) along with real red (card stock mat, colored hearts and sentiment ink) as well as sweet sorbet from the DSP panels.  The sweet sorbet comes off as pink-ish, but not too pink for this more masculine card.

 

 I have had several requests for the dimensions for this card so please find them below:

Base card: Early Espresso CS 11" x 4-1/4", scored at 5-1/2"

Mat: Sweet Sorbet CS 5-1/4" x 4"

Top left kitty: Basic White CS 2-3/4" x 2-1/4"

Top right DSP: 2-1/4" x 1"

Middle right kitty: Basic White CS 1-7/8" x 1-7/8"

Middle left DSP: 1-7/8" x 5/8"

Bottom left kitty: Basic White CS 1-7/8" x 2"

Bottom right DSP: 1-7/8" x 3/4"

Inside panel: Basic White CS 5-1/4" x 4"

Inside DSP strip: 3-3/4" x 3/4"

 

 

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  Here is one more look at my card for the various challenges. I think I achieved both, what do you think?  Be sure to check out any of the blog challenges below in case you want to participate as well!

 

Challenge #282

Love is in the Air challenge #193

 

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Sweet Songbirds Christmas card

  Hello and Happy Monday!  I am really  making an effort to stamp more and have decided to start participating in various blog challenges throughout the month. I found three that I used to help me design today's card. It's never too soon to get a jump start on holiday cards, am I right?!  Read on to see which ones inspired me....

 

 

  The first blog challenge I used for my card layout is the Once Upon a Time Challenge blog. They choose a children's book cover as inspiration each month and January's challenge #6 is to use The Snowy Day. 

 

  The second blog challenge I selected for my card inspiration is the Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge blog. They present a bi-monthly challenge using a picture as inspiration. This Challenge #32 inspiration is Christmas birds.

 

  The last blog challenge I selected to participate in is from The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up blog. This is a monthly challenge and January's Challenge #96 is an Anything Goes one. They offer a twist, but I opted not to use it. 

 

 

  So how do you think I did?  I used the book cover for my layout design and in order to incorporate a bird I turned to the Sweet Songbirds bundle.  The Very Best Occasions is the only current stamp set that I have with any Christmas sentiments so it worked out perfectly.  Wondering how I made my "snow" and tree? I used a piece of plain printer paper and cut it in half with a wavy line. That is what I used as my template with a small blending brush along with several ink pads to create the snow: blushing bride, coastal cabana and highland heather. I then used the straight edge and the other piece with the wavy line to sponge on the soft suede ink for the tree. Lastly, I flipped the straight edge and sponged on mango melody for the other side.  I was a huge fan of the sponges that Stampin' Up! used to carry and getting used to using these blending brushes is taking me some time... a light touch is always best and I do dab off first on my grid paper after inking up to remove any excess inks. I always start with the lightest color, and work my way down to the darkest color. 

 

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  Here is a close-up of the card front. In order to have the birdie's footsteps through the snow, I used an early espresso stampin' write marker to only ink up the feet and stamped twice before inking in full for her little legs.  Her body and wing were stamped with poppy parade ink and cut out using the coordinating Songbird builder punch. I also stamped her beak with mango melody and cut that out with the punch. Lastly, I added her eyes with early espresso ink.  The banner was stamped using shaded spruce ink, which matches the card stock mat on the card front.  The card base is 8-1/2" x 4-1/4" poppy parade card stock scored in half at 4-1/4" to form a square card. This will fit inside an A2 envelope so you don't have to pay extra postage.  

 

 

  For the inside of the card, I used another sentiment from the Very Best Occasions stamp set and inked it with shaded spruce ink. Since this is a smaller card I decided not to stamp any images inside the card so I would have more room to write.

 

 

  Here is one more look at my card for the various challenges. I think I achieved all three, what do you think?  Be sure to check out any of the blog challenges below in case you want to participate as well!

 

The Snowy Day January Challenge #6

 

Christmas Birds Challenge #32

 

Anything Goes Challenge #96

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Valentine's Day card featuring the Love Cats

  Hello and Happy Sunday!  This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing Valentine's Day cards. I am definitely a dog-person and allergic to cats, but fell in love with the Love Cats set as soon as I saw it in the Spring mini catalog and it was definitely on my preorder!  This is the third card in my series this week as I have been sharing the ones I'm making for my kids (see the others FMS570 here and TCH56 here).  Yes, they're all in their 20's but in my heart they're all still little and needing some love and chocolates on Valentine's Day along with a cute card.

 

 

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  This is a very simple card layout and uses just a strip of the pretty Polished Pink DSP. I cut the basic white panel just large enough to fit the kitty cat image and the sentiment. It needed a little something extra so I added a simple bow using the white crinkle seam binding ribbon.

 

 

  Here is a close-up of the stamped panel. I inked the cat with Early Espresso ink and stamped the sentiment with Polished Pink ink.  The heart was colored in with a Sweet Sorbet stampin' write marker.

 

 

  For the inside of the card, I added a skinny strip of the DSP and the upside down kitty image, cut out with my retired 2" circle punch. Simple, but just as fun inside as on the front of the card.

 

 

  And lastly, here is one more view of my card. Which Valentine's card in this series has been your favorite?  For even more Valentine's Day card ideas and inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Happy stamping!!

 

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FMS570 card sketch challenge - A Love Cats Valentine's card

  Hello and Happy Thursday!  I am on a roll this week with blog challenge cards.  Today I am sharing another Love Cats Valentine's Day card (in all honesty I am making these for my kids and thought I'd also share here on my  blog), I surely hope you are not tired of seeing them!  If you missed it, I shared a Bridge card fun-fold on Wednesday - check it out here.

 

 

  I designed this card using the Freshly Made Sketch challenge sketch FMS570.  I love how clean and simple it is, definitely my kind of card!

 

 

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  Here is a close-up of the card front. I added in a few rhinestones to add some bling (and to cover up a boo-boo, shhhh don't tell my daughter!).   I just love this upside down cat image!  I inked the stamp with Early Espresso ink and the card base is also Early Espresso card stock. 

 

 

  Here is one more look at my card for the sketch challenge. I really like how it turned out, what do you think?  Be sure to check back on Sunday because I have one more Love Cats Valentine's Day card to share!

 

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TCH #56 - Pink and Red Valentine's Day Bridge card featuring Love Cats

  Hello and Happy Wednesday!  I am on a roll this week with blog challenge cards.  Today I am sharing a card that I designed for the Color Hues challenge to use Pink and Red on a card. Those colors are perfect for Valentine's Day and I just had to use the Love Cats stamp set. I have had a lot of fun making bridge cards, so here is another one (in case you missed my post yesterday, see that here). I chose to use two In Colors for my card - Polished Pink and Sweet Sorbet. I think they work great together!

 

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  If you are wondering how to make a Bridge card, be sure to check out my Painted Seasons Bridge Birthday card blog post here for the card shown above that I shared back in March 2019 - it includes the dimensions I used for making a bridge card.  You can also check out my Hello Ladybug card from earlier this week here.

 

 

  This card is dimensional, but also folds flat to fit easily into an A2 envelope. I love how these two In Colors from separate years work so well together! If you love Polished Pink, make sure you stock up because it is retiring at the end of April.  Sweet Sorbet is a soft red that reminds me of strawberries and definitely has undertones of pink.

 

 

  Here is a close-up of the cat image that I used on the bridge panel. I used a retired 2" circle punch to cut it out and then matted it with a circle cut using the Decorative Circle punch.  I colored the little heart with a Sweet Sorbet stampin' write marker.  I used my Tuxedo Black ink for all the cat images and sentiments, but the one on the front just didn't turn out dark enough so I did go back and color it in with a basic black marker. 

 

 

  Here's a shot of the inside of the card. I inked the sentiment and stamped it on Polished Pink card stock, then cut it out with the Double Oval punch. The sentiment on the bridge panel was embellished with the hearts from the third cat image - I carefully only inked the hearts with a Sweet Sorbet marker and stamped on the basic white cardstock strip. 

 

 

  And here is one more view of my card. I love how it turned out - these kitty cats are just toooo cute!  I hope I have inspired you to make a bridge card of your own!  Be sure to check out the Color Hues blog by clicking on the image below for even more pink and red inspiration before Valentine's Day.

 

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STB #253 - Winged Things Birthday Bridge card featuring Hello Ladybug

  Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Today I am sharing a card that I designed for the Seize the Birthday challenge to use "Winged Things" on a birthday card. I haven't inked the Hello Ladybug stamp set in a while so decided to use it since ladybugs certainly have wings - cute polka-dotted wings at that!  

 

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  If you are wondering how to make a Bridge card, be sure to check out my Painted Seasons Bridge Birthday card blog post here for the card shown above that I shared back in March 2019 - it includes the dimensions I used for making a bridge card.

 

 

  This card is dimensional, but also folds flat to fit easily into an A2 envelope. I love the bright spring colors in this palette - Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Parakeet Party (In Color) and Sweet Sorbet (In Color).

 

 

  Here is a close-up of the ladybug - the punch works perfectly with the images in the set to cut out the ladybug body and wings. I also fussy-cut the leaf image. 

 

 

  And here is one more view of my card. I love the Biggest Wish stamp set for making a big impact on a card.  I hope I have inspired you to make a bridge card of your own!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: SAB Beautifully Happy card set

  Hello and Happy Sunday!  This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing our favorite Sale-a-Bration stamp sets. I fell in love with the Beautifully Happy set as soon as I saw it in the SAB brochure and I made sure to place a $100 order so I could earn it for FREE! I decided to pair it with the 2021-2023 In Colors to make a quick and easy card set.  

 

    This stamp set is great, because not only does it have beautiful line art images which can be colored with stampin' write markers, stampin' blends and/or watercolor pencils, but it also includes solid image distinktive stamps (meaning it looks textured and has variation when stamped) so you can just ink and stamp the color onto the images. I LOVE that for quick and easy cards!  AND, these are photopolymer stamps, so lining them up is a piece of cake!  Please read on for more details including dimensions, product list and close-up pictures of individual cards...

 

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  Here is how I stamped the inside panel for all six cards. Each was left blank with only a tiny flower stamped in the bottom corner.  These were easy to do assembly-line style.

 

  Here is the card featuring the Pale Papaya flowers.  The dimensions and paper used for all of these cards are as follows:

• Base card - 11" x 4-1/4" (1 each cut from Fresh Freesia, Pale Papaya and Polished Pink and 3 cut from Soft Succulent CS)
• Front and inside panels - basic white CS 5-1/4" x 4"
• Evening Evergreen DSP strip - 3-3/4" x 2"
• Mat - 4-1/2" x 3-1/4" (1 each cut from Fresh Freesia, Pale Papaya and Polished Pink and 3 cut from Soft Succulent CS)
• Stamped panel - basic white CS 4" x 3-1/4"
• Punched oval mat - Evening Evergreen CS
• Punched oval sentiment - basic white CS

All detail stamped images, background dots (stamped off to be more muted) and sentiments were inked with Memento Tuxedo black ink. The solid flower images were inked using Fresh Freesia, Pale Papaya and Polished Pink ink.  The larger leaves were inked using Soft Succulent ink. The tiny buds/leaves were inked using Evening Evergreen ink (stamped off to be lighter).  I did use a Pale Papaya stampin' write marker to color in the bee and an Evening Evergreen stampin' write marker to color in the bottom stem.  

 

  Here is a view of the card with Polished Pink flowers and base card. 

 

  And lastly, here is a photo of the Fresh Freesia card option. Which one is your favorite?  For even more Sale-a-Bration ideas and inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Happy stamping and Happy Sale-a-Bration!!

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Sunday Fun Day: Showcasing the versatility of the Petal Park Builder punch

  Hello and Happy Sunday!  This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing our favorite tools from the January-April Spring mini catalog. Punches and flowers are two of my favorite things and the Petal Park builder punch brings them both together!  It is part of a bundle (coordinates with the Petal Park stamp set), but can also be purchased on its own. I used the Regency Park DSP and the Petal Park bundle along with the Happiness Abounds stamp set (great sentiments!) to create a fun set of mini note cards. These mini cards are perfect for using with gift bags as a tag - just punch a small hole in the upper corner and thread through with baker's twine. Or just slip one inside your gift bag as a card. Do you see the different ways I have used the punch?  I love it! 

 

 

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  Here is a close-up of a mini notecard featuring a 3D flower. I had fun making a bunch of these and love that the punch also includes the leaf. To make extra leaves I just cut a 1" strip of card stock and punched out a bunch to have on hand. Mint macaron is not a color listed on the Regency Park DSP pack but it works great with this design so I used it for the leaves for all of my flowers. I also used Balmy Blue, Mango Melody and Night of Navy (card stock and ink) with this project. See below for steps to make these fun little 3D flowers.

 

 

To create the 3D flower, follow these steps once you have punched out your card stock flower layers:

   1. Start by curling the edges of the petals using the pointy side of the bone folder (like when you use a scissor blade to curl ribbon).

   2. Place the flower on a squishy surface like the Stampin' Pierce mat. Use the end of a ballpoint pen cap (smooth on the end) and press down in the center in a circular motion. You'll end up with a flower piece that curls up around the edges and will look like the third flower on on the right in the first photo.

   3. Use multipurpose adhesive to put the flower layers together. Finish the flower by adding an adhesive-backed milky dot.

 

 

  Here is a close-up of the full-sized card. I used the Petal Park stamp set to stamp the background foliage and 3 flowers image that work with the punch. The flowers are very pretty, even when they are flat on a card. Again, I embellished the center of the largest flower with a milky dot. 

 

 

  Here is a photo to show you how I embellished the mini note card envelopes with a skinny strip of DSP. I did the same on the inside of most of my cards as well. I used an entire piece of the 6" x 6" DSP for this project today with just a teeny scrap left over. Happy stamping and Happy Sale-a-Bration!!

 

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January 2023 Stampers Dozen Blog Hop: Showcasing Sale-a-Bration

 

  Check out this fun set of cards and matching notebook that I made featuring the Dainty Flowers DSP (a Sale-a-Bration selection with a qualifying $50 merchandise order) for the January 2023 Stampers Dozen Blog Hop!   

 

  This month on the Stampers Dozen Blog Hop we are featuring Sale-a-Bration products and I decided to make a set of quick and easy cards all featuring the beautiful designs from the Dainty Flowers DSP. These papers feature a color palette that is really pretty and coordinate with the Dainty Delight Bundle in the Spring mini catalog.  In addition to the cards, I covered a composition notebook that I can use to keep track of birthday, anniversary and other important dates throughout the year as well as addresses for the people to whom I will be sending cards. I am making a concerted effort to send more cards to customers, co-workers, family and friends and this will help to keep me organized.

 

  The products I used can be seen above.  Be sure to click on an image above to visit my Stampin' Up! store to purchase.

 

 

  Here is a close-up of my altered composition notebook. I always pick up tons of these at back-to-school time in the summer because they are so easy to cover and super cheap at that time of year. I covered the front with a piece of DSP and the back with a piece of card stock. The binder is covered with starry sky card stock that I misted with water and crinkled to give it the fun texture. That technique not only makes it pretty, but it is functional as well because it is easier to wrap around the notebook since the card stock is made more pliable when textured with this technique.  Note - you'll want to make sure you cut it larger than you'll need as it tends to shrink. Also, flatten the card stock to dry completely before securing it with tear and tape adhesive to the notebook. Easy-peasey!

 

 

  Here are a few of the quick and easy cards that I made.  I used various designs from the pack and matched them up with crushed curry, old olive, rich razzleberry and starry sky card stock and ink along with the Biggest Wish and Peaceful Moments stamp sets.  In this batch I used the Rectangular Postage Stamp punch as well on two cards.

 

 

  Here is another batch of cards. I love how quickly these cards came together and now I have a great batch of cards ready to go for the next few months ready to mail to friends and family.  For even more stamping inspiration and ideas using Stampin' Up! Sale-a-Bration selections, please be sure to check out the other blogs on the blog hop using the links below.

 

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Sunday Fun Day: CASE'ing a favorite from 2022

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday Monday!  I apologize for the delay, but I was out of town over the weekend and didn't get a chance to finalize my post.  This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing our favorite projects from 2022, but I decided to take it a step further and use new product and CASE it instead.

 

 

  Here is the card that I CASE'd - it was my Sunday Fun Day masculine card project from July 10, 2022. You can hop over to see that original blog post here. 

 

 

 

  Above are images and links to the products that I used for today's project. Are you as happy as I am that Sale-a-Bration has begun?? I just HAD to have the Adorable Owls set when I first saw it last month - they are so cute!  And you can EARN IT FOR FREE with a qualifying $50 merchandise purchase through February 28th!  I also used the new Loveliest Layers Decorative Mask with the Small Blending Brushes from the Spring mini catalog. To find out more about these items or to place an online order, please click on any image to hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store (don't forget to use Host Code AWMYZTC4 with your online order at checkout through January 30th).  

 

 

 

  Here is another view of my card. I used used a small blending brush to add night of navy ink to the basic gray card base. The little owl image is stamped on smoky slate card stock and I colored him with stampin' blends (smoky slate, gray granite, cherry cobbler, old olive and tahitian tide). For the whites of the eyes and pompom topper on the birthday hat, I used a white watercolor pencil. It showed up pretty well on the smoky slate card stock!

 

 

 

  Here you can see the texture on the night of navy card stock strip - it almost looks like ribbon, doesn't it? To get this effect, I used a thin strip of card stock and my bone folder to curl it like you do with curling ribbon and scissors. It breaks the paper fibers and eventually the card stock will separate into two pieces. The underside of the card stock has this great texture that almost looks like suede. It's a great technique that is super easy!

 

 

 

  For the inside, I stamped a little owl peeking from the corner and added a birthday sentiment using the Biggest Wish stamp set. This is a fun one with large blocked sentiments and ones in cursive that you can mix and match. 

 

 

 

  Here is one more view of my card. To see which projects from 2022 were Rachel and Karla's favorites, please be sure to check out the Sisters in Stamping blog.  Happy stamping and Happy Sale-a-Bration!!

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!

 

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