Happy Fall

It's Wednesday and that means it's time for another What If? Wednesday challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week the theme is pumpkins.  I love fall, and I love pumpkins; I just think they're so cute!  I don't have any Repeat Impressions pumpkin stamps (gasp!  I know!!  It's been remedied now, my new stamps just arrived) so I had to get pretty creative and I used a pumpkin punch.  Anyway, here is my card:

I punched the pumpkins twice, once out of orange card stock and once out of brown for the stems.  I inked them with two shades of  orange ink.
Now it's time to head on over to The House blog and see how the rest of the team has interpreted this challenge.

Challenges:
Eureka Stamps #162--pumpkins
Come And Get It--Happy Fall Y'all
Fashionable Stamping #104--changing seasons
MFP #283--have 3 panels
Creative Fingers #95--anything goes
Viva La Verve October week 2--sketch

C.R.A.F.T. #332--autumn/halloween/thanksgiving/bonfire night
Sugar Pea Designs #20--Falling for Fall
Scrapper's Delights #49--Fall/halloween
One Sweet Challenge--fall colors
Fussy & Fancy #149--autumn colors
If You Give A Crafter A Cookie #29--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the pumpkins)


Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Happy Everything"
Dies: MFT corner bracket: Spellbinders "Picot Edge Circles", "Classic Circles, large" and "Scalloped Tags"
Fiskars pumpkin punch

Fabulous Birthday

If you saw my previous post (here) the background on this card will look slightly familiar. : )  I really liked the look of the butterflies stamped over the musical score, but the orange was just a little too much for what I had in mind for my mother-in-law.  Purple and Green are her go-to colors and she really likes butterflies, so this is much more her style.  I spritzed some glimmer mist over the background and it gives it such a beautiful shimmer. 

Challenges:
The Paper Nest Dolls--anything goes
Wags n' Whiskers #165--use a die cut
MFP #282--collage stamping
Tuesday Morning Sketches #321--sketch

Shopping Our Stash #222--birthday
Word Art Wednesday #204--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Addicted to stamps #165--inspiration photo (inspired by the colors)

Penny's Paper Challenge #248--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #54--anything goes
Southern Girls--Let's celebrate

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Butterfly (lg)" and "Sheet Music"; Verve "Better Together"
Dies: Verve "Classy Label " die; MFT "Blueprints 13"

Celebrating You

Welcome to another What If? Wednesday challenge on The House That Stamps Built blog.  This week we have a color challenge for you:

Now, these are perfect Halloween colors, but since I don't celebrate Halloween, I had to get a bit creative.  It started out as a birthday card for my mother-in-law since she loves butterflies, but the colors just don't work for her, so I'll have to make another one for her.  

I started out by stamping the Sheet Music stamp in a light gray.  Then I stamped Butterfly (lg) in purple, lime and orange.  I embossed it with a woodgrain embossing folder, but it kind of obscures the sheet music image.  Bummer!  The sentiment is a sneak peek of our 4th (it's not yet released) new word builder set.  They're all so fun!  You can mix and match with the words and it's easy to create multi-colored sentiments.  The sentiment panel looked a little bare after that, so I partially stamped some orange butterflies and added a few orange pearls.  I can't wait to see what you do with this color combo.  So, head on over to the RI blog and see what the rest of the DT came up with.

Challenges:
Jo's Scrap Shack #108--anything goes
Craft Dee Bow-Z--anything goes with handmade bow
Crafting with An Attitude #8--anything goes
Suzy Bee's #100--embossing
Mojo Monday #418--sketch

Vintage Stamping Challenge #37--use a die/dies
Sweet Stamps--anything goes
Sugar Pea Designs Color Challenge #5--black, purple, green and orange

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Sheet Music", "Butterfly (lg)" and "You"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" and "Fancy Flourish"
Martha Stewart butterfly punches
Darice wood grain embossing folder

Birthday Wishes

Today begins a new challenge on the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog: Ribbon or Lace, Oh My!  So you have to use either ribbon or lace on your creation (and make sure you have some stamping on there).  We have three wonderful sponsors this challenge:

Stamps On Fire

All Dressed Up Stamps

SLS Lines

I got to work with this beautiful image from SLS Lines:

I love cats, in fact I have three, and one of them is gray, so this sweet little kitty just caught my eye.  I used both ribbon and lace on my card and even added a few ribbon "tabs" to add a little interest to the right side of the image.  Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:
Die Cuttin' Divas #235--anything goes
Fan-tastic Challenge #105--pets
Creative Inspirations #329--sketch

Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Penny's Paper Challenge #247--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #153--anything goes
Creative Knockouts #109--lots of layers
Jo's Scrap Shack #108--anything goes

Supplies:
Stamps: SLS Lines "Sitting Girl and Kitty"; Verve "Better Together" sentiment
Dies: Spellbinders "Floral Doily Motifs"

Project of The Week

Hi, everyone!  Today is my day to share a Project of The Week on The House That Stamps Built Blog.  Every Monday the member of the DT take turns sharing a different project or technique.  The project I am showing today is a quick and easy gift card holder.  It's super cute and you can dress it up any way you like.  Here's what you'll need to get started:

 -one A2 sized envelope
-colored card stock, 1 piece 3 1/8 x 4 5/8; 2 pieces 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 (1 for the outside; 1 for the inside)
-white card stock, 2 pieces 2 1/2 x 4 (1 outside; 1 inside)
-scrap colored and white card stock for the sentiment
-circle die (I used spellbinders "Classic Circles, Large"--the second smallest one)
-Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Sheet Music", "Butterfly (lg)" and "Happy Hello"
-1 piece of ribbon (mine is 18 inches)
-ink, colored and versamark
-embossing powder and heat tool
-3 pearls
Here we go!  Start by folding the envelope in half with the flap to the inside.  Then cut off the left side of the flap and adhere the right side down.

 Adhere one of the 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 card stock pieces to the front of the envelope.  With the center of the ribbon around the fold, adhere the ribbon to both the back of the envelope and the front of the panel.

 Adhere the larger card stock piece to the back of the envelope.

 I wanted to have the wings of my butterfly hang off the edge of my main panel, so I traced a rectangle 2 1/2 x 4 on my white card stock as a reference point.  If you decorate it some other way, you can just cut it to the measurements.  Then I stamped my sheet music image with gray ink and let it dry (you can see my penciled in rectangle in the photo).

 After letting that dry for a couple minutes, I stamped my butterfly and embossed it with gold glittery embossing powder.

 I used my craft knife and ruler to cut around the lines of my rectangle, being careful not to cut through the butterfly's wing.  Then I used my scissors to cut around the parts that hang over the edge.

 Cut our your sentiment panel, stamp the sentiment and layer it onto colored cardstock.

 Adhere the butterfly panel to the front and add the sentiment with pop dots.

 Here is the inside showing how the gift card fits perfectly in half of the envelope.  I used my remaining cards stock panels to decorate the inside; which also hides the flap of the envelope that is adhered down.

 I added three pearls to the front and voila!  Done.  Add the gift card and use the ribbon to tie a bow to hold it all together.

Challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #53--anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #39--wings
The Paper Shelter #221--Music Maestro, Please
Mod Squad--wings
Word Art Wednesday #203--anything goes
Clear It Out Challenge--theme: things with wings; stash: glitter
Die Cuttin' Divas #255--anything goes
Our Daily Bread Designs #256--ink or emboss your own background
Craftin' Desert Divas--things with wings
CraftD Bow-Z--anything goes with handmade bow
Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge #100--embossing (heat embossing on my window)

Time

Just popping in with a quick masculine card I made this afternoon.

Challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown #264--CAS

Word Art Wednesday #203--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Addicted to Stamps #164--CAS

Simon Says Wednesdays--anything goes

DRS Designs #194--Heavy Metal (I used a metal brad)

Cute Card Thursday #393--masculine

Cards Galore--Halloween OR make a card

Crafting with An Attitude--anything goes

Sweet Stamps--anything goes

Wags n' Whiskers #163--use a die cut

Hiding In My Craft Room #219--monochromatic

MFP #282--collage stamping

Supplies:

Stamps: PTI "Hands of Time"; JustRite Stampers "Crackle Background"

Dies: PTI "Hands of Time"

MFT diagonal stripes stencil

Christmas Wishes

Welcome to October!!  If you haven't already, it is time to start on those Christmas cards!!  And to help you out, we are starting a new challenge on the Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog.  As always we are an Anything Goes (as long as it is Christmas related) challenge and it runs for the entire month.  Our sponsor is the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps and the winner will receive 7 images of their choice.  Here is my inspiration for you:

Challenges:
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long #56--lots of texture or layers
Viva La Verve September week 3--sketch

Wags n' whiskers #162--glitter/sparkle
Creative Craft Cottage #48--anything goes
Inky Impressions #274--dots & stripes (there are dots and stripes on some of the presents)
Simon Says Work It Challenge--use a stamp
Little Miss Muffet #121--bingo (I used the "dies/sentiment/glitter" column)
Aud Sentiments #141--Let's get started on Christmas
Dis Digis--animals acting like humans (the bear is sitting and wearing a scarf)
Jo's Scrap Shack #107--anything goes
Creative Fingers #94--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #248--stick it down (I used adhesive and foam dots and I used spray adhesive to adhere the glitter)
Hiding In My Craft Room #218--any holiday
Sweet Stampin'--use a non-white card base
Christmas Card #43--anything goes
Die Cuttin' #255--anything goes

Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Polar Bear" digi; Verve "Ornamental Christmas"
Dies: PTI "Fancy Flakes"
Papers: American Crafts
PTI "Aqua Mist card stock
YNS gumdrops