Beautiful Day at Stamp Ink Paper

All of my summer traveling is complete and I hope I am heading into the lazy days of summer.  I am hoping to have more time to get into my stamping room again!  Here is a new card I am submitting to the Fabulous Flowers challenge at Stamp Ink Paper found HERE.  

STAMPS: Altenew Beautiful Day, SU Everyday Tags
INK: Pink Pirouette, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Fresh Fig, Certainly Celery, Pear Pizzazz, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight
PAPER: Rich Razzleberry, Sweet Sugarplum, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz
OTHER: SU Layering Squares Framelits, SU Cheerful Tags Thinlits, Altenew Beautiful Day dies, SU Elegant Dots EF, 5/8" Rich Razzleberry ribbon, Rich Razzleberry Candy Dot

Stampin' Up Beautiful Bouquet

I haven't taken much time to stamp this summer but I had to make time to create a card for a special person.  Growing up, Aunt Beulah lived next door to me.  We will be celebrating her 90th birthday this weekend and we've been asked to share out favorite memories of Beulah.  One of my many memories is of summertime and my sweet aunt tending to all of the flowers bordering her house and fenceline.  For some reason I specifically remember the Portulaca flowers that she always grew.  I don't have a Portulaca stamp (shocking!)  but I do have this new stamp set from Stampin' Up called Beautiful Bouquet.  I followed a past sketch from Mojo Monday which, I'm sad to say, is not longer holding challenges.  

STAMPS: Beautiful Bouquet, Marbled
PAPER: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Powder Pink
INK: Berry Burst, Flirty Flamingo, Fresh Fig, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Powder Pink
OTHER: Bouquet Bunch, Layered Leaves Dynamic EF, White Organza ribbon, Gina Marie Designs Stained Glass Border Oval die 

Stampin' Up From the Herd

Just a quick post to show a card I made for the sketch challenge at TGIF Challenges found HERE.  I used a stamp set, From the Herd, that I bought from Stampin' Up in January 2015 so this card also works for the challenge at Retro Rubber found HERE. 

STAMPS: From the Herd, Endless Birthday Wishes

PAPER: Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party, Fresh Fig, Neenah Solar White

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Fresh Fig, Copic Markers

OTHER: Wood Crate Framelits, Fresh Fig ribbon

Water Lillies Thanks

I made this card following the "case the designer" challenge at Global Design Project found HERE.  I "cased" Michelle's layout and had intended to make mine clean and simple but I have a hard time keeping white space white!  This card was made with the same stamp set as my previous post but this time I just did the multi layering stamps, no color pencils. 

STAMPS: Hero Arts Color Layering Water Lillies, SU So Very Much
PAPER: SU Lucky Limeade, SU Rose Red, SU Whisper White
INK: Stampin' Up- Rose Red, Hero Arts- Soft Pink, Bubble Gum and Red Royal, Altenew- Bamboo, Parrot and Olive, Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistachio
OTHER: SU Layering Squares Framelits, Little B Handwritten dies, Lil' Inkers Stitched Rectangles

Happy Birthday Water Lilly

This card was created for the sketch challenge at The Paper Players found HERE. I have finally inked up a Hero Arts stamp set I got several months ago and I tried out a new technique.  These stamps are multi layering stamps but I only used two layers of stamps.  I stamped with two light pink colors and used those colors to get a sense of the outline and shading of the water lilly.  Then I colored in the flower with color pencils.....time consuming but fun! The Lilly pads were just stamped and the water streaks were created swiping my ink pad using a direct to paper technique. 

STAMPS: Hero Arts Color Layering Water Lillies, SU Big on Birthdays, SU Bring on the Cake
PAPER: SU Lucky Limeade, SU Rose Red, SU Whisper White
INK: Stampin' Up- Rose Red, Hero Arts- Soft Pink and Bubble Gum, Altenew- Bamboo, Parrot and Olive, Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistachio
OTHER: SU Layering Squares Framelits, Lawn Fawn Sentiment Banner

Stampin' Up Umbrella Weather

Just a slight variation on yesterday's card. I made this one for the challenge at SUO Challenges found HERE.   The challenge is to create a card using an April theme and to use only Stampin' Up products. 

STAMPS: Weather Together, You've Got This
INK: Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Soft Sky, Smokey Slate
PAPER: Whisper White, Soft Sky, Calypso Coral, A Little Foxy DSP
OTHER: Umbrella Weather Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Calypso Coral Ribbon

Wishing You Brighter Days

I used inspiration from two challenges for this card.  The sketch is from Try Stampin' On Tuesday blog found HERE. The color inspiration was found at Hand Stamped Sentiments blog HERE.  Thank goodness for the creative people who come up with the sketches and color combos.  Without those imaginative people I would just sit at my desk, stare at my craft supplies and eat chips.  

STAMPS: Weather Together, You've Got This
INK: Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Smokey Slate
PAPER: Whisper White, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, A Little Foxy DSP
OTHER: Umbrella Weather Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Lil' Inkers Stitched Rectangles, Calypso Coral Ribbon