Flower Shop Thank You

I made this card for the Paper Players Challenge found HERE.  
The challenge is to make a clean and simple "girly" thank you card.    "Girly" is easy!  Clean and simple is not as easy for me but I like the final result. I made a set of these note sized cards with a matching box and tag to give as a teacher gift.  

STAMPS: Flower Shop, Another Thank You, Petite Pairs, Misc. SU sentiment stamp
PAPER: Irrisistibly Yours DSP, Whisper White, Soft Sky, Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry, Window Sheets
INK:  Rich Razzleberry, Blackberry Bliss, Soft Sky, Island Indigo, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant
OTHER:  Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Pansy Punch, Petite Petals Punch, Ovals Framelits, Note Cards, Wisteria Wonder Seam Binding, Soft Sky Thick Bakers Twine, Eclectic and Occasions Paper Piercing Template

Is There No Limit To Your Awesomeness?

 No challenge to enter this time, I just wanted to share a card I made for my son, Nick.  His birthday was this week and I almost bought a card (gasp!) because it's hard for me to make masculine cards....let alone for a teen boy.  I couldn't bring myself to buy one (after all, I am saving us money by making all of our cards 😉) so I just decided to dive in and it give a go.  I'm not sure he was as impressed with the card as he was with the gift inside but I like the final result. I used the bouncing brayer technique and sectioned my cardstock into 12 sections. I had wanted to use a vellum panel for the sentiment but I didn't like how messy the "pivot" point looked where all of the colors met.  So, I made a second version of the card by just sponging on the colors.  

Now, on to the cards....

STAMPS: Big News
PAPER: Whisper White, Basic Black, Vellum CS
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Rich Razzleberry
OTHER: Brayer, Sponges

Golden Peacock

I've been away from stamping regularly these past couple of months.  First, getting the house ready to sell, then keeping it ready to show meant a couldn't pull out every one of my papercrafting tools and leave them strewn about my desk top.  Apparently I cannot get anything created unless I have every inch of my work space covered with paper, ink, ribbon, tools and usually one cat!  Well, now that we have a buyer for our house and moving day is still about a month away (I don't have to pack a thing in a corporate relocation!)  I'm determined to participate in a few more challenges. I wanted to make a card that is rather simple and quick, not a lot of layers, cutting or coloring.  When I get back to Illinois I may want to start having classes again. I've learned from my past that I'll need at least one easy card per class or I'll have to ask people to bring their sleeping bags with them!  This card was made for the Retro Sketches challenge found HERE.  

STAMPS: Perfect Peacock, Lots of Thanks

INK: Gold Encore, Midnight Muse 

PAPER: Pink Pirouette, Blackberry Bliss, Midnight Muse

OTHER: Gold embossing powder, Antique Brads

Water Colored Bloom With Hope

Quickly need to post this to get my challenge submission in on time.  The sketch is from Fab Friday and The Paper Players challenge is to make a water colored card.  

All Season Thank You

Joining the Mojo Monday Challenge with the "Spring" card from this set of seasonal thank you cards.  The challenge can be found HERE.  I used the tree as my circle element and just went from there.  

One Layer For Newton

One more card with the cute stamp from Newton's Nook Designs.  This challenging challenge card was made for the Inky Paws Challenge #18 found HERE.   Making a one layer card is something I've never done and very difficult.  One layer sounds like  it should be a quick and easy but, of course, I cannot leave it at that!  Lots of masking and some precision stamping with a border stamp (made possible with my new MISTI stamp positioning tool) added a little bit of time.  Not to mention I am still trying to get comfortable with the Blendabilities alcohol markers....... morning over!

STAMPS: Newton's Daydream (NND)

                  In Stitches (SU) retired jumbo wheel, cut into pieces

PAPER: Neenah Smooth White #110 Cardstock

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight,

          Blendabilities

OTHER: Basic Jewels Rhinestones

Newton's Nook for Mojo Monday

I recently found a stamp company with some darling kitty stamps that literally jumped out of the web page into my virtual shopping cart and landed on my doorstep!  The stamp company is called Newton's Nook Designs.... in case you like cute critters and have no willpower against them, like me!  The sketch I used is from Mojo Monday and you can find that HERE.  My card size is 3 3/4" x 6".

STAMPS: Newton's Nook Designs- Newton's Daydream

                  Stampin' Up- Just Sayin'

INK: Daffodil Delight, Memento Tuxedo Black and Blendabilities

PAPER: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Whisper

               White, Sweey Taffy DSP, DSP Patterns Stack

OTHER: Word Bubbles Framelits, Basic Jewels Rhinestones