It's Your Birthday, an IHP Post

Hello!

I am back with a CAS card for you today, using Wplus9's Lacey Layers set.  You can find it in the i {heart} papers store, here.  

So, to begin, I stamped one of the larger images i Sugar, Harvest, and Merlot from Fresh Ink, punched out a center circle of each image, and popped it up within the larger one. I then added some black pearls along with my simple sentiment.

Super simple!  I hope you have a great week!  Catch you later.

Supplies
Paper: Marshmallow Bazzill
Stamps: Lacey Layers Wplus9
Ink: Onyx Black Tsukineko; Merlot, Harvest, Sugar Fresh Ink
Embellishments: Black Pearls Michaels
Tools: Corner Rounder WRMK; Circle Punch EK Success

Triangle Thanks

Hello there!

I hope that you are having a great weekend, kinda sad it's almost over...I found a little time to play with stamps and ink today, and thought I would share.  I decided to play along with the Moxie Fab World's The Trendy Triangle Challenge, and created a couple of cards.

Photo credit

I was inspired by a picture I had pinned on Pinterest, and went with the color combination of Mint, Navy and Yellow.

So, for my first card, I stamped my triangles (Mama Elephants' Trifecta) onto a white panel, and die cut the word thanks out of it.  I then popped up the panel and inset a black thanks with some glue.  I added some black epoxy dots to finish it off.

For my next card, I stamped the whole card front and added my thanks die cut, along with a few sequins.

Well, that is all I have, thanks for stopping by!

You Are Simply Amazing- an i {heart} papers post!

Hey there!

Lots of stuff posting on the blog lately!  Love when I get crafty time, I tell ya!  I wanted to pop on in here and show a glammed up CAS card using some fun stuff from the IHP store.  Oh, there is a little sale going on, btw...

For my card, I inked up the large Damask image from Wplus9's Damask Delight in Versamark, and heat embossed it with Gold detail powder.  I then stamped my sentiment in gray, from Quite Like You.

To finish it off, I took strips of vellum, and wrapped them around the front of the card, adhering them to the inside.  I finished it off with some lovely silver sequins, which you can find here.  Love them!

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you were inspired!

Supplies

Paper: Marshmallow Bazzill; Vellum Craft Supply

Stamps: Damask Delight, Quite Like You Wplus9

Ink: Versamark Tsukineko; Wet Cement Hero Arts

Embellishment: Sequins i {heart} papers; Gold Embossing Powder Michael's 

Hey, Let's Party (an i {heart} papers} post)

Hiya!

Monday?  Again?  How bout' a card?  Today I am playing along in the latest Moxie Fab World Birthday Card Challenge.  There are never enough birthday cards in my stash, let me tell ya!

For this card, I brought out the Paper Smooches parade!  All of these items can be found in the i {heart} papers store.  To start, I die cut three different speech bubbles from the Word Bubbles Die set.  I then white heat embossed a cobbled together sentiment from Word Salad, and Sentiment Sampler, to spell Hey Let's Party.

As a base for those bubbles, I took a strip stamp from Wplus9's Country Charm set, and stamped it three times.  I then adhered the speech bubbles and rounded the bottom corner.  Of course I had to finish it off with some rhinestones!

I also finished the inside of the card using the coordinating stamps and a happy birthday sentiment.

That's all I have for today, thanks so much for stopping!

Supplies

Paper: Marshmallow, Easter Grass, Lollipop, Circus Peanuts Bazzill

Stamps: Word Salad, Sentiment Sampler, He Said, She Said Paper Smooches; Country Charm Wplus9

Ink: Versamark, Onyx Black Tsukineko; Fuchsia Fresh Ink; Green Hills, Orange Soda Hero Arts

Embellishment: Rhinestone Michael's
Tools: Corner Rounder WRMK; Word Bubble Dies Paper Smooches

Thanks Ever So Much

Hello!

I thought I would pop in and share a card I made using Paulina's 10 minute craft dash.  It's a super simple creation and I timed in at 7min 42sec.  Here is what I did:

Taking a light green cardstock, I punched a circle out of it's side and stamped leaves from ME's Water Bloom set on it in Versamark ink.  I then traced the open circle onto a white card base, and stamped my flowers within it.

Before I adhered the panel, I adhered a vellum strip around it, that I had heat embossed my sentiment on in white powder.  As a finishing touch, I tied on some twine.

Here is a look at the graphic:

So yeah, that is my little contribution to this challenge!  Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies

Paper: Georgia-Pacific; Green, Vellum 

Stamps: Water Blooms Mama Elephant

Ink: Pale Tomato, Navy; Versamark Tsukineko

Embellishment: Twine May Arts

Tools: White Embossing Powder American Crafts; Large Circle Punch Fiskars

Brighter

Hello, hello!  

Happy happy Saturday my friends!  It is the perfect rainy day for a bit of crafty, and that is exactly what I have been doing...such a stress reliever!  I chose the latest Runway Inspired challenge for my card today, going bold in gold, red and black.

To begin, I took a white panel, and ME's Sunny Skies set, stamped the sun rays in Versamark and heat embossed it with Gold detail powder.  I then cut it down and adhered it to a white card base with foam.

I stamped a sentiment from Bling, and adhered some sequins to finish it off.  

Here is a look at the inspirational photo:

I hope you are having a great weekend!  See you soon!

Supplies
Paper: White GP; Wax Lips Bazzill
Stamps: Bling, Sunny Skies Mama Elephant
Ink: Onyx Black, Versamark Tsukineko
Embellishment: Sequins Studio Calico
Tools: Gold Embossing Powder Michael's

CFC110 Count Me In!

Happy friday!

I am back today with the latest challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays!  This week is all about numbers.  You would think it wouldn't be that hard to come up with a project that has numbers on it, I mean hello!  Birthdays?  Well, I had a hard time for some reason.  I managed to come up with this little number, har har!  

I started by misting my white card base with Heidi Swapps, Mint Color mist using the circle stencil.  I then took the flowers from this CAS-ual Fridays stamp set and colored in the centers with a yellow pencil.

I took a strip of cardstock and stamped thanks, selectively inking the a, and then added some stamped numbers below.  To finish it off, I added rhinestones!

Our fabulous sponsor this week is none other than CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!  I hope you can join us this week!

Supplies

Paper: Marshmallow Bazzill

Stamps: Mums the Word CASual Fridays Stamps

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine Tsukineko; Mint Spray Ink Heidi Swapp; Yellow Pencil Faber-Castell

Embellishment: Rhinestones Michaels

Tools: Circle Mask Heidi Swapp

With Heartfelt Sympathy

Hi sweet friends!

How's your week going so far?  Summer is flying by, no?  I have another card to share with you, using more fun stamps from KK Yuen's Etsy store, Stampcow.  You can check out my last post using the adorable little robot stamp, here.  Today, I used two fabulous images, the leaves and the butterfly to create this Sympathy card.

To begin, I stamped the Natural Leaves wood block in Fresh Ink's Mojito along the bottom portion.  I then took a strip of vellum, and stamped this lovely butterfly stamp onto it with Versamark, and heat embossed it with white powder.

I then trimmed the strip down, added a heat embossed sentiment and adhered it around the card front.  Finishing it off with some pearls.  Do go check out what KK has in the store, I believe there are some new fun stamps in there!  He also has another store, Craftpon, selling tons of crafty trinkets and accessories.

Also, thank you to KK for allowing me to show off these adorable stamps!  

Supplies

Paper: Oatmeal Wplus9; Vellum

Stamps: Natural Leaves, Butterfly Stampcow; Guiding Light Wplus9

Ink: Mojito Fresh Ink; Versamark Tsukineko

Embellishments: Pearls Michaels

Tools: White Embossing Powder AC

Happy Birthday Blog Hop!

Hey there!

Today, the IHP team is getting together to celebrate Kate, the owners, birthday!  Happy birthday Kate!  For my card, I used a bunch of Wplus9 goodness from the Store, and the latest sketch from CAS(E) this sketch for my card today.

To start, I stamped a partial background using an image from Wplus9's Borders and Background's 1 set in a Kraft color.  I then stamped the frame, cut it out and adhered my die cut strawberries and leaves to it.

I adhered a couple of strips of brown cardstock and popped up my elements onto the front.  Lastly, I rounded the bottom corners of my card.

Here is a look at the sketch:

The IHP Blog

Carole

Deb

Gretchen

Judy

Lindsay

Lizzie

Lori

Sarah

Stacey

Tracy

Vera

Wida

I hope you've enjoyed, and are on your way to the next stop.  Above is a complete list of the ladies wishing Kate the happiest of birthdays.  Thanks so much!

Supplies
Paper: Marshmallow, Candy Bar Bazzill
Stamps: Borders and Backgrounds 1, Fresh Picked Wplus9
Ink: Birch, Chocolate, Mojito, Red Currant Fresh Ink
Tools: Corner Rounder WRMK; Fresh Picked Dies Wplus9; Glossy Accents Ranger

CFC109 Polka Dots

Hellooooo!

Happy Friday my friend!  Thanks for stopping by.  Today, the Casual Friday team is bringing you a parade of inspiration using Polka Dots for this weeks challenge.  I {heart} polka dots, seriously...

For my card today, I started by stamping the polka dots in versamark ink and sprinkling on white and gold embossing powder and then heat setting it.  I then stamped my cake, using Mama Elephants Soiree set, and added a gold punched star. 

To finish it off, I heat embossed my sentiment and rounded the bottom corner.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you play along with us this week, there is a $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp for the lucky winner!

Supplies

Paper: Oatmeal Wplus9; Gold Michael's

Stamps: Soiree Mama Elephant; Holiday Foundations The Craft's Meow

Ink: Versamark Tsukineko; Slate, Strawberry, Sugar Fresh Ink

Tools: Gold, White Embossing Powder American Crafts; Colored Pencils Faber-Castel; Corner Rounder WRMK; Star Punch Marvy

Color Throwdown Challenge

Hey, hey!

How is your week going so far?  Great I hope!  So this week, i {heart} papers is the sponsor this week for Color Throwdown's 250th challenge!  Whoa, that is a lot of challenges!  Check out the colors and inspiration this week, awesome!  Come play along, there is a $25 gift certificate to the IHP store to one lucky winner, woot! 

To start, I took a Kraft panel, and stamped the solid circle images from Paper Smooches Whirlygigs in white pigment and then again in a dye ink.  After I was done stamping, I ran the panel through my Big Shot with the Contempo Circle Border Die by Memory Box.  I then took a sentiment from Paper Smooches Salutations and stamped it onto a white banner, die cut from Wplus9's Banner Die set.

As a finishing touch, I added a few Enamel Accents.  Thank so much for popping by!

CFC108 Material Girl

Howdy friends!

Today is my fav day of the week, and it's also a new challenge over at Casual Fridays!  Wahoo!  This week, we want to see you use fabric on your projects.

For my card today, I pulled out some fun Studio Calico Fabrips...ohhhh, these are fun!  Taking a piece of cardstock, I simply adhered my strips straight down at different angles and wrapped them around the edges.

I stamped my sentiment from Mama Elephants Papa Love set, and adhered some bronze stars from a SC Card kit.  Lastly, I adhered the panel to a navy card base with foam.

Our generous sponsor this week is Ellen Hutson with a $25 gift certificate to the store, Awesome!  I hope you play along, I love seeing what you make!

Supplies

Paper: Whirlypop Bazzill; Oatmeal Wplus9

Stamps: Papa Love Mama Elephant

Ink: Navy Fresh Ink

Embellishments: Bronze Star Stickers, Fabrips Studio Calico

Mama Elephant Part Two

I just want to take a second and thank everyone for your kind congratulations on my newest adventure! I have the best bloggy friends, THANK YOU!  So, I am so excited to be back with Mama Elephant today, sharing some more projects using the June release!  They were created with the Be You and Water Blooms sets.

Using Be You, I created a little collage in the lower right hand corner.  Starting with the fun grid pattern, I added the bird and stamped and popped up the solid banner image.  I stamped my sentiment and added a few enamel dots.

For my next card using the set, I took the arrow image, and stamped it repeatedly on the diagonal.  I then stamped my sentiment and adhered a few gems, placing it onto a black card base.

The last set, Water Blooms, is one of my favorites from this release.  I am a sucker for florals!  I began by stamping the large cluster with Versamark ink onto a Kraft panel.  I then heat embossed it with white powder, adhered a section of scalloped border to the side and then to my card base with foam.

For my last card, I decided to do a little stamping on patterned paper.  I took a piece of Echo Park paper, and stamped the blooms randomly onto it.  I then attached a black cardstock strip and adhered the whole piece to a white card base.  I then stamped my sentiment onto a white strip of cardstock, trimmed it down and adhered it with foam.  As a last addition, I added a bit of glitter to my floral images.

Well, that is it for me!  Thank you again Kryssi, for allowing me to show off your fabulous stamps!  It was fun!