The theme at Impression Obsession is Sending Sunshine!
No one needs sunshine more right now than Iowa Farmers ... it's been such a wet winter and spring, the planting is far behind schedule. I used my MISTI to ink the corn stamps with a variety of ink colors.
Then I finished with a Birthday Wishes Die Cut sentiment.
We're still TEXTING at Jingle Belles ... creating cards that primarily features some texty elements.
This week I had to ink up this new Texty Block Party Christmas Stamp from Uniko ... so many fun Christmas Phrases in my new Catherine Pooler Rouge Ink on Kraft. My MISTI makes it so easy to get perfect coverage on a large stamp like this one.
I added some texty designer paper to finish the design and a gem on the top of the Santa Gnome's Hat.
I'm also joining the Uniko Anything Goes Challenge with a Masculine Twist, since this will be a Holiday Card for one of my male co-workers.
The My Sweet Petunia Design Team is having fun creating with two of our dear friends ... Gina K. Designs and Picket Fence Studios. Each company will be giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog commenter from all of the participant blogs.
I love Gina K.'s cardstock ... the colors are so vibrant and the card stock is the perfect sturdy weight. I decided to stamp on three different colors of half sheets using the new Elegant Asters Stamp Set ... I thought it would be fun to have stamping on both the front and back of my folded card. I used my Memory MISTI, so I could easily stamp off all the edges.
The first card used Gina K. Designs Sweet Mango Cardstock and the three flowers in the set. I wanted a tone-on-tone look for each card, so I worked with a monochromatic design.
The Memory MISTI allowed me to stamp all three flowers at once, clean them with my Gina K. Designs Tidy Towel (love that thing) and then stamp again.
After filling my cardstock, I folded it in half and made my first card. I stamped the large flower and two sets of leaves on Gina K. Designs Sea Glass cardstock and cut them out with the coordinating Dies.
I added some Eyelet Outlet Bling in the center of my bloom and some enamel dots before finishing with a sentiment from Picket Fence Studios Going to Be Okay. I just love how her cardstock colors work together.
Next I decided to stamp with only the leaves in the set on Sea Glass Cardstock.
Aren't those leaves just beautiful.
Again I covered the entire half sheet and folded it to make my card.
I used more die cut leaves together with the Gina K. Designs Wishes Word Die cut from fun foam. The sentiment is Picket Fence Studios Ways to Say Congrats paired with the tiny BEST Stamp from Gina. K. Designs Mini Wishes Stamp Set. Love how it all works so well together.
For my final card, I combined the flowers and the leaves, which allowed me to stamp them all together using my Memory MISTI very quickly. This time I used the yummy Jelly Bean Green Cardstock from Gina. K. Designs.
Stamping so many images at a time, my half sheet was filled in no time at all.
Next I stamped the butterfly from the Gina K. Designs Elegant Asters Stamp Set twice on Sea Glass Cardstock and die cut them. Then I added some adhesive pearls.
I used more of my Fun Foam with the Gina. K. Designs Hello Word Die and perched my butterflies on several of the flowers ... this card just makes me happy.
I hope you had fun on my creative journey today ... if you don't have any of this yummy cardstock, you should really consider adding some to your stash.
Now it's time to HOP ... remember, three $50 gift certificates up for grabs chosen from commenters on the participant blogs.
Stephanie Severin <<---- You Are Here
Sometimes a card is born completely from challenges ... like the card for this post. It started with needing a masculine birthday card for a Co-Worker.
The first stop was the Worth Repeating Challenge at Unity Stamp Company. I wanted a Beverage Theme for the Shopping Our Stash Get Your Drink On Challenge, so I went with my Memory MISTI and the beer mug from Unity Stamp Company Itty Bitty Keep Calm, have a BEER ... the Memory MISTI allowed me to keep the stamp in place and move my paper to line-up the mugs vertically.
I went with tone-on-tone stamping on kraft cardstock, which then I realized got me 2 of the 3 things needed to participate in the Retro Rubber Challenge (the Keep Calm stamp is from 2013), so I went back through my Unity Stash looking for a cake.
I found a birthday cake in Unity's Another Year Older ... only one problem ... it said Hugs and Kisses, which wouldn't work for a Co-Worker card ... so I had to get creative again.
I covered the text with a tiny strip of chocolate cardstock and added a tiny Good Times sticker as a layer. I finished with a beer mug brad from Eyelet Outlet. After I got the card assembled, I realized my focal mug of beer needed some beer in it ... so I stamped the mug again on kraft cardstock, colored it with a Spectrum Noir Marker, detail cut the mug part only, and attached it on top of my stamped mug.
And we just got back from having our own ice cold beer with some excellent Thai Cuisine from Nara Thai ... I could eat there every day.
I fell in love with the new Mid-Century Modern stamps released last week by Uniko ... so of course, since I was shopping across the pond, I had to add a few more pretties to my order.
For today's card, inspired by these gorgeous Peonies at the SplitcoastStampers Inspiration Challenge, I used that little floral beauty peeking out in the center - Large Background Sketched Foliage.
I stamped it using my MISTI in pink ink on a lighter pink piece of cardstock. Then I positioned it on a wood grain paper background inspired by the photo.
I added a die cut frame I had laying out on my studio table from a prior project, and then positioned some Prima flowers and leaves around the frame inspired by the Sketch at Feeling Sketchy.
I finished with a strip sentiment from Uniko's Organic Wishes. I used my Cut-Align to get the perfect strip sentiment (I love that it makes it easy to get the exact same border on each side of the text.)
I attached the sentiment with foam tape across my frame.
My paper flowers were also inspired by this week's TGIF Challenge.
I've had the Avery Elle Stamp Set Loved & Admired and coordinating dies on my studio table waiting for some love for way too long. Today I'm using them with inspiration from the May Mood Board at Butterfly Reflections Ink ... those colors speak to me.
I stamped the wreath using two colors of green ink on lime cardstock. I die cut the wreath, and then used the negative of the die cut inside my MISTI to perfectly position my stamp ... love using my MISTI for that (especially for a large stamp like this wreath that can be more challenging to position correctly). Next I decorated it with gems in the various inspiration colors.
I stamped the Loved & Admired Sentiment in Teal and the strip sentiment from Avery Elle Simply Said You in Navy. The layout is this week's Mojo Monday Sketch.
Today on the My Sweet Petunia Blog I'm sharing a card I made using the new Concord & 9th Turnabout Jig and the Turnabout Alignment Aids.
Come see how easy these tools make it to create Turnabout Perfection.
Concord & 9th is celebrating the 2nd birthday of their Turnabout Stamps, so I wanted to join the celebration.
I used my MISTI and the Concord & 9th Sprinkles Turnabout Stamp inspired by the colors, design & sketch from Fusion Butterfly Wreath Card Challenge.
I'm also joining the party at Seize the Birthday.
The May Challenge at Paper Smooches is all about Flowers.
I had fun stamping & coloring the new flowers from Paper Smooches Rosy Posy.
I stamped, colored, and then used my MISTI to stamp again for more definition. I cut out the bouquet with the Paper Smooches Rosy Posy Wise Dies (so I am also linking-up at the Dies R Us Flower Challenge).
Sentiment is Paper Smooches Blissful Banners. I finished with a tiny lady bug from the Rose Posy Set perched on the Banner.
I was thrilled to be asked back to Guest Design for the 700th Inspiration Challenge at SplitCoastStampers. From 2008 to 2013, I had the privilege of hosting that challenge ... searching each week for something new to inspire card designers ... and getting inspired myself ... made me a better card maker. I am forever grateful.
The ask this week is to be inspired by a *Favorite Color* Thread ... and I knew my color would be ORANGE. I chose this gorgeous orange foliage to inspire my design.
I stamped Technique Junkies Vintage Floral Collage in Mandarin Spice and then stamped a second time using my MISTI with some Tiara Ink in some of the places on the collage.
I stamped the Happy Mother's Day sentiment from Technique Junkies in the slightly darker Tutti Frutti Ink.
I hope you'll go scroll through the inspiration thread and share your favorite color in the gallery.
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