I colored one of my Snoopy stamped images that I made from Chris Dayton's Snoopy stamp collection for a very special birthday card. I stuck with primary colors, because the comics always seemed to be filled with primary colors ... and then found a scrap of plaid paper in my stash that was perfect for the colors I had chosen (paper crafting kismet).
I used this week's Paper Craft Crew Sketch with a vintage (2006) Stampin' Up sentiment.
This weekend when I was hunting for one of several things I managed to misplace, I found sheets of vintage car illustrations that Lauren had gifted to me. She has made so many fabulous paper-crafting projects featuring the cars (including this ICAD from 2019), but I have mostly hoarded mine, so I decided I would use one of the cars for the Wheels Challenge at Seize the Birthday.
Then when I saw the cool Shred the Cake image at the Inspired by Challenge I chose that for my inspiration, including a flipped variation on the Sketch.
I chose a black 1964 Apollo car inspired by the black & white photo on the wall. I brought in some of the gold and teal from the second skateboard on the wall for my colors.
I added two different Washi Tapes ... some flames to bring in the speed and shred theme and some Eyelet Outlet Road Washi Tape for my speedy car (the text with the illustration indicates it could go 130 mph).
Next, I added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Birthday Sentiment Strips and retired Stampin' Up punched balloons to bring in more of the color and the birthday theme, as well as the skateboarder "taking air". I used Love from Lizi Peel-offs for the balloon strings.
I'm also joining the Simon Says Stamp Masculine Challenge.
At Jingle Belles we're still celebrating holiday cards that contain clear elements, whether those be in the form of pre-printed transparencies, acrylic embellishments, or just shaker or window cards which utilize a bit of plastic packaging.
How did I do? We hope you'll pull our your favorite CLEAR elements and join us.
I needed a few quick birthday cards tonight ... so I combined this week's Freshly Made Sketch with some Project Life Cards.
I inked my Fab Four Stamp from Viva Las Vegastamps in Versafine Clair Morning Mist & paired it with a vintage Stampin' Up Sentiment.
It's also Anything Goes at Seize the Birthday.
Now to go put this one in the mail.
I am loving these coordinating Truly Taylored papers & stamps from Stampin' Up for guy cards.
The layout is this week's Paper Players Sketch.
When I saw the stacks of green containers at The Card Concept, it made me want to make my own stack of green papers.
I punched a collection of papers from Stampin' Up's True Gentlemen Collection using the Tailored Tag Punch.
I stamped two sentiments in green from the coordinating Truly Tailored stamp set.
For the Creatalicious Challenge Anything Goes with a Birthday theme, I made a horizontal variation of the same design.
This week's TGIF Challenge features three of my favorite Stampin' Up Colors, so I had to join the fun.
I broke out some new Stampin' Up sentiments from Birthday Wit & Picture Perfect Birthday.
My background is embossed and I added Gold Glitter Flakes for my confetti.
For our first card-making prompt at Jingle Belles, we're breaking-out the gifts Santa brought us.
I have had this Simon Says Stamp Ring Wreath Die on my wish list for quite some time ... and I was thrilled with out my first card using it turned out.
I started by die cutting my wreath from black cardstock for the frame.
Next, I die cut the wreath using two different shades of teal glitter paper and a sheet of silver glitter paper (actually I used scraps of glitter paper and cut out multiple partial wreaths ... since a lot of the circles are the same size, this works well). It was so relaxing to fill in all of the circles.
I stamped Joy from Simon Says Stamp Big Words - Encouraging Words (using my MISTI made it fool proof even after I had adhered the wreath to my cardstock). I finished with a black cardstock bow punched with the Stampin' Up Bow Builder. I just love the mid-century modern feel of the glittery bauble wreath.
I'm also joining the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.
When I saw the fun retro colors in the Wreath Inspiration Photo at The Card Concept, I knew the Daily Flash Eggnog Collection from October Afternoon would be perfect (and have long been hoarded in my stash).
I started by cutting a wreath shape from pink cardstock. Next I began decorating my wreath using Pillow Puff Stickers & Pop Drops from the Egg Nog Collection, as well as Bling and Enamel Dots from Eyelet Outlet.
I used Foam Tape to attach my wreath to a Stampin' Up wood textures designer paper panel reminiscent of the inspiration picture and then added a pillow puff sticker sentiment to the middle of the wreath instead of the house ornament in the picture.
With all of that fun bling, this card will have to find it's way to someone on my Christmas Card list who is "bling-worthy" (which means they appreciate the hoarding of bling and what it means when you share this much with someone).
I'm not usually one for card kits (because I don't follow instructions well), but when the kit contains fabulous elements, you don't necessarily need to follow instructions to get beautiful results.
These cards are from the Soft Sayings Card Kit from Stampin' Up. I adore the color combinations and the bits of golden glitter.
The green is Stampin' Up Emerald Envy, one of my new favorites.
The flowers are so delicate and beautiful.
