Another Watercooler Wednesday's challenge...Heidi's CAS Sparkle challenge. Inked and coloured the penguin stamp with the snowflake from my stash. For a touch of sparkle...red glimmer mat and dazzling diamonds on the snowflake and the pompom on the penguin's toque. Added a rhinestone to the snowflake's centre.. Voila! Quickest card evah!
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Smiles. :)
Welcome back peeps...hope you're managing to stay warm and dry with the not so wonderful weather gracing us with its' presence. I am fortunate enough to be able to participate in another of the Wacky Watercooler's blog hops. Grab your favourite latte, coffee, or tea and check out the inspiration from all the papercraft artists on this Spring Fever hop. You might just want to have paper and pen handy to write up the wish list. 😊
This hop is circular...so no matter where you started....you'll be able to check out everyone's inspiration by either going forward onto the next artist or backward to the previous artist...and you'll eventually end up from where you started. If you are hopping with us today, than you may have arrived from Gail Allen's wonderful inspirations...have a peek at mine and than head over to Marie Green's for more inspiration.
My first project is a simple clear acetate window box to hold some Lindt chocolates for a Spring tea event. Loving the Moroccan designer series papers.... I added a few vellum winged bumble bees from the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies ..easy and quick to make treat holder..think it would be really cute with some baby chicks or Easter bunnies from the Basket Brunch set.
The next project is a spinner card where I finally inked up and stamped my new Definitely Dahlia stamp....than I used the circle spinner die from the Sliding Star Framelits to prepare for the spinner mechanism. Embossed with the large decorative dots embossing folder and stamped with crumb cake ink, the retired Dictionary stamp over the embossed Definitely Dahlia. Stamped and embossed with silver embossing powder the It's Your Birthday sentiment and die cut with the Stitched Frame Thinlits. Finished the card with a vellum winged bumble bee. Not sure which I prefer, the Elegant Eggplant or the Sweet Sugarplum version. Tip: Stampin Up's 1/8" foam adhesive strips are the perfect for the spinner cards as you need the height in the layers so that the bee can buzz around easily.
My last project showcases my slight addiction to shaker cards and than I tried a *new to me* inside spinner surprise. Colour combination is Tip Top Taupe, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White and Gold for a touch of bling. Inked up the Avant Garden single floral image with Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry centres. Stamped and embossed with gold embossing powder, 3 of the lace ribbon images from the Delicate Details set onto the bottom of the Tip Top Taupe layer. Dry embossed with the large decorative dots and the elegant circles embossing folders..Stamped with Tip Top Taupe, leaves from the Kinda Eclectic stamp set. Added some sequins and beads to make the shaker..Used a smidgeon of the blushing bride glimmer paper for the bumblebee's body and vellum for its' wings... and Voila!!
Than when you open the inside of the card...the bumblebee element spins on the baker's twine when opened. While I wasn't really interested in the Avant Garden set... I am totally sold on the single flowers. Will have to challenge myself to try the other images in the set.
Well that's all for my projects..hope you managed to find a bit of inspiration or that the cards bought a bit of Spring into your day.
Now, head on over to Marie Green's for more great projects to feast your eyes upon.
Thanks for dropping by and let me know which was your favourite project of the three!
Enjoy the blog hop and have a FABULOUS day.
Smiles,
Sheri 😊
Another hat trick challenge to spice things up: Watercooler Wednesday's Marsha's colour challenge ~ Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride, Emerald Envy, Mint Macaron, , Rich Razzleberry & Peekaboo Peach, Fab Friday's sketch challenge and Just Add Ink's Choose Two challenge: Flowers & Butterflies....
Stamped and masked the flowers with the Blushing Bride and Rich Razzleberry inks, and the leaves with Mint Macaron and Emerald Envy inks...added the blinged Butterfly instead of the bow on the sketch.... Voila a Birthday card off my to make list.
Deets: All Stampin Up
EDIT: I won..woot woot...my card won the Watercooler Wednesday's weekly challenge. Marsha chose my card..totally makes for a great evening. Thank you. :)
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Happy February. :)
A hat trick challenge..well kinda..darn it all...missed the Watercooler Wednesday's sketch challenge deadline..just not enough time in the day on my Mondays; however I am able to enter the Paper Craft Crew's theme Challenge of Love and the Paper Player's Claire's theme challenge: Will you be my Valentine? ...woot woot. Took advantage of Kathy's sketch challenge and needed a couple of Valentine cards to mail out to two favourite peeps. Not having many Valentine Day sets.. made a couple Love Monsters with their googly eyes.. The sketch was great inspiration on the two cards...Voila two Valentine cards and two more off the to make list.
Deets: All Stampin Up except for the polka dot pattern paper strips and the inside sentiment * To the Moon and Back*
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Happy February peeps!
On a roll with the Valentine Cards...tis the season...Used Just Add Ink's sketch challenge for inspiration... some cardstock, red glimmer paper, punches..framelits and embossing folder later...Voila..another card off the to make list!!
Deets: All Stampin Up
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Happy February. :)
First challenge for 2017...Watercooler Wednesday's weekly challenge...this week Libby Fens' Clean and Simple theme is Love in Red and White. The Red and White is easy enough but the Clean and Simple is a challenge as my cardmaking bestie knows that I stay far far away from paper with lots of white space..but heck a challenge is a challenge. I opted for some red glimmer paper to pizzazz the card with a border and the Heart from the Bloomin Heart Thinlits.The "LOVE YOU" sentiment from the Bloomin' Love stamp set is stamped with real red ink...and Voila! Quickest card I have ever made and another card off the to make list. ;)
EDIT: I won.. I won..Libby chose my card as the winner of her CASchallenge. THANK YOU Libby for making my day!
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Smiles. :)
Welcome peeps to the Wacky Watercooler's January mini blog hop..just some inspiration from the new All Occasions and Sale-A-Bration mini catalogs.. to get your wish lists started..
This is a circular hop..so no matter where you start...you'll be able to follow the loop to all the great projects awaiting for you...if you just arrived from Heidi Weaver's yummy inspiration...have a peek at mine and than at the bottom of the post, you'll be able to click and head over to Kathy Rick's wonderful projects or back to the beginning of the blog. Grab your favourite java, or tea, bring your wish list and a pen and enjoy the 12 hops along the way!
Warning...lots of bling happening here...My first project showcases the Star Blast Edgelits Dies...I wanted a special Thank you card for one of my clients and decided to go all out with a 3D card and decided to make a NEW to me 3D pop up box card..paired the black, silver, whisper white and pool party colour combo with some retired DSP to work with. Thought the exploding stars would be perfect for a New Year's card..The card when flattened measures 5 3/4" by 5 1/2". Used the stars' centres to embellish the card...tossed in some sequins rhinestones and Voila!!
My second project is a special card for someone celebrating her Eighth Birthday. Some of Miss J's favorite things are cats, frogs and the colour purple....colour combo is Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry & Delightful Dijon. So I cut the balloons out of soft suede cardstock with the Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits and fussy cut away the outer frame and than punched the balloons out of DSP. The cat is a combination of the Layering Oval Framelits, circle punches and the number 6 from the Large Numbers Framelits for her tail.
The inside is opened to reveal the twist and pop mechanism that I have been wanting to try out..sadly the only frog stamp I could find was from the retired Moving Forward stamp set..Stamped the sentiments and the frogs with Bermuda Bay ink and embellished with DSP. Hope she likes her card.
Front of card and card closed...
Inside of card ~ Opened
Hope you find some inspiration and if you get a chance, please leave some blog love and let me know which is your fave.
Thanks for dropping by.
Have a FABULOUS day!
Smiles,
Sheri :)
