Stippled Blossoms and Just Believe for the Divas!

Do you ever envision a card or an idea in your head and then when you get it on paper, it's NOTHING like what you thought it would be?

Yeah...me too! And that's what happened as I was working on today's card for the Inspiration challenge.

I had an idea in my head and I knew I wanted to use Stippled Blossoms. Well...first off I had to stamp it THREE times (and yes! I was using my stamp-a-majig), so maybe that should have been the first clue!

Once I had the card all together, it just looked BLAH. So, I added a whole BUNCH of Dazzling Details. That didn't do much for it either...

So I just decided to quit while I was ahead and make a whole OTHER card. *sigh*

This one turned out MUCH better:

For this one, I opted for the Just Believe stamp set. I stamped the round images in Daffodil Delight on Whisper White. They were then punched out with the 1 1/4" circle punch and then matted on a piece of Whisper White punched with the 1 3/8" circle punch before being adhered to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals.

The sentiment (also from Just Believe) was stamped in Staz-ON. And THEN, I was happy because this card much more closely matched the idea that was in my head - YAY!

Here's the inspiration piece we were given:

What do you think?

STAMPS: Stippled Blossoms, Just Believe
INK: So Saffron, Summer Starfruit, Daffodil Delight, Staz-ON
PAPERS: Always Artichoke, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight
ACCESSORIES: Stampin' Dimensionals, Dazzling Details, Punches

Happy Stampin'!

Friday - MY WAY!!

So, since joining/being asked to be part of a few design teams, I've learned something. I like to work in batches.

Monday is one DT, Tuesday another, etc. I TRY to work at least two weeks in advance, but as long as I'm ahead by one it's all good!

I also learned that when I decide to announce a new feature on my blog, it almost ALWAYS stops after the first week. I figured out why! It's that whole "batch" thing! By putting together a few weeks in a row, I can keep the feature going - YAY!

So, last night, I had an idea...and I postponed today's post in favour of starting the "Friday - MY WAY!" feature.

This post is (OBVIOUSLY) way later than most of my others (you'll notice the OCD time stamp of 6:30 a.m. on at least 99% of my posts), but I promise you this feature is worth the wait! Ready?

In January at Leadership, Stampin' UP! announced the theme for the year (this year, it's MY WAY!), so I started thinking earlier this week that it would be fun to take cards that I find online and CASE them using Stampin' UP! supplies. It's well known (DUH!) that I'm a Stampin' UP! junkie and that I am 100% SUO (that means I use Stampin' UP! products exclusively when I'm creating). I do, however, find inspiration ALL over the net (mostly Pinterst *coughcough*) and decided to use that inspiration to recreate non Stampin' UP! cards (I know...who knew you could create without SU! Strange...) with 100% Stampin' UP! supplies. And so...you get Friday - MY WAY!!!

OK...enough babbling...here's today's card:

I made TWENTY of these things today because it's my team card of the month for October (yes, with all that fussy cutting). I'll let you in on a little secret though...I only have NINETEEN members on my team. Know what that means? Spare card!! If YOU want to get one in the mail, all you need to do is join my team before the end of September and I'll have one in the mail to you along with the ones that will go to the rest of my team.

I started off by punching out 120 3/4" squares in rainbow colours, then I cut my strips of Whisper White onto which I adhered all those little squares. After I added them to the front of the cards, I went to work on the stamping and fussy cutting. No...I didn't use a Stamp-a-majig. :)

What do you think?

STAMPS: Just Believe
INK: Crumb Cake, Old Olive
PAPERS: Whisper White and Crumb Cake Cardstock; Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point and Rich Razzleberry DSP
ACCESSORIES: Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'! And thanks for waiting patiently today!

Go Big or Go Home for the Stampin' Queens!

Or...some things have to be seen to be believed...which is not only the sentiment, but also how I felt after looking at the colour combo on the Colour Coach. Soft Suede, So Saffron and Regal Rose? Really? Yes, REALLY!!!

Look at this:

Would you have thought that those three colours would look so good together? Me neither - but there you have it!

I started off with the ribbon as my inspiration and then added the rest of the elements. Of COURSE, I used Everything Eleanor again (you're surprised? LOL!) and added in just a touch of "Just Believe" (the sentiment).

Here's the sketch, so you can give it a try too:

Congratulations to Teresa who won yesterday's card!!! I already have Teresa's addy, so I'll pop it in the mail for her!

Would YOU like to win this card? Just leave me a comment today, February 8th, 2012 before midnight EST and tomorrow morning, I'll chose a winner!

What do you think?

STAMPS: Everything Eleanor, Just Believe
INK: So Saffron, Soft Suede
PAPERS: Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Soft Suede, Regal Rose
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Vintage Thank You - Just Believe

I've been in a bit of a vintage mood lately, so while I had the paper out for this post, I decided to keep playing with it.

Here's what I came up with:

Can you believe this is Christmas paper? This is a perfect example of just how versatile our papers are. You can use them for their intended purpose (Christmas) and for a host of other things! Come back on Nov. 3rd when I'll be participating in the SUDSOL Blog Tour and you can see what I did using our Celebrations DSP for two different cards.

For this card, my base is Crumb Cake Cardstock and the next layer up is Early Espresso. My DSP is from the Deck the Halls DSP pack.

For this card, I used the Just Believe Stamp Set (item # 120453 - Clear). I coloured the main image using my markers and since it was a sizeable image, rather than "huff", I spritzed with some water and then stamped the image. I spritzed twice, but should have only spritzed once. In the end though, it worked to add a little more "vintage" to my card.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Just Believe

INK: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler

PAPERS: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso Cardstock; Deck the Halls DSP

ACCESSORIES: Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!