Trying out an Altenew stamp set

My friend, Angie, challenged me to try out the layering stamps from Altenew.  I have only one set and it had not seen ink yet.  Challenge accepted!  Now, I don't have any of the Altenew inks.  Altenew sells their inks in groupings of 4 colors from light to dark, which are made specifically for these layering stamps.  I have Stampin' Up! inks.  So I first tried some blues:  Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, and Pretty Peacock.  The flower ended up looking like a blue/green cabbage!  Then I tried yellows:  So Saffron, Pineapple Punch, Daffodil Delight, and Crushed Curry.  At least that one looked like a flower!  My pink try actually made it onto a card!  Petal Pink, Blushing Bride and 2 layers of Rococo Rose.  Yay!!  I love it!  The stamp set is called Just For You.  I used Mossy Meadow for my cardstock and the pink layer is from the Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper.  I used an Avery Elle wonky die to cut the pink layer and the banner.  The word YOU is from a My Favorite Things die called Miss You.  Hope you like my card!

Cape Cod Hydrangeas

I recently returned from a trip to New England.  Everywhere you looked, the hydrangeas were in full bloom and such gorgeous colors of blue/purple.  I had to try to capture that memory with my new stamp set, Beautiful Friendship, by Stampin' Up!  I stamped the flowers in Seaside Spray and the leaves in Granny Apple Green.  A simple "thanks" done in Memento black is from the set called Here's A Card.  A little bit of hand doodling finished it off.  Hope you like my card!

You’re Amazing

I made this card for my oldest granddaughter who is receiving an award at school for being "Responsible".  I am unable to go to the award ceremony, but her mom will make sure the card gets to her on that day.  I am so proud of her!!

Stamp Set from My Favorite Things called You're Super!

Party Patterns 6 x 6 Paper Pack

Colored with Copic Markers

My Display Board Share

My upline, Linda Heller, asked me to create a display board using the new Sale-A-Bration set called What I Love.  Of course, I agreed!  But I really didn't know what I was going to do.  Turns out, the card ideas just kept coming.  As soon as I would make one, I'd get an idea for another.  I used the SAB Designer Paper called Wildflower Fields in order to make the board have a cohesive feeling.  So most of my cards are Old Olive, Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Calypso Coral and Lost Lagoon.  Here is a picture of me with my board:

So I thought I would show three of the display cards here for you.  The first uses the sentiment from "You're So Lovely" from the 2016 Occasions Catalog, "Trust me, you're lovely".  I'm not sure when I would ever put that on a card to a friend, but I used it for this one!  The background is also stamped with one of the stamps from Timeless Textures, another new favorite.

The next card is color-blocked with the Wildflower Fields DSP.  I added the little cross stitch marks by hand with a black marker.  The sentiment on this one comes from Birthday Blooms, another Occasions set. 

And finally, here is the third card that I will share today.  It is a notecard size (3" x 5") and definitely one of my favorites!  I used the flower and leaves from What I Love and combined it with a background stamp from Timeless Textures. 

So that's it for today.  Tomorrow I will share some cards that I have been working on using the Botanical Gardens suite from the Occasions catalog.  They are so colorful you may need your sunglasses!

Paper Pumpkin Fun!

I am going to use these cute Paper Pumpkin pinwheels to say thank you to a couple of friends who ordered with me through Stampin' Up!  Aren't they adorable?  These were so easy to make, too.  Stampin' Up sends everything you need in one easy kit to make 24 of these adorable pinwheels.  You get 24 pre-cut pieces of double sided designer paper (8 each of 3 different patterns), 24 straws, 24 brads and even the cute flags are included!  I stamped mine with a saying from one of the demonstrator stamp sets, but this Paper Pumpkin kit comes with 3 photopolymer stamps:  "party", "celebrate" and a row of 5 stars.  You also get a package of glue dots, a hank of Basic Gray baker's twine, 24 cellophane bags, 24 silver clips.  In case you were thinking, "what would I do with 24 pinwheels?", let me just assure you that you could use the materials in this kit to make some very cute cards, gift bags with bows or pinwheels or even use these things to adorn your scrapbook pages.  Interested in having some Paper Pumpkin cuteness delivered to your door?  Check it out at www.mypaperpumpkin.com and if you decide to join, be sure to select me as your demonstrator!

I hope you like My Paper Pumpkin as much as I do!  Connie Hobbs

Timeless Hello

I made these fun cards for a Sketch Swap in one of my Yahoo groups.  I was very pleased with how these came out using the Etcetera DSP, Night of Navy card stock and Timeless Talk stamp set.  The ribbon is Calyso Coral chevron ribbon.  And I added two Candy dots at the hub of the wheels at the last minute.  Hope you like my card.

Pssst...

                         

Here is a card that I made for my upline's monthly meeting swap.  I had to make 15 of these and I'm very happy with how they turned out.  The flower is from Happy Watercolor, a new set in the 2014 Occasions catalog.  I stamped it onto a 4 x 4 piece of Watercolor Wonder DSP and cut it out with snips.  Then I ran the remaining piece of DSP through the Decorative Dots embossing folder before adhering it to my card front.  When you cover that with the top layer, you'd never know there was a flower-shaped hole in it!  Here is the inside in case you were interested:

I hope you like my card!  Connie

Hello

I signed up for a swap that was based on Sketch SC469 on Splitcoast stampers.  The sketch begged for a doily in place of the large circle. I used several new products on this card including the Fresh Prints DSP stack for the background, Simple Stems stamp set for my flowers and Simply Celebrate for the sentiment.  I used the Framelits from the Secret Garden to cut out my flowers and leaves and the paper for the leaves is from the Quatrafancy DSP.  I hope you like my card.  Connie

Make A Wish

This card is a catalog case, or actually a SAB flyer case.  On page 15 of the 2014 SAB flyer, there is a card that looks remarkably similar except the stamp used is different.  The DSP and card stock colors are the same.  I used the same embossing folder and edgelit.  However, I used a stamp from the Perfect Pennants stamp set for my card.  I'll be needing to build up my birthday card stash for the new year and this is a good start!  I hope you like my card.

Connie

Coastal Christmas

This card is based on the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch 71(PCCCS071).  I wanted to use my new Fresh Prints paper from the 2014 Occasions catalog, but I'm also still thinking Christmas.  I decided to make this card for my husband using the 3.5 x 5 note cards. The sentiment comes from Christmas Messages, one of the best sentiment stamp sets I've ever seen.  The tag is left over from the Holiday Catalog's Real Red Goodie Gear Simply Created Kit.  I don't own the Chevron Border Punch, but it only took a few clips with my snips to turn that Coastal Cabana card stock into a fun adornment.  Three Coastal Cabana Boutique Details finish the sketch.  I hope you like my card.

Petal Parade Thanks

My 2014 Occasions catalog purchases arrived last night at 9:00 PM after I had been stalking the UPS man all day long.  First thing this morning I assembled the stamp sets and I couldn't wait to put together my first card.  This is a loose case of a card by Justin Krieger.  I copied his idea to punch out the flowers instead of trying to cut them exactly.  The DSP is called Sweet Sorbet and the flower stamps are called Petal Parade and both of those will be available as Sale-A-Bration freebies between January 28th and March 31st next year.  The sentiment is from the Occasions catalog, called Simply Celebrate.  I hope you like my card!

Be Merry!

One of my November swaps was to make a pocket card.  I really didn't know what that meant but one of the members directed me to Splitcoast Stampers.  They had a good tutorial on pocket cards. This one is called a Criss Cross Card. I love how all the Stampin' Up products coordinate so well.  It makes me look good every time!  I hope you like my card!

Connie

Fun Christmas

I made this card for a swap group that I am in.  It was based on a sketch by Frances A. Sylvia.  I used several pieces of Winter Frost DSP and the stamp is from Christmas Messages.  I love the sparkle added by the strip of glimmer paper and the Frosted Finishes embellishment.  I hope you like my card.

Connie

The Colors of Fall

I love the colors of fall.  This card makes me smile a big silly grin.  I used my new Fiscars stamp press to help me line up the stamps onto the precut leaf shapes. It will take a little more practice but I like the result.  Hope you like my card.

Connie

Paper Napkin Background

I recently read a tutorial about making background paper with paper napkins and cling wrap.  Shortly after that one of my friends brought a snack to my house accompanied by these colorful napkins.  I just had to give the technique a try!  I think they came out pretty good!  For this card I used a 4 x 4 piece of Whisper White card stock.  I put a small piece of cling wrap over that, with the pretty paper napkin on top.  Cover with a piece of scrap and press it with a medium iron.  The cling wrap melts and holds the layers together.  Then I trimmed the excess about 1/2 inch from the Whisper White, added some snail adhesive and wrapped the excess to the back side!  Background done!

Sweater Weather Thanks

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 191 was my inspiration for this card.  I knew right away that I wanted to use the leaf from Wonderfall so I started from there.  I cut the circle with the Circles Collection Framelits. I tested the Washi Tape directly to the Sweater Weather DSP but you could see through it, so I decided to mount the Washi tape onto a strip of Whisper White card stock first.  Even then, the beige Washi was too blah so I added some doodling.  Then while the Chocolate Chip marker was still out I decided to add doodling to the circle also.  Various colored Candy Dots completed the accessories.  I stamped sentiments from Lots of Thanks to the front and inside as well.  I hope you like my card!

Connie

Gratitude

I used {Freshly Made} Sketches #1 as the inspiration for this card.  I don't have the Deco Label Framelits yet so I had to cut this out by hand.  Hope you like my card!

Connie

Being Thankful

This card is based on a sketch by Connie and Mary called CCMC263.  I used this sketch as an opportunity to express my gratitude for the seasons, especially fall, which is my favorite time of year.

I hope you like my card.

Connie

Manly card

I think manly cards are difficult sometimes.  Usually if I keep to a monochromatic color scheme in browns it turns out looking more masculine.  I used a couple of new products from the Holiday catalog:  Season of Style DSP Stack and Magnificent Maple stamp.  The sentiment is from Four You and I used Baked Brown Sugar as my card base with accents of Early Espresso Candy Dots.  I hope you like my card!

Connie

Dahlia Thank You

This card is based upon SCS Sketch SC316.  I combined Pool Party and Old Olive for this two-toned look.  The dahlia was inked in Island Indigo ink but colored in with Pool Party and a blender pen.  I used the trick I learned at convention to tie the ribbon.  ( Retired two-tone ribbon that I loved!). I hope you like my card.

Connie