All posts filed under: Stampin’ UP

Floral Mini Notes 3 x 3

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We’ve had so much rain since Friday evening; it just won’t stop!! It’s starting to feel a bit gloomy and I really needed a little pick me up and I’m betting some of you do to! Flowers help cheer me, and with my allergies lately, pretty flowers on paper are probably even better than the real thing! *smiles* I love the look of wildflowers so that’s what I had in mind as I made these. I hope you all have sunshine and flowers in the days ahead!! Have a wonderful, creative day and thank you for your sweet comments!! You make blogging so much fun!! Deena

Boys will be Boys!

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We went to my hometown to visit my Mom and Grandmother for Easter, and we had a really nice time!   On Easter day we took a walk through the riverside park where they have built a large skate park. It was packed with boys skateboarding from the age of 6 to 46! My boys were super excited about it and immediately demanded that they get skateboards for their birthdays in June! However, I was shocked to see that only about 10% of them were wearing helmets! They were jumping rails (down sets of stairs) and flipping their boards all without helmets. It really worried me.  Am I overprotective?  My boys wear helmets to ride their bikes which seems a lot less dangerous than what those boys were doing! Nevertheless, I was inspired to make this card for the WT challenge on SCS today :”Boy oh boy!”, because my boys will like it! “Look Mom! NO hands and NO HELMETS!” uugh! NO WAY! Stamps: Extreme Skateboard Stampin’ Up!, Cornish Heritage Farms boys, sanded background SU! …

Clean and Simple Halloween

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I made a CAS Halloween card today inspired by a card from Alimarbles gallery on SCS (Ali Manning).  She is the Featured Stamper today and has such a wonderful style! I kept her clean and simple design, but made a Halloween card instead of a Valentine.  The ribbon loop can hold a tootsie roll or rocket candy roll as a quick Halloween treat for a teacher or classmate. Thanks for stopping by!! Deena

Nice Ride

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My husband recently bought himself  a 2005  papaya orange  Audi  TT coupe quatro.  He’d been longing for a sports car for a while and  after struggling for some time with his practical self, gave in to the pleasure of owning a second car built for speed and performance, instead of child car seat capacity and luggage space.  Although he did ask my opinion, I have never been interested in cars, nor do I know a thing about them, but I knew it meant a lot to him, so I left it to him to decide what to do.  He originally wanted it in yellow, but found this great papaya orange instead!  At first I really didn’t like the idea of the yellow or any other bright color, but now I have to admit that I think the orange is a really cool look for this car! This week’s Crafty Creations Challenge was set by Claire (hopejacare) to the theme of  TRANSPORTATION.  So, I thought I’d make a card to congratulate Des on the purchase of …

Crafty Creations Sketch

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Hi everyone!   Jeanet has given us a great sketch to play with this week over on Crafty Creations challenge blog!  This is my DT sample card.  It’s going to a young boy in need of some cheering up.  If  you would like to read the whole story about Mark and maybe send him a card too, here is the LINK. This was also inspired by Mothermark’s Teapot Tuesday challenge to make an Xtreme sports card. This is my second Shopping Inspired card for my own SHOPPING INSPIRATION CHALLENGE. Stamps: Extreme Skateboard Stampin’ Up! Accessories: metal hinge, metal letter (dollar store) Paper: Pink Paislee dp, Kraft cardstock, white card stock, Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa Thanks so much for stopping by today!! I always enjoy reading your comments! Deena

Together Forever Wedding Shower Card

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Hello!! I hope you are all enjoying the summer so far!  There’s been some record high heat in many areas, so I hope everyone is keeping cool and hydrated! I made this card for my niece, her wedding shower is this Sunday!  I used the SCS sketch challenge to bring this toghether.  The dp is lovely Juliette s.e.i paper, so shimmery and pretty, a gift from my friend Peggy!  I  used Bittersweet Basic Grey paper for the first layer.   I added more shimmer with my Sakura gelly roll pen on the cake and sentiment.  The flower is punched from crepe paper and colored with copics, and finished off with a sparkle brad. Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Fun and Fast Notes Accessories: oval punch, scallop oval punch, corner rounder punch, flower punches, brad, Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge (circle), Copics: R11, R20, YG91, Sakura gelly roll gold pen CHALLENGE INSPIRED: SCS sketch C.R.A.F.T challenge: cakes/ice cream Thanks for stopping by today!! Deena

Around the World

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It’s Wednesday so you know what that means…Crafty Creations challenge is up!!  This week’s challenge is to make something with an “around the world” theme!  Sassy Studio Designs is our sponsor this week and the DT got to play with this lovely image that went so well with the theme. Challenges: CC270, MMTPT93 on SCS Mothermark’s Teapot party Stamps: Sassy Studio Designs, SU! Dream Gardens Paper: Soft Suede, Melon Mambo, whisper white Ink: rose red Accessories: Copics YG93, YG95, R20,R24, dew drops Want to see what our fabulous DT did for this challenge?  Stop by their blogs and show them some love! Bernie Claire Deena Georgia Jennifer Magda Shelly Have a creative day!! Deena

Welcome Home

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I was working on tags for my shop with these cute house images when I saw the perfect sketch in Lori Tecler’s gallery! She is the Featured Stamper this week on SCS. I used the same sketch as hers: Weirdos.  I added a layer, changed the stamps, dropped the sentiment tag, added the sentiment to the center stamp and used a checkered ribbon for embellishment. Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Good Neighbors, Warm Words Paper: basic black, whisper white Accessories: ribbon And here are the tags too, available in my ETSY SHOP. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! Deena

Frosted Window Technique

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I hope all you Mom’s out there are having a great day!! My boys brought me breakfast in bed!  Their Daddy had made fresh strawberry pancakes, coffee and orange juice  and they brought it to me with big grins after letting me sleep in until 10am!  I got some sweet cards and kisses too! I am getting some “quiet time” to myself now and thought I’d post the card I made last night… I was inspired to make this after visiting Allee’s gallery.  She is the reigning queen for the Queen for the Day game on SCS.  If you would like to join in on the fun and games and honor Lynn as QFTD08 the SCS forum link is HERE. I used this “frosted window” technique that I first heard of at Toy’s Haven.  Holly came up with this technique and made a gorgeous floral card for the technique challenge she made it for,  so be sure to have a look! Here’s what I did (slightly different from Holly’s, because I used two different stamps …

CAS birthday in Orange

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Today’s CAS (clean and simple) challenge was to make an orange birthday card.  You can find the challenge gallery on SCS. Paper: Bo Bunny Gypsy, white cs, kraft cs Stamps: Live like you mean it SU!, Stampendous tile set Ink: Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango (SU! ) Accessories: orange button, twine, scallop punch Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!!  I always appreciate your comments and I’m happy to answer any questions! Deena