Be Inspired #27

I had a really tough time with this week's Inspiration Challenge. I think the pattern on the scarf was throwing me off, so I decided to just go with the colors and forget the pattern! LOL I still have LOTS of last year's In Colors left. I still LOVE them! :) I used Purely Pomegranate and River Rock for this card. I used the Textile Cuttlebug folder on the background and highlighted parts of it with a white gel pen. I stamped the Watercolor Pressed Flowers by Paper Inspirations in Purely Pomegranate and River Rock for a shadow effect. The sentiment is from the Happy Greetings set by Hero Arts. You can find the stamps and the Cuttlebug folder at Stamper's Dream.


Make sure you stop by to see what Beate, Danielle Lounds, Dawn McVey, Jennifer Buck, Silke Ledlow and Susan Roberts have been inspired to create today. I'm sure they will ALL be just gorgeous! Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Watercolor Pressed Flower (Paper Inspirations), Happy Greetings (Hero Arts); Paper- Purely Pomegranate, River Rock, Chocolate Chip (SU); Ink- Purely Pomegranate, River Rock, Chocolate Chip (SU); Accessories- Textile Cuttlebug folder (Provocraft), white gel pen, small oval punch, Chocolate Chip satin ribbon (SU); Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Distressed Silhouette

I made this card for Joan's Silhouette Dirty Dare Challenge and Laura's Distressing Dirty Dare Challenge. I love the Kraft and Tangerine Tango together. . . and they both look good sponged and distressed. I stamped the Watercolor Pressed Flowers (found at Stamper's Dream) in Burnt Umber and in Tangerine Tango. The sentiment is from the Floral Whimsy set by Verve Stamps. The ribbon is Dark Chocolate Swiss Dots ribbon from Papertrey Ink. I sponged it with Burnt Umber so the dots wouldn't be so white. Thanks for stopping by today. Hope your week is off to a great start! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Watercolor Pressed Flower (Paper Inspirations), Floral Whimsy (Verve Stamps); Paper- Kraft, Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink), Tangerine Tango (SU); Ink- Burnt Umber (Palette), Tangerine Tango (SU), DarkBrown (Fluid Chalk Ink); Accessories- brads (Making Memories), sponge, Swiss Dots ribbon (Papertrey Ink), distressing tool; Finished card measure 4.25"x5.5"

FTL#5 Happy Birthday

I made this card using the Fall To Layout #5 from Clean and Simple Stamping. I love doing these sketches because they are pretty quick since they're clean and simple. I used this Cat Tails Rubber stamp from Paper Inspirations. Since the focal piece ended up being so skinny because of the image, I "filled it out" by paper piercing a box around it and adding my embellishments within the box. The sentiment is from the Happy Greetings set by Hero Arts. You can find all stamps at Stamper's Dream. Michelle has added lots of new stuff to the store too, so you might want to check it out! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Cat Tails (Paper Inspirations), Happy Greetings (Hero Arts); Paper- white (Georgia-Pacific), Chocolate Chip, So Saffron (SU), orange (DCWV); Ink- Burnt Umber (Palette); Accessories- Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, More Mustard markers (SU), Sunflower Dew Drops (The Robin's Nest), paper piercer.

FS68 Peanutbee

This is for today's Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS, to CASE Peanutbee. I just LOVE her gallery and you will too! I chose to CASE this adorable card. After I already made the card, I realized that even though this wasn't a sketch challenge on SCS, Denise made this card for one of Taylor's Friday Cupcake Challenges using one of Taylor's sketches. Oops. . .I should have read first! In any case, this is what I came up with. I changed the stamps and the circles on my version. The stamp set is Baby from Paper Inspirations and you can find it at Stamper's Dream! Instead of using plain circles for the baby images, I used the scallop circle punch.

Thanks for stopping by today! We're heading to a picnic a little later on. Hope you're enjoying your weekend. . . I know we are! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Baby (Paper Inspirations); Paper- Whisper White, Basic Black (SU), Berry Sorbet (Papertrey Ink), patterned paper (DCWV); Ink-Palette Noir; Accessories- Berry Sorbet Satin ribbon (Papertrey Ink), scallop punch (SU) paper piercer, Copic markers

Thank You

Here is a sweet and simple card I made using some Paper Inspirations stamps that I got at Stamper's Dream. The ribbon, Memory Box paper and Gemstones can also be found at Stamper's Dream. I stamped the Thank You from the Favorite Calligraphies clear stamp set in Onyx Black Versafine ink. Then, I colored the flower stamp with Cameo Coral and Old Olive markers and stamped that over top. I added some Hero Arts Gemstones to a couple of flower centers. For the finishing touches, I added the ribbon and punched the bottom of the card with the scallop border punch by Martha Stewart. What a pretty quick and simple card!

I'm very happy to announce that I've been asked to join the Stamper's Dream Design Team! I'm looking forward to working with the already amazing team and getting to know Michelle and the gang more! They are a wonderful bunch of people! The store carries a wide variety of stamps, embellishments and supplies. I'm very excited! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Favorite Calligraphies, Watercolor Pressed Flowers (Paper Inspirations); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine); Paper- white (Georgia-Pacific), Certainly Celery (SU), Homespun Collection (Memory Box); Accessories- Old Olive, Cameo Coral markers (SU), ribbon (May Arts), scallop border punch (Martha Stewart), Gemstones (Hero Arts)