Today's Daily Inspiration Post–Cheryl Card

Hello!   This is Cheryl from Shestamps.  I have another card for Mother’s Day to share with you today.

 

Although I always love October Afternoon’s paper collections, I especially love Woodland Park. Since I had the papers sitting on my desk after making this card for the Pumpkin Spice blog hop, I decided to see what else I could create.

 

 

I created my chipboard letters by adhering kraft cardstock to a piece of cardboard from a cereal box before using alphabet dies to cut them out. This is a cheap and easy way to have chipboard pieces that match any project. You can see the Bazzill Basics card stock carried by ShopPumpkinSpice here.

 

You still have plenty of time to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day and join in the fun we had at the Pumpkin Spice blog. Challenges are open until 6 pm Friday, May 10th. Each challenge winner will receive a $20 GC to ShopPumpkinSpice.

 

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

 

Supplies:

• Stamps: None
• Inks: None
• Papers: Bazzill Basics kraft, white, & red CS, October Afternoon Woodland Park 8x8 paper pack, Stampin’ Up Vellum, misc. cereal box
• Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Taylored Expressions Woodgrain impression plate, Papertrey letter dies, Die-namics hexagon dies, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Heat It craft tool
• Embellishments: misc. pearls, Ranger super fine clear embossing powder
• Fonts: Bradley Hand ITC
• Sketch: CAS(e) This Sketch #12

 

 

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NSD–“Things with Wings” challenge with Cheryl

Hello! Are you enjoying National Scrapbooking Day? I hope you are having a day filled with paper crafty fun!

To celebrate NSD, we have added a twist to our monthly blog hop. The twist----- there will be a special challenge at each DT blog on the hop. You will have 11 fun NSD challenges to participate in and 11 chances to win a $20 gift certificate to ShopPumpkinSpice.com!

My challenge is “Things with Wings”.

With Mother’s Day right around the corner, I know I need a some Mother’s Day cards.   I decided on using some layered butterflies to show off the beautiful papers from October Afternoon’s Woodland park collection.   Aren’t they gorgeous?



If you love these papers as much as I do, you can get this 8x8 paper collection containing 46 sheets for just $8.75 at Shop Pumpkin Spice.
You can take another 10% off your purchase by using coupon code NSD8.
Be sure to stop back so you don’t miss any fun. All challenge submissions should be linked up on the DT member’s challenge post on the Pumpkin Spice blog. Join our challenge for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the Pumpkin Spice shop.
Don’t forget you can use coupon code NSD8 for 10% off your order!
Thank you for stopping by! I hope you will join my “Things with Wings” challenge.  Please link your challenge submission below.

Supplies:

• Papers: Bazzill Basics kraft, white, blossom CS, October Afternoon Woodland Park 8x8 paper pack
• Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Provo Craft Seeing Spots embossing folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities, small heart punch, Cricut, My Time Made Easy Flutters & Blossoms SVG
• Embellishments: Twinery bakers twine, pearls
• Technique: Custom rub on
• Font: Jenna Sue

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CHALLENGE:

THINGS WITH WINGS

Today's Daily SPS Inspiration from Cheryl ~ Card

Oh my gosh! I’m late! This has been a bit of a crazy week and I lost track of the days. I hope you don’t mind if I keep the post short and to the point.

Once again I was playing around with some fun papers and chipboard from Pumpkin Spice. I so love making cards like this now. With a few extra added accents you have a fabulous card that is pretty fast to make.

These beautiful papers and chipboard pieces are from the For the Record 2 – Documented collection from Echo Park. I just love these colors. For my card, I layered a couple of chipboard pieces to give it a bit of extra dimension. To add a little something extra, I used liquid pearls to accent the center of the flower.

Check out the 6x6 paper pads and coordinating chipboard and embellishments at Pumpkin Spice for great prices and fabulous customer service.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Papers: Bazzill Basics white, black, & kraft CS, Echo Park For the Record 2 Documented 6x6 paper pad
• Tools: Big Shot, Papertrey celebrations frame die
• Embellishments: Echo Park For the Record 2 Documented chipboard & layered chipboard, Liquid Pearls, misc. pearls

Today's Daily Inspiration- Cheryl’s Card

Hello!  This is Cheryl from Shestamps. 

I have a new card using products from Pumpkin Spice to share with you today. I love the pretty colors and patterns in Echo Park’s For The Record 2 – Tailored collection.

 

 

As you probably have noticed, I now love making cards and projects using chipboard and stickers. I can’t believe that I hardly ever used to use them in my crafting. You can get this beautiful collection at Pumpkin Spice. The 6x6 paper pad is only $4.19 and the layered chipboard is $2.79.

 

Don’t forget to join in the weekly challenge at Pumpkin Spice. This week we challenge you to incorporate eggs in your project. You can link up your projects HERE.

 

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

 

Supplies:

• Papers: Echo Park For the Record 2 Tailored 6x6 paper pad, Bazzill Basics CS
• Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Provo Craft Seeing Spots embossing folder, Fiskars edge punch, PaperTrey Layered Mat Stack #1 die
• Embellishments: Echo Park For the Record 2 Tailored Layered Chipboard, Liquid Pearls
• Fonts: Charlie & Honey Script

 

 

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Today's Daily SPS Inspiration with Cheryl ~ Card

Hello!  Although my crafty mojo has been on a bit of a hiatus lately (I think it is off looking for spring), I couldn’t help but be inspired by the beautiful, warm colors from Echo Park’s For the Record 2 collection.

In my original idea for this card, I was planning on having more of these beautiful floral papers showing. I love the pink and orange together. But, the doily on my desk some how made it’s way on my card. Once again, I used some coordinating chipboard. I jazzed it up a bit using some liquid pearls on the flower centers.

Don’t forget you still have time to join challenge #12 – Lucky (your interpretation). To link up your “lucky” project or to see the challenge details, stop by the Pumpkin Spice blog.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

Supplies:

• Stamps: None
• Inks: None
• Papers: Bazzill Basics card stock, For the Record 2 Tailored 6x6 paper pad
• Tools: Sewing machine, Stampin’ Up edge punch, Bow Easy, Big Shot, Papertrey Wonderful Words die
• Embellishments: October Afternoon mini market kraft & black letter stickers, Echo Park For the Record 2 Tailored Chipboard & Layered Chipboard accents, Liquid pearls, Tangerine Hug Snug Seam Binding, Twinery Cantaloupe bakers twine, misc. button, tag doily, & pearls

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Some Pumpkin Spice Daily Inspiration from Cheryl– Card

Hello! This is Cheryl.  For my project today, I created a card that fits the current Pumpkin Spice challenge, “Time”. We would love to see your project with either a word or element that implies time.

I have to admit I was a bit stumped by the challenge at first. I could only think of clocks and watches, but I didn’t have any stamps that would fit. I finally had my “Ah ha!” moment and thought about looking up a quote about time. I found this quote from John Lennon that I really liked and the idea for my card grew from there and these beautiful Pebbles Inc. papers.

 

 

I love these new papers from Pebbles, Inc. The colors are so bright and cheery, I had to use them to chase away the spring gloom we have right now. I love each of the 18 patterns (2 pages of each) included in the 6x6 pad.

 

 

I hope this helps to inspire you to think out of the box and create a project for our “Time” challenge. You can link up your project and find the challenge details HERE.

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous day and have the chance to waste some time doing something you enjoy.

Supplies:

• Stamps & inks – none
• Papers: Family Ties 6x6 paper pad, Bazzill Basics card stock
• Tools: Big Shot, Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities, Papertrey banner basics die, Fiskars & EK Success edge punches
• Embellishments: Burlap, The Twinery Lemondrop baker’s twine, misc. buttons

 

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Today's Daily SPS Inspiration with Cheryl: Card

Hello! This is Cheryl from Shestamps. 

This week’s challenge is to use X’s and O’s in your creations. Denine further challenged the DT to see what we could make with the focus on designer paper and only use stamps for sentiments. This idea popped into my head immediately. (Gosh, I love when that happens!)

 

 

On the back side of my top layer, I measured and marked where I wanted the die cuts. Although I used metal dies, you could do the same thing with your die cutting machine. The pieces of designer paper are adhered to the back side of the white piece so it shows through the negative spaces. I think there are so many possibilities to this design. You could use other words or shapes to fit any occasion. I finished off my card with stitching because, well, I almost always use stitching. I couldn’t resist adding some coordinating bakers twine.

 

I hope you will join our X’s & O’s challenge. You can find all the challenge details and link up your project here.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Paper: Bazzill card stock (red & white), Lily Bee Design Handmade 6x6 Tiny Tablet
• Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Papertrey die cut alphabet, Stampin’ Up edge punch
• Embellishments: The Twinery maraschino baker’s twine
• Font: Lemon Chicken

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Today's Daily Inspiration from Cheryl–cards

Hello!  This is Cheryl.   I hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day yesterday.  

While scrolling through the Pumpkin Spice shop, I noticed the great prices on the Christmas/Winter themed paper pads. The fun colors and patterns on so many of the pages could be used for just about anything. So I pulled out the “12 Days of Christmas” paper pad from My Mind’s Eye and set to work trying to make some cards.

 

Since I never have enough birthday cards on hand, I thought that was what I would try first. I started by punching out butterflies from several of the many patterns in the pad. From there, I moved them around my card until I had an arrangement that I liked, added some stitching and stickers, and, “Ta Da!”, a birthday card!

Since I also need a congratulations card for a friend , I thought I would see what I could make with the same paper pad. I really love how this card turned out.

(In real life, the glitter on the “U” is more similar to the aqua color in the paper.)

So what do you think? You can make some fabulous, non-holiday cards using holiday themed papers. In fact, you can purchase the 6x6 paper pad I used, My Mind’s Eye “12 Days of Christmas”, for only $3.35 at Pumpkin Spice. Also check out My Mind’s Eye “Winter Wonderland”, which is also only $3.35. I have it sitting on my desk right now because I love all the cute striped and polka dot papers.

While you are there, check out all the Christmas themed items HERE and the Winter themed items HERE. If you are already starting on your Christmas cards for 2013, you can pick up some stickers, chipboard and other items that coordinate with the papers so you can make some easy and cute cards.

Did you get the Pumpkin Spice Newsletter yesterday? If not, sign up HERE so you don’t miss out on any sales, news, or inspiration.

Thank you for stopping by!

~Cheryl

 

Supplies:

Birthday Wishes

• Papers: Bazzill kraft & red CS, My Mind’s Eye 12 Days of Christmas 6x6 paper pad
• Tools: Sewing machine, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Fiskar’s edge punch
• Embellishments: October Afternoon Sticky Keys & Mini Market alphabet stickers

Happy 4 U

• Papers: Bazzill kraft CS, My Mind’s Eye 12 Days of Christmas 6x6 paper pad
• Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Tim Holtz embossing folder, Papertrey Block Alphabet Numbers die, Papertrey Wonderful Words die
• Embellishments: Starbucks coffee sleeve, misc. blue glitter, gemstones, Thickers alphabet stickers

 

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Today’s Daily Inspiration Post–Cheryl Cards

Last week I created a 6x6 layout using Echo Park This & That Graceful paper pad from ShopPumpkinSpice. When I was done, my desk was a total mess with the left over stickers, papers, doilies, etc. and I had about an hour before I had to start making dinner. I knew if I put everything away, it would probably be a while before I dug out these gorgeous papers and stickers and put them to use again. So I challenged myself to make as many cards as I could, primarily using the materials on my desk, before I had to start cooking. This is what I came up with.

 

Card #1 uses one of the sentiment stamps from Love You Mulberry Wood collection available at ShopPumpkinSpice. I used a handy tip that I picked up somewhere. If you have a sticker that you want to make un-sticky, dust the back with cornstarch. (Be sure to tap off the extra and even brush it off with an old brush. Anything else the cornstarch gets on will also become no longer sticky.) I did that on the blue flower so that I could pop it up on dimensionals.

 

On card #2, I trimmed down the flourish/stem sticker so that it would fit my card. Again I used the corn starch trick and popped up the flower.

 

I love this hot balloon sticker, especially with the sentiment.

 

This one is my favorite. I love this sentiment sticker because I used to sing this song to my daughter when she was small (and she still liked my singing). I matted the sticker with a piece of scrap black card stock.

 

I made all four of these cards in about an hour with the bits and pieces on my desk. It really showed me how versatile stickers can be and how quickly you can make some cards. I think I usually consider stickers as something to use primarily in scrapbooking. ShopPumpkinSpice has a large variety of stickers you can use in your crafting available HERE. Pair them up with some matching papers and you are ready to go to make a stack of cards. (Note that after these 4 cards and my 6x6 scrapbook page, I still have plenty of paper and stickers to play with.)

 

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

 

~Cheryl

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Supplies:

• Stamps: Love You Mulberry Wood collection
• Inks: Close To My Heart Cranberry
• Papers: Bazzill Kraft Cardstock, Echo Park This & That Graceful 6x6 paper pad
• Embellishments: Echo Park This & That Graceful Element Stickers, misc. doily, twine & pearls
• Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Provo Craft Seeing Spots embossing folder, Stampin’Up edge punch & photo corner punch

Today’s Daily SPS Inspiration with Cheryl–Card

Hello!  Happy Friday!   This is Cheryl from SheStamps.  I hope you are having a wonderful week.  Here in Wisconsin, we haven’t had much snow, but it is COLD!   To break out of the winter doldrums, I decided to make a card using this sweet image from Mulberry Woods and pretty paper from Crate Paper.   The flowers on the paper and the stamp make me think of summer.

I really love this stamp set.  Not only is it adorable and versatile, it stamps beautifully.
You can get these products that I used to create my card at ShopPumkinSpice.

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Have a wonderful day!
~Cheryl