For only being a four day work week, it seems like it has lasted forever, really glad tomorrow is Friday. I’ve a lot of crafting to do over the weekend.  While I’ve been glad that I work indoors since it’s been so hot & humid, the weather makes for warm pool water and I’ve enjoyed some late evening swims. The pool seems just like a bathtub before you need to add more hot water, need to enjoy this while it’s here, next thing you know the water is ice cold again!

Today’s card is for the Stamp Ink Paper challenge, check out their blog by clicking here:

For my card I decided to use a stamp set that’s been laying around feeling a little neglected, the Celebrate Today stamp set, which has matching framelits. The card starts with a base of Sahara Sand and the Polka Dot Textured Embossing folder that I used only on the from the card. Next are three strips of card stock (Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight & Whisper White) layered together and the Pacific Point is adhered with dimensionals. The balloon and word ‘Celebrate’ are heat embossed with Gold Stampin Embossing powder and the banner ends are punched out using the Hexagon punch. For a little something something I used the new “White Perfect Accents”.

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Who doesn’t like a good cupcake for their birthday? Afraid of all the calories, then today’s card is just for you!

My card is for the MOJO Monday 406 challenge, sketch by Julee Tilman below. Check out their blog here.

My card features the Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper Stack and matching Washi tape. The cup cake was created using the Sprinkles of Life stamp set and replaces the star in the sketch. I stamped the bottom of the cup cake using Tip Top Taupe ink on Crumb Cake card stock and cut out with my paper snips. The icing is a Watermelon Wonder cloud using the Tree Builder Punch, with Dazzling Details for sparkle, it’s a birthday cup cake after all.  I used the Decorative Dots Embossing folder for texture on the Crushed Curry. The background is pieces of Cherry on Top paper pieced together on a mat of Bermuda Bay and adhered to a Whisper White card base. All other layers have dimensionals behind them. Happy Birthday is from the Age Awareness stamp set and stamped in Crushed Curry, Cherry on Top Washi Tape is covering opposite corners. The perfect birthday card for the calorie counter in your life!

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So how is your Tuesday, mine is pretty good. Next week I will be going to the final Stampin Up Convention as we know them today and my badge and bag voucher came in the mail. I better get to finishing those swaps, its closing in on me!

Today’s card is for the CanYouCaseIT weekly challenge, check out their blog here.

First a little background on how I came up with the idea for my card. While in the shower this morning I was thinking of the challenge and what I could do, you need to understand I have some of my best ideas while in the shower. I thought how cool it would be to use the You’ve Got This stamp set.  The cross hatched stamp was stamped with VersaMark ink and Black Stampin Embossing Powder was heat set all on a Whisper White card base. Next, using Daffodil Delight card stock as my “one color”, I used VersaMark and Clear Stampin Embossing Powder for the flower. I then fussy cut the flower out and adhered to the card with dimensionals. The sentiment is from Birthday Blossoms and a small bow using vintage Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon tops off the card.

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In a few short hours it will be Friday, the day before the weekend, yeah!!! It’s been a busy night here as my brother and his family arrived for a four day visit. My nephew will be a senior in high school  this year so they are doing college visits (Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh) and visiting me as well.  Since I needed to work a little later today and they’ve been busy traveling we opted for take out from Primanti Brother’s as well all just love their sandwiches with cole slaw and french fries on them. Here’s a photo of one:

Today’s card is for the  Stamp Ink Paper  challenge, you can check out their  blog here .

To  make my card I started with the  Hardwood stamp and Crumb Cake card stock and ink pad. I stamped the image twice and cut the individual “boards” apart, two are in the back horizontal and seven where lined up in the front with a little more than ¼” between them. Next I cut a piece of Cucumber Crush to act as ‘grass’ and layered on Soft Sky to create the background. The fence is then adhered by dimensionals. Using scraps of pinks/yellow/white I punched out flowers from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack and adhered them in a circle to create a bouquet of flowers, similar to the ball of flowers in the inspiration photo. Flowers have rhinestones in the middle for some bling. Used the Balloon Framelit banner and gold foil to create the banners from flower bunch to flower bunch. The entire piece is adhered to a card base of Whisper White. For something different the Whisper White is 4 ¼” x 11″, scored and folded at 5 ½” for a side folding card. The sentiment is from the Birthday Blossoms stamp set.

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Happy Wednesday, half way through the week and one sleep away from my brother and his family coming for a visit. They are doing a college tour trip with my nephew and will coming into Pittsburgh tomorrow and will be spending a few days with us before leaving on Monday. While visiting I plan on letting my niece, and fellow crafter, loose in the craft room and will feature her as a guest designer on my Sunday posting.

Today’s card is for the CanYouCaseIt weekly challenge, you can check out their blog here.

To get started on the card I cut a piece of Whisper White card stock to size and using the flower bunch stamp from Birthday Blossoms I stamped the image multiple times using Hello Honey, Wisteria Wonder and Mint Macaron. Next I cut the image into thirds and adhered them in order to a piece of Wisteria Wonder card stock and wrapped Metallic Gold Bakers Twine around three times, adhering to the back of the card. This piece was then adhered to the Hello Honey Card base with Stampin Dimensionals. The sentiment on Wisteria Wonder is from Birthday Blossoms as well and heat embossed in white. Topped off the card with a bakers twine bow and pearls.

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Hopefully were you live you were able to enjoy fireworks last night. For us, next weekend is when our community has their annual community days and fireworks, we watched some firework shows on television and they were great! I enjoyed the 4th by doing some craft projects and spending a few hours in the swimming pool, it was a great day for that! Today is food shopping day, when you open our frig there is a cool breeze.

Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge. The sketch is below, stop over to their blog to check out their design team items and cards by other crafters like me, just click here.

To create my 5″x 5″ card I used a piece of Bohemian Designer Series Paper as inspiration and on my card. Since the colors include Delightful Dijon, Bermuda Bay and Blackberry Bliss, I used both Bermuda Bay and Blackberry Bliss card stock and for the Delightful Dijon, chose to use the new ‘Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper’. The dinosaur images are from the No Bones About It Photopolymer Stamp Set. Being a photopolymer stamp set makes it easy to line up the images for the two step stamping. I used the new Gold Metallic thread to wrap around the card, but finished it off with a bow from the new Dotted Lace Trim in Delightful Dijon. The punched out stars are from the Itty Bitty Accent Punch Pack set (this punch set really comes in handy for multiple projects). On the upper left corner are three ‘green’ circles, these are actually the new White Perfect Accents colored with a Sharpie – I thought that the dinosaur’s that were stamped with Delightful Dijon and Bermuda Bay looked green to me, so green circles it is. Both the image square and sentiment square are backed with dimensionals for depth. The No Bones About It stamp set is definitely going to be a fun one to stamp with!  ♥

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