Getting Punchy for Friday Mashup

It's Friday, woohooo! It's my last Friday working days this summer, I go back to nights on Monday and I am so happy. It will mean less crafting time but I am sooooo not a morning person, I much prefer going to bed at 4am and sleeping during the day. This also means fall is just around the corner, another reason to be excited!

Friday Mashup challenges also get me excited and this week is no different. I love to see what my fellow DT members come up with and a lot of the time its something I've never tried before and I like that they make me think outside of the box. Avery is our hostess for this challenge and she wants to see some punch art mixed with pom poms! What a fun way to mix things up!

Now, I will admit that I was a bit stumped by the punch art simply because its not something I do. I surfed the net (ok, mainly Pinterest) for ideas and finally decided to do a tab punch dress. It reminds me of my daughter as she is very girly girl and loves her dresses.....the complete opposite of me! I used Real Red to punch the top of the dress out and then used a scallop punch for the bottom half. The edges were sponged on both pieces for a bit more definition. I used some Real Red ribbon to create a belt and I added a single small black pom pom as an accent, along with some pearls along the neckline.

My card base is Crumb Cake and I created another panel in Crumb Cake and embossed it with the Modern Mosaic folder. I sponged it with Crumb Cake for added dimension again. The banners are cut from Fresh Prints DSP and Whisper White.

My layout came from the current challenge at The Paper Players. As soon as I saw the sketch I knew the dress would work perfectly!

Make sure you head over to both The Friday Mashup and The Paper Players to check out both challenges!

• Create a project with "Pom Poms". 
• Create a project with "Punch Art:.
• or Mash it Up! and create a "Punch Art project with Pom Poms on it". 

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Create a Cupcake (retired)

Paper: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White, Fresh Prints DSP(retired)

Ink: Real Red, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Tab Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Real Red Ribbon, Paper Piercer, Small Pearls, Big Shot, Modern Mosaic EF, dimensionals, sponge

Dasher for Tis The Season

It's time for another challenge at 'Tis The Season and this week we have a great sketch for you! I love the tilted square, it's an element I normally wouldnt work with.

I grabbed my Dasher stamp to create a CAS card. I stamped the reindeer on some Very Vanilla and cut it with the circle framelits. Below that I added a banner of Early Espresso with another banner in Very Vanilla that has the sentiment on it. The polka dot square on a base on Crumb Cake finishes off the card.

I hope you'll come by 'Tis The Season and join us....only 146 days until Christmas (as of Thurs!).

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Dasher (retired), To You and Yours (retired)

Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla,Festival of Prints (retired)

Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, dimensionals

World Map for Friday Mashup

Thank goodness for Friday's! I started back to work this week after having most of the summer off(I work for the school district) and I am wiped out! I'll be able to relax on Saturday, we're taking 3 of the 4 kids to the big air show at the base in Anchorage. Its held every 2 yrs and we go to each one, its the highlight of the summer for us!

What's another great way to relax? Why, playing along with us at The Friday Mashup of course :) This week Tara is our hostess and she has a great sketch, plus a technique to try....the Deft Tile Technique. If you are like me and aren't familiar with this technique you can go HERE to see a tutorial.

I originally pulled out Pleasant Poppies to try the technique with and let me just say that was a big fat fail! The lines from the stamp kept going where they shouldn't have, I had a horrible time trying to sponge around the tiles and finally I just threw that piece away and started brand new with World Map.

Now, this card is pretty darn similar to the card I made for The Friday Mashup last week LOL. What can I say, I really like using this stamp with certain colors. Here I used Baked Brown Sugar, Island Indigo and Pear Pizzazz. I again had some issues with sponging around the tiles but just went with it and in person it looks pretty good. I turned the sketch and used a stamp from Starburst Sayings for my sentiment , which is popped up above a  strip of Pear Pizzazz  going across the card along with the Baked Brown Sugar ribbon.

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup and see all the great projects from the rest of the design team, and I hope you'll play along with us!

Create a project using the "Sketch".

Create a project using the "Delft Tile Technique".

or Mash it Up! and create a project using the "Sketch & Delft Tile Technique".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: World Map, Starburst Sayings

Paper: Island Indigo, Baked Brown Sugar, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White

Ink: Island Indigo, Baked Brown Sugar, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories: Big Shot, Starburst Framelits, Scalloped Edge Border Punch, Baked Brown Sugar Ribbon(retired)

Going Dimensional for Friday Mashup

Normally I show my 18 yr old daughter all of my projects to get her opinion on them but this one has to stay hidden for a few more weeks. She has been asked by a family friend to help them open a coffee stand in North Dakota so my little girl is moving to the Lower 48 :( In Oct/Nov she'll be moving to AZ to live with her best friend and start a new life there. She hasn't even left yet and I miss her already....sigh.....

Needless to say Sara's challenge for us at The Friday Mashup came at the perfect time, as I will be sticking this card in my daughters luggage to read when she gets to the Lower 48. So whats the challenge? Sara wants us to use a background stamp and to also have a 3D item on our project.

I used the stamp World Map for my background and although its hard to tell, I used 3 different colors to ink it up......Mossy Meadow, Island Indigo and Soft Suede. I took the globe from the Traveler set and inked that up with the exact same colors and stamped it on some Whisper White and cut that with the Window Frame Framelits. I stamped the image on a scrap piece of paper and cut out the globe portion. I took the stylus from the Simply Scored Tool and moved it around in circles on the back of the globe. This puffs up the globe and makes it pop off the page (I know, you cant really tell in the photo but I promise the globe does puff out off the card!). I layered the Whisper White piece on a piece of Mossy Meadow also cut with the Window Frames Framelits and popped the whole thing up with dimensionals. To finish it off I added a sentiment from Just Sayin', one that fits the way my heart feels!

I hope you'll head over to The Friday Mashup blog to see the rest of the great projects from the DT, and then play along with us!


Here's your Mashup Challenge:

• Create a project using a "Background Stamp".
• Create a project with "something 3-D on it".
• or Mash it Up! and create a "project with a 3-D element and a Background Stamp".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: World Map, Traveler, Just Sayin'

Paper: Island Indigo, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Island Indigo, Soft Suede

Accessories: Big Shot, Window Frame Framelits, Word Bubbles Framelits, Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercer,dimensionals

Preserving Thank You's

A friend of mine asked me to make 2 thank you cards for her, and she wanted me to use a bell jar if possible. I texted her a picture of the Perfectly Preserved (retired) set and she was very happy to see the jar in it! With her happy about the image I sat down to get to work on the cards.

I love sketches because the layout is always the hardest part for me when making a card, so I love going to a challenge site and seeing a great sketch. This is what happened the other day when I checked over at Stampin' Celebration....I knew it was a sketch that I'd like to try and today's thank you cards were the perfect opportunity.

My friend loves blue and green bell jars so I stuck with those 2 colors for my cards and just chose matching colors.....Daffodil Delight on one and Island Indigo on the other. Bright and summery, which is also something she asked for.

These were super easy to put together and when I texted her photos of the finished cards she was super happy, which makes me happy!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Perfectly Preserved(retired), Starburst Sayings, Gorgeous Grunge

Paper: Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Gingham Garden DSP(retired)

Ink: Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, White Craft Ink

Accessories: Big Shot, Starburst Framelits, Cannery Set Framelits(retired), Island Indigo Ribbon(retired), Pear Pizzazz Ribbon(retired),Whisper White Candy Dots,  dimensionals

Gold and Green for Tis The Season

It's time for another challenge at 'Tis The Season and this time we have a color challenge for you! The colors are Very Vanilla, Pistachio Pudding and Gold.

Now I admit, these colors gave me pause and I wasn't sure what I was going to do. I grabbed the Bright Hopes set and things just came together from there!

I stamped the tree image in Pistachio Pudding on a Nestabilities Lacey Circle. I then placed the circle on a Pistachio Pudding piece that had been embossed with the Pretty Print TIEF.. This piece was then adhered to a Very Vanilla base.

The gold really had me stumped. After staring at my Gold Glitter paper for a while I pushed it aside and decided to use some gold elastic cord and wrapped it around the cord to separate the top of the card from the area I stamped the sentiment on. The sentiment was stamped in Pistachio Pudding also.

You may have noticed I didn't do the optional trimming of stencils....I don't have any, I haven't jumped on that craze!

Come by the 'Tis The Season and play along with us, we'd love to see how you use these colors!

 

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Bright Hopes(retired), Greetings of the Season

Paper: Very Vanilla, Pistachio Pudding

Ink: Pistachio Pudding

Accessories: Big Shot, Nestabilities Lacey Circles, Pretty Print TIEF (retired), Gold Elastic Cord

Summer Colors for Friday Mashup

It's my turn to host the challenge over at The Friday Mashup and I've got a color challenge along with a theme of "summer fun". Stampin' Up! released the 2014-2016 In Colors last month and I chose to work with 3 colors from the group.....Hello Honey, Blue Lagoon and Mossy Meadow. Looking at the ink pads next to each other I could just picture summer fun with those colors.

Now, I'm not a summer fan. It's my least favorite season and if I could skip right over it I would. Thankfully this summer has been a good one, lots of rain and clouds with only a few days of warm temps. As long as the temp stays around 70 degrees I'm a happy camper. The one thing I love about summer (ok, all seasons) is the wildlife and that's why I chose to use the moose from the set Walk in the Wild. Bull moose start to grow their antlers back in the spring and the summer is spent eating as much food as possibly to help fuel the growth of the antlers. Cow moose actually pick their mates based on antler size! For summer in Alaska moose are the perfect image to use :) I sneaked in a neutral by using Baked Brown Sugar for my moose.

Also, keen observers will notice that this card was inspired by a card in the Stampin' Up! catalog, page 119.

I hope you'll play along with us at The Friday Mashup, I'd love to see what summer means to you!

1.Use the colors Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon and Mossy Meadow

2. Create a "summer fun" themed project

3. or mash it up and created a "summer fun" themed project with the colors Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon and Mossy Meadow

 

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Walk in the Wild

Paper: Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey, Watercolor Paper

Ink: Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow

Accessories: Big Shot. On Film Framelits, Baked Brown Sugar Ribbon (retired), dimensionals