A little Spring Catalog test with a sketch challenge

 

Can you spot five Spring Catalog items on this card? They'll all in in this photo.

 



 

This is one of my card club projects this month. I started with a Calypso Coral card embossed with the Honeycomb folder (1), added a 1" x 5" strip of Tea for Two dsp (2) for a banner, stamped and punched out the little bird from Itty Bitties (3) and placed it on the designer builder brad (4). The sentiment is from Wishes Your Way (5), punched out with the Word Window. The main image is from For the Birds. I only added a little color to the heart, beaks and grass with markers, then die-cut it using a label framelit, layered on the next size larger framelit in Bashful Blue.

 

 

Never make the same card twice! Use a sketch challenge like I did with my card. I used the Friday Mashup Challenge 91. There's still a day left to play along!





This Stampin' Royalty challenge is For the Birds, as well as a Sneak Peek for YOU!

 

Something about going into the New Year makes me think of little birdies. I paper-pieced these two from the For the Birds stamp set with new designer paper.

 

 

I made this card for Stampin' Royalty Challenge #156 and my father-in-law's birthday. It starts with a Bashful Blue card base, with layers of Tea for Two dsp (Spring Catalog) and Early Espresso card stock.

 





Did you notice the Petite Curly Label punch out of the Tea for Two paper to the left side of the birds? It's just one of the many freebies you may select with every $50 you order during our Sale-a-Bration Event starting January 22.

 

I used a piece of natural trim under the top two layers, as well as the new Honeycomb embossing folder on a piece of Bashful Blue card stock. Both the trim and folder are new items that will be available in the Spring Catalog as of January 3!

 

 

The last thing I'll share on this post is a mason jar soap dispenser I made for our bathroom. The idea came off of Pinterest. We go through a lot of hand soap and I was constantly refilling those smaller containers. I used a pump from a lotion bottle (because it was longer than the regular hand soap pump), drilled a hole in the lid, and glued it down. Hopefully it'll be a very long time before I need to refill this jar! lol

 

Happy Stampin'!



This quilted Top Note card is For The Birds

I love the little birds in the For The Birds stamp set. I used markers to color this image before punching it out with the 1-3/4" circle punch.

My club members made this card last month. It uses a quilting technique. We punched squares from Birds of a Feather dsp, adhered them to a quarter sheet of bond paper and then ran it through the Top Note die and Big Shot. It looks like a pretty, quilted blanket! And the stitched Raspberry Ripple ribbon is so soft.

This card is For the Birds and for two great challenges

I've been enjoying time to put my stamps together and play along with several challenges this week. This image is from the For the Birds stamp set. It's so cute!

I used the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #125 for the colors. They're not ones I would normally put together, though I think they look sweet and summery! The challenge ends Monday, July 9:

I used Daffodil Delight card stock and Polka Dot Parade dsp (my favorite!), along with a 1/2-inch punched Baja Breeze circle with an Itty Bitty flower in Calypso Coral and rhinestone for the three circular images for the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch Challenge #73:

The sketch challenge ends Monday. I used markers to color the main image, and added 1/4" Whisper White stitched grosgrain. I hope you have time to play along with these challenges. They're fun, and the designers' projects are lovely!

Happy Stampin'!