Butterfly Grunge

This weeks challenge at The Friday Mashup was to create a card using the sketch that's only 2 layers with a grunge element under the first layer.

I typically like to use both the mashup challenges when I do this blog challenge but unfortunately this time I wasn't able to. Truth is, I actually thought I had till after I completed my card and went back to link it... :( Oh well I suppose. So originally I thought the challenge was to complete a project with only 2 layers and a grunge element under the first layer. I knew I wanted to use my gorgeous grunge set but I couldn't figure out how to make the grunge element be under the first layer and still see it well enough to get the look I wanted. Then I remembered my window sheets and ta da!

All items used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted.

 

 

Stamps:  Gorgeous Grunge (130517C) (130514W), Gifts of Kindness (130444C) (130441W), Simply Soft (Retired)

 

Ink: Costal Cabana (131175), Crisp Cantaloupe (131176), Pistachio Pudding (131177), Jet Black StaZon (101406)

 

Paper: Whisper White (100730), Window Sheets (114323)

 

Cool Tools: Bitty Butterfly Punch (129406)

 

The Perfect Touch: Pearls Basic Jewels (119247)

 

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~Stephanie~

 

A Happy CAS

I just learned of the CASology challenge. Have you heard of it? The challenge is to make a CAS (Clean and Simple) project. Those are so hard for me!! I always want to do multiple layers and lots of details!! Well, I thought I would give it a try. This weeks theme was Snow.

What reminds you more of snow than a snowman??

I also entered this card into the SUO Challenge as this weeks theme was Merry or Happy and I thought this little snowman sure does make me happy, plus he was made with all Stampin Up! supplies!!

All items used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted.

 

 

Stamps:  Joyful Christmas (Retired)

 

Ink: Mossy Meadow (133645)

 

Paper: Whisper White (100730), Basic Black (121045), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Mossy Meadow (133676), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Silver Glimmer Paper (135314)

 

Cool Tools: Owl Builder Punch (118074)

 

The Perfect Touch: Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen (105021)

 

 

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~Stephanie~

 

A Gray & Silver Sketch

This weeks challenge at The Friday Mashup was to create a project using Basic Gray or Smokey Slate & Silver and the mashup was to add either heat or dry embossing.

 

 

I knew what stamp set I wanted to use but I was having a hard time with my layout. So, I peeked at the Mojo Monday sketch and used that.

 

 

I know my card doesn't follow the sketch exactly but I think it's close enough to count. Don't you?

 

 

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted.

 

 

Stamps:  Flower Shop (130942C) (130939W), Something to Say (134180C) (134177W)

 

Ink: Basic Gray (126981), Versa Mark (102283)

 

Paper: Whisper White (100730), Smoky Slate (131202), Silver Foil Sheets (132178), Vellum (101856)

 

Cool Tools: Pansy Punch (130698), Pretty Print Embossing Folder (Retired), Delicate Designs Embossing Folder (127023), Large Scallop Edgelits Die (127019), Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack {Heart} (133787)

 

The Perfect Touch: Pearl Basic Jewels (119247), White Embossing Powder (109132), Gray Polka Dot Ribbon (Purchased from JoAnn)

 

 

 

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~Stephanie~

 





A Blue Color Challenge

The stormy weather has had me kind of down. With weather like this, there really is nothing better than spending some time in my craft room. This week at Pals Paper Arts its a very blue color challenge. I think its was the perfect thing to get my out of my "funk". :)

 

 

I had my Endless Wishes stamp set sitting out from my blog hop card creation so I thought I would use that. After all, what better color than blue (besides glitter of course!) for snowflakes?

It's always disappointing to me when a picture just doesn't do a card justice. For some reason, I just couldn't get a good picture of this card, its so much nicer in person....oh well I guess.

All items used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted.

 

 

Stamps: Endless Wishes (136829)

 

Ink: Bermuda Bay (131171), Pool Party (126982), Soft Sky (131181), Basic Black (126980)

 

Paper: Whisper White (100730), Kraft Cardstock (133674), Pool Party (122924)

 

Cool Tools: Expressions Thinlits Dies (Retired)

 

The Perfect Touch: Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246)

 

 

 

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~Stephanie~

SUO Challenge #111 - Tag You're It!

I've been trying real hard to get back into regular blog challenges again. I've just taken way too much time away from my blog this last year. With buying our first house (with 10 acres) and having the horses at  home it sure can be time consuming. So, I'm pretty proud of myself for doing 2 challenges this week. I checked out the SUO Challenge and the theme was tags. I had purchased the tag topper punches a while ago and hadn't used them much so I thought this would be a great opportunity. As I was looking through my stamp sets I seen the From My Heart set. It is one of my all time favorites! I try not to use retired sets too often as I know how frustrating it can be to see a project you love and try to recreate it only to find out the items are no longer available. So I was thrilled that this set is still available (I don't get rid of my retired sets, just in case) ;)

So, without further ado, here's my tag project:

All items used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted.

 

 

Stamps: From My Heart (126557C) (132007W)

 

Ink: Basic Black (126980), Basic Gray (126981)

 

Paper: Mossy Basic Black (121045), Modern Medley DSP (Retired)

 

Cool Tools: Angled Tag Topper Punch (133323)

 

The Perfect Touch: Basic Black 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (119261), Brad (Purchased from Michaels Craft Store)

 

 

 

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~Stephanie~

Ornamental Pine Golden Christmas

I finally received my Ornamental Pine set (only 3 days later than it was scheduled to arrive) :( I couldn't wait to use it! This weeks challenge #188 at The Friday Mashup is to make a Christmas themed card with gold or silver.

Although my card is more winter themed, I did use the Christmas Wishes greeting on it so what do you think? Does it qualify??

All items used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted.

 

 

Stamps: Ornamental Pine (135107C) (135104W), Gorgeous Grunge (130517C) (130514W)

 

Ink: VersaMark (102283), Old Olive Blendabilities Markers (130999), Crumb Cake Blendabilities Markers (131004)

 

Paper: Kraft Cardstock (133674), Vellum (101856)

 

The Perfect Touch: White Embossing Powder (109132), Gold Embossing Powder (109129), Ribbon (Purchased from Wal Mart)

 

 

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~Stephanie~

Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stamp It Group Christmas Holiday Blog Hop. You are likely coming here from Mary Bush's blog. If you happened to just stumble across my blog, why not take a minute and start at the beginning of our blog hop to see all the great ideas and projects. I've added a list of all participants at the end of this post.

Well, I had planned on using my new Ornamental Pine stamp set for this project but it hasn't arrived yet :( That's ok though because I stumbled across my Endless Wishes set and actually ended up making multiple cards instead! How great is that?!?! It's funny how sometimes you can be completely stumped for an idea and other times they can just pour out. For me they tend to pour out all at once but never actually make it to a completed project. They tend to be a partial project here and a pile of supplies for an intended project there lol. I'll just share one for today and maybe spread the others out over the next week or so :)


 I just love all the little words and phrases in this set. The font is just adorable. So, for my project, I thought a word tree would be perfect!

All items used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted.

 

 

Stamps: Endless Wishes (136829), Holiday Home {Star Stamp} (135095)

 

Ink: Mossy Meadow (133645), Hello Honey (133643)

 

Paper: Mossy Meadow (133676), Brushed Gold (102935), Whisper White (100730)

 

Cool Tools: Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack{Star} (133787)

 

The Perfect Touch: Pearl Basic Jewels (119247), Gold Sequin Trim (132983), Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon (122332)

 

 

 

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I hope you enjoyed my project and continue on to Kathie Rotti at Kathie Loves Stamping and enjoy all the wonderful projects in our holiday blog hop!

 

 

 

 

1. Tami White - Stamp With Tami

2. Diane Giarrusso - Diane Stamps

3. Linda Cullen - Crafty Stampin

4. Siara Acdal - Siara Sweet Sensations

5. Elizabeth Jeanne Thatcher - Crafts by Happy Stamper

6. Lori Mueller - Stampin Dreams

7. Tonya Jastad - The Heart Desires

8. Mary Bush - Stampin in the Sand

9. Stephanie Kolker - Scrappin With Stephie ***YOU ARE HERE***

10. Kathie Rotti  - Kathie Loves Stamping

11. Liz Miller - Stamp with Liz

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Stephanie~

Halloween Tag

Well, once again it's been ages since I've posted here. I have recently discovered the Tim Holtz distress product line. I know, I know, I'm way late to the game lol. I have had one or two ink pads for a while but never actually knew what they did. I had only bought them because I liked the color. Oh wow, am I in love with them now!! So, I've been doing a lot of google searching for projects and ideas and I stumbled upon the distress paints too. So... I have been visiting Tim's website a bit lately and noticed his 12 tags of 2014. I have only used the distress inks a very, VERY small amount and I have never, ever created a tag................ until now. So, here it is. My first ever attempt at a tag.

Being that I only had a very small handful of Tim's products, I had to improvise a bit. I used the Spiced Marmalade Distress Paint and brushed it on for the background of the tag. I then used some Frayed Burlap Distress Ink and the Bubbles Layering Stencil and added a few areas to the tag (I notice now that I should have added a few more areas as they don't show up too well, but oh well). I then used some black embossing paste and the Gothic stencil. I used my Cricut machine to cut out the pumpkin, spider and numbers and then I added some wink of stella glitter to the web and some silver pen to the spider to give it a little "pop" and then I sponges some Rusty Hinge Distress Ink on the cut out pumpkin for shading. Finally, I used a piece of black ribbon. So... one last secret.... I don't even own any tags!! I had to make my tag out of vanilla cardstock lol!! Needless to say, I've just placed a pretty good sized JoAnns order :-) Now I just need to figure out what to do with this tag.... Hopefully I used enough of Tim's products to be eligible to enter in the tag challenge. If not, that's ok. I still had fun making the tag and maybe by next time I will have a few more items I can use.

Spring Flowers With Wooden Fence

This week Pals Paper Arts had a color challenge.

I've been dying to try my new Hardwood background stamp and I got the idea to use it as fence boards.

So, here's my card:

All items used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted.

 

Stamps: Hardwood (133035C) (133032W), Love & Sympathy (122797C) (128652W)

 

Ink: Soft Suede (126978), Calypso Coral (126983), Pear Pizzazz Stampin' Write Marker (131266)

 

Paper: Whisper White (100730), Calypso Coral (122925), Pear Pizzazz (131201), So Saffron (105118), Crumb Cake (120953)

 

Cool Tools: Fun Flowers Die (121812), Boho Blossoms Punch (119858) Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (118309), Little Leaves Sizzlit (114511), 3'16" Corner (119871)

 

The Perfect Touch: Pearl Basic Jewels (119247)

 

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~Stephanie~

Beautiful Blooming Spring Window Card

Over at The Color Throwdown they had an amazing color combination that I thought would be perfect to use with my new Spellbinders window die.

I didn't have barely banana so I substituted for So Saffron and came up with this:

I used the Martha Stewart clay and added some So Saffron Ink Refill to make the yellow flowers. I added a few more drop to get the darker yellow look. For the butterfly, I stamped the image three times with the Black StaZOn and then used my aqua painter and Soft Sky ink to give them the hint of blue. I then used the liquid pearls to add some detail and dimensionals to add some height. I just absolutely love how this card turned out. Very spring like. :)



All items used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted.

 

Stamps: Papillion Potpourri (123759C) (132058W)

 

Ink: Soft Sky (131181) So Saffron (105225), Jet Black StaZOn (101406)

 

Paper: Whisper White (100730), Pistachio Pudding (131294), Subtles DSP (Retired)

 

Cool Tools: Elegant Butterfly Punch (127526), Martha Stewart Fir Branch Punch (Purchased from JoAnn Fabrics), Spellbinders Window Two (Purchased from JoAnn Fabrics)

 

The Perfect Touch: Liquid Pearls (Purchased from JoAnn Fabrics), Martha Stewart Crafters Clay (Purchased from JoAnn Fabrics) Martha Stewart Garden Silicone Molds (Purchased from JoAnn Fabrics)

 

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~Stephanie~

I followed my heart and found you Tag Card

As I was browsing the blog challenge sites this week, I came across the Fab Friday color challenge.

I just fell in love with this color combination and absolutely had to make something.

So... this is what I came up with:

All items used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted.

 

Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge  (130517C) (130514W), Follow My Heart (Retired), Hearts a Flutter (Retired)

 

Ink: Pistachio Pudding (131177), Baked Brown Sugar (131174), Sahara Sand (126976)

 

Paper: Whisper White (100730)

 

Cool Tools: Scallop Tag Topper Punch (133324)

 

The Perfect Touch: Linen Thread (104199)

 

If you are interested in purchasing these or any Stampin Up products, please email me or you can shop in my Online Store any time! Make sure to choose me, Stephanie Kolker from Herald, CA as your demonstrator to receive 10% off your orders!

 

 

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~Stephanie~

Confetti Scattered Embossing Birthday Card

Wow, once again time has gotten away from me. Its been a while since I entered a challenge so I started looking around for one that I thought would be great. To my surprise, I found 3 challenges that I could enter this card into. I got the color combination from this weeks ColorQ challenge:

I got the scattered embossing technique idea from this weeks Friday Mashup. I also thought the colors from ColorQ made this card eligible for the mashup as they seem very spring like to me. :)

Then last but not least is over at Just Add Ink there challenge was to just add layers. After completing this card I do believe it has plenty of layers. :)

So, here it is:

I thought the partial embossing, along with the color markers made the vellum look like confetti. Which goes perfect with a birthday card. :)

All items used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted.

 

Stamps: Label Something  (130622C) (130595W), Banner Blast (Sale-A-Bration Product/Retired)

 

Ink: Costal Cabana (131175), Primrose Petals (126858), Crisp Cantaloupe (131176), Costal Cabana (131175) River Rock (Retired), 2012-2014 In Color Stampin' Write Markers {Primrose Petals} (126856), 2013-2015 In Color Stampin' Write Markers {Costal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe} (131260), River Rock Stampin' Write Marker (Retired)

 

Paper: River Rock (Retired), Primrose Petals (126841), Whisper White (100730), Vellum (101856), Costal Cabana (131297)

 

Cool Tools: Banner Punch (Sale-A-Bration Product/Retired), Modern Label Punch (119849), Artisan Label Punch (130920), Banner Framelits Dies (132173), Fiskars Dots Embossing Plate (Purchased at JoAnn Fabrics)

 

 

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~Stephanie~

Freshly Made Sketches #127 & Color Throwdown #283

Wow, it sure has been a while since I've posted anything hasn't it? Where did the time go?? Well, I'm long overdue for a challenge so I decided to enter two this week.

The sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches

I chose to use this sketch because I recently got my Banner Framelits Dies and wanted to use them :)

I also needed some color inspiration so I got that from Color Throwdown

The Tangerine Tango helped me decide what I was going to put on the background paper on the sketch.

So, here's my card:

All items used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise noted.

 

Stamps: Sunflower  (128736C) (128736W), Sassy Salutations (126707C) (132070W)

 

Ink: Cajun Craze  (126965), Basic Gray (126981)

 

Paper: Whisper White (100730), Basic Gray (121044), Certainly Celery DSP (Retired)

 

Cool Tools: Cheveron Border Punch (132154), Banner Framelits Dies (132173)

 

The Perfect Touch: Gray Button (Purchased from JoAnns Fabrics & Crafts store), Linen Thread (104199)

 

If you are interested in purchasing these or any Stampin Up products, please email me or you can shop in my Online Store any time! Make sure to choose me, Stephanie Kolker from Herald, CA as your demonstrator to receive 10% off your orders!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Stephanie~