The Greeting Farm and Stampin' Up!'s Up Up and Away! create a Masculine Birthday card

Hi guys, we had a power outage for a little over an hour today, so, armed with a couple of challenges I'd written down earlier, and a bit of inspiration, I headed into the craft room....

So, this is a Basic Grey card base, which I have layered with papers from My Minds Eye and a piece of Always Artichoke Denim Ribbon (I think it looks more grey than artichoke) and the set aside the card base. I took my colours for this little guy from the patterned papers, and coloured him with Stampin' Write Markers and my Blender Pen (on watercolour paper), I then cut him out. I cut out a square of Whisper White, stamped the sentiment which is from Up Up and Away, and then layered it on to some Poppy Parade. I put a whole bucket load of dimensionals on the little guys back and stuck him on to the card base. The card looked a little unfinished, so I dug out 3 tiny red rhinestones and rounded the corners. 

I am entering this into three challenges :) The first is the Anyone For Anya recipe challenge - 3 patterned papers, 2 embellishments (ribbon + rhinestones) and 1 image, next up is the sketch challenge from Card Patterns, it's been a little while since I played over there, but loved this sketch, and had to play. And finally, the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge. 

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Stampin' Up! Up, Up and Away and Friendly Messages and I create a fun card

Hi guys, I have been in the craft room a couple of times over the last few days (woohoo!) I don't have a whole lot to share, although, I have made three cards.... This is the first of them...

I used a White card base (which is unusual in itself) I layered it with some Pool Party which I'd sponged a stripe onto using some Pool Party ink. I stamped the balloon bases onto the Pool Party and then with the balloons, I stamped them on a scrap of white in Real Red, Lucky Limeade and Melon Mambo, cut them out and popped them onto the base. I stamped the sentiment, which is from Friendly Messages and added a few rhinestones. 

I am entering this in to the Just Add Ink inspiration challenge, and the Clean & Simple fall to layout 170

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Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Up, Up, & Away and I create a Birthday Card

I made this card last night before bed... yesterday I must have been in the right frame of mind to create... Everything just seemed to work... Here is the card I made

This is a Crumbcake base, with a piece of Baja Breeze, which I sponged to make clouds, and a piece of Old Olive, which I had stamped on using Short and Sweet (I've recently rediscovered this set in my collection.... can you tell?) I stamped my hot air balloons from Up, Up, & Away in Baja Breeze, Old Olive and Crumbcake and cut them out. I stamped the baskets on the sky and then attached the balloons. The ribbon is a scrap off of a shirt, and I think it works really well with this colour scheme :) The two little blue dots? they are buttons made using the Sweet Buttons Embossolit and then they were covered with some Crystal Effects. 

I am entering this into three challenges, the first is the Freshly Made Sketches,  which I love this week, it's such a versatile sketch! Next up is the Color Throwdown challenge, which I really liked as well... And finally is the Simon Says Stamp Buttons challenge.

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Stampin' Up! Up, Up and Away and I create a Good Luck card

Hi guys! I'm procrastinating this morning in getting back to my assignment, so I thought I'd share the card I made last night....

This is an Early Espresso card base, layered with a piece of Daffodil Delight which I had popped through the Big Shot with the Lattice Embossing Folder. I cut out a white circle, and with a piece of scalloped circle scrap, created some clouds using Bashful Blue ink and a sponge. The little guy is from The Greeting Farm, and I have coloured him in using my Stampin' Write Markers, and a blender pen. If you want the list of colours, just comment below, and I'll post them... I cut out a leaf using the Little Leaves Sizzlet, and Old Olive and attached it to the circle. I stuck down a few buttons and sewed them on. The sentiment, is from Up, Up, & Away, and I have inked up, word by word and stamped it on a piece of Marina Mist.

I am entering this into two challenges, the first being the sketch over at Inkspirations, I really liked this sketch :) The second challenge is the { : Embellish Magazine : } Colour challenge with the twist of buttons...

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Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Up, Up, & Away (new stamp set) and I create a Birthday card

Hi guys! I have been eagerly stalking my postman, I knew he was going to arrive today with a new stamp set for me to play with, and sure enough he showed up with a Stampin' Up! box under his arm! I got the new stamp set Up, Up, & Away, from the 2011-2012 Ideas Book and Catalogue, so of course I had to go ink it up straight away :-D

Ok, so the main image panel has been sitting on my desk for a few days since I was playing with my brayer, and I'm so happy that this worked as well as I wanted it too... I have found the trick is to use Glossy Cardstock, as opposed to flat Whisper White... So, I brayered the background using Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze and a touch of Marina Mist. The masked section I sponged with a little bit of Bashful Blue to create snow peaks... Then with the new stamps in hand, I stamped the hot air balloons and pennant in Staz On. The sentiment is one of my favourites from the retired Basic Phrases. The card base is Baja Breeze with a piece of Whisper White that has some non Stampin' Up! Glitter stuck on it with Sticky Strip. I have then pop dotted the whole main image using some Dimensionals.
I am entering this into the There She Goes  Birthday Pizzazz Challenge and the Less is More anything goes challenge and Wee Memories no patterned paper challenge :)

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Happy Stamping!