Sweet Sunday Sketch 103

This is my card for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. Aren't these two dogs just too sweet? Again, I am always amazed how much I deviate from my original plans when making cards. I had intended to use soft, light colors for this card, but it took on a life of it's own as soon as I started pulling paper out. Ahhh maybe some day my final project will be exactly as planned - yeah right!

Paper - Max and Whiskers (BasicGrey) , Poppy Parade DSP, so saffron and poppy parade card stock, watercolor paper

Stamp - Scotties In Love (Taylored Expressions)

Ink - chocolate chip, close to cocoa, old olive, marina mist, poppy parade, black Stazon

Accessories - Poppy Parade stitched poly ribbon, dimensionals, button, circle die, scallop die, label die, dimensionals

Quilled Flower Demonstration - My First Video!

OK the camera angle needs to be improved but it's my first shot. You can purchase the quilling tool at a large crafting store. If you make some quilled flowers, send me a picture!

Stamp Club Card

This is the card we made for our stamp club this evening. It was my original idea that I changed up for Valentine card in the last post. It turned out quite different than what I had imagined, but I am still waiting for my Nestabilites order. Everyone loved learning how to make the quilled flowers and as always is was fabulous to get together with stamping friends.

Stamps - Friends 24-7, Bring on the Cake, Music Notes Wheel

Ink - pretty in pink, so saffron, basic gray

Paper - whisper white, so saffron, pretty in pink card stock

Accessories - 1 3/8", 1/3/4" circle punches, pretty in pink satin ribbon, decorative label punch, dimensionals, glue dots, Perfect polka dots embossing folder, scallop border punch

Stampin' Celebration #38 and Paper Players

For our stamping club tomorrow we will be making a card similar to this, but in very soft feminine colors. When I was putting the card together I started thinking about how it would look in bold colors and came up with this version. They also happen to be in inspiration colors for this week's Stampin' Celebration Challenge.   I am in a flowery mood these days so I created some more quilled rosettes and stamped some musical notes for a very romantic Valentine card. MMM - flowers, music, all we need is some wine and perhaps a bit of chocolate. Romance is the theme at the  Paper Players challenge this week so I thought this would be appropriate for that challenge as well.   I was in a hurry to complete this card before the Superbowl, so unfortunately, there is red glitter everywhere in my craft closet. Now I'm off to clean up the glittery mess:)

Stamps - Friends 24-7, Holiday Best(retired)
Ink - Basic Black Real red
Paper - whisper white, real red and basic black card stock
Accessoires - real red satin ribbon, scallop border punch, circle and scallop dies, Perfect Polka-dot embossing folder, real red glitter, glue dots

ColorQ 70

This is the card I created for this week's Color Q challenge. Even though the apron gives a sense of clean, bright and modern, I decided to go with darker colors and a bit of distressing.  I am in a flower mood these days so I tried some new flowers to adorn the greeting. The Full of Life stamp set is one of those that I continually reach for. The greeting shown on the card also makes the perfect interior stamp for a birthday card.


Paper - DSP Basic Grey Curio, early espresso and very vanilla cardstock
Ink - Early espresso
Stamps - Full of Life
Accessories - Flower punches, Victoria crochet trim, dimensionals

Just a Note from the Closet

You may have noticed ( or not) that my last 2 postings contain projects that use other papers and products other than Stampin' Up!.  I must say that I have gone over to the dark side lately ( not really just returning to my roots) . After careful consideration, I have decided to go back to making projects from a variety of sources. 

I have been a SU demonstrator for a year and a half but I have been a consistent Paper Crafter for over 12 years. My first project was actually over 17 years ago. I made embossed invitations for my sister's baby shower. There were no heat guns at that time and I had to heat the embossing powder by placing the card on top of my toaster oven:) I think I am giving away my age here.

 I love SU products and believe in the the quality of the products and designs. I have been using SU products for the majority of my paper crafting years because of my love for the high quality products. I will continue to use Stampin' Up! products in conjunction with others as I have for 12-13 years.  I believe most of the crafting world uses a variety of products from various companies and after some consideration, have decided to go back to this method. I will also continue to post SU only projects in addition to projects created with multiple product lines. I do not believe this will conflict with my Stampin' Up! IDA.

I hope my subscribers will continue to check out my work and find a little somthin' to take away from my projects regardless of the products they are made with. I love paper crafting and stamping and want to continue to share that with others. 

Happy Stamping!

Tara

Mojo Monday - Two Ways

Mojo Monday's sketch this week was quite fun and definitely timely. I needed a birthday card for a friend and wanted to make something ultra feminine and special. I started with the Birthday Wishes card above and thought the paper, feeling and design was perfect for her. As I was working on it, I kept thinking about the new Sweet Button embosslit and how cute the buttons would look across this same design. I then had to create the Happy Botday card at the top of this post. I just love those little buttons and I also think the Best Bots set is so fun to stamp with. I used a bit of Crystal effects to give the little buttons some shine and look just like real buttons. With the Button embosslit you can create endless buttons to match any paper.

Birthday Wishes Card

Stamps - Bring on the cake
Ink - chocolate chip, baja breeze
Paper - Happy Together Poetry, baja breeze, very vanilla card stock
Accessories - paper daisies, basic pearls jewels, extra large decorative label punch, glue dots, dimensionals.

Happy Botday Card

Stamps - Best Bots Forever
Ink - poppy parade, so saffron, basic black, tempting turquoise
Paper - Build-a-Bear Positively Prints II DSP, poppy parade, so saffron, whisper white card stock
Accessories - Sweet Button embosslit, circle dies, white thread, glue dots, Crystal effects