GDP #249 - Color Challenge Unicorn!

Update: Thanks to the Global Design Project team for picking my card as a winner this week!! 

Happy Friday! I'm happy to share another card with you this week. That's 2 cards in one week. It's been a while since I've done that! I just had to play with the new Hippo Happiness bundle. The animals is this set are adorable. Of course the first one I chose had to be the unicorn. I decided to play with this week's Global Design Project color challenge. Challenge HERE.

These are really pretty colors together. So I now present my card with these colors!

The card base is the new Misty Moonlight. This is a nice pretty blue color. The unicorn is stamped in Petal Pink (with a touch of Calypso Coral on top......eeek! I had to squeeze in a darker color for the unicorn body).  Behind the unicorn I die cut the squiggles in Pool Party card stock. These cute little things are included in the Hippo and Friends Dies. The white label behind the unicorn is also from that set.

On the Misty Moonlight card stock, I stamped the little star splatter image with versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I stamped one of the sentiments in gray ink on Petal Pink card stock and cut out all of the words.

If you look closely you can see that I used the Misty Moonlight baker's twine and colored the white part of the twine with my Pool Party blend. That's a neat little touch!

And to finish the card I added a few of the Elegant Faceted Gems. These are great gems too. Stampin' Up! really has a bunch of fun new embellishments in the new catalog! Of course I had to get them all and try them out on all of my cards! :)

I hope you enjoyed this cute little unicorn. Have a wonderful weekend!

Playful Pups

Hello, it's Wednesday! For some reason this week seems to be dragging on a bit slower than usual. Oh well, at least I have a super cute card to share. I'm using the Playful Pets set again. But this time I'm using the adorable dog image. Isn't that dog so fun?! I love how this card came out.

I did something fun with the dogs on this card. If you notice in the set the dog image is facing in one  direction but on my card one of the dogs (top right) is facing in the opposite direction. To achieve this look you will need a few supplies; a silicone craft sheet, the Stamparatus, card stock and the ink of your choosing. First, I stamped the dog onto the silicone sheet that is secured on the Stamparatus, then I layered Whisper White cardstock on top of the silicone sheet. I added more ink to the stamp (making sure to keep it in the stamp position on the clear plate of the Stamparatus) and then I stamped the dog again. When you do this you will end up with the dog image on both sides of the card stock. Next, you will die cut the dog. After you cut out the dog you can turn him over so that he faces towards the other dogs. I then colored all the dogs with my Stampin' Blends.

I thought it would be fun to place the dogs in several positions on the squares and I think it came out cute. The DSP is all from the Playful Pets pack. The sentiment is from Manly Mates and is stamped on Gray Granite card stock. I die cut the sentiment with one of the dies from Hippo and Friends dies. Can't wait to play with that set next!! For the finishing touch I added Misty Moonlight baker's twine from the Flowers for Every Season ribbon pack and some In Color Enamel dots.

I hope you enjoyed these fun pups!

Playful Pets

Hello, happy Wednesday! Today's card features another fun new bundle from the new catalog. The Playful Pets suite is so cute! Yesterday's Stampin Through the Catalog challenge features the Pampered Pets stamp set.

I started the card with the cute cat. I actually didn't stamp that cat, I cut it out from the DSP. I love having the option to cut out images from the DSP.

If you look closely you can see another piece of the DSP on the side of the card (the black and white DSP). I stamped the sentiment from the set two times, once in black and once in Real Red. Then I die cut "a real treat" with the Stitched Rectangle dies. The paws are also part of the dies from the Pets Dies set. Aren't they adorable??

I splattered the Coastal Cabana card stock with the Bermuda Bay blender for some extra texture Then I added a fun bow with the Playful Pets trim combo pack and then some Playing with Patterns resin dots. There are so many great new embellishments from the new catalog. I can't tell you what my favorites are just yet because I love them all.

I hope you enjoyed today's card.

Have a great day!

Father's Day!

Hello, Happy Tuesday! I'm sharing my cards that I made for Father's Day this year. I should have shared them last week but I didn't get a chance. But this layout was super easy and fun to replicate for other cards. I used the new Playful Alphabets dies to create these cards. This is such a fun die cut set. I really didn't need another letters set but these are small and the font is so fun! I combined this set with the Well Written dies as well. I can tell I will be using these 2 sets together a lot!

Another fun new item I used on these cards is the Foam Adhesive sheets. I cut black cardstock to layer on top of the adhesive sheet. Then I layered all of the dies on the sheet and ran it through the big shot. It was great to have all of these letters pop on the card! Now that I'm thinking about it, I should have used it on the "happy" gold foil sheet as well. Oh well, I'll try that next time! The word "day" is from the Well Said stamp set. I stamped "Father's Day" in versarmark on Bermuda Bay card stock and embossed with white embossing powder. Then I just cut out the word day.

The word "Father's" was layered on top of a Stitched Nested label die that was stamped with one of the images from the Pattern Play stamp set. The DSP on the yellow card is from the Playing with Patterns set and on the green card it's from the Forever Greenery set. The gray on each card is from the In Good Taste set. I know I will be using the DSP from that set a lot!

The ribbon I used was the Denim Ribbon and the Misty Moonlight twine from the Flowers for Every Season combo pack. I love mixing and matches elements from the different product suites. And for once I did not add any sequins, dots or gems. I probably could have but decided to keep them off for these cards. :)

Is everyone enjoying the new catalog? Hope you liked these cards!

Have a wonderful day!

Sunflowers Blessing

Hello! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. The weather was fantastic here. Today's card features the Jar of Flowers stamp set again. This time I took one of the flower images and stamped it several times on white cardstock. Then I colored the flowers with Stampin Blends. It took a bit of time to color in the flowers but I love how the background paper came out! After coloring in all of the flowers I added some splatter with the Pool Party blend. I wanted some of the white spaces to be filled in a bit.

After coloring, I used the Stitched So Sweetly dies to cut out Pool Party and Coastal Cabana cardstock. On the Coastal Cabana cardstock I embossed the sentiment from So Sentimental in white embossing powder.

I layered all of these pieces on top of In Good Taste DSP. I also added a pretty bow using ribbon from the Flowers for Every Season ribbon combo pack. That Just Jade gingham ribbon is so cute and matches nicely with the other turquoise colors on the card! And for the final finishing touch, I added Champagne Rhinestone basic jewels.

What are your favorites from the new catalog?? I have new items arriving tomorrow so hopefully I'll have a chance to play more!

Have a wonderful day!

Jar of Flowers Birthday Card

Hello! The new Stampin' Up! catalog is live and it's fantastic!! As usual, Stampin' Up! has hit it out of the park with their new sets. The first set I am using is called Jar of Flowers and it comes in a bundle with a fun mason jar punch.

I stamped the jar and flowers in Gray Granite and colored in the flowers with various Stampin Blends. These flowers from the set are so pretty and so fun to color. I love how the jars in the set are reversible stamps. This means that I can turn the stamp over and use it to color the water in the jar. How fun is that!!

Some of the other new items I used was the super pretty Forever Greenery (green strip) and In Good Taste (wood grain) DSP. I think I will be using the In Good Taste DSP A LOT!! I paired that with Pretty Peacock card stock that was embossed with the Tasteful Textile embossing folder. The finishing touches include ribbon from the Flowers for Every Season combo pack and In-Color enamel dots.

Are you in love with this new set already too! Have you received a copy of the catalog yet? If not, contact me and I will get one sent out to you.

Have a wonderful day!

May Paper Pumpkin Alternative

Hello! We are still having some weather here so I feel like spring is finally here to stay!! Yay! Yesterday in the mail, I received my Paper Pumpkin kit for May. It's been a while since I've been part of the Paper Pumpkin family but since we've been at home the past couple of months, I thought it was a good time to rejoin. My daughter has been into making cards a lot lately so I thought these kits would be fun for her to help put together. I love that these kits have everything you need to put together some cute projects! This month's kit was extra special because it included the new 2020 - 2021 In Colors. These new colors are so great!! Just Jade, Bumble Bee, Cinnamon Cider, Magenta Madness and Misty Moonlight are the new colors. So far I think Magenta Madness is my favorite but I'm sure it will change over time!

For my first card, I decided to mix things up a bit and use pieces from the different cards to put my own card together. For some reason, I like coming up with my own cards before making them according to the instructions. But the cards that are shown are also super cute and I will be doing those next!

For more information on signing up for Paper Pumpkin, please contact me. These kits are great if you want to do some crafting but don't feel like making a big mess. Everything you need comes in the box so it's perfect for crafting in the living or outside on a nice day!

Have a wonderful day!