TSC46: Inspired By A Song

  

We have a bit of a different theme for you this month over at The Stampsmith Challenge blog.  This month, we're asking you to create something from being "Inspired By A Song."  Our theme was suggested by our Guest Designer this month, Maria Green.  Welcome aboard, Maria!

I used a photostamped image from the Mon Amour stamp sheet by The Stampsmith, a few different frames, mirrored cardstock and a couple of pewter wedding embellishments in the small mirrors.  I stamped/heat embossed all three frames and cut them out inside and out with scissors...yes, this took a while...then I added the mirrors in behind.

Can you guess what my song inspiration was? If you guessed 'Mirrors by Justin Timberlake', you're right!  :)  This is such a beautiful song, I'm not sure I've done it justice in my card, but this is the design that I had in my head, so I went with it. 

I hope you decide to play along in the fun!  I look forward to seeing what song inspires you.  Best of luck in the draw!  :)

Cheers,

Congratulations, Deric and Amanda!

Our friends, Deric and Amanda recently tied the knot down in Mexico, hence the starfish and shells on the card.  Unfortunately we couldn't make it to the wedding but this is the card we gave them with their wedding gift.  The ribbon on the brides dress represented the colour of bridesmaids dresses.

Here's a picture of the happy couple on the beach in Mexico.

I had to include this picture of Amanda standing in a window, just because I love it so much!  What an awesome backdrop to such a stunning bride.

The inside of the card has a wavy pocket where I tucked in the gift of money...again I forgot to take the picture before I signed the inside of the card.  Oops!

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TSC41: Black and White with a Splash of Colour Challenge

It's challenge time again over at The Stampsmith Challenge blog and this time we're challenging you to create something using "Black and White with a Splash of Colour." 

I used lime green as my splash of colour, but feel free to use any other colour that you like, or several other colours.  Just be sure the bulk of the card is black and white.  Use at least one image by The Stampsmith to be eligible for the draw for $21.00 towards The Stampsmith Store online.

Here's a close up of the gorgeous couple from the Mon Amour stamp sheet.

I hope you decide to play along in the fun.  I look forward to seeing what you all come up with!

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)
 

Butterflies and a Kiss

For my card, I used a stunningly romantic stamp by The Stampsmith.  This photostamp is sold as a single and is called The Kiss.   I love using this stamp for special cards, this moment between the couple gives you a glimpse of their special day that I think so many can relate to.

For the background, I used a gorgeous patterned paper pad by Prima, called Rondelle.  The butterflies were punched out of the same Rondelle paper pad, using the Tim Holtz Mini Butterflies set.

I have a couple of Christmas cards to share with you, too.  I'll post them tomorrow.

Thanks for stopppin' by! :)
 

Anyone up for a contest?

*This contest is now closed. Please see The Stampsmith Designer's blog for the winner.

As one of the DT members, we're celebrating the launch of the new website for The Stampsmith. So, it's contest time! Guess what stamp/stamp sheet I've used on my card in this post, leave a comment on my post on The Stampsmith Designer's blog HERE and play along for a chance to win! You can also leave comments on all the rest of the DT members posts, was well, guessing what stamps they've used. The winner will be announced tomorrow morning - Oct. 9th.

To celebrate the grand opening, Estelle, the owner of The Stampsmith, has kindly offered to give everyone a 10% discount starting this morning (Oct. 8th) and ending Sunday evening (Oct. 9th). The discount code is TENOFF, so just put that in at checkout. Happy shopping!

Hope you decide to play along in the fun! Again, make sure you leave your comment on The Stampsmith Designer's blog. I'm just plugging the contest here.

Good luck!

The Kiss

I promised something more "grownup,' so here you go. I made this card for my hubby. We'll be celebrating our 16th wedding anniversary soon, and I figured this image would be perfect. The image I used is called "The Kiss' and it's sold as a single by The Stampsmith. The sentiment, I Love You,' is also from The Stampsmith from the 'Say it Like it is' stamp plate.

Here's a closeup of the lovely couple.
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Crafty Night Fun with the Gals

I'm finally getting around to posting the cards that we made at our crafty night last weekend. The first project is one that was lead by Kim Prince. I love this stamp and really like the sentiment that I chose to use. We did a watercolour technique by using two different distress inks on a teflon mat, spritzed with water and rubbed white cardstock around over the spritzed ink. Dried with a heat tool and then we had fun using Kim's Zutter Distrezz-it-All. Man, that thing is loud! A cool devise for distressing your edges, but it could be in competition with a wood saw! lol :) We then finished the card off by adding some shimmer mist over the whole card. Thanks for leading us in a gorgeous project, Kim. We're gonna miss your inspirational projects!


Our next project was this fabulous corset card lead by Val Wilson. OMG, I love this template! A great card for that special someone in your life... :)

Even the back of the card is stamped with a perfect Tim Holtz stamp to finish off the corset. Unfortunately, I stamped it on an angle. Oh, well. Thanks for sharing this fabulous template with us, Val. Jim's gonna love this one! :)


The card above was created by a newbie to our group, Joan Jandron. I drew Joan's name for our monthly card swap. So nice to have you with us and thanks for hosting us at your place...I'm rather glad your hubby did go out for the evening, though! I can only imagine what he would have been thinking had he been there for all nine of us Zutter distressing two sheets of cardstock each! I'm sure he'd have thought we'd all lost our minds! lol :) Thanks for sharing this beautiful card with me, Joan. I love the elegance of it and the embossing on the silver cs is the perfect addition and I really like how you did the framed punch for the sentiment. Just lovely.

I have a couple more cards to share with you, but you'll have to stay tuned for those...I'll be back soon!

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Stampsmith Challenge #2

We have another challenge for you this week over at The Stampsmith Challenge. This week we're asking you to create a card or project using 'black and white plus one other color.' We hope you decide to play along in the fun for a chance to win some new rubber from The Stampsmith! :)

For my Design Team card, I chose to use a hint of red with my black and white wedding card. I used a photostamp of a beautiful bride and handsome groom along with a Shakespeare sentiment from the Wedding Bells plate by The Stampsmith.

Here's a close up of the sentiment.

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Wedding Bells (The Stampsmith)
Cardstock: Flat Black (CRS), Flat White (Staples), Dusty Durango (SU), White Glossy Cardstock (CRS)
Ink: Ancient Page - Coal Black (Clearsnap)
Tools: Cuttlebug, Textile Texture Embossing Folder (ProvoCraft), White Lace (Dollarama), 1/8" Dimensional Squares
Embellishments: Black Bling (Dollarama)

All White Swap and a Birthday Card

I had a fabulous time last night with all my stampin' friends coming over. We always have such a hoot when we get together. There were 7 of us last night and Louise led us in altering a box to use to hold a stationary set. I'm not quite done mine, but when I am, I'll post it for you to see.

We did our "All White" swap last night and I received the gorgeous card above made by Kelly Eelhart. Thanks, Kel! I love it! Sorry again about the silver on mine, everyone! OMG, I'll never let that down! lol :)

Here's an angle shot of Kelly's card to show you some of the dimension.

Kathryn Arab also surprised me with this beautiful birthday card. Thanks so much, Kathryn, it's so pretty.   We're all glad you've joined the group and are sharing your creativity with us and your sense of humour, too!

I'll try to complete my altered box soon, to I can share that with you.   Until then...

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

"All White" Challenge Card

Our local stampin' crew is meeting at my place tonight and this is the swap challenge card that I made.  Our challenge this time around was to make an "All White" card.   Mine fits the bill, other than the pewter embellishment that I used, but I was stumped as to what to put there and I gave up and settled on the pewter sentiment.  I hope that's ok!  lol  :)

I've never made an all white card before, but I saw a sample of one lately at our local stamp store and knew I wanted to try one, so I suggested that it be our challenge for this month.    With it being all white, it gives it such an elegant look, perfect for a wedding or anniversary card.   I think I'll make more of these for just that reason, to have in my stash.

Here's an angle shot to show you the layers a little more clearly.

Here's a close up of the butterfly to show you the embossing detail.

I'll be back soon to show you the altered box project that we have planned to do.  Stay tuned...

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Butterfly (PSX)
Cardstock:  Flat White
Ink: VersaFine (Tsukineko)
Tools: Heat Tool, Embossing Tray, Embossing Buddy (SU), Clear Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder (Ranger), 3/16" Pop Dots (SU), White Smooch Spray (to give the flat white cs a shimmery look), Cuttlebug, Victoria Embossing Folder (ProvoCraft)
Embellishments: Sheer White Ribbon (Michaels), White Pearls (Dollarama), Pewter 'Love' Sentiment (Dollarama)

Wedding Happiness

I was asked to make another card by Tammy, this one for the wedding that she'll be attending that I already made the Bridal Shower card for. I went with a more formal card for this one and I'm happy with the way it turned out.

Do you see the scalloped circle in the background of the image...can you guess what I used for it? I read a tip on one of the card making forums that I belong to and they suggested trying the foil deal that comes on yogurt or sour cream containers. So I tried it! This one was recycled off a yogurt container. I thought it made for a really nice media for the Textile Cuttlebug embossing folder. I'm sure I'll be playing around more with these in the future! lol :)

Here's a close up to try to show you the vellum images better - they're actually a nice vibrant black, but I can't seem to get a good photograph on the vellum.
OK, play time is over for today...I need to run off to work.

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Wedding (Inkadinkado)
Cardstock: Black Linen (CRS), Flat White (Staples), Vellum Cardstock (SU)
Tools: Circle and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Foil (seal from a yogurt container), Cuttlebug, Textile Embossing Folder
Embellishments: Sheer Black 5/8" Ribbon (Michaels)

Happily Ever After

I was peeking over on SCS and a card caught my eye from this weeks sketch challenge (SC232). I knew right away that it was the sketch that I was looking for, for a wedding shower card that I had to make. The card that caught my eye was by Krista, she made an absolutely fabulous card! Wow, what gorgeous work this lady does! I really love the colour combination that she used on this card and the corner punches to the panel and the little background layers. The pieces behind the stamped panel remind me of little hearts peeking through, so I thought it would be fitting for a wedding shower card. I hope she doesn't mind that I CASE'd it, but I really liked her card!

Here's a close up of the embossed wedding cake and sentiment.

Well, time to go concoct somethings for supper! I'm gonna try to get in some more play time tonight.

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Wedding (Inkadinkado) Cardstock: Flat White (Staples), Chocolate Brown (Bazzill), Groovy Guava (SU), Purely Pomegranate (SU)
Patterned Paper: Rosey Garden Floral - Scrapbook Walls (Chatter Box) Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko) Tools: Corner Rounder Punch (EK Success), Rose Quartz Embossing Powder (The Artful Stamper), Embossing Buddy (SU), Embossing Tray, Heat Tool Embellishments: Pearl Beads (ancestry.com)

Bridal Shower Book Card

The sister of one of my co-workers is having her Bridal Shower next month and my co-worker asked me if I would make her sister up a card like the one I made a few posts back, but using her wedding colours of chocolate brown and cream. I'm honored that she asked me.

This is a fun little project to do and I tried a new technique with it tonight. For the card that I made the other day, Deborah had given us all a little silver foil heart embellishment. But, I didn't have any more of these, so instead of going out and trying to find some more, I decided to make one of my own. To do this, I stuck aluminum foil tape onto a piece of cardstock and then free hand cut out a heart. I ran it through the Cuttlebug using my Paisley folder. Then, I adhered the foil embossed heart to a piece of chocolate brown cardstock and cut around it again to make a mat layer for it. It just seemed to plain on it's own. I kinda like how it turned out, I think I'll have fun playing around with my foil tape... lol :)

Here's an angle to show the dimension of the book. With the two chipboard layers, it's about 1/4" thick.

This is the inside of the book card.

This is the back and front of the book card.

I'll be back soon with something else to share with you. Stay tuned...

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Wedding (Inkadinkado), Calligraphy Sentiment (QuietFire Designs)
Cardstock: Cream (Ivory), Chocolate Brown (CRS)
Patterned Paper: Au Chocolat (SU)
Tools: Classic Circle and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug, Textile Texture Embossing Folder (ProvoCraft), Paisley Embossing Folder (ProvoCraft), Scissors, Aluminum Foil Tape (Henkel), chipboard, Terrifically Tacky Tape (ProvoCraft)
Embellishments: Brown Satin Ribbon (Michaels)

Wedding Book Card

This was supposed to be our 2nd project for the night on Tuesday, but we all took so much time fussing with our Shadow Box Frame cards that we ran out of time...well, that and we had to take time to eat the yummy chocolately goodness treats that Kim and Deborah brought! lol :)

When you untie the bow, this is what the little book card looks like when it's opened up.

Deborah had already done up little kits for us all with the supplies needed to make these cute little books, we just had to assemble them and embellish as we wished. She also gave us the stamp from QuietFire Designs that I used on the inside of the card. Kim and Deborah are both on the design team and Suzanne at QuietFire also gave us all a little thank you for getting together and having fun with their products. We all love QuietFire stamps, please check them out for yourself, Suzanne's calligraphy is out of this world! Just gorgeous!
You can't see it, but there's also two layers of kraft cardstock between the patterned paper and cardstock layers to give the book extra strength. You attach the ribbon with double sided tape between the kraft cardstock layers and then embellish as you wish.

This shows the front and back of the book card.

This was such a fun project to do, thanks so much to Deborah for the inspiration! :)

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)