Aviary Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This card works for several challenges this week: the TGIFC birthday challenge, the Tic Tac Toe challenge (white cardstock, CAS design, silver embossing), CAS Colours & Sketches, and the Paper Players CAS with a bird.

I turned the sketch 90 degrees to get the three bird cages on the card. They are a little taller than I'd like for the sketch, but I did try to get them as close to the bottom as I could! The cages are embossed with silver and the birds were stamped with three of the current In Colors. I edged the rectangles with the matching Stampin' Write Marker to give them a bit more definition, and then added the matching Matte Decorative Dots to the tops of the cages. The sentiment was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black before running the card layer through the Big Shot with the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Aviary, Happiness Abounds

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock, Basic White Cardstock

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Sweet Sorbet, Parakeet Party, Starry Sky; Stampin' Write Markers: 2022-2024 In Colors

Accessories - Silver Embossing Powder, 2022-2024 In Color Matte Decorative Dots

Tools - Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Pretty Medallion Anniversary

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This card is for the challenges at Freshly Made Sketches and Just Add Ink.

For this card, I stamped the Pretty Medallion with Pacific Point onto Sahara Sand cardstock and colored it with Watercolor Pencils. The "favorite" that I added was the Iridescent Rhinestones. They are such a versatile embellishment - they pick up the color of whatever is nearby.

The sentiment was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with white powder, then the strip was adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I started out to make two of these cards, but had a halo on the stamped image on the second one. So I just trimmed it down a bit further to get rid of it and I got a little wider border on this card. It's still just as pretty and it matches the sketch a bit better!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Pretty Medallion, Love & Happiness

Paper - Sahara Sand and Pacific Point Cardstock

Ink - Pacific Point, Versamark; Coloring Tools: Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1 and 2

Accessories - Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels, White Embossing Powder

Tools - Heat Tool, Stamparatus, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Framed Florets Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This card is for the challenges at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and Hand Stamped Sentiments.

I used the Hand-Drawn Dots stamp with Mango Melody ink to create the background, which was layered over a piece of Petal Pink cardstock. The Pool Party frames were created by nesting two Stitched Rectangles Dies. The florals were colored in with Stampin' Blends and added onto a Tea Lace Doily before adhering the whole piece to the card front. The sentiment was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and punched out with the Classic Label Punch.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Hand-Drawn Dots, Framed Florets

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White, Petal Pink, and Pool Party Cardstock

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Mango Melody; Stampin' Blends: Mango Melody Dark, Petal Pink Dark and Light, Pool Party Dark and Light

Accessories - White Tea Lace Paper Doilies

Tools - Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Framed Florets Dies, Classic Label Punch, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Navy and Gray Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This card is for the challenges at Color Throwdown and Try Stampin on Tuesday.

This was a pretty simple card to put together. The birthday cakes were stamped and punched with a 1-1/4" circle punch, then layered onto a 1-3/8" scallop circle punch. The circles were then added to the Smoky Slate piece that had been embossed with the Hive 3D embossing folder. The sentiment was stamped onto a scrap of Basic White, trimmed to a flag and layered on a scrap of Night of Navy, then tucked under the embossed piece. There's a bit of Clear Wink of Stella on the candle flames, but it was hard to photograph.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Amazing Birthday, Happy Moments

Paper - Night of Navy, Smoky Slate, and Basic White Cardstock; In Good Taste DSP

Ink - Night of Navy

Accessories - Clear Wink of Stella

Tools - Big Shot, Hive 3D Embossing Folder, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Is It Christmas Yeti?

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This card is for the challenges at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and As You See It.

Every year I say I'm going to start my Christmas cards earlier and every year I don't! So this year I'm going to try to enter as many challenges as I can at Christmas Card Throwdown, and that should give me a head start. We'll see how long this lasts!

This was an interesting color combination for a Christmas card, but I think I made it work with this cute yeti set. I might have to work on the placement though, because the scarf is hanging off the edge. There will be some tweaks coming up, but overall, I'm pretty happy with this.

The colors limited what I could do, but I'll probably try something else with this set later in the year.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Yeti to Party

Paper - Basic White, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, and Tahitian Tide Cardstock

Ink - Early Espresso, Tahitian Tide; Stampin' Blends: Crumb Cake Dark and Light

Accessories - Silver/White Metallic Ribbon

Tools - Big Shot, Yeti Dies, Deckled Rectangles Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Wintry 3D Embossing Folder, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Artistic Expressions Best Wishes

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This card is for the sketch challenge at TGIF Challenges.

I'm usually a lots-of-layers-and-embellishments kind of girl, but this is an anniversary card that is being sent overseas, so I really had to limit myself. All of the layers are glued except the flower, which just has one dimensional beneath it. The glitter enamel dots are pretty flat, so they shouldn't be a problem either.

The foil accents in the DSP and the glimmer vellum dress this card up without being too showy.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Artistically Inked, Celebrating You (inside sentiment)

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White and Evening Evergreen Cardstock; Gold Glimmer Vellum, Expressions in Ink Specialty DSP

Ink - Evening Evergreen, Mint Macaron, Shaded Spruce

Accessories - Gold Glitter Enamel Dots

Tools - Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Artistic Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Forever After Wedding

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This card is for the challenges at Sunday Stamps Challenge (what better celebration than a wedding?)and Tic Tac Toe Challenges (left column: vellum, floral, stitching and diagonal: vellum, free, love sentiment).

A young woman who used to sing in the choir at my church just got married last week, so we wanted to send a card from the group. I used my favorite wedding sentiment from Forever Fern and some florals from the Eden's Garden Specialty DSP and Forever Flourishing Dies, along with some Gold Glimmer Vellum and Gold Glitter Enamel Dots for sparkle. Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, and Gold were an almost perfect match for her wedding colors!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Forever Fern, Eden's Garden, Something Fancy (inside sentiment)

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White, Evening Evergreen, and Soft Succulent Cardstock; Ever Eden Specialty DSP, Ever Eden Cotton Paper, Gold Glimmer Vellum

Ink - Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent

Accessories - Gold Glitter Enamel Dots

Tools - Big Shot, Forever Flourishing Dies, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Pretty Kitty Pajama Inspiration

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This card was created for the challenges at Paper Craft Crew and Shopping Our Stash.

The SOS challenge asked us to use our favorite pajamas as inspiration for our project. Here's my jammies!

I've had this stamp set since it came out several years ago, but I don't think it's ever seen ink. I love these little kitties! Fussy cutting is not my favorite technique but I was surprised at how quickly these worked out. I just added a bit of coloring with some Stampin' Write and Stampin' Blends markers.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

P.S. - I finally tested negative for COVID today - hallelujah!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Pretty Kitty

Paper - Basic White and Wisteria Wonder Cardstock; 2011-2013 In Color Patterns DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin' Blends: Cinnamon Cider Dark and Light; Stampin' Write Markers: Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather, Mango Melody, Old Olive, Wisteria Wonder

Accessories - Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels,

Tools - Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Apple Harvest Greatest Gift

Hello and welcome back! It was so nice to get back to stamping tonight -- I've been stuck in the spare bedroom of my house for the last week with COVID. I'm still not feeling quite up to par but getting back into my craft room is definitely good for my mood! Anyhoo, here's today's card:

I created this for the challenges at Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches.

I stamped the flowers, apple, and sentiment with Early Espresso, then colored in the apple and flowers with Real Red and Old Olive Stampin' Blends. The apple is popped up on a die cut square and the flower squares were backed with Early Espresso cardstock to make them stand out a bit better. A few red rhinestones were added in the corners for some sparkle.

 This was a pretty quick and easy card to put together.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Apple Harvest

Paper - Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock; Very Vanilla, Real Red, and Early Espresso Cardstock; Gingham Cottage DSP

Ink - Early Espresso; Stampin' Blends: Real Red Dark and Light, Old Olive Dark and Light, Natural Deep (SU 200)

Accessories - Red Rhinestones Basic Jewels

Tools - Big Shot, Apple Blossoms Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Multupurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Ombre Simple Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! Here are today's cards:

I was inspired by the color challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

I started out cutting some narrow strips to create the woven cards, using a sketch I found on Pinterest. After trimming the strips, I had a bunch of 2" long pieces that I couldn't let go to waste! And I think that last card is my favorite, so that's going in the challenge.

The strips are Blackberry Bliss and Granny Apple Green from an old SAB DSP pack and the Cherry Cobbler comes in on the sentiment and pearls. They are Iridescent Pearls that I colored with the Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blend Marker.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Something Fancy, Best Year (inside sentiment)

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White Cardstock; Oh My Ombre DSP

Ink - Cherry Cobbler; Stampin' Blends: Cherry Cobbler Dark

Accessories - Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels

Tools - Big Shot, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Classic Label Punch, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Magenta Paper Hug

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

I used the challenges at Color Throwdown and TGIF Challenges as the inspiration for this card. 

It's always nice when the paper can do the heavy lifting and all you need to add is a little ribbon and a sentiment! The DSP has a shaded gray background and that hint of magenta in the mat and the circle is just enough to pop this card. I thought about trying to color the ribbon to match but decided that might be a bit too much. This is the point where I usually add some kind of embellishment too, but I like keeping this simple.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Limited Edition, Framed Florets (inside sentiment and envelope)

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White and Magenta Madness Cardstock; Beautifully Penned DSP

Ink - Magenta Madness

Accessories - Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon

Tools - Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Silver Anniversary

 Hello and welcome back! Today's card is for some dear friends who are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.

The design was inspired by the challenges at Atlantic Hearts, Double Trouble, and SUO Challenges.

While I didn't use a stencil for the Double Trouble optional twist, I did pull out a bunch of different die sets for this card. I searched through my stash to find some different silver stuff than I usually use for 25th anniversary cards. I skipped the silver glimmer paper this time, but still used a little bit of silver foil. I dry embossed the vellum circle so that it would show up a little better under the branches.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - A Wish For Everything

Paper - Smoky Slate and Basic White Cardstock; Vellum Cardstock; Silver Foil Sheet; Feels Like Frost Specialty DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Red & Green Adhesive Backed Pearls

Tools - Big Shot, Subtle Dynamic Embossing Folder, Stylish Shapes Dies, Splendid Stems Dies, Frosted Bouquet Framelits, Layering Circles Framelits, Playful Alphabet Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

New Year's Birthdays

 Hello and Happy New Year! Well, it's only January 3rd and I'm already behind on my birthday cards! This does not bode well for the rest of the year. I've got to get my act together!

No challenges here, I just needed to get myself started, so I created these cards out of the leftovers from a card I made back in October.

Since the card bases were already made up, I only needed to add the sentiment, ribbon, and embellishments to finish them off. I'll toss them in the mail today so they won't be too late!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Slim Sayings, Something Fancy (inside sentiment)

Paper - Basic Black, Basic White, Mango Melody, Parakeet Party, Starry Sky Cardstock

Ink - Starry Sky

Accessories - Parakeet Party Metallic Ribbon, Starry Sky Metallic Ribbon, Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Matte Black Dots

Tools - Big Shot, Slimline Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots