Happy Together

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

This design was inspired by the challenge at Sketch Saturday. I rotated the sketch and the sentiment banner.

I don't know about you, but every time I see this sentiment, I hear that old song by The Turtles in my head!

This "vintage" DSP is one of my favorites - I love the shimmer! I created this as an anniversary card, but it could be just about anything else if you change the sentiment.

 Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Love What You Do, A Dozen Thoughts

Paper - Petal Pink, Basic White, Basic Black cardstock; Vellum Cardstock; Share What You Love Specialty DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark; Stampin' Blends: Petal Pink Dark and Light

Accessories - Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels, White Embossing Powder

Tools - Big Shot, Layering Ovals Dies, Forever Flourishing Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Detailed Trio Punch, Heat Tool, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Language of Love Anniversary

Hello and welcome back! After yesterday, I thought I'd have an easy day. There's only one challenge, but I made 10 cards! Here's the one for the challenge:

 And here's the whole bunch!

This week's challenge at TGIFC is an In Color challenge, so I decided to take advantage of it!

I love this year's colors, so finding something to showcase all of them was fun. I get a little obsessive when creating, so everything had to be in a certain order and all coordinated.

I've got a bunch of anniversaries (and belated anniversaries, as part of my catch-up plan) to mail this week, so these cards will be perfect!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Language of Love, A Dozen Thoughts, Always in My Heart (inside sentiment)

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide, Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky, Sweet Sorbet, and Basic White cardstock

Ink - Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide, Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky, Sweet Sorbet

Accessories - 2022-2024 In Color Baker's Twine

Tools - Big Shot, Banners Framelits, Falling Petals Embossing Folder, Washi Label Punch, Petite Pennants Punch, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

TGIF Challenge #38 - All About Pets!

Hello and welcome back! Today's card was inspired by the challenge at TGIF. It's all about pets today!

We have two cats at my house - Grace and Arthur - who make us crazy sometimes, but we love them! Here's a picture of them together - not an easy task!

And here is my card:

I don't know why, but there are no cat stamps in my stash. Hard to believe, since I own so many stamp sets! So I decided to try some punch art. It's not something I do often, but I found lots of inspiration on Pinterest. This was inspired by a card made by Jen Shults, which you can see here. And now that I've just linked that post, I notice that I have forgotten to add the whiskers! Oops! I'll have to edit this, but I need to get it done in time to enter in the challenge.

Hope you like my whisker-less kitty! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

--Cindi

Added after midnight!

Here's a new photo with the whiskers added!

And now I have time to describe how I made this cute little fellow!

The base of the kitty is Soft Suede cardstock, the accents are Crumb Cake, inside of the ears is Blushing Bride and the nose and eyes are Early Espresso. I used the Circles Framelits to cut out the body and head and the white part of the eyes, the center of the eyes is the 3/4" circle punch with little 1/16" holes for the accents. The area around the mouth was punched with the XL Oval punch and then notched with the old small oval punch. The nose was punched with the Triangle punch, then I rounded the corners with my snips and drew the mouth with the brush end of my Early Espresso marker. The pointy "stripes" on the sides were punched with the old 5-point flower punch, then the petals were cut apart. The feet are punched with the old small oval punch as well. The ears were punched with the old Pennant Builder punch. I sponged the edges of every piece with matching ink before assembling the kitty.  Oh, and the whiskers are thin strips of vellum attached with a glue dot. I had originally planned to make this kitty into a card of its own, but decided I liked it better on a standard card base. He/she reminds me of my cats when they lay down on the floor and tuck everything in. You can't see their tails or their back paws, and sometimes you can't see the front ones either!

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Special cards for special babies!

Hello and welcome back! Today's card includes a bonus! One of my friends had twin boys on Thursday, and so I knew I had to make a special card. As I was designing it, however, I decided to make two separate cards so there would be one for each of them. They are going to be sharing a lot of things in their lives, but they deserve their own new baby cards! 

I've had the Something for Baby stamp set for a couple of months, but hadn't yet inked it up. I've also been going through my stash of craft supplies and doing some purging. That's where those alphabet beads turned up. They look just like the old style baby bracelets! I also pulled out the "vintage" Marina Mist organza ribbon, Subtles brads, Nursery Nest DSP and my Bashful Blue ink pad. If you could see my craft space right now, you'd see that I have trouble getting rid of anything, but I'm really making an effort this time. Somewhere along the line, I'll have to write a blog post about that.

Well, these cards will be going into the mail tomorrow. I hope Sara and Kurt like them! Congrats and best wishes to the whole family!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi

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Paper Plunge 39 - Make It Mono!

Hello and welcome back! I've spent the last few days relaxing in paradise, aka Pentwater, Michigan. It's a lovely little town with a charming beach. A friend has a summer home there that she rents out, and she needed to get it ready for the season, so she asked me if I'd like to join her. I jumped at the chance! We took care of a few chores, but had time to do a bit of shopping and sun ourselves at the beach. The weather was perfect! 

Unfortunately, you have to return to real life some time. We came back home today, and I realized I needed to make a card! My husband's cousin is getting married in September and tomorrow is her bridal shower. Lucky for me, this card is perfect for this week's challenge at The Paper Plunge. The invitation was white with purple printing and accents, so I used that as my inspiration for this card.

And here's a picture of the inside:

It's definitely not a quick and easy card, but I think the effort was well worth it. The punched flowers in the bouquet were a great way to use some smaller scraps, and the stems gave me a chance to use my fringe scissors, which have been languishing of late. You can't tell in the photo, but there are 3 layers of dimensionals underneath the flowers to hold them above the stems. I had to make a thick envelope on my envelope punch board to fit this card!

I hope you like it, and I hope Kat likes it!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi

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Can You Case It? 52 - Color Challenge

Hello again! I'm back with this week's challenge at Can You Case It? For week 52 (can you believe it's been a year already?), we've got a color challenge for you.

This is an interesting combination, to be sure. And here's my interpretation:

CYCI52

I started with a Whisper White card base with a layer of Brushed Gold cardstock. I pulled out one of my favorite retired stamps, Hello Doily, and stamped it with Versamark on Pool Party, then heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder. I cut the panel into 3 sections, popping up the outer ones with dimensionals and gluing the center section to the Brushed Gold. I threaded some White Organza Ribbon through and tied it in a knot in the center. The "happy together" sentiment is stamped with Gold Metallic ink on Whisper White and die cut with one of the framelits from the Project Life set. Here's another photo that shows the gold metallic a little better:

I think this would be a beautiful wedding or anniversary card, don't you?

Stampin' Up! products used:
Stamp Sets: Hello, Doily (retired), A Dozen Thoughts
Paper: Whisper White, Pool Party, Brushed Gold cardstock
Ink: Versamark, Encore Gold Metallic
Accessories: Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Cindi