Painted Poppies Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! I'm working on getting my mojo back, so here's today's card:

This design is based on the challenge at Sketch Saturday.

Another friend who shares a birthday with my husband loves poppies, so this was the perfect set for her card. The die cut flowers were added onto a layer of DSP that has the leaves stamped on it, then a die cut circle with the sentiment was popped up on top. I added a few sequins for the theme twist from the challenge.

Easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Painted Poppies, Peaceful Moments

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, and Poppy Parade Cardstock; Peaceful Poppies DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Mossy Meadow

Accessories - Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Backed Sequins

Tools - Big Shot, Poppy Moments Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Detailed Trio Punch, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Another New Home!

 Hello and welcome back! As promised, here's another card for today:

I used this week's challenge at Sketch Saturday as inspiration for this design. I'm afraid it became a loose interpretation, but I think you can recognize it. I think I even managed to stick with the optional theme of using only 3 colors - I've only used blue and green and there's a little bit of brown in the DSP.

I used one of the houses on the Rings of Love DSP as a focal point - it turned out to be a bit larger than the sketch calls for - and then just layered bits to match the sketch. The sentiment was stamped at the bottom of the card and I added a bit of bling with the adhesive gems.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Pop on By, At Home With You (inside sentiment)

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Night of Navy Cardstock; Rings of Love DSP

Ink - Night of Navy

Accessories - Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems, Mint Macaron Sheer Linen Ribbon

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

Affectionate Belated Birthday

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

This design was inspired by the challenges at Sketch Saturday and Tic Tac Toe Challenges (bottom row and center column).

I decided to go with a colorful design to offset the dreariness of recent days. I don't mind the cold in the winter but I don't much like the cloudy days that often go along with it.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Itty Bitty Birthdays

Paper - Daffodil Delight, Cucumber Crush, Basic White Cardstock; Affectionately Yours Specialty DSP

Ink - Watermelon Wonder

Accessories - Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Daffodil Delight Grosgrain Stitched Ribbon

Tools - Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Garden Wishes Challenge Combo

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

One of my favorite things is to create cards for several challenges that are seemingly unrelated. That being said, this design was inspired by the following challenges: Double Trouble, Paper Players (center column - die-cut, texture, birthday), Retro Rubber (stamp set is from 2021), and Sketch Saturday.

For this birthday card, I added the texture by embossing a die-cut circle of vellum with the Dandelions embossing folder. I used the die-cut flowers as a substitute for the offset rectangles in the sketch. The bow is some thick linen twine that was in my stash, probably left over from a Paper Pumpkin kit. Naturally, I had to add some bling!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Garden Wishes

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Crumb Cake, Bumblebee, Terracotta Tile Cardstock; Vellum Cardstock; Woven Threads DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Early Espresso

Accessories - Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Thick Linen Twine

Tools - Big Shot, Dandy Wishes Dies, Starburst Framelits, Dandelions 3D Embossing Folder, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Chocolate Makes Everything Better!

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

This design was inspired by the challenges at Retro Rubber Challenge and Sketch Saturday.

This stamp set appeared in the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog, but for some reason, it has never seen ink! It's fun to try and fit the "candies" into the "box." I rotated the sketch to fit the candy box because it was bigger than I expected. And for a fun element, I die-cut a heart into the card front so that the box inside shows through. I was trying to figure out how to put that foil heart on the front so that you could open it to see the candy box, but I could never get enough edge to glue on. It's okay - this works too!

 I think my favorite thing is the "*not for actual consumption" stamp!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - More Than Chocolate

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White Cardstock; Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheet

Ink - Lovely Lipstick, Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Powder Pink; Stampin' Write Marker: Early Espresso (for inside sentiment)

Accessories - Powder Pink Finely Woven Ribbon

Tools - Big Shot, Sweet & Sassy Framelits, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

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

Biggest Wish Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! I'm trying to get caught up on my cards this month, so here's another birthday card.

I used inspiration from the color challenge at The Paper Players and the sketch at Sketch Saturday.

This dotted DSP is white and gray, but has a sheen to it that looks more like silver in the right light. I added the black mat to the stamped piece and the matte black dots to the silver foil strips to get all the colors in the challenge. Using the Stamparatus made it super easy to line up the stamping!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Biggest Wish, Best Year (inside sentiment)

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White, Basic Black, Smoky Slate Cardstock; Neutrals DSP; Silver Foil Sheets

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Smoky Slate

Accessories - Matte Black Dots

Tools - Stamparatus, Stampin' Dimensionals, Multipurpose Liquid Glue