Naki and Nina's Double Dare Challenge #7

It is time for another Naki and Nina's Double Dare Challenge again! 

Here are our picks for this week!

 

Twitterpated DSP

Buttons

Meet Memphys the red nosed pot bellied pig!

Buttons = Button Buddies set = The piggy:-) I just adore him very much:-) 

He is all ready for Christmas, got his Santa hat, little tree...

Who likes the new Merry Mini set along with the Punch Pack from the Holiday Catalog? I do:-) 

My Recipe for This Card

Stamp set: Button Buddies, Embellished Events, Merry Mini

Paper: Soft Suede, Whisper White, Twitterpated DSP

Ink: Gumball Green, Real Red, Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight

Accessory: Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Brights Designer Buttons

Tool: Merry Mini Punch Pack, Jewelry Tag Punch (The plant pot), Owl Builder Punch (pom pom on the hat), Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Secret Ingredient: Memphys the red nosed pot bellied pig:-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Now check out my friend Nina's blog to get inspired by her beautiful work!

and grab your DSP and buttons to play along!

                                                        

Halloween Hand Soap Gift Tag

This is what I had as a door prize for my workshop. I made a different one for the August Pals Blog Hop, and just use the same idea but with a different design. 

This little googlie eyed spider is dangling on his thread, I simply glued the thread on the back of the Basic Black Card Stock that was embossed with the Spider Web Folder. 

I thought the little spider could use a friend so I invited a ghost to the party, but you know, he IS a ghost so he is only peeking in:-) He seems friendly to me, I don't think he's trying to Boo! 

My Recipe for This Gift Tag

Stamp set: Spooky Bingo Bits

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP

Ink: Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry

Accessory: Rich Razzleberry 5/8" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Googlie Eyes, Thread

Tool: Spider Web Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Glue Dots

Secret Ingredient: Spooky friends:-D

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

A Simple Fall Card

Here is another card from my workshop this past weekend. I love the new Woodgrain folder and really wanted to use it, and this is what I came up with:-) 

I also love the One in a Million set and this pair I used is my favorite of all:-) I didn't really want to pick a specific occasion and this was perfect! 

I just got these new Round Designer Ribbon Slides and had to use them as well! They give such a sophisticated look! 

The Early Espresso is so deep and Rich, such a gorgeous color! And it looks just fabulous with the Crumb Cake! The Baja Breeze adds a great contrast in this color combo:-)

My Recipe for This Card

Stamp set: One in a Million, Papillon Potpourri

Paper: Naturals Ivory, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze

Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Accessory: Early Espresso 5/8" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Baja Breeze 1/2" Binding Seam Ribbon, Round Designer Ribbon Slides

Tool: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Glue Dots

Secret Ingredient: Great colors!

I love how Stampin' Up! has everything color coordinated for you, don't you!?

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it! 

Tomorrow, I am showing what I made as a door prize!

Season's Greeting

Here is a very simple but pretty holiday card that I made for my workshop I had this past weekend. Everyone LOVED it:-) One thing I changed between taking this photo and the workshop is, I put the largest rhinestone on the large snow flake, and the medium one on the medium flake because those tiny stones looked a little out of balance. I didn't even think to re-take photos, then the card got ink all over from the workshop so I couldn't any more! 

I emboss the inside with the Delicate Designs folder, I thought it kind of looked like snow flakes too:-)

I like my non-traditional Christmas colors, my fake tree is white with blue and silver ornaments too:-) My husband thinks it's cold, I think it's pretty like snow:-) 

My Recipe for This Card

Stamp set: Curly Cute

Paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Pool Party

Ink: Pool Party

Accessory: Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Tool: Northern Flurry, Perfect Polka Dots, and Delicate Designs Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies

Secret Ingredient: Pretty snow:-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Don't for get to come back tomorrow for a simple fall card I made for the workshop!

Naki and Nina's Double Dare Challenge #6

It's Friday and that means time for a new Naki and Nina's Double Dare Challenge!

Yes, argyle again... This is the design I had in my head when I picked last week's challenge topic. 

  

                             A color combo of                            

                                        Pacific Point                           A Birthday Card

                                 Basic Black

                               Whisper White 

My color combo was inspired by these bracelets that my in-laws brought home from New York City 2 weeks ago. I love them so much I have been wearing them ever since they gave me:-)

Diamonds were created with the Petite Pennant Builder Punch. After embossing them with the Perfect Polka Dots Folder, I started placing them from the center. I had all the pieces laying on the card so I had some kind of guideline to follow as I was adhering them. I lightly sponged the Whisper White Stampin' Craft Ink on my argyle so all the bright colors blend in nicer on the Whisper White Card Stock. 

The front of the card got so heavy with all those layers I had to add some weight on the inside too. and yes, more argyle! I promise I won't use it for awhile! 

Since this card is 5-1/2" x 5-1/2", I needed a custom envelope, which I whipped up super fast with the trusty Simply Scored Scoring Tool:-) I repeated the Pacific Point and the Polka Dots.

I wonder what kind of beautiful birthday card my friend Nina created! 

My Recipe for This Project

Stamp set: Patterned Party, Loved Ones

Paper: Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pacific Point Designer Series Paper (Retired)

Ink: Pacific Point, Basic Black

Tool: Petite Pennant Builder Punch, Perfect Polka Dots and Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folders

Secret Ingredient: Patience! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hope you enjoyed it!

This card was picked as one of the CAS Favorites on Splitcoaststampers!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2257328?&cat=500&ppuser=325591

Pals Paper Arts Challenge!

It is time for another Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge!

Another fabulous sketch by our fabulous pal, Margaret Moody. 

I thought this sketch was very unique, and unique is what I like:-)

Pearls, pearls, and more pearls!

I left a lot of white space because the Midnight Muse and Whisper White together is very crisp and clean, I did not want to add too much to ruin that. 

These little dahlias are so adorable:-) I layered with one of the Boho Blossoms to balance the size. The Gumball Green is one of my favorite colors, and it looks so fresh with the Midnight Muse.

My Recipe for This Card

Stamp set: My Friend

Paper: Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Gumball Green

Ink: Midnight Muse, Pool Party

Accessory: Pearl Basic Jewels, In-Color Dahlias, Gumball Green 5/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon

Tool: Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies, Boho Blossoms Punch, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Secret Ingredient: The less is the better!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

 Hope you enjoyed it!

A Funny Card

I made this card for my father-in-law this past weekend. I was going to give one from my stash but I HAD TO make this for him! It was a great way to use up some of  the scrap papers too:-)

The story behind this card is, my father-in-law LOVES to golf, and when he sees garage sales, he checks for golf balls even though he already has hundreds, if not a thousand of them! We were getting together for his cake on this past Saturday, and he had just bought dozens more the day before, and I said to him, how many balls can a man have!? LOL and this card was created!  The golf balls were embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Folder, I saw this idea somewhere, would have given that person credit but cannot find her now...

Did anyone notice that this card qualifies for this week's Naki and Nina's Double Dare Challenge!? I really wasn't trying, but argyle is so golf to me, and the jars were just perfect for the balls! 

My Recipe for This Card

Stamp set: Perfectly Preserved, Sweet Cake, Non-SU Alphabets

Paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Wisteria Wonder, Pumpkin Pie, Gumball Green, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Primerose Petals, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Summer Smooches DSP

Ink, Early Espresso, Pool Party

Accessory: Island Indigo Baker's Twine

Tool: Cannery, Bitty Banners, and Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies, Argyle and Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, 1/2" circle punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Secret Ingredient: Have a ball;-D 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Naki and Nina's Double Dare Challenge!

Welcome to another Double Dare Challenge #5!

             Argyle                                    Perfectly Preserved

Once again, this challenge was, well, challenging! 

When I picked argyle, I actually had something in mind, but this combo is "preppy country" and my original design would not work...so this is what I came up with.

I went for a preppy look, and the only thing that would work from the Perfectly Preserved set was the little stem & leaves to make those little flowers. The argyle stamp is from the Patterned Party.

I like to make unique cards and I think I failed to deliver that with this one:-( It really was difficult for me and I almost gave up! (really, I was going to write, I was unable to come up with a design,  please come back next week.....lol) But I know it was easy breezy for my friend Nina to make something beautiful! 

My Recipe for This Card

Stamp set: Perfectly Preserved, Patterned Party

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, Comfort Cafe DSP

Ink: Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green

Accessory: Summer Starfruit 5/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Brights Designer Buttons

Tool: Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies. Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Secret Ingredient: Really challenge yourself!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Pals September Fall Flair Blog Hop

Glad you could join us for some fun fall crafting with the Stampin' Pretty Pals! You've probably hopped over from Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp, I'm stop number 15 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in! I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for Stampin' Up! fall projects! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you'll be back on track.

Do you love the Perfectly Preserved set from the Holiday Catalog as much as I do? The mason jar is so much fun to fill up with all sorts of goodies! And today, my jar is filled with these tiny, yummy Italian candies:-) I used the Naturals Ivory Card Stock as a base card, the natural look of  them screams fall to me:-) I kept this card simple but full of rich, fall colors.

A zip-lock bag is attached with a single glue dot so it can be removed and re-use the card:-)

This is what it looks like without the bag inside.

I stamped the jar after die cutting the front, the stamp fits right in the shape, it was so easy to line them up:-)

This card can be for ANY occasions, just change the design on the front:-) You could make a whole bunch of them to hand out Halloween treats to your co-workers or your kids' classmates, or make it Christmas and put a cute little gift in the bag:-) The possibilities are endless! 

My Recipe for This Card

Stamp set: Perfectly Preserved

Paper: Naturals Ivory, Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Island Indigo, Cajun Craze, Lucky Limeade, Summer Smooches DSP

Ink: Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Cajun Craze

Tool: Cannery and Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies, Small Oval, Small Heart, and Owl Builder Punches, Glue Dots, Zip-lock Bag

Secret Ingredient: Heavenly yummy Italian candies...mmm:-)

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Kerry Willard Bray at Stamp goodness, stop number 16 on the Pals Fall Flair Blog Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by! 

    

  1.Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole

  2.Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog

  3.Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX

  4.Claire Crotteau-Hutt at stamppaperscissors

  5.Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap With Susan

  6.Nicole Picadura at Scraps and Stamps

  7.Bobbi at My Therapy

  8.Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty

  9.Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping

10.Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts

11.Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine

12.Lynn at Cattaildesigns

13.Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn

14.Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp

15.Naki Rager at ...notes from Naki   * you're here*

16.Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness

17.Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti

18.Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards

19.Kim Luithle at Kim's Stampin Stuff

20.Lori Martin at The Rejoicing Papercrafter

21.Diane Roberts at scoreatfourandaquarter

22.Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards

23.Kris Kilcoyne at Kween Bee Kreations

24.Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair!

25.Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full

26.Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping

GOD BLESS THE USA