The Play Date Cafe Challenge

As I have said a few time in my previous posts, I want to participate in more challenges. 

And today, I am playing the Play Date Cafe Challenge for the first time!

What a stunning colors combo! I used Stampin' Up! Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, and Crumb Cake. I was immediately drawn to the image on the left upper corner, and had my design;-)

I knew the perfect stamp set, Bright Blossoms! I used the Stamp-a-majig to stack up the leaves in Crumb Cake and Chocolate Chip. I wanted to keep this card very CAS so no embossing, no Stampin' Dimensionals, no blings!

LOVE this organic, airy feel this card gives:-) 

My Recipe for This Card

Stamp set: Bright Blossoms, Embellished Events

Paper: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Bashful Blue

Ink: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip

Accessory: Crumb Cake 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon

Tool: 3/4" and 1/2" Circle Punches, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Secret Ingredient: Trying something new:-)

Thank you so  much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the Pals December Celebrations Blog Hop!

Naki and Nina's Double Dare Challenge 16

Welcome to Naki and Nina's Double Dare Challenge! 

We have another interesting combo for you today:-)

CASE each other's card

Use Snow (Snowflakes, Snowmen, Anything that is snow!)

So here is the card I choose from Nina's blog. It just took my breath away when I saw this! So simple but those colorful flowers are so bold and beautiful on the navy base...just gorgeous!

So I used snowflakes instead of the flowers. The smallest flake from the Snow Flurry Bigz Die looks like something is missing... I tried a couple things first, but a star looked right:-) 

I picked several cards from Nina's blog but this one worked perfectly with the snowflakes:-) I don't CASE a lot, but I will have to CASE the rest of my picks because they are just all too lovely not to! Thanks Nina, for your beautiful inspirations!


My Recipe for This Card

Stamp set: Embellished Events
Paper: Midnight Muse, Pool Party, Basic Gray, Very Vanilla
Ink: Midnight Muse
Accessory: Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Tool: Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Bitty Banners Framelits Die, Merry Minis Punch Pack
Secret Ingredient: A very talented friend;-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Now let's all go see which of my cards Nina decided to CASE and add her magic...

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge

Hi there! 

Today, I have a card for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge, my first time! I want to participate in more challenges so I asked my good friend and partner in crime, Nina Dee, and she gave me several links to great challenges, this was one of them. I really liked the inspirational photo and got this idea immediately:-) 

Aren't they adorable!? At first, I thought they were little elves, but they are skiing...ha ha:-D

I got the hats and the colors from their hats (duh! he he), and since they were stacked like a tree, I made a Christmas tree with them.

I embossed the Old Olive Card Stock with the Chevron Folder, mimicking the bumpy mountains.

My Recipe for This Card

Stamp set: Embellished Events, More Merry Messages, Merry Minis

Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Early Espresso

Ink: Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie

Accessory: Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Tool: Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits Die, Stampin' Dimensionals

Secret Ingredient: Adorable inspiration:-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for Naki and Nina's Double Dare Challenge!

PPA and FMS

Hi there! I am playing my favorite challenges, Pals Paper Arts and Freshly Made Sketches:-)

I like when I get a lot of help especially I haven't been in a stamping mood lately...

Because these colors are all quiet, I thought they could use a little help from my new obsession, the Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Stampin' Pad. Those snowflakes were daubed with the Glimmer Ink, it just gave the right amount of shimmer I wanted as the background.

So I captured some of the snowflakes in my jar:-) They were also daubed with the Glimmer Ink. The jar was popped on with a small piece of the Stampin' Dimensionals hidden behind the Tiny Tag. 

I chose this DSP because the designs on it look like snowflakes too. And I made sure it didn't overwhelm my shimmer-glimmer snowflakes, both on the background and in the jar:-) I think this card turned out better than I pictured in my head...what do you think?

My Recipe for This Card

Stamp set: More Merry Messages, Perfectly Preserved, Tiny Tags

Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Be of Good Cheer DSP, Window Sheets

Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke Stampin' Write Markers, Always Artichoke Classic Stampin' Pad, Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Stampin' Pad, Jet Black Stazon

Accessory: Linen Thread

Tool: Jewelry Tag and Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punches, Cannery Framelits Dies, Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals

Secret Ingredient: Fabulous Challenges!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Naki and Nina's Double Dare Challenge 15

Welcome to new Naki and Nina's Double Dare Challenge! Can you believe it is December already!? We had our first real snow yesterday here in upstate NY...

After a week off, we have a very interesting combo for you:-)

I needed a Birthday card for my husband's little cousin who is turning 18!

Make a vintage card

No stamp

When I saw the combination, I immediately thought about using the Fan Fair DSP because of their distressed, vintage prints. But I ended up using only the numbers 1 and 8 from the pack, which was so perfect for this card!

Turned out, the World Spectacular DSP was a better fit for this card since I could not use any stamps. I snipped out the hot air balloons, the tickets, the banners... everything I needed was all on this pack of Designer Series Papers... You gotta love them:-)

Now, I LOVE vintage cards but my style is more of CAS, and am not sure how to make vintage cards... I did learn the distressing a card stock technique from one of my fellow pretty pals Ann Schach's blog though, she is so talented...:-) Her vintage cards take my breaths away...

Of course, no vintage card is done without daubing some ink on card stocks to give an aged look, right;-) 

My Recipe for This Card

Stamp set: None!

Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Fan Fair and World Spectacular DSP

Ink: Early Espresso

Accessory: Linen Thread

Tool: Apothecary Accents and Itty Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals

Secret Ingredient: Try new techniques and challenge yourself:-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

 Hope you enjoyed it!

Now let us all go to my friend Nina's blog and get inspired by her always beautiful cards:-)