Happy Anniversary............. CCMC319

Another beautiful Tuesday and my stamping friend Sheri and I spent some great quality time together this morning, starting with a walk in the sunshine.  We returned all revved up and ready to stamp.  

Earlier in the day I'd printed off some of this past week's sketch and colour challenges, so we spent some time looking at various ones before deciding to do the Create With Connie and Mary CCMC319 challenge.   

Although we both worked on the same sketch you'll see that our cards are totally different, and that's the whole point of doing a challenge.  To check out Sheri's card click here.   I hope you'll also check out the wonderful cards from the CCM design team and other submissions and leave them some comments.  
Here's the Sketch: 

Here's My Card:

Supplies:
Stamp Sets:  Kinda Eclectic, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Full of Life (R)
Ink:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Smokey Slate
Card Stock:  Pink Pirouette, Smokey Slate, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper  
Accessories:  Beautiful Baroque Embossing Folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Oval Framelits, Bitty Banner Framelits, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Trimmer, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip.

How I Assembled It: 

1.  The card base was cut from Basic Gray card stock measuring 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and folded at 4 1/4".

2.  The Pink Pirouette layer measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" and was embossed with the Beautiful Baroque Embossing Folder.  Before adhering this piece to the card base, I put sticky strip down each long edge of the layer and adhered strips of Silver Glimmer paper that measured 1/2" x 5 1/2".  I attached this whole layer to the card base with sticky strip.

3.  The oval layers were made by cutting out two ovals, one in Smokey Slate and one in Silver Glimmer paper, with the #2 framelit from the Ovals Collection Framelits (see picture below).  Using the #3 size framelit I cut out a Basic Gray oval.  The smaller Smokey Slate and Silver Glimmer Ovals were offset so that the glimmer one only slightly shows on the left side of the Smokey Slate oval.  I used Glue Dots to adhere the glimmer paper to the cardstock, and then dimensionals were added to the back.  Once this piece was attached to the larger oval then the entire element was mounted to the bottom left of the card with sticky strip.

4.  The butterfly from Kinda Eclectic was stamped in Smokey Slate ink on Smokey Slate card stock and then punched out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch.  I punched out butterflies in Basic Gray and Pink Pirouette using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit and then adhered them below and above the stamped butterfly image.  

Beautiful Wings Embosslit is one of my favourite die cuts.  Just look at all those cute little butterflies

Basic Rhinestones were added to the smallest butterfly image.  The butterfly embellishment was then attached to the oval embellishment with dimensionals and glue dots.  I usually cut the dimensionals into smaller pieces and strategically place them on the underside of the butterfly to make it look like it's in flight.
 

Kinda Eclectic is a 6 piece stamp set that comes in clear and wood mount styles. 

5.  The sentiment Happy Anniversary from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set was stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black ink on a small strip of Pink Pirouette card stock.  This piece was then cut out with the Bitty Banners Framelits and adhered to the Oval with glue dots and dimensionals. 

The Bitty Banner Framelits are ideal for making small framelits.  They match the Itty Bitty Sentiments stamp and can be purchased for 15% off as a bundle. 

Teeny Tiny wishes is an ideal 24-piece sentiment stamp to have in your collection.  It covers almost every occasion.  This set comes in wood, clear and brush stroke versions (MDS).

6.  For the inside of the card I used a 3 3/4" x 5 " piece of Whisper White card stock with a stamped  sentiment from the retired Full of Life stamp set.  The sentiment I'd chosen was a love theme, however I have to confess that somehow I grabbed the wrong stamp and didn't realize it until I added the pictures to this post.  Can you see my red face?  It's glowing with embarrassment.   

Don't worry before I give this to the lucky couple that are celebrating their anniversary, I'll be redoing the inside of the card.  Lol!  That's a new one on me!

Okay here's one last look at this card.  Hope you'll leave me some comments and let me know what kind of goof ups you've made that have left you with a red face.  I'd love to hear about it, and will reward the funniest story with some card candy.  

Happy Stamping!
Penny Tokens  

Create With Connie and Mary Challenge #CCMC315

It's scorching hot in Abbotsford today, hitting a high of around 32 in the valley. Supposedly it'll be even hotter tomorrow.  I'm not complaining about the heat though, I'm just staying in the shade and enjoying it!

I'm super happy the weather's this great for all the folks  visiting the Abbotsford International Airshow this weekend. This annual event is one of the biggest airshows in the country and attracts around 80,000 people.  One of the highlights of the 3-day show are the Canadian Snowbirds jets, and they've been flying over our house for the past few days. So, not only is it hotter than Hades outside but it's also been a very exciting and  "loud" weekend! 

While I was keeping cool inside I checked out the "Create With Connie and Mary" blogsite and decided to play along with their latest sketch challenge #CCMC315.

Here's My Card: 

All those strips in the sketch intimidated me a bit when I first looked at it.  I was planning on making a masculine birthday card, but I wasn't sure whether I should use card stock or dsp for the strips.  

In the end I decided to use the Moonlight Designer Paper Stack, and chose a design with bold chevron stripes in Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey and Sahara Sand.  Once that decision was made, the paper choice set the tone for the rest of the card. Whew what a relief!

Unfortunately there's too much light reflecting off this picture, but I think you'll be able to see how the sentiment from the Starburst Sayings stamp set is layered on Hello Honey and Sahara Sand card stock.  

I cut out the Sahara Sand layer with the Starburst Framelits and the sentiment and Hello Honey layer were cut out with the Circles Collection die cuts.  This sentiment piece was mounted to the card front with a double layer of dimensionals so it would rise above the card stock banners.

The Starburst Sayings stamp set comes in wood or clear mount and has six stamps.  It's available in English, Spanish and French versions.  It coordinates with the Starburst Framelit dies and can be purchased as a bundle. 

Starburst Framelit Dies contains 5 layering dies.  The largest die measures 4 x 11/16" in diameter.  This set coordinates with the Starburst Sayings Stamp set above, as well as Baby We've Grown pg 80 of the IB&C.

I can't believe what a bold and vivid stamped image you get with the Blackberry Bliss ink. When I stamped the sentiment it almost looked like I had stamped with white ink on Blackberry Bliss cardstock instead  of the other way around.  

I added a Hello Honey and a Blackberry Bliss banner beneath the sentiment.  The two banners were embossed with the Arrows Embossing Folder and I used the 1" square punch to make the pointed ends.  They were added to the card front with dimensionals.

For the inside of the card I simply stamped the "celebrate" image from the Starburst Sayings........ I think that says it all.  I used some scraps of DSP and card stock on the bottom of the liner.   
Supplies:
Stamp Set:  Starburst
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss, Hello  Honey
Card Stock:  Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Sahara Sand, Whisper White 
Designer Series Paper:  Moonlight DSP Paper Stack 
Accessories:  Trimmer, Big Shot, Starburst Framelits, Circles Collection Framelits, Arrows Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, adhesive

Well that's it for today folks.  Hope you've enjoyed this challenge card, and I hope you'll drop by the Create With Connie and Marie blog site to see all the other cards from the design team and other stampers, and perhaps play along too.  This challenge is open until Wednesday August 13th.  

Happy Stamping!
Penny Tokens

Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #46 - Postage Card

Today I was browsing the Paper Craft Crew Challenge site and saw this week's great sketch.   

I liked this sketch for it's sheer simplicity, and it made me think of a post card.  Almost immediately I experienced an "Ah-hah" moment knowing what I wanted to create with it and headed for my craft room to dig through my supplies.

One of my first purchases from the new Stampin' Up! 2013-2014 Catalogue was the Post Card Back Ground stamp on page 102.  Since the sketch reminds me of a post card I figured this would work perfectly and what a great opportunity to add ink to this new stamp. 

Postage Card Back Ground Stamp which measures 5 x 3 1/2"

My next big decision was what card stock to use.  I wanted a vintage post card look in keeping with the stamp, so I decided to use the colours from  the Create with Connie and Mary's Color Challenge #256  this week which features Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit and Early Espresso. 

 

I didn't have any current postage stamp stamps so went with the one in the Fresh Vintage Stamp set (retired).  Believe me my next order will include something with stamps, either the set called Postage Due, which includes 3 wonderful stamps or Postage Collection  a 16 piece stamp set from the Hostess Stamps collection in this year's catalog.  This set includes 3 really neat postage stamp frames and you can design the stamp contents with any of the other images in the set.  Ask me how you can earn this set for free! 

Stamps:  Fresh Vintage (SAB) and Post Card Background Stamp #130369

Card Stock:  Island Indigo for Base (5 1/2" x 11), Summer Starfruit for 1st layer (5 1/4" x 4" embossed with Beautifully Baroque EF, Naturals Ivory  #102316, and Early Espresso.

Inks:  Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Accessories: 3/8" Glimmer Brads (121003 Basics), Postage Stamp Punch #122344, Early Espresso Ribbon (retired), Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder #130917(new), paper piercing tool, adhesive and dimensionals.