HAPPY STAMPING!
PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOTPenny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demonstrator since 2006
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This is my little creative get away spot in a very hectic world. I love to stamp, meet other stampers and share my inspirations. So come and, sit for a while, explore my site and leave a comment when you can.
HAPPY STAMPING!
PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOTPenny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demonstrator since 2006
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Here's My TSOT642 Card:
Earlier in the month, I posted a card for a TSOT challenge that was made with the Jungle Pals stamps and dies that were available during Stampin' Ups! Sale-a-Bration. That was such a fun get well/thinking of you card and the recipient really liked it.
Since then I've made some birthday cards using this same set and today wanted to share them with you.
Here are the Cards I Made:
This card started with an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Granny Apple Green card stock scored at 4 1/4". I added a mat of Basic Black that measures 5 1/4" x 4". Before adhering that piece I die cut the stitched 3" circle for the backing on my focal point. The final mat is a 5" x 3 3/4" piece of Lemon Lolly cardstock. Before adhering this mat to the front of the card, I did two things. First I cut a 2 1/2" stitched circle mat for my focal from the top center of the mat and then I embossed it with the Fern 3-D Embossing Folder.
For the inside of the card I cut a Basic White mat that measured 5 1/4" x 4" and adhered that to the card base. Before putting this mat down, I added some foliage to the bottom and stamped with a birthday sentiment.
The sentiment "your special day" is from the Cake Fancy (#162932) stamp set in the January Mini catalogue. I embossed it with white embossing powder on a strip of Basic Black. Love it!
I stayed with the forest jungle theme for my next card which features the Tiger from the Jungle Pals bundle. Although I was disappointed with my actual colouring of the Tiger (he's much too flat and the shaded look I was going for didn't happen), I was happy with the card as a whole. Here it is:
I die cut the flowers from the Calypso coral card front featured in this photo. The grid pattern gave a nice textured look to the flowers. |
We're already a week into March and so far we've had an arctic front, snow, heavy frost,hail, wind, rain and more rain. After a weekend of gray skies, heavy rain and winds I'm trying to stay optimistic and hoping for some sunshine and dryer weather in the days to come.
With the weather focus on mind I decided to use this week's Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #FMS626 for my inspiration. Here's the sketch:
FMS#626 |
HERE'S MY CARD:
I chose to design a positive card with a "rain and sun theme" that could be used for a variety of occasions.
Remembering that the sketch challenge rules say it's okay to replace the circles with another image, I went ahead and changed the half circles with clouds. My basic white stitched clouds were die cut using the medium cloud die in the Stampin' Up! Bright Skies bundle featured on page 51 of the Annual Catalogue.
There's also a cheerful little sun that's part of the coordinating stamp set and it has dies that make it easy to cut out and add dimension. I stamped the sun in Daffodil Delight and used the small stitched circle die to cut a center for the sun from Daffodil Delight card stock.
I chose the "Sunshine to Brighten Your Day" sentiment from the "Sending Smiles" (#158701) stamp set on page 26 of the Annual Catalogue, and embossed it on a strip of basic black cardstock with Versamark ink and White Embossing Powder. I cut out the sentiment strip with the larger of the two label dies in the coordinating "Sending" (#159271) die set. What fun! I love all nine of the sentiments in this stamp set, and any one of them would have worked perfectly with this theme.
The Smokey Slate card base for this card measures 4 1/4" x 11" and is scored at the 5 1/2" center line. I added a layer of Basic White 5 3/8" x 4 1/8", a layer of Balmy Blue 5 1/4" x 4" and a layer of Rain or Shine designer series paper that measured 3 7/8" x 51/8". This piece of DSP has a myriad of glossing raised raindrops that capture the light when the card is turned.
For the inside of the card I cut a 5 1/4" X 4" basic white panel and adhered another die cut sun to the bottom right hand corner. I left the rest blank for a personal message.
So that's my card for today. I appreciate your dropping by to visit, and hope if my card inspired you in any way that you'll leave me a comment. I super enjoy doing card challenges as it's a way of stimulating my creativeness and this weeks FMS#626 was perfect for that.
Why not try out this challenge yourself, there's still a bit of time to do it. Cheers and have a good week!
My journey with Stampin' Up! started in 2006 and has given me the opportunity to celebrate creativity with women all over the world. Whether we're coming together to make cards or scrapbooking or share our love of papercrafting it doesn't matter who we are. There are no boundaries to the friendship, caring and camaraderie we've shared.
So here's my salute and shout out to women papercrafters around the world. Keep your creativity positive and ongoing!
HERE'S MY CARD:
Happy Stamping!
Penny Tokens Stampin' SpotPenny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006
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Oh Happy Day! Over the past week or so you may have seen some "sneak peek" cards or projects featuring new Stampin' Up! products and wondered how do I get my hands on those. Well the wait is over!
Penny Hanuszak, CDN Independent Stampin' Up Demo since 2006
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March is always a busy month for me. I have so many friends celebrating birthdays or anniversaries that my to do calendar is full. I don't mind though, it's fun to celebrate and make someone's day with some happy mail!
For today's card I've used the Freshly Made Sketch Challenge #FMS625
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