Sea Turtle Birthday Wishes

Welcome to this weeks TGIF Challenges where we are celebrating all things Birthday!  You can never have too many birthday cards on hand, right?

I've had the adorable Sea Turtle stamp set sitting on my desk since it arrive a few weeks ago and finally got around to inking it up. Sea Turtles are one of my favorite sea creatures, so this big guy was a must have for me!

I used the bubbly water stamp to create a the background, using both sides of the reversible stamp.  I think I used nearly every shade of blue I own! A few Pastel Sequins were added for a few extra bubbles.

The turtle was stamped with Mint Macaron (stamped off once) with Soft Suede for the shell.  Calypso Coral and Blackberry Bliss were used for the starfish and Crumb Cake for the starfish, just like the ones we find on the Oregon Coast!

The sandy layer was also stamped with the bubbly stamp on Sahara Sand, then tore at the top for a little extra texture.  I struggled to find the right Happy Birthday sentiment at first, but after looking through my stamp sets I found the perfect one in Waves of Inspiration.  I kept things simple and stamped the sentiment on a strip of Basic White in Pacific Point.

I hope you'll join along in the fun this week and share your Birthday creation with us!

Happy Stamping!

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Fun & Fancy Fold ~ Control Freaks Blog Hop

Welcome to the January edition of the Control Freaks Blog Hop!  This month we are getting Fun & Fancy with our folding!  Did you just arrive from Cindy Elam of Hearts Delight Cards or are you just starting the hop?  Either way, make sure to hop along to the very end so you don't miss a single one of the amazing creations!  

I couldn't resist putting away the Dainty Flowers DSP without making another card! The card base was created with a pice of DSP, scored and folded to create a Fun & Fancy fold!

A Petal Pink panel was added to hold the beautiful fussy cut bouquet of dainty flowers.  These little flowers are so dainty that I may have held my breath when cutting some of them for fear of cutting one of the leaves of blooms off!  I used the Kind & Sincere stamp set again for the sentiment and will likely use it again very soon.  I love the mixed fonts!  A simple Linen Thread bow and a few Pastel Sequins completed the card.

Thanks for hopping along with us this month.  Next up is Wendy Weixler of Wickedly Wonderful Creations!

 

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Wising for Summer Sunflowers

Yesterday was a glorious, sunshiny day that lifted my spirts and shook off a few of the winter blues.  This weeks Global Design Projects Color Challenge is full of colors that make me happy too!

I dusted off an old favorite, Celebrate Sunflowers, and had an amazing Stampin' Blend coloring session.  I stamped the smaller sunflowers across a piece of Thick Basic White.   

I used So Saffron, Granny Apple Green and Crumb Cake to color the sunflowers, then filled in all of the white space with Balmy Blue.  Reminds me of sunflowers on a sunny summer day, up against the blue sky.  The smaller sunflowers were not quite enough, so I added the giant sunflower on top.

With the softness of sunflowers and sky, a bold sentiment embossed on Basic Black was a must!  A Black & White Gingham Ribbon and a few Milky Dots were the perfect finishing touches!

Here's to hoping for a few more warm, sunny January days!

Happy Stamping!

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Dainty, Kind and Sincere

Happy Monday stampers!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! And to those of us who have the honor of an extra day off on this MLK Jr. Day, I hope your day is filled with something crafty.

I am enjoying a slow, quiet morning with some coffee and cards.  I opened up the beautiful Dainty Flowers DSP from the Sale-A-Bration catalog and paired it up with the Kind & Sincere stamp set.  I love the bright, bold colors of these dainty little flowers!

The first card I kept pretty simple, using the DSP pattern with the pretty oval wreath of flowers.  There are enough of these patterns in the pack to make 12 cards like this...perfect for a card class!  I stamped the Thanks from Kind & Sincere and fussy cut it.  So Very Much was embossed on a piece of Rich Razzleberry and die-cut with Stitched Rectangles.  A Linen Thread faux-bow and a few little Brushed Brass Butterflies finished the card off.

I stepped things up a bit with the next card, fussy cutting the string of flowers from the same pattern of DSP as the oval floral wreath...not wasting one single bit of this DSP!  This time I stamped Congratulations, again in Rich Razzleberry and fussy cutting it out. To You was embossed on Rich Razzleberry and die-cut with the little banner from Stylish Shapes Dies.  Another Linen Thread faux-bow and some butterflies completed this card.

The final card is another beautiful pattern of DSP full of so many pretty colors! I fussy cut around the tops of the flowers then popped them up on a Basic White card base.  Thanks for Being So was embossed on Rich Razzleberry and Kind was stamped and fussy cut.  I tucked a little piece of an Old Olive pattern of DSP behind the Kind to help it stamped out a little bit more.  I skipped the Linen Thread on this one, but added more of the Brushed Brass Butterflies.  I love these pretty little embellishments!

I'm not sure what the rest of our day will bring, but I'm going to take advantage of a bit more time in my craft room before my youngest wakes up with plans of some sort of adventure on our day off.

Happy Stamping!

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Ride On, It's Your Birthday

Are you ready to kick off the weekend with a new TGIF Challenges Sketch?!?  This one is a ton of fun with so many possibilities! 

I flipped the sketch vertically and may have added a few extra elements...but you can still see the sketch, right???  I always love a good masculine suite and Ready to Ride does not disappoint! Using the Stamparatus, I inked up the motorcycle in Memento Tuxedo Black.  I inked and stamped the image twice, something I love to do when stamping a solid black image.  

Do you have the Ready to Ride DSP yet?  The black foil that is mixed in with some of the patterns is so awesome and is perfect for that official biker look!  I softened things up just a bit by adding a fussy cut bunch of roses from one of the patterns. 

A little Silver Foil embossed Metal Plate 3D Embossing folder added just a bit more ruggedness, along with a few Adhesive Backed Studs.

Be sure to check out the rest of the TGIF Designers projects and join along in the fun!

Happy Stamping!

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