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Good morning!

Haven't had much of a chance to do the Featured Stamper Challenge lately it seems, so I made some time this morning.

Today's FS is one of My There She Goes peeps for the month of February, Julie Lacey. I selected this card of Julie's to CASE.

Here's mine.


Julie loves the gorgeous layers but I didn't add them all for my card. I kept is simple by using a white base and adding a piece of Certainly Celery card stock and SU! retired designer paper for the background. I stamped the whale from You're So Punny on a die cut Top Note in Memories black ink and layer another one cut from Bashful Blue cardstock on top. I selected See Ya Soon as the sentiment and stamped it in the whale's speech bubble/water spout thingy.

I had a heck of a time getting the SU! Certainly Celery ribbon through looking acceptable when tied. I tried the slot punch in two places and then found I had to add a small piece of white to try to cover them up when I settled on creating a slot with a craft knife. The slot punch only has so far of a reach and it wasn't far enough for my liking so the ribbon knot area was a bit of a mess. It's okay now :)

And, I've got some exciting news to share :) Remember the CAS challenge I did last week? Well, it's going to be a regular challenge on Monday's at SCS. Miss Boo (Jen) will be hosting and she opened it up to CAS lovers to apply to help her out with samples ahead of time for the challenge. Guess what? I'm going to be on the Design Team for the challenge for the next few months! I'm really looking forward to these challenges as Clean and Simple is right up my alley. You can see more about the announcement here. I hope you all can participate in the challenge each week!

Well, it's off to clean my house. We're celebrating some birthdays today and having family over. I'm hoping to get some Guitar Hero 4 time in with my brother's family and the kids! I got it for Valentine's Day yesterday. Hubby and I rocked out into the wee hours of the morning. I've been wanting it for AGES and it's just as fun as I hoped it would be! It's nice that we can all play it together. We've got some racing games and hockey but I have zero interest in those things so this is something we can do as a family, just like in the commercial! LOL Love that commercial...

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope the rest of your day is great!

FS101

A SU! only card to share with you today based on this card by Jaydekay.


I changed the layout up a bit and omitted the tag and hardware. I stamped the sentiment in Basic Grey ink directly onto the card instead of adding an extra layer. The heart from the set Always is stamped in white craft ink and embossed in white. It's raised on dimensionals. I added a big ol' bow tied in taffeta ribbon to balance out the heart and sentiment and get my "triangle of design" happening. The Polka Dot background stamp was inked in pink on white cardstock to make the dotted panel.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I'm excited because in a bit my friend Sheilagh is coming by and we are going to head to Stamping Bella. Can't wait to see what goodies she has to take a peek at :) It's my first time there. I know for sure I want to pick up the Hockeymomabella but I doubt that's all I will come home with LOL

Hope the rest of your day is great :)

FS89

The Featured Stamper today was Emily (Ink-E) at SCS. What a great gallery! And she's only 18 years old! Makes me feel old, that's for sure!

Anyways, I chose this card of hers to case.


I kept the layout the same but changed up the colours and stamps. I used Kraft paper for the base and to stamp the tree image from Mr. Twigster on using Chocolate Chip ink. I debated adding red glitter to the tree decorations, but skipped it to keep the country feel I was going for. A piece of Holiday Treasures DP is torn across the top and has a piece of Riding Hood Red ribbon tied around it before it was adhered. The tree image was added and then I added two buttons (attached with mini glue dots) from SU!'s Button Bouquet that I tied hemp cord through. Finally, I stamped the sentiment from SU!'s retired set Cricle of Friendship and punched it out with a 1" circle punch. It's adhered with a dimensional. To finish it off, I added a row of piercing using my mat pack and piercing tool.

I was going for a country feel with this like I said, but I'm getting a bit of a Charlie Brown Christmas vibe from it! LOL I think it's the tree all alone that's reminding me of the tree in that Christmas special.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today! It's a gorgeous sunny day here and I'm hoping to spend some time outside with my boys-all three of them! :)

Have a wonderful day!

FS88

I had some time to do the Featured Stamper Challenge today. I chose this card of Anne Ryan's to CASE. I've been meaning to try out Snow Swirled since I purchased it (in August I think!) and thought this challenge would be perfect for use with this set.


First, I rubbed my Embossing Buddy over the paper to eliminate static, then stamped the image in Versamark and embossed with Gold Glory embossing powder. I adhered it to some Brushed Gold paper and punched small holes in the centres of the snowflakes to insert a gold brad in each. Brushed Gold paper folded in half forms the card base and a piece of Basic Black cardstock is adhered to the front. I accidentally adhered it before I tied the ribbon (from Pink Hedgehog Papercrafts) so I carefully had to lift part of it up. I tied the ribbon and then stuck it back down the best I could! Once that was done, the tree piece was adhered to the front with dimensionals.

I think this is a very elegant looking Christmas Card. It may make the cut for my card camp! Easy, but with a bit of wow to it.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today! Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends :)

FS86

I used the Here For You set again today on a card that was inspired by this card by TERRORE3 at Splitcoast. She is the Featured Stamper today.


I love the masking that she did on her card and tried to replicate that using a variety of stamps included in the set Here For You from There She Goes. I used a square punch and punched out two squares side by side on scrap paper. I applied two way glue and let it dry before affixing it to the card front to make a temporary mask. Once that was in place, I inked up a variety of stamps from the set in Old Olive, stamped off a bunch of times and created the collage effect for the background on Confetti White paper. I also sponged a bit of ink around the edges of the masked area. I think you'll be able to see it better if you click on the picture to make it bigger.

Once that was finished, I inked up the bird and branch stamp with Old Olive and Chocolate Chip markers and stamped it full ink (without stamping off). Once the mask was removed, the rectangle was visible and I then stamped a sentiment off to the right in Chocolate Chip ink. A brown May Arts ribbon finishes it off.

It is a beautiful day here! We are off to apple picking this afternoon. I think we'll pick up an apple pie too. I'd love to make one, but honestly, it's not going to happen today! Too much to get done this weekend and not enough time (as always). So, instead of kidding myself that I will come home and get a home baked one whipped up, I'll just be realistic and buy it. Save myself the grief!

Hope the rest of your day is great! Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today :)

FS85

Here's a card I made for the Featured Stamper Challenge at SCS today. It's based on this card by E3stamper.


I love this new SU! set called Season of Friendship which will be available starting October1. It comes with a large tree image as well, but I didn't use that here.

I stamped the flower in More Mustard, the bird in Riding Hood Red, the snowflake in Baja Breeze and the leaves in Chocolate Chip. The images were punched out using a 1" circle punch and adhered to a Riding Hood Red card base using dimensionals. A small piece of Autumn Vine paper (also available Oct 1) was adhered to the bottom of the card and the sentiment stamped in Chocolate Chip directly on the designer paper. Finally, a length of 1" stitched grosgrain was knotted around the card front and trimmed.

I like this card. The picture not so much! I couldn't get the Baja to photograph well. For it to look good, the rest of the card looked washed out. I need to come up with a photo solution.

Anyways, thanks so much for stopping by today! We're going to do some garden work today and spend the rest of the last weekend of summer outside.

Hope the rest of your day is great!

FS84

Had a chance to do the Featured Stamper Challenge today at Splitcoast Stampers. The FS this week is lazylizard and I chose this card of hers to case.


I thought that the layout she used would work great with the new Felt Flurries coming out in the upcoming Holiday mini catalouge in October. These are the two smaller sizes of flakes. They are a lot bigger than I was expecting, which is a nice surprise! I used the Designer Paper called Frosty Day and paired it with Kiwi Kiss and Whisper White cardstock. I used Versamark with white embossing powder to highlight the holiday sentiment from the SU! hostess set Best Yet. The three snowflakes were attached with rhinestone brads from the Pretties kit. I used my cropodile to punch holes and it worked really well. That thing will punch holes in just about anything!

The entire Kiwi panel with the snowflakes is adhered using dimensionals. I wanted the flakes to be raised so they would have a shadow on the card front at the top and bottom. It also eliminated the bulk that would be happening trying to get the back of the brads to lay flat. Besides that, I just love dimensionals!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'm taking it easy today after getting in late last night from our friend's 40th birthday (remember these? They were a big hit BTW). Had a great time, but I'm paying for it today!

Hope you have a chance to relax today :)

FS80

Here's a card for the Featured Stamper challenge over at SCS. The stamper is Knightrone and I chose this card here of hers to CASE.


I started out by copying the layout but omitting some layers. I made the striped background using the Faux Ribbon set from Papertrey. I lined up three of the stripes on a long block and stamped repeatedly in Close to Cocoa ink on Close to Cocoa cardstock. Happy Birthday from PTI's Birthday Basics is stamped in Close to Cocoa ink and I added the "enjoy" from PTI's Mixed Messages to the cup's label. I stamped the cup from Inque Boutique's Chai Latte onto Very Vanilla cardstock and cut it out then paper pieced the brown part of the cup. I pieced again on top of that with the "enjoy" label. The cup is adhered to a vanilla base with a Chocolate Chip border. Two ribbons (May Arts check and Dollarama polka dot) are tied around the panel and it is adhered with dimensionals.

For a final touch, I added Crystal Effects to the cup lid to make it shine.

Thanks so much for taking a peek! Hope the rest of your day is great :) It's not raining today (for a change!!!) so I plan to get outside and enjoy the sunshine.

FS78

Sunday again! My favourite challenge day :)

Today's Featured Stamper at SCS is Shellapoo. My word! I'm impressed with how many cards this busy lady cranks out! You can read all about Michelle and the cards she creates here.


I chose this card to CASE for this challenge.

I changed it up by using the Polka Dot BG instead of flowers for the card background. It is stamped in Regal Rose ink on Regal Rose paper. I used a different sentiment and stamps for my card. This cupcake image and sentiment are from Amuse. The cupcake actually has a sentiment on the bottom too so I had to use my black marker to stamp just the cupcake three times on Whisper White and again on Regal Rose paper. I cut the papers out of the Rose paper and pieced them to the cupcakes. I had to use different punches from Michelle as I don't have that fancy corner one so I just used my rounder. And I also used the scallop punch along the bottom instead of the spiral one. I wanted to keep put eyelets in the corner like Michelle's eyelets, but cut my paper too small to do so :( The final touch was to add some bling to the cherries. These are cheapie bling bits from Michael's. I just used a bit of mono Multi to adhere them.

That's it! I hope you enjoyed looking at this card inspired by Michelle and, if you have time today, are inspired to make one yourself. As said in the post at SCS about Michelle, she sends many of her cards to sick children in hospital. I plan to send this to her so she can forward it on to make a child smile. Maybe you could send one too? Check out that post for details.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope the rest of your day is great :)

Angela

FS77

Good morning!

Well, the boys rooms are pretty much done. Painting and floors done and furniture in. Now we have to put all the non-broken, missing pieces stuff belonging to the kids back into their rooms and clean out our room which has been a storage room for the last two weeks! No rush on that though. DH is taking a well deserved slow paced morning and reading the paper while I had a chance to sneak into my room to do the Featured Stamper challenge over at SCS.

Julia (artystamper) is the FS this week and I chose this beautiful tote bag of hers to CASE and created a card from it.

I started off by selecting Naturals Ivory for the base to imitate the bag fabric. I cut a rectangle out of scrap paper and adhered it to the card front temporarily using 2 way glue after it had dried. It's called 2 way glue because if you adhere when it's wet, it is permanent but if you wait for it to dry and then adhere, it is temporary so you can remove it without marking. It's perfect for creating temporary masks.

Once my mask was in place, I sponged Creamy Caramel ink in the open space. When I removed it, the rectangle shaded shape remained. I loved how Julia stamped her leaves off the shape so I tried to imitate that using the retired set Best Blossoms from SU! This is one of my favourite sets as it's one that I received free during SAB when I first got into stamping. I think the fact that it was free makes me *heart* it all the more! I stamped the three leaves in Old Olive and had them all end in the same spot so I could cover it with the large flower. It is cut out and mounted on a dimensional. All the flowers are stamped in Elegant Eggplant-a colour I don't tend to use much but love when I do. I added the small sympathy sentiment from Mixed Messages-a handy little Papertrey set.

That's it! I debated adding some shine-either glitter or Crystal Effects-to the flower centre, but then decided to leave well enough alone. Like I've said before, sometimes I add too much and regret it later.

Do you think this would be considered a one layer card? Just wondering since I did pop the big flower. I think it would be because it's not layered, but as in all things stamping I'm sure there is a debate to be had over that ;)

Anyways, thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope the rest of your day is great!

Angela

FS76

My favourite challenge! The Featured Stamper is here again and this time it's susiestampalot. You can check out the wonderful card I CASEd from her here. Isn't it beautiful?

So I had to make some changes. I am going to a wedding in August and my co-workers colours are Claret Red and black. I'm not really sure what Claret Red is so I'm hoping Red Riding Hood Red comes close! I changed the ribbon to a sheer polka dot from May Arts that picks up on the dots I used from the Papertrey set Faux Ribbon. Susie had piercing on her card, but I omitted that and used the polka stamp instead. Everything is stamped in Palette Noir and I also used kraft and Whisper White paper.

To make the heart I started with a chipboard heart from Making Memories and coated it with Versamark. Once coated, I sprinkled it with SU! Heat and Stick powder and heated it up. When hot, it becomes sticky so that's when I dumped SU! red glitter on it and then heated it again with my heat tool to make it stick. Easy as that! I do think that may be the first time I've use Heat and Stick powder and the red glitter before! It works awesome I must say. The heart is on a pop up glue dot (or course!-I don't think I can make a card without some sort of dimension anymore!).

I think that's it for the card. I was able to take a break from the room renovations this morning to do my favourite challenge but it's back to work soon, I'm afraid. One room is pretty much done and now it's time for the next. I want it finished soon so the boxes of new furniture can get out of my dining room!!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope the rest of your day is great,

Angela

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Had time to do the Featured Stamper Challenge today before breakfast. The boys were downstairs playing so nicely that I couldn't bring myself to interrupt them to eat! Don't worry, I got myself downstairs and made waffles just in time for them to ask "What's for breakfast?"

Today's first card is based on this card by Stephanie Hargis. I changed the colours, stamps, placement of sentiment and omitted the piercing and corner rounding. I wanted to use this gorgeous Bella Rose paper today. It's sooooooo pretty! The other colours are Pink Pirouette and I used Papertrey's white for the base. I prefer to stamp on Whisper White so that is what the foot print is stamped on. Sentiment is from Papertrey's Bitty Baby Blessings and stamped in Chocolate Chip ink. Unfortunately, I don't know the name or manufacturer of the foot print stamp. When I first started stamping, I had no idea that information such as that would be important! I now know better.

This second card is a super simple one using new stuff from SU! I used the Bella Rose DP and stamped the sentiment from Wow Flowers in Kiwi Kiss. Olive ribbon was tied around and a hat pin from the Pretties kit finishes it off. It's based on this card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope the rest of your day is great!

Angela

FS74

A quick post today!

Today I completed two cards for the Featured Stamper challenge. The first is based on this card by {Teneale} and the second on this one. I've had both of these cards in my favourites for a while so today was a great day to try casing them!

The first one is pretty much the same as hers except I tied the ribbon differently and used Oh, So Lovely, the SU! hostess set instead. I would have preferred to use Easy Elegance since I love it so, but knew that I had to change a few things! This also uses French Script. Colours are Pretty in Pink and Close to Cocoa. Very Vanilla is the neutral.


The second card has more changed up. The colours are Basic Grey, Regal Rose and Whisper White. I used the Starlight, Starbright set from Verve Visual and instead of using the flower from the Friendship Blooms SU! set (which is where the flourish is from), I punched a star from Regal Rose paper and covered it with glitter. It's popped up as is the entire Rose panel. A ribbon from a share finishes it off. That ribbon is actually where my jumping off point for this colour combo was.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope the rest of your day is great!

Angela