Fusion #4 & Big Announcement!!!

Hello All! Here I am with my Fusion card for the week and later in this post a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Don't you just love to step outside your comfort zone and try something new, I mean isn't that what creativity is all about? Well that is what I did with this card, I call it Sponge Grunge :) 

My Challenge:

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Basic Black
• Wild Wasabi
• Whisper White
• Pool Party
• Daffodil Delight
• Pumpkin Pie

Inks:

• Basic Black
• Wild Wasabi
• Pool Party
• Daffodil Delight
• Pumpkin Pie

Stamps:

• Mixed Bunch
• Creative Elements

Embellishments:

• Bitty Button

Tools:

• Flower Garden Embossing Folder
• 1 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch
• 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch
• 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch

Now onto the news I have been waiting weeks to share with you all...

I have been selected as a *NEW* member of the Dynamic Duos Design Team!!! I am SOOO excited to be a part of this fabulous team and cannot wait to start creating with these lovely ladies. Our first challenge will be this Saturday so please make sure to stop by and join in the fun and see if you have what it takes to be The Diva Dynamo or Dynamic Darling!!! 

3 Challenges, 3 Cards, 1 Post ~ Just Can't Say Goodbye to Sycamore Street :)

A Happy Monday to you all! Hope the weekend treated you well and you are all looking forward to an excellent week ahead. It is shaping up to be a slower week for us which is a nice change. The weather is looking hit or miss so that means I may get a little more time to craft this week, yahoo!!! 

When I find a DSP and colour theme I LOVE it is so hard to say goodbye when it is no longer available... So I thought I would give Sycamore Street one last go in this set of 3 SMASH cards that I have made :)

First up is a fun sketch from The Paper Players... 

My Challenge:

My Card:

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Pool Party
• Sahara Sand
• Summer Starfruit
• Whisper White
• Sycamore Street DSP

Inks:

• Rich Razzleberry
• Tangerine Tango
• Lucky Limeade

Stamps:

• Mixed Bunch
• Bitty Banners

Embellishments:

• Tangerine Tango 1/4" Satiny Feel Ribbon

Tools:

• Blossom Punch 
• 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch

Next in line is a clean sketch from Freshly Made Sketches...

My Challenge:

My Card:

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Tangerine Tango
• Rich Razzleberry
• Whisper White
• Sycamore Street DSP

Inks:

• Pool Party
• Summer Starfruit
• Sahara Sand
• Island Indigo

Stamps:

• By the Seashore
• Bitty Banners

Embellishments:

• Island Indigo 1/4" Satiny Feel Ribbon

And last but not least an exciting sketch from Seize the Birthday...

My Challenge:

My Card:

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Island Indigo
• Tangerine Tango
• Summer Starfruit
• Whisper White
• Sycamore Street DSP

Inks:

• Tangerine Tango
• Pool Party
• Lucky Limeade
• Sahara Sand

Stamps:

• Memorable Moments

Embellishments:

• Pool Party 1/4" Satiny Feel Ribbon

Tools:

• Scallop Border Punch
• Merry Minis Punch Pack
• Labels Collection Framelits

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Sunday Stamps ~ Holly has a FAB Sketch for Us!

Good Morning All :) Hope you are enjoying a fantastic weekend. We are going to be daring and head off to the "beach" today. It is part of the Ottawa River but there is sand and it is the closest thing us East Coasters can find to a beach here in Ottawa so we will take it. The sun is shining and it is supposed to get up to 22 degrees so a little fun in the sun it will be!

With the Stampin' UP! retiring items lists out I am making the most of the time I have left with some of my favourite products which we will be saying goodbye to! Almost everything used to make this card will be a thing of the past come June 1st!  

This week at Sunday Stamps, we are working with a fab sketch from Holly! Please stop by and join in the fun with us! My fellow design team members have created some fabulous cards, pop by their blogs and say hello! While we're all Stampin' Up! demonstrators, feel free to use any brand of product you like.  Please provide a link back to us in your blog post. The Linky will close on Friday, May 3rd at 6 pm EST. Can't wait to see your creations. 

Our Challenge:

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Baja Breeze
• Whisper White
• Summer Starfruit
• Midnight Muse
• Primrose Petals
• Patio Party DSP

Inks:

• Baja Breeze
• Primrose Petals
• Midnight Muse
• Versamark

Stamps:

• Just Believe
• Tiny Tags

Embellishments:

• Linen Thread
• Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder

Tools:

• Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder
• Jewelery Tag Punch
• 1/16 Circle Punch
• Heat tool

Fusion #3 ~ for everything you are to me...

Just popping in with a quick post for you all as I just could not pass up my chance to play along at Fusion this week which has easily become one of my favourite challenges!!! 

The weather has been soooooooooo nice we have been spending A LOT of time out side so less time to craft but it has been worth it :) Tomorrow they are calling for rain so I think I will tuck away in my craft room when the kiddos are napping/having quiet time and let the creativity flow... Stay tuned for a few cards tomorrow!!!

My Challenge:

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Basic Gray
• Whisper White
• Raspberry Ripple
• Twitterpated DSP

Inks:

• Basic Gray
• Versamark

Stamps:

• Petites Pairs
• Secret Garden
• Flowering Flourishes

Embellishments:

• Black Embossing Powder
• 3/8" Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon

Tools:

• Secret Garden Framelits
• Heat Tool

Sunday Stamps ~ Remember When...

Happy Sunday to you all! Hope you are having a fabulous weekend :) I have been doing a lot of thinking about my life growing up lately and the friends I have had who have remained and there are two in particular who mean the world to me and I am going to send them this card with a few of my favourite stories from our "younger years" :) So fun to look back on those days with a smile!

Please stop by and join us in this week's challenge! My fellow design team members have created some fabulous cards, pop by their blogs and say hello! While we're all Stampin' Up! demonstrators, feel free to use any brand of product you like.  Please provide a link back to us in your blog post. The Linky will close on Friday, April 26th at 6 pm EST. Can't wait to see your creations.

Our Challenge:

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Very Vanilla

Inks:

• Basic Gray
• Calypso Coral

Stamps:

• Hearts a Flutter
• Word Play

Tools:

• Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies

Fusion Challenge #2!

Can you believe I am back with a second post today? My daughter is having the nap of the century but I am sure sleeping beauty will be up any minute now so I will not push my luck and make this a quick one! Here is the card I have made for the 2nd Fusion Card Challenge, this is such a FUN *NEW* challenge and the delight to play along with. 

Our son has a birthday party coming up this weekend and I thought this would be perfect for his little buddy! Due to all the paper over layering it would not stay on my little stand lol. I LOVE the Herringbone Technique so it is worth it :)

My Challenge:

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Whisper White
• Lucky Limeade
• Basic Gray
• Lucky Limeade Paper Stack DSP
• Twitterpated DSP
• Summer Smooches DSP

Inks:

• Basic Gray

Stamps:

• Wishes Your Way

Embellishments:

• Whisper White Bakers Twine
• Basic Gray Glimmer Brad

2 More Cards to Share with Ya'll :)

Kicking off my week with two bright, happy cards to make you smile! This morning my son is at preschool, my daughter is having a fabulous morning nap and my husband is out running errands so I made the most of this quiet time and here I am to share what I have been up to...

First card is my Friday Mashup challenge card for the week. We were given a fabulous sketch to use and a birthday theme :) I used the colour theme from Birds of a Feather dsp, going to be really sad to see some of these dsp's retire but I am sure SU has some fab *NEW* designs in store for us! So here is what I came up with...

My Challenge:

My Card:

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Island Indigo
• Summer Star Fruit
• Whisper White
• Birds of a Feather DSP

Inks:

• Island Indigo
• Summer Star Fruit
• Raspberry Ripple
• Primrose Petals

Stamps:

• Up, Up and Away

Embellishments:

• Primrose Petals 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon
• Whisper White Bakers Twine

Tools:

• Scallop Border Punch

Next Up a super fun colour combo from the ladies at Dynamic Duos. We made a card very similar to this at a Stampin' UP! event that I went to earlier this spring. I thought it would be perfect for a two tone card. Bashful Blue is one of the colours we will be saying goodbye to when the *NEW* cattie launches so it was nice to be able to use it perhaps one last time! 

My Challenge:

My Card:

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Bashful Blue
• Whisper White

Inks:

• Bashful Blue
• Pumpkin Pie

Stamps:

• Secret Garden
• Memorable Moments

Embellishments:

• Pumpkin Pie Button
• Whisper White Bakers Twine

Tools:

• Secret Garden Framelits

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Sunday Stamps ~ Rocking Kathya's Sketch!

Good morning everyone! Here with my Sunday Stamps post for the week. When I saw the sketch we were working with I was so excited, I just LOVED it!!! I am doing what I can to bring a little Spring into my life as the weather is still not working out for us quite yet so I felt some pretty flowers were just the ticket ;)

We would LOVE for you to stop by and join us! While we're all Stampin' Up! demonstrators, feel free to use any brand of product you like.  Please provide a link back to us in your blog post. The Linky will close on Friday, April 19th at 6 pm EST. Can't wait to see your creations.

Our Challenge:

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Pacific Point
• Whisper White
• Marina Mist
• Daffodil Delight
• Melon Mambo
• Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP

Embellishments:

• Lucky Limeade Designer Brads

Tools:

• Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder 
• Floral Fusion Sizzlits Die

4 Challenges, 3 Cards, 1 Post :)

Well it was a blustering day out there today, freezing rain and snow here in Ottawa :( Thankfully we did not get as much as they predicted! I am really crossing my fingers that was the end of our winter and we can FINALLY move onto Spring... So what did I do to improve my mood? I made several cards while my kiddos were napping. So here we go...

Card #1 I made using the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and used the Spring Inspiration photo from Inkspirational. We received a list of the colours which are retiring when the new catelogue launches and so I thought I would use a few of those colours on these cards. There are a few I will be really sad to see go but we did get to keep a lot of colours I LOVE and of course we get 5 *NEW* In Colours which I just cannot wait to see!!!

My Challenge:

My Card:

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Lucky Limeade 
• Whisper White 
• Rose Red
• Rich Razzleberry
• Floral District DSP

Inks:

• Lucky Limeade 
• Rose Red

Stamps:

• Blooming with Kindess
• Curly Cute

Embellishments:

• Baha Breeze 1/4" Taffeta Ribbon
• Basic Pearls

Tools:

• Scallops Circle Bigz Die (retired)
• 2 1/2" Circle Punch
• 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch
• Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Card #2 I made using the sketch from Seize the Birthday masculine card challenge. I am quite sad Not Quite Navy will be retiring, it was a favourite of mine! 

My Challenge:

My Card:

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Not Quite Navy
• Cajun Craze
• Very Vanilla
• Parker's Patterns DSP

Inks:

• Not Quite Navy
• Early Espresso
• Crumb Cake

Stamps:

• Best Dad Ever
• Dapper Dad

Tools:

• Scallop Border Punch
• Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack
• Apothecary Accents Framelit Dies
• Blender Pen

And last but not least Card #3 I used the sketch from Try Stampin' on a Tuesday. Everything on this card has been made from scraps! Reduce, reuse, recycle I say! I mentioned that we are saying goodbye to a few colours but we are also bringing back a few colours and one of those colours is Pear Pizzazz!!! 

My Challenge:

My Card:

Card Recipe

Card Stock:

• Pretty in Pink
• Whisper White
• Ridinghood Red
• Twitterpated DSP

Inks:

• Pretty in Pink
• Baha Breeze
• Island Indigo
• Pear Pizzazz
• Ridinghood Red
• Basic Gray

Stamps:

• Button Buddies 
• A Round Array ***Sneak peek from the 2013-2014 Catelogue***

Embellishments:

• Whisper White Bakers Twine
• Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Tools:

• Delicate Designs Embossing Folder
• 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch
• 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Dynamic Duos & Seize the Birthday!

Hope you are all having a great start to your week! 

Moving right along with my Dynamic Duos & Seize the Birthday card for this week :) 

My Challenges:

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe... To come :)