Showing posts with label Inspired by Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspired by Nature. Show all posts

Friday, December 13, 2013

Bird on the Moon

Today's card is another stamp a stack card.  It was a little harder than the other cards, but the ladies that made it seemed to really like it.  I have to admit it was my favorite. :)  And, of course, it uses one of my favorite techniques...sponging!


Thanks for looking and have a great day!
Sara

Stamp Set:  Inspired by Nature (retired)
Card Stock:  Real Red, Crumb Cake, Tangerine Tango & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Marina Mist, Pacific Point & Night of Navy
StazOn:  Black
Framelits:  Circles Collection
Punch:  Bird
Sponges

Sunday, April 29, 2012

RHSSC 34 - Thoughts of You

Welcome to another Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge.  I really wasn't sure what I was going to do for this sketch, but finally decided to use one of my favorite color combos with the stamp set Inspired by Nature...one of my favorite sets that's retiring. :(   Head on over to the Red Hot Stampers blog to check out a few more sketches.  If you're game play along. :)




Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Inspired by Nature & Loving Thoughts
Card Stock:  Marina Mist, Perfect Plum & Whisper White
Stampin' Write Markers:  Marina Mist, Perfect Plum & Wild Wasabi
Bigz Die:  Circle Scallop #2
Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots
Circle Scissor Plus
Brads:  Glimmer Brights
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist
  

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Inspired by Nature

Thought I would share the last two cards that I made for my April stamp a stack today and tomorrow.  I found my design for this card from Patty Gorka while looking around on Splitcoaststampers, and you can see her lovely card here.  I thought for sure the ladies would think this card was too simple, but for some reason we had a few problems with this one.  We had a lot of laughs by the time the night was done though!


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Inspired by Nature (soon to be retired!)
Card Stock:  Rich Razzleberry & Very Vanilla
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Rich Razzleberry
Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper
Punch:  Scallop Trim Border
Ribbon:  5/8" Satin in Very Vanilla
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist
Jewels:  Basic Rhinestones

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Inspired by Nature for SQSC28

This is one of the cards I made for my March stamp a stack and for the Stampin Queens sketch challenge #28.




Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Inspired by Nature & Vintage Labels (retired sale-a-bration)
Card Stock:  Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Rich Razzleberry & Early Espresso
Stampin' Write Markers:  Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight & Wild Wasabi
Punches:  Modern Label, Word Window, 1 3/8" Square & 1 1/4" Square
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist


Sunday, December 18, 2011

RHSSC15 - Inspired by Nature

It's time for another Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge and this is my take on this week's challenge.  Nope, it's not anything for Christmas because I needed a break from that after dealing with all of my Christmas cards yesterday!  I actually made this for my niece whose birthday is coming up just after Christmas.



To see other demonstrators' cards on this challenge click here.  If you'd like, go ahead and play along so we can see what you come up with.  


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Inspired by Nature & Afterthoughts (retired hostess)
Card Stock:  Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Real Red & Basic Black
Stampin' Write Markers:  Real Red & Basic Black
Punches :  Extra Large Oval & Scallop Trim Border
Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Real Red (retired)
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist





Friday, November 4, 2011

Thinking of You

Wow, where has the time gone?  It's been a few days since I sent out my last post!  Today's card is another one I made for one of my stamp a stacks.  I just love these colors together...can you tell?  If you follow my blog regularly I'm sure you can!  


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Inspired by Nature & Strength & Comfort (retired)
Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Soft Suede
Stampin' Markers:  Soft Suede & Crumb Cake
Bigz Die:  Scallop Circle
Shimmer Paint:  Champange Mist

Monday, September 5, 2011

Monochromatic & Gate-folded Birthday Card

On my last post I said I was hoping to sneak in a few more cards...well, I managed instead to do one card for three challenges. :)  The Paper Players new challenge for the week is Birthdays...I can always use b-day cards!  I also wanted to do the Monochromatic challenge on Hand Stamped Sentiments because I love doing those type of cards.  I also decided to do the gate-fold over on The Friday Mashup.  I haven't done one of those in a long time...actually I didn't even know it was called the gate-fold.  Guess I can still learn something new every day. :)  I was already working with two of these colors for some punch art, and I love them together so this is what I chose for my monochromatic color theme.  I've actually done quite a few cards with these colors.  They just seem to work so well together.  I just made a card last week with this stamp set too, but it was calling my name again, so it's what I went with. 


Yes, I always seem to be putting a close up shot of my card.  Don't know why, I just do! ;)  In this case it helps you see the shimmer paint a little better...


...and, of course, the inside of the card.  Most of the time I like to make sure I have more than just a stamp on the inside.  If you've noticed, I like to use a faded version of what I put on the outside of the card.


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Inspired by Nature, On Your Birthday & Vintage Labels (retired sale-a-bration)
Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Soft Suede & Crumb Cake
Stampin' Write Markers:  Soft Suede & Crumb Cake
Punches:  1 3/4" Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle & 1 1/4" Circle
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist



Sunday, August 28, 2011

What a beautiful day we had here yesterday.  I love the warm sunny days of summer...especially when they aren't humid.  I managed to spend a few hours out in the yard trying to keep my flowers looking nice, but I must say my garden is definitely feeling neglected this year!. :(  At least it's still producing the veggies we planted and hasn't gone on strike!  I think tomorrow I'll be picking and freezing more corn.  But I still want to have a few more ears of corn on the cob for supper...yummy!  
Now on to today's cards.  They were inspired by two different challenges.  I've been following the blog 4 Crafty Chicks for awhile, but don't think I've entered one of their challenges before.  Not sure why I haven't, but I really liked the colors they had for their next challenge and started thinking about what I could do with it.  Then I saw the design for The Friday Mashup and an idea popped into my head that would work for both challenges.   I love it when that happens! ;)  




Just a close up of the first card I made...


...and a look on the inside.  Every now and then I like to use the stamp a second time before I clean it off.  It's lighter and makes a nice background that can be stamped over with a saying, or even written on when you're just sending a note.


And my second card.  I needed to get a birthday out of one of these.  It's my niece's birthday in a few days and I thought I would send this one to her.



On the inside of this one I stamped the saying over the muted picture.  I must admit the pic doesn't look as nice as the real thing.  The picture is making the petals look a little funky.  Oh well...


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Inspired by Nature & On Your Birthday
Card Stock:  Marina Mist, Perfect Plum & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Marina Mist, Perfect Plum & Wild Wasabi
Punces:  Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, 1 1/4" Circle & Word Window
Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice
Ribbon:  5/8" Grosgrain in Marina Mist (retired)
Jewels:  Basic Pearls



Monday, May 23, 2011

Inspired By Nature Challenge

There's nothing like needing five cards by the end of the week for a stamp a stack and only having one card ready at the beginning of the week!  Thank goodness for all the challenges out there.  I needed some help with design and color to start getting my creative juices flowing...so I looked at a few challenges and used Stamping 411 challenge #204 for my design and Stampin' Celebration Challenge #52 for my colors.  





I kinda like the close up too so I had to throw in this picture! :)


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Inspired by Nature
Card Stock:  Rose Red, Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight & Wild Wasabi
Embossing Folders:  Square Lattice & Perfect Polka Dots
Punches:  Definitely Decorative & Word Window
Ribbon:  1/4" Grosgrain in Whisper White
Jewels:  Basic Pearls
I find it's pretty hard to get the ink on this stamp set without getting everywhere it doesn't belong.  I used sponges to get color on the stamp for the flowers and it was much easier this way than using the ink pad directly.  





Friday, April 15, 2011

Inspired by Nature

I wasn't sure how today's card would turn out, but I wanted to give it a try even though I wasn't sure about the colors. The Paper Players challenge this week was to use Baja Breeze, Poppy Parade and So Saffron.  I didn't have Poppy Parade so I substituted it with Real Red.  I'm glad I gave it a try because I really like how it turned out. :)  I used Mojo Monday's sketch challenge 186 for my design.



Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Inspired by Nature & On Your Birthday
Card Stock:  Baja Breeze, Real Red, So Saffron & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Real Read, So Saffron & Certainly Celery
Versa Mark
Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots
Punches:  Modern Label, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle & 1 1/4" Circle
Ribbon:  1/4" Taffeta in Daffodil Delight

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Inspired by Nature

Today's post is a card I finished a few days ago.  I had started it a couple of weeks ago when I was trying to come up with ideas for a workshop and couldn't seem to finish it any way that I liked it enough to use it.  That's because the colors and layout came from Debbie Tompkins, but I didn't want to totally case it!  I just loved the colors that she used!  


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Inspired by Nature
Card Stock:  Basic Black & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Regal Rose & Basic Black
Big Shot Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots
Big Shot Embosslits Die:  Beautiful Wings
Punches:  Word Window & Modern Label
Ribbon:  5/8" Grosgrain in Regal Rose (retired)
Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Monday, January 10, 2011

Inspired by Nature


Good morning!  Here is my card for the Saturday Sketch Challenge #185 on stamping411.  A week or two ago I started cutting out these flowers for a different card.  I ended up going in a bit of a different direction with that card.  So...not wanting to waste any flowers, I decided to use them for this challenge instead. 







Card stock:  Real Red, Pumpkin Pie & Very Vanilla
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Real Red, Pumpkin Pie & Old Olive
Punches:  Word Window & Modern Label
Taffeta Ribbon:  Real Red


Thanks for looking!  Have a great day!

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Inspired by Nature Starter Kit Card


This is the card I put in the Starter Kit Contest.  I kind of took the "only what came in your kit" literally.  That means no scissors, paper cutter, sponges, etc! I printed out what came in my kit, put only that on the table and worked from there. I folded and ripped the paper for the card, and ripped out all the flowers and butterflies. I don't ever recommend doing that though...my fingernails are  sore! For the sponging effect I crumpled up some very vanilla until it was soft and rubbed the colors on. I also did that on the edge of the flowers, stems and butterflies so the ripped edges didn't stand out as much.


Stamp sets - Inspired by Nature and Flight of the Butterfly.

Card stock - Very Vanilla and Old Olive

Classic Stampin' Pads - Old Olive, Real Red and Pumpkin Pie