Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Mosaic Madness June Play Day Project!

Today, I am sharing another project we made at June Play Day.  This was a CASE of a couple of cards posted on Stampin Connection by Ilina Crouse on April 29, 2013.





My card recipe:

STAMPS:  Mosaic Madness, Petite Pairs

CARDSTOCK: 
     Baked Brown Sugar 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
     Very Vanilla:  5-1/4 x 4
     Very Vanilla:  3/4 x 2
     Scraps:  Very Vanilla, Coastal Cabana

INK:  Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantalope

ACCESSORIES:  Mosaic Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Dotted Ribbon Border Punch, 1" Square Punch, Linen Thread, Rhinestones, Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Sunday, August 4, 2013

June Play Day Label Love Project

It has taken me BUNCHES of tries, but after finally switching to Firefox (at the brilliant advice from my computer savvy son) I can now upload pics to my blog again!!!  Thanks bunches, Brian!

Here is the first project from our June Play Day:


And the recipe for this card:

STAMPS:  Label Love, Oh, Hello

CARDSTOCK:
     Crumb Cake:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
     Gumball Green:  3-3/4 x 5
     Epic Day DSP:  1-3/4 x 3-5/8
     Pool Party Cordinations:  3-1/8 x 3-3/8
     Scraps:  Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Very Vanilla

INK:  Soft Suede

MARKERS:  Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Gumball Green

ACCESSORIES:  Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Window Frame Framelits, Apothecary Accent Framelits, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon, Artisian Punch, Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Sanding Block, Sponge, Glue Dots, Bitty Banners Framelits, Pearls

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Friday, May 31, 2013

Moving Forward May Play Day Project

We made a card using one of my favorite stamp sets from the catalog, Moving Forward, at May Play Day.  It is a CASE of a card designed by Mary Fish.  To see her card, visit her blog at stampinpretty.com, post dated June 25, 2012.



The inside of the card looks like this:

I love all the images in this set, but the bird and frog are just extra cute!

My recipe:

STAMPS:  Moving Forward

CARDSTOCK: 
     Basic Gray:  4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2
     Daffodil Delight:  5 x 5
     Whisper White:  3 x 3-1/2
     Daffodil Delight:  2 x 4-1/4
     Polka Dot Parade DSP:  1-7/8 x 4-1/4
     Daffodil Delight:  3-3/4 x 5
     Whisper White:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8
     Scraps:  Old Olive, Whisper White

INK:  Basic Gray, Old Olive

MARKERS:  Old Olive, Real Red

ACCESSORIES:  Dimensionals, Pearls, Silver Mini Brads, Cloudy Day Embossing Folder, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, White Baker's Twine, Scallop Square Bigz Clear, Perfect Pennants Die, Paper Snips, 2-1/2 Circle Punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda


Thursday, May 30, 2013

Dapper Dad May Play Day Project

We used the Boutique Boxes Kit just a bit differently to make a box for Father's Day.  The project would easily adapt to a birthday or retirement project.

 
A side view looks like this:
 


This was a CASE of a project pictured in the Spring Mini Catalog, and also someone posted a project using the two Hershey's bars (I hunted unsuccessfully to find who it was).  Here is my recipe:

STAMPS:  Dapper Dad, Teeny Tiny Wishes

CARDSTOCK:
     Comfort CafĂ© DSP:  2-1/4 x 3-1/2
     Scraps:  Old Olive, Crumb Cake

INK:  Old Olive, Soft Suede

ACCESSORIES:  Bitty Banners Framelits, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Stampin Distress Tool, Sticky Strip, Sponge, Hershey bars, Boutique Boxes Kit

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Gift Card Holder May Play Day Project

Today I am sharing a project from our May Play Day, a beautiful gift card holder!


And a picture of the open gift card holder:

I used a tutorial I found on Pinterest, one of my favorite places to visit on the web these days!  It was found at http://secretlifeofpaper.blogspot.com, post dated December 9, 2010.

Here is my recipe:

STAMPS:  None

CARDSTOCK:

     Baja Breeze:  3-1/8 X 8-1/2 scored at 2 and 6
     Twitterpated DSP: 
          3-1/4 x 1-3/4
          3-1/4 x 2-1/4
          3-1/4 x 3-3/4
     Scraps:  Baja Breeze, Twitterpated DSP, Island Indigo

ACCESSORIES:  Designer Builder Brads, Dimensionals, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Mini Velcro Dots, Sticky Tape

For those of you who know me, my beautiful cat Punkin is sitting on my lap with his front paws on the keyboard, so if there are any mistakes in this post, that is why!  Punkin often "helps" my husband with his computer work, and seems to be best at making the computer screen image turn sideways!  We love you Punkin!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda