SSCB #46 - Anything Goes #2

Earlier this year Serendipity Stamps released a matching stamp and die set called Spring Flower Pops.  I never got around to using them so I pulled them out for this Anything Goes challenge. 
Click here for the details to enter the challenge.

For my first card I clustered the flowers together for a Get Well card.  For both cards I heat embossed the blooms on watercolor paper with Versafine Onyx Black and clear embossing powder.  I die cut and watercolored them the my new ZIG Clean Color Markers and my Wink of Stella clear pen.

You can't tell in the picture but the blooms have a nice shimmer to them.

Still can't see the shimmer in the close up! 

 The finished size is 5" x 5".

My second card has the same blooms colored the same way but on a birthday card.  I dry embossed the background on white to keep the card light but give it some texture.  I heat embossed my favorite birthday stamp from Serendipity.

Another close up of the blooms.  Still can't see the shimmer! 
The finished size is an A-2.

The 50% off Stamp of the month is Veggie Basket Large: 

http://www.serendipitystamps.com/product/1209H.html

 

Check out what the rest of the Design Team made for the Challenge:

Julie Warner

Karen Amidon

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

Jeanne Jachna 

Jenny Gropp

• Stamps & Dies: Serendipity Stamps - Spring Flowers POP Stamps & Dies 1347SD, Happy Birthday 093D, Get Well Small 1302A, Sending Smiles 1361E
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
• Paper:  My Minds Eye - Happy Day 6x6, Misc card stock - black, green, Strathmore 140lb Watercolor Paper, Neenah Solar White
• Other: Wink of Stella Pen - Clear, The Twinery - Lilac Stripe twine, Mini Perfect Layers, ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers, Spellbinders - Classic Circle dies, Darice embossing folder, clear embossing powder

Serendipity - Thankful SSCB #37 - 2

We are continuing this month with the Thankful/Grateful challenge for you from the  Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog.

To participate just use any of Serendipity's Thankful/Grateful images or dies in your creation for a chance to win! 

An additional challenge this time for the Design Team is to use a non-craft item on our projects. 

I used a chipboard price tag from Anthropology!  The THANKS die cut through it beautifully with only one pass.

 I put a cream piece a paper behind it for contrast.

 I kept the inside simple by just stamping the sentiment and layering the paper.

Finished size is an A2.

This week’s sale is Free Shipping on any US order of $15 or more.
 Offer good through Nov 26.  

Check out what the rest of the Design Team created!

Karen Amidon
Jenny Gropp
Jeanne Jachna 

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier (me!)

Julie Warner

Vickie Zimmer

The GUEST Designer joining us this month is Lisa Minckler:

http://minkimpressions.blogspot.com/

• Serendipity Stamps & Dies -Thanks die 029ED
• Ink:  Cat's Eye - Creamy Brown Chalk
• Paper: Neenah - Black Linen & Natural Ivory, Prima - Cigar Box Secrets 6x6
• Other: Mini Perfect Layers, MME Enamel Dots

Prickley Pear #4

It's week # 4 for me as Prickley Pear's Guest Designer.  I instantly fell in love with this lady from the 50's decorating her tree!  Her clothes are perfect for paper piecing.

 Stamping her on patterned paper adds some pizazz!  I love MME paper for just that reason.  I colored her skin with Copics and added some tiny pearls for a necklace.  The top layer is popped with foam tape.

Inside the card I stamped and matted the lovely sentiment.

• Stamps: Prickley Pear - Hanging an Ornament, Evergreen with Star, Peaceful Season
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black, Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Paper: MME - Tis' the Season 6x6, Worldwin - Spring Green, DCWV - Glitter Stack, black, red, green cardstock
• Dies: Cheery Lynn - Poinsettia
• Other: Copics, SU! Seam Binding, Perfect Layers, gold & white pearls

Prickley Pear #2

Here is another kitty card I've made with Prickley Pear Stamps.  They have selected me to be their guest Designer for October and November and this is my second post.  My cards will be posted on their blog every Thursday.

Here is a close-up of the popped panel and kitty.  The white lace is part of the paper and the cream is actual lace I added to the card.  I let the paper do the work on this card!  All I did was cut out the center panel from the paper and wrap some lace around the bottom.  No need for lots of layers and embellishments here.

Inside my card I stamped the small version of the same stamp.  Isn't she cute?!  

Finished size is 6 1/4 x 4 1/2.

• Stamps: Prickley Pear - Scribble Kitty, Scribble Kitty, Sm
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
• Paper: MME - All is Bright 6x6, black linen cardstock
• Other: SU! lace, foam tape

Postal Inspired!

We have a new challenge this week over at Serendipity Stamps!  
It is Postal Inspired so just have something postal or a postal theme on your project using at least one Serendipity Stamps product.  Play along with us at the Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog and be eligible for a prize!

For my card I stamped some cute postal stamps on my patterned paper.  There is a set of 4 called Postoids Cling Set. 

Finished size is 5 1/4 square.

The sale right now is free shipping on continental 

US orders $20 and up now through July 31!

Check out what the rest of the talented Design Team created:

Anya, Jenny, Jeanne, Marybeth, Pauline & Vicki

• Stamps: Serendipity Stamps - Postoids Cling Set 273QCL, Miss You! 373D
• Ink: Versafine - Vintage Sepia, Color Box - Chestnut Roan Chalk
• Paper: MME - Market 6x6, Neenah Natural White, brown cardstock
• Other: Perfect Layers, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, brown brads

Serendipity - Pears!

 Serendipity Stamps is having a Blog Hop to show off their spring release!  The lovely pear above comes in a stamp AND die!  For this card I die cut it in gold paper.  I always associate gold with pears.

Here you can see some of the detail.  The frame is made from Labels 28 dies.  Finished size is 6 x 4 1/4.

My next card is made with the pear stamp.  Versafine Spanish Moss is a great color for pears!  I added a bit of bling in the corners to make it fancy.

The finished size is 5 1/2 by 4 3/4.

If you leave a comment on each of the Design Team's blogs you'll be eligible to win the pear stamp and die and matching sentiment!

You will have until Friday, May 3 to leave comments. The winner will be announced on the Serendipity Stamps Blog page on Monday, May 6!.

Here's the Hop List:

Miriam - Miriam's Delirium (me!)

Jenny - One Krafty Kat 

Anya - Life Is What You Make It 

Cathy - Empty Nest Crafter 

Marybeth - Marybeth's Time For Paper 

Pauline - Craft Obsession 

Jeanne - A Kept Life 

Stand by!  We'll have another HOP on Thursday with some more new stamps!

• Stamps: Serendipity Stamps:  Pear Stamp & Die Set - 1279 GDCL
• Ink: Versafine - Spanish Moss, Color Box - Chalk Ink - Charcoal
• Paper: MME - Sunshine 6 x 6, black, green and gold cardstock
• Other: Seam Binding, Recollections - rhinestones, Bow Easy, Perfect Layers, Spellbinders - Labels 28

Not as it seems.....

 This week's Serendipity Stamps challenge is very unusual!  It is "Not as it seems".  The Design Team was asked to use a stamp in a different way than it was intended.  I chose the garden wagon stamp and converted it to a holiday wagon.  I filled it with presents from the Sleigh stamp.

I stamped the wagon by inking up just the lower portion of the image and using a craft knife, I cut a slit along the top of the wagon.  Then I stamped the presents from the sleigh a few times on scraps, colored them and cut them out and slid them under the slit. I had to piece the wagon arm so it wouldn't be hidden by presents.

My intention was to create a pine swag to drape on the wagon using Martha's branch punch.  I had to cut the little pieces apart and place them on the wagon with a tweezer.

Here are the 2 images I started with:

We would love for you to play along in our challenge for a prize. "Anything Goes" is the theme so you don't have to do what the Design Team did!   See the details HERE.

The sale of the week is 40% off the highest priced item in your cart from now through 2-27-13.  Use code "40fromhigh213"

Check out what the rest of the Design Team created:

Anya, Jenny, Jeanne, Marybeth, Cathy & Pauline

• Stamps: Serendipity Stamps - Garden Wagon 766G, Sleigh 479J
• Ink: Memento - Espresso Truffle 
• Paper: Neenah - Natural White, MME Lost & Found Christmas 6x6, PTI Scarlet Jewel
• Copics:  R56, R59, YG95, YG97, E41, E43, E44, E47
• Other: Bow Easy, Spellbinders - Curvy Rectangles, SU! ribbon, Martha branch punch, ABS

Easter Hat

The challenge this week at Serendipity Stamps Blog Challenge is to make an Easter project from the list of projects on the Scor-Pal site.  I chose this card.  It is called a Spring Card and it's a SNAP to make if you have a scoring board.  I always use a Scor-Pal or Scor-Buddy to score my cards and envelopes.  
My card measures 5x5.

Serendipity's special this week is free US Shipping on orders of $10 or more.  It goes from Feb 6 to Feb 13.  
And, if you play along in our challenge you'll be eligible to win a Scor-Pal! The requirements for playing are to use at least one Serendipity stamp or die and do a card or project from the Scor-Pal site.  It doesn't have to be Easter themed.

Check out what the rest of the Design Team created:

Anya, Jenny, Jeanne, Marybeth, Cathy & Helen

• Stamps: Serendipity Stamps - Hat with Polka-dot Bow 978E
• Ink: Memento - Espresso Truffle, Color Box - Chestnut Roan
• Paper: Neenah - Natural White, MME Blush 6x6, Brown cardstock
• Other: Scor-Pal, Copics, Spellbinders - Classic Square die

Flourishes TT 203 - Garden Dreams

 Flourishes is having a color challenge for their Timeless Tuesdays Challenge this week.  I used medium pink, medium emerald and brown for my card.  I colored the image with Copics and die cut it with Labels 1.  After I got it all layered up there was something missing.  So, I added the little flowers in the corner.  I didn't have any yellow flowers so I colored some white ones with a Copic.

Finished size is 5 x 5.

• Stamps:  Flourishes - Garden Dreams
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Color Box - Chestnut Roan
• Paper: Neenah - Natural White, brown cardstock, MME Sunshine 6x6
• Other: Spellbinders - Labels 1, Wild Orchid flowers, Copics, PTI ribbon, Martha leaf punch

Color Throwdown 224

This is my second post for today.

Back again as Guest Designer with the Color Throwdown Challege!  Our colors today were chosen by Lori.  When I saw the colors I immediately wanted to use this Flourishes Lenten Rose image because of the pink and the size.  And, within about a month, these will be blooming in my garden.
Finished size is 5 x 5.

For some additional inspiration check out what the Throwdown Design Team created:

Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe Denise Marzec Joan Ervin Kerri Michaud Lori Tecler Lynn Put Wanda Cullen Tammy Hershberger

Head on over to the Color Throwdown blog for all the challenge details and to play along!  You can see the Design Team's creations there too.

• Stamps: Flourishes - Lenten Rose, Garden Dreams
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Color Box - Blackbird Chalk
• Paper: Neenah - Solar White 110#, Memory Box - Butterfield 6x6, MME - Market 6x6, MME - Moments 6x6, SU! DSP
• Copics:  Y32, W00, W2, G40, G43, G46, B60, B63, RV32, RV34, RV66, RV00
• Other: Perfect Layers, Bow Easy, SU! ribbon, misc lace

Have a Heart Challenge

Serendipity Stamps has a new challenge and you can play along for a prize!  It is called Have a Heart and you just need to have a heart somewhere on your project and use one Serendipity product.  Post your creation here.

My card could be used for just about any occasion so I didn't want to put a sentiment on it.  The image is colored with Copics and the finished size is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2.

Serendipity's sale this week is buy 3 items and your 4th item is free through January 16!

Check out what the rest of the Design Team created:

Anya, Jenny, Jeanne, Marybeth, Pauline, Cathy & Helen



• Stamps:  Serendipity Stamps - Heart Wreath with Bow 422G
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Color Box - Blackbird Chalk
• Paper: Neenah - Solar White, Bo Bunny - Double Dot - Licorice Flourishes, MME - Christmas 6x6, Bazzill - red & black cardstock
• Copics: R35, R37, R39, R81, E50, E53, E55, G82, G94
• Other: Spellbinders - Classic Squares, Fleur De Lis Squares, SU! seam binding

Color Throwdown 222

It's my second week as Guest Designer for the Color Throwdown Challenge and we were given some great colors to use by team member Broni.  It was good to take a break from making Christmas cards!

I decided to do some fussy cutting and there is a great flower in this MME paper pad.  The flowers were a little on the pale side so I edged them in ink before I curled and layered them.  Doing a shaped card adds so much interest so I picked this big scalloped circle die for my base. 

Finished size is 5 1/4 round.

If you like this week's colors please play along in the challenge with us.  Upload your card here.

We are taking a two week break for the holidays and will be back on January 2.  I will be the Guest Designer for January as well.  See you then!

• Stamps:  Just Rite - Large Fancy Sentiments
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black, Color Box - Blackbird chalk ink
• Paper: Neenah - Solar White, MME - Moments 6x6
• Dies: Spellbinders - Grand Circles, Grand Big Scalloped Circles
• Other: blue pearls

Color Throwdown 219 - Flourishes

This week's Color Throwdown challenge colors are bright and cheery!  I had some patterned paper to match but I did have to color the flowers in Bermuda Bay.  If I want to make a quick card I reach for patterned paper first.  It needs very little extra to make a lovely card.  Finished size is 6 x 4.25.



• Stamps: Flourishes - Just Because
• Ink: Versafine - Smokey Gray
• Paper: MME - Shadow 6x6, white, Bermuda Bay, Basic Grey cardstock
• Other: Perfect Layers, white taffeta ribbon, rhinestones, Bow Easy
• Copics: BG53, BG57