Bokeh Beachy Sympathy

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 426 - Certainly Bermuda Roses with a dessert option of words of encouragement. What lovely colors and who wouldn't like to be lifted up. I try NOT to make dark and gloomy colored sympathy cards. I will have this ready for one of my beach lovin friends if the time comes.
This is also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 429 - Bokeh Effect. Hope I did it right.
My layout is from Saturday's SWEET STOP SKETCHES # 210.
I used some dp from The Paper Studio "a day at the Beach" stack and matted on regal rose and bermuda bay cs then tied some ribbon on the bermuda bay strip.
I stamped the image in regal rose and certainly celery inks then sponged. The sentiment is stamped in bermuda bay ink.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE: 
Stamps: Close as a Memory 
Paper: white, bermuda bay, regal rose, TPS a day at the Beach dp 
Ink: bermuda bay, certainly celery, regal rose 
Accessories: ribbon, sponges 
Techniques: bokeh effect, sponging, stamping off, masking

His Child

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 435 and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 425 - Basically Brides Pirouettes. This is also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 428 - Happy Birthday Joan where I CASED her TAKE FLIGHT changing the colors, layout and theme. I love silhouettes and especially of little girls at play.
I used a brand new to me set from Sweet N Sassy stamps called "His Child". I stamped the image in basic gray and the sentiment in Pretty in Pink (needed a darker pink that would show up) then matted on basic gray cs. My dp is from My Minds Eye stack "Everyday Tango". One piece is matted on pink pirouette and the other on blushing bride. My base is white and I embossed the basic gray piece with Sizzix "Bricked" embossing folder.
Now let's go to work and earn some money for more stamps and supplies. LOL
RECIPE: 
Stamps: His Child - SNS
Paper: white, basic Gray, Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, MME Everyday Tango
Ink: Basic Gray, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: dimensionals, brads, Sizzix EF Bricked
Techniques: dry embossing, 3D

A Wild Rose for Mother's Day

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 428 - Happy Birthday Joan where we were to go back through the TLC list and do one hosted by Joan and/or CASE a card from her gallery. I did both by choosing this TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 412 - Let the Paper Inside Showand by CASEing her sample of OWL YOU NEED IS LOVE. I let the inside dp show by leaving the hole open and edging the side with a Fiskars border punch. 
This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 219 - CAS Featured Player - Bon2stamp. I CASED her YELLOW DELIGHT changing from a daisy to a rose, changing the colors and leaving off the nestie dies.
My color combo is from last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 424 - Prim White Corals. I stamped the solid image of the rose after stamping off using Cameo Coral ink on white then stamped the 2nd image in Primrose petals. My sentiment is from "All Holiday's" and is stamped in primrose petals.
Now off to work we go. Have a fabulous Monday.

RECIPE: 
Stamps: All Holiday's, Wild Rose
Paper: white, cameo coral, My Minds Eye "It's My Party", glorious green
Ink: primrose petal, cameo coral
Accessories: dimensionals, circle template, MS Fern Punch,
Techniques: Let the inside show, CAS

All Year Cheer Mother's Day

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 424 - Prim White Coral. No lacey dessert for me today.
My cameo coral panel with the chevrons is for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENG E# 427 - Make Your Own Chevrons. I used white cs for my chevrons. My dp is from My Minds Eye - It's My Party stack and both are matted on primrose petal cs.
My layout is from Mondays' MOJO MONDAY'S SKETCH CHALLENGE # 291.
My sentiment is from All Year Cheer II and is stamped in primrose petal on white and matted on primrose petal.
Early day at work, gotta go, happy Tuesday everyone.
RECIPE:

Stamps: All Year Cheer II 
Paper: white, primrose petal, cameo coral 
Ink: primrose petal Accessories: dimensionals, circle punch, scallop circle punch, score pal 
Techniques: 3D,Chevron Strips, Mother's Day

Colors of Sunset with Love and Sympathy

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 427 - Make Your Own Chevrons these are easy peasy, I used the tutorial from SCS for CHEVRON STRIPS provided.
I used last weeks COLOR CHALLENGE # 423 - Quite A River Breeze for my color combo to go with today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 218 - Inspired Quote because the baja breeze is like the blue sky and the Not Quite Navy is the deepest sky color after a sunset. My layout is from last Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 432.
I used the same stamp set, dp, punches and design for the focal panel as I never have enough masculine sympathy cards.
Hope you like it, now off to work I go.
RECIPE:

Stamps: Love & Sympathy
Paper: vanille, river rock, baja breeze, not quite navy, BG OIiver dp
Ink: not quite navy, baja breeze
Accessories: dimensionals, circle punch, scallop circle punch, score pal
Techniques: 3D, CAS, Sympathy, Chevron Strips, Masculine

Oliver's Love & Sympathy

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 433.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 423 - Quite a River Breeze with stripes and plaids for dessert option.
My horizontal panel of baja breeze cardstock is difficult to see however trust me there is white ribbon colored with a not quite navy marker and looped around the cs all the way across for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 426 - Scrappy and Loopy.
My vertical panel is from Basic Grey's Oliver stack. I stamped the sentiment in not quite navy then the flower image in baja breeze on vanilla cs, punched with circle punch then matted on scalloped circle night of navy and popped it up on dimensionals. My base is river rock.
Hope you like it,

RECIPE:

Stamps: Love & Sympathy
Paper: vanilla, river rock, not quite navy, baja breeze, Basic Grey "Oliver"
Ink: not quite navy, baja breeze
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals, SU Marker
Techniques: ribbon dye, 3D, ribbon looping

A Bareback Yeehaw Father's Day

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 423 - Quite a River Breeze with dessert of Stripes/Plaids. My looped scraps of ribbon are for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 426 - Scrappy and Loopy. 
My layout is from Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 217 - Sketch Challenge.
I used a sheet of The Paper Studio "Yee-Haw" dp matted on Not quite Navy. The image was stamped in night of navy on river rock then matted on baja breeze and the sentiment stamped in night of navy on baja breeze matted on river rock.
Hope you like it,
RECIPE:
Stamps: Bareback, All Year Cheer II
Paper: not quite navy, river rock, baja breeze, TPS Yee-Haw
Ink: night of navy
Accessories: ribbon
Techniques: CAS

Perfectly Penned Thank You

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 426 - Scrappy and Loopy, today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 217 - Sketch. My color combo is from last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 422 - Elegant Mambo On The River. I still had the remainder of dp used last week and decided to use some more of it for this Thank You greeting card. I stamped the sentiment in melon mambo then doodled around with elegant eggplant marker. I did not have any elegant eggplant ribbon so I took some white and colored it with my elegant eggplant SU Marker.
Hope you like it, now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Perfectly Penned - SU
Paper: vanilla, melon mambo, elegant eggplant, Inspirations
Ink: elegant eggplant, melon mambo
Accessories: ribbon
Techniques: doodling, CAS

Short & Sweet Flip Flip Wedding Wishes

OK so I had everything typed and ready to SUBMIT yesterday when the power went off. Needing to get onto work I had to just give up on loading what I had worked on for the days challenge. Now this morning the sketch is not up yet so I decided to load yesterdays efforts anyway so this is for Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 422 - Elegant Mambo on the River. 
My layout is from Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 425 - Flip Flop Card and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 216 - Pinterest Inspiration.
The wedding cake I used is a stamp I got eons ago from the dollar bin at Michaels. I stamped the sentiment from Short and Sweet in elegant eggplant even though it looks black. I colored the cake with copic markers then added some stickles. I loved the flowers in this Paper Studio dp and the centers looked like 4 hole buttons so I used my quickutz button die and some elegant eggplant cs and went with it. I used my Martha Stewart Button punch and a hole puncher to make my closure along with some melon colored baker's twine and viola, it was done. Now off to work I go,

RECIPE:
Stamps: Short & Sweet, Unknown Cake imag
Paper: white, River Rock, TPS Persnickety
Ink: momento tuxedo black, elegant eggplant
Accessories: copics, MS Button, Quickutz Button, baker's twine
Techniques: Flip Flop Card, Gift Card Holder

Flip Flop Gift Card Holder Sew What?

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 425 - Flip Flop Card and today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 216 - Pinterest Inspiration Challenge. I loved all of those buttons and could not resist creating my own button using the DP from my Flip Flop gift card holder. I am always looking for new and exciting ways to give a gift card and this is one of them. Thanks for the tutorial too since I am a visual rather than a reader. I used bakers twine threaded through the botton that is popped up on dimensionals for closing the used my crop-a-dile to make holes on the side to tie the bow and complete the closing. My card stock is some WAY BACK retired Mauve Mist I bought from a retired SU demo way back. I use it every chance I get so hopefully they will bring it back one day. LOL. Such a pretty color. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Sew What - MFP
Paper: Mauve Mist, TPS Persnickety
Ink: Glorious Green
Accessories: dimensionals ,bakers twine, crop-a-dile, Maurvy Giga Scallop Circle Punch
Techniques: Flip Flip Card, Gift Card Holder

Fun on the Farm with Tilting Cows

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 431, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 421 - Black Coral Breeze and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 424 - I like to Move It, Move It where today I used a technique style called TILT CARD found in the SCS tutorials. I have used this technique and this same image before and wanted to do it again. I just think this spotted cow is adorable. My dp is from My Minds Eye - Home stack and I seemed the 2 different pieces together with a strip of black topped with some calypso coral ribbon. My sentiment was stamped in baja breeze. Hope everyone has a beautiful Wednesday, now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Fun On The Farm - MFP
Paper: white, basic black, MME - Home dp
Ink: basic black, baja breeze
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals, pennies,
Techniques: Tilt Card, copic coloring, 3D

Suprise Pop Up Mother's Day Flight of the Butterfly

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 421 - Black Coral Breeze and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 424 - I Like to Move it Move it. I chose to do a surprise pop up Mother's Day card using SCS tutorial found HERE.
My dp is from My Minds Eye - Home and I used stampin up's Flight of the Butterfly along with All Year Cheer II for my stamp sets. I stamped the outline of the butterfly in black and the design in Calypso Coral as well as the HMD sentiment, on the pull out I stamped a sentiment in baja breeze. My MIL is always so complimentary and appreciative of my homemade cards to her so I always try to make some special for her. I hope she likes it.
Sorry I was MIA last week but in Atlanta for training and no stamps, inks or dp with me, EEEKK!! I had to get to work early Monday to play catch from all week last week and did not have time to do the TLC until today. Am I forgiven? I hope so.
Have a great Tuesday and hope to see ya tomorrow.
RECIPE:
Stamps: AYC II, Flight of the Butterfly
Paper: white, baja breeze, calypso coral, MME Home dp
Ink: basic black, calypso coral, baja breeze
Accessories: circle punch, scallop circle punch, stickles
Techniques: surprise pop up card

Springtime Bathing Beauty

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 429, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 419 - More Tempting Daffodils with a dessert option of Spring which always makes me long for beach time, for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Monochromatic Madness and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 213 - Limited Supplies - Single Line Images.
I stamped my Rubbernecker "Bathing Beauty" Image in Adirondeck Espresso ink then cut and embossed with Nestabilities Large Scalloped Oval die. I then colored with copics and added dimensionals.
My dp is from DCWV-Mango Madness stack.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Bathing Beauty - Rubbernecker
Paper: white, DCWV-Mango Madness dp, more mustard
Ink: Adirondeck Espresso
Accessories: dimensionals, copics, Nestability Large Scalloped Oval die, ribbon
Techniques: copic coloring, 3D, Die Cuts, Dry embossing

Spring Bootiful Occassions

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 419 - More Tempting Daffodils with a dessert option of "Spring" which I am sooo looking forward to since our temps have dropped back down below freezing again, brrrr.
This is also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 422 - Monochromatic Madness.
I also used Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 213 - Limited Supplies (single line images).
My layout is from Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 286.
I stamped my boot image using Adirondack Espresso Ink then colored with Copics, cut it out and added dimensionals. I traced around the clouds with a glitter pen.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Bootiful Occasions - SU
Paper: white, more mustard, DCWV - Day at the Beach dp
Ink: Espresso, Tempting Turquoise
Accessories: Dimensionals, Ribbon, copics, glitter pen, Fiskars Starburts Border punch
Techniques: copic coloring, 3D, Monochrome, CAS

Blessings from Heaven in Hues of Blue

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 422 - Monochromatic Madness and last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 418 - Midnight Muse Breeze was certainly the right color combo choice so how could I not use it?. This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 213 - Limited Supplies where we were to use single line images (no silhouettes) and my layout is from today's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 286.
I used some midnight muse ribbon across the top vertical panel, stamped my sentiment in midnight muse and doodled on the top and bottom with marina mist marker. I cut the cross and popped it up on dimensionals.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Blessings from Heaven
Paper: white, midnight muse, marina mist, baja breeze
Ink: midnight muse, marina mist
Accessories: dimensionals, Fiskars scallope border punch, ribbon, Cuttlebug Diamonds and Dots EF Techniques: dry embossing, 3D, doodling, CAS

Transformed Map of Winds of Grace

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 418 - Midnight Muse Breeze, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 421 - Transform Map and my layout is from Monday's TECHNOSTAMPERS SKETCH CHALLENGE # 255.
I used my copics and airbrush system to shade in the colors for baja breeze in the center marina mist on the top and midinight muse on the bottom of the focal panel and white base after stamping the main images in midnight muse ink.
My focal panel is matted on marina mist then midnight muse cs. I found 2 gems close to baja breeze color and some blue ribbon.
This will be a Father's Day or Birthday card for one of the men in my life since they all love fishing.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Winds of Grace - SU, Globe Map - Inkadinkado
Paper: white, marina mist, midnight muse
Ink: midnight muse
Accessories: gems, ribbon, dimensionals, Copics, ABS
Techniques: Airbrushing, 3D

In Knots Because I Care

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 418 - A Knotty Question, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 427, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 417 - A Certain Bashful Delight and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 420 - Light To Dark.
I stamped the image in momento tuxedo black then used copics to color begining with the lightest shade and working up to the darkest for the greens and blues. I matted on bashfull blue then certanly celery and popped it up on dimensionals. After everything was assembled I added some yellow stickles to the flower centers. The sentiment was stamped in bashful blue.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Because I Care - SU
Ink: momento tuxedo black, bashful blue
Paper: white, bashful blue, certainly celery, daffodile delight
Accessories: dimensionals, ribbon, stickles, copics
Techniques: light to dark, copic coloring, 3D, knots

Woof You Light to Dark Critter

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 417 - A Certain Bashful Delight with a dessert option of adding a critter. Well my DH came home last week with a 2in high and 3 in long jet black lab pup that tried to run out under his truck and last year he ran over a little puppy unavoidably with cars in front on the side and behind him so that he could not avoid it without recking. He felt sooo bad about it and brudded for several days. He said he "could not let that happen to this little guy" even though he had said without reservation years ago "NO MORE DOGS". We had a dog I got form the kennel and was sweet and well behaved for 3 yrs until he got struck by lightning (or at least that is what I think happened). He started going crazy anytime the weather got bad.
So this is going to be my dh's anniversary card for the 20th of this month. LOL.
I used Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 420 - Light to Dark for my coloring using copics C0, 1, 2, 3, 5, & 7.
My layout is from Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 211 - Sketch. I sponged the certainly celery bottom section then added some flicks with my marker for grass, I sponged the son with daffodil delight using reverse masking and the sky with bashful blue using the punched out circle as a mask. I filled the sun in with yellow Stickles for some sparkle.
My images and sentiment are from a Sweet-N-Sassy clear stamp set called "Woof You" and were all stamped in momento tuxedo black ink.
Hope you like it and I hope my DH does also.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Woof You - SNS
Paper: whtie, certainly celery, bashful blue, daffodil delight
Ink: momento tuxedo black, certainly celery, bashful blue, daffodil delight
Accessories: circle punch, sponges, yellow stickles
Techniques: light to dark, copic coloring, masking, reverse masking, sponging

Simply Trust God

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 420 - Light to Dark, CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 211 - Sketch and last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 416 - Bashful Raspberry Petals.
I could not resist using the color from last week and a flower image. I started with Stampin Ups set Simpy Soft and stamped the stem image in momento tuxedo black then with my stamp-a-ma-jig TRIED to line up the petal images inking in pretty in pink (which did NOT work well) so I finished the coloring off with copics RV11, 14, 17 & 19 then added some shadding with B21.
My sentiment is from Trust God and is stamped in raspberry ripple on primrose petal cs.
I used pretty in pink, primrose petal and raspberry ripple cs for the 3 strips on the side.
Hope you like it. Now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Simply Soft, Trust God - SU
Paper: white, pretty in pink, primrose petals, raspberry ripple
Ink: momento tuxedo black, raspberry ripple
Accessories: stamp-a-ma-jig, copics
Techniques: light to dark, copic coloring, 2 step stamping

Perfectly Penned Celebration of Spring

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 416 - Bashful Raspberry Petals with a dessert option of Spring. I look so forward to spring and seeing all the beautiful flowers and greenery again.
This is also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 419 - Puzzle Piece Resist. I have never tried the puzzle piecing with emboss resist so had to try it. I used a white panel embossed with SU's Weathered background stamp and clear embossing powder. I cut and embossed the Spellbinders Flower Pots and in the bottom of the flower pot section I cut and embossed a rose and sponged it with primrose petal ink added a brad to the center and popped it up. The pot was sponged with raspberry ripple. I used bashful blue on the remainder of the embossed panel. I cut 2 different sized roses in primrose petal and raspberry ripple and popped them up above the pot.
I stamped the sentiment from SU Perfectly Penned set in raspberry ripple.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Perfectly Penned, Weathered
Paper: white, raspberry ripple, primrose petal
Ink: bashful blue, raspberry ripple, primrose petal
Accessories: Nestabilities Flower Pot & Rose Creations
Techniques: Emboss Resist, heat emboss, dry embossed, 3D, Puzzle Piecing

Serene Silhouettes Because I Care

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 415 - More Old Muse; Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 418 - Circles; Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 209 - Featured CAS Player (simplybeautifu) which is just what her gallery is full of; and Monday's MOJO MONDAY'S SKETCH CHALLENGE # 282.

I finally found enough energy to make it upstairs to stamp today, I am on sick day 2 from work for the 1st time in over 3 years and ready for this crudd to be gone.

I chose to CASE this LONG STEM SILHOUETTE from simplybeautifuls gallery and hope I did it justice but if not keep in mind I am still full of Nyquil that stuffy, sneezy, coughing, wheezing, get out of your craft room cold medicine. LOL.

I used a French Script background stamp from Stampedous stamped in more mustard with the Nestie in place then stamped the silhouette image in midnight muse on top of it. I used some midnight muse ribbon and old olive cs then popped up my sentiment from Because I care stamped in midnight muse and matted on midnight muse. My focal panel, sentiment panel and care base are vanilla cs. I cut the base & focal panel with Large Circle Nesties cutting the base just above the top circle so it would hold together. I cut the matt for the focal panel using GRand Nesties Scalloped circles and the matt for the sentiment with SU Scallop circle punch.

Hope you like it.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Because I Care - SU; French Script - Stampendous
Paper: vanilla, old olive, midnight muse
Ink: more mustard, midnight muse
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals, scallop circle punch, circle punch, Grand Nestie Scallop Circle, Nestie Large Circles
Techniques: Circles, Inside the Nestie

Silly Cowboy

This is for today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLEGE #157 - Silly Man; MIX AND MATCH CHALLENGE # 4 - Water you Doing; QUEEN FOR THE DAY CHALLENGE # 311 - Carole CASEing her RIDE'EM COWBOY; Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 415 - Sponging; Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 424; Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 414 - Certainly Chocolate Cake; and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 417 - Wishy Washi Tape.I used a High Hopes Image and colored with my Prisma pencils, wanna have a good laugh? I have not used them in so long I had to call Shannon to find out how to use them :(
I had to make my washi tape as I have none.
Now a short day at work and then I think bed, this cold is really getting to me.
Recipe:
Stamps: Hight Hopes Kenny?
Paper: vanilla, water color, choc chip, certainly celery, crumb cake
Ink: choc chip, certainly celery, crumb cake
Accessories: prisma color pencils, sponges, dimensional, gamsol
Techniques: faux washi tape, sponging, gamsol

Southwest Cowboy Birthday

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 414 - Certainly Chocolate Cake and dry embossing for dessert. I thought cake was dessert??? LOL
I found some dp that matched certainly celery and stamped the running horses in choc chip on it then adhered it with running tape for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 417 - Wishy Washi Tape and dry embossed Sizzix Sheet Music folder for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 208 - Inspired by a Quote that along with the color combo today just made me think of wild horses on a field running wide open and who would you find chasing after them but a cowboy. Oh well that was my thoughts what are yours?
My layout is from Friday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE SKETCH CHALLENGE # 228.
I used a stamp set I received while on the design team for Mark's Finest Papers called "Southwest Cowboy". Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Southwest Cowboy - MFP
Paper: vanilla, choc chip, crumb cake
Ink: choc chip
Accessories: Sizzix Sheet Music EF
Techniques: dry embossing, Faux Washi Tape

Blessings From Heaven with Washi Tape

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 417 - Wishy Washi Tape of which I do not have, so I had to use the tutorial and make my own. I stamped a portion of a background stamp "Amazing Grace" inked with tangerine tango on white and afixed to the top and bottom of my embossed white panel.
This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 208 - Inspired by a Quote. I used a Sizzix embossing folder called "Sheet Music" and embossed a white panel to attach to my white card base.
My color combo is from last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 413 - White Lucky Tangerines.
My sentiment is from a stampin' up set called Blessings from Heaven and is stamped in lucky limeade then punched with SU's large oval punch. I do not have a perfect sized layer punch for that one so I adhered it to some lucky limeade cs then trimmed me a matt. This is popped up on dimensionals on top of the lucky limeade ribbon strip.
Hope you like it .
RECIPE:
Stamps: Blessings From Heaven - SU; Amazing Grace Background - Morning Star Stamp
Paper: white, lucky limeade I
nk: lucky limeade, tangerine tango
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals
Techniques: Washi Tape, Sympathy, dry embossing

Sanded Love and Sympathy

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 423, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 413 - White Lucky Tangerines and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 416 - Dry embossing with Sanded Pattern Paper where I used another sheet of The Paper Studio - a day at the Beach pattern paper dry embossed with The Paper Studio "Script" folder then sanded.
I stamped the long sentiment in basic black on white cs then inked the flower image using my stampin up markers and huffed then stamped over the sentiment.
I stamped the shorter sentiment using tangering tango on white, punched with oval punch then layered with tanger tango oval punched cs.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Love & Sympathy
Paper: white, tangerine tango, lucky limeade, TPS-a day at the Beach PP
Ink: basic black, tangerine tango, lucky limeade
Accessories: oval punches, cuttlebug, TPS - Script EF
Techniques: huffing, sanding, dry embossing

Sweet Citrus Love

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 413 - White Lucky Tangerines, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 416 - Dry Embossing with Sanded Pattern Paper, Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 207 - Theme - Love is in the Air and for my layout last Saturday's SKETCH SATURDAY CHALLENGE # 245.
I used a piece of pattern paper from The Paper Studio "a day at the Beach" stack matted on white, embossed with Cuttlebug "Leaves" then sanded. on the white oval I inked the image with Stampin Up's Markers Tangerine Tango and Lucky Limeade Markers, huffed and stamped. I stamped the large citrus image in Only Orange Craft Ink them heat embossed with clear irridescant powder and tried several times to get a good pic showing the shimmer :( oh well it is what it is. I cut it out and popped it up on dimensionals. I tied some orange twine. I stamped the sentiments in tangerine tango.
I have a granddaughter that LOVES sour things and fruit so this will go to her Thursday even though I rarely tell her she is "sweet" ;) LOL.
Now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Citrus & Such, So Very - SU
Paper: white, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango, TPS - a day at the Beach
Ink: lucky limeade, tangerine tango, only orange craft ink
Accessories: twine, embossing powder, dimensionals
Techniques: 3d, heat embossing, dry embossing, sanding

Sweet Talkin' Love

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 416 - Dry Embossing with Sanding on Pattern Paper. I used my Cuttlebug "Heart Block" embossing folder and The Paper Studio "Love You" dp.

This is also for todfay's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 207 - Themed "Love Is In The Air" and so it is with Thursday being Valentine's Day. So glad my dh shows me daily that he loves me and not just once a year. I think everyday should be Valentine Day. LOL.

My layout is from today's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 280.

I used some rasberry ripple ribbon, a Martha Stewart Heart punch and Martha Stewart Heart Border punch on this. I stamped the open heart from the stamp set and the sentiment inside then cut it out and popped it up on the solid heart punch that is also popped up. I then stamped another sentiment on the bottom edge. I used my rasberry ripple marker to doodle around the edges of my focal panel and the card base.

Hope you like it.

RECIPE:

Stamps: Sweet Talk

Paper: vanilla, rasberry ripple, TPS "Love You" dp 

Ink: raspberry ripple

Accessories: ribbon, dimensional, MS Heart Border Punch, MS Heart Punch,

Techniques: 3D, dry embossing, distressing, doodling

Blessings from Heaven Sympathy

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 412 - Very Basic Crumb Cake, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 415 - Play With Patterns, Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 206 - Limited Supply Challenge - Monochromatic and Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 279.I used 2 differenty patterns of dp from The Paper Studio "The Classics" paper stack and a different pattern print of ribbon across panel 2 for my 3 differnt patterns.  Did some distress sponging with crumb cake ink.
My sentiment is from Stampin' Ups "Blessings From Heaven" stamp set and stamped in basic black ink on vanilla and matted on black as is the 2 dp panels. Sadly enough I was in need of a sympathy card as a member of our church choir had her 96 yr old mother pass away Sunday evening so this will go to her tomorrow. No matter how old you are or how old your parent is, it is hard to say goodbye so my prayers are with her.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Blessings from Heaven
Ink: basic black, crumb cake
Paper: vanilla, basic black, TPS - The Classics Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals
Techniques: monochrome, play with patterns, sponge distressing

Short & Sweet Love You

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 415 - Play with Patterns. I used 3 different patterns of dp on this.
This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 206 - Limited Supplies - Monochromatic.
My layout is from FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES CHALLENGE # 71.
My dp is from The Paper Studio "Love You" stack, I punched 3 layers of hearts and popped the top 2 up on dimensionals. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up's "Short & Sweet" set stamped in real red and the heart colored with copic R20.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Short & Sweet - SU
Paper: whtie, real red, TPS - Love You
Ink: real red
Accessories: dimensionals., heart punches

Versatile Small Script Verses with Balance

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 421, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 411 - Lucky Island Delight and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 414 - Play with Balance. I used a wide and narrow ribbon, my vertical panel is wide and my horizontal is narrow, and I used a large and small sentiment and then just to make sure I was balanced I used a large and small faux brad. LOL.
Now let's all go to work with me and with all that help I MIGHT get caught up.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Versatile Verses, Small Script
Paper: white, lucky limeade, island indigo, DCWV Nana's Kids dp
Ink: island indigo
Accessories: ribbon, crop-a-dile, hole puncher
Techniques: balance