More Merry Jingle Bells

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 559 - Honey there's a Rose in our Garden, and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 562 - Pieced and Cut Words.
I wanted to keep this a CAS so I avoided the temptation to add layers and ribbons, etc. I cut the jingle bell die in hello honey, rose red and garden green and trimmed the top of the garden green panel and glued it on top of the rose red. I filled in the bells with hello honey and rose red. I stamped the sentiments omitting the M and C which were cut out from Quickutz Ginger alphabet and attached appropriately. 
I stamped the sentiment on the inside and envelope in rose red. Hope you like it and now off to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: More Merry Messages 
Paper: white, Rose Red, Garden Green, Hello Honey 
Ink: Rose Red, Garden Green 
Accessories: Memory Box Jingle Bells, Quickutz Ginger 
Techniques: Paper piecing

Front Fold Up Gifts of Joy

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 556, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 546 - Rich Cucumber Twist, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 549 - Front Fold Up Card, and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 340 - Christmas/Holiday Gifts. I just had to make another Christmas gift card that was for a little boy, he will love the green in the gift section as well as his sister. I used some basic gray dp Eskimo Kisses today and orange ribbon today.

I cut and created my Christmas stocking from Quickutz using cucumber crisp and white cs. I punched some rich razzleberry cs with my crop-a-dile largest hole for faux brads. I stamped the sentiment on the side of the front of the card and the back of the envelope.  Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Gifts of Joy 
Paper: white, cucumber crisp, tangerine tango, rich razzleberry, Basic Gray Eskimo Kisses dp
Ink: momento tuxedo black, cucumber crisp 
Accessories: ribbon, quickutz, hole punch 
Techniques: front fold up card, copic coloring

Baby Latch Card with Stars and Stripes

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 539 - Latch Card and today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENG E# 330 - Stars and Stripes. While we do celebrate July 4th I do not typically give out cards for that holiday so I have gone with a baby boy card today using some dp that needed some love and a QK die set I have not used in years. The suit is popped up on dimensionals. I used the SU Star punches layered for more stability then punched holes for the hemp to run through it.

I layered some white on marina mist on the inside and stamped in marina mist. The envelope is also stamped in marina mist.   I love how this turned out and hope you do too.
RECIPE:
Stamps: AYC, All Year Cheer I, All Year Cheer II 
Paper: white, marina mist, DCWV Summer Matt Stack 
Ink: Marina Mist Accessories: hemp, QK, Quick Kutz, Baby Cloths Die Set, Star Punches 
Techniques: Latch Card

Love you in Numbers

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 521 - Negative & Positive, and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 312 - Age is just a number. This card started as also including today's Mojo Sketch but I failed at it so took a slight turn and still not sure I like the end result. I cut and embossed the solid red heart using both dies then cut out the pink heart and sponged with the die in place using cherry cobbler ink. I glued the removed sections out to the cherry cobbler heart and popped it up over the negative cut and sponged heart.
My sentiment was cut from Ginger alphabet form Quickutz, I used the 7 for the L , zero for the O, V for the V, and 3 for the E.
Hope you like it better than I do.
RECIPE:
Stamps: none 
Paper: pink pirouette, cherry cobbler, vanilla, the Paper studio - Love You dp 
Ink: Cherry Cobbler 
Accessories: Spellbinder Swirl Heart, Ginger Quickutz letter v, numbers 7 & 3 
Techniques: negatives and positives, die cut, embossing.

A Perfect Blend of Espressing Yourself

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 525 and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 515 - A Really Crumby Espresso. I also did the dessert making 2 cards. I made them in a contrast form. I used 2 of Stampin up Sets, Espress Yourself and Perfect Blend. I used the coffee beans to make my background using tone on tone on the choc chip card. I colored the coffee cups with copics, cut out the middle of both and popped them up after stamping in real red. The hearts were punches and then embossed with my Quickutz goosebumps Swirls then I brushed the tops of the raised portions with choc chip ink pad. Hope you like them. I have a couple of good friends at work that will see these for valentines day along with a candy cane.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Perfect Blend, Espress Yourself    
Paper: Vanilla, Real Read, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip 
Ink: Momento Espresso, chocolate chip, real red 
Accessories: copics, dimensionals, Quickutz, QK, Goosebumps 
Techniques: 3D, Copic Coloring, tone on tone, make your own background  

Our Daily Bread Anchor

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 517, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 517 - Triple the Possibilities, Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 308 - New Years Resolution, and Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 381. I seldom make something that I really like but this may be an exception. One of my new years resolutions was to use new stuff bought and old stuff that I have not used in a long time. I have not used my Prismacolor pencils and gamsol in so long I almost forgot how. Another resolution was to complete the inside and outside, possibly the envelope as well. Today I did just that.
RECIPE:
Stamps: ODB - Ancho 
Paper: white, Pacific Point, Marina Mist 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Pacific Point 
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Gamsol Medium, Quickutz Anchor die, Ribbon, prismacolor pencils, 
Techniques: 3D, Dry Embossing, Gamsol Magic

Pure White Love

This is for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 516 - White Out and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 307 - Use Your Words.
This is for my darling hubby next month. I love him so much and on the inside I will write "My love for you is as pure as the color white". Hope he likes it. I used 2 sizes of scalloped and classic Nestability Hearts. The largest classic is the actual card and the larger scalloped is matting the card. I used my quickutz "love" letters and popped them up on dimensionals as well as the 2 matted smaller hearts. It is amazing how just white can make such an elegant creation.
RECIPE:
Stamps: none 
Paper: white 
Ink: none 
Accessories: Nestability Scalloped Hearts, Nestability Classic Hearts, Quickutz love letters 
Techniques: white out

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

Thoughts & Prayers - Get Well

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 400 - Cut It Up. I bought this puzzle die from Quickutz eons ago and have never used it, now I know why. Grrr. Easy to cut but I took it apart and sponged crumb cake then putting it back together was a task, it just kept coming back apart.
Oh well. This is also for todays CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 193 - Newspaper/Dictionary. I used a sheet of dp that is from a dictionary copy that was in white and sponged with crumb cake.
My base is choc chip, I matted the puzzle pieces on crumb cake after sponging with crumb cake.
My image and sentiment are stamped in choc chip ink.
Hope you like it, now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers
Paper: white, choc chip, crumb cake, dp?
Ink: crumb cake, choc chip
Accessories: ribbon, Quickutz Puzzle
Techniques: cut it up, die cut, sponging

Rolled Ribbon Flower Because I Care

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 403.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 393 - Lucky Primrose Pirouettes.
My rolled pink pirouette ribbon flower is for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 395 - Rolled Flowers.
I guess taking almost 3 weeks off did me some good. I saw today's sketch and immediately saw panel 2 and 3 being held together by a button and ribbon so I went for it. I had been dying to try the rolled ribbon flower anyway and really like how this one turned out. I used a quickutz button in the center threaded with some cotton candy baker's twine.
My sentiment is stamped in primrose petals ink.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Because I Care - SU
Paper: primrose petals
Ink: primrose petals, pink pirouette, dp?
Accessories: QK button, ribbon, bakers twine
Techniques: rolled flower, rolled ribbon flower

Mermaid & Dolphins

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 381 - Whispering Island Party and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 383 - Make Your Own Silhouettes. I still had these 2 cuties from yesturday and they were crying wanting to be used so I did. They are quickutz dolphin silhouettes.
My image is a digi and I am sorry I do not remember where she is from I just know she is so adorable. I colored with BG10 & BG11 copic markers then cut and embossed with Nesties Label 11 and tied some island indigo ribbon. This is popped up on dimensionals.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Paper: White
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals, copics, Quickutz Dolphin Silhouette, Nestability Label 11
Techniques: silhouettes, 3D

So Many Dolphin Silhouettes

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 383 - Make Your Own Silhouettes.
My layout is from today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 176 - Sketch by Miss Minx.
My cs paper is bermuda bay and peach parfait. I used my copics and air brush system to color the background for my focal panel. I stamped the senitment from So Many Sayings in momento tuxedo black ink.
I used my quickutz Dolphin Silhouette die for my images cut from some dark gray basic gray dp.
Hope you like it, now off to work I go
RECIPE:
Stamps: So Many Sayings - SU
Paper: white, bermuda bay, peach parfait, basic gray dp
Ink: momento tuxedo black
Accessories: dimensionals, ribbon, copics ABS
Techniques: Air Brushing, 3D

Simply Soft Holidays

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 367 - Chocolate River in Baja.
My layout is from Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 162 - Sketch by Arizona Maine.
I stamped my image in river rock on vanilla then used my stamp-a-majig to stamp baja breeze for the flower colors. I then cut the top off just a bit and trimmed around the top of the flower for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 369 - Crop It.
My flower vase is choc chip cs and is embossed with a quickutz checkerboard folder. My sentiment from All Holidays is stamped in choc chip.
Hope you like it and now let's go to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Simply Soft, All Holidays
Paper: vanilla, river rock, choc chip, baja breeze
Ink: choc chip, baja breeze
Accessories: quickutz checkerboard emboss, stickles, stamp-a-majig
Techniques: dry emboss, out of the box

Sew What's New With You?

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 363 - Bring on the Buttons. I think I covered that one well enough ;)
My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 373.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 363 - Basic Pretty Pirouette with a dessert option of Buttons.
I used a set from Marks Finest Papers called "SEW WHAT?". On white cs I stamped the button in all 3 colors randomly to create my own background panel then used pretty in pink marker to make the 3 dots randomly. This is matted on pretty in pink with a Fiskars border punch then pink pirouette where I stamped the 2nd part of the sentiment in pretty in pink which is not easy to see on pink pirouette cs. The 1st part of the sentiment was stamped in basic gray on white then matted on pretty in pink. I used layered oval punches from SU.
My BIG Button is a quickutz cut from pretty in pink.
My basic gray base was embossed with Cuttlebugs Argyle EF.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Sew What - MFP
Paper: white, pretty in pink, pink pirouette, basic gray
Ink: pretty in pink, basic gray, pink pirouette
Accessories: QK button, Fiskars border, dimensionals, SU Markers
Techniques: create a background

Belated Birthday Greetings

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 336 - Stamped Sentiment Over Image, today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 129 - Belated Birthday Theme, today's SKETCH N STASH SKETCH CHALLENGE # 67 and last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 333 - Island Tango Delight.
I cut a balloon from my Quickutz Dies using foam to make my own stamp since I could not find my solid image balloon that I thought I had. I then inked, stamped off and stamped on white using daffodil delight then tangerine tango. The sentiment is from Stampin' Ups Birthday Greetings set and is stamped in pacific point (my sub for island indigo) until my order finally arrives.ggrrrr.
I used pacific point for my base and matt on my focal image. I punched the scalloped oval matt using Marvy Mega punch and Fiskars oval template for the focal layer.
My dp is from basic gray Marrakech.
Hope you like it, now off to work
RECIPE:
Stamps: Birthday Greeting - SU
Paper: white, pacific point, BG Marrakech dp
Ink: Pacific point, tangerine tango, daffodil delight
Accessories: ribbon, foam, QuickutZ

Cocoa's Popcorn for Shannon

This is for Tuesday's CRAZY FOR COCOA CHALLENGE # 21 - Thinking of You.

I used Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 319 - Concord Ivory Cakes for my color combo and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 115 - Sketch Inspired for my layout since today's SC is not up yet. I hope all is OK with Roxie.

I used a just released digi from SWEET N SASSY STAMPS for my focal image of Cocoa with a bag of popcorn. My oldest daughter really really LOVES popcorn so I will give this to her just to remind her no matter how old you get your mama still thinks about your good will and safety.

I distressed the vanilla base with Crumb cake ink pad then colored the image with copics. I cut some popcorn kernels from my stash of Quickutz and popped them up with the focal panel popped up as well. I dry embossed the concord crush panel with Argyl embossing folder. My sentiment is from Three Little Words from Stampin Up and is stamped in concord crush ink.

RECIPE:

Stamps: Three Little Words - SU, Cocoa's Popcorn - SNS digi line

Paper: vanilla, concord crush, crumb cake

Ink: concord crush, crumb cake

Accessories: corner punch, ribbon, Quickutz Popcorn, Cuttlebug, Argyl EF, dimensionals

Techniques: Out of the box, dry embossing, 3d

Chocoholic Birthday Cake

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 263, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 253 - Pretty Chocolate Razzleberries and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 255 - Scratch n' sniff. My HUGE piece of cake has the scent of strawberries and chocolate. YUM YUM. Now I have to get something to eat. This darling slice of cake and the strip of dotted dp is from a new digital line of stamps from TREEHOUSE STAMPS - Chocoholic due to be released tomorrow. I paired it up with a sentiment from Birthday Cupcake stamped in rich razzleberry. My image was colored with copics E25, E27, E29, G07, R24, R27, R29, RV000, RV10, and RV 11. I used my quickutz flourish and oval for the top panel. Brown and pink ribbon on the bottom panel. Hope ya like it. Off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Chocoholic Digi set-THS
Paper: white, dark brown, pink, rich razzleberry, digital dp
Ink: black, rich razzleberry
Accessories: ribbon, scented ep, Quickutz flourishes, QK Ovals

You're A Khaki Star

What a week so far. Last night Jessie called his parents who thankfully live next door, just to check on them. His dad said his Mom was a basket case and had her medication in a mess, was in her bathroom where she had been all afternoon. This was about 6pm. We had to go to Wally World for some household supplies and did not get back home until 11pm. It took 2hrs to get her medication straightened out and set up for the next 2 weeks. Dad was not even kidding when he described Mom as being confused. I was confused by the time we left last night. Oh well, onto today's SKETCH CHALLENGE. My plans after having to go to work without getting to do the color challenge yesturday were to combine the SC and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE - Pretty Rusty? Not Quite! with my brand new image I just got in the mail from The Greeting Farm. Well that ain't happenin' cause it is too big and no where to fit it in so for Plan B I used the dp that also came in my order. TeeHee. I love this star paper. It is matted with NQN and I punched the bottom with a Fiskars border punch. I punched out the stars in really rust and Not quite Navy cs then attached a white star brad in the center of each and popped them up. I had to off set them a bit to get them placed. Sorry Roxy. I did not want to handwrite my sentiment and my puter will not print and I do not have a stamp with that sentiment so I was forced to meet my New Years Resolution to use my Quickutz. This is Khaki Alphabet. I think I will give this to one of my grands when they do well on a test or have a great week without turning their Hawks around (means they were bad!). Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: NONE
Paper: really rust, not quite navy, dirty rodeo dp, pretty in pink
Ink: none
Accessories: star brads, quickutz punch, quickutz Khaki Alphabet,Fiskars Diamond Border Punch

QK Happy Birthday Dies

Well in case you did not know, my all-in-one printer is worthless with the exception of the scanner part of it which is magnificant. I have changed ink well 3 times and still can not get it to print our worth a dang so I have given up. That being said I almost croaked when I saw today's LSC :( what I need my printer to do this challenge. I put on my thinking cap, remembered my NY's resolution to use my QK's that I just had to have and so this is for today's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE - Digis' and Diecuts. There are no stamped images on here only punched layers and balloons. I tied some hemp around the balloons. The only ink used was to doodle around the scalloped edges. I used the embossed sentiment so this is also for Thursday's TREEHOUSE THURSDAYS CHALLENGE -Dry Emboss.
RECIPE:
Stamps: none
Paper: dcwv, red,blue,yellow cs from Michaels
Ink: ballet blue
Accessories: quickutz Happy Birthday Set, Maurvy Ovals Scallop Giga and Mega punches
Techniques: dry emboss,

Ladybug CASE

I made this late last night and just did not want to load it on SCS so late so I decided to put it here instead. This is for Sunday's FEATURED STAMPER - Roxy. She is so talented. I chose her LADYBUGS card to CASE and changed the layout by using BEATE'S WEEKEND SKETCH CHALLENGE and I also changed the colors. I used a different flower. Mine is a quickutz ribbon threaded daisy. My image is from TREEHOUSE STAMP COMPANY and is currently on sale.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Ladybug - THS
Ink: Black
Paper: white, black red, yellow
Accessories: copics, ribbon, QK flower, Cuttlebug, Small dots folder.