stamping up north with laurie: March 2016

Lawn Fawn's Float My Boat

Hi everyone!

I have a Birthday card to share with you today..I made it for a couple of challenges:

The Challenge

Seize the Birthday water

Mod Squad Challenge water

I used a BUNCH of dies for this one! I'll list them all below.

I also used Lawn Fawn's Float My Boat stamps. I haven't used that set for ages, it was fun to get it out and ink it up again. I stamped the sentiment on the banner....the clear stamps made it easy to arrange and stamp on the curve. Inside the card I stamped, Have a Happy Birthday!

Paper: SU real red, pool party, white, brown sugar,white textured

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Float My Boat

Ink: SU black

Dies: Avery Elle Wonky stitches, My Favorite Things Sailboat, Lil Inker stitched circles, My Favorite Things Snowdrift cover up

Happy 2nd anniversary to The Card Concept!

It's time to celebrate!

It's our 2nd year anniversary at The Card Concept!

This was my first year on the design team, and I have had SO much fun. I LOVE to browse the gallery and see all the wonderful cards everyone makes with the latest challenge. Thanks to Lesley for all the work she does, and to the rest of the DT for all the awesome inspiration each and every challenge!

Here's the inspiration photo:

I focused in on the colors first, then added flowers, pearls and print to my card.

I started out with the Pretty Print embossing folder from Sizzix, using SU's very vanilla paper. I also cut out some flowers from Poppystamps Petal Ribbon die. I used black for the sentiment from Cherry Lyn and also for the Poppystamps Heart Swoosh.

I hope you will celebrate with us and join in the challenge!

Entering this at:

SIP

Simon Says Wed anything goes

TWO lucky participants will win a $25 gift code to the Verve Stamps online store.

ONE lucky participant will win a $25 gift code to the SugarPea Designs online store.

Come and celebrate with us!

Paper: SU black, Very Vanilla

Dies: Poppystamps Heart swoosh, Petal ribbon, Cherry Lyn Congratulations

Other: Sizzix pretty print embossing folder, SU pearls

Poppystamps Noel Snowflake

Hi everyone!

It's been such a long time since I've had a chance to play at Merry Monday, one of my fave Christmas card challenges!

Bonnie is the host this week and she chose Christmas carols:

Well.... I LOVE so many Christmas songs that is was hard to choose, but I ended up with The First Noel.

As usual, I used several dies for this card:

The pierced squares are from My Favorite Things. I cut the 2 wreaths out with Memory Box in SU's

Old Olive. The snowflake and sentiment are from Poppystamps Noel Snowflake, and I cut it apart to use it here. (The snowflake actually hangs down from the word Noel.) The bow at the top is from Penny Black.

Also entering this at:

Pixie's Snippets Playground white snippets

Word Art Wed anything goes

Paper: SU white, Old olive

Dies: MB wreath, PS Noel Snowflake, MFT pierced squares, PB Whirl Wreath

Other: SU jewel

The Paper Players sketch challenge....Memory Box Birthday Cake

Happy Easter!

Today's challenge at The Paper Players is this sketch from LeAnne:

I turned the sketch around and made a birthday card:

My 3 strips of paper are from Stampin' Up's Cherry On Top. Love that stuff!

I made a medallion with SU's star burst dies and a Memory Box Quinn Flourish. In it's center is a sweet lil slice of cake made with Memory Box Let Them Eat Cake die. The sentiment is from Penny Black's Sprinkles and Smiles. I added a few enamel dots,too.

Entering this at:
Just us girls...Birthday cake!!!

Seize the Birthday

You can check out the rest of the design team here:

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee
Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy
Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

Colleen Begley

Paper: SU pretty in pink, white, coastal cabana,Cherry On Top

Ink: SU black

Stamps: Penny Black Sprinkles and Smiles

Dies: SU sunburst dies, MB let them eat cake and Quinn Flourish, MFT pierced banners

Other: enamel dots

A Christmas card....on EASTER!!

Happy Easter!

Even though it IS Easter Sunday, I'm sharing a Christmas card!

LOL!

It's for the Christmas Card Challenge:

I had a lot of fun with the colors and made a basket of Poinsettia's. I backed it on a LIl Inker tag, and adhered that to Taylored Expressions cutting plate. Behind it all is a piece of Stampin Up Christmas designer paper. I added a few sequins and pearls,too.

If you would like to get a head start on your Christmas cards, head on over to the Christmas Card Challenge and join us!

Paper: all SU

Ink: SU black

Stamps: SU

Dies: Impression Obsession basket,pine sprigs,Poppy stamps small blooming poinsettia, TE floral lattice cutting plate, Lil Inker tag

Other: SU pearls, sequins

Taylored Expressions Big Bold Easter

I'm still having fun with Easter cards!

Yesterday I posted a card I made with My Favorite Things snowdrift cutting plate, and I have another today.

It's kind of an addicting die! There are so many ways to use it, and also a great way to use up all that designer paper. That's what I did!

I used some plaid paper from MFT's subtle plaids pack.

The bunny is a die from Jillian Vance, I sure have been getting lots of use out of it! This time I just put a tail on the back, with a bit of wink. The sentiment is stamped in black from Taylored Expressions Big Bold Easter onto a My Favorite Things zig zag stitched circle.

This was a fun card to make! I'm entering this at:

Try Stamping on Tuesday: optional theme is EASTER