Thanks and Birthday Daisies

Today's card is for the Color Challenge at SCS (CC387) - old olive, midnight muse, raspberry ripple.  The option (dessert) is to make a CAS card  ... :)

I used a sentiment from Paper Smooches and just added a small flower accent and some polka-dot DP for interest.  Another easy and quick card using my "go to" layout.  Hope you like.

"Thanks"

Stamp: Chit Chat (Paper Smooches)
Paper:  White, Midnight Muse, Old Olive, Raspberry Ripple, Old Olive polka-dot DP (SU!)
Ink:  Midnight Muse (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Leaves die (C.C. Designs), Hydrangea punch (Martha Stewart), white half-pearl, glue dot, and adhesives

I stamped the sentiment in Midnight Muse ink and colored it in with my Stampin' Write marker (the sentiment is an outline stamp).

I added the pearl to the center of the flower, pinched the petals upwards to give the flower some shape and used a glue dot to secure it on top of a leaves die (which I had cut down to include just two leaves).

I added the polka-dot DP and Midnight Muse cardstock strip at the top and also at the bottom of the inside panel.

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I made a card last night for the CAS Challenge at SCS (CAS182) - dark blue and white.  I used my daisy and sun punches again to create flowers for the card (see my tutorial on 3D Daisies).  Hope you like.

"Birthday Daisies"

Stamp:  Happy Moments (SU!)
Paper:  White, Night of Navy grid DP (SU!)
Ink:  Night of Navy (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Large daisy and small sun punches (Punch Bunch), mat, stylus, glue, and dimensionals

I punched nine large daisies from white; pinched, shaped and layered three together for each flower.  The middle of each daisy is just one small sun punch from the Night of Navy grid DP, shaped with the mat and stylus.

I cut the grid paper to size and also cut two the same size out of white cardstock.  I glued the layers together with the grid paper on top to create a thick panel.  I added the panel to the card front, popping it up with dimensionals to add depth.

The flowers were mounted using glue dots.

Out on a Limb

Another owl card using Lisa Lara's latest digi ... Hoot Hoots.  Love this set!!  This card is a lot more CAS than yesterday's pop-up card.  I used MTF "Sheltering Tree" die for the branch and Memory Box "Tender Leaves" (which I've had a while, but hadn't used yet ... I have several of those!).

This card is for Clear Dollar Stamps Challenge #57 - Things with Wings.  Fun, easy and quick card.  Hope you like.

"Out on a Limb"

Stamps:  Hoot Hoots Digi (Lisa's Doodley Doos - Clear Dollar Stamps); On a Limb sentiment (Stampendous)
Paper:  White, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi (SU!)
Ink:  Chocolate Chip (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Computer (digi owl stamp - colored), Big Shot, Sheltering Tree die (My Favorite Things), Tender Leaves die (Memory Box), glue and dimensionals

Printed the owl and cut him out.

Die-cut the tree and four sets of leaves.  Trimmed off the branch where the owl will sit and added leaves to the other branches using glue.

Stamped the sentiment in Chocolate Chip ink.  Added the tree branch with leaves to my card base, popping it up with dimensionals.

Mounted the owl on the branch, also popped up with dimensionals.

Quick and easy card!

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One other quick thing, my lilies are in full bloom and I wanted to share a picture before cutting them for a bouquet.  Lilies are my favorite flowers ... and I especially love Stargazers - such a beautiful color and the fragrance is unbelievable.  The white lilies are Casablanca and are also very fragrant.

New Digs and Rainbow of Hearts

OK, so I subscribe to "Darlenedesigns.com" ... she has fabulous cards and does a video tutorial every week!!  Wow, that's dedication!

Her one last week was a pop-up card and I thought it was adorable and wanted to try one for myself.  Friends of Jer's are moving into their first place, so I made a "Congratulations on your new digs" card.  This is for Heather and Scott ... and Heather LOVES owls, so I had to go with that.  I used the latest digi release from Clear Dollar Stamps, designed by Lisa Lara - Hoot Hoots.  I tried to make it look like the owls were holding hands (wings), but not sure that comes across :)  I couldn't get a good photo of the inside, it looks so adorable in real life.  I included a close-up of the owls so you can see how cute they are.  Hope you like.

"Congratuations Heather & Scott"

And the inside:

Here's a close-up of the owls:

Stamps:  HootHoots (Lisa's Doodley Doos - Clear Dollar Stamps); ISC, Amy R

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Whisper White (SU!)

Ink:  Chocolate Chip (SU!)

Accessories & Tools:  Computer for digi stamp and sentiment; Big Shot, Woodgrain embossing folder (Tim Holtz - Sizzix), purple glitter brad, label punch, purple twine (The Twinery), purple half pearl, sponge, sticky strips, glue dots, and dimensional

The digi stamp of owls was printed on my computer (already colored), along with the sentiments ... I cut them out.

I ran three pieces of crumb cake cardstock through my Big Shot with the woodgrain embossing folder.  I sponged all the pieces with Chocolate Chip ink.

I created a pop-up card as per instructions from DarleneDesigns.com, making a square card.

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Second card for today is for the Dare To Get Dirty Challenges ... the time is winding down --- tomorrow is the last day to post for these sets of challenges.  This card combines challenges from cookiestamper, mom2n2, and ardyth.  Hope you like.

"Rainbow of Hearts"

Stamps:  Vogue Abode, Word Salad (Paper Smooches)

Paper:  White, Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Elegant Eggplant (SU!)

Ink:  Early Espresso (SU!)

Accessories & Tools:  Stamp-a-ma-jig, heart punch, glue, and dimensionals

The Vogue Abode stamp comes with a three-honeycomb stamp and I lined it up with my Stamp-a-ma-jig three times to create a line of nine honeycombs from Early Espresso ink.  I punched out the nine hearts and glued them inside the honeycombs.  I popped up the main panel with dimensionals to add depth.

Quick, easy and fun card to make!

Sunshiny Day

The weather has turned really warm for the past couple of days here on the Westcoast.  And it's supposed to continue on that trend for the next several days.  We were out the valley for the past couple of days with temperatures at about 30 degrees celcius (86 degree farenheit) ... and it's going to be even hotter today and tomorrow, before it cools a bit for Monday.  Nice to have several days in a row of warm weather ... it just hasn't happened here this summer.  I've also had a busy couple of days ... looking forward to taking it easy today and playing with my cards! :)

I actually made this card a couple of days ago ... just haven't had time to take a picture and write the post until now.  This is for three challenges:

Color Throwdown #203 (only orange, garden green, daffodil delight, marina mist and crumb cake)

... and CAS-ual Fridays (CFC64) - something you'd see in the sky

... and Dare to Get Dirty challenge by Kittie

I had fun making this scene and I immediately thought of the song "I can see clearly now ... have a bright, bright, bright ... sunshiny day".  I would love to be sitting on a bench like this, enjoying the sunshine ... hope you like it too!

"Sunshiny Day"

Stamps:  Park Bench (C.C. Designs)
Paper:  White, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango (SU!)
Ink:  Early Espresso, Tangerine Tango, Marina Mist, Soft Suede (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Big Shot, Leafy branch and Grass Border dies (C.C. Designs); Puffy Clouds dies (Memory Box) Stamps); Large Sun and Mini Sun punches (Punch Bunch), sponges, mat pack, stylus, glue, and dimensionals

I stamped the bench in Early Espresso ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock three times.  One was cut out for the vertical posts and legs of the bench; one was cut for the horizontal slats and bench seat; and the third was cut for the seat only.  I sponged the edges of all pieces with Soft Suede ink and then glued the pieces together, adding the second layer of bench seat with dimensionals to give lots of depth.

I die-cut the grass, leafy branch, clouds and punched the large sun and mini suns (orange flowers).  I sponged the clouds with Marina Mist ink and the large sun with Tangerine Tango ink.  I shaped the mini suns with my mat pack and stylus to make flowers.

I assembled all the pieces and glued them down, adding dimensionals to the bench, sun and small cloud.

Fun card to make!