Hand Stamped Sentiments #78-Fancy Folds Challenge

Hello there and Happy Tuesday! It's time for another great challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments. This week, it's all about keeping it fancy...fancy-folding, that is! We are also sending a BIG welcome to our newest Design Team member (and fellow Texan)...the lovely Erica Cerwin, with this challenge! I hope you will join us this week and play along! 

The inspiration for my card came from Laura Lipe. (Thank you for the amazing inspiration, Laura!)  I saw this fun and fabulous card style on her blog and HAD to give it a try. *CLICK HERE* for the cutting and scoring instructions. It's super-simple and can be created from a single 4- 1/4" x 11" piece of card stock.

 Here is the front view of the card: 

 Here is the side view of the card: 

For my card design, I looked to a few of my favorite stampers, Ann Schach and LeAnne Pugliese. Ann recently featured *THIS card* with the stitched border punch and I loved how LeAnne created *THIS card* using the "other" stamped snowman from this set, on Crumb Cake card stock. 


I colored my sassy snowman with some wonderful watercolor pencils I recently received in the mail from my blogging pal Helene, in Norway!! (Click her name to visit her blog.) Thank you, Helene for the fantastic box of crafting treats. Wow! I promise to get better with my water-coloring with practice! ;) 

This card has a LOT of sparkle! The stamped snowflakes (from the ret. Jolly Old St. Nick set) were embossed in Iridescent Ice embossing powder. Then, I got a little crazy with the Dazzling Diamonds glitter on this one. You know it's bad when your husband walks into the room while the afternoon sunlight is streaming through the window and utters the phrase: "Honey, what have you been doing in here? Your face is sparkling like that vampire in the Twilight movie!" Yes, I made him watch the Twilight movies...and am slightly scared that he is referencing them now! LOL! 

As if Dazzling Diamonds wasn't enough, I busted out the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz for the embossed snowflake panel and then heat embossed both the sentiments (front and inside the card) with Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder. Oddly enough, I held back on adding bling...I thought it would be a little TOO much.

I don't want to "over-explain" the card, so if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me. I have listed all of the supplies at the end of the post, too...if you are interested. :)  

Finally, here is the inside of the card, with more embossing and sparkle to compliment the front:

Thanks for stopping by! Please check out Hand Stamped Sentiments and see what the rest of  the DT have cooked up. We hope you will play along and show off your "fancy-folded-creation" this week! Have a very HAPPY day today! :) 


Stampin' Up! Supply List: 
Stamps: Snow Much Fun, Jolly Old St. Nick (little snowflakes, retired), Best Yet (front sentiment, retired) and Occasional Quotes (inside sentiment, retired)
Paper: Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler card stock
Ink: Black Staz-On, Versa-Mark and Crumb Cake Classic ink (for sponging around edges
Accessories: Baker's Twine, Embossing Buddy, Cherry Cobbler embossing powder, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Iridescent Ice Embossing powder, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Crystal Effects (buttons and hat), 2-way Glue pen, Large Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, Dotted Scallop ribbon Border punch, Vanilla shimmer Smooch Spritz, Stampin Dimensionals, Sticky Strip and craft knife
Non-SU! Accessories: score tool, watercolor pencils from Helene and snowflake embossing folder

Hand Stamped Sentiments #77-Theme Challenge

Hello and Happy Tuesday to you!

 This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments, we are having some fun with FLOURISHES! 

We sure hope you will play along! 

Thanks also to my bloggin' buddy, Cheryl for letting me know that my card fit the challenge this week at Sentimental Sundays: "Focus on the Sentiment". Check out the site, there is SO much great inspiration there! :) 

The first stamp set that came to mind for this theme was Baroque Motifs. There is something about that big flourish image that I love! I decided to mix it up with one of the new Hostess sets from the new SU! catalog, Posy Punch. The flower coordinates perfectly with the Fancy Flower punch and the images fits the 1" Circle punch. I also ripped open my new Cherry Cobbler embossing powder for the flourish stamp and decided to emboss ALL of the stamped images for some added pop. 

The "houndstooth" pattern on the flower was a perfect match for the Love Letter DSP. Sorry, it's retired...I still have a little more to use up! I also embossed the flourish on some Newsprint DSP because it seemed a little too boring on plain Very Vanilla card stock. All of the supplies I used are listed at the end of the post, if you would like more info. :) 

Finally, here is a quick shot of the inside, ready for a handwritten note: 

I hope you will join us this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments. Be sure to pop over to the site to see what the rest of the lovely ladies on the design team have cooked up for this fabulous FLOURISH challenge. Thanks for visiting and have a very HAPPY day! :) 


Stampin Up! Supply List: 
Stamps: Baroque Motifs (flourish) and Posy Petals (flower and sentiment)
Paper: Love Letter DSP (ret.), Newsprint DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black and Very Vanilla card stock
Ink: Versa-mark
Accessories: Black embossing powder, Cherry Cobbler embossing powder, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Fancy Flower punch, 1" Circle punch, Framed Tulips embossing folder, Scribbles Swirls Sizzix Die (I think this may be retired??), Basic Pearls and Stampin' Dimensionals
Non SU! Accessories: black ribbon

Hand Stamped Sentiments #75-Theme Challenge

Hi there! Happy Tuesday to you! I'm still having struggles with Blogger, so if I haven't stopped by to say hello to you on your blog, I will REALLY soon....I hope! Well, summer is in full swing out there and this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments, we are having a theme challenge, with a very "sunny disposition". 

For my card, I broke out  one of my favorite, retired stamp sets: Life's a Breeze. I just love the fun images in this set...and really, how can you go wrong with a flip-flop stamp? Cuteness! I am so loving the new Just Add Cake DSP. It really is perfect for ANY occasion. 


I added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to all of the images along with layering them on Scalloped Circle punches. That punch looks pretty "sunny" to me, so I thought it went with the theme. I dressed up the scallops with the Signo Uni-Ball White Gel Pen. This pen is an absolute "must-have". It's a quick way to add some detail to your projects. I highly recommend it! 


Then there is that bit o' bling that I added. *sigh* I love my bling! Although that row of sparkle MAY have been a bit much. Haha! Oh well, it's stuck down and I like it...so it's staying.

Finally, here is the inside of the card! After adding all of that sunny sparkle, the shades were a necessity. I thought this card would be fun for a "Bon Voyage" card for some lucky-duck who is going on a tropical vacation. Hmmm! ;)

I hope you will join us this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments and share your sunny-style! Please stop by and visit to see what the rest of the lovely ladies on the Design Team have whipped up, too. Thanks for visiting today! Stay cool out there! :) 

Stampin' Up! Supply List-
Stamps: Life's a Breeze
Paper: Just Add Cake DSP, Wild Wasabi, Peach Parfait, So Saffron and Whisper White card stock
Ink: Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Peach Parfait and Basic Black Classic ink
Accessories:  1- 1/4" Circle Punch, 1- 3/8" Circle punch, 1" Circle punch (inside), Scallop Edge Border punch, Scallop oval punch, Large Oval punch, Peach parfait 1/2" Stitched-Poly ribbon, So Saffron ribbon (ret.) Signo Uni-Ball White Gel Pen, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Basic Rhinestones and Stampin' Dimensionals