Amore ♥

 Hey There!

This is my second post of the day to see my DeNami Designs St. Patrick's card scroll down or click here!  ♥
I have been trying to get a lot of cards made up, so that is why I am back so soon today! Today's card features Wilson Designs Simply Silhouettes.

Inspired by the colors at Just Us Girls.  

I created a tag from white card stock and made my own patterned paper by taking the bow and repeat stamping. I used the Eiffel Tower image from the Simply Silhouettes set stamped in Real Red onto a die cut circle. I stamped Amore also from Simply Silhouettes onto a pink card stock strip also in Real Red and finished off with Red Rhinestones from Martha Stewart. 

I added a heart doily inked in Real Red to my patterned paper and mounted my tag with foam tape. For a decorative touch, I added some pink and red buttons to complete my card.

I am joining in at The Paper Players for the tag it challenge and Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes.

I also wanted to share that tomorrow is the final day to apply to the Wilson Designs Design Team call.  For more information visit here.

Have a great rest of your day!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Tammy~

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Stamps:  Wilson Designs Stamps:  Simply Silhouettes, 

Paper: Card Stock: Stampin' UP! and PP: Scraps

Ink: Stampin' UP!
Other: Dies: Spellbinders, PTI, Punches: Fiskars, Ribbon: Offray, Buttons: Hobby Lobby, Rhinestones: Martha Stewart

Happy St. Patrick's Day - Already!!! :-)

Hi!

I have been working on Valentine's Day cards, but thought I would get a small jump start on my St. Patrick's Day cards. Yes, I am one of those that send St. Patrick's cards out! :-)

Here is my card for today:

I used DeNami Designs Decorative Crest in my background by stamping it on Kraft card stock.  Next I used the Shamrock from The Saint Patrick's petit fours set to create a background in the center of my die cut doily. (Sorry, I was unable to properly link the products due to the DeNami Website being down)

I added some layers on the right side of my card using patterned paper and seam binding.  I die cut a Shamrock from the same patterned paper and added my stamped darling little Leprechaun hat to the center and applied as my focal image to the center of the doily.  A sentiment panel is added to lower left to make this greeting complete.

Below is a side view to give a better vision the distressing, dimension and the subtle background stamping. 

I am going to add this to the current DeNami Designs Theme Challenge: Anything Goes 

Thanks for visiting with me today!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps:  DeNami Designs

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, PP: stash

Ink: Momento, PTI: Vintage Tea Stain Duo
Other: Dies: PTI, Sizzix, My Favorite Things, Punches: EK Success,  Tim Holtz Distress tool, Copics, 

Shabby Birthday Card

Hi there!

Well, my crafty mojo was leading me in a shabby way today, so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to play over at The Shabby Tea Room...now you don't have to do Shabby to play there, but I am always inspired to do so after a visit to their site.

Here is a birthday card that I have for you today!

It's a dark and rainy day here which means not a lot of great quality natural light for taking pictures.

I used a variety of goodies to put this birthday card together and all paper is from my scrap pile. Yay! That darling little chair is from the Wilson Designs set: Simply Silhouettes.

On my cream card stock panel I stamped the background from Hero Arts next adding a silver glittery flourish embellishment. I then added a fussy seam binding bow, button and twine. I had these beautiful flowers by Prima in my stash, so I adhered to the lower left corner of my card. It reminded me of the beautiful flower in the inspiration photograph. To complete the birthday greeting, I added my sentiment banner.

The Shabby Tea Room ask that you create a card or project inspired by the photo below and USE WHITE and/or CREAM, SILVER and PINK!  

The Challenge over at The Kraft Journal's  is to "Tie It Up!" I believe my fussy seam binding bow qualifies. Joining in with the playmates over at Pixie's Crafty Snippet Challenge today.

I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!
~Tammy~

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Stamps:  Wilson Designs Stamps:  Simply Silhouettes, Hero Arts: Musical background cling, and PTI: Delightful Dahlia 

Paper: Scraps

Ink: Versafine,, and Momento
Other: Dies: PTI, Seam Binding, Flourish: K & Company, Punch: Martha Stewart, Button: Hobby Lobby,  Twine: Joanne's, Flower: Prima

Valentine's Day Cards

My second post of the day please scroll down for my Paper Smooches Sparks card.

Hello!

I've been working on Valentine's Day cards to send to friends and family. I used the sketch challenge from Simply Stampin' for some inspiration. I made two different cards based on the sketch, but used the sketch in two different ways.  On one of the cards, I used the colors from The Friday Mashup.  I really used some dusty and I am almost positive retired Stampin' UP! images.
Here is the first card....

I chose to to create an embossed panel of windows and have fun with stamping the images inside the blocks by not being precise and offsetting some of them. The stamps I used for this card were from the Stampin' UP! Sets: Fox & Friends, Sealed with a Kiss and I {Heart} Hearts. I created a ribbon banner down the center and finished off with some brown buttons.

Next up is card that flips the sketch and uses colors from The Friday Mashup.

The top three hearts you see were all created using background stamps. Heart one used a retired set called Checkerboard, heart two uses the center from Medallion, and heart three uses a background stamp from Love is in the Air (which I am sure is retired).   On the bottom row heart one and three are from I {Heart} Hearts and heart two comes from the Polka Dot Punches set.  I pat myself on the back since I challenged myself this year to ink up stamps I have yet to play with or ones that have been begging to get inky again. :-)

The backing paper is a light pink polka dot from Stampin' UP! from a few years back.  To complete this last Valentine I added some Stampin' UP! Riding Hood Red twill ribbon and buttons. 

Here is the sketch from Simply Stampin' which I put my creative twist on.

My color inspiration for me second card came The Friday Mashup!

"Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red & Early Espresso"

Thanks for popping by! Enjoy the rest of your day!

~Tammy~

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Card 1

Stamps:  Stampin' UP!

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, 

Ink: Stampin' UP!
Other: Punch: Stampin' UP!, Ribbon: Stampin' UP: Buttons: Hobby Lobby, Embossing Folder: Stampin' UP!

Card 2

Stamps:  Stampin' UP!

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, DP: Stampin' Up

Ink: Stampin' UP!
Other: Punch: Stampin' UP!, Ribbon: Stampin' UP!, Buttons: Hobby Lobby

Let's Shell-ebrate

Hellooooo! How are you today?

I'm posting today with a cute card for the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge...

which I interpreted from this inspiration photo below...

This card can represent either to welcome a new baby or celebrate a little one's birthday.

I used the too cute for words turtle from Party Posse to create a rolling toy which was mounted on a cork die cute from Spellbinders Labels 1. I added a patterned paper strip which coordinates with the turtle and mounted to my backing paper by Pink Paislee called Snowball Fight. 

The Let's Shell-ebrate sentiment is also from Party Posse! 

Thanks for dropping in today! 

~Tammy~

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Stamps:  Paper Smooches: Party Posse

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, PP: Pink Paislee and unknow from scrap box, Cork: Michael's 

Ink: Versafine: Vintage Sepia
Other: Dies: Spellbinders, Corner Rounder: Creative Memories, Buttons: Hobby Lobby, Twine: Joanne's 

Hey Friend

Good Morning!

I have a friend card for you today inspired Jay Gee's newest photo challenge. I was inspired by so many elements in the photograph, but I stuck to the neutral colors and the keys stuck out most, so that is where I focused my creativity.

I started with a Kraft Card base and stamped WPlus9 Mehndi Medallions in white Kraft Ink and gave it some shine with white embossing powder.

I created a frame using some spellbinders dies and added a key and sentiment from Practicing Creativity Key to My Heart.

Here is the beautiful inspiration photograph over at Jay Gee's Nook.

I am going to join in also at Stamp and Create: Anything Goes
Sorry to keep this short, but I have to get out the door to sit in some major traffic! Ugg! What a fun way to start my week!
Till next time!
~Tammy~

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Stamps:  Wplus9: Mehndi Medallions, Practicing Creativity: Key to my Heart

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!

Ink: Stampin' UP! VersaFine
Other: Dies: Spellbinders, foam mounting tape

Thanks - Skipping Stones Sketch Challenge

Good Sunday Morning!

{For my Crafty Steals Post click here.}

Yay! I am so excited I had a chance to play along over at Skipping Stones Designs! It's been awhile, and I love their sketch this week and wanted to throw my take on it.

Here is what I came up with!

I started with a turquoise card base from Stampin' UP! I stamped Timeless Textures background stamp 4 times in different colors, die cut them out and adhered them to my embossed Kraft panel.   I added some Stampin' UP! twill ribbon adding a button and twine.  The sentiment used is from the Grunge set.

Below you will find the inspirational sketch!

I am going to join in the fun over at The Kraft Journal where the challenge is to Stamp It Pretty and at Cupcake Craftroom Anything Goes!

I hope you enjoy your day!

~Tammy~

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Stamps:  Skipping Stones: Timeless Textures and Grunge

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!

Ink: Stampin' UP!, Momento, Distress Inks, Jenny Bowlin
Other: Die: Spellbinders, Embossing Folder: Stampin' UP!, Punch: Stampin' UP!, Ribbon: Stampin' UP!, Button: PTI, Twine: JoAnn Fabric's, Corner Rounder

Just saying Hello

Hello~

{For My Colourq post scroll down or click here.}

I sure didn't plan on being back so soon today, but I wanted to squeeze this card in for the Crafty Steals Sketch Challenge. It's only open for the weekend. I have always wanted to participate, but with the short window sometimes I can't join in, but today I am going to make it happen!

When I saw the sketch I had in mind my version of the card I wanted to create. My next thought was how to maximize using up some of my scraps.  I have a ton of patterned paper and I have a ton of scraps from it.  I sure made a lot of work for myself in this creation, but I love the end result.  I die cut that butter fly 18 times! Then I punched a smaller butterfly 6 times to layer on top! Using my 1 3/8 circle punch 6 times. I realized after all that I really didn't make much of a dent in my scrap pile. Ha!

I started with a textured Close To Cocoa card base size 5 x 5. I had this in my scrap pile from a card I started and never completed.  I stamped CL106 Fantastic Flourishes from Hero Arts in the corners using an ink from Martha Stewart and Momento.  My sentiment is from CL272 All Occasion Messages.

I added some gold ribbon from May Arts in three strips.

I attached each set of the butterflies together and then adhered them to my patterned paper circles and bent the wings upward.  For a finishing touch I added gems from Hero Arts. 

I stamped the Fantastic Flourishes on the inside of my card to dress it up a bit and match the front panel. 

I am going to join in these challenges: City Crafter: Pretty Inside and Out,  Pixie's Crafty Snippet Challenge, Going Grey with Scrap Creations: Die Cuts,  DYSU: Patterned Paper, and the sketch Challenge at Crafty Steals.

Hope you are enjoying the rest of your Saturday and thanks so much for stopping by!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps:  Hero Arts

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, DP: Scraps

Ink: Momento: Potters Clay, and Martha Stewart : Unknown, Stampin' UP!: Close to Cocoa 
Other: Die: PTI, Ribbon: May Arts, Punches: Stampin' UP! & EK Success

ColourQ 120 - Thank You!

Good Morning!

Just a quick card to share today! I am working on a variety pack of cards that I am going to contribute to a fundraiser.

My card is fairly simple and uses colors from the latest Colourq challenge. I got as close to two of the colors as possible and had two. (Yay I love it when I have a match) I used stamps from Inkadinkado called  Flowers to create a patterned panel. On some of the images I did the stamping off technique, and I really like the muted color image it produces.  I added a sentiment die cut from PTI. Next I stamped the coordinating border and sentiment in Stampin' UP! Craft White ink and embossed with white embossing powder and heat set.

I added some patterned paper I had in my stash and finished off with Rich Razzleberry Polka dot grosgrain ribbon. 

Just a quick share: This card made Top 3 at Simply Stampin'! You can see the original post here.

Enjoy your weekend!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps:  Inkadinkado and PTI

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, DP: Scraps 

Ink: Stampin' UP!
Other: Die: PTI, Ribbon: Stampin' UP! Rich Razzleberry 

Friends with Flair - Have a Happy Day

Hi!

I created a CAS birthday card for the Friends with Flair over on the Unity Blog.  Make sure you stop by the Unity blog and blog hop to all the participants blogs because there is something in it for you...a chance to win free stamps! Who wouldn't want a bag full of Unity Goodness for spreading a little cheer!

Quick and easy is the name of the game lately! Although I rarely make one layer cards, let alone one this simple...I like it!  The stamps I used are from Unity's Could I be any Cuter set?

I am also joining in these challenges: One Layer Wednesday.  The challenge is to create a one layer birthday card for a guy! I know what guy is going to be receiving this no frills birthday greeting!  Last but not least Charisma Cardz Challenges: Clean and Simple

Well, I hope you have a fantastic Friday!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps:  Unity: Could I be any Cuter?

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!

Ink: Momento
Other: Copics, Corner Rounder

I'm Cuckoo For You!

Hi~

I can't remember the last time I played in a monthly challenge over on the Hero Arts blog.  So here goes a quick Valentine Card that also uses the color inspiration.

This card came together with card stock colors in my scrap box. The Stamps I used are Hero Arts: CL388 Cuckoo and CL106 Fantastic Flourishes.

 I am going to jump into the playground again over at Pixie's Crafty Snippet Challenge.

On another note: There is a Wilson Designs Design Team Call. Click here to get the details!

Ta Ta for now!
~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps:  Hero Arts: Cuckoo and Fantastic Flourishes

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!

Ink: Stampin' UP! and Momento
Other: Die: Spellbinders, PTI, Embossing Folder: Sizzix, Twine: The Twinery

Valentine for a Friend

Hi Ya~

{Wohoo, this card made Top 3 at Simply Stampin' on 1/20/12}

It's already half way through the week and half way through the month...REALLY??? How does this happen?  Man I must be getting old!

I have a cute little card for a friend that can also double as a Valentine. Throwing the yellow in makes it interesting and fun!

All things you see above was created from my scrap pile!  The stamps I used are from Stampin' UP! I {Heart} Hearts stamp collection.

Lots of fun working with my spellbinders, heart punch, snowy glitter and fabulous seam binding to bring  this fun little card together.

I am going to play along with these challenges today!

I used the colors from CR84FN.

I used the sketch from Mojo Monday.

Simply Stampin' Challenge: To Die For. And last, but not least I am playing along with Pixie's Crafty Snippet Challenge. All papers including card stock were from my scrap pile.

Thank you to everyone who sent well wishes and concerns for my friend's son.  He did great and they anticipate that his heart will be better than ever.  

I also have a toot to share today, this card was selected for Coloruq Color Queen Courtier.  You can see the original post here.

Thanks so much for stopping by! You make my day!
~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps:  Stampin' UP!

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, DP: Scraps from Martha Stewart and The Angel Company

Ink: Momento
Other: Die: Spellbinders, Seam Binding, Button: PTI, Punch: Stampin' UP!, Glitter: Martha Stewart.

Hope You Feel Better

Hello friends~

There is a special young man having heart surgery today, so I wanted to make a CAS card to let him know he is in our thoughts while he goes through this scary time. His Momma is a special friend to me, and she is going through heck right now as well. Having a child myself that has undergone many diagnostic procedures I know how tough it can be, but I can't relate to having a child going through such serious surgery. So as a Mom, my heart is going out to my friend right now.

Here is my little card.

I used stamps from Mint Motif: Beyond Borders and Square Sayings and the paper pieced kite is from Practicing Creativity: Your Dandy.

I am playing along with: Stamp and Create: Anything Goes, Card and Scrap: Clean and Simple

Hope you have a terrific Tuesday!
~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps:  Mint Motif: Beyond Borders, Very Square Sayings,Practicing Creativity: Just Dandy

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, PP: The Angel Company

Ink: Palette 
Other: Border Punch: EK Success, Twine: JoAnne's