BSU041118

Hello stampers,
     Today's BSU challenge is all about the colors of Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo & Bermuda Bay. Weird combo, right? I thought so & didn't think I'd come up with anything. Enter the retired list, yep going to be seeing some retiring sets for a bit, gotta get some use out of them especially the ones that haven't seen ink yet.
     So as I said today is all about the colors, some of which I don't use very often but I did end up with a card that I like so that's good. I started the card off with an Island Indigo (retiring) Card Stock base, followed by a layer of Whisper White Card Stock. I used the retiring Paisleys & Posies Stamp Set to stamp different stamps with Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo & Bermuda Bay Ink onto the paper. Next, I took a scrap piece of Whisper White Card Stock ran it through the Big Shot using the Layering Ovals Framelits for the sentiment, which was layered with Island Indigo Card Stock using the same framelits but using the scalloped oval.

     Don't forget to head on over to Carol's blog HERE and then to Stace's blog HERE. To see what both did for this week's challenge. I'm sure both will be fantastic. Hope you try this challenge out too! We have a new Facebook group if you want to join us and show us what you came up with HERE.

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Christmas Pines

Hello stampers,
     Well it is Christmas Eve & I hope you were able to get everything done by now so you can relax today.
     I have 2 cards for you today to finish off the Christmas cards I made & sent out this year. The first card I'm sharing is from the stamp-a-stack that Kerri & Mary did. I really like the white on white look, with a little color. We started off with a Whisper White Card Stock base, followed by another layer of white which we stamped with the sentiment from Christmas Pines Stamp Set in Soft Suede Ink, then followed that by dry embossing the layer with the retired Perfect Polka Dot TIEF & the Big Shot. We then stamped the pines in Old Olive Ink, first time stamping off once then followed with full ink on a square layer. Next, we added a little bling with Jewel Rhinestones, before we stamped the pine cones using Soft Suede Ink then cutting them out using the Pretty Pines Thinlits & the Big Shot, then running this layer through with the bhalf way. This was then backed with another square layer before being adhered to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

     For the next card, I actually CASE'd it from another demo, but I am unable to find the blog where I found it, so if it is yours please let me know so I can give you proper credit. I started this card using Whisper White Card Stock as the base, then a strip of Presents & Pinecones DSP & I stamped the sentiment from the Christmas Pines Stamp Set in Cherry Cobbler Ink. I then used the new Stitched Shapes Framelits with Whisper White Card Stock, stamped the pine in Emerald Envy Ink. Next, I used the Pretty Pines Thinlets to die cut the pine cones with Soft Suede Card Stock & the bow with Cherry Cobbler Card Stock. After adhering all those pieces with the Fine Tip Glue I back it with a Cherry Cobbler Card Stock layer. 

     I wish you all a very Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah. May you all be able to spend time with family or friends.

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All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Detailed Santa

Hello stampers,
     Today's card is another card made at a stamp-a-stack by Kerri & Mary. Really the only stamping on this card is the sentiment on the inside of the card. We started off with an Emerald Envy Card Stock base then wrapped it with twine from the Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine. We used the Detailed Santa Thinlet with the Big Shot to die cut a frame using Shimmery White Card Stock, then backed it with Gold Glimmer Card Stock. We then used the Christmas Greetings Thinlets using the Big Shot & Gold Glimmer Card Stock.

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All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

BSU110916

Hello stampers,
     It's been a whirlwind of a week with the rescue, but I finally got a chance to finish my card, albeit late.  This week the BSU challenge was Fancy Folds, now mind you I don't do a lot of these cards because I tend to like fast, easy cards that if needed could be done in multiples. But I've seen these double z fold cards that I've wanted to try for awhile & just hadn't gotten around to doing it, so that is the type of card I did this week. Now while I think this card type is neat not sure I could do more than 1 at a time 1. Because they can be bulky (I really had to stop myself from adding more to it!) 2. It really doesn't have a lot of room for a sentiment/note inside. Other than that I think the fold is awesome!
     For this card I used Soft Sky Card Stock for the base of the card & the tab piece. For the 2nd layer I used Night of Navy Card Stock punched the top using the Star Confetti Punch & putting Silver Glimmer Paper behind that to look like glistening stars. I then stamped the sleigh, reindeer, presents & bears using the Santa's Sleigh Stamp Set with Marina Mist & Soft Sky Card Stock inked with Night of Navy Ink & the Crumb Card Stock inked with Early Espresso Ink. These were then cut out using the Big Shot & Santa's Sleigh Framelits. I then added reins using Silver Metallic Thread.

     Don't forget to head on over to Carol's blog HERE and then to Stace's blog HERE. To see what both did for this week's challenge. I'm sure both will be fantastic. Hope you try this challenge out too! We have a new Facebook group if you want to join us and show us what you came up with HERE.

~Thanks for stopping by!
All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.