Bermuda Latte Friend

I made this card for a challenge I found on the sweetest thing blog. This was the sketch for challenge 36. The colors are from a SA challenge, SACC24. I know that I am a couple years behind.. but I am loving this boho stuff!!!! Especially with the in colors! This was the first time I used this stamp set... and the buttons! Oh my the buttons! Who knew I loved buttons? Certainly, not I! (Glad I bought them, even though I thought I didn't like them.. LOL)

Binder Clips...

I altered this binder clip this morning, in hopes of selling them at the craft fair I am doing in November. I am pretty pleased with how this turned out.. but I have a question. How do you get the embellishment at the top to stick to the clip? I used wire last year when I made jumbo paperclip bookmarks, but that didn't look right. Since I didn't really know what to do, I cut a piece of ribbon a little shorter than the wide oval punch, and put sticky strip on one side. I then sandwiched the metal clip in between the oval embellishment, and the ribbon with the sticky strip. It worked, and doesn't look horrible - but I'm thinking there must be a better way!

I was also thinking about adding a poinsettia flower, on a dimensional to the bottom ... what do you think?

Things I love...

I made this card for my guy. :-) He needs these reminders every so often... (don't we all? ) This is also part of my personal challenge to make myself use every stamp set I own, at least once. I just counted, and even though I've made quite a few posts in the last week, I still have 32 stamp sets to go. I do have a few challenge sketches/colors sitting on my desk - so maybe I'll get another one up today.

My favorite part of this card is the inside. I've never used ribbons or punches on the inside of a card before, but I wanted it to be obvious that the inside greeting was the main focus of the card. Please excuse the pink cardstock towards the bottom of the picture, I forgot to take the picture before I wrote my personal message. ::blush::

Thanks so much for checking out my blog!

Keepin' it simple! - PPA8

This card is for a KISS (Keep it simple, Sweetie) challenge over at Pals Paper Arts.

One of a Kind In Colors - WSC98, SACC23

This was another double shot challenge card. I've recently started reading Beate's blog - Fresh and Fun. She does these wonderful weekend sketch challenges. This is the first one I've tried. (WSC98)

The colors are from a Stampin' Addicts color challenge, that you can see here. (SACC23)

I haven't done much with these in colors yet, so it was a lot of fun to pull them out! I'm very excited to do something else with them!
I saw someone else use the in color ribbon backwards, so you could have a solid colored ribbon. I loved the idea, and it worked well with this card. You can see the card here that inspired me to flip my ribbon. :-)

Fall Flowers - IA102, SACC27

I did this card for a challenge double shot. I've been stalking the Inspiration in Action blog for a little while now, and decided to try her challenge today (IA102). I combined that challenge with SACC27 over on Stampin' Addicts.

The stamp set I used for this card is A Rose is a Rose. This set is another great example of something I fell in love with, but have never used before now. I had a lot of fun with these smaller images from the set, hopefully I'll get to the bigger images soon!

Scallop Box

I saw this challenge over on SA, and just had to try it! You can check it out here.This is super easy to put together, and kinda reminds me a bit of a hat box. I can't wait to make some more!

I really wish they'd bring that satin ribbon back, I love it so much that I have a hard time using it; LOL, even though I have 4 rolls in my ribbon drawer.

Fifth Avenue Pumpkinberry Floral

I did this card for a sketch challenge, and a color challenge over on SA. I am loving these challenges!

You can see the color challenge here.
The sketch challenge is here.

I was totally in love with the Manhattan style when it came out in the IBC. My very first order, I purchased most of the collection. I still love it just as much, but oddly - this is the first time I've used these stamp sets. I guess it isn't really that odd, since I have shelves of stamp sets like that.

This card uses:
Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set
Park Avenue Patterns Stamp Set
Upsy Daisy Stamp Set
Pumpkin Pie Cardstock
Chocolate Chip Cardstock
Rich Razzleberry Cardstock
Whisper White Cardstock
Scallop Circle Bigz Die
Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon
Chocolate Chip Craft Ink
Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink
Rich Razzleberry Marker
Pumpkin Pie Marker
Chocolate Chip Marker
Blender Pen
Color Spritzer Tool
Sponge
Stampin' Dimensionals

Love these colors!

Today I worked on SACC #31 (seen here), and also PPA7 (seen here). I'm still very new to these challenges, but look forward to getting familiar with them! I can already tell how fun they are! With these two challenges, I was able to put this card together in less than 30 minutes!

This card is a bit busy for me - but I'm not sure how I would've changed it.

I'll add the details of the card later! Gotta run!