WELCOME baby card using Better Together, Diagonal Stripe and Vertical Garden stamp sets. Stampin' Up! Charlet Mallett - www.painted-orange.com

Baby, oh Baby! Theme Challenge #TGIF99

March 17, 2017

Who's ready for a THEME challenge? This week over at TGIF challenges the design team is exploring the theme BABY.

Now, we are super excited around here. A new baby will be joining our extended east coast family later this year. We have baby on the brain. We've been invited to a gender reveal party, my first. Gender reveals were not really a thing when I was having kids. However I'm all about another good reason to celebrate and make a card. Woohoo!

I made a congratulations baby card for this challenge. This card could work for either gender although it does feel a little more feminine the more I look at it. Maybe that's a sign? Hmmm.

For this card I used the Better Together stamp set from the Stampin' Up! catalog. The WELCOME phrase comes from the Vertical Garden stamp set that is available in the Occasions mini catalog.

Detail view of WELCOME baby card using Better Together, Diagonal Stripe and Vertical Garden stamp sets. Stampin' Up! Charlet Mallett - www.painted-orange.com

Check out more beautiful baby project inspiration on the TGIF blog. Play along with us - anything baby related will work for this challenge; card, scrapbook papge, baby book, party favor, etc.

Product List

Better Together Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141736]

$37.00

Diagonal Stripe Wood-Mount Stamp

[141914]

$20.00

Vertical Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142996]

$21.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

[131172]

$6.50

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

[131171]

$6.50

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[126975]

$6.50

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[120953]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Bermuda Bay Thick Baker’S Twine

[138413]

$3.50

Blushing Bride Solid Baker's Twine

[141683]

$3.00

Here for You - What Will You Stamp Challenge #107

March 13, 2017

Are you guys ready for another fun What Will You Stamp challenge? This week we are sharing creations made with the Here for You stamp set. Here For You is a verse only set that works perfect with just about any image set. Today I've paired it with the Avant Garden stamp set from the Sale-a-bration catalog. There is only 2 more weeks of Sale-a-bration and then these free sets are gone forever. I'm a little sad.

Hop on over to the WWYS blog for more inspiration using this set. Thanks for stopping by.

Product List

Here For You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142164]

$18.00

Avant Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143272]

$0.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[126948]

$6.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[138326]

$6.50

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140932]

$7.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Banner Triple Punch

[138292]

$23.00

Urban Underground Designer Washi Tape

[142787]

$5.00

Melon Mambo Thick Baker's Twine

[141689]

$3.50

Punch Corner Project Life

[135346]

$8.00

Rose Wonder - Stamp Review Crew

March 5, 2017

Welcome back! Today the Stamp Review Crew is stamping with Rose Wonder. This is a large stamp set with many different occasion verses included in the set. The set has coordinating thinlets. Both are available in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog. I chose to create a wedding card and used the Wedding Wishes phrase. The lace border image along the bottom comes from the Delicate Details stamp set, which is part of Sale-a-bration and can be earned for free with any 50$ USD purchase.

A note about this card ... I likely won't be recreating anytime soon. I had this great idea to use the negative spaces from the large rose thinlet as the primary image for my card. I really love the look of this but, boy, it was a time suck. It also uses a fair amount of foam adhesive or Stampin' dimensionals.

To create the flower I die cut the large rose and left all of the pieces carefully in place in the die. Next, from the back side of the rose I added foam adhesive to all of the negative pieces. Some of those negative pieces are super tiny so I needed to cut down the dimensionals a bit. Then I adhered the rose to the card front and carefully pulled the positive rose image away from the negative rose image. Viola! Looks so simple but it really took forever.

Are you ready to be really inspired? Hop along to the talented Rochelle to see her lovely project. If you are traveling backwards visit Charlene, another amazing stamper! You can always start form the beginning at the Stamp Review Crew blog.

Product List

Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140697]

$27.00

Rose Garden Thinlits Dies

[140619]

$31.00

Delicate Details Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143314]

$0.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[120953]

$8.00

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

[101731]

$8.00

Calypso Coral Thick Baker’S Twine

[138412]

$3.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Punch Corner Project Life

[135346]

$8.00

I've really enjoyed playing around with Rose Wonder and the coordinating framelits. Below are a few more samples I have made for previous card clubs, swaps and challenges.

Thankful Life Host Set, Stampin' Up! 2017 - Charlet Mallett #TGIFC97

Color Combo - TGIF Challenges #TGIFC97

March 3, 2017

A big loud woohoo is in order! I am super excited to share some fun news. I've been invited to create with the TGIF challenge team. I know, right? This group of stampers is crazy talented and always inspiring. I love to craft for any reason, or no reason at all. Ha! Challenges are the perfect reason to craft and to use up my stash.

Are you familiar with the TGIF challenges? This group of Stampin' Up demonstrators design to a specific challenge every Friday (color, layout, theme). The TGIF team's main objective is to inspire you to get your craft on!

This week happens to be a Color Combo challenge, my absolute favorite. The team was asked to create a project using Bermuda Bay, So Saffron and Calypso Coral. I LOVE this combination of colors. Use any stamp set you own and play along with us. Tag your projects with #TGIFC97.

My card today uses the Thankful Life Host set available in the Stampin' Up! 2017 Occasions Mini catalog. I haven't had a chance to play with this set yet and this challenge was the perfect opportunity to break it in. This set is can be earned with Stampin' Rewards.