Happy Birthday LeAnne!!

My dear friend LeAnne is celebrating a milestone birthday today and someone as kind and caring as she is, deserves a special card in her honor:

I don't think this is a spoiler because I am certain she already opened her card...Happy Birthday, LeAnne! I hope your day is as wonderful as you are.  :-)  The feathers were inspired by a trick Shelli Gardner shared on stage at convention.  You won't believe how they are made--so simple!  The shape is die cut with one of the leaves from the Flower Fair Framelits and the little notches were made with just the very tip of the star in the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.  Here are some pix I took from the big screen during convention so you can see what I mean:

Isn't that fantastic?!  Needless to say, I couldn't wait to rush home and make feathers!  And three of them found their way onto LeAnne's card.  We have so many great accent stamp sets now and the Work of Art set is just one of them.  I love the way it adds a splash of color behind the sentiment

And it worked equally as well to bring in all the colors to the inside of the card.  The "birthday" sentiment looks crooked but I swear it's just the angle of the photo--it's straight IRL!  So there you have it, LeAnne's special (and colorful) birthday card!  Do drop by her blog today and wish her a wonderful day...Happiest of Birthdays, roomie! 




edited to add: I forgot to mention that my layout came from last week's fabulous sketch at Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.  It's a good one!

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Golden Wedded Bliss {PP198}

Hi all--I'm back from vacation!  We had a wonderful time touring Italy for two weeks.  Oh my, what a gorgeous country.  I'll have some photos to share soon but for now it was all I could do to squeeze a DT card out of my stamping-deprived brain.  This week sassy Sandy is our hostess for a Theme Challenge over at The Paper Players:

Wedded Bliss could apply to anniversary cards as well (at least we hope it's blissful!) and since I am in more need of those than wedding cards, I went with it!

 

Even though this stamp set (This Day Forward) is retiring, I will hold on to it because this image is so pretty--especially embossed in gold.  You might remember this card I made with it for a very special couple.   Once I embossed the image in gold, there was no stopping all the golden elements on this card.  Gold embossed vellum, brushed gold cardstock, gold embossed sentiment and gold baker's twine!  I discovered that the stripes on the embossed vellum are exactly the same width as SNAIL glue so I ran some SNAIL behind each gold striped to adhere it to the card base.  I thought that was very clever--haha!  

The Paper Players Design Team
Ann Schach
Anne Marie Hile
Jaydee
LeAnne Pugliese
Nance Leedy
Sandy Mathis

Do stop by and visit the rest of the Design Team to see what they are sharing today.  I hope you'll join in the fun with Sandy's challenge at The Paper Players before it ends on Friday, June 6th at Noon (PST). 

Edit 6/1/14: I did mention that my brain is still on vacation, right?  I forgot to credit the fabulous sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches for the inspiration of my layout!  Geesh!

Three, Two, One....Happy New Year!

Hiya friends!  Just wanted to pop in with a little New Year's Eve sneak peek.  I'm sure by now, you've seen new products from the upcoming Occasions catalog all over blogland so I'm throwing my effort into the mix!  Here's a little card I made earlier this month for DD's 10th birthday.  

Such a milestone birthday--double digits, Mama!--deserved a plethora of new goodies!  New designer paper, two new Framelits, new stamp set, new washi tape, new twine...oh my!  Love the colors in the Retro Fresh designer paper--So Saffron, Tangerine Tango and Pool Party mixed with Soft Suede.  The word bubble Framelits coordinate with the Just Sayin' stamp set and the film strip is courtesy of the On Film Framelits which also have a coordinating stamp set.  How 'bout a closer look?

Isn't the new Gold Baker's Twine yummy?  Love the gold thread running through.  I've gone a bit over the top with the layers but DD is an over-the-top kind of girl!  I'm sure you know one or two girls like that, lol!  ;-)  My inspiration came from a previous sketch by the fabulously-creative Chupa at Sketchbook Saturday:

Whether you're headed out tonight or staying in, I hope you have some fun planned to ring in the new year.  Thanks for checking out my little corner of blogland and all your support throughout the year.  Your comments and friendship mean a great deal to me!  Here's to you in 2014....ready?

Supplies
Stamps: Memorable Moments, Off the Grid, Gorgeous Grunge, Just Sayin'*
Ink: Pool Party, So Saffron, Soft Suede
Paper: Naturals White, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango, Soft Suede CS; Retro Fresh DSP*
Extras: Retro Fresh Washi Tape*; Gold Baker's Twine*; On Film Framelit dies*; Word Bubbles Framelit dies*;Gold Sequin Trim*
*from the upcoming Occasions Catalog

Roar for a Great Sketch {PP110}

Hey there, friends! Welcome to another week with The Paper Players where our sweet friend, LeAnne has a fantastic sketch for us:

 I paired LeAnne's sketch with this week's fresh and funky color combo at ColourQ:

I needed a birthday card for a sweet little boy who is turning 7 next week and these colors seemed perfect for the stamp set I had in mind:

What...you've never seen a Tempting Turquoise brontosaurus?   Or the rare breed with a Pumpkin Pie belly?   Well, now you have!  Arielle's fun colors seem right at home on this little dino friend from the Dinoroar set.  With his unexpected Pumpkin Pie toenails, he looks like he walked right out of a children's book.  I love the little grass stamp from this set which I stamped in Basic Black using it again with Basic Gray for shading.

I had so much fun playing with these colors and the sketch.  I hope my card inspires you to play along with us at The Paper Players this week.  Be sure to check out the rest of our fabulous design team and join in the fun by Friday, August 31st at Noon (PST).

The Paper Players Design Team

Jen Arkfeld
Dawn Easton
Jaydee
Nance Leedy

Anne Marie Hile

LeAnne Pugliese

Ann Schach

Amy White

  

Supplies 

Stamps: Dinoroar, Memorable Moments

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray & Jet Black Stazon

Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Basic Black CS; Retired designer paper (so old I can't remember what it's from--the gray one is Walk in the Park, I think)

Xtras: Chevron embossing folder; Itty Bitty Banners Framelits; 3" circle die