June Calling all Sisters Blog Hop

It is the 17th of the month of June and what does that mean? It is time for the "Sistahood Blog Hop" over at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. You should have come here from Lori's Blog.

I created this simple card using CAS-ual Fridays "Calling All Sistahs" stamp and a Heidi Swapp stencil. 

I die cut a piece of white card stock with a stitched rectangle die and used a Heidi Swapp polka dot stencil to blend Ranger Distress Ink in "Spun Sugar" and Lawn Fawn's "Plastic Flamingo" pink ink. I then stamped "girl" over the stenciled area in Ranger "Archival Black" ink. I adhered it to a pink A2 card base.

Next I die cut three white tags using CAS-ual Fridays "Tag Buddies" Fri-dies. I stamped the pink part of the sentiment in Lawn Fawn's "Plastic Flamingo" pink ink, the black with Ranger "Archival Black" and used adhesive foam to adhere the tags to the card front. 

The last step was to use CAS-ual Fridays "Fun Fetti" Fri-Dies to cut out some silver circles and adhere them randomly over the white tags. 

This card is so simple but I ADORE how it came out!!

If you would like to join us in our next blog hop, you can click on the pictures here to buy the products used on my card. Michele is donating 50% of the sales of these stamps to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. For more information, please see the blog post here. With your help, we can beat this disease!!

Remember girls, check your breasts monthly!!!

You can also get a 15% discount on your purchase by using my code-nora2016.

There will be a $15 gift certificate awarded to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps for THREE lucky winners along the hop. Winners will be chosen randomly from comments along the way. If you get lost anywhere, you can get the master list of hoppers at the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog.

Next up is Claire.

Thank you for stopping by today. Have a fabulous day!!

Supplies:

Stamps-CAS-ual Fridays "Calling All Sistahs"

Paper-Recollections (white) and PaperTrey Ink "Raspberry Fizz," Die Cuts With a View (silver)Dies

Ink-Ranger "Spun Sugar," Lawn Fawn "Plastic Flamingo," Ranger "Archival Black"

Dies-CAS-ual Fridays "Tag Buddies," "Fun Fetti" and My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13"

Other-Big Shot, Ranger Ink Blending Tool, Heidi Swapp Stencil, Multi-matte Adhesive, Foam Adhesive, Scotch Adhesive

Stamping Smiles Design Challenge #12

Hello everyone!! I hope you are having a fabulous Thursday.

June is flying by too fast. So far my vacation has been filled with doctor's appointments and getting things cleaned that I haven't been able to get clean while I am working. (Like washing curtains or cleaning out whole closets. Who likes to do that?)

There is a new challenge over at Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge Blog. Challenge #12 is up. Can you believe we are already at 12? 

For my card, I used the last row down-Bird/Bees/Butterflies, Tag and Metals.

Here is the card I came up with:

I chose to use a Lemon Chiffon card base and rounded the bottom edge. I stamped the sentiment from Paper Trey Ink's "Bitty Butterflies" stamp set in Aqua Mist dye ink. I then layered a yellow polka dot paper that I stenciled and die cut over the background.

I used a pre-made tag from We R Memory Keepers "Crush" collection and added a metal brad in the middle of the gold flower. I then adhered a vellum butterfly that I die cut using a My Favorite Things die "Flutter of Butterflies Lace " die over the tag.

To finish the card off, I added the gold gems in the middle of the butterfly. 

This card came together so easily by just using one pre-made elements. I have so many lying around due to my scrapbooking that I have never used. Incorporating them onto cards is my new favorite thing!!

Please stop on over to Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge Blog and play with us using Challenge #12. I cannot wait to see what you create!!

Have a FABULOUS day!!

Supplies:

InLinkz.com

Stamping Smiles Design Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #11

It is finally JUNE!!! I am so happy!! I have nine more days of work and then I will be on vacation for the summer and am SO EXCITED!!

Know what else I am excited for? To show you the card that I created for Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #11.

I chose to use the last row across for my card-inlaid design, mono-chromatic and scalloped border.

I started off my card by going through my scraps and die cutting butterflies using PaperTrey Ink's "Bitty Butterflies" Cover Plate out of various pink scraps to use for my "monochromatic" color scheme. I then stamped a sentiment using the matching "Bitty Butterflies" stamps in persimmon ink on a "Sweet Blush" card stock panel.

I layered the panel over a white card base and then did a combination of "inlaying" the die cut butterflies into the panel and popping them out of the card front using foam adhesive.

To emphasize the greeting, I used a Lawn Fawn die to cut a "scalloped" border to adhere below the sentiment.

My last step was to adhere a few pink sequins over a few of the butterflies.

I plan on giving this to my cousin for her wedding shower in June. It goes perfectly with her invitations!!

I thank you for stopping by today. Be sure to hop over to Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge Blog to see what the other members of the design team created!!

Have a fabulous day!!

Supplies:

InLinkz.com