10 minute Mothers Day Card!

I've been following the 10 minute craft dash on the pretty pink posh blog for awhile now and finally had 10 minutes to try one... he he he! 

I needed some mothers day cards to send out... yep that's THIS weekend... so I thought it would be the perfect chance to try the dash!

Here's the challenge - you have to use the colors and make your card in under 10 minutes.  I love the yummy colors - they reminded me of the beach and since my mom loves the beach, I reached for my By the Tide Stamp set. 

I thought this might be hard to do so I combined it with a sketch challenge that looked pretty simple from retro sketches.  I got out all my paper and stamps and then set the timer on my phone.. 

Here's the sketch:

Here's what I came up with:

Here's my end time -- just a tad over 8 minutes! Yeah! It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be... kind of fun too. I think it definitely helped to have a sketch to start with... sometimes I take FOREVER to figure out the layout for my cards so the sketch made it easy!!

stamps: By the Tide (SU), retired SU sentiment
ink: calypso coral, crumb cake, pool party
paper: calypso coral, crumb cake, pool party, white
other: bakers twine

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A color Challenge!

When I said I wanted to do challenges did you think I could do two in one week? I told you I was on a roll - I'm rockin' the stamp room this week at my house!! Today I'm sharing a card I made using the color combo challenge from the Play Date Cafe Blog! I was inspired by this pretty color combo and wanted to try it out. Here's the combo they posted for the challenge:

And here is my card. I didn't have exactly the right colors  - my mint is a little more blue but it's close, I think! I chose to use the stamp set By the Tide to create this card since I thought the  colors had a bit of a beachy feel.

 

I  love the fancy fan embossing folder used as a background on this - i think it sort of mirrors the look of fish scales! I also added on some bakers twine and a pretty button from the Sale-a-Bration Sycamore Street ribbon and button pack. These buttons are so cute!

stamps: by the Tide, Essentials

ink: pool party, pretty in pink, Marina Mist

paper:  pool party, pretty in pink, Marina Mist, whisper white

big shot: fancy fan embossing folder

other: bakers twine, oval and scallop oval punch, button

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A Sketch Challenge!

One of the things I want to do more of this year is creative challenges - It took me until February to get into my stamping groove but I'm on a roll this week! Somehow I've found lots of time to stamp and I'm having a blast. Today I'm sharing a card I made for the Mojo Monday blog - they post a sketch every week for inspiration and although I've been following the blog for awhile this is the first time I've played along!  Here is the sketch:

And here is my design:

I used the stamp set By the Tide from Stampin' Up to create this card! I wanted to make it a little more masculine so instead of doing a scallop I used the Chevron embossing folder and cut along one edge to give it a fun zig zag edge!  Other than that, I stuck pretty close to the sketch. This was a ton of fun and I hope I have time to do another one soon!!

stamps: By the Tide

ink: early espresso, crumb cake, cherry cobbler

paper: crumb cake, cherry cobbler, Not quite Navy, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

big shot: Chevron embossing folder

other: circle punche, dimensionals, Cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon

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Hello, Lobster!

Here's another take on the lobster card I made the other day. When I'm just messing around making cards, sometimes I find it's easy to make a few cards with the same stamp set and color combo - and that's exactly what happened here. I turned it to make a vertical card that focused on the lobster image and then added a teeny little "hello" from the Sale-a-Bration set Pretty Petities and punched it out with the coordinating punch Petite Curly Label. These products are both Sale-a-Bration items that you can earn for free during the sale by spending $50.

stamps: by the tide, Pretty Petites

ink: pool party, river rock, cherry cobbler

paper: Whisper white, river rock, pool party

other: Natural trim ribbon, Petite Curly Label punch

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Seaside thank you

I love how this card turned out using the new By the Tide stamp set! I used a color combo of calypso coral, crumb cake and pool party - doesn't it look perfect for beach and coral colors? I cut out the white with the top note big shot die and randomly stamped the script, seahorses and coral on it to create a fun background. Then I added the simple thank you in the oval but you could easily use a birthday sentiment too.  

stamps: By the Tide, essentials

ink: calyso coral, pool party, crumb cake

paper: calyso coral, pool party, crumb cake, whisper white

big shot: Top note die, Fancy Fans embossing folder

other: oval and scallop oval punches, dimensionals, bakers twine in pool party

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Lobster for your birthday?

Sounds good to me! Today I'm sharing a fun card made using the new By the Tide set. I love the fun lobster illustration in this set!  I tried to make the color combo on this card beachy so I used cherry cobbler, pool party and river rock.  I also used some of the new natural trim ribbon.  it's hard to tell in the photo but I also used the new borders scoring plate for the Simply Scored board to make some wave ripples along the bottom! 

stamps: by the tide, made for you

ink: pool party, river rock, cherry cobbler

paper: Whisper white, river rock, pool party

other: Natural trim ribbon, oval punch, cherry cobbler bakers twine, Borders score plate and simply scored tool

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