Friday's Spotlight & PPA Challenge...

I combined a new challenge with Friday's Spotlight.

Today's spotlight features the Trio Flower Punch $15.95.

The following cards all use the Trio Flower Punch, but the first card below is also a new challenge that I'm doing. Every Friday, I will complete the challenge and post it with our spotlight.

So above is my "PALS PAPER ARTS" challenge card. The design team chose an Inspiration Challenge this week. They simply wanted us to use the provided picture from Pottery Barn Kids to inspire our project. So this is what I came up with...and you can find more challenge cards and also the design teams cards HERE. I hope you will take a look at their fun site. Enjoy the other cards below using the Trio Flower Punch...I hope the inspire you to play!

There is something so striking about pink and black together! I used medium rhinestone brads and also, I pulled the rhinestones off of the small brads for the (2) lower flowers on the card so they were more dainty. The swirl stamp is from Priceless, and the sentiment is from Short & Sweet.









This sweet pea baby inspired me when I came across it. Credit goes to Andrea Walford and her sister, Sophie. I added the Baroque Motifs Vine stamp and then added the Trio flowers with blue brads. I completed the card with a sentiment and some handstitching around the edges with my black gel pen. This makes an adorable baby shower card! Sentiment stamp is again from the Short & Sweet set.












This 3x3 card is in Chocolate Chip and Sahara Sand CS. I stamped the image with Sahara Sand Ink and added a sentiment from the Warm Words set and stamped that in Ruby Red Ink. I added (1) flower that I punched from Ruby Red CS and added a center on my flower using my White Gel Pen.

And last, but certainly not least...is an 8x8 scrapbook page. I took the Inspired by nature set and used the grass stamp to create branches on a Christmas tree. I would stamp on and stamp again without re-inking to give me some dimension with the branches. I also used Craft Whisper White ink to stamp my sentiment "Sparkle" from the Warm Words set on the Old Olive strip of CS. I also added some snowflakes to that same strip from the Christmas Post set and used the Versa Mark pad. I punched Flowers out and used my embossing tool to soften the centers and curl the tops upwards. I used small rhinestones that were removed from the brad portion to the centers. I used a paper piercer to punch holes in my paper and put Hemp Twine through the holes and tied very small bows for added decoration on my tree. Photo corner and twine and another flower on the bottom of the page complete my project. The space underneath the Old Olive strip is for journaling your favorite festive memories. I wish I remembered who's site a saw a card using the branches this way and she made a hanging ornament...my memory is so BAD!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!

KENDRA

Color Throw Down Challenge Card

For Color Throw Down Challenge #53 I chose to use the set Baroque Motifs - pg. 131 $27.95 #113490. * (You can click on the picture to enlarge it)

ItemsUsed:

Trio Flower Punch #109183 $15.95 on pg. 186

Silver Brads #104336 $6.95 on pg. 1789

Clear Rhinestone Brad #113144 $10.95 on pg. 179

Dimensionals #104430 $3.95 on pg. 192

Whisper White CS #100730 $7.95 on pg. 155

Bordering Blue CS #102630 $5.50 on pg. 157 Ink #102265 $5.95

Rose Red CS #102544 $5.50 on pg. 157 Ink #101778 $5.95

Retired Pink Pirouette CS & Ribbon

CHECK OUT OTHER CARDS USING THE SAME COLOR COMBINATION HERE!

Sunday Share...

Here are my samples using the pagemaps from last Saturday. I hope you were able to take time and "play"!

TAG:
I used the Baroque Motifs Stamp Set and stamped directly on my flowers using Black StazOn Ink.

CARD:
As you can see, I flipped my card the other direction so I could use wider stamps. The DSP I used comes from Tea Party and Tall Tales.

8x8 SCRAPBOOK PAGE:
I stamped directly on my page with my Flight of the Butterfly set in matching Ink to the CS - Lavender Lace. i stamped my other butterfly images on Whisper White CS and cut out. I used Mini Glue Dots to adhere them to my page. The DSP was also from Tea Party.

HAPPY STAMPING,
KENDRA

Sunday Share...

These are last weeks sketches. Below you will see the items I made using these sketches. I hope you were able to use these as inspiration this week to create some fabulous things!

HAPPY STAMPING,

KENDRA

April Club Demonstrations...

Hi Stampers!
Here are the items I demonstrated this month in our club meetings, we missed a few of you this month, and also wanted to share with you what we did. CLICK on any of the pictures to get a close up!
This is a picture of this months gift that each club member received.
I used the Boho Backgrounds Set, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Teal Ribbon, and and a Ribbon Slide.







I demonstrated this card in both groups -
This card was made using the Soft Summer Set from the current mini catalog. I embossed directly on the card with White Embossing Powder and the White Craft Pad. I applied pastel chalks directly to the embossed image. After the chalk was applied, I ran my Adhesive Remover over the top to lighten the chalks for a soft effect. I used the new Scallop Oval Punch and the Large Oval Punch for our greeting. The final touch was a piece of Pink Pirouette Striped Grosgrain Ribbon.


I demonstrated this page in both groups -
This was a fun page to make! I took a 12x12 piece of Kraft CS and on the bottom I ran the Jumbo Wheel "Friendly Words" across it in Chocolate Chip. Then I applied strips of paper from the the Designer Series Specialty - Parisian Breeze, adding a piece of 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon. (It's such a beautiful paper!) Then on the top I used the set Baroque Motifs and stamped the flourish in Chocolate Chip Ink. I then cut a circle out of another piece of Parisian Breeze DSP. Then I cut a smaller circle out of the larger one leaving me with just an outline of the circle. I used a piece of Baja Breeze CS for my mat and also cut a smaller circle for my journaling spot. (Half of the circle is under the mat. You could cut the circle in half and line it up directly on the side of your mat if you wish. I di not because I used the Cutter Kit to distress the edges of my mat and the were not straight, so I used the whole circle. I then stamped the "Cherished" in Baja Breeze Ink. Finally I added a small embillishment on the bottom. I used a stamp image from the Baroque Motifs set again and stamped it on Vanilla in Chocolate Chip Ink. I sponged the sides of it and the four sides of my 12x12 piece. I then backed it on another small piece of the Parisian Breeze DSP and took a small piece of Chocolate Chip CS and used the Spiral Punch to add another element to the back of this piece. A half back pearl from the Pretties Kit was used in the center of this embellishment to finish the page.




I demonstrated how to make a Box In A Bag to both groups -
I used the Sunshine Garden Scrapbook Kit for it. I have posted the step by step tutorial on the blog so you could all see how to make this again.

I showed these to both groups -
I did not demonstrate these, I just shared these. Also out of the Sunshine Garden Scrapbook Kit I used papers and stickers to cover some medium sized clothespins I bought at Michaels.

These are great for holding cards, notes, or reminders!










I demonstrated this page for the Scrapbook Club -
This is a "No-Stamp Five Minute Page". Everything I used came from the Sunshine Garden Scrapbook Kit except for the 5/8" vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon and the dimensionals.







This is a close up so you can see the layered centers of the flowers. Just use dimesionals or pop-up glue dots to achieve this.











This was the card that the Card & Project Club made for their Make-N-Take this month -
We used the Cheep Talk set, So saffron DSP, Earth Element Brads, Flower Brads, and the 1" Circle Punch. This idea came directly from my upline and friend, Sue Brown. Thanks Sue!









This is the inside of the card. The two scallops are held together with a brad so that it just twists open!








This was the Make-N-Take 12x12 page for the Scrapbook Club members -
I wanted to stick with the same idea as above, so we made a page that hid the journaling area so special notes could be written and hidden! We used the Cheep Talk Set & Good Morning Sunshine & So Saffron DSP.










This is a close up of the front of the journaling area.









And this picture shows the front flipped to gain access to the journaling area.



HAPPY STAMPING,
KENDRA