Quick and Easy for Baby


In a matter of minutes, you can create a fabulous baby card using Stampin’ Up!’s Baby Bundle stamp set. The colors can easily be changed to other suitable baby hues, such as Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Bashful Blue and So Saffron!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips:

  • Blender Pens and Inks! My preferred method for watercoloring involves using Blender Pens and inks! I stamped the image onto Stampin’ Up!’s Watercolor Paper with Basic Gray ink, and used Pretty in Pink for the carriage. Need a refresher on this technique? View this tutorial which I featured in an earlier post.
  • Texture! The Perfect Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder was zipped through the Big Shot with Very Vanilla card stock.
  • The perfect punch! The Pinking Hearts Border Punch is the perfect choice for adding a touch of interest behind the image mat.
  • Glitz and Glam! Basic Pearls adorn the carriage, while a Pretty in Pink satin bow provides the “wow” factor. If you missed my Bow Video Tutorial, here it is again!

I hope that you enjoyed today’s quick and easy card! I will be back tomorrow with my Paper Players Design Team inspiration card. Your comments are important to me, so please, won’t you leave me a comment to let me know what you think of today’s card? And remember, if you ever have any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…


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Stamp Set: Baby Bundle (W 118525; C 120576); Inks: Basic Gray (109120), Pretty in Pink (101301), So Saffron (105213); Paper: Very Vanilla (101650), Pretty in Pink (100459), Watercolor (105019); Tools: Big Shot (113439), Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (117335), Pinking Hearts Border Punch (117649), Blender Pens (102845); Glitz and Glam: Pretty in Pink 5/8″ Satin Ribbon (117289), Basic Pearls (119247)

Plant Hope for the PPA


It’s time for the Pals Paper Arts Celebrity Color Challenge. This week our guest designer is none other than the talented Silke Ledlow! If you could not tell from my card, this week’s colors are Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray, and Poppy Parade. Daffodil Delight and Poppy Parade are two colors that I equate more with summer than fall, yet I was pleasantly surprised at how well they worked with my favorite fall set from the Holiday Mini….French Foliage. Don’t have these exact three colors in your arsenal? Don’t fret! Feel free to substitute with any colors of similar hue. The important thing is to have fun playing along with the Pals!


The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips:

  • In a pickle about how to combine brights and neutrals? Try using the neutral as your card base and as an accent! With this card, I used a Basic Gray card base, while the “Aspen Leaf” from French Foliage image was inked and stamped in Basic Gray.
  • Want to add interest to a simple layout? Try texture! After randomly stamping the leaves from French Foliage onto Very Vanilla card stock, I zipped it through the Big Shot along with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.
  • Tired of ho-hum sentiments? Layer the labels! The sentiment from Plant Hope was inked in Basic Gray, stamped onto Very Vanilla, and punched out with the Decorative Label Punch. A second Decorative Label was punched from Poppy Parade. After cutting it horizontally, it was adhered to the back of the sentiment. Quick and easy!
  • It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that bling! Three Poppy Parade Glimmer Brads in the lower right corner helps to anchor the card, and adds just the right amount of bling.
I will be the first to tell you that I found these colors challenging at this time of the year! However, it was fun to stray away from my usual vintage and distressed style, and produce something a little more classic. I hope that you enjoyed it for a change. I do think it is important that as card makers, we stretch ourselves.
Those crazy puppies are running me ragged! The house looks like a war zone, and I find very little “me” time…It’s always Muffy and Brody time! The two have to be separated until Muffy heals from her crate accident, so I have temporarily divided the house into half. Regardless of which half of the house I am in, it’s the wrong half according to the other puppy! However, they are the best little “snuggle bunnies”, and love to sleep in the big bed with mom and dad. They take turns, and tonight is Muffy’s night.
Thanks for bearing with me while I struggle to get back into my routine. I miss my daily stamping and blogging. But as they say…they are only little once! And they are growing up so quickly! As always, your comments are important to me, so please let me know what you think of today’s card. And remember, if you ever have any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…

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Stamp Set: French Foliage (W 120845, C 121166—Holiday Mini), Plant Hope (W 117042, C 120540); Inks: Poppy Parade (119782), Daffodil Delight (119667), Basic Gray (109120); Card Stock: Basic Gray (121044), Poppy Parade (119793), Very Vanilla (101650), Daffodil Delight (119683); Tools: Big Shot (113439), Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (119976), Decorative Label Punch (120907—Holiday Mini), Scallop Trim Border Punch (118402); Glitz and Glam: In-Color Glimmer Brads (121005—Holiday Mini)

PPA Sneak Peek and Blog Candy


Here is a little peek at this week’s Pals Paper Arts challenge card! The full reveal will be on Thanksgiving Day. In the meantime, don’t forget to check out this week’s Pals Paper Arts Picks!

Thursday is also the last day to leave a comment for this fabulous blog candy:

It seemed only fitting at Thanksgiving to offer a chance to win this scrumptious blog candy in return for all of your on-line support and friendship. I am so thankful to you! Here is what it includes:

  • Northern Hearts Clear Mount Stamp Set, which will arrive in time to make holiday cards
  • Over 140 sheets of 6″ x 6″ retired Designer Series Paper
  • Over 150 retired Stampin’ Up! buttons
  • 10 yards of Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, perfect for Christmas or Valentine’s Day
  • One On Board Bird Book
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals
  • Basic Rhinestones
  • One Thank You card

All you need to do is leave a comment on any of my posts this week, Monday through Thursday…Thanksgiving Day…at 11:00 PM CST. After that time I will tally up all of the comments. A random number generator will be used to determine the winner, whose name I will post on Friday. The winner will then have until Monday, November 29th to email me their name and address so that I can mail their package.

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Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think about today’s card. And as always, if you ever have any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…


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