Script and/ or Colors with HOC Team 2

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Team 2 at House of Cards are sharing their creations with you today for our current challenge!

Use script and/or Colors...

Here's a reminder of my card. You can find the details here...

I'd love you to take a peek at what my Team 2 teamies have got for you...

Rocky

Ruza

Katy

Merethe

Tina

Shirley

Challenges...

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Script and/or Colors for House of Cards

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

It's the 1st of the month and that means it's time for a new challenge at House of Cards. This month you can use Script and/ or the colors in the image...

I've gone with the colors for my card...

Card: Thick Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride, Pistachio Pudding (retired) and Strawberry Slush (retired)
Ink: Sahara Sand
Stamp set: Botanicals For You (SAB just retired)
Tools and embellishments: Botanical Builder Thinlits and Clear Wink of Stella
Adhesives: Fine Tip Glue and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#222 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#305 AAG at Craft Your Passion
#29 AG at Crafty Sentiments

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Food &/or Color Inspiration for House of Cards

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Before I get to the card I'm sharing with you today, I have some very exciting news! Some of you might remember that I applied for the new House of Cards design team, with this card early last month. To my absolute surprise, I MADE THE TEAM!!!

I found out almost two weeks ago and it's been a struggle to keep it from all of you! The news is still sinking in, but I think it will now with this post. I must say a HUGE THANK YOU to Mynn for allowing me to join the team I guested for back in February with this card. I'm SO honored to be joining such an amazingly talented group of ladies!

Ok, enough chatter, for now. Here's the inspiration and cues for this month's challenge, Food and/ or colors...

And my card, with it's snazzy new watermark...

While I love the summery colors in the cue card, I've chosen to go with the food theme. Not only is this my DT debut card for House of Cards, the stamp set is one from my NBUS (never before used stuff) pile, Stampin' Up!'s A Happy Thing from this year's Sale-a-Bration (now retired).

Card: Whisper White and Old Olive
Ink: Old Olive and Tempting Turquoise
Stamp set: A Happy Thing (retired)

Challenges...
#190 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#183 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#66 AAG at Crafting From The Heart
AG at Through The Craft Room Door

The House of Cards DT is hugely talented. Please do stop by some of my new teamies and show them some love. Us newbies are indicated with an *

Barbara

Cohenna

Cornelia

Daen'Ys

Donna N.

Donna T.

Dotty Jo*

Em*

Emily

Gracie

Heather*

Jane*

Joni*

Judy

Karen*

Katy

Lilian

Linda

Lisa*

Merethe

Michele

Monika

Mrs Duck

Pat

Rocky

Ruza

Shawna*

Steph*

Sue T.

Sue N.*

Tammy

Toni

I'll be back on Friday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Emboss Resist With Blended Bloom

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Can you believe it's Thursday already and that this is the fourth day of Blended Bloom week here? If you've missed this weeks other creations, you can see them here, here and here.

For today's offering I've used a favorite technique, emboss resist, with the beautiful stamp from Stampin' Up! and some of the gorgeous Irresistibly Yours DSP that's available FREE until the end of the month when you spend £45 or more during Sale-A-Bration...

Card: Whisper White and Irresistibly Yours DSP
Ink: Versamark, Pear Pizzazz and Blushing Bride
Stamp sets: Blended Bloom and Painted Petals (sentiment)
Tools: White Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat tool, Stamping Sponges,

Cut a piece of Irresistibly Yours DSP that's slightly smaller than your Whisper White base card and cut on the diagonal. Sponge Pear Pizzazz ink over the DSP and wipe off any excess ink with a tissue. Attach to base card
Stamp the bloom in Versamark onto Whisper White card, cover with embossing powder and heat. Sponge Blushing Bride ink over the image and fussy cut with your Paper Snips.
Stamp the sentiment from Painted Petals in Blushing Bride ink onto the top corner of your base card.
Attach the flower to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#174 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#252 AAG at Craft Your Passion
#167 AAG at Pixies Snippets Playground

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Blended Bloom creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Baby Girl

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

So far this week I've shared a sweet girl, cute boy and sweet baby cards, but I think it's always a great idea to have a few different designs in your stash, so today I'm bringing you another baby girl card using the adorable shoes image from the Baby We've Grown stamp set from Stampin' Up! and teaming it with a sentiment from another stamp set in the annual catalog, Celebrate Baby...

Card: Whisper White
Ink: Blushing Bride
Stamp Sets: Baby We've Grown, Celebrate Baby and Best Day Ever (Available FREE during Sale-A-Bration when you spend £45 or more until March 31)
Tools and embellishments: Labels Collection framelits, Bracket Label Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Stamping Sponges and Stampin' Dimensionals

Stamp the small heart from Best Day Ever randomly in Blushing Bride ink over the front of a folded Whisper White card
Stamp the shoe image from Baby We've Grown onto a snippet of Whisper White and the sentiment from Celebrate Baby in the same ink onto more Whisper White
Cut sentiment using the third smallest Labels Collection framelit die and punch the image using the Bracket Label punch.
Sponge Blushing Bride ink around the edges of both and attach to the card base with Stampin' Dimesionals.
Add a touch of bling with a few Basic Rhinestones on the shoes and sentiment

Challenges...
#173 at Word Art Wednesday
#166 AG at Pixie's Snippet's Playground
AG at Clear It Out

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I'll be back tomorrow with another new baby creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Diagonal Gate Fold With Love Is Kindness

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today's card is not only the fourth created this week with the gorgeous tulips from the Love Is Kindness stamp set from Stampin' Up!, it's another fancy fold too. If you've missed any of the other LIK cards, click on the days and they will open in another tab: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

The card looks great on the outside...

And on the inside too...

Card; Crumb Cake (two 5" x 10" and a 4'' square), Whisper White (3 6/8" square plus extra snippets), Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla (snippet), and Best Year Ever DSP (two 4 3/4" squares)
Ink: Memento Black
Markers: Wild Wasabi and Bermuda Bay Blendies
Stamp Set: Love Is Kindness
Tools: Bracket Label punch, Basic Pearls and Stampin' Dimensionals

Score both 5" x 10" pieces of Crumb Cake card at 5", then cut diagonally from the score line out to the corner. Turn one if necessary and adhere the squares together to create the gate fold base.
Cut one of the 4 3/4" Best Year Ever DSP squares in half diagonally and adhere to the front of the card. Attach the other square inside the card.
Stamp the image from the Love Is Kindness stamp set in Memento Black ink onto Whisper White, the flowers onto the snippet of Whisper White and the newspaper wrap onto the snippet of Very Vanilla.
Color the complete image with Wild Wasabi and Bermuda Bay blendies, and the extra flowers and 6 pearls with the Bermuda Bay blendies.
Attach the stamped panel to the 4" Crumb Cake square and attach the panel carefully to one side of the gate fold.
Cut the newspaper wrap and adhere to the complete image. Cut the extra flowers and decoupage onto the image with half a Stampin' Dimensional.
Stamp the sentiment in Memento Black onto Whisper White, punch with the Bracket Label punch and layer onto two punched from Coastal Cabana card. Pop up using Stampin' Dimensionals.
Add the colored Basic Pearls to complete the card

Challenges...

#58 Designers Choice at CYCI
AG #13 at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge
#8 Fancy Folds at Crafty Gals Corner

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I'll be back tomorrow with the last of this week's Love Is Kindness creations. It's a really special show stopper, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Twisted Easel With Love Is Kindness

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Today's card is another I've created with the gorgeous tulip image from the Love Is Kindness stamp set from Stampin' Up. It's also a twist on Monday's easel card. If click you missed that one or Tuesday's, click on the days so they will open in another tab.

The twisted easel is just as easy to create as the standard easel and looks even more stunning...

Card: Pear Pizzazz (10" x 5", 5" square, 2½" x 4" for layering and snippet for punching), Hello Honey (2¼" x 3 3/4"), Very Vanilla (2" x 3½" and snippet for punching), Best Year Ever DSP (two 4 3/4" squares) and Whisper White (snippet for newspaper wrap)
Ink: Memento Black and Hello Honey
Markers: Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi Blendies
Stamp Sets: Love Is Kindness and Indescribable Gift (sentiment)
Tools: Bracket Label Punch and Stampin' Dimensionals

To create the base card, score and fold the 10" x 5" piece of Pear Pizzazz card at 5", then from one end of that line to the corner diagonally opposite. Attach Best Year Ever DSP to the inside square and the 5" square.
Stamp the tulip image onto Very Vanilla card and color with Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi blendies.
Stamp the image onto Whisper White. Cut out the newspaper wrap and attach to the colored image.
Layer the stamped panel onto the Hello Honey and Pear Pizzazz pieces and attach to the DSP covered square.
Fold the card along the middle score line and attach the 5" square of Pear Pizzazz to the base by putting adhesive on the outer triangle and lining up.
Stamp the sentiment from the Indescribable Gift stamp set onto Very Vanilla in Hello Honey ink. Punch out with the Bracket Label punch and punch another from Pear Pizzazz card. Cut the Pear Pizzazz piece in half and attach to the back of the sentiment. Trim the points from the top and bottom and pop up onto the inside of the card with Stampin' Dimensionals to create the stopper for the easel.

Challenges...

#58 Designers Choice at CYCI
#172 AG at Word Art Wednesday
#165 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Love Is Kindness creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Word Art Week ~ Congrats

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

For the last couple weeks I've kept my thank you card for Friday, but this week I thought I'd change it up a bit and post that card yesterday. The post title is a BIT of a giveaway of today's theme LOL. Yep, Congrats. What for? For making it to Friday for one thing and if you're celebrating anything else, well, congrats for that too!

Today's card is another quick and easy CAS creation using the Simply Wonderful stamp set and Best Year Ever DSP from Stampin' Up! Both are available FREE during Sale-A-Bration when you spend £45 or more (buying the other elements for the card will get you one free item).

Card: Whisper White (folded base and a snippet for stamping) and Best Year Ever DSP
Ink: Baked Brown Sugar
Stamp set: Simply Wonderful
Tools: Labels Collection framelits, Corner Punch, Snail adhesive and Stampin' Dimensionals

Cut and fold Whisper White card to create the base. Punch diagonally opposite corners.
Cut piece of Best Year Ever DSP (I cut mine ¼" smaller than the base). Round the corners and attach to base card with Snail.
Stamp the sentiment in Baked Brown Sugar ink onto Whisper White and cut with the smallest Labels Collection framelits die. Pop up onto base card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Challenges...

#57 Clean and Quick at CYCI

#164 at Pixie's Snippet's Playground

February AG at Stamping Sensations

Now it's that time of the week when I ask if you can choose a favorite from this week's cards. I think I have a favorite, but here's a recap. Click on the pic to be taken to the post...

Hmmm, maybe I don't really have a single favorite! I have great friends who ARE the best. I spent some time with one of those friends on Monday, who made my day. Wednesday's card was created to mark a  very special day and milestone. I love the colors and simplicity of Thursday's and I'm so thankful for all of you. Today's could be to congratulate me on the milestone from Wednesday. Can YOU choose a favorite?

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Whatever you're doing this weekend, I hope you have a great and SAFE one! I'll be back on Monday at the start of another feature week, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Word Art Week ~ Thanks So Very Much

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

We've made it to Thursday and this week that means it's the fourth day of Word Art Week here. If you've missed any of the cards so far, click on the days and they will open in another tab... Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

For today's card I've teamed a sentiment from the Simply Wonderful stamp set with a panel of one of the papers from the Best Year Ever DSP from Stampin' Up!. Both are available FREE during Sale-A-Bration when you spend £45 or more. Add in a touch of color from my beloved Blendies, a favorite punch and a NBUS (never before used schtuff) punch and you get this delightful and quick CAS card...

Card: Whisper White (folded card blank and extra snippets) and Best Year Ever DSP
Ink: Smoky Slate
Markers: Bermuda Bay Blendabilities
Stamp set: Simply Wonderful
Tools: Decorative Label and Bow Builder punches, Mini Glue Dots and Stampin' Dimensionals

Cut and fold the card base from Whisper White card.
Cut panel of Best Year Ever DSP (I cut mine ¼" smaller than the card base) and attach to base.
Stamp sentiment from the Simply Wonderful Stamp set onto Whisper White in Smoky Slate ink. Color the "thanks" with Bermuda Bay blendie marker (I used the medium shade). Punch out with the Decorative Label punch and pop up onto card with Stampin' Dimensionals.
Punch the Bow Builder elements twice from Whisper White card and assemble using Mini Glue Dots. Attach to card using a couple more Mini Glue Dots

Challenges...

#57 Clean and Quick at CYCI (second entry)
#134 Monochrome at CASology
#164 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

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I'll be back tomorrow with the last post of Word Art Week, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Word Art Week ~ Best. Day. Ever.

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Welcome to the third day of Word Art Week. If you've missed or indeed would like to see the other cards again, just click on the days... Monday and Tuesday. They will open in another tab.

Before we get to today's card, I'd like to share something special with you... Last Sunday marked six months since I joined Stampin' Up! and today is my ONE HUNDREDTH Stampin' Up! blog post! Both of them are something worth celebrating and I can honestly say that joining SU was one of my Best. Days. Ever.

I'd like to dedicate today's card, created appropriately with the Best Day Ever stamp set that's available FREE during Sale-A-Bration when you spend £45 or more, to my amazing upline, Vicky and all our Inkredibles and Pinkie sisters. Each of them and indeed all of you have been incredibly supportive over the last six months. THANK YOU!

Card: Coastal Cabana and Irresistibly Yours DSP (another S-A-B choice, panel and snippets)
Ink: Jet Black StazOn and Pool Party
Markers: Bermuda Bay Blendabilities
Stamp Sets: Best Day Ever and Petite Petals
Tools: Petite Petals punch, Corner Rounder punch, Stamping Sponges, Mini Glue Dots and Basics Rhinestones

Cut and fold Coastal Cabana card base and round corners as shown, if desired.
Cut piece of Irresistibly Yours (I cut mine ¼" smaller than the base). Round the corners and sponge all over with Pool Party ink. Remove any excess ink from embossing by gently wiping with a tissue.
Stamp sentiment from Best Day Ever in Jet Black StazOn (other inks wouldn't cover the embossing). Attach to base card.
Stamp the flower from Petite Petals in StazOn onto an offcut of the DSP and color with Bermuda Bay blendies (I kept mine one shade). Punch out with the matching punch and attach to card using Mini Glue Dots.
Complete the design by adding Basics Rhinestones to flower centers and over periods in sentiment.

I LOVE the card. I LOVE my Stampin' sisters and I LOVE all of you! Thanks for sharing this incredible journey with me!

Challenges...

#134 Monochrome at CASology
#171 AG at Word Art Wednesday
#164 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

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I'll be back tomorrow with my fourth Word Art Week creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Word Art Week You Made My Day

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Welcome to the second day of Word Art Week, where the sentiment is the star. If you missed yesterday's creation, you can see it here.

For today's card I've used another of the stamp sets, Best Day Ever, available FREE from Stampin' Up when you spend over £45 during Sale-A-Bration, as well as the coordinating DSP pack, Best Year Ever, which is another S-A-B item. The card took just a few minutes to make and I love the look...

Card; Whisper White (folded base and a snippet for stamping), Coastal Cabana and Best Year Ever DSP

Ink: Coastal Cabana

Stamp set: Best Day Ever

Tools: Bracket label punch

Cut and fold your card base from Whisper White card. Cut your DSP panel (I cut mine ¼" smaller than the base) and attach to base card.

Stamp sentiment from Best Day Ever stamp set in Coastal Cabana ink onto Whisper White. Punch out with Bracket Label Punch. Punch another from Coastal Cabana card, cut in half and layer behind sentiment. Attack to base with Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...

#57 Clean and Quick at CYCI

#52 Chevrons at CAS on Sunday

AG at Through The Craft Room Door

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Word Art Week creation, and it's a special day, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,

Em 

Word Art Week ~ To A Great Friend

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I love creating cards or a project where the sentiment is the star and for the last few weeks I've had Word Art Wednesday posts. When I looked at the stamp sets that I'd not used, I thought that two of them, both FREE from Sale-A-Bration if you spend over ­£45, would combine really well to take it up a level and so this week I bring you Word Art Week!

For today's card I've used two of the sentiments from the Simply Wonderful stamp set from Stampin' Up and combined it with one of my favorite techniques and a new favorite die set too...

Card: Whisper White
Ink: Blushing Bride and Versamark
Stamp set: Simply Wonderful
Tools: Labels Collection Framelits, White Stampin Emboss Powder, Corner Rounder, Stamping Sponges

Stamp the "to a great friend" sentiment from Simply Wondeful in Versamark onto Whisper White card and heat emboss with White EP. Leave to cool.
Cut and score the base card and round the corners. Cut the next layer ¼" smaller than the base, round the corners and ink the edges with Blushing Bride ink. Stamp the flower from the set in the corners. Attach panel to base card.
Cut the embossed piece with one of the Labels Collection framelits and sponge with Blushing Bride ink. Stamp the "you're the best" in Blushing Bride ink. Pop panel onto the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Challenges...
#38 AG at Scribble and Scrap
#187 Super Scraps Saturday at HIMCR
#47 AG at Crafting From The Heart

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I'll be back tomorrow with my second W-A-W creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Celebrate Your Big Day

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I created the card I'm sharing with you today using one of the FREE stamp sets, Big Day, that you can get during Stampin' Up!'s Sale-A-Bration event. If you missed yesterday's SAB and Occasions catalog launch post, you can see it here).

It's the first time I've used the set and I love it! There are five stamps in the set and I've used them all to create the card; the 3 I've used for the sentiment panel, the tiny candle and the fifth, a delicious birthday cake which is hiding inside for the recipient to find...

I've stamped everything in what else but Crumb Cake ink, then colored the lettering and banner with my Crisp Cantaloupe Stampin' Write marker from the 2013 - 2015 In Color set, and I then layered the Whisper White stamped layer onto a Crisp Cantaloupe panel. To add a finishing touch of glitter I've used Dazzling Details on the candle flames, although the photo doesn't shown this well, I assure you it's there!

Challenges...
#194 AG at Party Time Tuesdays
Use Glitter at House of Cards
#203 Something New at Sweet Stamps
NBUS #3 at djkardkreations

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I'll be back tomorrow with a card created using one of the new stamp sets from the new Occasions catalog, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

New Occasions Catalog & Sale-A-Bration Launch

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today is the day many of you have been waiting for! It's the day that Stampin' Up! have launched the new Occasions catalog, which you can browse right now online by clicking here. The great news is that you can order right now from my Online Shop.

That's not all though. Yep, they are spoiling us! Today is also the day that Sale-A-Bration 2015 launches! From today until March 31, 2015, for EVERY £45 you spend you'll be able to choose a FREE item! There are lots to choose from and you can browse them here. 

I mentioned in yesterday's post how much I like all the goodies in the new catalog and how I want all of it! The same was true six months ago with the launch of the last seasonal catalog and so I chose to join Stampin' Up! then. 

Now is an even better time to join than it was then because in addition to all the great benefits of joining, including choosing £130 products and paying just £99, you'll also get to choose either 2 FREE Sale-A-Bration items or a FREE Simply Created Project Kit from the new Occasions catalog. Click here to see all the benefits of joining.

If you'd like more information about any of the new products or about joining Stampin' Up and my "Creative crew", give me a call on 0151 200 2110 and I'll very happily answer any questions you have. Alternatively you can email me at emlouisef (at) gmail (dot) com. 

I look forward to sharing some of the creations I've made with the new products and indeed I'll be back tomorrow with a card created with one of the FREE Sale-A-Bration stamp sets, so I hope to see you then. 

Hugs,

Em