BlueTricycleCrafts

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

SIP#24 color challenge

Good Tuesday Morning All!!! Welcome to the 24th challenge at Stamp, Ink, Paper. This week is a color challenge..... Please take moment to join us and enter a card!!

Although these colors could be a great twist on Christmas colors, I needed a break from 'all things Christmas', so I went a different direction.......

I pulled out an "old" favorite, the Butterfly Basics and the thinlits. The dsp background is from the Cherry on Top stack. I layered it on top of a case of white cardstock, after I stamped on it with the ferns and the flower from Butterfly Basics. I cut a large circle in the dsp with a circle die. I added some bling to the butterflies, and DONE!!

Pretty simple idea, but I like how it turned out!! Now back to Christmas cards....sigh....

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!! Safe travels if you are headed out to share the holiday with friends or family!!!

Lisa

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Stampin Friends Thanksgiving Hop

Welcome to the November blog hop for Stampin Friends. Thank you for joining us!!

This month's guest hoppers are Wynne Grob, Kim Smith, and Steph Jandrow. Hope you enjoy their creations along with everyone else's. If you need to back up to Cindy Waldroff's page, the following button will take you there......

http://stampingindixie.blogspot.com/2015/11/what-great-holiday-stampin-friends-blog.html

This month the theme is Thanksgiving. I love the reminders this time of year to take some time to be thankful for things I have. I think I get so wrapped up in day to day concerns and tend to forget the positives at times.

I decided to go a little funny with my card and project. I just purchased this adorable turkey from Unity Stamps and had to put him to use!!

My mom used to always refer to Thanksgiving as "Turkey Day", so this makes me smile a bit and think of her.

We have a great little craft store locally (well, it's an hour away, but that's as close as I get one) that carries all kinds of fun papers and buttons and such. I usually go in with one or two items I am looking for, but I never seem to leave with just those few things. I know the button came from there, and I think most of the paper did, too. They host a constant "garage sale" in the back corner of the store where you can put items you no longer need or use, and when others buy them, you receive that amount in store credit. It is a fun way to get some new toys when my funds are low!! :)

The card base is Crushed Curry, the white layer was run thru my Bigshot using the Decorative Dots folder. I sponged a little Crushed Curry on to the white to make it blend a bit as I didn't like it just stark white. The sentiment I cut out to be a little banner.

For my project, I made a matching treat holder. The turkey parts are attached to the cup with dimentionals. I think he is just adorable!! :) So festive!! He would also work great if you have the fry box die, but, as orange is my favorite color, I just had to use this cup!

Also, this month, if you email Elizabeth at happystamper508 @gmail.com with the favorite color of each of the 12 bloggers and comment on each blog, you will receive a little crafty prize in the mail from each of us as a thank you.

The Next button will take you on to Elizabeth Thatcher's page. I am sure she has something wonderful in store for you!!

Thank you for stopping my blog.
I hope you each have a Blessed Thanksgiving.
Lisa

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

SIP #23 sketch

Good Tuesday Morning All!! And welcome to challenge #23 at Stamp, Ink, Paper. This week it is a sketch..... Hope you all take a moment to join us.....can't wait to see your take on this idea.....

I liked this one right away, and ended up going in a slightly different direction with it than I originally imagined.....

I started with a totally different idea, but then knew I wanted to make use of the "Thankful" from my Six Sayings set, so came up with a different card entirely. Crazy when that happens!!

I used a piece of dsp from the Color Me Irresistible pack. I colored it with Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry, Blackberry Bliss, Tangelo Twist, and Cherry Cobbler. The base is Baked Br Sugar, as is the piece I stamped the sentiment on and embossed in gold. I added a piece of gold ribbon before attaching the sentiment with dimentionals. Then I cut leaves in coordinating colors with a die from Impression Obsession.

Hope you like my idea. And I hope each of you has a Blessed Thanksgiving!!!

Lisa

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

SIP #22 Free For Fall

Hey hey hey!! It's a Free For Fall at Stamp, Ink, Paper this week!!! Hope you take some time to join us!!

The challenge was to make a 3D project, if we were up to it. I have been making some treat holders for the usual round of Fall/Christmas craft fairs, and thought I would try to come up with something new that I haven't done before. So, here is the result......

I chose Chocolate Chip cardstock (and now want choc chip cookies!!). The bottom is the SU Fry Box, on the front of which I punched a bunch of pieces with the Word Window punch and adhered them with some Tombow glue to the front of the box. Then I trimmed the top with Baked Brown Sugar trim, stamped a sentiment from Picture This, cut the sentiment out to be a little banner, and trimmed it with a piece of Flower Trim.

The head is the Top Note die folded in half. The eyes are: white - 1 1/2" punch, baked br sugar - 1 1/4" punch, choc chip - 3/4" punch. The orange nose I freehanded.

I filled him with a baggie of one of my fall favorites, peanut butter flavored candy corn!! Yum. Turns out that I overfilled the bag, so I am snacking on a few as I type this. :) hehehehe....... The bag is tied with a piece of Baked Br Sugar thick twine.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog!!
Hope you take some time to join us. :)

Make it a great day!!
Lisa

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

SIP #21 CAS Christmas

Hello, and welcome to challenge #21 at Stamp, Ink, Paper.

I was SUPER excited when Justin posted this one!! I love, love, love Christmas!!

This was very exciting to me, cuz, have I mentioned, I love Christmas?!?! :)

Here is what I came up with. I used the Northern Flurries embossing folder on some white cardstock. Next I taped off the borders on one of the sentiments from the Six Sayings hostess set (it was just too big for the space when I tried it with the whole stamp inked).

I love this sentiment!!

There is a touch of Wink of Stella on the snowflakes of the card mounted on the white base. The ink on both and the base of the other are Wisteria Wonder.

I love how they turned out. A great addition to all the goodies we are making for the upcoming craft fairs in our area.

Hope you enjoy my card.
Make it a great day!!
Lisa

PS.... I love Christmas!! :)

Thursday, October 29, 2015

CYCI#92 sketch

Hey all!! Thought I would make a quick card for this weeks Can You Case It challenge.....

Love this sketch!! And here is what I came up with.....

I found this adorable little snowman stamp when I was digging through my Christmas bins to start making goodies for upcoming craft fairs. I just love him, he is so cute!! The base of my card is white, the next layer is from the All is Calm collection. The snowman is Uptown Rubber Stamps, and the sentiment is from the Endless Wishes set. The snowman is stamped on white and cut out using my NEW stitched dies from Gina Marie Designs......and they are fab!!

I also used the snowman on this little guy....

We had bought my mom a white birch tree for Mother's Day years ago, and it hasn't come back to life the last few years, so Titus cut some discs out of it for me, and I made my siblings and I some mementoes out of Mom's favorite tree. My sister had tears in her eyes when I let her pick one out, explained what it was from, so I consider it a win!! :)

Hope you like my card.
Thanks for dropping by!!
Make it a great day!!
Lisa

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

SIP 20 - color challenge

Hello and welcome to challenge #20 at Stamp, Ink, Paper!! Wow, we are up to #20 already, I can't believe we have been at this for 20 weeks!!

This week's challenge is a color challenge.....

I must admit, I do not use a lot of gold on cards, I usually just don't care for it.. That said, I kinda like how it turned out on my card.....it did add a little sparkle!!

I got a call from a friend requesting some birthday cards, and this was the first one she chose, so this card is gone before I even am getting my post written. lol I like when that happens!! I need to remind myself, it is not necessary for me to always love the cards I make!! :)

My base is Chocolate Chip (shhhhh.......I don't have Early Espresso, don't tell the boss), the next layer is Blushing Bride. On the white layer I stamped images from Gorgeous Grunge in Choc Chip and Gold, and stamped the tiny flower from Butterfly Basics in Blushing Bride. The gold butterfly is also from Butterfly Basics, heat embossed in gold. The larger butterfly is Blushing Bride, using the die from the Butterflies Thinlits. Behind the butterflies is a little twine.

Hope you enjoyed my card, and also that you take a moment to enter this challenge!! I would like to see what you do with your gold......maybe it will inspire me to use it more!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Make it a great day!!