SIP105simplethings

Summer is here!!  YAY!!  

And, after way more than our share of rain, northern Wisconsin actually got some sunshine today!! 

This week's challenge at Stamp, Ink, Paper is all about summer fun.  

I have never been a beach goer. My idea of summer fun is being in a boat, or a campsite, or on a hiking trail......

The base of my card is Pool Party cardstock.  I ran the top half of the card through the Big Shot with the new Ruffled embossing folder.  Not only does it make pretty ruffles, it make pretty waves!!

The image is from Great Impressions, the sentiment is from Hero Arts.  I colored the image with my Copics, and wound some sparkly, multi-colored twine around the base before adhering the stamped images with dimensionals.  The fishy paper clip in the top corner is something I found in a drawer.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you will join us by posting a card about your idea of summer fun!!

Make it a great day!

Hug your pets.

Lisa

SIP104LuxGirl

Hello!!!

Thanks for stopping by to check out this week's challenge!!

This week we have a color challenge for you....

The colors we needed to use are lime green, indigo, and berry......and then add a metallic.

I added metallic with the use of some silver metallic paper.  The image and sentiment are from Unity Stamp Company. The set is called 'Lux Girl'.  I colored it in using my copics in colors most similar to the requirements.  I finished off with a few dots.

Hope you can find some time to join us!!

Have a great week.

Hug your pets!

Lisa

SIP103sketch

Hi there!! Thanks for stopping by!!

We are in the middle of some loud thunderstorms, and I have two dogs that don't care for thunder, so this will be a short post....  :(

This week's challenge is a nice, simple sketch.

Titus needed a Father's Day card to send to his son, so I used the sketch for that.

This seemed appropriate, and Titus approved, so..........

The card base is Cherry Cobbler, as is the larger sentiment from MFT stamps.  The small sentiment (from Teeny Tiny Wishes), in Crumb Cake, is from Stampin Up, as is the guitar (from Country Livin').  The background is sponged in those colors using a mask from SU's Happy Patterns.  I added a piece of twine, and done!!

Please join us if you can!!!

  

Now back to hugging my dogs....

Have a great week!!

Hug your pets,

Lisa

SIP102cheers

Thanks for stopping by to check out my design team card for this week's Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge!!

This week we have a "Masculine" card theme.....and I happen to have a brother with a birthday coming up. And my brother happens to like beer.  lol

I enjoy making punch art. I had seen something similar on Pinterest, but it was a big mug, and I wasn't sure how to make the gold strips for the mug. Then I had the thought to make it a smaller mug, using the SU Word Window punch, and I was off!!  The "foam" on the top is made with the clouds from the Lawn Fawn set "Spring Showers". I cut a strip of white card stock to fit the three gold strips, and sponged the edges of that piece, the clouds, and the gold strips.

The mug handles were made with two circle punches - 1 1/2" and 1".

The sentiment is from SU's "Greetings" thinlit dies. I adhered my mugs of beer to a piece of Tip Top Taupe dsp, and put it on a matching base.  Stuck on a few sequins to finish it off.

This was my first attempt, didn't like it so much..... 

I hope my brother likes it.  I may attach it to a six pack....he would like that!!

Hope you can find some time to join us!!

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Make it a great day!!

Thanks again for stopping by.

Hug your pets.

Lisa

SIP101graduation

I made a pile of graduation cards this year..... and now that it is time for the one card I need to hand out, I have none left.  That is a good issue for a card maker to have, though.  :)

The graduate I need to give one to is graduating from the local high school. Our school colors are orange and black, and, just for a fun bit of trivia, our school mascot is the "midget". Yes, true story, we are the Butternut Midgets!!  :)

So, I went with some orange on his card, and dug out my favorite old graduation set from SU... "Go, Graduate". The numbers are cut out with the Stampin Up numbers dies. 

The inside.....

Hope he likes it.... Most graduates, I am sure, are more concerned with the cash inside, than what the card looks like.  lol

Here are a few of the others I had made....

Hope you can find some time to join the challenge!!

Make it a great week!!

Hug your pets.

Lisa

SIP100

Hello there, and welcome!!

This week's Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge is Cardmaker's Choice!! YAY!! That makes anything possible......

So, a good friend had a very bad day on Sunday, and I thought she could use a smile.....and some chocolate......

Also, I just purchased this adorable little skunk from Lawn Fawn, and couldn't resist putting him to use right away!!  I paired him with some sentiments from Here for You, by Stampin Up.

The dsp is a retired Stampin Up print, the stamped flowers are from the Swirly Scribbles set.  The bag is made with the Mini Treat Bag Die (which I have been obsessed with these last few weeks!!).

Thanks for stopping by!!  Hope you can find some time to join this week's challenge!!  It's a great one to try, if you haven't joined us before, since you can do whatever you like!!!  :)

Make it a great day!

Hug your pets!!!!!

Lisa

SIP99packaging

Thanks for stopping by to check out this week's challenge!!

This week we are all about packaging....

I was inspired by these Cherry Cola flavored Tic Tacs I found!!

I found this adorable Unity stamp set at the local spring stamp/craft extravaganza for......wait for it...... $1!!  Yes, I only paid $1 for this.  They have a huge used stamp sale, and this cutie didn't have a price tag on it, so I asked one of the ladies who ran the event what the price would be, and yay!!  Obviously, she is not a stamper,or she would have charged me more!

I cut a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock at 2" x 10" and punched each end with my tag topper punch. I then found the center and laid the tic tacs in to it to figure where my score lines would go...

These tic tacs were just perfect!!!  :)

I also made this little guy out of a scalloped circle......

Hope you can find some time to join us!!

Make it a great day!!!

Hug your pets!!!

Lisa