Spring Seed Packet Cards from Honey Bee Stamps

 I am so looking forward to spring,  I think that is why I enjoyed making these spring seed packet cards from Honey Bee Stamps so much!

Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Technique Challenge - Paper Piecing

Here are some fun Birthday cards made with the Bright & Beautiful 6X6 DSP.

These are for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop where the theme this month is a Technique Challenge of Paper Piecing.  We are to show off how we use our DSP!

Since this hop was to challenge us to use different pieces of Designer Series paper together on a card - I went to my pack of Bright & Beautiful 6X6 DSP.  This pack has so many cute coordinating patterns that made this a pretty easy challenge.  All of the patterned paper you see in these cards are from that same pack of Bright & Beautiful DSP.

When I looked at the Azure Afternoon patterned piece I immediately thought of water, that led me to the sail boat punch and the multicolored wavy line piece for my background.  The little colored flags going down the side of the boat are actually just the dark portion of each of the ombre pages in this pack.

The sentiment is from the Something Fancy stamp set and cut out with one of the dies in the Crackers & Treat Box Dies.

Once I was flipping through all of my paper choices in this paper pack - I decided I wanted to do a pink card and I loved the way this one turned out so I thought I would share both cards with you today.

The base of the card is Bubble Bath cardstock and the mat pieces are Berry Burst cardstock.

The rest of the patterned pieces are all from the Bright and Beautiful DSP pack.

I stamped out a cupcake from the Circle Sayings stamp set, colored it with my Stampin' Blends, fussy cut it out and adhered it to the card with Dimensionals.  I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Circle Sayings stamp, as well, using Berry Burst ink.  The circle is cut from the inside of the embroidery hoop with the Crafting with you Bundle and the sentiment on the circle is from the Hello Lady Bug stamp set.

I hope this inspires you to use your Designer Series Paper in some fun ways!

Let's see what the other creative card makers have come up with!!

The names below are all linked to the blogs participating.  If you have been following along - next up is Lorraine!

Angie McKenzie  ●  Aurélie Fabre  ●  Mo Rootes 

  Leonie Stuart  ●  Tricia Butts  ●  Karen Henderson

Ann Krucek  ●  Lorraine Tierney  ●  Teri West

My store is open 24/7 by clicking on any of the links in this post - or by clicking here - or by clicking on my little store front icon.  

There are always some special Online Only items that are not in the Annual Catalog - just type in "Online Exclusives" in the search bar and they will pop up.  Also - the new Mini Seasonal Catalog will be available to purchase from on September 6th. 

Let's Go Shopping- Stamping Inkspirations Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Hi all! Welcome to the Corner of Plaid and Paisley where we are taking a break at this cute little diner made with the Let's Go Shopping Bundle!

I am participating in the Stamping Inkspirations Tic - Tac - Toe Challenge today.  

We had to pick a row and use those items to meet the challenge. 

Fitting Florets Blog Hop - Birthday Card

 Welcome!  I am showing a card today made with the Fitting Florets Bundle that is a brand new offering for November with Stampin' Up!

I am joining in on a Blog Hop dedicated to this new product bundle!

Color Challenge Using Decorative Masks for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

 I am joining the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop today with a color challenge that I am really excited about!

It will be fun to see what everyone has created for this hop!

We are being challenged to make a card using three to five of the following colors:

Blushing Bride, Polished Pink, Fresh Freesia, Bumblebee and Garden Green.

So I pulled out the Butterflies & Flowers Layering Decorative Masks, my Blending Brushes and my inks and started playing.  I enjoyed this process so much - I need to do this technique more often!

After creating my layered flowers, I just fussy cut them out with a pair of snips.  I popped my flowers up with Dimensionals on a piece of textured white that I ran through the Ornate Floral 3D embossing folder.  My Sentiment was cut with the Ornate Frame Dies, stamped with the Best Wishes from Artistically Inked stamp set.  The embellishments are the Loose Flower Flourishes and a tiny bit of Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon.

The inside of my card is stamped with a sentiment from Happiest of Birthdays stamp set.  I used the pink inks to create some more flowers with the masks in the corner and on my envelope flap.

I loved this so much - I went on to create a couple of wedding cards with these floral masks.

Now it is time to see what everyone else did with these colors.

If you are following along in order Annette is up next!

 

Angie McKenzie  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Aurélie Fabre

Rachael Merrick  ●  Jan Musselman  ●  Jo Blackman

Karen Egan  ●  Mo Rootes   ●  Robbie Susan Chandler

Danielle Kassing  ●  Gez Carpenter  ●  Ann Krucek

Annette Ball  ●  Susan Webster  ●  Karen Henderson

Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Chris Smith  ●  Tricia Butts

Teri West  ●  Linda Moore  ●  Marieke Bart

Vickie Littlewood  ●  Jill Chapman  ●  Susan Simpson

Terry Hamilton  ●  Cheryl Hamilton  ●  Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

I  hope you enjoyed seeing all of these wonderful cards!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Garden Greenhouse Slimline Card for OSAT Blog Hop

 Good Morning Friends!  Welcome to Corner of Plaid and Paisley for a fun blog hop with the One Stamp at a Time Group.  Today's theme is Slim Shady, where we are showing off slimline cards.

I chose the Garden Greenhouse Bundle for my slimline card and 3D project - a little gift box for seeds!

You will find all the links to the other talent card maker's offerings at the end of my post.

They are sharing many great card and 3D projects with you!

Since Stampin' Up! is now offering slimline envelopes, we thought we would give you some ideas on what to fill those envelopes with,

Our Slimline Envelopes are 3 7/8" X 8 7/8"- so I like to make my card size just a bit smaller so that they can be taken in and out of the envelope easily.  My card measures 3 3/4" X 8 1/2".  This is a fun size because it gives you a little more room for designing.