Whatever Challenge Wednesday -- Teeny tiny thanks

Whatever Challenge Wednesdays features a challenge from the blogosphere, chosen randomly.
Here's our pick for this week:

Hi everyone,

This week's challenges are Kristina Werner Color Inspiration RC no3 and Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge no1, Here's the details:

And here's my "card" it's so tiny I did put a US quarter besides so you can see. Finished size is 1½ X 1½ inches.

I used lots of punches to ease my life on this teeny one. Scallop square, 1¼ square and 1 inch circle. I also used the corner of the square punch for the end of the banner, a really fast trick. As needed by the challenge I used Very Vanilla and Certainly Celery CS, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip classic ink and Pale plum buttons(non SU!)

These were way too cute, I just HAD to make multiples, as much as I had the small pale plum buttons:

They're even too tiny for my usual "created by" stamp so I just inked the web omitting the www.

Did you figured out where the branch came from??

... the stem of the flower in the Sweet Stem stamp set.

The "thanks" is from SAB Happy moments and the little owl is from love bandit all by Stampin' Up!

Have a nice stampin' day!

Gen

Two 4 Tuesday -- My Soft Yellow Butterfly

Two for Tuesday features 2 projects that are similar in either color, theme, layout or embellishment but... with a different twist!

Hi everyone,

Today's card is almost a complete cased card from Nichole Heady but I was out of inspiration and the soft yellow butterfly was just the thing I needed. So for Two 4 Tuesday, I give you 2 cards using the same stamps and colors but a different orientation... with a little bling on the side for good measure.

Very simple to do. I love stamping with Whisper White Craft Ink on Kraft paper. And the butterfly was punched out of my own handmade glitter cardstock with Heat & Stick Powder and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter. It's a monochromatic look and I quite like it!

Have nice stampin' day! CeeCee

List of Supplies (all from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted)

Stamp Set: Upsy Daisy

Inks: Whisper White Craft, Chocolate Chip Classic, VersaMark

Cardstock: Whisper White, Kraft, So Saffron

Punches: Butterfly, Scallop Trim

Others: Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Crystal Effects, SNAIL Adhesive, Sticky Strip, yellow bauble (non SU)

Quickie Mini Monday -- Colorful love

Quickie Mini Mondays feature a 10 minute-or-less project -- something fast, fun and easy to reproduce and mass produce.
Hi everyone,

Today's card is really simple, tiny piece of DSP (3 ½ X ¾), silver embossed heart from retiring Best wishes and more, an already retired sentiment and button.

I faux-threaded the button with a tiny slice of coordinating paper and secured it with a glue dot, it's faster than thread and I always have the exact color to coordinate my project!! I just love it!!

Since every thing coordinates so well, I pulled out different colors of buttons, matched them with coordinating monochromatic DSP and played.

Hope you'll find some time to play too, have a nice stampin' day

Gen

Sparkly Fun Friday -- Recycle with Rockabilly

Sparkly Fun Fridays features a sparkly or glittery project using shimmer paints, embossing powders, glitters, rhinestones... anything shiny to welcome the weekend in a fun way!!!

Hi everyone,

Happy shimmering friday!!

Today as I was trying (again!!) to clean my stamp room, I found one of the little SU! embellishments boxes, EMPTY...I couldn't throw it away so I decided to do something with it NOW!! Here's what I came up with:

Since I just finished the second page of my 2-page layout from wednesday, all my rockabilly DSP was out with its coordinating cardstock, I just jumped into it. I decorated the little box and made a set of mini note/tag cards to fit into it:

I made four of them very quickly with our extra-large flower punch. layered some CS and DSP circles , addind a big brad, I sprayed some homemade shimmer mist (sadly, it doesn't show on the photo but they really are very shimmery) and then added dazzling diamonds with my 2-way glue pen.

In order to get a mini card with punches, first fold your CS, then, slide it through the punch. Punch while leaving a little bit of the fold uncut, so fun!!

Have a nice stampin' day, I sure will since my friend is coming over for a well deserved scrapbook night !!

Gen

Sweet Treat Thursday -- Going Healthy

Sweet Treat Thursdays are all about food -- our other favorite topic -- and features ways to embellish/wrap/present something edible. CAUTION: May be hazardous to your waistline!

Hi everyone,

Lately, I've been cooking and baking a little bit more than usual. Since my daughter and my husband are both diabetic, baking is a little bit more tricky. I have some recipes in my books given to me by my mother-in-law (also diabetic) and tonight I made a batch of mini Pineapple Carrot Muffins.

They look huge in that plate, but they're actually tiny, cute and yummy! Of course, an idea came to mind and I rushed to my studio to make this gift idea project:

Since I didn't have a mini clipboard in my inventory (time to order!), I took one of Stampin' Up!'s On Board Book Basics piece (small) and covered it up with some American Crafts paper from the À la Mode collection. The edges are sanded and inked with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The clip is a just a regular black binder clip that I modified with some Adirondack's Copper Mixative Alcohol Ink.

Attached to the clipboard is one of SU's Glassine bag (large) filled with 4 mini muffins. I clipped the bag to the front of the clipboard. I also decorated the bag with a tag and tied a piece of SU's Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon around it.

To the back of the clipboard, I've attached the recipe. The clipboard can then be re-used to collect and hold the recipes you use the most. I've even thought that I could attach the board to my overhead kitchen cupboard by a ribbon. That way, I'd have the recipe is right at eye-level and have the counter free while I bake!

I made myself a template in Word for the recipes, cut it to size and glued it to another piece of patterned paper.

Here's a tag in lieu of a card for when I give the muffins and the pegboard as a gift. The stamp set used is also from American Crafts and is called "Washer"... weird as all the stamps are kitchen related. I embossed in white the little chalkboard and the scalloped border.

and in the back, a little written message.

I think this would make such a perfect host gift when you're invited to dinner, don't you think?

Have a nice stampin' day! CeeCee

Whatever Challenge Wednesday -- InLinkz Challenge #1 Boy Birthday Card

Whatever Challenge Wednesdays features a challenge from the blogosphere, chosen randomly. Here's our pick for this week:

Hi everyone,

Today we're playing with the first ever InLinkz Challenge. I got an email from them at the beginning of the week inviting me to participate and I jumped on this opportunity since I absolutely love the color combo. There is also a boy birthday theme to respect.

The fun thing about this challenge is that you get to vote on your favorite card! I encourage to participate and the instructions for voting are at the end of this post. So, here's our entry:

The inspiration for my card is a patterned paper from The Goods collection by American Crafts which encompassed all of the colors of the challenge. Perfect! The stamp set used is It's A Celebration by PapertreyInk. I've had that set for a while and never used used it!

The focal accent is embossed in clear embossing powder and raised with foam adhesives. The pretty little ribbon is by KiMemories. Everything I've used here is fairly old (in scrapbooking time, hehe) which I'm happy about. I'm on a mission to reduce my hoarded inventory. It kills me to cut into a yummy piece of 12X12 just to make a card, but it can be done folks!

Don't forget to vote.... Have a nice stampin' day! CeeCee

Two 4 Tuesday -- Celebrate SSSC71

Hi everyone,

this week's two 4 tuesday was inspired by this sketch from Karen Giron:

I took the exact focal image, the same pack of paper, the same sketch but I changed the shape of the card, one regular 4¼ X 5½ and one 5½ round, here they are:


I first stamped my image in versamark on a sahara sand cardstock and embossed it with white EP , then I brought it to life by coloring it with my stampin' write markers and a little touch of white gel pen.

to add some texture I added pieces of ribbon and I also handstiched the card, it's time consumming but I love the effect so much, to me it's worth the extra time.

I also added a sentiment on a part of modern label, I don't know why I never think about using just a part of a punched shapes more often...need to keep that in mind.

Have a nice stampin' day

Gen

Supplies -- all by Stampin' Up! unless noted otherwise:

• stamp : party owl (non SU!)
• cardstock: Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay and Thouroughly modern DSP
• ink: versamark and lots of Stampin' Write markers
• punch: Modern label
• ribbon: Bermuda Bay and Soft suede 5/8" polka-dot and rose red ¼ gros-grain
• other: White EP, White gel penSponge Daubers, Colluzzle and circle scissor plus, Paper Piercer, SNAIL Adhesive, needle and thread (non SU)