THT065 - Circle Card Challenge

It's Thursday so it's time for another Treehouse Stamps Challenge!  This week's challenge is to create a circle card.  This was a great challenge for me.  I had never created a circle card before.  I was debating between two versions of this card this week.  I ended up submitting the scalloped circle.  I also included my second sample picture  (plain circle) below.  Do you like the scalloped or plain better?

Second Sample:

This is also my last card as the August guest design team member for Treehouse stamps.  It has been a great experience working with the very talented design team there.  I'm sure I'll continue to participate in their weekly challenges.  It's challenges like this week's that really push me to try something new.

I chose to use the newly released Monkey Business stamp set for this one.  I created my ring of leaves using the Stampin' Up two step bird punch.  I hope you like my little monkey card!  I think this guy would be a perfect kids birthday card or birthday invitation.  Since it takes a bit of effort to put the ring of leaves on this card you might not want to mass produce this one.

Here are the supplies I used:

Stamps: Monkey Business Digi Set Treehouse Stamps
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Barely Banana, Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Accessories: SU Polka Dot Embossing Folder, SU Two Step Bird Punch, SU Large Scalloped Oval Sizzix die, Coluzzle, Scalloped Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch
Techniques:  Dry Embossing, MDS, Die Cutting 

Want to see some other great Circle Cards?  Check out all the Treehouse Stamps Design Team creations for this week's challenge here:

• Ashley Bowen
• Neva McMullen
• Kelly Hampton
• Maria Levine
• Gloria Morizen
• Heather Prince
• Kimberly Lowrey
• Stephanie Serrano
• Virginia Lu

Thanks for checking out my card and my blog!

  

To play along with the Challenge click here:  Treehouse Thursday Challenge

September Release Fall Blessings Masculine Birthday Card

I created this card for the Treehouse Stamps September Release.  There are some really great digi sets coming out today over at Treehouse.  I used the Fall Blessings digi stamp set for the image panel and the Prayers and Wishes set for the Sentiment.

I decided to create a photo negative effect with the leaf digi by coloring the background and leaving the image clear.  I never seem to have enough masculine birthday cards so I added the Birthday Wishes sentiment to this card.

Here is my supply list:

Stamps: Fall Blessings, Prayers & Wishes
Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Very Vanilla, Old Olive
Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive, Basic Black
Accessories: Fiskers Embossing Plate, Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Rhinestones, Large Oval Punch, Scalloped Edge Punch
Techniques: Digital Stamping, Dry Embossing

Thanks for taking the time to check out my September Release card!

THT064 - Fall Colors

Here is my card for this week's Treehouse Stamps Thursday Challenge - Fall Colors

For this card I used the Treehouse Stamps Digital Set Fall Cupcake.

Supplies
Stamps:  Treehouse Stamps Digital Set Fall Cupcake.
Paper:  Stampin Up Close to Cocoa, So Saffron, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Ink:  Basic Black, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive
Accessories:  Fisker's Leaves Embossing Plate, SU Word Window Punch, SU Eyelet Border Punch, Marvy Scalloped Square Punch

Want to see some other great Fall Colors Cards?  Check out all the Treehouse Stamps Design Team creations for this week's challenge here:

Ashley Bowen

Neva McMullen

Kelly Hampton

Maria Levine

Gloria Morizen

Heather Prince

Kimberly Lowrey

Stephanie Serrano

Virginia Lu

Thanks for checking out my card and my blog!
 
To play along with the Challenge click here:  Treehouse Thursday Challenge

Queen for the Day honoring: Princess Heather

I found this very fun Queen For the Day game on the Splitcoast Stampers website. When I found out that my friend Heather Prince from the Treehouse Stamps Design Team was being honored I just had to play along. Here is the card I made:




I made this card based on the inspiration of Heather's Sharing in Your Sorrow Card.
Unfortunately I have been needing a lot of sympathy cards this summer so I think I just naturally gravitated towards that theme. The sentiment and image were created in SU MDS.

Here are the supplies I used:

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers, For All You Do
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Barely Banana, Whisper White
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow
Accessories: Fiskers Embossing Plate, Scalloped Square Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Grossgrain Ribbon, Pearls, Rhinestones
Techniques: MDS