LateNightStampers Challenge Card!

Hi, y'all! How are you coping with summer? UGH. :D I am SOOOOOOOOO grateful for A/C!!

Anyway. Today's share is another card I made for no class purpose; it's for a weekly challenge, and I haven't played along in a LONG time. :D SO, I can tell you all about it!


Card stock: Riding Hood Red kinda N, Basic Black, Very Vanilla

Ink: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake N

Stamp set: Oval All

Accessories: Big Shot ♥♥♥!, scallop oval punch, medium oval punch, clear embossing powder, vintage eyelets, Newsprint DSP N, Crop-a-dile, sponges, Top Note die

OK. I cut the Top Note just shy of full length, so that the entire side of the die cut was straight. The Newsprint DSP is cut JUST to fit inside the die cut. I used a sponge and Crumb Cake ink to age the DSP, Very Vanilla, and Riding Hood Red card stocks just a bit. I layered the Very Vanilla punched "just for you" on top of the embossed black scallop-circle-punched piece, and put that on with dimensionals.

It's really quite an easy card! :) I enjoy doing challenges when I have the time. :D Tonight is an Advanced Techniques class, so you'll get to see some of those next! :D

I really do hope you're studying your books, looking at the color combinations, and enjoying the possibilities! What FRESH looks these are!

Now, go. Take the time to STAMP something! :D I'll see you tomorrow!

Welcome to the May 15 & 16 Blog Tour!

Welcome to the

May 15th & 16th

Blog Tour.

Stop # 15

Tour #5
This tour features 24 blogs!

Each blog will show case a beautiful project using items from Stampin' Up!'s Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog.
Don’t forget to bookmark your favorite blogs as the links that make up this tour will disappear at midnight on May 16th.

If this is your first visit to my blog, WELCOME! My name is Lori Stilger, and I've been a demonstrator since 2000. I LOVE what I do, and I love to teach you how to use your stamps and paper - my goal is to show you things you feel comfortable duplicating at home - or encourage you to ask your own demonstrator how to do what I've shown (or come to one of my classes! :D) If you see anything that you want more information about, PLEASE ask me!! I love to feel useful! LOL!

We've been asked not to give blog candy on this tour, because it seems to take a lot of time to enter. ;D So there's no candy TODAY - but come back on MONDAY, and I'll have BLOG CANDY for you then to win!!!!!

My featured stamp set today is SIMPLE FRIENDSHIP, item #113397, shown on page 92 of the Spring/Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog. I LOVE this stamp set - as a matter of fact, if you come back on Monday, I'll have one more project to show you and a clickable list of photos of projects I've already shown, all done with this stamp set! :) I encourage you to bookmark my blog, and come back often - I try to make sure to post five days a week, and that adds up to lots of ideas! :) (Click on any photo to enlarge it!)

Now, on with what you came here for - the SAMPLES! Unless it's something that needs more explanation, I'll just put the recipe down for you.

This is a little 3"x3" card. I stamped and embossed the Cameo Coral piece first, then punched out the 1-3/4" circle in it. I put it over the Chocolate Chip card stock, then used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to center the medallion stamp in the punched-out area. I stamped the medallion, then took off the Cameo Coral piece and embossed the medallion.

Card stocks: Cameo Coral, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel

Ink: Whisper White Craft

Stamp set: Simple Friendship

Accessories: 1-3/4" circle punch, white embossing powder, embossing buddy, heat tool

Card stocks: Almost Amethyst, Lovely Lilac

Ink: Almost Amethyst, Whisper White Craft

Stamp set: Simple Friendship

Accessories: Big Shot, Box #2 die, 1-3/4" circle punch, white embossing powder, embossing buddy, heat tool, 5/8" satin ribbon (page 17, Occasions Mini catalog)

This is a 6"x6" scrapbook page. The current special from Stampin' Up!® is purchase three packs of Designer Series Paper (including WALK IN THE PARK in the Occasions Mini), and get one free! There are two other specials; if you're interested, please email me!

Card stock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Brilliant Blue, Pretty in Pink

Ink: Brilliant Blue

Stamp set: Simple Friendship

Accessories: Mini glue dots, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Aqua Painters, word window punch, paper snips, dimensionals, Walk in the Park DSP


This is the final sample for today - and I LOVE it. :) It's very simple to do, but I think it's pretty stunning - if I do say so myself. :D

The flowers are stamped on the Going Gray card stock underneath the vellum; I stamped them in Whisper White Craft ink, then allowed it to dry before putting the vellum on top.

Card stock: Whisper White, Vellum Cardstock, Going Gray, Brushed Silver metallic

Ink: Pink Passion, Whisper White Craft

Stamp set: Simple Friendship

Accessories: Whisper White eyelets, Crop-a-dile, Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder, embossing buddy, heat tool, Pretties Kit (hat pin body)

That's the end of today's samples from me! :) I really hope you enjoyed them! Please leave me a comment telling me which one was your favorite and why! I'm always interested in what other people think! :D

Now, allow me introduce your next stop, Barbara Dondero. Barbara's blog features the GREAT FRIENDS stamp set from Stampin’ Up!

Click on the "Next Blog" icon below to start your excursion and travel to Barbara's blog. This icon will be used through-out the tour to help you find your way to the next blog.
Grab your favorite cup of joe & enjoy the tour

Link removed - tour ended! Don't forget to come back MONDAY to enter to win!