Pun Fun You're A Blast

Hi!

I'm back with another male card.  This time I went with the sketch at Unscripted Sketches.  They are doing a Breast Cancer Awareness Blog Hop this week as well as their challenge, so why not pop on over and have a look?  Here's their sketch this week:

Here's the card I came up with, once again using the bright and cheerful Celebrations DSP.

I love the combination of spots and stripes in the DSP!

Stamps: Pun Fun, Classic Stars Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Real Red
DSP/Card Stock: Celebrations DSP, Real Red, Pacific Point, Whisper White
Other: Paper Snips, Real Red Brad

Catch you later - hopefully on our mini blog hop tomorrow!

Tina

Stampin' Up! Markers

Hi!

I had a bit of fun yesterday doing some colouring in - yes, even adults can colour in!  I had to make 2 birthday cards for the boys of some friends who both turned 7 recently.  I decided to make them the same cards, but reverse the colours.

Quick and easy cards that hopefully the boys will like!

Here's the cards separately:

Stamps: Pun Fun

Ink: Versamark, Stazon Black, Not Quite Navy (Marker) and Real Red (Marker), So Saffron (Marker)

Card Stock: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Real Red

Other: Dimensionals

Catch you later,

Tina

Pun Fun New Baby

Hi!

When I became a Stampin' Up Independent Demonstrator recently I got to choose some new stamp sets for my starter kit. Pun Fun was one that I chose. I kind of regretted it as soon as I did because it wasn't one that I thought I'd ever use. Boy was I wrong - it's a great set and I've used it HEAPS! This week I used it on a card for Makeesha's Inkspirations Sketch Challenge #19.



I decided to make a new baby card using the very adorable hippo stamp.



The Hippo, bow tie and balloon are all paper pieced. I stamped the image onto the Whisper White Card Stock using Stazon ink, and then again onto Going Grey and Pink Pirouette card stock, cut out the bits I needed and stuck it all together. You could easily do the same in boy colours.

Card Stock: Whisper White, Going Grey, Pink Pirouette
Stamp Set: Pun Fun, Best Yet (hostess set)
Ink: Stazon, Pretty In Pink
Other: Pink Pirouette 1 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals, Pink Velvet Ribbon(non SU) and white brads (non SU)

The very lush Pink Pirouette Ribbon is in the current Summer Mini catalogue which finishes at the end of March. Contact me if you'd like to buy some!

Catch you later,

Tina

Pun Fun Thank Ewe!

Hi!

Last night I decided to work on the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #57. It was a bit of a doozy this week, so I decided to go fairly simple and use tones of colour.



See what I mean about a doozy!



Detail of the ewe (apologies for the bad pic - camera troubles!):



Once again I had a go at paper piecing. I'm really liking this technique. My card was quite quick and easy to put together. I actually ended up liking this sketch!

Card stock/DSP: Basic Black, Whisper White, Rose Red, Basic Grey Hostess Patterns Pack II
Stamp: Pun Fun
Ink: Basic Black

Catch you later,

Tina

SAM Challenge 4

Hi!

Last night I was in the mood for scrapping, so I decided to work on a layout for the latest Stamp A Memory Challenge. This time Claire challenged us to: Create a layout in Black and White plus one other colour of your choice.

I've had the photo I used in mind for a layout for a while, and this one seemed the perfect opportunity. I decided not to use another colour as I wanted the main focus to be the photo. In the end though, I used silver embossing powder for the little whale, which I raised on dimensionals.





The journalling reads: Hudson loves splashing in the pool at Hydrotherapy. We go every Tuesday during the term. Sometimes Rob is able to go, and this is when Hudson has the most fun.

Card stock: Whisper White textured card stock, Basic Black
Stamps: Spot On Jumbo Wheel, Pun Fun, Short Order Alphabet
Ink: Basic Black, Versamark
Other: Curly Label punch, Horizontal Slot punch, Signo White Gel Pen, Silver Embossing Powder (non SU), Basic Black 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon

Catch you later,

Tina