Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop: Summer Silhouettes

Good morning everyone! And welcome to another Stamp Review Crew blog hop! This time we are featuring the Summer Silhouettes stamp set! I know that you will find many projects to inspire you to use this set! If you arrived here from Wendy's blog then you are in the right place! Her projects always amaze me! So much talent! If this is your starting point that's just fine, too! By clicking the link at the bottom of this post, you will be directed to the next blog!

Now for my card...

I kept mine pretty simple as I needed to have it done before I left for my trip. I actually was inspired by a card that the crew at Stampin' Up! had done. I may have changed a few things.

• Card base is Whisper White
• On a piece of Whisper White, stamp the stem image from Summer Silhouettes using Old Olive ink several times making sure to stamp some images without reinking
• Stamp the sentiment from Something to Say with Night of Navy ink
• Punch a strip from Daffodil Delight using the dotted ribbon scallop punch and adhere to a strip of Night of Navy then adhere to stamped panel
• Wrap a piece of silver baker's twine around stamped panel twice and tie a bow then adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Punch a flower from Daffodil Delight using the itty bitty accents punch pack and adhere to card
• Add a Night of Navy candy dot to flower center

There you have it! Now it's time to send you on to Nancy Smith's blog where you will be inspired even more! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Something to Say, Summer Silhouettes; Paper- Whisper White, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight; Ink- Old Olive, Night of Navy; Accessories- silver baker's twine, dotted ribbon scallop punch, itty bitty accents punch pack, Regals candy dots, dimensionals

Raspberry Silhouettes

Good morning, Friends! Brrrr!!! I was enjoying the warmer temperatures and now we are below freezing again. Ugh! I just hope that it wasn't too bad for our fruit farmers. It looks like it could be another cold one tonight, too. And then it's supposed to warm up. At least the sun is shining today after a great day of rain yesterday! I have to get my stuff ready for stamp club tonight. I'm looking forward to a great time with the club ladies!

For today's card I pulled out some stamps and colors that I haven't used in a while. Raspberry Ripple will be retiring at the end of May. I really do like this color and used it a lot when it first came out. And Summer Silhouettes is still one of my favorite stamp sets but it got pushed back on the shelf when the Occasions mini came out. So it was nice to work with them again!

• Card base is Crumb Cake with the bottom right hand corner rounded with the 1" circle punch
• On a layer of Crumb Cake, round the bottom right had corner with the 1" circle punch
• Stamps the border image from Summer Silhouettes in Crumb Cake across the bottom
• Stamp the stems in Old Olive (I had to use a Post-It to mask off the border so that my stem would not stamp where I didn't want it - lol)
• Stamp the flower tops in Raspberry Ripple
• Cut a scallop border from Raspberry Ripple card stock using the Tasteful Trim die and adhere to stamped panel
• Stamp the greeting from Sweet Essentials in black StazOn
• Wrap a piece of silver twine around the panel twice and secure on the back (I use scotch tape)
• Adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Thread a piece of silver twine through a Basic Metal button and tie a bow on the back side of the button and adhere to card with glue dots
• Cut a butterfly from Pink Pirouette card stock using the Beautiful Wings embosslit and adhere to card
• Add a small pearl to butterfly

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple, Pink Pirouette; Ink- black StazOn, Old Olive, Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Tasteful Trim die, Beautiful Wings embosslit, Basic Metal buttons, silver twine, 1" circle punch, pearls, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! What a great weekend it has been around here! A friend came to visit and we were able to surprise our friends Becky and Emily and extend Becky's birthday just a bit longer!! My son has spent three nights at his friend's house so my husband and I were able to have a really nice dinner last night for our anniversary which happens to be today! And today is also my father-in-law's 80th birthday! We will be heading up the mountain for a small celebration later this morning! Then tomorrow morning Nick and I will be leaving for Kansas to visit my family and have a wild Fourth of July party!! I can't believe that June is over! Just reminds me to enjoy everyday!

Today's card was inspired by Mary Jo's Lunchtime Sketch Challenge. Here are the card details:

• Whisper White card base
• Soft Sky strip that was run through the Big Shot with the Adorning Accents edgelits embossing folder then adhered to card
• Strip of Calypso Coral is adhered to card
• Stamp stem image from Summer Silhouettes in Garden Green onto Whisper White then stamp flowers in Calypso Coral
• Use corner rounder to round corner and the Essentials paper piercing pack to pierce a circle around image
• Pop up onto card
• Stamp greeting from Petite Pairs in Calypso Coral and punch out with 1" circle punch
• Add mini brad and adhere to card

There you have it! Pretty simple! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Petite Pairs; Paper- Whisper White, Soft Sky, Calypso Coral; Ink- Calypso Coral, Garden Green; Accessories- Adorning Accents edgelits embossing folder, Essentials paper piercing pack, mini brad, corner rounder, 1" circle punch, dimensionals

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It's time for another great challenge from the Sketch Frenzy Friday team! This week's sketch was created by Patrice Herrera. Take a look!

Looks like a photo frame, huh? Well, I didn't have a photo to use like that but that would be so cool, wouldn't it? So I went in a slightly different direction and here's what I did.

I still used the frame idea, just not with a photo. I used the Designer Frames TEF to emboss a piece of Whisper White and cut around the frame. Then I stamped the leaf image from Summer Silhouettes in the new Pistachio Pudding color. This is adhered to the inside of the frame. I pierced a bit on a piece of Whisper White before popping the frame up onto the card. I was trying to get the flourish part of the sketch. Then I stamped the greeting from Sweet Essentials with the new Crisp Cantaloupe. On another piece of Whisper White I stamped the flower image with Crisp Cantaloupe and the flower center with Calypso Coral. I cut this out and popped it up onto the card. I added a rhinestone to the flower center. 

You can see all the other designer's work at the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog. I hope that you will be able to play along with us this week! We sure do love seeing all the wonderful ideas that you all come up with! Thanks for stoppin by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White; Ink- Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral; Accessories- Designer Frames TEF, rhinestone, dimensionals

CCMC Card "Create"tions Week 3 Favor

Good morning, Friends! It's the third and final week of the Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions for all Occasions. Wow! That went by quickly! Have you seen all the beautiful and wonderful card creations? The only way you get to see them is to be a subscriber of this special edition. Think it's too late? Nope! You can subscribe today and still enjoy ALL of the creations along with the downloadable instructions! I had such a great time creating these special projects and I know the other designers did as well!

Today is day that the designers reveal a favor that was made with their assigned stamp set. So as you can see, I used the Summer Silhouettes stamp set this past week. I love this set! For today's favor I made a luminary. I cut the Midnight Muse card stock at 10 3/8" x 5 1/2" and then scored at 2 1/2", 5", 7 1/2" and 10". Then I turned it and scored at 1 1/2". I folded all the scored lines and cut the short scored lines. The vellum panels are cut at 3 7/8" x 2 3/8". I used the Ovals framelits dies to cut the panels. The vellum panels are stamped with the leaf image in Gumball Green and then adhered to the inside of the luminary. I used the scallop trim punch to punch the top and then I used sticky strip to adhered the bottom and side together. I stamped the flower image onto Very Vanilla in Summer Starfruit and the flower center in Midnight Muse. I cut these out and adhered them with a dimensional to the luminary. Each flower center also received a rhinestone to finish it all off! 

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other designers made for their favor this week and to see what stamp set they used! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes; Paper- Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, vellum; Ink- Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit; Accessories- Ovals framelits dies, scallop trim punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

A Single Flower

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is going super! I know that it is going by quickly! It helped having Monday off but I feel like my whole schedule is off, too! Yesterday I had a couple of appointments so I didn't get anything done. Well, I did get two cards stamped and that was a miracle as I really had to squeeze that in! And that is why I haven't posted the last two days. I just was out of sorts - if you know what I mean. But today I feel confident that I will be back on track! I have laundry to do, too (joy).

Today's card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest. The layout is exactly the same with pretty much the same colors. I stamped the stem from Summer Silhouettes in Old Olive and the blossoms in Raspberry Ripple onto a panel of Whisper White. I rounded opposite corners on this panel and popped it up onto another panel of Whisper White that also has the same corners rounded. This is then popped up onto a card base of Whisper White. I stamped the greeting from Sweet Essentials in Raspberry Ripple and adhered it to the top panel. Finally, I added three rhinestones to the flower blossoms. Pretty simple!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White; Ink- Old Olive, Raspberry Ripple; Accessories- rhinestones, corner rounder, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! Seems to be a busy week for us so far. I can't believe that we are nearing the end of August! Wow!! Nick is looking forward to a long weekend this weekend! I think we all are!! No special plans for us, but it will be nice to just relax at home and try to get some things done around here. I hope your week is going well and that you are able to find some time to create! That is on my schedule for today!

Today's card comes from the latest challenge at Nacho Average Challenge. This week they have a sketch challenge. I really liked how clean and simple it was so I was excited to play along! I took a strip of Very Vanilla and ran it through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder and adhered it to the card base of Very Vanilla. Then I stamped the flower stem from Summer Silhouettes in Lucky Limeade and the flower top in Raspberry Ripple. I used my paper piercing essentials pack to help me pierce a circle around the flower. Then I tied a piece of Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon around this before popping this panel up onto the card. Then I stamped the greeting from Made for You in Raspberry Ripple and attached it to the card. My final touch was to add a rhinestone to the flower (kind of hard to see). Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Made for You; Paper- Very Vanilla; Ink- Lucky Limeade, Raspberry Ripple; Accessories- Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon, Square Lattice embossing folder, paper piercing essentials pack, rhinestone, dimensionals

Especially for You

Good morning, Friends! An early morning post that will be quick as we will be leaving shortly to go out of town to a memorial service for a family member. And I didn't sleep well at all last night so I know that there is a migraine just around the corner. Hopefully a cup of coffee and a few pills will nip that and I will be good to go for the rest of the day!

Today's card is the third one that I did with my stamp club on Monday. I just love the color Crumb Cake. Anything goes with it!! And here I paired it with Wisteria Wonder. I love how soft it is. I took a piece of Crumb Cake and rounded one corner. I took two strips of Crumb Cake dsp flagged the ends and sponged them before adhering them to the panel. Then I stamped the image from Summer Silhouettes in Crumb Cake ink and the sentiment from Made for You in Basic Black. I used my paper piercing essentials pack and a piercer to pierce a circle around the flower to highlight it. I wrapped a piece of Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon around this and popped it up onto a card base of Crumb Cake to which I rounded the corner, too. Finally I added a flower that was punched from Wisteria Wonder using the itty bitty shapes punch pack with a rhinestone. So soft and simple!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Made for You; Paper- Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Neutrals designer paper stack; Ink- Crumb Cake, Basic Black; Accessories- Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon, itty bitty shapes punch pack, corner rounder, rhinestone, sponge, dimensionals

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Good Friday morning!! I am happy to bring you this week's challenge from the talented ladies at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch was created by Maria Vanderform. Take a look!

I thought this to be a very interesting sketch and was excited to try something new (new to me)! Here's what I did!

I took a piece of Crumb Cake and stamped the border from Summer Silhouettes in Crumb Cake and the leaf image in Old Olive. This is adhered to a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I took another piece of Crumb Cake and punched a 2 3/8" scallop circle. I stamped the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Rich Razzleberry. I added a border of Crumb Cake that was run through the Big Shot with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. I tied a piece of Rich Razzleberry stitched grosgrain ribbon around this and popped it up onto the card. Then I stamped the flower in Rich Razzleberry onto Whisper White and cut it out. This is popped up onto the card as well. I added a button with a rhinestone in the center and two other rhinestones. 


Click 'here' to see what Jennifer has done with this sketch. Keep going through the tour to see what the other designers have done with this sketch. I do hope that you will join us this week by creating your own project using this sketch. Be sure to post it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see what you did! We love to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Crumb Cake, Whisper White; Ink- Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry; Accessories- Rich Razzleberry stitched grosgrain ribbon, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, Fancy Fan embossing folder, neutrals buttons, rhinestones, dimensionals

Silhouette Friends

Good morning, Friends! I was glad that I could sleep in a little. It seems like I am having a hard time falling asleep so I am glad for a little extra in the morning. And Nick is trying to get a few extra 'z's in the this morning, too. My friend Becky let him have a ball of yarn and some knitting needles to practice some knitting. I had to re-learn as well so that I could help him. I think it was the blind leading the blind - lol! We just need to keep practicing! But he was so excited!! Need to do some stamping today so it should be a fun day!!


Today's card is another that was inspired by the recent magazine that I keep talking about. It is a great magazine!! I also love this new set, Summer Silhouettes! I stamped the border image in Crumb Cake onto Crumb Cake (with the help of my stamp-a-ma-jig). Then I tied a piece of Calypso Coral around it. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Calypso Coral. Then I cut a label from Crumb Cake using the Labels framelits and my Big Shot. I stamped the flower in Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral and the greeting from Sweet Essentials in Basic Black. This is popped up onto the card. I added three random rhinestones. Easy peasy!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Crumb Cake; Ink- Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Basic Black; Accessories- Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon, Labels framelits dies, rhinestones, dimensionals

Thank You Silhouettes

Good morning, Friends! I can't believe that we are starting another week! And we are on the downhill side of July? Time sure does seem to fly by! We have three busy weekends ahead of us and then school will be starting again. But don't tell my son! He is focused on having a super summer - lol! Yesterday I worked on knitting a cool spiral scarf. It turned out really neat! And it was pretty easy! I did have to start over quite a bit but once I got the hang of it, it went really fast! Now my son wants to learn to knit, too! 


Today's card is another that was inspired by the recent Stamp It magazine. Another super simple one, too! I stamped the border image from Summer Silhouettes twice (with the help of the stamp-a-ma-jig) in Crumb Cake onto a piece of Crumb Cake card stock. Then I stamped the leaf image in Old Olive. I rounded the two side corners of the panel and the card base of Crumb Cake with the 1" circle punch and then adhered the panel to the card base. Then I stamped the flower in Raspberry Ripple onto a scrap of Very Vanilla and cut it out. I popped it up onto the card and added a rhinestone. Then I stamped the sentiment from Made for You in Raspberry Ripple onto a strip of Very Vanilla and flagged one end. This is tucked behind the flower. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Made for You; Paper- Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla; Ink- Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Raspberry Ripple; Accessories- 1" circle punch, rhinestone, dimensionals 

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Good morning, Friends! Are you ready for another great challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary? This week they are challenging us with color! Take a look!

The colors of choice are Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Pool Party and So Saffron! Aren't they pretty!! Here's what I came up with!

A super simple card! I kept it simple so I could get all the colors to work together. I started by stamping the border image from Summer Silhouettes in So Saffron along the bottom of a Whisper White panel. Then I stamped the stem in Old Olive and the flowers in Cherry Cobbler. The greeting from Made for You was also stamped in Cherry Cobbler. Then I tied a piece of Pool Party seam binding ribbon around the panel and rounded the top two corners. I felt like it still needed a little something else so I took my Paper Piercing Essentials pack and used my piercer to pierce a circle around the flower to sort of highlight it. Then this panel is popped up onto a panel of cherry Cobbler which is adhered to a card base of Whisper White.


Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to get more inspiration from the other fabulous designers. Then create your own project using the fabulous colors! We always love to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Made for You; Paper- Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler; Ink- So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive; Accessories- Pool Party seam binding ribbon, corner rounder paper piercing essentials pack, dimensionals

A Colorful Pattern

Good morning, Friends! Nick and I made it home on Sunday. Had a little delay but nothing major. It's good to be home again but I am missing the family. Can't wait to see them all again!! I wanted to post this card yesterday but our switch went out and I couldn't access the internet all day! We finally discovered the problem after dinner and quickly made a run to Best Buy to get another one. It appears to be up and working again! Yea!! I'm glad that was the only problem! Now it's time to get back to stamping! I should have some goodies coming today! Now to find some time - lol!!


Today's card was inspired by one I saw on CASE Study. Of course, I am using different stamps and colors but I am using the idea of a repeating image. And for all I know, she may have use designer paper. Anyway, with the help of my stamp-a-ma-jig, I took the image from Summer Silhouettes and stamped it repeatedly onto Crumb Cake card stock using Gumball Green, Midnight Muse and Raspberry Ripple. Then I wrapped a piece of Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon around it. I punched a piece of Midnight Muse with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and adhered it to the side. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I stamped the greeting from Sweet Essentials in Midnight Muse along the side. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse; Ink- Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple; Accessories- Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon, dotted ribbon scallop punch, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! Are you glad it's Friday? I hope so because Sketch Frenzy Friday has another great sketch for you this week! This week's sketch was created by Jennifer Weide. Take a look!

Such a great clean and simple sketch! And that was perfect for me as I was trying to get myself ready for vacation! So here is what I came up with!

I kept my card clean and simple as well! I stamped the border image from Summer Silhouettes in Crumb Cake onto a piece of Crumb Cake card stock. Then I stamped the stem in Old Olive and the little towers in Midnight Muse. The flower part is stamped several times to make it appear a little more "full". Then I stamped the greeting from Made for You in Midnight Muse. Then I took a stencil from the Essentials Paper-Piercing pack and pierced a circle around the flower to highlight it. I thought that turned out pretty cool! You will be seeing that a lot more! Those stencils make it super easy to do!. Then I wrapped a piece of Midnight Muse around the panel. I popped this up onto the card which is made up of a base of Crumb Cake and a piece of Midnight Muse that has been run through the Big Shot with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. I added a butterfly of Midnight Muse that was run through the Big Shot with the Beautiful Wings embosslit and two rhinestones.


Click 'here' to see what Jennifer did with her sketch. Continue through the tour to get more inspiration and then be sure to create your own project using this sketch and upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! We always love to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Made for You; Paper- Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse; Ink- Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse; Accessories- Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Beautiful Wings embosslit, rhinestones, dimensionals

Summer Birthday

Good morning everyone! I hope you are having a great weekend! We are in a small town in Utah at a baseball tournament that started yesterday. The boys won both of their games!!! The first one was a nail biter and the second was way more definite! So today we will see how far we can go! Last year these boys won this tournament but this year there are a LOT more teams and it is a much bigger tournament. They are playing great so far and we hope to really go 'big' today!!


Today's card features some great new products! I love this new set, Summer Silhouettes. I can see lots of possibilities with this one! I saw a card on the Hero Arts site that helped me create this card. And may I just say that the new style of ink pads are incredible!!!!! I wanted to incorporate the new In Color, Summer Starfruit. So I decided to pair it up with Garden Green and Elegant Eggplant. I stamped the stems and leaves in Garden Green onto Very Vanilla stamping off a few times. Then I added the flower tips in Elegant Eggplant. Then I stamped the flower on a scrap of Very Vanilla in Summer Starfruit and the flower center in Elegant Eggplant. I cut these out and popped these up onto the card. I stamped the greeting from Perfectly Penned in Elegant Eggplant. The corners are rounded with the 1" circle punch and the edges are sponged with Garden Green. Then the panel is popped up onto a card base of Garden Green. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Perfectly Penned; Paper- Garden Green, Very Vanilla; Ink- Elegant Eggplant, Summer Starfruit, Garden Green; Accessories- 1" circle punch, sponge, dimensionals