Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

Wow, it’s been a crazy end of the school year! I haven’t had much time to play along with challenges lately, but I squeezed in some time for this week’s challenge from CAS(E) this Sketch.

Can I just say that I love the new Birthday Basics paper? It is so cute, and the colors are so fun, you are going to be seeing a lot of it! I really like Bermuda Bay much more this time around. I used balloons instead of the feather for a quick and easy birthday card.

Stamps: Sketched Birthday, Label Love
Ink: Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, Raspberry Ripple, Crisp Cantaloup
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Birthday Basics Designer Series Paper
Other: Artisan Label Punch, Crisp Cantaloup Ruffle Stretch Trim

The ribbon is really fun and stretchy! I only got it in two of the in colors. I think I will have to get it in all five. Are you liking the new colors? Come back on Monday for the Stampin’ Addicts New Color Blog Hop! I can’t wait to see what my friends are making! I’ll be representing Strawberry Slush.

I have a private card class coming up this weekend, and the hostess specifically requested some fun folds. An easy and beautiful fun fold is the Joy Fold Card. (Splitcoast Stampers  has a great tutorial.) I was very excited to ink up some new stamps and use some of the new paper! I combined the Sketched Birthday stamp set with Yippee-Skippee and the Birthday Basics Designer Series Paper. It is super cute!

This is the front of the card, with the two flaps closed:

And this is the card with both flaps open:

Stamps: Sketched Birthday, Yippee-Skippee
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Crisp Cantaloupe, Raspberry Ripple, Bermuda Bay, Summer Starfruit, Basic Gray
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Crisp Cantaloupe, Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, Birthday Basics Designer Series Paper
Other: Simple Scored scoring board

Isn’t that a great fold? If you are in the Simi Valley area, and are interested in hosting your own private class, let me know!

Mmmm… Cupcakes… Who doesn’t love them? I knew a cupcake would be a perfect touch to this week’s sketch from Seize the Birthday.

I used scallop circles in place of the stars in the sketch, along with the new Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper.

Stamps: Create a Cupcake
Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Island Indigo
Paper: Pear Pizzaz, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Very Vanilla, Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper
Other: 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch, Cupcake Builder Punch

Have you had a chance to browse through the new catalog yet? You can see it here: Flash or PDF. You still have through the end of the day tomorrow to order anything from the old catalog that has not already sold out.

Freshly Made Sketches has a fun new sketch this week, with a great big space for a fun image!

My nephew is turning three next month, and he is super into dinosaurs! I wanted to make him a card with the soon-to-be retiring Dinoroar stamp set, but I didn’t want to get the set just for one card (not like I haven’t done that before…). Anyway, my friend and fellow demonstrator Cindy Elam came to the rescue! She stamped some of the images for me, and I was able to create this great dino card based on one by Rita Wright. If you are looking for a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator in or around El Cajon, I highly recommend Cindy!

Stamps: Dino Roar
Ink: StazOn Jet Black
Paper: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Shimmery White, 2011-2013 In Colors Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack
Other: Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

The images are stamped on shimmery white cardstock. It is great for watercoloring with reinkers (like I did) and adds a fun sparkle to the card. The pterodactyl is cut out and popped up on the card. Thanks again, Cindy!

It’s Tuesday, so you know that Arielle has a great new color combo for you over at ColourQ! Aren’t they bright and fun? I combined them with the sketch from MDS Monday #13 (but I didn’t make a monochromatic layout, since I was using these colors).

These colors were just perfect for the pictures we took at Eve’s birthday dinner at Benihana’s. She loves going there — the food is great and the whole experience is so much fun!

I hope that you will find time to play along with ColourQ this week. And come back tomorrow to see the new digital downloads from Stampin’ Up!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who are celebrating today! Mother’s Day for me means time to create in my stamping room, in addition to spending time with family later today. I put together two very special challenges for you today. Dynamic Duos is celebrating their one year anniversary and CAS-ual Fridays is celebrating their 100th challenge and two year anniversary. I had a lot of fun combing these challenges!

For Dynamic Duos, I picked challenge #34, Melon Mambo and Island Indigo. (Well, actually Eve picked it.) and for CAS-ual Friday, I used the left hand column: polka dots, square card, and birthday. They really worked well together!

Stamps: Henry Says
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Melon Mambo, Island Indigo
Paper: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack, In Color 2011-2013 Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack

The finished card is a 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ square, so it will fit into a regular envelope. This adorable stamp set does not appear in the new catalog, so if you want it, be sure to order it before May 31st.

I made a quick and easy card with this classic sketch from Seize the Birthday this week.

I used one of the super cute stamps from Best of Birthdays to put this card together really quickly. I love these Best of sets, they have such great images! Stampin’ Up is releasing one a month. Click here to see the ones that have come out so far.

Stamps: Best of Birthdays
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Pool Party, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi
Paper: Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Whisper White, Storytime Designer Series Paper
Other: Pool Party Seam Binding, Wild Wasabi Stitched 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch

Layered ribbon is such a fun look. I started doing it in My Digital Studio, and it has made it’s way into real life, too!

What do you get when you combine four great colors from ColourQ and a fun layout from MDS Monday? A fun and fresh scrapbook page, of course!

These bright colors and the big circle made it the perfect layout to  show off the yummy cookie cake that Eve requested for her birthday this year.

To make the shadows on the title, I just copied and pasted the words a second time, then changed the colors. I offset them slightly so the title stands out more.

The great thing about playing along with the Seize the Birthday challenge each week is that I always have a birthday card when I need one! Another fun sketch this week!

Eve has a few more friends turning 10 before the school year ends, and since the Memorable Moments stamp set was just perfect for this sketch, I made up another card to have ready.

Stamps: Memorable Moments
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise
Paper: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack
Other: Labels Collection Framelits, Melon Mambo Dotted Scalloped Ribbon, Brights Buttons, Ice Cream Parlor Buttons (retired)

Just a reminder that the Stampin’ Up retiring lists will posted at midnight (Mountain Time) tomorrow. I will definitely be staying up to see them, and I will have all the links and other important information here for you on Wednesday.

I love when I can combine a fun sketch with a great color challenge, and that is exactly what I did with this week’s Friday Mashup and Dynamic Duos challenges.

When I saw the Friday Mashup sketch, I just knew I had to make a gatefold card. It’s been a while since I made one, and they are just so easy with the Simply Scored! And the Pumpkin Pie and Bashful Blue, made me think of a Monarch butterfly winging its way across the sky on its long migration.

Stamps: Best of Butterflies, Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Polka Dot Parade Designer Series Paper
Other: Brights Brads, Basic Black 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Bitty Banner Framelits, Simply Scored

Here is what the gatefold card looks like when it is open.

Don’t forget, Bashful Blue is one of the 10 colors retiring at the end of next month. If you want any products you should order them as soon as possible. Not Quite Navy cardstock is already sold out!