Today's Lunchtime Challenge!

It was another football weekend at the LeFevre household and the season seems to be flying by much too quickly for my liking.  Probably because this is Ben's last year playing and there have been too many "last times" lately.

Time for today's Techno Stamper Lunchtime Sketch Challenge and I hope you will find time out of your busy schedule to play along this week!  Below is the sketch, and you can load your card HERE.



I made an anniversary card for my project using the retired SAB set, Feeling Sentimental.  Below is my card and a list of what I used.

Stamps: Feeling Sentimental, Teeny Tiny Wishes (saying)
Inks: Island Indigo, Soft Suede, Pistachio Pudding
Papers: Very Vanilla, Island Indigo, Pistachio Pudding, Venetian Romance DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Windows Frame Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits, Early Espresso Ribbon, White Baker's Twine, Vintage Trinkets, Blender Pen, Dimensionals

Combo Challenge Post

Good morning everyone!  I have a combined challenge post using the same stamp set for you this Monday morning......Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Challenge and this week's Late Night Stamper Challenge.  This week's LNS challenge is to use your favorite SAB set.  For me it's the stamp set, Feeling Sentimental.  It's definitely a set I will keep for years to come, and feel it's a great set to use for guy cards.

First Up - The Technostamper Challenge Card

Here is the sketch, and you can click HERE to play along:

For my card, I stamped the phone booth image 3 times, twice using Calypso Coral ink and once using Early Espresso ink onto Very Vanilla c/s.  For the Calypso Coral images, I cut just the doors out on one image and then the whole phone image on the other.  I then layered the phone booth and then the doors over the early Espresso image, and used my Early Espresso inkpad to swipe the edges of the cut out pieces.  I used a piece of Tea for Two DSP for the background, and wanted to grunge it up a bit.  I crumpled up the DSP and then swiped the Early Espresso inkpad over it.  I think it gives it an interesting effect to the paper.  I then added some Very Vanilla Brads and Early Espresso ribbon, and a saying from the set, Teeny Tiny Wishes.  Here's the rest of the details:

Stamps: SAB Feeling Sentimental, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Inks: Calypso Coral, Early Espresso

Papers: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Tea for Two DSP

Accessories: Big Shot, Apothecary Accent Dies, Bitty Banner Framelits, Very Vanilla Brads, Early Espresso Ribbon, Sponges, Scissors, Dimensionals

Late Night Stamper Challenge - Saying Goodbye to SAB!

It's hard to believe that this is the last week for this year's SAB - another great selection of FREE stamps and embellishments!  You can download your project HERE.

Once again I went with my favorite set, Feeling Sentimental, for my challenge card.  I love how you can create motion with the bike image, and thought I would go with this look again for my card.  I used the Stamp-a-ma-Jig to help place the bike.  I inked the image up with Soft Suede ink and then just kept stamping the image until the image was very faint.  I then used the Honeycomb EF on only half of the Very Vanilla c/s and then added a strip of First Edition DSP for the background.  I used distressing tool on the edges and then swiped the edges with the Soft Suede inkpad.  Here's more of the details:

Stamps: Feeling Sentimental SAB, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Inks: Soft Suede

Papers: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, First Edition DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot, Honeycomb EF, Bitty Banner Framelits, 1-3/8" Square Punch, Soft Suede Brads and Ribbon, Vintage Trinkets, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Distressing Tool, Paper Piercing Tool, Dimensionals

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

Time to pull out your stampin' goodies, and join us over at the Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge blog!  We have another great sketch for you:

Once you're done creating your challenge project, you can simply load it HERE.  We can't wait to see what you have created; thanks for playing along today!

For my challenge card, I reached once again for my favorite SAB set, Feeling Sentimental.  After I heat embossed and stamped the image, I then crumpled up the cardstock to give the images a more vintage look.  I ran a scrap piece of Very Vanilla c/s through my Big Shot using the Honeycomb EF, and then ran both a Soft Suede and Early Espresso inkpad over the top of the honeycombs and edges.  I then gently ripped and curled some of the edges of the honeycomb.  I used the DSP, Mocha Morning, as a background.  I think this DSP works really well with this set and wish it wasn't retired! Here's the details:

Stamps: Feeling Sentimental

Inks: Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Papers: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Mocha Morning DSP

Accessories: Big Shot, Honeycomb EF, Heat Gun, Vanilla EP, Neutral Brads, 1-1/4" Square Punch, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Button from the Artisan Embellishments Kit, Paper Distressing Tool, Very Vanilla Ribbon, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge

We have another fun sketch challenge for you today over on the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge Blog!  And here it is:

You can find the link for the blog and the design team samples: HERE.  Once you have created your project, you can then simply load it on the blog by clicking where it is written, " Click here to enter" - easy peasy!

For my project I once again used the fab SAB set, Feeling Sentimental.  I used up some of the retired Razzleberry Lemonade DSP for the background and then feathered the edges with Pumpkin Pie and Rich Razzleberry.  I also swiped these same inkpads over the Whisper White c/s that was embossed using the new Honeycomb EF.  Here's a list of what else I used and a pic of my project:

Stamps: Feeling Sentimental

Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie

Papers: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP

Accessories: Big Shot, Honeycomb EF, 3" Circle Die, Pumpkin Pie Button, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Rich Razzleberry Brads, 1-1/4" Square Punch, Dimensionals

Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch

The Windy city is living up to it's name today as we have 40-50mph winds today.  So it's a great day to stay inside and stamp.  We have a great sketch for you today over at the Technocstamper Monday Lunchtime blog, and here it is:

When you are finished with your wonderful work of art, you can simply post it on the Technostamper blog, and you can find the link right HERE!

I also used this card for this week's LNS challenge as well; which was to create a project using a SAB set.  You can load your finished project on the LNS blog, and you can find the link HERE.

For my card, I once again reached for my favorite SAB set, Feeling Sentimental.  I think this has to be my absolute favorite SAB set yet, and love the vintage look you can get with this versatile set.  I stamped the image of the bicycle 5 times on a piece of Very Vanilla c/s using a Stamp-a-Ma-Jig to help me with placement.  I then used the edge of the Soft Suede inkpad to feather the cardstock and DSP.  Here's a list of what I used and my card:

Stamps: Feeling Sentimental, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Inks: Soft Suede, Marina Mist

Papers: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Marina Mist, Beau Chateau DSP

Accessories: Big Shot, 3" Circle Die, Bitty Banners Framelits, Ticket Corner Punch, Vintage Trinkets, Soft Suede Ribbon, Marina Mist Brads, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Dimensionals, Paper Piercing Tool

LNS Challenge - Let's Heat Things Up!

Time to pull out your embossing powder and heat gun for this week's LNS challenge!  Your challenge for this week is to create a project using heat embossing.  Once you have created your project, you can load it HERE.  It really is simple to play along!

I used Early Espresso embossing powder for my project, and my favorite SAB set, Feeling Sentimental.  After I embossed the image, I distressed the edges, carefully wadded up the cardstock and then feathered the edges using a sponge and Early Espresso ink.  You can find more details below:

Stamps: Feeling Sentimental, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Inks: Early Espresso
Papers: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, More Mocha DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits, Early Espresso EP, Heat Gun, Very Vanilla Brads, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Vintage Trinkets, Distressing Tool, Dimensionals, Paper Piercing Tool

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge

Good morning everyone!  It's almost 60 degrees here in the Chicago land area and this has been such a weird winter as we are suppose to get snow and freezing temperatures tomorrow; crazy, crazy!

We have a great challenge for you today and would love for you to play along!  Here is the sketch for today's challenge, and you can load your works of art HERE:

Below is my project and I once again used my favorite SAB set, Feeling Sentimental.  To me, this set has such a vintage feel to it and I think is perfect for distressing and grudging up.  After I ran my Very Vanilla c/s through the Chevron EF, I did the direct to paper technique and swiped Soft Suede and Midnight Muse over the c/s.  I then distress the edges and added some Vintage Trinket brads at the corner.  I stamped the phone booth image with Midnight Muse, and water colored the image with Midnight Muse and Soft Suede.  Here's the details of what I used:

Stamps: Feeling Sentimental, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Midnight Muse, Soft Suede
Papers: Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse, Mocha Morning DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Chevron EF, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits, Vintage Trinkets Brads and Pin, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Soft Suede Button, Distressing Tool, Dimensionals, Watercolor Brush

Try Stampin' on Tuesday!

Merry Christmas everyone; may your Christmas be filled with much
love, laughter, joy and wonderful moments as we celebrate Jesus' Birthday!

Below is the sketch for this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday! challenge.  I know it's Christmas and a very busy time of the year, but we hope that you'll find time to play along with us this week!  You can post your work of art HERE!

And below is the card that I made using one of the new SAB sets, Feeling Sentimental.  I thought it would pair nicely with the retired DSP, Mocha Morning Specialty that I recently purchased from the SU! clearance rack.  I embossed the Ferris wheel using Ivory EP, and then sponged some Soft Suede and Early Espresso around the image.  Next I lightly dragged an Early Espresso ink around the edges of both the saying and Ferris wheel image.  For the background piece, I used the new Honeycomb EF from the upcoming Spring catalog - isn't the texture really cool!?!  Here's a list of the rest of the items I used:

Stamps: Feeling Sentimental SAB
Inks: Early Espresso, Soft Suede
Papers: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Mocha Morning Specialty DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Honeycomb EF, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Paper Doily Sizzlits L Die, Neutral Button, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Brad, Sponges, Dimensionals