A New Challenge!!

#stampinup  When I woke up and checked my email, I saw an invitation to like a new Facebook page and a new challenge blog: The Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge. Yay! I love a good challenge.


For the inaugural challenge, all we need to do is make a card with our favorite set. Well, since my favorite sets retired (“Cheerful Critters” and “Perfect Blend”) and since I’ve only gotten a few of the stamps sets in the new catalog, I’m not sure I have a current favorite set. But I am sure that I will have a favorite set soon enough.


In the meantime, I used the “Choose Happiness” set because I haven’t used it in a while. I like the line art and I like that you can make a clean and simple card or a vintage card or a collage-y card. It’s quite versatile!

I started with the bird–I’d stamped him in Blackberry Bliss onto Crumb Cake and fussy cut him for another card a while back, but I never used him. I thought he’d look good on a Crumb Cake tag that I cut with the Scalloped Top Tag punch. I put him on a Mossy Meadow branch. I rounded the corner of the tag with the Project Life Corner punch and added a row of mini Basic Pearls. I tied a length of Rich Razzleberry 1/4″ Cotton Ribbon onto the label.


I sponged a bit of Crumb Cake ink on a half Tea Doily and attached this to the back of the tag. Next, I stamped the sentiment in Rich Razzleberry onto a scrap of Crumb Cake and punched it out with the Bracket Label Punch.


I arranged these elements on a Rich Razzleberry mat and then added everything to a Mossy Meadow card base. And done!

Stamping Sponges [101610] $3.50	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Tea Lace Paper Doilies [129399] $3.00	Punch Corner Project Life [135346] $8.00
Label Bracket Punch [132153] $16.00	Tag Topper Scalloped Punch [133324] $23.00	Rich Razzleberry 1/4″ Cotton Ribbon [134564] $6.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [120953] $7.00
Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [115316] $7.00	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133676] $7.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad [126975] $6.50	Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad [126950] $6.50
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad [133645] $6.50	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin’ Pad [133642] $6.50	Choose Happiness Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134198] $18.00	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] $5.00
Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $10.00