Stamp Off Bunches of Fun

 Welcome friends, to our Friday Stamp Off challenge,

with Susan, Buffy and Me.  Kind of the "3 Amigos", which 

takes us into today's challenge.  Today, we are to use 3 of

anything... 3 colors, 3 images, 3 something!

For my 3 Amigos, I used 3 frames from the Stitched

Rectangles dies on page 165.  I wanted to include 3 windows

for the Bunches of Fun set on page 41.  I created the openings

in a piece of the Pattern Party (hostess) DSP on page 171.

I use this DSP often, because it is such bright, happy DSP.

I colored the banana with Stampin' Blends and positioned

the text and image beneath the openings with dimensionals.

I used a bit of yellow ribbon to finish off the card.

Thank you so very much for checking out my blog.

Please click on over to check out the cards created by

Buffy and Susan!

Bunches of Fun with Pattern Party

 As I've said before, the Hostess Pattern Party DSP on page 171

is delightful. The patterns are so very happy.  They work 

really well with humorous sets or brightly colored images.

Bunches of Fun on page 41 is the perfect pairing with

this DSP.  The images are fun to color with Blends, to

coordinate with the DSP.

Sweet Strawberry Bundle

 The Sweet Strawberry Bundle on page 43, (with coordinating Sweet

Strawberry Punch on page 148) is just a lovely bundle.

The leaves are so true-to-life, and the strawberries look

so realistic.  It is a very easy set to work with!

I also love the sentiments, which are just a bit cheeky.

Hats Off with Hat Builder

 My brother-in-law's birthday falls on the 4th of July.   His

card this year, was a no brainer.  A red-white-and-blue

baseball cap was in order.

The Hats Off Stamp set (p 47), with coordinating Hat Builder

Dies (p 159) has really grown on me.  It allows you to

personalize this standard headwear, for the recipient, which

is a pretty sweet deal.  I layered the cap on to a piece of 

Pattern Party Hostess DSP on page 171.

The sentiment was created with the Art Gallery Stamp set

(p 13) and cut out with the Floral Gallery dies on page 163.

Hey Birthday Chick with Dies

 Yes, I am overdue for a Hey Birthday Chick (page 65) card.

The Birthday Chick Dies (page 162) just make things

so effortless.  I used a layer of In Good Taste DSP (page 132) 

because it gives the appearance of a chicken coop.

I ran the card base through the Tasteful Textile 3d Embossing

folder to give that chicken some textured background.

The sentiments were cut out with Hippo and Friends

(page 162) dies.  I cut the top sentiment twice, to reduce

the size of the frame.  The balloon needed a bit of 

Linen Thread, so that completed the card.

Beauty of Friendship with Beautiful Trees Dies

 I really like simple, basic masculine cards.  The 

Beauty of Friendship Stamp set on page 11, with 

Beautiful Trees Dies (page 158) is perfect for this kind of card.

I stamped the trunk and tree top and then ran that layer through

the (retired) Subtles 3d Embossing folder.  I stamped the 

sentiment and cut it out with the coordinating die from this set.

From there, I simply layered things up, using a piece of

In Good Taste DSP (page 132) and Old Olive card base.