Masculine Botanical Blooms

Let's take a break from Birthday Blooms today and look at a masculine version of BOTANICAL BLOOMS that I made.



Using just the leaves from the set gives a distinct masculine feel when combined with the right paper and sentiment.



I went with a sentiment from PERFECT PAIRINGS in the Sale-a-bration Catalog in Early Espresso. I paired it with neutral colors and paper from the GOING PLACES designer paper stack.  I also added in a little paper piercing since that was part of the challenge for this card for the March CREATIVE CREW on Splitcoaststampers.



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Perfect Blend for CCMC270

It's Thursday and time for a new challenge from Creat with Connie and Mary.  This week we have a color challenge, take a look.

Aren't these colors great for fall!  I don't have a lot of fall stamps.   In fact I am such a Halloween fan that I usually just get those stamps from the new Holiday catalogs.  So I had to think in another direction. I decided that Perfect Blend would fit the bill.  Who doesn't love coffee or hot chocolate on a chilly fall evening?  Here's what I came up with, a clean and simple card.

As I've said before, I am loving the simple white background with a pop of bright colors.  The colors for this week are perfect for this style of card.  Here's what I did.

1.  Used Whisper White for my card base.  Stamped splatters from Gorgeous Grunge with Cajun Craze.

2.  Stamped the coffee cup with StazOn Black on Whisper White and die cut it with the Deco Labels framelit. 

3.  Stamped the coffee cup on Cajun Craze cs and Crushed Curry cs then cut out a lid and center section to add to my white coffee cup.  I stamped the sentiment on the Crushed Curry center before cutting it out.

4.  Used Tombow Multi Purpose glue to adhere the lid and center section to my cup.  Paper pierced around the edge of the die cut freehand.

5.  Cut 1/2" x 3" strips of card stock in the challenge colors.  Made them into banners using the Hexagon Punch.  Adhered them to my card with SNAIL.

6.  Added the coffee cup to the card with dimensionals.

That's it! A bright and happy coffee cup for fall!  I hope you will join the color challenge with me!  Just go to Create with Connie and Mary for all the details and more great samples.

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
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Perfect Blend for CCMC270

It's Thursday and time for a new challenge from Creat with Connie and Mary.  This week we have a color challenge, take a look.

Aren't these colors great for fall!  I don't have a lot of fall stamps.   In fact I am such a Halloween fan that I usually just get those stamps from the new Holiday catalogs.  So I had to think in another direction. I decided that Perfect Blend would fit the bill.  Who doesn't love coffee or hot chocolate on a chilly fall evening?  Here's what I came up with, a clean and simple card.

As I've said before, I am loving the simple white background with a pop of bright colors.  The colors for this week are perfect for this style of card.  Here's what I did.

1.  Used Whisper White for my card base.  Stamped splatters from Gorgeous Grunge with Cajun Craze.

2.  Stamped the coffee cup with StazOn Black on Whisper White and die cut it with the Deco Labels framelit. 

3.  Stamped the coffee cup on Cajun Craze cs and Crushed Curry cs then cut out a lid and center section to add to my white coffee cup.  I stamped the sentiment on the Crushed Curry center before cutting it out.

4.  Used Tombow Multi Purpose glue to adhere the lid and center section to my cup.  Paper pierced around the edge of the die cut freehand.

5.  Cut 1/2" x 3" strips of card stock in the challenge colors.  Made them into banners using the Hexagon Punch.  Adhered them to my card with SNAIL.

6.  Added the coffee cup to the card with dimensionals.

That's it! A bright and happy coffee cup for fall!  I hope you will join the color challenge with me!  Just go to Create with Connie and Mary for all the details and more great samples.

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
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A Thankful Wreath for CCMC266

It's Thursday and time for a new challenge at Create with Connie and Mary.  This week we have a fall color challenge to work with.

I have been into Halloween cards lately, but theses colors need a Thanksgiving card.  I haven't gotten any new Thanksgiving sets yet, so I went with punch art and simplicity. 

This is most definitely a clean and simple card!  I wanted the wreath to take center stage, so I went with a simple Whisper White base card.  Here's the details:

1. Paper pierced the shape of the largest framelit from Apothecary Accents to frame the wreath.

2.  Made the wreath using the leaf from the Bird Builder Punch.  I punched out a bunch of each color of card stock so the building process would go faster.  I put just a dab of Multi Purpose Mono Adhesive glue on the back of each leaf and started layering on the card stock ring I made using Circle framelits.  This is the first wreath like this that I've done and the process wasn't as long as I expected it to be.  The wreath is attached with dimensionals to make it pop a little.

3.  Stamped Happy Thanksgiving from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Tangerine Tango and backed it with Chocolate Chip.  It is adhered directly to the card stock.

That's it!  Clean and simple!  I really do enjoy doing this genre of cards, especially with these beautiful bold colors against white!

Go to Create with Connie and Mary to participate in this week's challenge with us.  Be sure to check out the fantastic preview projects, you can still sign up for the Fall Collection 2013!

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
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A Thankful Wreath for CCMC266

It's Thursday and time for a new challenge at Create with Connie and Mary.  This week we have a fall color challenge to work with.

I have been into Halloween cards lately, but theses colors need a Thanksgiving card.  I haven't gotten any new Thanksgiving sets yet, so I went with punch art and simplicity. 

This is most definitely a clean and simple card!  I wanted the wreath to take center stage, so I went with a simple Whisper White base card.  Here's the details:

1. Paper pierced the shape of the largest framelit from Apothecary Accents to frame the wreath.

2.  Made the wreath using the leaf from the Bird Builder Punch.  I punched out a bunch of each color of card stock so the building process would go faster.  I put just a dab of Multi Purpose Mono Adhesive glue on the back of each leaf and started layering on the card stock ring I made using Circle framelits.  This is the first wreath like this that I've done and the process wasn't as long as I expected it to be.  The wreath is attached with dimensionals to make it pop a little.

3.  Stamped Happy Thanksgiving from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Tangerine Tango and backed it with Chocolate Chip.  It is adhered directly to the card stock.

That's it!  Clean and simple!  I really do enjoy doing this genre of cards, especially with these beautiful bold colors against white!

Go to Create with Connie and Mary to participate in this week's challenge with us.  Be sure to check out the fantastic preview projects, you can still sign up for the Fall Collection 2013!

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
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A Secret Garden Card for CCMC 261

It's Thursday and time for a new Create with Connie and Mary Challenge.  This week we have a fun sketch to work with, check it out.

Great sketch, don't you think?!  I had an idea right away to use Secret Garden,  check out the card I did.

This card came together quickly, here's the details:

1.  Picked Coastal Cabana as my card base.  Embossed it with Mosaic Madness EF.

2.  Cut a strip of Wisteria Wonder and punched a scallop border.

3.  Cut a piece of Pistachio Pudding and paper Pierced a circle in the center then added Happy Birthday from Express Yourself stamped with Basic Gray.

4.  Stamped and die cut 2 flowers from Secret Garden.  Also die cut leaves from the framelits in Wild Wasabi.  Added them to the bottom left of the paper pierced circle.  Placed small pearls in the centers of the flowers.

And that's it!  Short and sweet......quick and easy!  I hope you like it!

You can participate in the challenge too!! Just go to Create with Connie and Mary
for all the details and to link up your card. 

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
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A Secret Garden Card for CCMC 261

It's Thursday and time for a new Create with Connie and Mary Challenge.  This week we have a fun sketch to work with, check it out.

Great sketch, don't you think?!  I had an idea right away to use Secret Garden,  check out the card I did.

This card came together quickly, here's the details:

1.  Picked Coastal Cabana as my card base.  Embossed it with Mosaic Madness EF.

2.  Cut a strip of Wisteria Wonder and punched a scallop border.

3.  Cut a piece of Pistachio Pudding and paper Pierced a circle in the center then added Happy Birthday from Express Yourself stamped with Basic Gray.

4.  Stamped and die cut 2 flowers from Secret Garden.  Also die cut leaves from the framelits in Wild Wasabi.  Added them to the bottom left of the paper pierced circle.  Placed small pearls in the centers of the flowers.

And that's it!  Short and sweet......quick and easy!  I hope you like it!

You can participate in the challenge too!! Just go to Create with Connie and Mary for all the details and to link up your card. 

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
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Make a Wish

I have a quick card share today using Mosaic Madness.  I wanted to make a bright and cheerful birthday card, here's what I came up with.

I paired Strawberry Slush and Daffodil Delight.  Here's the details:

1.  Card base is Whisper White.  I rounded the bottom two corners and added large scallop paper piercing around three sides.

2.  Used Quatrefancy DSP in Strawberry Slush measuring 5" x 3" with the bottom two corners rounded.

3.  Stamped a pattern in Daffodil Delight with one of the stamps from Mosaic Madness on Whisper White.  Then die cut a circle with the circles framelits.  I used the fourth circle in from the largest, measures 3 3/16".

4.  Stamped sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Strawberry Slush and added Candy Dots.

5.  Final piece is a paper bow made with the Quatrefancy DSP added under the sentiment.

That's the short and sweet of it!  I hope you like my bright and happy card!!

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
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Make a Wish

I have a quick card share today using Mosaic Madness.  I wanted to make a bright and cheerful birthday card, here's what I came up with.

I paired Strawberry Slush and Daffodil Delight.  Here's the details:

1.  Card base is Whisper White.  I rounded the bottom two corners and added large scallop paper piercing around three sides.

2.  Used Quatrefancy DSP in Strawberry Slush measuring 5" x 3" with the bottom two corners rounded.

3.  Stamped a pattern in Daffodil Delight with one of the stamps from Mosaic Madness on Whisper White.  Then die cut a circle with the circles framelits.  I used the fourth circle in from the largest, measures 3 3/16".

4.  Stamped sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Strawberry Slush and added Candy Dots.

5.  Final piece is a paper bow made with the Quatrefancy DSP added under the sentiment.

That's the short and sweet of it!  I hope you like my bright and happy card!!

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
SHOP 24/7 on my Demonstrator Website
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A Baby Card for TSSC272

Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Today we have a new Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge at Technostamper.  This week's sketch was great.  I took one look and formed an idea of what I wanted to do.  First let's look at the sketch.

I love the banners on this sketch, they are so much fun on cards.  I used a retired DSP, mainly because I love it.  It was also perfect for the card I wanted to make.  Here it is.

Don't you just love this DSP?  So cute!  I even used a color I haven't touched in forever, Perfect Plum.  Here's the details.

1.  Card base is Perfect Plum.  DSP from Nursery Necessities cut at 3 3/4" x 4 1/4".  Punched a border for the top and bottom of the DSP using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.

2.  Die cut a circle from Whisper White card stock.  I used the 3 3/16" circle from the new Circle Framelits.  It's the fourth one starting from the outside in.  Paper pierced the outer edge of the circle free hand and stamped Hello, baby from Sweet Essentials with Wisteria Wonder ink.

3.  Die cut banners from DSP using the smallest banner from Bitty Banners Framelits.  Adhered them to the back of the circle.  Adhered circle to the card stock.

4.  Made an Oval Punch bow with DSP and adhered it under the sentiment.

And that's it, I hope you like it! I got an overwhelming response to my paper bows yesterday, so I am working on a tutorial to show you how I make them.  I have already taken all the pictures and in the process of editing them.  I would like to venture into doing videos, but I haven't given it a try yet.  I have three little ones so my house isn't exactly quiet!  Anyway, I will be posting the tutorial on Tuesday, so be sure to check back!

You can see cards made by the other members of the design team by
clicking on the links below.  I hope you will play along with the sketch
challenge this week, just go to Technostamper to find out more and to link up your card!

Mary Jo Price- Williams:  Technostamper 

Sue Root:  Stampin' With Sue2

Robbie Rubula: InkedX2 

Eileen LeFevre: Eileen's Stampin' Fever Blog 

Tanya Bell: Stamping T! 

Carolyn Bennett: Carolyn's Paper Fantasies 

Jonia Smith: Stampin for Me 

Mary Brown: Stamper Camper

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
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SHOP 24/7 on my Demonstrator Website
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A Baby Card for TSSC272

Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Today we have a new Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge at Technostamper.  This week's sketch was great.  I took one look and formed an idea of what I wanted to do.  First let's look at the sketch.

I love the banners on this sketch, they are so much fun on cards.  I used a retired DSP, mainly because I love it.  It was also perfect for the card I wanted to make.  Here it is.

Don't you just love this DSP?  So cute!  I even used a color I haven't touched in forever, Perfect Plum.  Here's the details.

1.  Card base is Perfect Plum.  DSP from Nursery Necessities cut at 3 3/4" x 4 1/4".  Punched a border for the top and bottom of the DSP using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.

2.  Die cut a circle from Whisper White card stock.  I used the 3 3/16" circle from the new Circle Framelits.  It's the fourth one starting from the outside in.  Paper pierced the outer edge of the circle free hand and stamped Hello, baby from Sweet Essentials with Wisteria Wonder ink.

3.  Die cut banners from DSP using the smallest banner from Bitty Banners Framelits.  Adhered them to the back of the circle.  Adhered circle to the card stock.

4.  Made an Oval Punch bow with DSP and adhered it under the sentiment.

And that's it, I hope you like it! I got an overwhelming response to my paper bows yesterday, so I am working on a tutorial to show you how I make them.  I have already taken all the pictures and in the process of editing them.  I would like to venture into doing videos, but I haven't given it a try yet.  I have three little ones so my house isn't exactly quiet!  Anyway, I will be posting the tutorial on Tuesday, so be sure to check back!

You can see cards made by the other members of the design team by clicking on the links below.  I hope you will play along with the sketch challenge this week, just go to Technostamper to find out more and to link up your card!

Mary Jo Price- Williams:  Technostamper 

Sue Root:  Stampin' With Sue2

Robbie Rubula: InkedX2 

Eileen LeFevre: Eileen's Stampin' Fever Blog 

Tanya Bell: Stamping T! 

Carolyn Bennett: Carolyn's Paper Fantasies 

Jonia Smith: Stampin for Me 

Mary Brown: Stamper Camper

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
SHOP 24/7 on my Demonstrator Website
Cards and Retired Stamps for Sale  

Simply Sketched for CCMC260

It’s Thursday and time for a new challenge at Create with
Connie and Mary.  This week we have gorgeous
colors to work with, check them out.

Aren’t these colors beautiful together!  I love the soft Crisp Cantaloupe paired with the brighter
Cameo Coral.  I felt that these colors
needed a flower, so I picked the Simply Sketched hostess set to make my card
with. 

I really enjoyed making this card, it kind of just made
itself!  Here are the details:

1    
I picked Crisp Cantaloupe as my card base.  Embossed it with the new Beautifully Baroque
EF.

2       Picked the flower from the stamp set as my focal
point.  Colored the image with markers
and stamped it on Whisper White.  Die cut
the image with one of the framelits from Apothecary Accents Framelits.

3       I added paper piercing around the flower using
the template for my die cut from the Essentials Paper Piercing Pack.

4       Cut strips of Cameo Coral and Pistachio Pudding card stock
and used the hexagon punch to make a banner on one end.   Stamped Best Wishes from the hostess set
Express Yourself in Cameo Coral on the Pistachio Pudding banner.  Adhered them to the card base.  The Cameo Coral layer was first then the
Pistachio Pudding layered on top.

5     Added
the focal point over the banners with dimensionals.  

6      Added bling! 
I put two of the Large Basic Pearl Jewels above and below the flower.  Then I added the tiny pearls on the
background embossing and the center of the flower.

     That's it!  the card came together really quick, it just flowed.  I love when a card comes together easily and I don't have to over think it.

I     I hope you will play along and make a card too!  Hop over to Create with Connie and Mary
for all the details and to link up your card.  While you are there,
check out the preview of the Summer Collection 2013, it's not too late
to join!  This is week three of the collection, and I am the Guest Designer for the week! So exciting to be a part of this collection!

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
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SHOP 24/7 on my Demonstrator Website
Cards and Retired Stamps for Sale  

Simply Sketched for CCMC260

It’s Thursday and time for a new challenge at Create with Connie and Mary.  This week we have gorgeous colors to work with, check them out.

Aren’t these colors beautiful together!  I love the soft Crisp Cantaloupe paired with the brighter Cameo Coral.  I felt that these colors needed a flower, so I picked the Simply Sketched hostess set to make my card with. 

I really enjoyed making this card, it kind of just made itself!  Here are the details:

1     I picked Crisp Cantaloupe as my card base.  Embossed it with the new Beautifully Baroque EF.

2       Picked the flower from the stamp set as my focal point.  Colored the image with markers and stamped it on Whisper White.  Die cut the image with one of the framelits from Apothecary Accents Framelits.

3       I added paper piercing around the flower using the template for my die cut from the Essentials Paper Piercing Pack.

4       Cut strips of Cameo Coral and Pistachio Pudding card stock and used the hexagon punch to make a banner on one end.   Stamped Best Wishes from the hostess set Express Yourself in Cameo Coral on the Pistachio Pudding banner.  Adhered them to the card base.  The Cameo Coral layer was first then the Pistachio Pudding layered on top.

5     Added the focal point over the banners with dimensionals.  

6      Added bling!  I put two of the Large Basic Pearl Jewels above and below the flower.  Then I added the tiny pearls on the background embossing and the center of the flower.

     That's it!  the card came together really quick, it just flowed.  I love when a card comes together easily and I don't have to over think it.

I     I hope you will play along and make a card too!  Hop over to Create with Connie and Mary for all the details and to link up your card.  While you are there, check out the preview of the Summer Collection 2013, it's not too late to join!  This is week three of the collection, and I am the Guest Designer for the week! So exciting to be a part of this collection!

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
SHOP 24/7 on my Demonstrator Website
Cards and Retired Stamps for Sale