Friday, October 25, 2013

It's another Challenge!  

Welcome to another challenge from the As You See It Challenge blog!  
Here is this weeks sketch.  It's a beauty.  

This week I decided to take a break from cards and make a scrapbook page.  I use Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio as my digital scrapbooking program.  I love that a stamp is a stamp and the colors are all the same as what I have for my card making.  


The subject of this page is my sweet five year old Adventure Baby.  She's full of spunk & delight!  I took her out to a camp that we stay at in the summer and did a short photo shoot with her.  This is one of the great photos that I loved from the shoot.  

Hope you enjoyed my project this week!  

Make sure to check out and link up your project with the As You See It Challenge blog!  

If you would like to learn more about Stampin' Up! and My Digital Studio please head over to www.taraangus.stampinup.net . Pssst, you can try My Digital Studio for free for 30 days!  

Friday, October 18, 2013

As You See It Challenge

It's another week and another challenge!  Lovin' this sketch from the As You See It Challenge blog once again.  


I decided to use the some of our great birthday paper and the Sketched Birthday stamp set. What a great birthday invite it makes & it was so simple to make too.  
You totally could whip 20 of these out in no time.  


Here's a little close up of some of the details.  


Don't forget to check out the other designer's designs this week & play along with our challenge on the As You See It Challenge blog.

Of course if you would like to check out more Stampin' Up! products check out my website www.taraangus.stampinup.net 

Friday, October 11, 2013

As You See It Design Challenge

Are you lovin' these challenges or what?!?!?!  
I know I am lovin' being part of the design team and having a new reason to create something each week.  So follow along for this weeks new challenge.  


This is such a great sketch, don't you think?  
I love the simplicity of it and how it can be used for so many different types of cards.  


When I saw this layout I knew immediately that I would want to use the new Circle Card Thinlit card die from Stampin' Up!  Basically using one sheet of paper it makes the flip card after running it thru your Big Shot.  


I also used some of our great designers series paper for the card base and added some of our great chevron ribbon. Of course I stamped the flower to add a bit of pizzaz.  Love that stuff!  


Here is the inside of the card (flipped open).  Cute, quick, and simple.  

Please join us and play along at As You See It Challenge for the chance to be our weekly winner & link up your project inspired by this sketch.   

Lastly, if you are interested in ordering any of the products above please hop on over to my website:  www.taraangus.stampinup.net

Friday, September 27, 2013

As You See It Challenge #4


It's been almost a month already that we have been playing along with the As You See It Challenge blog!  It's been TONS of fun already.  

Here we go!  Challenge #4


It's a dandy.  Don't you think?  


I decided to go ahead and use Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock with some matching designers series paper from the Soho Subway (my fave) pack.  Added lots of detail with the Pamplona Potpourri stamp set, Gorgeous Grunge stamp set, and the Many Thanks stamp set.  

Here is a close up where you can see the butterflies that I punched out and layered onto Early Espresso cardstock.  I also used the dotted ribbon scallop punch to give another layer in front of the ruffled ribbon.  

Hope you enjoyed the challenge this week!  

Don't forget to play along with the challenge and link up to the As You See It blog.  

Lastly, if you love the products you see featured here please wander over to my Stampin' Up! website for more ideas and to purchase products. www.taraangus.stampinup.net

Thanks for checking out my project this week!
Happy Stampin,
       Tara

Friday, September 20, 2013

As You See It Challenge #3


Whooo Hoo!  It's a new week & that means a brand new challenge from the 


When I saw this layout I fell in love with all the layers and texture.  
So without further adieu here is what I came up with.  


 The first shot is of course a close up of all the texture that I used in my card.  We have the houndstooth embossing folder, burlap ribbon from the Holiday Catalog, the Top Note Die for the Big Shot, then of course Gorgeous grunge & Fine Feather stamp sets.  These are two of my ALL time favorite stamp sets.  


Here is the end result.  I'm really pleased with how it turned out this week.  Hope you enjoyed it too.  

Thanks so much for checking it out & don't forget to play along with this weeks challenge.  
Link up your projects here (on the As You See It blog)

Lovin' the products & stamp sets that I used?  You can always order Stampin' Up! products 24/7 via my website (If you are in the US) at www.taraangus.stampinup.net

Friday, September 13, 2013

As You See It Challenge #2


Welcome back for the second challenge from the AYSI Challenge Blog.  This weeks sketch is killer & don't forget to link up your projects on the AYSI blog.  

Without further adieu, here is this weeks sketch.  


 I chose to use the Mixed Bunch stamp set for this great sketch.  Still fresh, but with a bit of fall in there.
  

Don't forget to link up this week on the As You See It Challenge Blog!  Can't wait to see what you create.  

Friday, September 6, 2013

As You See It Design Challenge #1

I'm so excited to be part of the Design Team for the all new As You See It Design Challenge Blog.  I'm designing with a bunch of great friends & Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from Canada and the U.S.  
Each week there will be a new card layout design that will be highlighted on the blog & also my cards for the week will be posted here.  Of course there will be a weekly card challenge on the design blog.

The first layout is a great one that I'm sure you'll LOVE.  Very hip and modern.



So without further adieu, here are my week one cards:  

I guess you could say this week I love pattern.  

The first card is a great birthday or even a girls night out party card.  I think the Happy Hour stamp set is super cute.  It has some great words along with all the drink glasses.  What I love most about this set is the pattern within the glasses.  

The colors that are used are Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake.  Did you notice my washi tape flags?  Yep, that's the new washi out of the holiday mini along with the great stripe designer series paper.  

Why Hello There!  
I flipped the layout just a tad this week to match the great designers series paper.  See those rings (almost like coffee rings) on the paper.  Yep, they came that way on one of the sheets Epic Day This & That paper.  On the left side I stamped with Gorgeous Grunge in Crumb Cake to give a bit more texture.  Then I stamped Oh, Hello in Espresso from the Oh, Hello stamp set.  
The flags are all from the Epic Day paper too.  Add a little Baker's Twine and a Naturals button and you are all set to go.  

Hope you enjoyed this week's challenge and make sure to visit As You See It Challenge Blog for great cards from the rest of the Design Team.  

*Don't forget to participate in the challenge too!  Link up your our creation on the AYSI blog. 

Enjoy & have a great weekend!