Here is my card to the ColourQ Challenge #26 and the 2Sketch4you sketch challenge. I am so glad to be back stamping and creating once again. Been out of it for a couple of weeks...boy have I missed it. My card is very basic today....great dp.....some ribbon....some punches....and the great Tiny Tags stamp set from stamping up!!
My card today was created for 2 challenges...the Mojo Monday sketch and the SCS color combo with a twist challenge: the twist, use a smooched flower. I just love these flowers....they are so fun to make and they look great both on a card and on a memory album page. The color combo for this week was to use Bermuda Bay, So Saffron, and Gray. I stamped the Checkerboard background on my So Saffron section of the circle and added some ink to the flower as well....the flower center was created by stamping Bermuda Bay cardstock with Bermuda Bay ink in the tiny flower stamp from Stampin Up's Tiny Tags....I also created some tags with that stamp set using So Saffron on my tag stamp and Bermuda Bay on the accents that I added to the tags....I tied them on with Linen Thread....my gray square was embossed and layered over a So Saffron ribbon. Thanks for stopping by to have a look!! Let me know what you think......
This week the Color Throwdown team is saying good by to Cathy Indelicato and she was the one to give the color combo this week.......I was inspired not only by the colors but by the butterflies this week. I have really missed playing along.....due to things here at home and then the fact that I hurt my back last week. It feel good to be back creating!! Cathy, I will miss seeing you examples each week!!!
My card base is Very Vanilla...BajaBreeze DP for my bottom half...Garden Green for my trio of squares...butterflies were cut out using my Butterfly Embosslits embossing die...decorated with alittle Garden Green ink and blue rhinestones...layers on top of some BajaBreeze ribbon. The sketch for my card is from the CAS challenge. Thanks for stopping by and having a look. Head on over to the Color Throwdown Challenge and say good-bye to Cathy.....and play along!!
So, this weekend I had a Scrap Fest on Saturday and between hurting my back (carrying in supplies) and help other people this is the only page I got done!! I love how it turned out though. I am thinking of framing it and giving it to my mother in law. The two pictures on this page were taken at her house in Florida. The has the best luck with bird baths. The birdies just flock to it and splash and play. I have never had any luck with bird baths.
For this page I used Kraft 12 x 12 from Stampin Up, along with Always Artichoke, DP and Ruby Red cardstock. My circle of brads was made using Vanilla brads....the stems for my flower were cut on the CM wave cutter--added knotted ribbons for the leaves.....the Ruby Red circle was embossed using my CB and an embossing folder.....the smooshed flowers were punched from an old book--I trimmed two of them so they would be smaller.....my little birdie was created with the New Stampin Up 2 Step bird punch....the title letters were cut out with my Provo Craft letter and CB....I also did alot of sponging. Thanks for stopping by.....let me know what you think.
Today's challenge over at SCS was to use a colorful basket....either a 3D basket or a basket stamp. The cute little baskets in the example list really caught my eye and I just had to make some!! You are right your really don't want to stop at one!! Check out this youtube video if you want to give it a try:
Here is my card for this week's color challenge from the Color Throwdown team. This week we were to us Taken with Teal, Soft Sky, Tangerine Tango, and Black. I had to substitute a couple of these because I have run out of them.....but I think I got it close. My butterflies were punched out using the Martha Stewart punch and the background of the circle was created with sponges using Baja Blue, Taken with Teal, and Dusty Durango. I needed a sympathy card and to me these colors worked great to create this type of card. The sketch for this card was Wednesday's sketch challenge over at SCS. Come join the fun and play along!!
Today I rolled two challenges into one card.....the sketch challenge from Mercy's Blog and the Color Combo Challenge from SCS. I used my Janome Mini to stitch the background panels, my CB to emboss the white circle, my CB to cut out my circle, scalloped circle, and dragon fly. No stamping was done on my card today but I will probably add a stamped verse to the inside. Just depends on who I send it to and what I what to say at that time....for now it is blank. Check out these 2 fun challenges and play along!!!
Here is my card for the Embellish Magazine challenge and the 2Sketch4You sketch challenge. The Embellish Magazine challenge called for Red, Blue, Green, and Kraft.....plus we were to use fabric of some sort. I used Canvas Cuts from Stampin Up of my fabric element.....my colors are: Not Quite Navy, Ruby Red, Old Olive and Kraft. The challenge picture had an Asian flair to it so I followed that and used my Oriental Painting stamp set from StampinUP! The Canvas Cuts bracket and sentiment label were given some color using the Not Quite Navy marker and then I blended the color using my Aqua Painters. The background was embossed using a folder for the Asian Bundle from Cuttlebug. I love how this card turned out. The sketch was easy for me this time and I am sure I will put it to use again. Come on over and play along with both of these fun challenges!!
Here is my card for this week's Mojo Monday Sketch challenge. I used one this great silk daisy flower from Michaels for my circle element of the sketch.
This award was given to my by Shazza, a Soul Scrapper Sister! Thanks, girlfriend!! Now, I need to tell you 7 things about myself!! 1) I am the daughter of the Most High God....bought by His blood and living for Him the best that I can. 2) I am married to my best friend and we will be married for 21 years this July. 3) Stampin and Scrappin are my therapy!! I love creating card and memory album pages. 4) I have 2 great kids....Kendall who will be 16 in Oct. and Jordan who will be 14 in Apr. 5) I am a soccer mom.....been going to games since Kendall was 6 years old...Jordan started in the next year and we have been hard at it ever since. They are both playing JV soccer this year at the high school. 6) I lead an amazing group of ladies at my church...they are an inspiration to me and I feel so blessed to have each of them in my life!! 7) My hubby and I own and operate, Cabin Creekwood, a small resort business in the beautiful Blue Ride Mountains!! We have 9 cabins that we rent out nightly and weekly. We have so much fun working together!!
This is my page for the Let's Scrap challeng #40. We were to pick an old sketch from the site and flip it. Plus we were to use 2 colors, 4 papers, and 6 embellishments. I use my two favorite colors--browns and blues (actually brown and pink together are my favorite but since this page was for my son I didn't think that would work....so I went with my second favorite) I used 4 different papers...this was a bit of a challenge for me!! And I got in my 6 embellishments: Chipboard numbers, ribbbon, copper brads, copper square label hardware, copper rectangle hardware, and the tag with hardware attachment. The sketch that I flipped was ls110.....I put the right pictures on the left and the left picture on the right and I moved the empty space from the bottom to the top. There you have my flipping!!
Here is my card for today's CAS challenge to use a new and different shape-abilities. I used what most consider scraps from cutting out the Top Note Die--the outside edge that remains. Layered it on my card and then used my Embosslits Sweetest Stem die to cut out leaves, and my 5-petal punch to punch out 2 flowers. I added on of Stampin Up new epoxy brads in the center to finish off the flower. My sentiment is from Stampin Up's Sale-A-Bration set Whimsical Words.
Here is my card for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge...plus I included the SCS challenge to use the "game theme". I decided to use Creamy Carmel as my neutral color to match the Scrabble tiles. My leaves were created with the Embosslits die, the Trio flower punch was used for my flowers, and the Embosslits Butterfly die for the two butterflies....these three tools are all from Stampin Up. No stamping on this card....maybe I will come back with a stamped card for this color challenge as well....cause I really like it!!
Today's sketch challenge for the Mojo Monday sketck made me think of this Hot Air Balloon set from VERVE. I love hot air balloons and after getting the opportunity to ride in one over Albuquerque NM, I love them even more. I paper pieced my balloon using some retired DP from Stampin Up and finished off my card with some brads. I love it when an idea pops in your head right way for a sketch....makes it alot easier!!