Come Color with the JUGs Gals....

Hey everyone!!  Time for another super fun JUGs challenge.   This week the challenge is a color challenge being brought to you by my totally talented and incredibly funny bloggy friend, Elise (Mamacow Creations.... if you haven't checked out Elise's blog you really really REALLY must do so... she is a HOOT!!!)!!   Just take a look at the yummy colors she has picked to inspired our creativity!   She pulled these fun, fun colors from the October Afternoon Five & Dime line.  

For my card I decided to pull out this really neat stamp I bought from Stampin Up! called Patterned Pieces and pair it up with an image and sentiment from the Hero Arts set Sew Stylish for a little sewing fun.  I stamped the Patterned Pieces stamp on some October Afternoon Thirft store paper using Riding Hood Red ink.  I chose to not trim out the pieces, but leave the image as is.  The ruler was stamped on yellow cardstock with the Riding Hood Red ink and trimmed out.  I assembed the card and finish things off with the sentiment and a bright green cord button.

Thanks for taking a peek... I hope you will check out the projects from the JUGs design team of Elise, Dana, Lisa, Kristen, Pam, Maria, Kathryn and Andrea.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & simply chartruese, SU! so saffron & riding hood red; PP:  october afternoon; Stamps:  SU! Pattern Pieces; Hero Arts Sew Stylish; Button:  SU!; Twine:  Impress; Ink:  SU! Riding Hood Red & Kiwi Kiss

A Hero Arts Card.....

I made this card for the current Hero Arts challenge using Mojo Monday sketch #151 and the super fun Thrift Shop papers from October Afternoon.  

Thanks for taking a peek... hope you have a wonderful day! 

Supplies:  PTI kraft; October Afternoon Thrift Shop pp; Buttons:  Close to my Heart; Stamps:  Hero Arts:  Make Your Own, PTI:  On My Couch;  Ink:  SU! Close to Cocoa;

Hope Your Day....

A card today for the current CAS-tastic challenge (CWC009) to use blue, yellow and a neutral.  I had this little kite already stamped on some October Afternoon Thrift Store pp that fit the challenge perfectly.  The card layout is based on the current SCS CAS challenge.   The kite stamp comes from the {Stamps}of Life set Kites2Fly.   I used a sentiment from the SU! set Flight of the Butterfly for the tail of the kite.  The Kites2Fly set includes some little clouds and one of these days I'm going to remember to use them!

Thanks for taking a peek!  As the sentiment says: hope your day is as happy as happy gets!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Not Quite Navy; yellow; PP - October Afternoon Thrift Store; Stamps:  {Stamps}of Life Kites2Fly; SU! Flight of the Butterfly; Ink:  Prussian Blue - Ranger Nick Bantock Col.

Flying High

Since October of last year I have been getting stamps from The {Stamps}of Life through their monthly club.  The stamps are clear stamps and all the sets are super cute.  The brains and creativity behind The {Stamps} of Life is Stephanie Barnard who is an absolute sweetie pie!  The set for June called Kites2Fly is super duper cute and I couldn't wait to make something with it!  When I saw the current sketch from Clean & Simple, FTL95 I knew immediately that I was going to use Kites2Fly for the sketch.  I stamped the kite on white cardstock and then again on patterned paper from October Afternoon's Thrift Shop 8x8 pad and did some paper piecing.  I hand drew the kite string, pierced the cardstock and then hand stitched the kite string with DMC floss.  I finished off the kite string by sewing on 3 tiny buttons.   I assembled the card and then used some more of the DMC floss to tie around the card.  I love how it turned out!

Thanks for taking a peek, I so appreciate those of you who take the time to leave me a comment!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White & kraft; PP:  Thrift Shop October Afternoon; Stamps:  The {Stamps} of Life Kites2Fly; SU! Scalloped border punch; DMC floss