happy anniversary colour me...!

Hey friends!!  Popping in with a special post to help Colour Me...! celebrate their first anniversary!   Yep it has been one whole year since Colour Me...! debuted on the challenge scene.  I was pretty excited and honored when Hayley and Tara approached me to be on the first Colour Me...! design team.   I really enjoyed being part of the team and when the girls asked me to help them celebrate I just had to say "yes"!   Hayley and Tara have some fun things in store... I heard mention of prizes!  So make sure you hop over to the Colour Me...! blog to find out all the details!  Here is my card that I made for the celebration using the colors from challenge #26.


I pulled out my very favorite Stampin Up! set Kinda Eclectic, as well as the Stampin Up! set French Foliage and did some collage stamping.  After I finished all the stamping I added some bits of washi tape in the upper corner.  Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you check out the Colour Me...! blog!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Stampin Up!; Inks:  Stampin Up!

you are awesome...

Hey friends!!  Quick post to share a card I made for a couple of challenges:  Runway Inspired Challenge and CAS(E) this Sketch.   Runway Inspired isn't a challenge I have played along with, but Kimberly's card for the challenge (found here) inspired me to give it a try.   Kimberly always blows me away with her amazing ability to use bold, dramatic colors in innovate and stunning ways. 

 

I pulled out my long neglected Stampin Up! Pleasant Poppies to create my card.  I tried something a bit different for me.  I stamped the top portion of the image at the bottom of my cardstock piece using Memento Tangelo ink.  Instead of coloring the flowers with markers I used some splatter images from the MFT set Abstract Art.  I inked up the different images with SU!'s Pumpkin Pie ink, spritzed the images with water and then stamped away.  I mixed in some Memento Dandelion using the same method.  When I was satisfied I let the piece dry, adhered it to my card base and added the sentiment (from the Altenew set Label Love). 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Simon Says Stamp fog; Stamps:  Stampin Up!, My Favorite Things & Altenew; Inks:  Stampin Up! and Memento

sharing a couple of cards...

Hello friends!!  Popping in with a couple of cards to share for a several challenges.   First up is a card for the current CASology challenge:  Light.   CASology is such a fun challenge with cue words that are always so clever.   I can tell you that when I was on the CASology design team there were times when I was completely stumped by the cue word!   I spent some time thinking about the current cue word and finally came up with this little card.

 

I used the Simon Says Stamp set Bring the Sunshine as well as the matching dies.  I die cut the sun and then stamped it with Memento Dandelion ink.  The sun was stamped again in black and then the center sentiment punched out and adhered over the yellow sunshine.   I die cut the cloud patterned paper (from BasicGrey) using the pinked edge rectangle die from the same die set and adhered that to the white cardstock.   A little banner was die cut, stamped with a sentiment from Bring the Sunshine, adhered it and then added the sunshine sentiment.

The second card is for the current Colour Me...! challenge and PTI's Make It Monday.  I pulled out Harvest Berries and got to work making this super simple take on the MIM technique.   Think I will pop this one into the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge:  Anything Goes

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white;  SU! Always Artichoke; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp and PTI; Dies:  Simon Says Stamp; Inks:  Stampin Up!; VersaFine, Memento; Circle punch

pti december blog hop... silver & gold

Hello friends!!  Popping in with a couple of cards for the December PTI blog hop.  This month Nichole provided us with some beautiful inspiration photos featuring silver and gold.  I have been into silver and gold lately thanks to two different Teresa Collins paper crafting lines:  Studio Gold and Tinsel and Company.   The papers from both lines are just gorgeous.  For my cards today I used papers from Tinsel and Company.  Both cards, especially the second one, are a bit outside my comfort zone, but I really like how both turned out.  ETA:  Adding this one to Stampin Celebration.  (Thanks, Kimberely for suggesting it.)

 

When I saw the PTI blog hop information I decided that it was finally time to get Delicate Silver Shimmer ink so I made a quick trip to Impress Rubber Stamps and picked up one (along with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins!).  (Here is just one of the beautiful photos that Nichole provided.) When I got home I went right to work creating the first card.  I used the PTI set Pretty Peonies, as well as the matching "happy" word die.  I die cut the word and stamped it using the Silver Shimmer ink.  A second happy was cut from gold glitter paper and then offset behind the first one.  A tangle of Kreinik metallic blending filament was adhered to some patterned paper and then the word adhered over top.  I dipped some wood veneer stars in the Silver Shimmer and Golden Glitz inks and then adhered them around the word.  Finished by stamping the sentiment "anniversary" in black ink. 


The second card came about as I was digging around through my stuff looking for my silver baker's twine (which I found, but did not use!).  A month or so ago I purchased several package of Teresa Collins wood veneers and one of the packs contained this big word "wonderful".  I thought it would look fabulous inked up with Golden Glitz ink and paired with the feathers from PTI's Feather Finery.   After dipping the word in Golden Glitz I applied some clear embossing powder and heat set it to keep the ink from smearing.   I die cut a feather from vellum and then stamped it with Silver Shimmer and Golden Glitz ink.  That piece was also clear embossed.   A second feather was die cut from patterned paper and then stamped, as well.  Before layering everything up I partially embossed my cardstock and splattered it with the Silver Shimmer and Golden Glitz ink.  A tangle of the blending filament, some sequins and the sentiment "friend" finished things off.

I adding this to the current Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday because I really do love how these cards turned out... especially the second one.  And to the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge... anything goes. 
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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Simon Says Stamp Fog & Smoke; PP:  Teresa Collins Tinsel and Company; Stamps:  PTI Pretty Peonies and Feather Finery; Inks:  Delicata Golden Glitz and Silver Shimmer; Memento Tuxedo Black; Kreinik Metallic Blending Filament; Sequins:  Pretty Pink Posh silver and gold 4mm; Teresa Collins wood veneer word; Dies:  PTI; Studio Calico wood veneer stars

Merry Christmas...

Hello friends!!  Popping in to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and to post a card for a couple of challenges:  Make it Monday (stamped borders) and ColourQ.

 

 

Keeping this short and sweet.  I used the MIM technique and the PTI little mini set Ruby Reprise (I think it was a freebie back in February).  After doing all my stamping I used the PTI Boutique Borders set Sympathy and the matching die for my center sentiment. 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Poppy Parade; Inks:  Stampin Up! Old Olive, Calypso Coral, So Saffron; Memento Ladybug, Tuxedo Black; Stamps and dies:  PTI Boutique Borders Sympathy

some fun news to share...

Hey friends!!  Christmas is almost here and my little guy is just beside himself with excitement!  I'm pretty excited too because I have some fantastic news to share... I'm joining the Top Dog Dies design team!!  Starting in January I will be sharing projects here on my blog and over at the Top Dog Dies blog using fabulous Top Dog Dies!   The announcement is being made today on the Top Dog Dies blog and as you can see I will be joining some very, very talented ladies!

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