This Was A Challenge!

Trying to make a card for the current Play Date Cafe challenge (PDCC32) was definitely a challenge in more than one way!   It started off easy enough when I decided to use the current Clean & Simple sketch FTL93.  I also thought I would try the color layering technique that Shari shared on the Hero Arts blog. 

So I'm all set, right?   Well, not so fast.   It took three attempts to finally get the card I wanted and I'm still not really happy with it.  It all started with my decision to use PTI's Lemon Tart ink.  Now, I adore Lemon Tart cardstock and ribbon, but the ink, not so much.   After some frustrating attempts with Lemon Tart ink I gave up and decided to use Memento's Dandelion, which provided a much better result.   Once the ink issue was resolved I was ready to move on to finishing the card with some PTI Melon Berry ribbon.  I laid down my strip of Scor-Tape and start pleating the ribbon.  I'm almost done when I realize that the bottom edge of the ribbon was too close to the sentiment!  Grrrhh!  But I was committed at that point, so I finished up the card. 

Thanks for taking a peek! 

Supplies:   Cardstock:  PTI White; SU! Blush Blossom; Ink:  SU! Cameo Coral; Memento Dandelion; Ribbon:  PTI Melon Berry; Stamps:  PTI - Turning a New Leaf; Hero Arts - Thoughtful Messages; Antique Engravings

Summer Cherries

Summer is apparently going to be slow in arriving in the Northwest this year, but one thing that isn't slow in coming are cherries from Eastern Washington!  Yummy, delicious cherries like Bing and Rainier.   And it was cherries that I thought of when I saw the new monthly Hero Arts blog challenge to make a summer/4th of July card (or to use the color layering techinque).  I have had the Hero Arts cling Cherries (CG117) for quite sometime now and have never (yes, I said never) used it.  So I pulled it out for my card.   I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored everything with my Copics.  I figured that since I'm taking a Copic certification class at the end of the month, it might be a good idea to finally start using them!   The patterned pattern is from the DCWV mat stack The Sweet Stack.  I used my SU! Top Note die, as well.   

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI - Pure Poppy & White; PP:  DCWV - The Sweet Stack; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Markers:  Copics;  Stamps:  HA Cherries cling; CTMH Typewrite Keys; Ribbon:  PTI - Pure Poppy twill

Color, Color!

Two cards tonight for two color challenges and one CAS challenge.  First up is the card for Color Throwdown 95 and for the current CAS-tastic challenge (CWC006) to put the focus on your sentiment.

I die cut the white and turquoise cardstock using Spellbinder Labels 10 dies.  Stamped one of the images from the WaltzingMouse Stamps set Very Vintage Labels 10 in Memento Rosebud and then stamped the sentiment from CHF's Vintage Butterflies set in Memento Black.  Layer everything with some yummy green satin ribbon from Stamp Simply Ribbon store.

The second card is for ColourQ 35.  Another bright, fun combo from Arielle.  Arielle also challenge us to use a sketch provided by Mercy, MTSC76.   I used a brand new stamp set from The {Stamps} of Life by Stephanie Bernard, called Kites2Fly. 

Mercy's sketch was fun to work with for this color challenge, providing a great jumping off point. Thanks for taking a peek!  Have a great weekend!

Supplies:  CTD card:  Cardstock:  PTI White; SU! Tempting Turquoise & Passion Pink; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black & Rosebud; Ribbon:  Spring Green satin - May Arts; Stamps Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Labels 10; CHF - Vintage Butterflies

ColourQ card:  Cardstock:  PTI White; SU! Glorious Green; Green Galore; Crushed Curry; Ink:  Hero Arts Hero Hues Grass; Ranger Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink; Palette Sunflower; CTMH Clover Green marker; Ribbon - Michaels; Stamps:  {Stamps} of Life - Kites2Fly

Flutterescent & Get Sketchy 40

It has been a long, long time since I have been able to participate in a Get Sketchy challenge.  Finally I made the time today and made the following card based on the current sketch #40.  Part of the challenge was to make a masculine/father's day card, but after I got the Flutterescent butterfly set from Layers of Color yesterday my heart was set on using it.  The butterflies are gorgeous!  I used the largest one, along with DCWV Mariposa papers for the card. 

I stamped the butterfly twice on a piece of Mariposa pp with VersaMark watermark ink and then heat embossed using Filigree white embossing powder.  I stamped the word "Wonderful" in VersaMark, as well, and embossed with the white embossing powder.  The butterflies were trimmed out, layered together and then attached to the card front.  Did a bit of distressing to the pp used on the card as well.   Thanks for taking a peek.  I so appreciate your comments!

 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI - Vintage Cream ; PP:  DCWV - Mariposa Matstack; Ink:  VersaMark; Embossing Powder - Filigree White; Stamps:  Layers of Color Flutterescent

 

ODBDSLC15 - Stars & Stripes!

The current Our Daily Bread Shining the Light (15) challenge is to use stars and/or stripes on your card.  I decided to use both.  One of my current favorite paper packs is DCWV's Linen Closet mat stack.  It is full of beautiful papers in all kinds of patterns, including stripes!  I had some acrylic stars that I could never figure out what to do with and so I painted one with Ranger's Cloudy Blue paint dabber and let it dry.  I recently got some crocheted ribbon from Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply Ribbon Store and used that on the card.  If you have never visited Sharon's store you need to and right away.  She has some of the yummiest ribbons out there.

The border punch is from EKSuccess and one of my favorite.  I added a couple of PTI vintage buttons.  The sentiment is from the ODBD set Friendship. After the star had dried I added it to the center of the bow with  Liquid Glass.

 

Thanks for taking a peek! 

 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream; Patterned Paper:  DCWV Linen Close; Stamps:  ODBD Friendship; Ink:  Hero Arts Hero Hues Cerulean; Ribbon:  Cream crocheted - May Arts; Buttons:  PTI; Border punch:  EKSuccess Embossed Scallop

FTTC69

Wow! For the second week in a row I have had a chance to do the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge!  This week's challenge is to make a one layer card.  When I read the challenge I immediately knew I would use my favorite Flourishes set:  Sweet Peas.  I adore that set and love to color it with my Prisma pencils and gamsol. In my estimation the Sweet Peas set from Flourishes is the best one out there in the stamping world!  I'm looking forward to getting Copic certified at the end of the month so that I can start coloring the image with my markers!

After coloring the image, I finished the card off with some SU! Certain Celery satin ribbon (LOVE that ribbon).  The sentiment is from the Flourishes set Sweet Violets.

Thanks for taking a peek! 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White; Ink: Memento London Fog; Color medium:  Primsa Pencils & gamsol;  Stamps:  Flourishes Sweet Peas & Sweet Violets; Ribbon:  SU! Certain Celery satin