ColourQ 37 and a Big Flower!

Can I just tell you how happy I am I found the ColourQ challenge?  Really happy!  Arielle, the creative gal behind this blog, really knows how to find some fantastic inspiration for each of her color challenges.  This week is no exception.   Take a look at these yummy colors: 

Like my Hero Arts flickr group friend, Heather Maria, I'm fascinated/in love with the Hero Arts Big Flower cling!   The stamp is just so beautiful and there are so many different ways you can use it.  I stamped the flower in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Vintage Cream cardstock and then sponged the flower with SU!'s Cameo Coral and Ruby Red inks.  Both these colors are being retired by SU! and I'm pretty bummed as I really like both.  But, I'm thankful that I have the ink pads, reinkers and cardstock.  I don't have Always Artichoke ink, so I used the new Ranger Forest Moss distress ink which is fairly close to Always Artichoke for the leaves which are from the PTI set Friends til the End set.    The patterned paper is from October Afternoon's Thirft Store 8x8 pad. 

Thanks for taking a peek today and I hope that you will click on the link for ColourQ and check them out.  I also need to give a shout out to Arielle for picking my cards for the Colour Queen Courtiers 3 weeks in a row!!!  Thanks, Arielle!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI - Vintage Cream; SU! Ruby Red; PP - October Afternoon Thirft Shop; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Ruby Red & Cameo Coral; Ranger Forest Moss distress ink; Stamp:  Hero Arts Big Flower cling; Kaiser rhinestones

Enjoy Every Moment

The current monthly challenge on the Hero Arts blog is to make a summer fun/July 4th card or to use a color layering technique.   I have had this idea for a summertime card rolling around for awhile and finally got a chance to make the card.   What says summer more than a beach scene!  I used two different Hero Arts sets (Antique Engravings & Thoughtful Messages) and a Hero Arts background stamp (Clouds) on the card.  The "grass" in the background is a stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms.   I also pulled out two neglected ink pads, Stampin Up's River Rock and Hero Arts' Soft Pool. 

I covered the card front with the Clouds stamp using Soft Pool and then added the grass with River Rock.  The shells were stamped using both Soft Pool & River Rock.  I tore two strips of patterned paper from the DCWV mat stack The Linen Closet to create the "beach" and covered them with Stickles Crystal glitter glue.  Everything was then layered on the card.  I also added a bit of glimmer to the shells using my Gelly Roll pen.

Thanks for taking a peel!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White; Patterned Paper:  DCWV Linen Closet mat stack; Ink: SU! River Rock, Hero Arts Soft Pool; Stamps:  Cloud DB, Antique Engravings & Thoughtful Messages; CHF:  August Stamp of the Month;  Ranger Stickles Crystal glitter glue; Gelly Roll pen

Sunday Evening Post

A short post tonight featuring a card for PDCC33 and CAS-tastic challenge (CWC007) to use buttons.  The PDCC colors are kraft, aqua, raspberry & white and for once I didn't go heavy on the kraft.  I used PTI's Everyday Button Bits for the image and Clean & Simple's FTL94 for the sketch.  

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI - white; kraft & raspberry fizz; Buttons:  PTI - Aqua Mist; Ink:  PTI - Aqua Mist, Memento Rosebud; Cuttlebug; Spellbinders Plain & Scalloped Circle dies; SU! Scalloped Edge punch; Stamps:  PTI - Everyday Button Bits; Polka Dot Basics II

ColourQ and a Waltzing Mouse!

This week is the first week for the new Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge blog!  I had longed for some of the wonderful stamps from Waltzingmouse and finally about a month ago I was able to get my hands on them.  Can you say LOVELY??? Because that is what they are, lovely.  I paired this week's ColourQ challenge (cqc36) with Waltzingmouse's first sketch (WMSC1) challenge.   Isn't that little knitted toy just the cutest thing??  It reminds me of my boys "Ugly Dolls"!  And what fun colors!  Now, Claire Brennan, the owner of Waltzingmouse Stamps is well a creative genius!  She designed a whole line of stamps that work perfectly with a lot of those Spellbinders Nestabilities we all own.  And, it gets better!  Her image sets are just out of this world!

For my card I used the WMS set Asian Gardens.  A beautiful set and I can truly say I have not seen another set like it out on the market.   Can't wait to use it again, and again, and again!  I stamped the tree top portion on white cardstock with VersaMagic Aspen Mist ink which is very, very close to SU!'s Sage Shadow and then trimmed all parts out.  I did all my diecutting any layering and then stamped the trunk in the center with Choc. Chip ink and layered on the tree top parts.  Added some rhinestones and a  few more bits and I was done.

I will be giving this card to my older son's special education teacher, along with a small gift.  Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI - White; SU! Choc. Chip; Pumpkin Pie; So Saffron, Ink:  SU! Choc. Chip; Pumpkin Pie; VersaMagic Aspen Mist; Rhinestones:  KaiserCraft & Memory Box; Stamps:  WMS Asian Gardens; Cuttlebug; Spellbinders dies

ODBDSLC16 - Sketch Challenge

A card today for ODBD's current challenge to use the sketch they provided.  Several weeks ago I was fortunate enough to have Random.org pluck my name from the entrants for ODBDSLC14 and I won a ODBD gift certificate!  I'm using one of the sets that I purchased using that gift certificate:  Grow in Grace.   I have had my eye on that set (and alot more) for a loooong time and was so excited to finally get it!  I used more papers from the DCWV mat stack The Linen Closet and some completely YUMMY satin ribbon from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  I stamped the sentiment on some PTI white shimmer cardstock that I die cut with a Spellbinders large scallop circle die in SU!'s Baja Breeze ink.  I then stamped the dogwood image next to it using Memento's London Fog.  The image was stamped again on PTI's white cardstock, colored with my Prisma pencils and gamsol, trimmed out and then adhered over the first image using SU! dimensionals. 

I did a bit of distressing on all the patterned paper pieces using CTMH's Parchment ink, which is a great choice to use for light distressing.   Finished the card off with the beautiful ivory satin ribbon from Stamp Simply and some light blue rhinestones.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  SU! Baja Breeze; PTI - White & White Shimmer; PP:  DCWV - Linen Closet mat stack; Stamps:  ODBD - Grow in Grace; Ink: Memento London Fog; SU! Baja Breeze; CTMH Parchment; Rhinestones - KaiserCraft; Ribbon May Arts Ivory Satin

Sunshine & Blue Skies -

I had another challenge today trying to finish my card for the Flourishes Sunshine & Blue Skies challenge (FLLCJUN10).  I started the card last night when I stamped the large Sweet Violets image in Memento London Fog on PTI's white cardstock and then colored it with Prisma pencils and gamsol.   Then tried to finish it this afternoon.  I wanted to use the current JUGs challenge sketch, but I just couldn't make it work.  So, I fell back on a Clean & Simple sketch to get the job done.   I'm pretty happy with the card and especially like how the violets turned out. 

Thanks for taking a peek! 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White; Stampin Up! - So Saffron(??); PP:  October Afternoon Thrift Shop; Ribbon:  Stampin Up! So Saffron grosgrain; Cuttlebug; Spellbinders Large Scallop Rectangles die; Sizzix tag die; Stamps:  Flourishes Sweet Violets; Ink:  PTI Enchanted Evening