what a day...

Hey friends!!  I have really had a crazy day.  Had to take my car to the dealership because the automatic lock on the driver's side door stopped locking... ugh!!  Find out that the dealership does not have the part so it can't be fixed until next week when the part gets here... double ugh!!  So... I have to manually lock my door until next Wednesday when it will be fixed.  Upside to all of this it falls under warranty so I don't have to pay for it.  But... I get to the dealership to pick up my car, get inside, turn the key and nothing.... absolutely nothing.... triple ugh!!!  The battery was dead and after they got it running, again, they did a diagnostic and I learned that I needed a new battery.  Unfortunately that wasn't under warranty and batteries for my car are not cheap... sigh...!!  But at least there is light at the end of the tunnel... I have a new battery and the lock will be fixed next week.  And I did get to make a couple of cards for several different challenges.  The first card is for the current ColourQ and uses Viva La Verve sketch #1 for June.  To make my card I searched through my enormous stash of patterned paper and found patterns from four different My Mind's Eye pad that fit all the colors in the ColourQ combo.   I used the Verve stamp set Better Together and some hearts from the Verve Hearts Quartet die.  Very simple and straightforward take on the sketch.  I think this would be a great card to give to a guy.   Since this is a bit more masculine I'm going to enter into the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: father's day/card for a guy.

 

The second card is for this week's My Favorite Things sketch and the new My Favorite Things color combo.  I do not own any of the MFT colors (ink, cardstock or otherwise) so I had to hunt around for colors that I thought were pretty close to the MFT colors.   Just like with my last card I used the MFT Mini Modern Blooms set, as well as a sentiment set from Amazing.  Instead of using a square for the central piece I used one of the Inside Out Stitched Rectangle dies and cut that from some blush colored cardstock.  For the circular element I used some loops of silver thread.   I used a Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax die to create the center strip element and the rectangle was die cut using an AJVD Polka Dot Rectangle Backdrop die.  For the blue flower and the leaves I did some second generation stamping (inking up the stamp then stamping it off before stamping the flower on the die cut).  The details for the blue flower and the leaves were added with the ink color at full strength.  The coral flower was stamped using two different shades of coral and the small flower was stamped with coral and blue ink.  After layering everything up I stamped the sentiment on a strip of cardstock using my mini MISTI, cut it in two and adhered it as shown.   Adding this to the line up at Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge:  flower garden.

Thanks for stopping by today... tomorrow should be a better day, lol!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  white, light grey and blush; Patterned paper:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  Verve and My Favorite Things; Dies:  Verve, My Favorite Things, A Jillian Vance Design and Spellbinders; Inks:  Hero Arts Latte, Stampin Up! Cameo Coral, Calypso Coral and Gumball Green; Memento Danube Blue; VersaFine Onyx Black; Coates & Clark silver thread

wednesday with a jillian vance design...

{for my Color Throwdown post please scroll down or click here.}


Hey friends!!  Popping in to let you know that my regular Wednesday post is up over on the AJVD blog.  Here is a little peek of my card:

I hope you will take the time to head over to the AJVD blog for a look and let me know what you think.  Thanks so much!!

Guesting for Color Throwdown!!

Hey friends!!  So excited because today I'm guesting with the fabulous gals at one of my favorite challenges Color Throwdown!!   You are going to love the yummy color palette that was chosen for you by this week's Color Throwdown hostess, Lisa (and you just might be craving some ice cream, too, lol!)!!!  The generic colors are plum, raspberry, peach and white.  You can add in some neutrals as well.   I combined the color combo with the June Reverse Confetti Sketch for You to Try.  I pulled out my RC Butterfly Dreams stamps and dies to create my card.  I used Altenew Coral Berry ink for the largest butterfly and PTI's Plum Pudding for the smaller ones.  Thanks to the mini MISTI I was able to get nice deep colors for all the butterflies.  The little wreaths were die cut from a peach cardstock (SU!'s Crisp Cantaloupe no long available) using the little wreath from the RC Wreaths Confetti Cuts set.  A strip of white cardstock was cut and all the elements were layered on.  To break up the white I added a mat of kraft cardstock to the strip and then embossed the front of the card base using a piece of burlap.   Finally a liberal brushing of clear Wink of Stella was added to the plum butterflies. I have included a close up shot to show you how much the butterflies sparkle.   Make sure you check out all the projects from the Color Throwdown design team!  Looking forward to seeing what you make with this week's colors!!  

Thanks for stopping by today...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  white, kraft, peach; Stamps and dies:  Reverse Confetti; Inks: Altenew and PTI

my friend...

Hey!!  It is a beautiful day here in the Pacific Northwest... might be a little too hot for me, but beautiful nonetheless!!  Yesterday was gorgeous too and it looks like we have a full week of lovely weather ahead!  Have a card to share today for a couple of challenges:  Less is More (color challenge - purple) and My Favorite Things sketch challenge.  I always want to play along with the MFT sketch challenge, but never seem to find the time.   Finally this past weekend I was able to make a clean and simple card using the MFT layout.  I started by die cutting my panel with the largest MFT Inside Out Stitched Rectangle die.  I then placed a Spellbinders plain oval die inside the panel and ran it through my Big Shot using the sandwich to emboss the oval (not cut it) into the cardstock.  I ended up having to do it twice because I didn't get a deep enough impression the first time.  Once that was done I die cut the flowers from the MFT Mini Modern Blooms die set and then using second generation stamping stamped them with the corresponding images using purple ink.  The centers of the flowers were stamped with the purple ink at full strength.  I used my mini MISTI to stamp the leaves in a pale green ink and then the sentiment.  Adhered the flowers to the panel and then the panel to a pale grey cardstock base.   

Thanks for stopping by today...


Supplies:  Cardstock:  white, Simon Says Stamp fog; Stamps:  My Favorite Things; Dies:  My Favorite Things and Spellbinders; Inks:  Close to My Heart Pansy Purple and Memento Tuxedo Black and New Sprout

thanks for a great year..

Hey friends!!  Stopping in with a card for a two challenges:  Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown.  The school year is almost over for my two boys and so I made a thank you card for my little guy's teacher.  I used the Reverse Confetti set All Apples as well as the Reverse Confetti set Class Act.   The mini MISTI helped me get a nice dark green impression on my apple.   I really like that little tool and I'm so glad that I finally broke down and got one!  Stamped all the other images and then die cut everything with the matching dies.  The patterned paper matches the green ink I used (both Stampin Up!) and it had cream in it making it perfect for the Color Throwdown challenge.   Cut a piece, adhered it to my kraft card base and then added the little notebook page, apple and leaves.  Super quick, but that is how I like it, lol!!  

Thanks for stopping...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft and cream; Patterned paper:  Stampin Up!; Stamps and dies:  Reverse Confetti; Inks:  Stampin Up! Gumball Green and Crumb Cake

 

thinking of you...

Hey friends... popping in with a card for a few challenges.  My sweet friend, Greta, is guest designing for City Crafter challenge blog this week and I just had to play along with the challenge... feathers!  I used the color combo from the current ColourQ challenge and the layout for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge... haven't participated in their challenge for ages!   I used the fun Concord & 9th Grateful stamp set and did some layering of the images.  The set comes with two feathers and I used the smaller one stamping it five times, twice with Coastal Cabana ink and three times with Bahama Blue ink.  The sentiment was stamped over that using Calypso Coral.  I brought in the grey by stamping a little image from the Concord & 9th Painted Thank You set.  The piece was die cut and then mounted on a grey cardstock base.  I must admit that I had to fiddle around with the colors for a bit to get the layering right.   My shoulder is slowly getting better, but sometimes I feel like it has been "one step forward, two steps back" kind of process.  I have to keep reminding myself that it has only been 3 weeks since the surgery and that I need to take it easy... so hard to do... sigh!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by...


Supplies:  Cardstock:  white, SU! Smoky Slate; Stamps:  Concord & 9th; Dies:  A Jillian Vance Design; Inks:  Stampin Up! and Memento