Getting a Bit Shabby....

Hey there!  Happy Wednesday!!  Got a card today for three challenges:  the Paper Players (sketch), Flourishes (Bingo) and Stampin' Sisters in Christ (recipe).   I hadn't planned on putting this into three challenges, but when I saw that that SSIC challenge was a recipe and I already had two of the requirements I decided to add the third so it would work for that challenge, as well. 

The Flourishes challenge is a "bingo" challenge, ie pick three items in a row.  I went with the middle row of embossing, pink and pearls.  I recently got some new SU! designer papers and paper embellishments from the Beau Cheateau line.   Love the soft pink, blue, brown and cream colors in this line of dp.  Absolutely perfect for a shabby chic look.  I embossed the patterned paper which created a bit of a problem for me because when I was trying to apply the adhesive the first piece ripped horribly... as in unable to save it!!  So, embossed another piece and tried to be a bit more careful when I applied the adhesive.   The butterfly image is from the SU! set Strength & Hope.  A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of the set will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation... a very worthy cause.  The SSIC challenge asked us to use three of the following:  ribbon, button, brad, swirl, hat pin, charm or popped up image.   I went with a brad, the ribbon and popped up the image. 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream; SU! Crumb Cake; PP:  SU! Beau Chateau dp; Beau Chateau Side Note;  Ink:  SU! Pink Pirouette; Impress Fawn; Pearls, SU! brad; May Arts silk ribbon; SU! scalloped circle punch

Be Faithful....

Hey there!!  Hope your week is going well.  Can't believe that August is almost over, that my big kid goes back to school on Thursday and that he is now a 7th grader!!!  Yikes!!! Where did the time go???

 

Anywhoo... have a card for a couple of challenges:  ODBDSLC74 to use a doily on your project and  CR84FN37 to use turquoise, light blue and a neutral.   For my neutral I went with white.   The layout comes from the current Sketchbook Saturday sketch.   For my card I used the ODBD set "Faith".  I just love the large butterfly branch image that is in the set.  I thought it would work perfectly for the central panel of the sketch.   I also used the Brocade background stamp from ODBD to create the background.   Did a bit of distressing with my distressing tool on the patterned paper and the main panel.  The card was finished off with some butterflies punched from the patterned paper with my Martha Stewart butterfly punch.   I really like the crisp, clean look of the card.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Tempting Turquoise; Tempting Turq. pp; Ink:  Tempting Turq., Memento Summer Sky; Stamps:  ODBD Faith & Brocade Background; MS butterfly punch; pearls; Wilton paper doily

Many Thanks....

Hey everyone!!  Happy Saturday!!  Time, again, for another fabby challenge from Less is More.  This week Chrissie and Mandi are challenging us to take 3 different LIM challenges and put them into one card.   While this might sound a bit, well, challenging, in fact I found this one quite easy.  For my three challenges I chose the following:  Week #1:  pink, black & white; Week #13:  congrats or thank you and Week #25:  buttons or ribbon.  

I decided to use the challenge from Week #1 because that is the ONLY LIM challenge I did not get to participate in.  I found the challenge on the last day of the challenge and didn't have time to make something (insert frowny face).   I chose the other two because who doesn't need thank you or congrats cards and quite frankly I just LOVE ribbon!   I also going to be putting this card into this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge to use stickers or rubons.   The sentiment is a sticker from SRM.   To be honest I have never much cared for stickers.  I always ended up getting them in the wrong spot or they just didn't really go with what I was making.  But... that has all changed now that I have tried SRM stickers.  They are fantastic and so easy to use!  If you haven't tried them, you really should!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! pink; Gina K. black; Stamp:  Hero Arts Rose Background; Sticker:  SRM - Fancy Sticker Sentiments - Thanks; Ink:  SU! Pretty in Pink; Pearls Hero Arts; Ribbon:  PTI

CASEing Myself...

Hey there!! Wow... what a gorgeous day we are having here in Washington state!  Just spent the majority of it at a local beach with my sister and her three girls.  My little one had a blast playing with his cousins and getting all covered with sand!

Got a card today for the current CASE Study challenge, as well as for ColourQ.   This week at CASE Study Chupa is asking us to make a card in our "signature style".   Now I don't know if I have a "signature style" because sometimes I feel like my style is all over the place!  But I do know that I love the Clean and Simple (CAS) style and probably make more cards in that style than any other.  I also know that when I'm confronted with a color combo that I find kind of tricky (like this week's ColourQ combo) I tend to keep things very simple.  So, for my card I CASEd a card I made a month or so ago that really exemplifies my CAS style (you can see the card here).   I used one of my favorite SU! sets, Echoes of Kindness, and a sentiment from a My Favorite Things sentiment set.  The sentiment is one of my favorites and can actually be found in my blog banner:  We do not remember days, we remember moments.   I stamped the floral image using Palette Sunflower ink (it closely matches SU!'s Crushed Curry) and then overstamped the sentiment using Old Olive.  The card base is SU!'s Island Indigo.  The pumpkin colored gems are from Hero Arts. 

And so... there you have it!  My clean and simple card.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, SU! Island Indigo; Stamps:  Stampin Up! & My Favorite Things; Ink:  Palette and Stampin Up!; Gems:  Hero Arts

Blue Mood....

For my Flourishes Birthday Hop card click here.

Hey there!!  Here with a card for the current ODBDSLC challenge (a sketch) and the current Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge (to make your sentitment the focus).   I recently saw a beautiful card by ODBDSLC design team member, Lori, that was done in blue and white.   I just loved the look and had been wanting to make a card using those two colors.  Today was my opportunity.  I must be honest, though, and tell you that when I actually started making this card last night I was certain it wasn't going to turn out very well.  Thank goodness for the light of a new day and the addition of some lace!! 

Since this card is for the ODBD and Flourishes challenge I used stamps from both companies.  The scripture is from the ODBD Scripture Col. 7 set and the butterfly from the Flourishes Clematis & Butterflies set.   The white cardstock is PTI and the navy is Stampin Up!'s Night of Navy.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, SU! Night of Navy; PP:  Night of Navy; Stamps:  ODBD & Flourishes; Gems:  unknown; Ribbon:  SU! Night of Navy & May Arts White Lace; Sizzix embossing folder; Ink:  SU! Night of Navy

Happy Birthday Flourishes!!!

Flourishes is lighting the candles and getting ready to sing to honor their fourth birthday!!!  And, as a way to celebrate, I'm happy to say I was handpicked to help them have a bit of a party as a designer for their customer appreciation hop!  The only challenge here was to create a card or project using my favorite Flourishes stamp set.  Read on and I'll tell you how you can win some Flourishes goodies, too!!

It was hard for me to pick my favorite Flourishes set to use (because pretty much all of them are favorites!!), but I decided to use one of the very first Flourishes sets I purchased, Sweet Peas.  I wanted the Sweet Peas set from the moment I saw it and it continues to be a favorite of mine to this day.  The sentiment is from the Flourishes set Sweet Violets.  For my card I used some new Authentique papers from the 6x6 bundle "Uncommon".  I stamped the image and colored it with my Copics.  I then die cut the image using two Spellbinders dies (a plain circle and one of the Floral Doily dies).  The two dies were then layered as you see.  The card layout is courtesy of PageMaps and a challenge they currently have going on where you can win five Flourishes stamp sets, as well as five 6x6 Basic Grey paper pads.

So... want to know what you can win from Flourishes... well just take a look at this fantastic blog candy treat:

If you would like to learn more about how you can win all of these stamp sets, just click HERE to read up on today's hop and challenge.   Just a little hint... there are three ways to win!!!

If you arrived here by way of the super talented Benzi's blog, then you are on the right path.  If I'm your first stop, you will wnat to go back to the Flourishes blog to start this hop from the very beginning.  You will have until September 1st at 5 pm CST to enter!  Next up on the hop... Tera!

Thanks for stopping by... I hope that you take part in the challenge for the chance to win such an awesome prize!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, soft stone; PP:  Authentique; Stamps:  Flourishes; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI True Black; Copic Markers (YG00, YG03, R81 & R83); Spellbinders dies; Zva Creative pearl flourish; Fiskars punch