CMCC #23... you make the world

Hey there!!  It is Wednesday and that means time for a brand new color challenge over at Colour Me...!  And since it is the first challenge of the month that also means we will be working with just one color.  Our guest designer this month is the super talented Shirley!!!  All the details regarding the challenge can be found on the Colour Me...! blog.

 

 

For this card I started with the current (and sadly last sketch) from Unscripted Sketches and the SU! set Starburst Greetings and the matching dies.  The patterned paper is from the SU! Fresh Prints dsp stack.  The papers in this stack are so pretty that I bought a second one before SU! retired it.  I added a little bit of kraft in the design to break things up a bit. 

Thanks for stopping by... please check out the projects created by my fellow teamies Tara, Hayley, Sam, Katie, Brenda and June guest designer, Shirley!

you light up...

Hello, hello!!!  We have been having some beautiful weather in my neighborhood, but apparently it isn't going to last into the weekend...sigh!  Oh well... I have a bright and sunny little card to share with you today.  I made this for the current CASology challenge:  Electric.  The layout is based on the current sketch from Unscripted Sketches.  Also going to pop this into the current Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge:  not so mellow yellow.

When I saw the cue word: electric I was a little bummed.  I don't own any of those cute stamp sets that have little light bulbs in them or any kind of set that would lend itself to the challenge.  But then I remembered that I had just ordered a fun little set from Stampin Up! that would fit the bill and it was going to arrive on my doorstep just in time... YAY!   Once the set arrived I inked it up and got to work.  Because the scale of the light bulb is rather small I decided to make a tag/card (my sweet friend Martha is the master of tag/cards! Go check out her blog, you won't be disappointed!).  I stamped the bulb portion in yellow ink and trimmed it out.  The entire image was stamped in silver, trimmed out and the top portion attached.   Finished off the tag/card with some bright yellow patterned paper, a bit of washi tape and the sentiment.    I have included another photo that shows it really is a tag/card and not just a tag.



 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Patterned paper:  Stampin Up!; Washi Tape:  Impress Rubber Stamps; Stamps:  SU! Crazy Mixed Up Love; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black & Dandelion; Hero Arts Silver; Ribbon:  PTI yellow; Twine:  Close to my Heart black; Dies:  Penny Black tag die; MFT fishtail flag stax die

dream...explore...discover...

Hello, hello!!   Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!  We have had lots of rain, but that means lots of time to make cards, ha!   The last few days I have been showing you cards made with the new stamps and dies from Clearly Whimsy Stamps (there is still time to comment to win one of three prizes!).  Today I have a card for a couple of challenges (Unscripted Sketches and ColourQ) that uses one of the new CWS stamp sets (Travel 2).  ETA:  popping this into this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: clean and simple.

This card is super clean and super simple, although it did take me awhile to make it, lol!  I started by stamping each of the signs in the road sign image using yellow, green and purple inks.  The entire image was stamped on kraft cardstock, everything was trimmed out and layered up using various heights of foam dimensionals.  I cut a strip of white cardstock and then did some second generation stamping using the same yellow, green and purple inks and the earth image from the set.  I adhered the strip and the sign to a kraft card base and then added the black baker's twine.  I wasn't sure I was going to like the second generation stamping, but I think it turned out pretty well.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & kraft; Stamps:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps; Inks:  Memento and Stampin Up!; black baker's twine

sweet on you...

Hello, hello!!  It is a gorgeous day here in the Pacific Northwest!!  That means beautiful views of both the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges!  Abosolutely love it!!   Even though I spent the majority of the day outside at our local zoo (Pt. Defiance) with the boys I managed to find a bit of time to make a card for a couple of challenges (ColourQ and Unscripted Sketches).

 

Since I didn't want to spend a ton of time making a card today I went super clean and simple, but I added a bit of interest by partially embossing the card base.  The stamps and the are from Clearly Whimsy Stamps (the Sweet as Candy line).  A piece of white cardstock was cut, one corner rounded and stamped with the candy image using SU!'s Pool Party ink.  A second candy was stamped using Hero Art's Splash ink, trimmed out and popped up over the first candy.  The word "sweet" was die cut from peachy paper from the Webster's Pages Family Traditions line and popped up on the cardstock piece.  The remainder of the sentiment was stamped in black ink and then a few tangerine colored enamel dots were added to finish things off.

Thanks for stopping by and thank you to everyone who left me such sweet comments on my last post.  Each lovely comment brought a smile to my face!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps Sweet as Candy; Die:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps; Inks:  SU! and Hero Arts; Enamel dots:  My Mind's Eye; Embossing folder:  SU!