Getting Out of My Comfort Zone...

This past Tuesday (12/28) I was "crowned" Colour Queen by the totally sweet and very talented Arielle over at ColourQ!  I can't tell you how thrilled I was to find that out!  I love ColourQ because Arielle has a fantastic eye for color,picks the most incredible color combos and this week is no exception.  When I first saw the inspiration picture and the colors my thought was "wow! cool colors!"  Then I thought:  "wow!  how will I combine those colors??"   Because while I think the colors are super cool, combining them was really outside my comfort zone. 

I started out by first stamping my image (Hero Arts Bird Collage) in PTI's True Black on kraft cardstock.  I then set it aside for TWO DAYS and began looking through my stash for patterned paper that I could use for the card.  Imagine my surprise when I discovered that I had this really cool pack of designer papers from Stampin Up! called Day & Night!  To be honest, I don't even remember purchasing them, but obviously and thankfully I did!  After that, with a little help from the current Card Patterns sketch everything fell into place and I really like what resulted.    I'm also going to enter this card in the current City Crafters challenge to "stamp it out".

Thanks for taking a peek.... hope you take a step outside your comfort zone!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Kraft; SU! Crumb Cake & Old Olive; PP:  SU! Night & Day; Ribbon:  SU! Basic Grey taffeta & Old Olive twill; Stamp:  Hero Arts Bird Collage; Spellbinders Large & Small Plain Circle dies; Flower:  Irene's Garden

One Layer Wednesday...

A simple one layer card today for One Layer Wednesday.  I got some new Stampin Up! goodies that included some new ink (Rich Razzleberry) and a new stamp set called Style Beautiful.   The challenge this week as set by Jennifer is to make a card using one image and not more than two inks.  A sentiment is okay, as well.  For my inks I used the Rich Razzleberry & PTI's True Black.  The card is a 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" square.

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  PTI white cardstock; Stamps:  SU! Style Beautiful; Ink:  SU! Rich Razzleberry, PTI True Black

FTTC98 - Just For You

It seems like ages since I last posted!  But with Christmas and all making cards just really wasn't on the agenda, ya know??  Well, now I'm trying to get back into the swing of things with a card for the current Flourishes challenge, FTCC98.  This week we have been challenged to use pearls.  I used the current SCS color combo of Old Olive, Night of Navy & Daffodil Delight for my card.  Stamps used are from Stampin Up! 

Thanks for taking a peek.... can't believe that 2010 is almost over!! 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White; SU! Old Olive & Night of Navy; PP:  PTI Bitty Dot Basics Lemon Tart; Ink:  Old Olive & Night of Navy; Pearls:  Zva Creative & Close to My Heart; Ribbon:  SU! Daffodil Delight wide striped ribbon; MS butterfly punch

A Simple Card....

Because... well I'm a simple cardmaker with a clean and simple style.   So today is another very simple card using the colors from the current ColourQ challenge.  I always like the color combos that Arielle comes up with, but lately haven't had the time to put anything together.   Today I had the time so I put together this simple card using the challenge colors.  I got out one of my favorite SU! sets from several years ago... Happy Harmony and inked it up.  The layout is one that I have used several times in the past because I really like the simple straight forward design.  In fact a card I made using this layout was so well liked on Splitcoaststampers that 39 people have put it into their favorites!   I find that kinda funny to be honest...  Anyway here is the card: 

Thanks for taking a peek... hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Real Red, Pink Pirouette; Ink:  SU! Pear Pizzaz; Ribbon:  SU! Regal Rose; Stamps:  SU! Happy Harmony; Cuttlebug; Sizzix Plain EF

Heartfelt Wednesday

A short post with a card I made using Heartfelt Creations stamps.  I used stamps from the Daisy Patch Collection (Daisy Patch Bouquet & Daisy Patch Flowers), as well as the coordinating Daisy Patch dies.  I did all the coloring with Copic markers in an effort to better my skills with the markers. 

Thanks for taking a peek... only a few more days til Christmas!  Are you ready??

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, lemon tar & sweet blush; Ink:  Memento London Fog; Copic Markers; Stamps Heartfelt Creations; SU! tag punch; KaiserCraft rhinestones

Today Its A Green Butterfly!!!

Yep... another butterfly!  This time a card for the current JUGs challenge which is a very lovely color challenge:  white, green and blue.   And yep, I once again reached for the new Hero Arts Classic Fabric Design cling for my card.  I stamped the design in both light blue (Fresh Ink's Capri Blue) and green (SU! Pear Pizzaz) on white cardstock.  The green piece was diecut using the SU! butterfly die and some light blue pearls were added to the body.  A piece of darker green ruffle ribbon from Websters Pages was adhered to the blue stamped piece.  The sentiment, also from Hero Arts, was stamped using True Black ink and the butterfly adhered to the piece.  The entire piece was then adhered to the card front using foam dimensionals.  The layout is based on the current sketch from Clean & Simple.

Thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White; Stamps:  HA Classic Fabric Design & Find Joy; Ink:  Fresh Ink Capri Blue, SU! Pear Pizzaz & PTI True Black; Websters Pages green ruffle ribbon; Cuttlebug; butterfly die