CMCC #15... thankful for you

Hello friends!!  Its Wednesday and that means a brand new color combo is up at Colour Me!  There were so many fabulous cards in the gallery last week!   This week we have the fun color combo of Daffodil Delight (bright yellow) and Bermuda Bay (teal).   Can't wait to see what everyone creates with this super fun combo.  All the details can be found on the Colour Me...! blog.  Please remember that you don't have to use Stampin Up! colors for your projects. 

 

For my card today I used Reverse Confetti set Forever Fall and the current Reverse Confetti Sketch for You to Try layout.    I stamped the rectangular woodgrain image using Memento's Dandelion ink on my white cardstock piece.  The same image was stamped on a strip of white cardstock using Hero Arts Splash chalk ink and layered on top.  I die cut the tag using the RC "Tag Me" me die.  To make it fit better on the layout I trimmed off the outer portion of the tag.  The sentiment was stamped using Splash ink and then adhered to the layout.  I stamped the heart using Dandelion ink, trimmed it out and adhered it to the tag.  Some teal colored baker's twine was looped through the tag opening and some teal and yellow sequins were added to finish things off.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Reverse Confetti; Inks:  Hero Arts & Memento; Die:  Reverse Confetti; Baker's Twine:  The Twinery; Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh & Ellen Hutson



love the here & now...

Hello friends!!  Popping in with a card for the current MFT Wednesday sketch challenge, as well as Virginia's View challenge #2 - stencils.

 

I will be honest and tell you that I'm not real big on stencils.  I own one and don't plan to buy any more.  I have dies that I can use to make my own stencils and given that this isn't a technique that I will be using alot using my dies to make my own works perfectly for me!  I'm also not big on spray mists for several reasons that I won't bore you with!  However, I did buy four Perfect Pearl Mists (for reasons I don't even remember, lol!) a few years ago and thankfully I was able to use one of them for my card.  I created my stencil by cutting a piece of thin chipboard using my MFT Fluttering Hearts die.  I layed it on my white cardstock and sprayed away using Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold mist.  After removing the stencil I realized that you can't really tell that those are hearts, but I forged ahead anyway.  I cut the piece down to the size I wanted and then stamped it with my sentiment (from the MFT set Chalkboard Greetings) using black ink.  I matted the piece with PTI Smoky Shadow cardstock.  Some pink polka dotted paper from Echo Park was cut to fit my card base, the edges distressed a bit and then adhered to the card base.  The stenciled piece was layered on top and then I added the wood veneer arrows that I colored using SU!'s Melon Mambo ink and then daubed them with a Ranger Gold paint dauber.  Not a bad effort... but I think I may try making something using my fibre paste.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & Smoky Shadow; PP:  Echo Park; Stamps:  My Favorite Things; Die:  My Favorite Things; Studio Calico wood veneer arrows; Ranger Gold paint dauber; Perfect Pearls Mist; Ink:  SU! Melon Mambo, Memento Tuxedo Black

hope your day is...

Hello friends!! Popping in with a little card I made for the brand new Poppy Sketches challenge!  
Check it out here.

I recently purchased this pack of Studio Calico wood veneers that have the cute little feathers so I pulled out two and died them using Stampin Up!'s Primrose Petals and Pretty in Pink Inks.  In keeping with the color combo I used some My Mind's Eye Tangerine patterened paper.  The sentimetn is from the PTI mini set Flower Fusion #8.  Added a bit of tangerine colored baker's twine to the top of the feathers.  The punch is from EK Success.  A few clear sequins (love them!!) from Pretty Pink Posh finished things off.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & Sweet Blush; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  PTI; Ink:  Memento and Stampin Up!; Wood veneer:  Studio Calico; Sequins:  Pretty Pink Posh; Baker's Twine:  The Twinery

sweets for my... sweet

Hello friends!!  Spring break is coming to an end for my boys... the weather was iffy (generally is this time of year in Western Washington!), but they enjoyed their time off.  Last night I made this little card for a couple of challenges:  ColourQ and CAS(E) this Sketch.

 

For my card I used the recently released Sweet as Candy Sweet Images and Sweet Sentiments sets from Whimsy Stamps.  The wrapped candies were stamped in Calypso Coral, Primrose Petals and Coastal Cabana then trimmed out and layered on the card front.  The banner was stamped using River Rock, trimmed out and then stamped with the sentiment.  The final portion of the sentiment was stamped using River Rock.  Added some sequins and I was done.  The card base is River Rock.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, SU! River Rock; Stamps:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps; Inks:  Stampin Up! and Memento; Sequins:  Lawn Fawn & Pretty Pink Posh

CMCC #14... monochromatic

Hey friends!!  Wednesday has rolled around that that means a new Colour Me...! combo is up at the Colour Me blog!  This week it is the fun, bright color of Pumpkin Pie (orange).  And since it is the start of a new month, we are joined by a brand new talented guest designer... Anita!! All the challenge details can be found over at the Colour Me...! blog.



 For my card today I decided to create an ombre look on a little tag that I made from some watercolor paper using a new tag punch that Stampin Up! just released.  The punch is pretty darn cool as it allows you to make your tag as long or short as you want.  I first stamped the butterfly from the SU! set Backyard Basics on the tag using watermark ink, applied white embossing powder and then heat set.  Once that was done I spritzed the tag with water, blotted off the excess and then applied Pumpkin Pie ink using some water and a paint brush.  A second butterfly was stamped with the watermark ink, white embossing powder applied, heat set and then watercolored.  I die cut it using the matching die and adhered it to the tag using a foam dimensional.  The sentiment is from the SU! set So Very Grateful was stamped, trimmed out and adhered to the tag.  A bit of orange ribbon and a few clear sequins finished off my little tag which was then adhered to the card front.  I watercolored the bottom on the inside of the card and then stamped it with another sentiment from So Very Grateful.  Posting this to the second "Time Out" challenge.  Check out the lovely inspiration photo.  Obviously I focused on the butterflies!

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

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI rustic white, Strathmore watercolor paper; Ink:  SU! Pumpkin Pie & Memento London Fog; Punch:  Stampin Up! tag punch; Sequins:  Pretty Pink Posh; Stamps:  Stampin Up!

every moment...

Hello friends!!  After a trip to our local zoo today with my boys (they are on spring break), my sister and her girls I got a chance to make a card for this week's PTI Make It Monday challenge.  I combined it with the current Dynamic Duos challenge (Gumball Green and your choice) and came up with this:

 

After finally finding a PTI stamp set that I could use for the MIM challenge (Botantical Silhouettes) I got out my Gelatos and got to work.  I used Gelatos in two different shades of orange unfortunately after spritzing the stamp with water and then stamping you can't really tell I used two.  The stems were stamped using SU!'s Gumball Green.  I rubbed some green Gelato onto on of my acrylic blocks, spritzed it with water and then stamped it at the bottom to ground the flowers.  Some New Leaf double stitched ribbon and the sentiment finished things off.  The card base is SU!'s Smoky Slate.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, SU! Smoky Slate; Stamps:  PTI; Ink:  SU! and Memento; Farber Castell Gelatos (orange, blood orange & green); PTI double stitched ribbon