PDCC31 & FTTC68

I haven't had a chance to do a Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge in a long time.  The current challenge is to use handmade flowers on your card.  I combined FTTC68 with Play Date Cafe's current color challenge, PDCC31 and the current SCS sketch SC282.

My color choices are pretty loosely based on the PDCC color challenges, but they do state that the colors are open to our interpretation.   I made some more of those rolled paper flowers for my handmade flowers. The stamp is a Hero Arts flourish stamp.   Sentiment and small flourish are from the Flourishes set Sweet Violets.

Thanks for taking a peek! 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI - White; Patterned Paper - Prima Iron Orchid Designs; KaiserCraft pearls; PTI - Lavender Moom grosgrain ribbon; Ink: PTI - Plum Pudding; Stamps:  Flourishes Sweet Violets; Hero Arts - Outline Bold Flourish

And Now For My Second Post!

This card is for the current ColorQ challenge. Arielle, the Color Queen, sure knows how to find some challenging color combos!  This one was no exception!

I used the sketch from Clean & Simple, FTL92 for the card.  I may also put this into the current CAS-tastic Challenge , CWC005 to use a touch of green. 

The majority of the stamps are from Hero Arts.  The sentiment is from Savvy Stamps.  I don't have Ballet Blue ink, so I found one that was as close as possible - Fresh Ink's Capri Blue.

I think thats enough for tonight!   Thanks for taking a peak!

Supplies:   Cardstock:  SU! Choc. Chip & Ballet Blue; PTI White & kraft; Ink:  SU! Pumpkin Pie & Certain Celery; Fresh Ink - Capri Blue; Stamps:  Hero Arts:  Starburst & Speckled Ornaments set; Savvy Stamps - Just a Note; Fiskars Threading Water punch; Hero Arts - Hero Hues orange rhinestone.

JUGs Wild Card & Color Cue #4

Since there are five Saturdays in the month of May it is "Wild Card Challenge" day over at the JUGs challenge blog.  The JUGs gals, and a lovelier group of gals you will not find, have thrown out the challenge to use the dry embossing technique.  I combined their challenge with the current Color Cue challenge over at the WPlus9Design Studio blog.  And in honor of WPlus9Design sponoring 2Sketches4You I used their Sketch #53.   I absolutely adore the WPlus9 sets Woodgrain Silhouettes and Woodgrain Silhouettes Additions and used both sets for the card.   If you have never been to WPlus9Design, you need to check the store and blog out.   Dawn, the owner, is an amazingly talented papercrafter and stamp designer.  As a matter of fact, right now she is showing sneak peaks of her newest sets and they are fabulous! 

I stamped the large woodgrain image from Woodgrain Silhouettes onto the Enchanted Evening cardstock using CTMH's White Daisy ink.   I embossed a piece of Lemon Tart using a Provo Craft embossing folder whose's name I do not know.  Stamped the flower images on PTI's white using Enchanted Evening, colored them with a blue Prisma pencil and then cut them out.  I did a little pleated ribbon treatment at the bottom. 

 

Thanks for taking a peak! 

 

Supplies:  Stamps:  Woodgrain Silhouettes & Additions - WPlus9Design Studio; Cardstock:  PTI - white; Enchanted Evening & Lemon Tart; Ink:   PTI - Enchanted Evening; Memento Dandelion, CTMH White Daisy; Provo Craft embossing folder; Fiskars corner rounder; PTI - Spring Rain - Double stitched ribbon

Father's Day Easel Card + CTD94

I have been wanting to make an easel card for along time now and finally decided to give it a try.  I used the color combo from the current Color Throwdown.  The colors seemed pretty masculine to me so I made a father's day card that I will be giving to my father-in-law.  I used multiple Hero Arts stamps and an alphabet set from Close to My Heart on the card.    I used PTI's Rustic Cream as a neutral for the card base and for stamping on.

All in all I think the card turned out nice and hopefully my father-in-law will like it.  Thanks for taking a peek!  Have a blessed day!

Supplies:  Cardstock:   PTI - Rustic Cream; SU! - So Saffron; Close to Cocoa; Ink:  SU! Soft Sky, Old Olive; Ranger Spiced Marmalade Distress ink; Close to My Heart brads; May Arts twine;  Stamps:  Hero Arts - Silhouette Grass; One of A Kind set & Antique Engravings; Close to My Heart Typewriter Keys; SU! border punch

Welcome to the Neighborhood - DeNami Sketch #2

Several weeks ago I went to the Heirloom's Stamp show at the Western Washington Fairgrounds in Puyallup, Washington.  While there I visited the DeNami Design booth and got to meet the lovely Paulina!   I also spent all of my money at the DeNami booth (and it wasn't a whole lot I had to spend....sigh!).   The current DeNami challenge is a sketch challenge. 

My card took a bit of license with the sketch, but I love how it turned out.  The stamp I used is one that I purchased at the Heirloom's show. 

I colored the birdhouses with Prisma pencils and gamsol.  I love coloring this way, but I'm so excited because at the end of June I will be taking the Copic Certification class in Seattle (actually Tukwila). 

 

Thanks for taking a peek at my card.  I so appreciate your comments!

 

Supplies:   Cardstock:  DeNami Design Lime; PTI - White; DCWV pp; Stamp:  DeNami Design Birdhouses; PTI  Springtime Doodles; Prisma Pencils; Gamsol

I'm a Little Tea... Cup! - JUGs 34

The current JUGs challenge is a template challenge which I generally don't participate in because I find templates to be a little well, challenging!  I have messed around with a few, most notably templates created by the uber creative template queen, Lauren Meader.   However, when I saw the tea cup template created by Claire Brennan, owner of WaltzingMouse Stamps, I was smitten!  I just had to get that template and give it a go.  While it looked complicated at first, turns out the little tea cup and saucer are pretty easy to put together.  The hardest part was creating the "footer".  I think I did a pretty good job for my first outing with this little template.  I don't think it will be my last....

I used PTI's Vintage Cream cardstock to make the cup and saucer to give it a little more weight.  I used a little image from the WaltzingMouse set Very Vintage Labels 10 to decorate the cup.  I stamped the image using SU! Pretty in Pink.  The rim of the cup and saucer were edged with gold ink.  To finish it off I added Champagne stickles and a pink bow. 

 

Supplies:  Template:  WaltzingMouse - Tea Cup; Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream; Ink:  SU! Pretty in Pink; Encore Gold; Champagne stickles; Midori Pink Organza ribbon