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!

thanks sow much...

Hey there!!  Hope your week is going well.  Have a card that I made for the current color challenge over at Splitcoaststampers (yellow, strawberry pink and grey), as well as the current SCS CAS challenge (quick and stackable).  It works for this week's Less is More challenge (use more than one stamp.. I used three) so I'm going to add it to the line up there.

I used some the really fun Clearly Whimsy Stamps:   In the Garden and In the Garden Additions stamps.  To make sure that I got the flowers centered I used my trusty ruler to find the centerpoint of the card.   I then stamped the flowers using SU!'s So Saffron and Palette Belle Rose.  The sentiment was stamped in SU!'s Smoky Slate.  The bottom corners were rounded and then adhered to the card base.  I added the sequins and the baker's twine to finish off the card.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps; Inks:  Stampin Up! and Palette; Baker's Twine:  The Twinery; Sequins:  Ellen Hutson

bee... loved

Hey there!!  Have a card to share for this my 1,000th post!!  Kinda crazy that I have posted 1,000 times!!  My card is for the current Color Throwdown challenge and uses the current Sketchbook Saturday layout.  I also made it with the CASology cue word in mind even though it isn't super clean and simple given all the stamping that I did. 

I used stamps from several different companies:  Stampin Up! (the bee), Verve and My Favorite Things.  The inks are Hero Arts (Wet Cement), Sampin Up! (Coastal Cabana) and Palette (Belle Rose).  I started by inking up the honeycomb image (MFT) with Coastal Cabana and then wiping off some of the ink before stamping.  Then the arrows (Verve) were stamped using the Belle Rose ink.  The bee was stamped using Wet Cement and die cut using the companion die.  A strip of Coastal Cabana paper was cut, stamped with the sentiment (Verve) using Wet Cement and adhered to the cardstock piece.  A thin strip of Sahara Sand cardstock was added along with the bee and some My Mind's Eye enamel dots.  Some platters of Wet Cement were added to finish things off.  The entire piece was mounted on a Sahara Sand card base.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Sahara Sand; SU! dsp; Stamps:  My Favorite Things Distressed Backgrounds, Verve Take Note & So Fluttery; SU! Backyard Basics; Dies:  SU! Backyard Basics; Inks:  SU!, Hero Arts & Palette; Enamel Dots:  My Mind's Eye

make a wish...

Hey there!!  Friday here in my part of the world and it looks like it will be a nice day, too... YAY!  Last night a large portion of the area where I live lost power for about 2 hours.  It was rather interesting because my boys had to figure out how to entertain themselves WITHOUT something electronic involved!  And they did... I spotted my little guy outside rolling round.. yes just rolling around... in the grass and having a great time!  Have to admit that I was having a bit of a tough time, but I sat down and did some good old book reading!   Anywhoo... I do have a card to share, lol!  Made it for this week's Make It Monday challenge and ColourQ.  Since I used a die cut on it I will be popping it into this week's Less is More challenge (haven't played with them in I think a year!!).  The layout is based on the current CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.

I used PTI Polka Dot Parade #12.  It is the only Polka Dot Parade set I own, but now I'm thinking that maybe I should pick up a few more.  I stamped the candles using the ColourQ colors and then used the corresponding die to deboss around three of the candles.  Thought about doing all of them, but decided to just be lazy and do only three, lol!  Finished things off by stamping the word "WISH" on a die cut fishtail banner, tied on the baker's twine in matching colors and then added the "Make a" portion.   The debossing is kinda hard to see so I have included a detail shot that hopefully shows it up better.

Thanks for stopping by... can't believe this, but as of this post I have only one more post to go and I will have posted 1,000 times!!  That is crazy, lol!!

Supplies:   Cardstock: PTI white; Stamps:  PTI; Dies:  PTI & MFT; Inks:  Hero Arts, Stampin Up! and Memento; Baker's twine:  the Twinery

CMCC #22... oh, hello!

Hey there!!  Wednesday is here and so is a brand new color combo over at Colour Me...!  This week we have a fallish combo of green, rust, yellow and light brown.  All the details can be found over at the Colour Me...! blog.  Sadly, this is also our last week with the wildly talented LeAnne.  It has been so fun having her guesting with us this month!  Popping this into the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge:  Anything Goes.

 

 

Those of you who have the brand new Stampin Up! catalog may recognize this layout.  I purloined it (love that word "purloined"!) from the new catalog... with a couple of little changes.  I was quite taken with that card and the fact that it used another of my favorite SU! sets, Everything Eleanor.   For me these colors were a bit tricky to put together, but I think I can up with something rather pleasing in the end.  When confronted with a "tricky" color combo I spend time thinking about how I would arrange the colors and I give alot of thought to what supplies I will be using.  Sometimes I use cardstock because I think it works best and other times I use all inks... just depends.  The inks are from Stampin Up!, Close to My Heart and VersaFine.  The doily is from Wilton. 

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

Supplies:  Cardstock:   PTI cream, Close to My Heart Autumn Terracotta, SU! Baked Brown Sugar; Stamps:  Stampin Up! Everything Eleanor; Inks:  Close to My Heart Sunflower, Autumn Terracotta, Stampin Up! Wild Wasabi; VersaFine Vintage Sepia; Sequins:  Ellen Hutson; Wilton doily

PTI May Blog Hop... for the record

Hey there!!  Happy Memorial Day to everyone here in the US... hope you are enjoying the long weekend!!  It is May 25th and that means time for the PTI blog hop.  This month we were challenged to use aqua and melon on our project.  I have the aqua for sure, but had to figure out if I had an ink color that fit the "melon" category.  Thankfully I found that my SU! Groovy Guava ink is a perfect melon color.

It is safe to say that I love PTI's Feather Finery set.  Not sure what it is about feathers, but right now they have captured my attention and my heart, lol!  I used the medium sized feather and stamped it in SU!'s Coastal Cabana and Groovy Guava.  I then smooshed some of both colors on to my craft mat, added lots of water and then splattered away.  The sentiment is from the PTI set Cutting Garden.   I added the gold baker's twine and a strip of melon colored cardstock to the side of the piece.  Some aqua patterned paper was adhere to the card base and the main panel attached.   The layout is based on the current Sketchbook Saturday sketch.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stampin Up! Crisp Canteloupe; Inks:  SU! Coastal Cabana & Groovy Gauva, Memento Tuxedo Black; Stamps:  Feather Finery & Cutting Garden; Bakers twine:  SU! gold; Patterned paper:  Stampin Up!