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colourQ #112

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! 
We’ve been having some crazy cold & rainy weather (with a tiny bit of snow thrown in) lately, so I’ve been in a hot tea and hot chocolate mood! That “warm” feeling inspired my colourQ card for this week:
Supplies: card base, patterned paper (Fancy Pants, Bo Bunny Double Dot),  card stock (Stampin’ Up!),  image and sentiment stamps (Paper Smooches), brads, ink (Stampin’ Up!)
And here are our colors for this week:

As always, The rest of the colourQ Royal Court have created some phenomenal cards and layouts with this week’s colors! You can see them on the colourQ blog or by visiting their personal blogs. (The links are to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors.)

Don’t forget to link your entry at the colourQ blog! To be in the running for this week’s colourQueen, make sure you’ve linked up before noon Central Time on Sunday, November 27! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create!

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

colourQ #110

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge (#110)! 
We have some more fabulous fall colors for you to play with this week! Here’s my card:
Supplies: cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), card base, ink (Paper White – Impress Rubber Stamps, Crumb Cake – Stampin’ Up!), sentiment stamp (Paper Smooches – Sentiment Sampler), image stamps (Lawn Fawn – Harvest Season), embossing folder (Cuttlebug), twine, button.
Here are our colors for this week’s challenge:
Don’t forget to visit the rest of the colourQ Royal Court for additional inspiration! You can see them all at the colourQ blog or at their personal blogs! (The links are on the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors!) To be considered for this week’s colourQueen, make sure to link your entry at the colourQ blog by noon Central Time on Sunday, November 20!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
P.S. The “Thankful” challenge at Crafty Contagion is still open! It’s the blog that my craft group started so we can share what we make between meet-ups and to inspire all of you to create with us! 

colourQ #110

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! I’m sure you’ll love what we have in store for you this week! I’m trying to get ahead with my challenge cards, and am finalizing my Christmas card design. I’d like to get most of the prep work done before my craft group meetup on Saturday, so we’ll see how that goes!
Here’s my card for the latest colourQ:
Supplies: image and sentiment stamp (The Angel Company), ink (Soft Suede – Stampin’ Up!), cardstock (Soft Suede, Dusty Durango, Pool Party, Peach Parfait – Stampin’ Up!), ribbon, brads, Sizzix embossing folder, patterned paper (aMuse), card base.

It’s the first time I’ve used the stamp set…I love stamps that feature sewing images and sentiments, although I don’t sew as much as I’d like to, especially on my cards. Someday, I hope to have a dedicated craft room so that I can have space to do both!

And before I forget, here are our colors for you to play with this week!

Don’t forget to visit the rest of the colourQ Royal Court for additional inspiration! You can see them all at the colourQ blog or at their personal blogs! (The links are on the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors!) To be considered for this week’s colourQueen, make sure to link your entry at the colourQ blog by noon on Sunday, November 13!
Thanks so much for stopping by! And also, thanks to everybody who is gracious enough to leave me comments! Y’all are fantastic! 

colourQ #109

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! I can’t believe it’s already November! We don’t celebrate Halloween (we don’t have kids), but if you did, I hope you had fun!
I think you’ll enjoy this week’s set of challenge colors! They’re very fall-ish!
Here’s my card:
Supplies: card base, Copic markers, cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), lace trim (KaiserCraft), adhesive pearls, embossing folder (Sizzix), Spellbinders Lacey Circles & Small Circles dies, foam tape, patterned paper (aMuse), sentiment, accent & image stamp (Abigail Apple, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps)
and here’s the colourQ for this week: 

The rest of the colourQ Royal Court (as always) have created some gorgeous cards and layouts with this week’s colors! You can see them on the colourQ blog or by visiting their personal blogs. (The links are to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors.)

Don’t forget to link your entry at the colourQ blog! To be in the running for this week’s colourQueen, make sure you’ve linked up before noon Central Time on Sunday, November 6! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

colourQ #107

Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! This week, our colors could be used for a fall or Halloween card, but I chose to make a holiday card in non-traditional colors!

Supplies: image stamp (Imaginisce Cottage Christmas), sentiment stamp (Studio G),  Rich Razzleberry and  Lucky Limeade cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), card base, Copic markers, glitter gel pen, orange striped paper (Echo Park Dots & Stripes), ink (Stampin’ Up!), adhesive rhinestones, embossing folder (Sizzix)

Here are our colors for this week! I hope you’ll play along with us!

The rest of the colourQ Royal Court (as always) have created some amazing cards and layouts with this week’s colors! You can see them on the colourQ blog or by visiting their personal blogs. (The links are to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors.)
Don’t forget to link your entry at the colourQ blog! To be in the running for this week’s colourQueen, make sure you’ve linked up before noon Central Time on Sunday, October 23! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create!

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

colourQ #106

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! Our colors for this week might be a little spooky, but don’t be scared!

Here’s my card:

Supplies: pumpkin, witch hat, letter stamps (Lawn Fawn), dog stamp (Paper Smooches), patterned paper (Echo Park Dots & Stripes), cardstock (Core’dinations – black, Stampin’ Up! – orange), Copic markers, Stampin’ Up marker in Crushed Curry, ink (Tsukineko Brilliance – Graphite Black), adhesive gems, card base.
and here are our colors for this week, inspired by a fun bee backpack:

I hope you’ll play along with us this week! I enjoy seeing what everyone makes with our colourQ! The rest of the colourQ Royal Court have created some fantastic cards and layouts with this week’s colors! You can see them on the colourQ blog or by visiting their personal blogs. (The links are to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors.)
Don’t forget to link your entry at the colourQ blog! To be in the running for this week’s colourQueen, make sure you’ve linked up before noon Central Time on Sunday, October 16!
Thanks so much for stopping by! 

colourQ #105

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! It was awesome to see all the beautiful cards and layouts inspired by our 2-year celebration! If you didn’t have the chance to play with us last week, I hope you’ll join us this week!

Here’s my card! I made it for my sister-in-law and her husband, who celebrated their wedding anniversary yesterday! (It was also my birthday yesterday, so my husband & I went out to dinner!)

Supplies: ink (Chocolate Chip – Stampin’ Up!), stamps (Lawn Fawn), cardstock (Pear Pizzazz, Wisteria Wonder – Stampin’ Up!), twine (Whisker Graphics), patterned paper (Bo Bunny)
Here are our colours for this week:
I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colourQ! The rest of the Royal Court have created some simply marvelous cards and layouts to show you! You can visit them individually by clicking on their blog links to the left under this week’s colors, or all at once at the colourQ blog!
To be considered for this week’s colourQueen, make sure your entry is linked on the colourQ blog by noon Central Time on Sunday, October 9!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

colourQ #104

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge (#104)! We’re celebrating 2 years of colourQ challenges this week … congratulations to Arielle and my fellow members of the Royal Court!

In addition to our regular challenge, each of the members of the colourQ Royal court CASE’d a previous colourQueen with this week’s set of challenge colors! CASE-ing, as it has been explained to me, stands for Copy And Share Everything, which includes the layout and it can also include other elements of the original project.

Here’s my card:

which was CASE’d based on Julie Gearinger’s winning card for colourQ #59. I copied her layout and was even able to use the same embossing folder for the background:
My card also uses this week’s colourQ combo (#104):
So, there’s a bonus challenge for you this week…to CASE the card of a previous colourQueen while using the combo of colours above. Arielle has compiled ALL of the winners in one photo album (The ColourQueen Hall of Fame), which you can check out HERE!
I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colourQ and which former colourQueen will be your CASE inspiration! The rest of the Royal Court have created some simply stunning cards and layouts to show you! You can visit them individually by clicking on their blog links to the left under this week’s colors, or all at once at the colourQ blog!
To be considered for this week’s colourQueen, make sure your entry is linked on the colourQ blog by noon Central Time on Sunday, October 2!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

colourQ 100!

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! This week, we’re celebrating our 100th challenge, and we’ve teamed up with Clean & Simple Stamping!

This week’s challenge is a little different…You choose ANY of our past colourQ combos and pair it with the featured sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping (called a Fall-to-Layout, or FTL).

So, here’s my card for this week:

Supplies: image and sentiment stamps (Lawn Fawn Stamps), ink (Chocolate Chip – Stampin’ Up! and silver ink for needle), embroidery floss, twine, Copic markers,  green striped paper/red polka dot paper (Echo Park Dots & Stripes), polka dot paper (Bo Bunny Double Dot – Peacock), card base.
which uses the colors from colourQ #63 with the sketch:
 
With so many fabulous colourQ combos to choose from, there’s no reason NOT to play along with us this week! I had a hard time picking a “favorite” combo, so I chose one that I really liked! While the inspiration photo was Christmas-related, I used one of my favorite non-Christmas sets for my card!
The rest of the colourQ Royal Court have made some gorgeous examples for you to check out! You can see them all at the colourQ blog (where you can also link up your entry for this week) or by visiting their personal blogs…just click the links to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge!
And our ever-thoughtful Arielle created a handy way to see all of the past colourQ combos on one page (which might make your choice a little easier)! Just click HERE for the “Compendium of ColourQ”!
I can’t wait to see which past colourQ you’ll create with for this week’s challenge! To be considered for colourQueen, make sure your entry is linked up on the colourQ blog by noon Central Time on Sunday, September 4!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

colourQ #99

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! We’ve got a great set of colors for you to play with today…at least two of them will get you thinking about fall!
Here’s my card! The bikes and sentiment are by aMuse Studio. This was also the first time I tried partially embossing cardstock for my card front. I’m very happy with how it came out!

Supplies: stamps (aMuse Studio), card base, white cardstock, colored cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), Copic markers, Stampin’ Write marker in Crushed Curry, ribbon, glitter gel pen, scalloped circle punch, Sizzix embossing folder, ink (Tsukineko Brilliance in Graphite Black).
Still not sure how you’ll use these colors in your entry? You’re in luck! The colourQ Royal Court can help! They’ve created some tasty examples to show you with this week’s set of colors. You can see them at the colourQ blog (where you can also link up your entry for this week), or by visiting their personal blogs … just click the links to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors!
I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colourQ! One last thing…to be considered for colourQueen, get your entry linked by noon Central Time on Sunday, August 28!
Thanks so much for stopping by!