Color Throwdown #105

August 11, 2010March 18, 20153 Comments

If not for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge, I never would have thought to combine these colors to make a card…but that’s what a challenge is all about, right?

For my card, I stamped everything in Soft Suede ink using an image and sentiment from Lawn Fawn’s “How Delightful” collection.

I debossed some Soft Suede cardstock for the base (which is really just flipping the embossed part around so that the pattern goes in instead of popping up), cut a strip of Elegant Eggplant cardstock and border punched two strips of white cardstock.

Then I pleated the white border strips to make them look like lacy ribbon. I used Always Artichoke to mat the stamped image and sentiment, and glued tiny rhinestones to the chandelier to lighten up the card. Finally, I added some sparkly detail with a glitter gel pen.

Thanks very much for looking at my card! To see the design team’s delightful examples and the other lovely entries, please visit The Color Throwdown!

Unscripted Sketches #67

August 10, 2010March 18, 20154 Comments

This week’s Unscripted Sketch (#67) really challenged me! I’ve been working with Cosmo Cricket papers and Lawn Fawn stamps for the last few cards I’ve made, so that part of the design process was relatively easy. Trying to make all the elements work with the sketch — that was the challenge!

Here’s sketch #67:

For my entry, I used the button stamp from Lawn Fawn’s “Sew Lovely” collection, and a sentiment stamp, which was applied to a chipboard tag altered with acrylic paint.

The papers and chipboard accents on my card are from Cosmo Cricket’s Material Girl collection. I used a micro-tip pen to draw the stitching on the card and the tag. The ribbon I used to thread the chipboard button is by The Girls Paperie.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card! I hope you’ll check out the other entries for this week’s Unscripted Sketches challenge and the fabulous examples created by the design team!

Get Sketchy #50

August 10, 2010March 18, 2015

For this week’s Get Sketchy challenge, I continued to work with the combo of Lawn Fawn stamps and Cosmo Cricket papers.

Here’s the sketch for this week!

and here’s my card!

The patterned paper and chipboard flower is from Cosmo Cricket (Material Girl and Garden Variety collections), The stamps are from Lawn Fawn’s “Sew Lovely” set. I used Bo Bunny Double Dot to accent the dress form. I tied a scrap of ribbon through the center of a button to accent the chipboard flower. Everything was stamped using Stampin’ Up Chocolate Chip ink.

My other supplies include:

Clear glaze gel pen

Martha Stewart Embossing Border Punch

Chestnut Colorbox cat’s eye ink

Micro-tip felt pen to create stitching

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card! I hope you’ll visit Get Sketchy to check out the design team’s fabulous creations and to see the other awesome entries for this week’s challenge, which is sponsored by EAD Designs!

CPS #179

August 10, 2010March 18, 20152 Comments

This week’s CPS sketch challenge (#179) features a very versatile sketch to use in card making, and is sponsored by The Stamps of Life.

For my card, I used some cute Lawn Fawn stamps that I bought earlier this month. My card style tends to be more “Fun & Cute” than anything else, and I love these stamps from the “Sew Lovely” collection!

The papers I used are from Cosmo Cricket’s “Material Girl” collection, as is the chipboard flower accent.

I added a Creative Imaginations jeweled brad to the center and pleated some ribbon by The Girls Paperie to add a border to the card. I used Stampin’ Up Chocolate Chip ink to do all of my stamping. The sentiment is stamped on a chipboard tag that I altered with acrylic paint. I used a micro-tip felt pen to create the stitching effect on the tag.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card!

Bo Bunny Card Challenge – August 2

August 6, 2010March 18, 20151 Comment

Bo Bunny is hosting another card sketch challenge! Here’s the sketch for the latest one:

For my card, I used almost all Bo Bunny products. The only item that’s not by Bo Bunny (other than glue dots and a tape runner) is the clear dimensional gel pen that I used to accent the paper and cardstock stickers.

My supply list:

Paper: Double Dot (Concord, Frost & Turquoise), Paper (Petal Pushers and Peacock Lane collections)

Rub-ons (Peacock Lane)

Combo Stickers (Sophie & Sun Kissed – I used the punctuation dots to accent the cardstock sticker on the top left)

Large gem: Peacock Lane Buttons & Bling

Other: clear dimensional gel pen, glue dots, tape runner

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card!

Stampin’ Celebration #14

August 6, 2010March 18, 20152 Comments

It’s time for another fabulous Stampin’ Celebration Challenge! (#14) Here’s this week’s inspiration photo collage:

For my card, I borrowed the blue/white/brown color scheme and decided to make a masculine-ish card featuring some of my favorite coffee-themed stamps by Elzybells!

Supply list:

Paper: Pink Paislee, KaiserCraft, Bo Bunny Double Dot, Stampin’ Up Kraft and Whisper White cardstock, Core’dinations cardstock

Ink: Stampin’ Up Chocolate Chip

Other: corner rounder, white gel pen, blue and red dimensional gel pens

Thanks so much for looking at my card…I hope you’ll play along with Stampin’ Celebration this week!

Color Throwdown #104

August 6, 2010March 18, 20153 Comments

This week’s Color Throwdown (#104) features some delicious bright, summery colors:

I substituted Only Orange for the Tangerine Tango when I made my card:

The bike stamp is by Hero Arts and is stamped in Old Olive ink. The sentiment, which is also stamped in Old Olive, is by Lawn Fawn (Harold’s ABC’s).

I accented the flowers in the basket with some gel pens. The patterned paper is from Stampin’ Up! and the yellow that I used for the frame and the sentiment is Bo Bunny Double Dot. The card base and other white cardstock is SU Whisper White. I added some buttons to accent the frame and the stamped image.

Thanks for looking at my card!

Curtain Call #41

August 6, 2010March 18, 20152 Comments

This week’s Curtain Call Challenge at Stacey’s Stamping Stage features some cool colors inspired by some crochet-covered sea urchins from purl bee…

I had to substitute for the Marina Mist, because I don’t have that color yet…I used a similar blue for my card base.

The shell background was stamped with VersaMark watermark ink using an Inkadinkado clear stamp. I embossed a strip of Night of Navy cardstock with a Tim Holtz folder in my Big Shot. Then, I accented the embossing with a white cat’s eye ink pad. I glued the embossed section onto a strip of kraft cardstock.

The sentiment is from Stampin’ Up’s “One of a Kind” set, and it’s stamped in Soft Suede ink. I punched the sentiment out with an SU circle punch, accented it with a Stardust pen, and attached a pearl brad by American Crafts to complete the card.

Thanks for looking at my card! To see the design team’s creations and to check out the other fabulous cards entered in this week’s challenge, visit Stacey’s Stamping Stage!

Stampin’ Royalty #31

August 6, 2010March 18, 20154 Comments

This week the Stampin’ Royalty Goddesses are challenging you to create your own background paper!

Just create a card, scrapbook layout, 3-D or digital project using this theme as the main inspiration behind your project!

Here’s the card I made for the challenge:

I used Stampin’ Up Elegant Eggplant cardstock for the base, and then stamped a damask pattern using an Impress rubber stamp in white VersaMagic ink. Then, I cut a strip of Perfect Plum cardstock for the border and attached some white satin ribbon.

The sentiment is stamped in Perfect Plum ink on Whisper White cardstock. The sentiment is from the Level 3 Hostess set, “Occasional Quotes.” I punched it out with an SU Curly Label punch. To complete the card, I used KaiserCraft adhesive pearls to accent the damask pattern.

Thanks so much for taking the time to look at my card! I hope you’ll visit Stampin’ Royalty to see all of the creative cards submitted for this week’s challenge!

colourQ #44

August 6, 2010March 18, 20151 Comment

This week’s colourQ challenge is inspired by a fun and festive Anthropologie halter top!

For my card, I had to substitute for the blue, saffron, and poppy. I don’t yet have all of my new Stampin’ Up cardstock in the new colors, and I’m running low on some colors that are very popular in color challenges like this one!

The popcorn stamp I used is by Viva Las Vegas Stamps. I colored it with a glaze gel pen and a colored pencil after stamping the images in Basic Black.

I made the film strip by punching a strip of Basic Black cardstock with a Fiskars “ribbon weaving” border punch, cut the strip in half, and glued it to the underside of a strip of Basic Black. I rounded the corners of each white square to make it look like a film cel. The card base, black cardstock and white cardstock are all by Stampin’ Up! I embossed the card base with the Big Shot.

The ticket is made from Bo Bunny Double Dot paper, and the sentiment is stamped on another color of Double Dot. The letter stamps I used are by Lawn Fawn, and they are stamped in Basic Black SU ink.

I made the “popcorn” by folding down several petals on tiny paper flowers.

Thanks for “popping” by to look at my card! Be sure and visit the colourQ to see the design team’s beautiful creations and all of the fantastic entries submitted this week!