colourQ #32

May 15, 2010March 18, 20155 Comments

I really enjoyed working with the colors in this week’s colourQ challenge! Here they are:

And this is the card I made! I love using this stamp; it’s from Stampin’ Up’s “Very Thankful” set. I’ve used it on several different cards already. It goes well with the vintage-type papers.

I made the roses out of Cameo Coral cardstock, because I don’t have any Groovy Guava on hand. I also substituted Old Olive for the Kiwi Kiss. I used Basic Black ink for the stamped image. The cardstock for the base is Bazzill. The patterned paper (and possibly the ribbon) is from Creative Imaginations.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Act #29

May 12, 2010March 18, 20156 Comments

This week’s Curtain Call over at Stacey’s Stamping Stage was definitely a challenge for me, so I kept my card fairly simple!

Here’s the color combo we worked with!

For my card, I used the “With All My Heart” set from Stampin’ Up! The cardstock and ink are also from Stampin’ Up! (Only Orange and Soft Suede).

Thanks for looking!

Unscripted Sketches #54

May 12, 2010March 18, 20154 Comments

For this week’s Unscripted Sketches challenge, I used Crate Paper’s Brook collection with the following sketch:

This is my card. It’s not a combination of colors that I use a lot, but I think it’s a nice, cheery card that would go well with a thank-you gift.

The gift bag stamp is from Stampin’ Up’s Bitty Birthday collection. Other supplies that I used: gold American Crafts gel pen, sticker sentiment, Chocolate Chip ink and cardstock from Stampin’ Up!, ribbon, staples.

Thanks for looking!

CPS #166

May 12, 2010March 18, 20151 Comment

I really love the card that I made this week for Card Positioning Systems (CPS)! 🙂

Here’s the sketch we worked with (you can find the other entries here):

And here’s the card that I made…I used Crate Paper’s Plum Blossom collection, and stamps from Stampin’ Up’s Dream Garden set.

I carried the design over to the inside of the card:

Thanks for looking!

Get Sketchy #37

May 12, 2010March 18, 20151 Comment

For this week’s Get Sketchy challenge, (click the link for details) I used some of American Crafts’ Letterbox collection to make a birthday card out of this sketch:

Here’s my card:

I changed the sketch a little; I moved the row of accents to the bottom of the card, instead of near the top. Otherwise, I kept the basic elements of the card the same.

The stamp is from Stampin’ Up’s Bitty Birthday set. I used American Crafts Purkey Mini Marks rub-ons for the sentiment lettering. I cut out pennant shapes, put an eyelet in each piece, and used linen thread to link the pieces together. I used the same linen thread to tie through the buttons, which are also from American Crafts.

Thanks very much for looking!

Two Challenges In One! (Caardvarks & American Crafts)

May 12, 2010March 18, 20152 Comments

Normally, I don’t combine challenges (I make one card for each blog challenge that I enter), but I did with this card.

It fits both the Caardvarks May sketch challenge, which was to choose between two sketches for your card (click here for details) and an American Crafts Brad Week challenge, which was to include two or more American Crafts brads on your card or layout (click here for more info).

This is the sketch I used from Caardvarks:

And this is the card that I made!

The card base and the patterned papers are from American Crafts’ Heat Wave collection (Cherry Cowabunga and Pretty Papaya) and AC’s Letterbox collection (With Love). I used an AC jeweled brad in the center of the flower on the octopus’s head (which was also cut from the Cherry Cowabunga paper), and an AC pearl brad in the center of the flower in the top left corner.

Other supplies: Stampin’ Up ink, Imaginisce stamp, Stickles.

Here’s the inside of the card; I used AC’s Purkey rub-ons to create the sentiment:

Thanks for looking!

colourQ #31

May 11, 2010March 18, 2015

I missed the deadline for this week’s colourQ challenge, but I still want to share the card that I made!

Here’s the inspiration for this week’s challenge:

And here’s my card! The blues made me think of sky colors…but I didn’t want to make a sun out of the yellow, so I came up with kites.

I made the clouds by layering Frosted Lace Stickles. I used Bazzill Dotted Swiss for the grass, and twine for the kite strings. I hand-cut the diamonds, hearts and bow-ties for the kites. I wrote out the sentiment, cut the words out and mounted them.

Hopefully I can make the next challenge deadline! 😉

Thanks for looking!

The Color Dare #65

May 10, 2010March 18, 20152 Comments

This is my first time playing along with The Color Dare! (Click here to visit them!)
Here’s the inspiration for this week’s challenge:

The colors are Ruby Red, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze & Pumpkin Pie. This was a fun color combination for me to work with, because it features colors that I don’t use often.

This is the card that I came up with!

I used “Brown Sugar Scrub” from Basic Grey’s Origins collection for the card base. The stamps are from Stampin’ Up’s “Puns from the Past” collection. I stamped the fan image on three different colors of cardstock, mounted them on a strip of white cardstock, then stamped the sentiment on white. I attached some brown grosgrain ribbon to the card with staples, and used some of the cardstock scraps behind the sentiment.

I like this card … it’s a more masculine card than what I normally make!

Thanks for looking!

Stampin’ Celebration Challenge #1

May 10, 2010March 18, 20152 Comments

There’s a new card challenge blog on the block…and it’s called Stampin’ Celebration! Each Thursday, a new Celebration Inspiration Challenge is posted, with entries due in by the following Tuesday. (Click here to check it out!)

The first challenge features a series of pictures from which to draw inspiration for your card or project:

This is the card I came up with based on those photos:

My card uses paper from Crate Paper’s Plum Blossom collection. The flowers are from Prima and possibly Imaginisce. The cardstock (blue, white and pink) is from Stampin’ Up, as well as the birdcage and hello stamp, which are from the Chic Boutique collection.

The lacy border was made with a Martha Stewart punch. I punched one side of a paper strip, then measured the width of the design. Then I trimmed off the extra cardstock, flipped the paper strip and lined it up to punch the design on the opposite side.

I stamped the birdcage on a transparency, then stamped again on some matching blue cardstock. I cut the bird out and stuck it to the back of the transparency to “color” the bird.

I love this card! I’m looking forward to playing along with more Stampin’ Celebration challenges!

Thanks for looking!

Unscripted Sketches #53

May 5, 2010March 18, 20155 Comments

The contests over at Unscripted Sketches have been catching my eye for a few weeks now! I made sure that I created a card in time to enter this week’s contest. Here’s the sketch:

Here’s the thank you card that I came up with for this sketch. It uses Crate Paper’s “Pink Plum” collection, which I love because of its bright colors and Asian/modern design.

I flipped some of the elements of the sketch; I basically turned it upside down and moved the grouping of three small objects to the left side of the main image.

Thanks for looking! I’m looking forward to trying more of Unscripted Sketches’ challenges!

(Click here if you’d like to check them out for yourself!)