Two Card Tuesday

So back from vacation and was busy catching up on laundry, grocery shopping, and all those lovely chores that I happily took a break from for 10 days. I finally got back into my craft room last night and it took a few bad cards to get me into the groove again. But I refused to go to sleep until I had made two cards I was proud of. Much easier to stay up too as I was also catching up on some of my favorite shows I missed last week.

First card I'm sharing uses the happy colors at ColourQ this week. Such vibrant bright colors are perfect for a birthday card.

I stamped the little cupcake from Tiny Treats Birthday along the border and added this unusual birthday greeting from Building Blocks in the middle.  And of course, I added a few enamel dots because they remind me of sprinkles. 

Haven't played along with CASology in a few weeks so was very happy to see their new cue card Letter. SO many ideas run through my head for this one! 

I took a small Bazzill envelope in my stash and stamped Special Delivery (from Special Delivery Sentiments) on it and added the smaller sentiment in blue on a Building Blocks die. 

I also added the airmail design on the bottom in blue and red for a little bit of interest. 

Haven't had time to comment on blog posts yet but I've been keeping up with all your pretty creations..... 

Thanks for taking a peek! Hope your week is going well. 

Colour Me....Playful! #35

Happy Wednesday friends! Today is the reveal of the new Colour Me....Playful! challenge.

I started with a small panel of vintage cream card stock and stamped one of the graphic flowers from Friendly Flowers around the panel in the three challenge colors.  The flowers look like the arial view of a parasol umbrella. 

I layered it askew over a larger panel of orange and adhered it to the pink card base before I stamped the sentiment.  I wanted to wait until it was all glued in place when I stamped the Wet Paint sentiment because I was afraid all the tilting would cause me to stamp the sentiment crooked! 

I added a few matching enamel dots to the centers of the flowers to finish the card off. This is another design that I could see making into a set with different color combinations and sentiments. 

So now it's your turn! I hope you will join me at Colour Me this week and play along. The Colour Me team has made some great cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our featured designer for August is....Stephanie Keats. 

Can't wait to see you what you create in the gallery! Thanks for stopping by.

Papertrey Blog Hop August 2014

It's the 25th of the month which means PTI Blog Hop day! I love checking out everyone's take on the challenge each month. Its amazing how varied everyone's creations are based on the same thing. This month's inspiration is a stationery set which features gold and a bright pink.  Gorgeous! 

This year I will be making personalized stationery for teacher gifts. I made 4 different samples for my girls to choose which they like best for their teacher. They can 'order' their set by selecting corner style, monogram font which will be embossed in gold, and complimentary stamp.  Think they'll get a kick out of personalizing their gift for their teacher. 

I selected small images that work well with the fonts I have. This one is from Happy Hydrangea, monogram initials from Fresh Alphabet. 

This one features the star from Super Stars and Fresh Alphabet again:

Feather Finery and Headline Alphabet for this next one:

Last sample uses Fresh Alphabet monogram within a circle from To You From Me. 

I think each set would include 6-8 notecards with the same design but in different colors. So many PTI colors look amazing with gold embossing. Here I used Enchanted Evening for my examples. Think I'd customize envelopes too but don't have any right now....waiting for my envelope delivery as I write. 

Thanks for stopping by! See you around the Hop! 

Colour Me.....Subtle! #34

Hello friends, Its Wednesday so that means that its time for a new Colour Me....! challenge. 

This week's colors have a retro feel to me and are colors I would never have put together myself. That's why I love color challenge - makes me think outside the box! I don't have these Stampin' Up colors so I substituted PTI sweet blush, ocean tides, and melon berry. 

Surprise, surprise....I used my favorite set Ombre Builders on my card. I stamped the thick wavy line 3 times in the corner using those three ink colors. I die cut the THANKS (from Wet Paint) in the middle of the stamped corner and backed the whole panel with ocean tides card stock using foam tape. 

I like how THANKS seems to float over the cardstock. Very simple and easy to replicate. I imagine this would make a great card set using different color trios and sentiments. 

OK, now your turn! I hope you will join me at Colour Me this week. The Colour Me team has made some great cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our featured designer for August is....Stephanie Keats. 

Can't wait to see you what you create in the gallery! I'm on vacation with my family this week so not able to comment on your blogs....but I am reading them when I can and will get back to commenting soon!


Thanks for stopping by. 

Colour Me....Striking! #33

Happy Wednesday! Time for a new Colour Me....! challenge. This week brings us two striking colors - blue and orange.

These colors happen to be my daughter's favorite colors so I made these two cards with her in mind. The second card is pretty generic so I can use it anytime. 

For this first card, I wanted to create a split panel with two kinds of paper separated by the Happy die cut inlaid on an angle. I embossed the birthday sentiment in white.  

Second card features the opposite - blue inlaid die cut into an orange panel. Instead of using two types of paper, I stamped the bottom half of the panel with the 'Everything' sentiment in versa mark and one in black to make it stand out.

I like them both, maybe the blue one better. Which one do you like? 

Come join me at Colour Me this week.  The Colour Me....! team has made some beautiful cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our featured designer for August is....Stephanie Keats. 

Can't wait to see you what you create in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to stop by.

One Layer Simplicity #8

Got another card for the One Layer Simplicity challenge - Shades of Summer....

I picked this pretty palette of pale purples/pinks to create a one layer card featuring a trio of flowers. 

Add that to my summer camp counselor stash for next week.....

Thanks for taking a peek! 

Happy Summer!

I was up late last night making some cards for end of year camp counselor gifts. I should have made them all the same but was inspired by some of the challenges going on.

First card is inspired by the colors at ColourQ this week. 

I stamped the wavy lines from Ombre Builders in the two different shades of blue to mimic the ocean. I die cut brown flip flops (Flippin Out) and stamped them in brown and added the green decorative flower with foam dots for some dimension. Sentiment from Flipping Out as well.

Next card is inspired by the One Layer Simplicity challenge - Shades of Summer.  The challenge offers several color palettes to choose from, all of them just gorgeous. If you've never checked out Design Seeds, its a must....you'll be so taken by the fabulous color combinations and amazing photographs. 

I chose to use Shades of Summer #3: 

I used created the same waves using three different shades of blue and added the same sentiment in the darkest blue. The sun is a pretty flower image from Friendly Flowers. 

Next card is inspired by the Moxie Fab World challenge which features this pretty clock with a triangle design on it. 

I started to create a background using several triangle shapes in my stamp stash but none of them quite captured the coolness of the clock. Then I found this wonderful hexagon shape made of triangles (from Sketched Shapes). I loved the range of colors in the inspiration photo so decided to create a border across the bottom in a range of colors. 

Sentiment from Keep It Simple:Thank You stamped in black so as not to compete with the rainbow. 

My final card for today features the creative card border using non-border dies technique for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday challenge. 

I used the popsicle dies from Summer Sweetness to create my border and stamped a simple thank you at the bottom. The rest of the card panel seemed a little plain so I scored it to create a striped background. Entering this into the CASology:Stripe challenge this week. 

After I stamped the popsicles in red and orange, I embossed them in clear to give them a wet glossy look just like popsicles. Love how they turned out. This detail pic not so great but hope you can see a bit of the shimmer. 

That's it for me for now! I actually have a few more cards to make but that might have to wait for another day! 

Hope you are having a great weekend! Thanks for taking a peek. 

Cutting Edge Challenge #6

I made another card for this week's Cutting Edge challenge. This time I found inspiration in the card design of the inspiration photo. 

I used some pretty small heart patterned paper from Pink Paislee to anchor the die cut hearts which I adhered in different heights with foam tape to enhance the layered effect. 

I stamped the sentiment from Clearly Besotted directly on the card base but the ink smudged. UGH! So I added a coordinating sentiment banner on top of the smudged sentiment. I would have preferred to put the notched end on the right side but the smudge was still visible so I had to do it the other way. 

I don't LOVE the notched end on that side but don't think its bad enough to be trash can worthy. 

Hope you'll check out the fun new Cutting Edge challenge. Its definitely different to focus on die cuts vs just stamps. Thanks for stopping by! 

Color Play August 2014

As soon as I saw this month's Color Play challenge (PTI Inspiration Archives), I knew I wanted to pair it with the Summer Sweetness set. The color combo is gorgeous, screams summer, and boy does that picture make me hungry for those sugar coated sweets! 

Instead of using the stamps I wanted to play around with the dies because I also was inspired by this week's Cutting Edge challenge.  Its my first time playing with this challenge but I've been intrigued by it ever since it started.

I cut a banner from the wine bottle tag but cut off the top part. I die cut various popsicles in hibiscus burst, limeade ice, and berry sorbet and paper pieced the popsicle sticks in kraft.

I adhered the popsicles with foam tape so they jump off the banner and heat embossed the sentiment in white. I dry embossed the white card base with a tiny triangles embossing folder for a little more interest.

I'm excited to use this card for our end of year camp counselor gifts. Maybe I'll just copy this design for everyone....just have to cut and emboss in batches.

Thanks for stopping by!

Colour Me.....Monochromatic! #32

It's hard to believe that it's been a month since I joined the Colour Me design team. Time flies when you are having fun!

This week's monochromatic challenge features a pale green pistachio color. I don't use this color much in my crafting anymore so it was a bit of a challenge for me for sure! 

I used the new Shakers and Sprinkles kit to create a heart shaped shaker. Its my first attempt at shakers but the dies and foam adhesive make it relatively easy. I used some pretty gingham patterned paper for the top of the heart and cardstock for the banners and die cut word to complete the sentiment. The pretty sequins came with the kit and I'm using all the embellishments sparingly as I fear of running out! 

I stamped a background of a simple Happy Birthday sentiment in black so the pretty shaker and banners would stand out.  

I hope you will join me at Colour Me this week. The Colour Me team has made some beautiful cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our featured designer for August is....Stephanie Keats.

Can't wait to see you what you create in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to stop by. 

CASology #107: Stripe

So back in June, the CASology challenge had a contest to celebrate it's 100th challenge....you had to guess the 100th cue word.  I didn't win that one :( but they did pick one of my guesses for their cue word.

I'm honored and excited to be their guest designer this week using the word I suggested STRIPE.

I've been in love with the Ombre Builders set so I wanted to use the dotted stripe stamp. I love this stamp because the stripes are subtle and can be used for making great CAS backgrounds. 

I stamped a monochromatic background using three colors - tropical teal, aqua mist, and hawaiian shores. I embossed the big sentiment from Wet Paint in black and stamped the rest of the sentiment below. To make the background stand out even more, I mounted the panel on a black card base. 

And while I had this set out, I made another card.....

What I love about this dotted stripe stamp is that it reminds me of string. I stamped it in four bold colors on a smaller card panel slightly overlapping to look like string being tied around the panel. I mounted it on tropical teal card stock to highlight the bold colors. 

Head on over to the CASology challenge to see what the DT has created with STRIPE. I'm excited to see what you all make....so many possibilities!  And thanks to CASology for the opportunity to play along with you all! 

Now maybe I should put this set away now and give some other stamps some love..... 

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having a great week.