CMCC#25

Quick card to share with you tonight. I've been playing around with the fun Oopsie Daisy set again. I wanted to make a big layered flower which I put on some gridline paper from Pebbles Inc. The flower is made from hibiscus burst paper and stamped with hibiscus burst ink. I layered a white flower on top which was stamped with hibiscus burst ink and an aqua mist center. The sentiment is from Keep It Simple: Thank You in the font that I felt matched nicely with the graphic background paper. Card design inspired by an old PTI sketch challenge. Colors inspired by this week's Colour Me...Subtle palette.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great night.

ColourQ #246

I finally got around to playing in the NBUS challenge....in case you hadn't heard, NBUS stands for never-before-used-schtuff and was coined by the fabulous Darnell. She's is on the quest to get us to break out our stash and stop hoarding it. I'm all for that because God knows I have a lot of stuff!

The NBUS component of my card is the thanks sentiment from a Thank You set from Mama Elephant. I used it to ground the trio of flowers on my card. I popped up the panel with foam adhesive to make it stand out against the kraft background.  Color inspiration from ColourQ this week.

I could probably participate in the NBUS challenge every week and never run out of stuff to use. LOL.  Thanks for taking a peek! Enjoy your day.

CASology #100

In case you hadn't heard, the CASology challenge is marking its 100th challenge this week with blog candy, in-depth profiles of their DT, and lots of inspiration for the 100th cue word CELEBRATE.
Congrats CASology! Looking forward to another 100 fun challenges to come!

My take on the CELEBRATE card uses the Random Stripe background stamp inked with several colors - raspberry fizz, simply chartreuse, orange zest, harvest gold, and hawaiian shores. I used this technique and design before because it adds a lot of color while still preserving lots of white space. I stamped a stripe along one side and adhered one of the framed out dies with the celebrate sentiment on top with foam tape. I added a few enamel dots to the colorful party.

Hope you'll visit the CASology blog to check out all the fun stuff going on there this week. Thanks for stopping by! 

Loving the Wet Paint

Hello again - 

Wanted to share two cards I made with the Wet Paint sets. LOVE them! 

First card I stamped the Congrats sentiment in black repeatedly along the side and then stamped it again in different colors slightly offset.  I think there was a PTI Make It Monday a while ago which highlighted this technique. The colors were inspired by this week's ColourQ palette. 

Next card uses the Celebrate Wet Paint sentiment as part of an anniversary card (CASology:ANNIVERSARY). 

I heat embossed both the sentiment and tilted bubbly champagne in gold. I added a strip pretty gold textured paper along the edge and then matted the whole thing on black card stock. Champagne glass is from Propose A Toast. 

That's all for me for now. Got a busy weekend - my 10 yr old is doing a kids triathlon tomorrow morning and of course, Father's Day is on Sunday.  Thanks for taking a peek! 

Cards for a Rainy Day

We're on Day 2 of rainy and clouds here in NJ which bad for outdoor activities but good for getting some crafty time in!  I have a few cards to share with you today. Cloudy outside so that doesn't make for getting good photos of them though.

First card is an anniversary card for my parents. Its a sweet and simple card using the champagne glass & sentiment from Propose A Toast.  Champagne is stamped with Brilliance Gold. The gold mat is cut from gorgeous gold textured paper I found at Michaels. Entering this into CASology:ANNIVERSARY challenge. 

Next card uses this week's colors at ColourMe....Striking. I was inspired by THIS  gorgeous card by Nichole Heady. Sentiment is from Birds & Blooms.  Flowers from Ruby Reprise and Ruby Rose. I added a black enamel dots and used foam squares to lift the panel off the card base. 

For this third card I stamped a circular frame from Happy Hydrangea in a rainbow of colors to go along with this sentiment from Reverse Confetti Dream in Color.  Inspired by the One Layer Simplicity - I've Been Framed Challenge. 

This last card is for a little girl's birthday this weekend. Turns out the gift bag I have for her gift has the same colors in it as this week's ColourQ challenge! So of course I had to make a little card to go along with it. 

I clear embossed balloons from Balloon Bash onto white card base. I added layered 3 die cuts for impact and added the sentiment from Big Birthday Wishes on a banner.  I photographed the card on black background for contrast so you can hopefully see the shimmer of the embossed balloon background. 

Wishing you a wonderful sunny weekend! Thanks for stopping by! 

Cards of Many Colors

I want to share two cards I made which use many happy colors.

First card was inspired by this week's FUSION challenge. I die cut the PTI Button Stacks II dies in Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, and bright yellow scrap card stock. I placed them randomly over white embossed leaves and added an orange banner (on foam squares) for the sentiment. I wanted to keep the focus on the colors of the 'flowers' so didn't want to add green leaves. 

You might be able to see all the texture better in this picture. 

Next card uses the happy colors at ColourQ. I stamped various THANKS from PTI and Inkadinkado in the colors but kept the dark blue for the extended sentiment hoping it would stand out amongst the other colors. Design inspired by this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. Thanks Joyce for reminding me......

It feels like Friday to me. But unfortunately not. One more day until the weekend. Have a good one and thanks so much for stopping by! 

ColourMe #23

I was playing around with my Delicate Details dies and am loving the swirly elegant look of the largest die. Thought it would pair nicely with the monochromatic look at the ColourMe challenge this week. I don't have any Stampin Up Coastal Cabana paper so I was teetering between PTI Aqua Mist and Hawaiian Shores. I decided to go with PTI Aqua Mist because I thought the slightly lighter color would look better with the die cut.  I layered a panel of Aqua Mist damask patterned paper on white card base and added the Delicate Detail die in white on top. 

I embossed the Happy Anniversary sentiment in silver glittery embossing powder on a circle of vellum. 

Thanks for taking a peek! 

House of Blues

Blog post title is a little misleading. I really love the color blue.  Its such a peaceful color and compliments so many different colors. Maybe I love it because it reminds of the ocean which I adore. Blue in any shade makes me happy so I was thrilled to play around with some blues today.

My first card is for the CASology challenge this week. Cue word is SHINE. I used three different shades of blue PTI shimmer paper for the stars which I inlaid on the panel. Hard to see the shimmer of the paper but it really is gorgeous. I added a few Hero Arts Hues dots which are like shiny sea glass. Got these at LSS closing sale for really cheap last summer but never used them.

This next card is for the ColourQ challenge which pairs two shades of blue with an olive green and an orange. This color combination has a vibrant fun feel to it so I created a end of year teacher card. I tried to stay away from red and apples because teachers must be so tired of that scheme. 

I stamped a row of books from Back to School and added a sentiment from Mama Elephant to act like the shelf. 

And my last card uses Spring Rain again but pairs it with a whole different color palette. Personally I think of Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist as blues but some say they are in the green family. What say  you? Would love to hear what color families you think those two belong in.....

Color inspiration is from the PTI Color Play palette for June and the design is inspired by the challenge at One Layer Simplicity:I've Been Framed. I used the polka dotted frame from Fillable Frame Additions 2 and stamped it in the various colors. Sentiment is in Kraft. 

Well, that's all for me right now. Thanks for checking things out here and hope you have a great day!