CMCC #26

Hello,

First wanted to say WELCOME to the new friends who have started to follow my blog as well as THANKS the old ones who have been supportive.  I appreciate your visits and comments and will try hard to post things both interesting and inspiring.

I've been dying to play around a bit more with the Friendly Flowers set. I took one element out of that set - this pretty interlocking circles image - and used them as an image alone, not as part of a flower. I paired it with striped circles in two sizes from Sketched Shapes. Card design inspired by an old Studio Calico blog sketch and the gorgeous color combination inspired by this week's Colour Me Playful challenge.

I love this interlocking circle stamp....I'm pretty sure I'll be using this one over and over. 

Almost TGIF! Hope you are having a good one! Thanks for visiting.

Happy Wednesday

Happy Wednesday! School finished up yesterday so we're jumping into summer feet first, quite literally into the pool!

Before we head out, I wanted to share two cards I made last night while finishing up season 2 of Orange is the New Black.  Anyone watch that show? Wow, right? 

I'm working on replenishing my thank you card stash which was depleted last week with teacher/staff gifts. I stamped the thank you sentiment (from PTI Thank You Kindly) repeatedly on a angle in the ColourQ challenge colors this week. Then I thought more rows in a different direction would give the card a different twist. It looked a little bare in the center so I added a sentiment banner popped up with foam adhesive. 

For my second card I was inspired by this week's CASology cue word WOOD so I used the PTI Through The Trees stamp which has been sitting neglected for a while now. I stamped the tree block in the middle and used chalk to create the sunset colors in the background. Haven't used chalk in a long while but thanks to a recent PTI Make It Monday video, I've rediscovered how easy they are to use. 

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your day. 

Papertrey Blog Hop June 2014

Its the 25th and its Blog Hop day at Papertrey Ink! I was so happy when I saw the inspiration photo, colors and sketches this month. So bright, cheery, and fun!

There was so much inspiration this month that I made two cards. I wanted to incorporate both a sketch and color combination for each card.

For this first card, I used the big Oopsie Daisy flower for the circle in the sketch. I covered a few of the petals with washi when I inked it so it wouldn't stamp. Large Thanks is from Thanks All Ways. I added a strip of striped summer sunrise and hibiscus burst to the card panel.

For this second card, I used Tiny Triangles to make scattered banners across the middle of the card. Sentiment from Comfort Food Additions. I added some pink bakers twine to add to the festivity of the card.

Can't wait to spend some time looking at everyone's creations today! Enjoy the Hop and thanks for stopping by! 

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!