Colour Me......Striking! #37

Happy Wednesday friends! Today is the reveal of the new Colour Me....Striking! challenge which pairs a creamy yellow with a bright light green/aqua color. 

This one is a challenge for me because I don't have ink colors that were a good match for these colors but I knew I had things in my stash I could use if I dug around a bit. 

The card front is covered with an amazing graphic patterned paper from the Pink Paislee Hello Sunshine collection which I cut so that the focal point of the design was not exactly centered on the card. You know that Rule of Thirds rule? Always heard about it but never consciously applied it as I have here.

I diecut balloons from Balloon Bash out of Bazzill Dotted Swiss paper and popped them up with foam squares over a simple sentiment banner.

Wow, no major stamping and I think it looks pretty cool.

I hope you will play along at Colour Me this week. The Colour Me...! team has made some fabulous 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 September......
Holly Endress

Can't wait to see what you come up with in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to visit.

CASology:THREE

Fall is my favorite time of the year with cooler weather, cozy sweaters, and apple and pumpkin picking at our local farms. Now that its September I wanted to use my new Leaf Prints set which I've wanted for so long and finally got ,but never played with until today.......

I stamped three leaves in the center of the Rustic Cream card base in leafy colors of Distress Inks. I stamped it on the pad and then sprayed it with a shot of water in the mister to give it a little bit of a watercolor look.

Simple sentiment nestled amongst the leaves. 

Playing along with the CASology:Three challenge as well as Darnell's NBUS challenge #2. 

Unfortunately Mother Nature doesn't realize its September and we still have temperatures up in the upper 80s still. Though after last year's awful winter, I'll take all the heat for as long as we can....

Hope you are having lovely weather where you are. Thanks for taking a peek. 

It's Hip to Be Square

Just bought a used older PTI set Guide Lines last week and had a chance to play with it today. Thought it would be perfect for this month's One Layer Simplicity Challenge - Hip to be Square.

I LOVED the bright colors Ardyth's card for this challenge and was inspired to make a card set using my new Guide Lines stamps which features square shaped medallions.

I made a set of 5 cards, all 4x4 in size in keeping with the SQUARE challenge. 

I used various sentiments from the Keep It Simple sentiment line of stamps. 

I loved picking out different color combinations and almost couldn't stop at just 5 cards! Think this will make a cute gift at some point. Thanks for stopping by! 

Two Cards for the Weekend

Hi friends.....lots to share!

Hubby is back from a year of active duty with the Coast Guard (Yay!) and its been wonderful having him around this past week before he heads back to his regular work again. We had a great day at the beach to close out the summer...less crowds because most of the kids in NJ had to go back to school after Labor Day.

First week of September has come and gone. Girls went back to school on Thursday (another Yay!) and are very excited about the school year ahead (5th and 3rd grades) and hoping that once we all get back into the swing of things, I'll get more crafty time.

Now back to crafty business....

First card I want to share is using the Easel technique for the PTI Make It Monday challenge. LOVE this technique because it is so easy and the results look so cool!

I love how easy the chalkboard look was using fresh snow ink and smokey shadow paper. Although I'm in back to school mode this week, I was in the mood to mimic a coffee bar sign and use the Latte Love set which has almost NEVER been used. The cutout for the easel stand was created using one of the Half and Half dies. 

I finally used the stacked coffee cups die which I embossed in brown to make it easier to color in with Copics. 

Next card I made is for this week's CASology challenge - UNDER - which reminds me of rain and standing under an umbrella. I cut out a panel of multicolored raindrops from the Pink Paislee Hello Sunshine collection and centered it on the white card panel which I die cut a stitched border.

I recently bought a used Scattered Showers stamp set so was happy to use it with dies that have sat unused for ages.  I clustered all the elements in the center to maintain a good amount of white space.

Well, that's it for me this weekend. Hope you had a good one! Thanks for stopping by!

Colour Me....Monochromatic #36

Happy Wednesday friends! It's time for a new Colour Me challenge. This week features a bright and sunny yellow for the monochromatic scheme. Its simply perfect for the summer that's winding down....

For my card I stamped a wavy graphic border from PTI Ombre Builders inking only once but stamping three times starting from the bottom. I believe this technique is called generation stamping. 

I stamped the sentiment from Thank You kindly in a neutral brown and adhered the panel on a piece of kraft card stock with only three sides peeking out. I put the panel on the yellow card base flush right (seems to be my favorite side for cards these days) and added a Jenni Bowlin butterfly. Love the yellow pearls on the butterfly which adds to the softness of the stamped background. 

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 September......
Holly Endress

Hope you can play along. Can't wait to see you in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to visit. 

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!