ColourQ Take 2

I am loving the colors at ColourQ this week and was inspired to use them to make a couple of thank you cards for my daughter's swim coaches for the our end of year banquet next weekend. 

I busted out one of the banners from a brand spankin' new PTI First Place set (NBUS!).  I alternated the challenge colors. 

Will be posting my other one shortly. Thanks for stopping by!

OLS,ColourQ, & NBUS

March is here! That means there's a new One-Layer Simplicity challenge. This month's challenge is Let Green 'March' In which means we can only use shades of green and one neutral. 

I fought the temptation to use black ink on my card and used only green inks on my card. I blended a few different green inks (PTI Limeade Ice, New Leaf, and Simply Chartreuse) using one of the new PTI Modern Background stencils (which in case you are wondering are a perfect size and very durable).  I added two flowers and sentiment from the new BE set. Sentiment stamped in PTI Pinefeather. 

Also linking to Darnell's fabulous NBUS challenge since these are the new PTI goodies. 

I am LOVING the colors at ColourQ this week. Totally right up my alley as you know! :) 

I used one of the images from the PTI Enclosed Star set to stamp a pattern in Memento Teal Zeal & Blue Danube, Mama Elephant Smoke, and Avery Elle Aquamarine. Used my Misti to stamp the Wet Paint sentiment in black several times so it stood out against these bold colors. 

Hope you are having a great week! Thanks for popping in. 

CASology #187 : SPIN

It's Tuesday. Start of a brand new month and a new CASology challenge starts today. This week's challenge is SPIN. Such a fun word with SO MANY different possibilities. 

I kept my card CAS by keeping it one layer. I stamped a row of colorful pinwheels along the bottom of the card (stamp from AMuse) and added a matching enamel dot to the center of each. Sentiment is from Lil Inkers. 

Be sure to check out the fabulous cards made by my fellow design team members. Such varied, pretty, and clever takes on SPIN. I am still pinching myself at being included on this team with these fabulous ladies. 

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Hazel Hodgkins
Jacquie Southas
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Tracey McNeely

Guest Designer:  Michele

And don't forget to visit this week's Sponsor: Cindy B Designs. Can't wait to see what you come up with! Have a great week! 

CAS(E) This Sketch #161

What a great weekend! Weather has warmed up here so we went out for a family bike ride this afternoon. I even carved out a little time yesterday to make this card inspired by the challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch. I stamped the star trail in the new PTI Bright Buttercup ink and added a die cut star from Super Stars. Love the colors of Aqua Mist, Limeade Ice, Tropical Teal, and Bright Buttercup together.

Watching the Oscars....love watching the awards and seeing the fabulous gowns even though I've only watched one or two of the movies even nominated. Hope you had a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

Two More for Thursday

Hi all -

Cold and rainy here in NJ so thought creating with some flowers might channel spring to come soon!

First card was inspired by the bright fun colors at ColourQ this week. I played with the cute PTI Petite Pots set to make a little thank you card.

Second card was inspired by the new CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. I was so excited to play with my new Tulip Time set that just arrived. The two step stamp was surprisingly easy and the results are so pretty.  I stamped main image in Raspberry Fizz with the second layer in Pure Poppy. Sentiment from Mama Elephant. 

Hope you've had a great week! Thanks for popping in!

February 2015 Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

It's the 25th and that means it the Papertrey Blog Hop today! I'm sure there will be TONS of fabulous  creations out there. Here's the inspiration photo:

Such a pretty photo of a collection of items. However, I found it tough to create something inspired by it. Not sure why. Perhaps its because the colors of green and pink remind me of my bedroom when I was a teenager. Perhaps it is because all these objects clustered together told me to create something heavily layered which is completely out of my wheelhouse. Perhaps all the different shapes and textures really threw me and my clean and simple self for a loop. 

My first card was a HOT MESS. It was almost a literal interpretation of the photo and probably will go down in my personal history as the worst card I made ever. LOL. Seriously. 

A few days later, I came up with this second card - 

I stamped an image from Meadow Greens on Spring Moss card stock and cut it in half using stitched rectangles dies. I die cut a piece of Sweet Blush with a larger stitched rectangle die but kept it intact and layered the two. Sentiment from Keep It Simple series. 

Can't wait to see what everyone made! I know there will be a lot of "Wow, why didn't I think of that?" moments. Thanks for popping in! 

CASology #186 DISTRESS

It's Tuesday again and it's time for a new CASology challenge - DISTRESS. 

For my take on DISTRESS, I decided to use distress inks which is my favorite thing to play with these days. It can be hard to keep distress inks clean and simple so I confined my design to one side of the card to preserve white space. I blended Tim Holtz distress inks in Mustard Seed and Wild Honey on half of the Clear Scraps Spiral stencil to create a sun. Color is darker toward the middle of the sun. Sentiment is from Hero Arts. 

There are so many ways to take DISTRESS and I can't wait to see what you guys do with it! There's a prize from our sponsor Lawn Fawn this week.

And be sure to check out what the fabulous DT members have created this week:

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Hazel Hodgkins
Jacquie Southas
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Tracey McNeely

Guest Designer:  Annie

Have a great week!

CAS(E) This Sketch #160

Happy Monday! Popping in with a quick card inspired by the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge this week. For my card, I used some pretty patterned paper from the Pink Paislee Pen Pals collection. LOVE the rows of hand drawn envelopes. I stamped a sentiment from PTI Special Delivery Sentiments in a coordinating blue.

Be back tomorrow with a new card for CASology! Thanks for stopping by!