ColourQ Challenge #147

Another great colour challenge at ColourQ this week. I couldn't wait to make a card as soon as I saw them!

For this card, I used PTI's Hibiscus Burst, Enchanted Evening, Simply Chartreuse, and Ocean Tides inks with the rainbow graphic from the Up, Up, and Away set. I had intended to make stacked colors of the rainbow but it was too short to do anything like that. I added the hearts from Heart-2-Heart #3 with foam dots and of course my go-to banner die. I also grounded the panel on a bit of bitty dot Enchanted Evening patterned paper.

Thanks for taking a peek!

July 2012 PTI Blog Hop

Its Blog Hop time again! This month's photo inspiration and color combination completely screams summer.I had a little bit of trouble with this one because the colors are so many colors and I really wantes to use them all.

I used one of my flower fusion sets and stamped some of the flower and die cut the others. I finally also inked up the Turning a New Leaf set. I also used some of the new Melon Berry gingham patterned paper. Seems like I am usually drawn to the bit dot and striped so glad I could use this gingham in a different way.

The colors also inspired me to make a second card using my most-loved Double Ended Banner dies. I used the leafy patterns of Simply Chartreuse and Summer Sunrise along with the other colors and created a panel of banners. I embossed the sentiment from one of the Think Big Favorites in white.

Thanks for stopping by and see you around the Hop!

Stamp-A-Faire Wrap Up

Stamp-A-Faire is officially over. I still have many videos to catch up on and lots of gallery entries to check out. It was a great day spent alone doing exactly what I wanted to do - heaven. I didn't keep up on the forum as much as I would have liked and I didn't get to ALL the challenges.

Thanks to all at Papertrey Ink for giving me an excuse to have a day to myself and for continually inspiring me. Hope you'll do it again next year!

Stamp-A-Faire Card Set Challenge

Challenge is to create a card set using components showcased in one of the tutorials provided below or develop your own design.

I made a set of cards using Jessica Witty's tutorial but instead of butterflies, I used stars with the Super Stars set with Pure Poppy, Soft Stone, and Enchanted Evening inks. I will definitely go back to this embossing technique again!

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28 Days of Sketches - Day 1

I haven't scrapbooked at all lately, not since Lain's Feb LOAD challenge. I'm taking Lisa Day's Sketch Class Round 2 at Big Picture Classes this month in an effort to jump-start my scrapbooking mojo. I loved her first class years ago.

Here's my take on her first sketch:

Instead of the mosaic of patterned paper on the bottom, I put a collage of photos on the bottom and my title and journaling on the top.

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Stretch Your Stamps with Die Cuts

Bonus lesson in last week's class were ways to use your stamps with the die combos that are so popular now. For my card, I used PTI Beautiful butterflies. This is a GREAT and surprisingly easy technique that makes a card look so sophisticated and unique.

I especially love that the card still fits in an A2 envelope. So pretty right? Gotta try this technique with my other dies too.

Thanks for looking!

Stretch Your Floral Stamps

Just wanted to share a card I made for the Stretch Your Stamps Day 7 Floral Stamps lesson using floral stamps in a nested background. I used an outline flower from PTI All About You and embossed most of the flowers in white and one in green. My colors were inspired by this week's ColourQ challenge. I added the sentiment on a kraft die cut banner.

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Stamp-a-faire Ribbon Techniques Challenge

The challenge is to pick one of the ribbon techniques on the post and utilize it in a project of your own. You can re-create an exact replica of the designer's project or reinterpret it in your own way.

I chose Erin Lincoln's technique which features ribbon backed die cuts using twill ribbon. I have a TON of ribbon that I have accumulated over the years. For this card I used some bright Doodlebug twill ribbon along with PTI's Super Stars stamps and dies.

Hope you are having a great time at Stamp A Faire today and thanks for stopping by!