Colour Me.....Plum!

Hi. Hope its warm where you are! Here in NJ, not so much. Still some snow on the ground and is a beautiful 20 degrees out. But sunny, so that's good.

Sharing a card I made for the Colour Me....Monochromatic! challenge this week which features a plum color. I've been working my way through Laura Bassen's Creative Color techniques class on Craftsy and she has inspired me to finally use the Tim Holtz ink blending tools I've had in my stash for ages. And now I think I'm addicted...

I blended Plum Pudding using a Studio Calico stencil. I didn't cover the whole thing, just wanted to create a subtle 'path' for my butterfly. 

And here's the card I made for the Craftsy class....

I was playing around with blending different inks together and decided to die cut the new Phrase Play out of the panel. Made the background from one of the Sparkle and Shine stars. 

Love how this turned out for my first time doing this type of thing. 

Hope you are having a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by! 

Two for Tuesday!

I've got two cards to share with you on this cold and snowy afternoon.  Funny how I used similar colors for both cards though it was completely not intentional.

First card is for the Papertrey Ink Make It Monday challenge - Colorful Card Corners. I finally got some ink on the NBUS set Fancy That which seemed perfect for this challenge. I colored the medallion in the corner with copies and stamped the same image in Soft Stone for the rest of the background panel. In order to balance the heavy color in the corner, I matted the panel in coordinating Tropical Teal and aligned it so that the Teal was peeking out from the opposite side. The whole thing was then put on Smokey Shadow card base.

Linking this to Darnell's fun NBUS challenge. 

My second card is for the new CASology cue word - Date. Lots of ideas came to mind but many of which could not come to reality because my stamp stash is lacking with the images I wanted. Now there's a great reason to buy more stuff!  So I went with my original idea of date with a friend....

Been meaning to send my friend from grad school a little note to get together so this is perfect! 

I stamped a bunch of arrows from A Few Pointers in several colors. Why arrows? In my mind I was imagining an arrow around a circled date on a calendar...didn't have a calendar stamp so just kept the arrows. Sentiment is from Special Delivery, another NBUS set. 

That's all for me today. I'm glad that I've been able to keep up with one of my new year's resolutions which is create something everyday. Two days in a row now....good start! Lol. 

Have a good one. Thanks for taking a peek! 

CAS(E) this Sketch #104

Most of my family was sick over New Year's weekend so between making various soups, I got to escape into my craft room for a little bit. 

I was excited to play with the new Uncorked set. I stamped the tops of the wine bottle in a rainbow of colors and added one of the cool sentiments from the set. 

Design inspired by this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a good week.

Cheers to the Friday Inspiration File!

Happy New Year friends!

Today I'm posting two cards I made in celebration of my fellow Jersey girl Kara's Friday Inspiration File's 200th week. Each week Kara picks the best of the best from what she sees out there in the crafty blog world - always such amazing picks and a Pinterest Board I turn to often when I'm in a creative rut.

It was hard to narrow this challenge down to one card as there were so many to choose from.....

My first card is a CASE of Miriam Prantner's amazing ombre balloon card....

I didn't have any plain balloons so I used the balloons from PTI Balloon Bash. Gives it a bit of a different look than Miriam's card but I think still looks cool. 

My second card is a CASE of Erin's fab and fun card using Summer Sweetness. 

I don't have the diagonals Erin used so I substituted with the whimsical Circle Scribbles instead. 

Thanks Miriam and Erin for such inspiring cards and BIG thanks to Kara for the Inspiration File...here's to 200 more! 

Colour Me....Anniversary!

Hello friends!

It's a big day of celebration today....not only is it New Year's Eve but also the 1 year anniversary of the Colour Me....! challenge blog which I've had the honor to be a part of these last 6 months.

This anniversary challenge this week is to pick any of the fabulous color combinations from 2014 and create something new with it. Here's what I made using some new goodies that came in from Santa this month....

I used this fun colorful palette with the new Sending Hugs set. Wanted something bright and happy for this 'just because' card. 

I added the rest of the sentiment on the inside. 

And surprise surprise, I created a wine bottle tag with this beautiful color combination and the PTI December freebie, Pretty Petals. 

Hope you will check out the Colour Me...! blog to see all the anniversary fun going on.  

And an another note, if you are looking for some inspiration and planning help with all of your crafty & scrapbooking resolutions and goals for 2015, check out the Start Fresh workshop at Simple Scrapper this week. I've got lots I want to accomplish this coming year and am excited to get it all organized. 

Happy New Year....may 2015 bring you peace, happiness, and lots of time to create! 

Colour Me.....Playful! #51

Happy Wednesday. Its time for a new Colour Me.....Playful! challenge  and this week we have a holiday inspired combination of green, red, and goldish brown. It has a more rustic traditional feel to it. You can of course,  create anything with these colors and add in neutrals such as black, gray, white, kraft, and vanilla.

I was inspired to use this colors for my cards and tags for my holiday gift giving this week. First up are two tags I made to accompany holiday candy bars. Make sure you look past the candy at the tags.... :) Yum right?!  

I used PTI Holiday Cheer stamps and various PTI tag dies to make them. I didn't have the right ink color so used matching paper instead. 

Next up are a bunch of quick cards I made for the girls to give to their Sunday School teachers this past weekend. 

For this first one I created a tone on tone background using a holly branch from Tremendous Treats Christmas and used the Lil Inkers diagonal die to highlight the sentiment from Wet Paint. 

This next three cards use the Sparkle and Shine dies and stamps along with the Holiday additions stamp. I wanted to make the most of the negative and positive parts of my die cuts. 

Well that's it for me this week! Hard to believe this is my last post at Colour Me....! as a DT member. Its been a great six months and this challenge has really pushed me to work fast and use some colors I never would have normally put together. I've met a great group of VERY talented ladies and am thankful to Hayley and Tara for this amazing opportunity! 

Now its your chance to play along with these holiday colors.....maybe make something not holiday themed? Now that's a big challenge! I tried to do that but as you can see my holiday to-do list was way too long. 

Be sure to check out what our design team has done with this color scheme.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

Can't wait to see what you've made in the gallery! Remember you have TWO weeks this time to play along. 

Happy Holidays!! 

Colour Me......Striking! #50

Hello friends. Its time for a new Colour Me.....Striking! challenge  and this week we are using a gorgeous combination of navy and silver. Its so pretty! You can of course,  create anything with these colors and add in neutrals such as black, gray, white, kraft, and vanilla.

I decided to make a shaker card using my PTI star shaker dies. So easy to make but I had to watch the introduction video to remember how using the multiple die combinations. 

I'm playing along with CASology this week too (cue card SILVER) so kept the design simple by keeping the background plain and stamping most of the sentiment in Enchanted Evening but embossing a part of it in silver. 

I hope you are inspired to create something great with this gorgeous scheme. Be sure to check out what our design team has done with it - you'll notice that a few of us had the same idea with the stars! Can't wait to see what you've made in the gallery. 

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

Have a great day. Thanks for stopping by!

CASology #124

Checking in here with a quick card I made for this week's CASology challenge. The cue word is OLD and it immediately reminded me of something that my daughter has been griping about lately with her 9th birthday coming in two weeks - "I'm SO old!" Can you imagine?! Which is almost always followed by me saying "Well, if you think you are old, then what does that make me???"

Since my twins and their friends are turning 9-10 soon, I made a funny colorful card for them to give to one of their friends....

I stamped the numbers from Countdown to Christmas in five different colors and used the "WHO is counting" from Birthday Bash Sentiments.  Here's a peek at the inside too....

Hope you all had a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week