I love the way the braket looks like denim when it is inked in Blue Bayou classic ink!
When I see circles in a sketch- I always think of flowers! So here is what I came up with:
The silk flowers are from the Pretties kit. I colored the smaller one with an aquapainter and some Soft Sky ink. I decided to leave the larger flower white and just ass bling. So I smooched my VersaMark ink pad all over the flower and then embossed it with Iridescent Ice embossing powder. I love how sparkly it is! I stamped the butter fly 2 times: once on Whisper White and once on Soft Sky. I used a Sukura glitter pen to add a little sparkle to the butterfly too.
What do you think? I promise to show you the Father's Day card tomorrow. I just got too excited about this card and had to show you!
Recipe:
Stamps: Pretty Amazing
Paper: Afternoon Tea DSP, Chocolate CHip, Whisper White, Soft Sky
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, VersaMark
Other: Pretties Kit, Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Soft Sky ribbon, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, Sukura glitter pen, circle punch, scallop circle punch, white gel pen
And the 2nd challenge is Beate's Be Inspired Challenge.
From this picture, I took the colors Soft Sky, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie and Rose Red. And I decided to add Old Olive for fun! What I was inspired most by was the soft colors and then the unexpected bright flowers. So that's what I did on my card!
The DSP is from Bali Breeze. The sentiment comes from an Occasion Mini set called Sassy Suzi. I also used Die Cut Blooms from the mini paired with Flower Fusion and a clear Rhinestone brad from the Pretties kit.
I just has to use the Afternoon Tea DSP AGAIN! I love that stuff and I figure I best use it all I can before it retires at the end of this month. I am also on a soft Sky kick so that is the color I chose for the base and for the ribbon. I had trouble tying that bow- but I think I worked it out! And isn't this silver hodgepodge awesome?!! I hope it makes it to the new catty!
Since I still had the supplies on my desk from the last card- I used them again! I just switched the Soft Sky Ribbon for Groovy Guava.
I kept Maren's layout and just changes the stamps, ribbon, colors, and DSP. I liked how both of these Fresh Cuts cards turned out! It is quickly becoming my favorite stamp set. I will give you more details about my Fresh Cuts class tomorrow. This post is just too long!
Next I want to show you the scrapbook page that I made on Saturday morning. I took the pictures of my son at the pool on Saturday afternoon.
I CASED this particular layout from Jana Wilson. The DSP is Spring Break and I am just loving it! The colors are sooo yummy! I stamped the word "waves" with the Best Friends Lower Alphabet. The journaling is computer generated. I cut the huge circle with my Curvy Cutter. I love that thing! And I used some more of that silver hodgepodge to include the date.
So are you impressed that pictures from this weekend are already in my scrapbook?!
On to the candy:
I am giving away the retired Double Line Doodles stamp set (minus the heart stamp that went missing at some point) a retired Daisy punch and 2 classic ink spots: Purely Pomegranate and Wild Wasabi. All you have to do to win is sign up to receive my blog updates through email. My Feed blitz sign up is on the top left of my blog. I will choose a random winner on Wednesday night from the list of my subscribers!
I have never been a huge fan of Not Quite Navy. I almost didn't participate in the challenge. But I gave in. And I am so happy that I did because I love the final product!Since getting this new Fresh Cuts stamp set- I can't stop using it! I stamped the background stamp once in Old Olive on a piece of old olive cardstock and again in Not Quite Navy on the the fresh cuts note cards. The bashful Blue flower was punched with the 5 petal punch and I added a old olive flower from the flower fusion. They are all held together with a So Saffron brad. The final touch- Old Olive ribbon- my fave!!!
What do you think?
I will be back tomorrow with a scrapbook page, info about my Fresh Cuts class, and blog candy!
I loved the flowers and the sponging in the original card. I did change the colors, the flowers, the sentiment, and the patterned paper. I also had to move a couple of the flowers to make them fit. The flowers and the patterned paper are from Heidi Grace and I have had them in my stash for a couple years! The sentiment is from It's Your Birthday and the cardstock is Whisper White and Old Olive along with Old Olive ink.
I used the Afternoon Tea DSP (AGAIN!) along with Chocolate Chip and Whisper White Cardstock. The stamp is a set from the mini called Full of Life. I also added some Groovy Guava ribbon and a Build-a-brad. I am really liking the way this one turned out!
And one more challenge card:
I did this card from today's Color Challenge on SCS. The colors were Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, and Very Vanilla. I am not a huge fan of Sage Shadow so I decided to only use it in small amounts. I used the Spring Solitude Bundle which is a hostess set and Curvy Verses. I cut 2 of the flowers out and attached them with brads. I added my signature ribbon- and done! It is simple- but I like it!
If you have never tried a challenge before- I recommend them! They will make you a better stamper because they will stretch you do use colors, techniques, and layouts that you had never thought of.
I will see you tomorrow!
I was first inspired by the colors. I picked out Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky, and Basic Gray. I was also inspired by the large scallop shape in the middle of the dress. It made me think of the Carousel notes in the Occasions Mini! I started out making a card....and ended up with a 6x6 scrapbook page!!
Journaling: "The song of a morning bird, the blue sky, and the love of a toddler...Amazing."
I took this picture of Makenzie last month at the zoo and I just LOVE her great big smile! I cropped it pretty close so that the background and her dress would not be distracting. And I used lots of fun embellishments! I have not been hoarding!!! Yippee!
Recipe:
Stamps: Pretty Amazing
Paper: Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky, Whisper White, and Carousel Note
Ink: Black Stazon, Soft Sky, Pumpkin Pie
Other: Flowers from Pretties kit, Flower from Flower Fusion kit, rhinestone brad, silver hodgepodge hardware, blender pen, white gel pen
I hope to be back again today as I have more challenges to catch up on. I am hoping they will bring my mojo back!
I used my favorite SU! patterned paper- Afternoon Tea. I matted it in Wild Wasabi and then put it on a whisper white card base. The circle was cut with my colluzzle and then I paper pieced the Onesie from By Ones and Twos. The buttons on the layout made me think of a baby card. I planned on adding a sentiment- but I kind of tuckered out. But I think I will try the same sketch again tomorrow!
Hope you had a great weekend! I did! But I am still happy that the kids will be back to school tomorrow!
I loved the simplicity of Jimmi's card. So I CASED the layout. I changed the colors to Papertrey Spring Moss and the matching DP. I also used Spring Moss Polka Dot Ribbon. Love it!!! I did add a couple things. I put my sentiment (from Just Celebrate in the mini) in a small oval hodgepodge piece. I also used my Cropadile to add little embossed dots on the scallops. And that's it!
Now here are some pics of the kids from yesterday's excursion to the park.
Danika- the Diva
Kyler and Danika riding in the Escalade the Uncle Bryan bought them for Christmas a couple years ago.
Makenzie- my Girly Girl
the twins- Danika and Makenzie. Isn't this a great shot?! I won't tell you how many times I made them go down the slide before I got a good one!!!
Kyler- the boss!
Isn't he adorable?!!! He reminds me of my kids playing dress-up and running around with a stick horse. And he makes the perfect masculine card which is the Way to Use it Challenge today on Splitcoast.
Recipe:
Stamps: Billy Stamps by Pink Cat Studios
Paper: Western Sky DSP, Blue Bayou, River Rock, Whisper White
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Blue Bayou
Other: Copic Markers, Real Red Gingham Ribbon, Vintage Brads, Large Oval Punch
It's raining out!!!!! It almost never rains in the Phoenix area so this is cool! On Saturday it was 110 degrees and right now it is down in the 60's according to my computer!!! I love just sitting next to the window and smelling the rain. Crazy, huh? I know the hot temps will be back nest week so I have to enjoy this break while I can.
I am going to scrapbook with one of my clubs tonight! We always have so much fun together. I will be starting new clubs in August so let me know if you are interested.
Nighty Night!
The colors are Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, and Tempting Torquoise. You were also supposed to use So Safron- but I replaced it with Whisper White. It just worked better for me with these bright colors!!
Recipe:
Stamps: Just Celebrate
Paper: Jersey Shore DSP, Whisper White, Old Olive,
Ink: Old Olive
Other: Die Cut Blooms, Flower Fusion, Bold Brights Brads, Pumpkin Pie Striped Ribbon
I have a bunch of scrapbook pages to post tomorrow!!! They are non-SU! pages. But they are still cute so come back and check them out!
I was inspired by the pretty color combo and the elegance of the bedding.
I used the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge as well.
And this is what I came up with.
Recipe:
Stamps: True Friend, Hugs and Wishes
Paper: Western Sky DSP, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Chocolate Chip and Soft Sky
Other: Rhinestone Brads (Pretties Kit), sponge, Chocolate Chip Marker, Chocolate Chip and Soft Sky ribbons
Happy Stamping!!!
both of the pictures that we took when we went to Flagstaff to play in the snow back in January. All of the supplies are from the Merry and Bright Simply Scrappin' kit which they did retire. I did add some rhinestone brads to all the snow flakes. I made the large circle by tracing the largest circle in the Ginormous Pieces chipboard. The smaller circles were made with the coluzzle. I stamped the title with the Jumbo Outline alphabet. Then I colored the lette
rs in with my Versamark pen. The I embossed it with Iridescent Ice embossing powder. It looks pretty IRL!
to my house for some free stamping projects and free product!
My Always Heart card uses the combo of Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, and Taken with Teal. I got this combo from this site: http://www.scraptitude.com/colorcombo/
There are about a million combos that I want to try on this site- but for some reason this is the one that stood out to me yesterday. I used my brand new Always stamp set and some of the Spring Break DSP. And I am always excited when these Flower Fusions match my cards! I need SU to make these in more colors!!!
My pink flower card (creative name, huh?) was made for Kristina Werner's 1st color challenge. Check out her blog: http://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/index.html
She is such an amazing stamper and she posted a challenge to use the colors Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranite, and Pumpkin Pie. I think they make such a cute combo and I hope to use it again! I cased the layout from this blog: http://sarah331980.blogspot.com/ She did a cute card with fish that I fell in love with.
My card uses the Bud Basics Stamp set and some more of that Spring Break DSP as well as some of the Pretty in Pink DSP that comes in the hostess pack. I actually pulled out my Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the flowers! Why don't I use that thing more???
I had so much fun playing with colors yesterday that I think I will play some more today! But first- the laundry needs my attention.
I stamped the sail boat three time- once in Blue Bayou, once in old Olive, and then once in Chocolate chip. I cut the pieces apart and paper pieced it together. The sailboat is popped up with demensionals.
Thanks for looking!!
