'Tis the Season for great colors

 

Beware the kangaroo bearing gifts! Ha ha Just kidding. I love this stamp from a retired 2005 Stampin' Up! set called Happy Christmas, Mate! I have a thing for all things Australian, except the spiders and snakes.

 

 I started with a Chocolate Chip card and embossed the front with Pretty Print, then adhered 1" circles of Marina Mist. I used only those two colors to color the main image with the ink pads and blender pen, adding silver dazzling details to the shoes, hat and gift (that's hard to see!). I used the Circles Framelits to die-cut the kangaroo after stamping it.

 

I combined two challenges for this card - 'Tis the Season color challenge and Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge. There's a day+ left for the CCMCSpring14-01 challenge and you have two weeks for 'Tis the Season.

 

 

You can see I kinda turned around the sketch to make it work with this stamp set. I love challenges as starting points to creating one-of-a-kind cards! Now it's your turn. Create a card and link it to these blogs. And have a happy day!

 

Shop Around jumbo wheel framelit card

 

I love the images on the Shop Around jumbo wheel. Here's a close-up of two of the panels in Calypso Coral ink. It's my swap for my American Ink team of SU! demonstrators this morning.

 

 

I started with this sketch challenge over at Create with Connie and Mary (CCMC 260). I made my card out of Crisp Cantaloupe card stock, running it through the Big Shot with the second largest label framelit, making sure the top of the framelit was above the fold so that part would be the top fold of the card. I'm loving my new magnetic platform - it holds the framelit firmly in place!

 

 

I ran the front of the card through the Beautifully Baroque embossing folder, before adding the stamped wheel panels. Then I used the Pansy punch with Crisp Cantaloupe and Calypso Coral card stock, holding them together with Calypso Coral designer brads.



 

 

Create with Connie and Mary had a double challenge - the sketch and colors - but I didn't use Pistachio Pudding. I just wasn't feeling it! I hope you enjoy your weekend. I've got lots of fun things planned with different people. Fun!

Chalk Talk card for sketch, color challenges

It's been awhile since I've taken part in a sketch or color challenge, so I decided to make one card using the Chalk Talk stamp set (p. 12) and Beautifully Baroque embossing folder (p. 191) for the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge 93 and Sunday Stamps Color Challenge 53. There's still time to participate in both challenges!

 

 

I started with a 5-1/4" x 8-1/2" piece of So Saffron card stock, then added a 5" x 4" piece of Tempting Turquoise, punching the corners. I layered a 4-3/4" x 3-3/4" piece of Tangerine Tango card stock on top of the turquoise after running it through the Big Shot and rounding the corners. These colors were seriously a challenge for me!

 

 

I used an 11/16" x 5" piece of Tempting Turquoise under the Delicate Details Lace Tape (p. 171) because I thought the card needed a bit more blue, then I added Brights Candy Dots (p. 171). The "for you" is punched with the 1-3/8" Circle punch and adhered with dimensionals on the blue and white layer, which is also adhered with dimensionals over the lace tape. Could there be more? Of course there is! There's an Anything Goes Challenge over at Stampin' Royalty, so I'm adding this card there too. You still have a few days left to add something!

 

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #183 - Anything Goes!

Create a card, Scrapbook page, 3-D Item, or My Digital Studio project,
Then upload it to your blog or public gallery and be sure to add a link back here letting people know you're participating in our challenge!

 

Thanks for coming by and spending a few minutes on my blog! I appreciate it.

Join this Stylin' Stampin' Squad for hoppin' Halloween ideas

 

Halloween never gets old. But you can mix it up a bit with a color that's not so traditional for the holiday, like Island Indigo on this heat embossed silly bat.

 

Thanks to my fellow SU! demo Heather, I have joined with the talented members of the Stylin' Stampin' Squad for a Halloween blog hop! Welcome, if you've dropped in from Nancy's Momma B Stampin blog. You all know I adore Halloween and all of the trimmings. Now you can jump from blog to blog to take in a variety of ideas. Hopefully you'll try making some too!

 

I used a color challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments and a sketch challenge at Freshly Made Challenges for my Tricky Treats card. Both challenges end October 8. My favorite part of this card is the Delicate Designs embossed strip of Early Espresso Core'dinations Card Stock that I sanded and trimmed around. I love texture! The indigo banner was run through the Perfect Polka Dots folder.

 

A jumbo sticky round is holding the Tangerine Tango rosette to the card front. Those suckers are strong!

 



I had a few flat glass marbles in my stampin' drawer and thought it'd be fun to stamp some Tricky Treat images, glue them to the back of the marbles and add magnets. My daughter has dibs on these already! lol

If you started with my blog, just click on the cute little spider below to venture on to the next blog on the hop - Shellie's Creative Eclectica! Please take a few minutes to leave comments at each stop! And thanks for visiting me.

Oh, and if you're completely lost (it happens sometimes), here's a complete list of everyone involved in the blog hop:

1. Shellie G. of Creative Eclectica
2. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
3. Nancy B. of Lady Stamps-A-Lot
4. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
5. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
6. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
7. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
8. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
9. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
10. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
11. Nancy B of Momma B Stampin'
12. Terry B of Goin' Over the Edge (you're here!)

Mixed Medley and Toxic Treats for Halloween

 

Have you earned the hostess set Mixed Medley yet? The spider web and this sentiment are both in that set. I chose the colors for this Halloween card from Pals Paper Arts Challenge #142. Inlinkz will close at noon (CST) Thursday, September 13.

 

I started with a Very Vanilla base and used the colors above, the Wood Grain and Square Lattice embossing folders, Wacky Wishes (in Elegant Eggplant), a rhinestone and 1/2" striped satin ribbon, along with Limited Edition dsp.

 

 

I used my bone folder to give the banners a little curl.  I love this sketch - it's from Try Stampin' On Tuesday Challenge 82. You have till Sept. 11 at 8 a.m. (EST) to add a project.

 

 

But wait, there's more! Since this is a Halloween card, I'm adding this to The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop!

 

Each week, you're invited to add your Halloween creation to my blog hop, along with the code near the bottom of each post. When you add the code to your blog while you are in the edit HTML mode, your readers can play along, leave comments, and view the samples right from YOUR blog!

At the end of 13 weeks, I'll be giving one person a $50 Stampin' Up! gift certificate! The more times you enter the blog hop, the better your chances of taking home the Grand Prize. You also get a ticket just for displaying The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop badge on your blog. Whoo hoo!

Sassy Salutations birthday card for color, sketch challenges

I'm always in need of birthday cards, and like that this one works for a guy! I used the Stampin' Royalty Color Challenge #131 to pull it all together. There's only one more day to take part in this color challenge:

My card uses Sassy Salutations, layered with Basic Gray and Daffodil Delight. I ran the Baja Breeze banner through the Chevron embossing folder, then added a few inches of 1/4" stitched Daffodil Delight grosgrain, held in place with two mini silver brads (love those!).

The designer paper is from the Twitterpated pack. This is the first time I've used this pattern, layered on Basic Gray. I got this cute and easy sketch from Create with Connie and Mary. The sketch challenge ends Wednesday, July 11.

Stamps: Sassy Salutations (page 143);

Ink: Basic Gray pad;

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Baja Breeze, Twitterpated dsp;

Accessories: Mini silver brads, 1/4" stitched Daffodil Delight grosgrain; Chevron embossing folder, Stampin' Dimensionals, paper piercer and mat.

Serene Silhouettes flowers for PPA color and Freshly Made sketch challenges

Serene Silhouettes is a beautiful 4-piece stamp set (page 75 of the SU! Catalog) that is perfect for so many techniques. Here, I simply used markers to ink up the flowers.

I used the Fancy Fan Folder and Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder for the colored layers, with Early Espresso stitched grosgrain. I pulled the colors from the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge 138. You have until Thursday, July 12, at 11 a.m. (PST) to upload your own creation.

I used the Freshly Made Sketches #42 for my card. You have till Monday at noon to enter this challenge. Here's a closer look.

I hope your weekend is going well! I'm trying to stay cool in our 80-degree weather. Summer has finally begun here. Thank goodness for the fan in my stamping area. It's the only thing making the upstairs bearable!

Happy Stampin'!

This card is For the Birds and for two great challenges

I've been enjoying time to put my stamps together and play along with several challenges this week. This image is from the For the Birds stamp set. It's so cute!

I used the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #125 for the colors. They're not ones I would normally put together, though I think they look sweet and summery! The challenge ends Monday, July 9:

I used Daffodil Delight card stock and Polka Dot Parade dsp (my favorite!), along with a 1/2-inch punched Baja Breeze circle with an Itty Bitty flower in Calypso Coral and rhinestone for the three circular images for the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch Challenge #73:

The sketch challenge ends Monday. I used markers to color the main image, and added 1/4" Whisper White stitched grosgrain. I hope you have time to play along with these challenges. They're fun, and the designers' projects are lovely!

Happy Stampin'!

Blue Ribbon best card for downline and challenges

I have some of the best demonstrators in Stampin' Up! in my American Ink group. This year's stand-outs in sales and recruiting will not only receive this card, but the item of their choice out of the catalog at our July gathering.

Here's the card in its entirety. I love the bold patterns in the International Bazaar dsp pack. I felt they married well with the color challenge at Just Add Ink:

It's the first time I've entered a Just Add Ink challenge, and I love all things Australian! There's great designer team inspiration there and you have till tomorrow to add your card.

I stamped the words inside the ribbon in Wild Wasabi and adhered it over the Early Espresso outlines, both of which I had to hand cut ("What?" I can hear you saying, "There's no punch for that?" I wish! lol) The only other wasabi on the card is a layer under the Marina Mist word "BEST."

I used this fabulous sketch from Frosted Designs. I believe the challenge started Friday, as there are more than 11 days left. And, get this, there are always three challenges going on at Frosted Designs! What's your excuse? Get stamping!

Queen for a Day with lots of bling...

I had fun making this Queen for a Day card. That sentiment, by the way, comes from the You're a Gem stamp set in the Occasions Mini. I created the card for a color challenge of So Saffron, Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler. I'm sure you can figure out most of the items on this card, such as the owl punch and Black Flourish Designer Jewels I used for the eyes. I did add rhinestones to the crown trinket, and used my craft & rubber scissors to snip off the loop at the top of the crown. The owl's "eyelashes" are parts of a decorative strip in the Spooky Night Rub-Ons. The designer paper is from the Playdate pack, and I used Tombow Liquid Adhesive and Champagne Glass Glitter around the sentiment.

Kimono Kids for color challenge...

The colors of River Rock, Peach Parfait and Pink Pirouette presented a serious challenge for me. I sat at my desk and pondered how to put them together. I hadn't used Kimono Kids before, so I thought I could bring all the colors together in the girls' dresses. I bought the stamp set primarily for the phrase you see on this card. I stamped everything in Early Espresso ink and used markers in the challenge to add color. The girl on the right has pearls for the middle of her flowers.

 

Filled with Love color challenge card...

 I had fun playing with the colors I chose this week, as well as Mary Jo's sketch challenge at http://technostamper.blogspot.com/ (see sketch below). I started with a Whisper White card and added a piece of Real Red card stock that was embossed with the Framed Tulips folder in the upcoming Occasions Mini Catalog. The strip of Old Olive is punched using the Pinking Hearts Border to go along with the Filled with Love stamp set, which is part of a special offer thru January 24 (buy the stamp set and coordinating Love Patterns dsp and get a pack of Bitty Buttons for free). I stamped the big heart in Marina Mist and added a punched heart, a bitty button and some chunky red glitter with some Tombow Liquid Adhesive.

My sketch with Stamping 411 colors...

I used my sketch and a color challenge at Stamping 411 for this card.

It uses the Northern Hearts hostess set in the Holiday Mini Catalog. It has never been inked. I used the Rock 'n' Roll Technique on the small snowflake, inking it first in Pretty in Pink, then rolling the edges on a Perfect Plum pad. A medium-sized rhinestone sparkles in the center. I used markers to ink up the wreath. I wasn't sure how these colors would work for a Christmas card, but I really like this!

Lovely As a Tree card is a challenge within a challenge...

I used black, red, white and silver for a color challenge, along with the Mojo Monday sketch shown below. My daughter came up with the idea to have a silver tree.

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree;
Ink: Encore Silver pad, Basic Black pad;
Paper: Whisper White, Brushed Silver, Basic Black and Real Red;
Accessories: 5/8" Whisper White satin ribbon, Black Flourish Designer Jewels, Finial Press embossing folder, Large Oval Punch, Oval Scallop Punch, and Silver Embossing Powder.