Colour Create Challenge #92 - Pink, Blue, Sage and White/Cream

Hello,
I am back again with the Sharon's challenge over at the Colour Create blog and this time we have to use pink, blue, sage and white or cream. The optional extra is to add something torn. Here is the gorgeous inspiration pic for you:

 

I knew straight away that with Easter just around the corner, these would be the perfect colours for an Easter card. I have to apologise thought as I didn't add the torn element to my card - only realised after I had planned and cut everything that I hadn't thought of this!!

Now I have to say that I am not too happy with this card but it has been a crazy busy fortnight so I was a little rushed to get my card created in time. I used a retired Elzybells stamp for my image and coloured this in with Copics. I then die cut my grass using my MFT grass die and added a strip of lace along the bottom. 

I die cut my clouds from coaster board and again from white felt. The coaster board was then run through my Xyron and the felt adhered just to give the clouds some dimension and texture.  I do have a sentiment for this card - it is on the inside, but I didn't photograph this as its very simple. 

The rest of the girls on the team have created gorgeous cards with these colours so hop over to the Colour Create blog and link up your entry to be in the draw to win the monthly prize!

Supplies
Stamps:  Easter Chicks (Elzybells - retired)
Cardstock: Spring Rain, Stampers Select White (PTI)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: cloud die, white felt (PTI); grass die (MFT); Xyron; Copics; lace (Kaisercraft)

Tea-riffic!

Hello!

This is my first post as a Guest Designer over at the Stamp Spot blog!! The Stamp Spot is a fantastic online scrapbooking/stamp store with a wide range of stamps, paper, card and much much more! I have followed the March Stamp Spot Challenge which is to use green, twine and brads:

 

I have used the Tea-rrific set by The Greeting Farm and stamped and coloured my image with Copics twice on Neenah Solar White cardstock. I then mounted the second image on top of the first with dimensionals. I used the sentiment from the same set and stamped it on a die cut Tiny Tag in Melon Mambo ink. This was then attached to the card with some baker's twine and thread into the top cup and adhered.  I used the MFT Dizzy Doily to mat my image with some Pirouette cardstock. 

I used some DeLovely paper from my stash for my background paper, layering it on some Whirlpool cardsock which was edged with my Upper Crest punch. The background white layer was run through my Cuttlebug with my Swiss Dots embossing folder.

I continued the same theme on the inside my stamping the small teacup image repeatedly in New Sprout ink and Melon Mambo. Another sentiment from the Tea-riffic set was used also. It's such a fun set to create with with so many possibilities!

Back soon!

Exciting News!!

Hello all,
Hope everyone has had a great weekend! We have as we went camping with our extended family to the Gold Coast and after battling heavy rain, a broken gazebo and a muddy campsite, we ended up having an awesome time swimming and relaxing! I have definately caught the camping bug now and can't wait for our next adventure!!

Anyway, I am popping in with some very exciting news. I have been chosen as a guest designer with The Stamp Spot! They are a fantastic stamping and scrapbooking online store offering all the best stamps, cardstock and accessories. I am joining an awesome design team with so much talent and feel a little humbled to be in such great company!! The Stamp Spot has a fabulous blog with regular challenges and inspiration and I will be posting creations over there soon. You can visit the blog here.

Thanks Michelle and Jessica for such an exciting opportunity!!

Back soon,

Colour Create #91 - Yellow, Grey, Black and White

Hi,
Hard to believe that another fortnight has passed and its time for the latest challenge over at Colour Create - #91 chosen by Mina - Yellow, Grey, Black and White with the optional extra of adding flowers to your creation. Here is this week's inspiration picture:

Another challenging set of colours but after tackling them I have to say that this is now one of my favourite colour combos! 

Here is my card:

I used some Grid cardstock to create my background with the Guidelines II stamp set., inking up my stamps using Smokey Shadow ink and Lemon Drops ink. My main image was stamped in Smokey Shadow ink using images from Blooming Button Bits. The yellow flowers were stamped in Lemon Drops ink using a flower image from an old Saleabration set from Stampin' Up called Bliss. The flowers were popped up on dimensionals and some tiny black pearls added to their centres. I stamped my sentiment from PTI's anniversary set Round and Round in Smokey Shadow ink and then die cut it with a tag die. The matting for the main image was edged with my Apron Lace border punch and the card was finished off with some black ribbon and a Lemon Zest button.

On the inside, I used another sentiment from Round and Round stamped over the flower image from Bliss. To finish off a strip of black pearls was added along the bottom.

The girls on the team have all done an amazing job with these colours so go have a look over at the Colour Create blog!

Supplies
Stamps: Round and Round anniversary set, Blooming Button Bits, Guidelines II (PTI); Bliss Saleabration set (SU)
Cardstock: Lemon Zest, Select White, Gridlines (PTI)
Accessories: dimensionals; black pearls (Kaisercraft); black ribbon; Apron Lace punch (Fiskars); Lemon Zest button (PTI); twine; Tiny Tags die (Cuttlebug)

Colour Create Challenge #90

Hi, 

It's time for this fortnight's new Colour Create Challenge and again I was stuck with the colour combo - lilac, blue, kraft and white chosen by the lovely Sabrina:

The optional extra is to add a handmade paper charm. Once I decided to keep my card nice and simple, the colours just seemed to work:

For this card I used a new digi stamp - Wryn Blooms from Tiddly Inks. I have admired these images for a while now, so couldn't resist buying one and will definately be getting more! I first created my sentiment on the computer and added my image before printing it out. I coloured her with Copics and tied some baker's twine around the bottom of my white and kraft layers. I created my handmade charm using a flower from Beautiful Blooms II stamped in plum ink and hand cut it. I pierced a hole attached it with a jump ring to my bow. Finally I added some silver rhinestones to all my flowers.

On the inside I created another computer generated sentiment and stamped the same flower image from Beautiful Blooms II in plum and Baja Breeze ink. This was  matted on some more Kraft cardstock.

The girls on the team have come up with some lovely creations so be sure to take a look over at Colour Create and enter your card while  you're there!

Supplies
Stamps: Wryn Blooms (Tiddly Inks); Beautiful Blooms II(PTI)
Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Kraft (PTI)
Ink: Baja Breeze (SU); Sweet Plum (Memento)
Accessories: silver rhinestones (Kaisercraft); Copic markers; jump ring; chocolate bakers twine (MFT)

Colour Create #89 - White, Light Brown and Dark Brown

Hi,

Back again with Colour Create's Challenge #89. Shanna has challenged us to use the colours white or cream, light brown and dark brown with the optional extra challenge of adding hearts to your creation. Here is her inspiration pic:

I originally felt very challenged by these colours but then when I received my new Houndstooth background stamp from Hero Arts I knew exactly how to use them.

I used white for my card base and then cut another smaller white layer which I stamped with my Houndstooth stamp in Early Espresso ink.  I then decided to try out a new technique which I found over on Gayatri's blog here. She inspired me to create my own heart embossing plate. I punched out some small hearts from some shrink plastic and then adhered them on to some cardstock with double sided tape in a neat pattern. This then became my embossing plate and I ran it through my Cuttlebug with a small piece of white cardstock which is shown layered on top of my houndstooth layer. I punched out some more hearts from Kraft cardstock which I coated in Glossy Accents and then added to the bottom of my white layer. A very thin strip of Chocolate Chip cardstock was added above the hearts and then I used two separate sentiments from two stamp sets to create my sentiment on this card. I used Wishing You from Heartfelt Basics and Love from Daily Design Sentiments. These were stamped in Early Espresso ink. Finally I added a small strip of white pearls underneath my sentiment to finish it off.

On the inside of my card I stamped another combination of sentiments from Heartfelt Basics in Early Espresso ink.I layered another strip of stamped Houndstooth background along the bottom with a Chocolate Chip strip above. Two more Kraft hearts finished with Glossy Accents were added along this strip.

I had lots of fun experimenting with new techniques on this card and did I mention how much I LOVE that Houndstooth stamp?? Its fantastic and I will be using this one a lot!! Now make sure you hop over to the Colour Create blog to enter this fortnight's challenge and check out the girls' cards - they're gorgeous!!

Supplies
Stamps: Heartfelt Basics, Daily Design Sentiments (PTI); Houndstooth background (Hero Arts)
Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Kraft (PTI); Chocolate Chip (SU)
Ink: Early Espresso (SU)
Accessories: white pearls (Kaisercraft); Glossy Accents (Ranger); heart punch (SU); shrink plastic

Deconstructed Sketch #35

Back again with an entry for this week's Deconstructed Sketch. I have wanted to join in with this challenge for ages so here goes with my first attempt. Here is the sketch:

and here is my intepretation:

I have used MFT's Pure Innocence Stamp - Being Cute Is What I Do for my image and I have coloured this with Copics and paper pieced her clothes using My Mind's Eye - A Happy Heart designer papers. This has been matted on black cardstock and layered on more Happy Heart papers with black matting. The sentiment is from another Pure Innocence set - Merry Wishes stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink and layered on some black ribbon.

On the inside I punched out my sentiment from Pure Innocence' My Basket of Eggs set stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink and layered this with some Happy Heart paper punched with  my scallop oval punch. A strip of coordinating paper finishes off the inside.

Back soon with more!

Supplies
Stamps: Being Cute Is What I Do, My Basket of Eggs, Presents For You (MFT)
Cardstock: True Black, Stampers Select White (PTI); A Happy Heart DP (My Minds Eye)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Cherry Cobbler (SU)
Accessories: Copics; Scallop Oval punch, Oval punch (SU); black ribbon

Colour Create #88 - Pink, Green & Neutral

Hi!

Slowly getting back into the swing of things - starting work again tomorrow,  which I am really not looking forward to. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my job, but I have really enjoyed these summer holidays and am sad they are over.  Anyway, today its time for another Colour Create Challenge and #88's challenge is to use Pink, Green & Neutral with the optional extra of adding handmade flowers. Here is Suzie's lovely inspiration photo:

We are sponsored this week by Kenny K:

Here is my take on the colours:

For this card I used Stamper's Select White for my base and printed my Kenny K digi - Maddison Attitude onto another layer of white card. I also added my own computer generated sentiment using a new font I found - Digs My Hart from Kevin and Amanda  - love this font! I coloured the image with Copics and also paper pieced some of her using some pretty papers from Cosmo Cricket's DeLovely Collection. Along the bottom I added another strip of matching DeLovely paper and some white lace above the join. For my handmade flowers, I used some pink DMC thread to crochet three small flowers and then sewed them with matching button onto the paper strip.

On the inside I kept in simple by printing out another computer generated sentiment and adding a strip of DeLovely paper along the bottom.

You have a fortnight to enter the challenge, so make sure you check out the Colour Create blog with the rest of the lovely DT's creations.

Supplies
Stamps: Maddison Attitude digi (Kenny K)
Cardstock: Stampers Select White (PTI); DeLovely collection (Cosmo Cricket)
Accessories: pink DMC thread; Hibiscus Burst buttons (PTI); lace (Kaisercraft)

Colour Create #87 - Red, Cream and Sage Green

Hi there!!
I'm back after a little blogging break - needed some time to recharge the batteries before getting back into the swing of creating again. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year.

It's Edna's turn to post this fortnight's Colour Create Challenge #87 - Red, Cream and Sage. What gorgeous colours!! Here is her inspiration pic for you:

This week's challenge is being sponsored by:

and the winner will receive a $5 voucher to spend in store.

For my card I decided to use Rustic Cream for my base and then some gorgeous paper from October Afternoon's Thrift Shop collection with Real Red cardstock added to the bottom section. I tied some twill ribbon around the join and then added a Pure Poppy flower button threaded with twine.

The sentiment is from Birthday Balloon Jolinne stamped in Rustic Cream ink and heat embossed with clear powder. It's a bit smudgy looking as I dropped the ink pad right on this section and did my best to clean it all away!

My image is from AnnaBelle stamps - Lil Molly's Flowers, coloured with Copics and paper pieced with more Thrift Shop paper and some sage cardstock. She was then cut out with my oval nesties and framed with my scallop oval nesties. Finally she was adhered to the card with foam dimensional tape.

My card was so late (I didn't check the date and though we had another week before the challenge started!) so the inside hasn't been done on this card yet.

I am entering this card into Ribbon Carousel Challenge's RCC34 - Anything Goes as well:

Hop on over to the Colour Create blog to have a look - the ladies are back with some lovely creations!

Supplies
Stamps: Lil Molly's Flowers (AnnaBelle Stamps); Birthday Balloon Jolinne (MFT)
Cardstock: Rustic Cream (PTI); Real Red, Sage Shadow (SU); Thrift Shop Collection DP (October Afternoon)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Rustic Cream (PTI)
Accessories: Copics; Scallop Oval nestabilities, Oval nestabilities (Spellbinders); twill ribbon, clear embossing powder; cream twine (SU); Pure Poppy button (PTI); foam dimensional tape