Aug 4, 2017 | Uncategorized |
#PP355 this week was a tic-tac-toe challenge, which always means loads of options! For this challenge, I chose the diagonal from bottom left to top right consisting of blue, enamel dots, and birthday. I pulled out Whole Lot of Lovely DSP and cardstock in tranquil tide, Soft Suede, and Pool Party. Blue is covered and done.
I just love the Happy Birthday thinlit die, and cut out one greeting in each of the the 3 cardstock colors. (The underneath layers of the cardstock mats look pretty darn ugly until covered with the top layer.) I then staggered the greetings, giving it dimension and making it pop off the beautiful DSP. Birthday is covered and done.
Finally, I used one Pool Party enamel dot for the dot of the “i” in birthday. I also added 3 Crushed Curry enamel dots randomly on the card. Enamel dots are covered and done.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the challenge board from Paper Players:
Have a Peachy day!
Aug 1, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Global Design Project is always fun and interesting, and this #GDP098 was no exception. The sketch this week was all about banners, with the greeting stamped vertically down one of the banners. However, I don’t have any of the SU vertical greeting sets, so I just turned the sketch on the side and the problem was solved. I used the (new to me) Whole Lot of Lovely DSP and am so happy I bought this set of gorgeous, colorful DSP. I used Pool Party ribbon and Soft Suede ink to finish off this card on the base of Tranquil Tide. Such a pretty combination of colors on this sheet!
Here’s my card:
See what I mean about the gorgeous colors! Tranquil Tide, Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzaz and Soft Suede.
Here’s the GDP sketch:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 31, 2017 | Uncategorized |
The #tttc008 is always interesting because of the 8 choices using the tic tac toe board. This week, I chose bottom row of square, feminine, and doilies. For some strange and unknown reason, I thought that animal was in there, which explains the puppy.
I used the new to me Naturally Eclectic DSP and I really like all of the papers. The stripes and Powder Pink paper worked well for feminine, as least IMHO. I need a card for my soon-to-be-born great niece, and thought this would be perfect. I added the doilie peeking out of the square layers and wrapped some Pool Party ribbon around the base layers. Obviously, I am still having challenges with ribbon bows, so I’ve just got a square knot. I used the Stitched Shapes framelits for the puppy and greeting Whisper White square. I wanted to make sure I really emphasized the feminine, so I used my Powder Pink fine marker to just color in the the stitched lines.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the #tttc008 board:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 30, 2017 | Uncategorized |
The Fusion challenge for this week, as always, is a card sketch or color/greeting combination. I picked the card sketch and was very happy to break out my brand new Colorful Seasons bundle of the stamp set and framelits. I’ve seen so many cards made with this bundle and have been (not so patiently) waiting to be able to order it. I also used the Color Theory DSP in Old Olive, the base is Berry Burst and I used the LAYERED LEAVES DYNAMIC TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDER (try saying that 3 times quickly) for dimesion. I used the die set to cut out the tree limb in Soft Suede, and the flowers were cut from Powder Pink and then stamped with the same ink. I punched out tiny circles to go behind the cut out flowers in Fresh Fig to highlight the flower centers. It’s barely noticeable, but it is a detail. I stamped the greeting “just breathe” in Soft Suede. Wrapped the card in SU thick bakers twine and I was done.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the Fusion challenge:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 30, 2017 | Uncategorized |
#WWYS126 this week is to use the Label Me Pretty SU stamp set, for which I also used the punch. I just got this gorgeous Naturally Eclectic DSP yesterday and couldn’t wait to use it. The colors I used to accent this paper are Berry Burst and Night of Navy. This bundle makes a simple card very special and the sentiments in the set are versatile. The punch also fits many sentiments from other stamp sets.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the challenge sketch:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 28, 2017 | Uncategorized |
The Fab Friday challenge, #FF117, is a bi-weekly challenge and I was honored to be chosen as a Fab Fave at the beginning of the summer. This week’s sketch was clean and simple with a focal circle and strip on top of part of the circle. I pulled out Color Theory DSP, A Little Wild clear mount stamp set and framelits, Label Me Pretty punch, and Stitched Shapes framelits, Crushed Curry chevron ribbon (retired), some Soft Suede ink, my blending pen, and markers in Crushed Curry, Tangelo Twist, and Peek-a-Boo Peach. Oh yeah, the retired Hello stamp set and mini-dimensionals. When writing all the supplies out I realized it sounds extensive, but this card went together pretty quickly.
Here’s my card:
The bear, elephant, and lion in this set are adorable! I’ve already made a card with all 3 (see it here), just the honey bear (see it here), and the elephant (see it here), so it was time to showcase the lion. I have found I love coloring, especially with the blending pen, because of the softer looks available when using it. Crushed Curry was used for the body, Tangelo Twist for the main and part of the tail, and the Peek-a-Boo Peach was used for shading on the body and tip of the tail. I used the framelits to cut out the lion and all I had to do was snip across the top of the mane.
A Stitched Shapes large circle in Crushed Curry Color Theory DSP, mounted with mini-dimensionals over the chevron ribbon mounted on Color Theory DSP. I stamped hello right on the DSP mat, and used the Pretty Label punch on the same base DSP, used mini-dimensionals to mount the lion on the label, and the label on the circle. Got everything together and wanted just a little something more, so I cut out a thin strip of the ombre Color Theory, punched it with my (retired) little tag punch and slipped it under the circle. Now, I was done. He’s so cute!
Here’s the Fab Friday sketch:
Have a Peachy day!
