Jul 9, 2017 | Uncategorized |
This is a clean and simple challenge blog. I don’t know how clean and simple my card is, but there is a decent amount of white space, and just layers of the Happy Birthday die, 3 to be exact for some dimension.
The color I used for all the greenery was the Emerald Envy Stamping Write Marker. I was able to get the light and dark colors by using a blender pen for all the lighter leaves.
I used the SU markers in Sweetsugar Plum for the lighter flower parts. I was able to get the two tones by using a very light hand when coloring the petals. The darker parts of the flowers were done using the SU Berry Burst (love that color!) marker. The centers of the flowers are done in Crushed Curry.
After I colored, I used my SU paper trimmer to cut up the Inside the Lines DSP, put it back together on a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock leaving just a peek of the color between the colored sections. Matted that part on Sweetsugar Plum, cardstock, then added the 3 layers of the sentiment using Fresh Fig (bottom), Sweetsugar Plum (middle), and Crushed Curry (top).
Here’s my card:
Here’s the challenge sketch:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 9, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Challenge #230.
The three colors in this challenge were Island Indigo, Berry Burst, and Lemon Lime Twist. It took some thinking, and staring at my stamp sets, and decided on the Circle of Spring Wreath with the accompanying framelits. Coloring is calming to me, and so I was perfectly content to color using Peekaboo Peach, Lemon Lime Twist, and Berry Burst for the wreath itself. I used the Island Indigo for the bow, and a piece of the (retired) DSP stack diagonal paper. I finished with the sentiment using the Label Me Pretty stamp set and punch.
I started using a piece of berry burst cardstock for the mat layer, but it was just blah. Since the wreath and the punch were my main features, I decided to go with a piece of the Berry Burst Color Theory DSP stack. It’s interesting that the 3 colors really go very well together and weren’t really a “challenge” in the end.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the challenge:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 6, 2017 | Uncategorized |
This week’s PP sketch was pretty open in that the only requirements were for the card to be something about a teacher thank you, graduation success, exam congrats, or congrats. I love, love, love the retired Serene Scenery DSP stack and pulled out this last sheet of this pattern to use with the Lovely You stamp set. This card took loads of fussy cutting, and it probable would have been easier if I cut out the whole lady the first time instead of trying to cut out just legs and arms to slide them under the dress, which was also fussy cut. I used celebrate instead of congrats, but they can mean the same thing, right? Sure, they can.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the Paper Players sketch:
Have a Peachy Day!
Jul 6, 2017 | Uncategorized |
#FMS295 is a basic sketch and this little piggie seemed to fit. It’s been a while since I’ve done double time stamping, but it worked here and really pops the focal image. The sentiment is already on the stamp, so that took care of two things at once. I colored the piggie, the flower, and outlined the grass using the Stampin’ Up! Stamp Write markers. The finish with these markers is so smooth and, most times, looks like ink had been stamped instead of coloring. I finished this off with some enamel shapes from the 2016-2018 In Colors, and ta-da! A cute card.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the FMS inspiration:
Have a Peachy Day!
Jul 5, 2017 | Uncategorized |
The Global Design Challenge this week was all about stripes. There were so many choices of DSP paper, but I finally decided on the Eastern Beauty stamp set with the Eastern Palace DSP and Eastern Gold Vinyl stickers. I am really not a gold person, give me white gold or silver, but the chosen combination just spoke to me. My base is Dapper Denim (love!!), with a layer of Very Vanilla, and finally the stripes of gold and Dapper Denim striped DSP. I used the 3 border stickers in the space between the DSP stripes. Add in a couple of Stitched Shapes circles, a Dapper Denim circle, a sentiment and circle stamp to meet that part of the challenge sketch. Squinting my eyes, as suggested by my upline Brian King, and thought I needed just a little something-something to finish it off. Enter the gold Metallic Enamel Shape circle to the center of the small sticker, and I was done.
This was a card that evolved from the basic picture in my head. I now have a few shapes bases all ready to go for another card, but that will have to wait until next time.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the challenge sketch:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 2, 2017 | Uncategorized |
For this week’s challenge, I chose the middle horizontal row of DSP, embossing, and floral. Sounds pretty easy, right? It was more difficult than I thought. I wound up with 2 cards while playing around with this list of 3 requirements. I wound up much happier with this card than the first.
I started with the Sale-a-Bration DSP of Inside the Lines, and then I CASEd another demo (who posted on one of the SU! demo sites on facebook and can’t remember which one or I would give her credit here) and used the splatter stamp from Dragonfly Dreams stamp set in Dapper Denim. I embossed the Dapper Denim base using the Layered Leafs Dynamic TIEF and then sponged some Dapper Denim ink over the embossing to bring out the leaves. Added Happy Birthday from Butterfly Basics using the ovals from Stiched Shapes, wrapped some coordinating ribbon around the card, popped up layers with dimensionals. Surpised myself with a card I want to replicate a few more times.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the #tttc004 challenge board:
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Have a Peachy day!
