Jul 15, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Here’s my challenge card:
#ctd451 this week is to use a dark pink, light pink, and green color combo. Neutrals and white are also allowed, but the 3 given colors are supposed to be the only other colors. I went back to my favorite DSP in Pick a Pattern in Emerald Envy and Whisper White, my cute Little Piggie stamp set, some black and white Pick a Pattern washi and Flirty Flamingo ribbon and enamel shapes. I colored the main part of the piggie in Powder Pink (light pink), and the feet and nose in Flirty Flamingo (dark pink), and the little tufts of grass are Emerald Envy. I popped up the pig with mini-dimensionals and ta-da, the card was done.
Here’s the challenge sketch:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 14, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Here’s my card:
This card was fun! I was able to work in 3 challenges in one card, and it went together pretty easily. The Paper Players, PP352, gave me the color scheme in Sweet Sugarplum, Berry Burst, and Rich Razzleberry. I also used Whisper White paper and bakers twine and Basic Black ink.
The second challenge was from Paper Craft Crew, PCC251, which has a challenge to use something New to You. For me, my new was the Bella and Friends stamp set. All the puppies in this set are adorable and I didn’t need to color this pup for this card. The one stamp has the puppy, the balloon, and the bird. I stamped the puppy and the string and part of the balloon on Whisper White, then used my Stitched Shapes ovals to cut it out. The balloon punch gave me the ability to pop up the flowered balloon. I fussy cut the bird so I could also pop it up and then place it in the same place as it would have been if I had stamped him with the puppy. Added some Whisper White bakers twine for the little knot on the balloon, the string, and the bow on the bottom on the puppy. Love!
The third challenge is CAS Colours and Sketches, # 231, which gave me the layout. I needed the two stripes and the oval for this sketch. I love how the oval really makes the puppy the focus of attention. The strips on the bottom are Berry Burst Color Theory DSP, the sentiment is from the Bella and Friends stamp set, and I used some ribbon in Berry Burst on the banner just for a little interest.
So, one card, 3 challenges. Happiness abounds.
Here are the challenge links:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 10, 2017 | Uncategorized |
I originally made this card because I wanted to play with my new embossing paste and found that I had a (retired) stencil that matched the pattern on this retired DSP. (Note to self: when finished using the embossing paste, IMMEDIATELY clean up the tools and stencil. Do not let it dry!) I matted the White White base on Tangerine Twist, tore the DSP and glued it to the WW base, added the TT ribbon and created the label pieces. I added two Old Olive enamel shapes and thought ta-da, I’m done. I started looking at the challenges for this week which I haven’t completed and PCC#250 was one of them. I couldn’t believe how I hit the bottom horizontal row without meaning to do so. I popped the enamel shapes off and added jewels instead and now I was really done! Add some sparkle – done, embossing paste – done, clean and simple – done.
Here’s the challenge board:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 9, 2017 | Uncategorized |
This color challenge was straightforward: blue, red, yellow, and white. I used some retired stitched ribbon in Pacific Point, Real Red, and Daffodil Yellow to weave together to make this card. Finished it off with “You’re the Best” from the Watercolor Words stamp set and 3 tiny Real Red star enamel shapes. The weaving was the most difficult part since I had a hard time getting the ribbon to stick on the back of the card to weave. There’s loads of snail adhesive on the back and mini glue dots on the front under the ribbons.
Here’s my card for ctd#450:
Here’s the CTD sketch:
Have a Peachy day!
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!
