Jul 1, 2017 | Uncategorized |
The challenge for this week was to use “A” in any manner as inspiration for a card or project. I chose A Little Wild stamp set, which I just had delivered by the man in the brown truck on Tuesday. Since then I have been having so much fun with it!
I used some DSP from the retired Going Places DSP stack for the background of this fun card. The colors in the paper include Lost Lagoon (card base, ribbon and ink on sentiment), Delightful Dijon ( squares), and Basic Black (band and stamped trio).
My thought when choosing the sentiment was that I wanted the card to be able to be used as an all occasion card. By stamping Live your dream, I was hoping that, when looking at the card, the recipient would be reminded of a simple dream that is still attainable.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the link to the challenge:
Have a Peachy day!
Jun 30, 2017 | Uncategorized |
My first time playing along with this challenge, which I stumbled across when looking for a completely different challenge. This one was super fun in that Mary picked page 105 from the Stampin’ Up catalog to CASE. There were 4 card samples from which I could choose, all 4 using the Foxy Friends bundle.
However, I chose one of my brand new toys, which is the A Little Wild bundle. I stamped the adorable elephant on Basic Grey and then cut it out with the die. I used 3 graduated dies from the Lots of Labels set, some Berry Burst Color Theory DSP, some Berry Burst cardstock, dimensionals and mini-dimensionals, and finished it off with some Basic Grey ribbon. The sentiment, Wild about You, fit so nicely on the label under the green grass from the stamp set.
This fabulous bundle is so much fun and the possibilities seem endless right now, especially since I’ve done 3 different challenge cards this week which use this bundle.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the challenge banner from CCMC464:
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Have a Peachy day!
Jun 30, 2017 | Uncategorized |
The Fusion challenge gives options each week, and this week the photo inspiration was red, white, and blue mason jars holding flowers. I took that inspiration and made a Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, and Whisper White card without making it strictly a 4th of July card. I made it another checkerboard card using 1.25 inch squares of Cherry Cobbler DSP, and Cherry Cobbler cardstock embossed with the Brick embossing folder (I just wanted a subtle embossing) all on a Whisper White background with a Night of Navy base. I punched a label for the sentiment, which is from All Things Thanks and is now my most favorite font (and would buy anything made with it from here on out.) I had to use the Night of Navy marker to color just the word thanks. I had also punched two Night of Navy labels to use as a mat for the sentiment. Added the Whisper White bakers twine, and put everything together with the mini-dimensionals.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the Fusion Challenge banner:
Have a Peachy day!
Jun 29, 2017 | Uncategorized |
This card slowly evolved into something adorable using the A Little Wild bundle. I knew I wanted to use that set for this challenge, and all the rest of the pieces slowly came together. The DSP is from the Color Theory DSP paper stack (I’m going to have to order another stack of that paper!) and the colors for the card are Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, and Whisper White. I LOVE the new mini-Dimensionals and used them in two places on this card. They just gave a bit of a pop to the bear, and I cut a couple in half to be able to use them to pop the bees. Have to say, those bees are tiny and easy to “lose” on a craft table. Not that that happened to me, of course. The regular dimensionals were used to pop the Stitched Shapes square. The ribbon is the retired Crushed Curry chevron ribbon. The base of the card needed a little something-something, so I used the Dots embossing folder.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the Paper Players 350 sketch:
Have a Peachy day!
Jun 29, 2017 | Uncategorized |
This was my first time playing along with this challenge, and it took two tries to get one with which I was happy enough to post. The challenge was to use any shade of green, orange, and brown, which sounds like a fall color combo. My first card was definitely a fall card, my second try was the same layout with a softer brown in Soft Suede, a White White focal panel instead of Very Vanilla, and a change up from the Tangelo Twist embossed base to Pear Pizazz. The whole feel of the card changed drastically. Same basic colors, totally different results. This Tranquil Tulips hostess set is a must have and the Label Me Pretty bundle is fabulous!
Here’s my happy card:
Here’s the inspiration sketch from ctd449:
Have a Peachy day!
Jun 26, 2017 | Uncategorized |
I just love it when a card comes together in a snap! Last night I stamped a bunch of piggies knowing sooner or later I would use them. Today was the day for this adorable Hogs and Kisses pig for CTS #227. The stamp set is adorable and so much fun to color! The Color Theory DSP stack is quickly becoming one of my favorite set of papers, and the Old Olive papers just went with this stamp. I used Powder Pink and Flirty Flamingo markers to color the pig, and an Old Olive marker to color the grass. Cut out the pig and the Old Olive border with the Stitched Shapes die set, added some Dimensionals and Whisper White bakers twine and I was done. Easy!
Here’s my card:
Here’s the challenge sketch:
Have a Peachy day!
