SPCC #18

Hi All - wow, it's been a crazy week with lots of work, and a ton of wedding planning. I'll share more of the wedding planning at a later post - spending the upcoming weekend working on it, so I should have some pics to share with you.

I finally had time (and found my creativity again after a temporary absence) to sit down and stamp. The SPCC challenge for this week was a tad bit difficult with the Not Quite Navy color, but I love a good challenge. Here were the colors:
and here is my card:

The buttons were from a bunch of random buttons I just purchased (I'll post the pics of that later too - 5 hours of button shopping and I was exhausted). The background paper is from the Christmas Cocoa DSP.

More on my busy week later!!

Ciao

Rasberry Suite Color Challenge #17

Love the color challenge over at Dawn McVey's website. Check out her website, but if you don't, here is the color challenge:Here is my card :)
I'd had this idea in mind over the past week, but the color combination fit the bill for this card very well. My BigShot did most of the work for this card, with the circles and the texture. I cut out the circles first (Circles #5 die), then used the Texturz plate to create the small dot background. I used my ink pads and sponge daubers to lightly add ink to all the circles, to make the texture pop. I really like the geometric feel that this card has.

Ciao

SPCC #17

I love the color combinations that are posted on SPcolorcombos. Samantha is coming up with an awesome color challenges, and this week wasn't any different. It wasn't easy to add the yellow in, but it was a blast to play. Here's the color challenge:
and here's my card:

Ok gals, I admit that I can't get away from Holiday cards lately. It seems like at least every other challenge I'm particpating in, I'm making a Christmas card!!

I had the idea for a little bit to use the xxx alphabet set, but I hadn't come up with the write card to do it on. This card was turning into the perfect one for this alphabet set, and put it over the top fun. Hope you enjoy!!

Ciao

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I used the following product on this card (all product Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Snow Buddies (116505), Christmas Punch (115366), Jumble Alphabet (115199)
Paper: BashfulBlue(105120), Real Red (102482), So Saffron (105118), Old Olive (100702), Watercolor Paper (105019)
Ink: Bashful Blue (105209), Real Red(103113), So Saffron (105213), VersaMark (102283), Real Red Marker (100052), Bashful Blue Marker (105111), So Saffron Marker (105114)
Accessories: Glassy Glaze Enamel Stampin' Emboss Powder (100477), Scallop Edge Punch (112091)

Mojo Monday Week 106

I LOVED this Mojo Monday sketch this week. Here is the sketch:and here is the card that I made:

Rose Red and Certainly Celery - what a great color combination. This card was just a simple but cute thank you card. The white popped so well on the Rose Red cardstock, and just makes the rose pop. Hope you enjoy looking!!

Ciao

Tips from this card:
-Don't be afraid to combine stamp sets and use stamps in a different way. Central Park is intended as branches, but work really great as leaves as well.

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I used the following product on this card (all product Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral (113734), Central Park (113732), For all you do (115360)
Paper: Kraft (102125), Certainly Celery (105125), Whisper White (100730), Rose Red (102544), Thoroughly Modern DSP (115673)
Ink: Whisper White (101731), Certainly Celery (105217), Sage Shadow (102532), Rose Red (101778)
Accessories: 1" Double Stitched Rose Red Grosgrain Ribbon (111846), 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon (109025), Scallop Edge Punch (112091)

Color Throwdown #61

Just a quick post today. The color throwdown colors this week were awesome, and I had so much fun playing with them.
I used the really retro stamp set for the sentiment on this, and had a ton of fun with all of the brads. This was just a really fun card full of paper/ribbon layering. Lessons learned from this card - you can so easily pair colors together that don't look like they will match at first glance. Give it a try - you never know what you will come up with.

Ciao

Thank U

I was searching around on blogs yesterday and found this great picture on Design*Sponge, and I've attached it here.I immediately thought about how cute that would look as a card. I didn't have the perfect paper that I wanted, but I did find some paper that would make do. Here is the card that I made, as part of the Stamp Something challenge to create a card using a layout that I created or one that I found somewhere:

I used some old Stampin' Up! DSP that I had around and cut out the circle with my Circle Scissor Plus (what a fabulous tool).

Tips from this card:
-In a sentiment, cut the words out, and then piece them back together on your card. Not only does it allow you to fit your sentiment into a different space than the stamp intended, but it changes up the same sentiment.
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I used the following product on this card (all product Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: wow - Define Your Life (114950), Calendar Alphabet & Numbers (111610)
Paper: WhisperWhite (100730), Retired DSP
Ink: Not Quite Navy (103008)
Accessories: Circle Scissor Plus (112530), Round Tab Punch (108340), Vintage Brads (109109), Retired Stampin' Up! Baja Breeze Ribbon, Scrap of white ribbon

Pink on a Christmas card??

I went out on a limb with this x-mas card, thanks to the SPCC x-mas combo #4 challenge. Here were the colors I had to work with:and here is my card:

I created a card with the same snowflake punch a couple weeks ago, but I just can't get enough of this punch!! The color combination on this card was fun, especially given that it is a christmas card. I think the pink on this really worked though as an accent color. Shocked when I was writing this and realized that I didn't use a single stamp on this card. Hope you enjoy!!

Tips from this card:
-I originally had two button on the lower right corner of my card, and then I traded those out for buttons cut out with my Big Shot. We all love those buttons, but try alternative embellishments... the Big Shot buttons will allow you to customize your colors.

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I used the following product on this card (all product Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: wow - None.
Paper: Pixie Pink (105121), Very Vanilla (101650), Close to Cocoa (101341)
Ink: None
Accessories: Jumbo Snowflake Punch (116628), Scallop Edge Punch (112091), 1 3/8" Circle Punch (104401), Sizzix Buttons #5 (113440), Hemp Twine (100982), 1/4" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon (111367), Designer Buttons Button Latte (114333)