Color Throwdown 100!!!!

CELEBRATE says it all!  The CTD has been challenging all you stampers and crafters out there 100 times and that is cause to celebrate!!  This is one blog hop that you will not want to miss!!!  We’ve asked some of our past Guest Designers to participate this week and have over $1500 worth of donated goodies to give away!  We are EXCITED!  All the details of how to play can be found at the CTD blog and there are some deets at the end of this post.  Okay, phew, let’s get to the good stuff! 

 

My giveaway is a Stampin’Up! set called Country Morning:

as well as a set of Rub-ons called Take Note:

AND I’ll throw in my projects for this week, along with some surprise goodies too; whatever I find lurking around my shelves or drawers that looks like it might be fun!!  Here are a couple little peeks of just a few more items:

And what are my projects this week?   Since everybody loves to celebrate with cupcakes, what better than to make some  cupcakes---a couple of cupcake cards, that is, along with a little box to hold some of those goodies!

My first card uses some new SU sets, including Itty Bitty Bits, and a Level 2 Hostess set called Longfellows:

Can’t you just see this little guy “dreaming” about cupcakes?  They’re all glittered up:

 

 

 

and I even put a couple on the inside:

 

 

 

 

 

FUN!

 

 

My second card uses the Mojo Monday sketch:

and uses SU’s Crazy for Cupcakes:

Some more glitter!  The background is also from Itty Bitty Bits; sentiment is from Short & Sweet! 

Next up is a card in the shape of a cupcake!!

This uses a template from SCS, some paper from Cosmo Cricket and a yummy cherry, punched from some Real Red cardstock with a little black hemp twine stem!!!  Here’s the inside:

And last, a little pizza box (Jen DelMuro’s pattern is also on SCS) that will be holding a few little goodies:

The box is Baja Breeze cardstock, wheeled with the Cornelli Lace jumbo wheel; DP is from Basic Grey; cupcake and sentiment are from PTI.  Check out that blingy cherry!!! 

SO----we want you to play along with us!  Check out the CTD blog for all the details!  Then leave me some comments on my post and you’ll be entered to win my prizes---one comment per person, please!  And please be sure to leave me your email address!!!!  If you win, and I can’t contact you, I’ll choose another winner!!!   But there are LOTS more prizes!!!  Check out the list below, visit all the other CTD designers as well as some past Guest Designers, and leave comments on their posts for more chances to win!!  GOOD STUFF!  Can you tell I am excited?  I am just bummed that I can’t win any of it!  Here is the list – there is no particular order, you can visit any or all to leave your comments!  You have until  Monday, July 12 at 11:59 to play!  Good luck!

• Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
• Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
• Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
• Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
• Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker
• Kisa Peters - Kisa's Paper Cuts
• Carol Longacre - Our Little Inspirations
• Deb Horst - Sendable Sentiments
• Debi Southard - Debi's Crazy Life
• Elise Durenberger - MamaCow Creations
• Juliana Swanson - Stampin With Inky Fingers
• Lisa Kind - Kind Creations
• Makiko Jones - Makink Studios
• Maria Gurnsey - Scraps By M
• Pam Speidel - Stamping With Serendipity
• Sylvia Nelson - Sylvia's Stamp Corner
• Teresa Kline - Enjoy the VA Sunshine
• Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

ColourQ 40

Oooh, I am loving these bold, striking colors Arielle chose for us today!  Who wouldn’t want to have a cool pair of flip flops like these:

I chose to do CAS for my card today, although my head was spinning, full of ideas using this fun inspiration!  My time was just too limited!  So here we go:

I needed a birthday card for a friend, so this fit the bill perfectly!  I added a little flutter of the same colors on the inside as well:

What can you conjure up with these summery colors? Hop on over to the ColourQ blog and play along with us!  You can check out what the other designers created as well…you won’t be disappointed!  Thanks for visiting today!

• Stamps:  Heart from the Heart, It’s your Birthday
• Paper:  WW, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Barely Banana, Cameo Coral
• Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo
• Acc: Brads, 3-flower Punch, Punch Trio, 1/16” Punch, Dimensionals, White Gel Pen, Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

Just My Type

Hope everybody had a wonderful weekend….ours was a whirlwind and now I have to play catch-up!  Today’s CAS74 at SCS was to use Carrie’s Cakes as an inspiration.  I was getting heart palpitations looking at these things…unbelievable!!!  I wanted to use some of my new papers to make a few samples for my upcoming clubs, so you will have to s-t-r-e-t-c-h your imagination to see how I used this cake as my inspiration for this card:

Okay, so it IS a stretch!  But the cake is just an inspiration, okay?  This card is pretty straightforward….I did use my Scallop Square diecut, but sliced it down the middle and moved the piece over one scallop to make a scallop rectangle!   Now off to tackle the pile of laundry I have! 

• Stamps:  Puns from the Past
• Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Newsprint DP
• Ink:  Stazon
• Acc:  Scallop Square Diecut; Modern Label Punch, 1 3/8” Circle Punch, Scallop Punch, 1/4” Circle Punch

Paper Players Challenge

Lesley has a sweet challenge for us today:  Oh Baby!  We get to make a baby-themed card or project!

Since my daughter is due with her first child in about a month, there are definitely babies on the brain in our household!  The timing was perfect for me to use this challenge for her baby shower card!  And Stampin’ Up!’s new Baby Bundle was a fun choice for my card:

I had just enough Tea Party DP left to make the background for this card, along with some Pink Pirouette and other pastel colors!  Doesn’t that little baby look so cute sitting up in her little baby carriage!!!  I used markers and blender pens to color in the images which had been stamped in Stazon.  And here’s a little peek at the inside as well:

 

 

 

There are so many cute images in this set, the possibilities are endless!

 

 

 

 

So now, the Paper Players want to see what you can create—a baby card, scrapbook page or 3D item—let your creativity flow!  Check out the Always Playing with Paper blog for all the details, and to see what the designers have come up with!  Have fun!

• Stamps:  Baby Bundle
• Paper:  WW, Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Tea Party
• Ink:  Stazon, Daffodil Delight
• Acc:  Small, Large, Scallop, 1”, and 1 1/4” Circle Punches; Markers, Blender Pen, Dimensionals, Striped Grosgrain ribbon

And have a blessed, safe 4th of July---remember what a wonderful country in which we live, and let us not take that for granted!

Just Add Ink CAS Christmas

Just a quick post of two CAS Christmas cards using a lovely sketch from Just Add Ink.  Here’s the sketch:

I did take the liberty of moving my sentiments to the upper right hand corner as they would not fit in the lower right!  The first uses a retired SU set, Peaceful Wishes:

The image was stamped in Mellow Moss and the berries colored with a blender pen and Rich Razzleberry, right over the MM.  This also qualifies for the Stampin’ Royalty challenge, Seeing Double, where you stamp two of an image.  Sentiment was also stamped in Rich Razzleberry.

My second card was an experiment to see what green hue in the current SU color family lineup would work with Rich Razzleberry.  I tried River Rock as a substitute for my beloved Mellow Moss; not as nice as I had hoped for, but I am not one to toss something unless it’s REALLY bad, so I added a rhinestone to redeem it:

This uses the Medallion set and Many Merry Messages.  So, if you’re a demonstrator, what color will YOU be using as a substitute for Mellow Moss?  I’d like to get some feedback! 

Thanks for visiting today—we’ll be setting sail to take a little boat ride later, then watching fireworks on the water!  I hope you have fun today too!

Celebrations

Two cards today, neither of which really makes me jump up & down, so I’ll be quick!  The first one is a birthday card for my niece, and it uses Laura’s sketch 55 from 2S4Y shown here:

I used some BG Lemonade papers with my SU Things I Love set; I am thinking some brighter papers would have been better!  Oh well, I blinged the images up with some rhinestones and added a little oomph on the inside:

The second card is for two SCS challenges, F4A19 and WT277, as well as Sharon’s Star Light, Star Bright challenge. F4A19 is to use a gold star on your project, and WT277 is to make a July 4th card without using red, white or blue; Sharon’s is to incorporate stars into your design.  I had an idea in my mind, which didn’t really translate to paper, but anyway, here it is:

and the inside:

This used MANY stamp sets, they will be listed at the end.  Eveything was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.   TFL!!!

First card:

• Stamps:  Things I Love, Its Your Birthday
• Paper: WW, BG Lemonade, Basic Black, Vellum Cardstock
• Ink:  Stazon
• Acc:  3-flower Punch, Square Punches, Twill, Corner Rounder, Bling, dimensionals

Second card:

• Stamps:  July 4th, Season of Joy, SU; Playful Stars, KS Stamps; Cupcake Celebration, Star Prints, Vintage Picnic, PTI;
• Paper:  WW, Brushed Gold
• Ink:  Versamark
• Acc:  Gold cord, star punches, gold EP, gold brad, Word Window punch, dimensionals 
  
  

Little Green Apples…

“God didn’t make little green apples”….if you’re of a certain age, you might remember that Bobby Goldsboro song!  I had no idea what in the world he was singing about, but I liked the tune!  And while I was making this card, that song just kept running through my head! There were three challenges that could fit my little green apple theme:

• City Crafter was to use shades of green
• Flourishes FTTC73 was to use fruit (I am loving my apple punch!)
• and the Card Patterns Sketch 70, shown here:

and here is my card:

Now truthfully, I don’t know what this card is supposed to be “saying” by having the progression of bitten-into apples…..”I am bored while I am missing you, so I am eating an apple”???  I have no idea what my thought process was, but I did think it was a cute idea, so I am just going with the flow here.  I used some Wild Wasabi, Garden Green and Confetti White cardstock along with some Basic Grey Urban Prairie (I think—it was a loose sheet floating around).  The apple punch is from MS, and I sponged some color on my apples and used a SU gel pen for the “bites”, which are punched with SU’s scallop oval punch.  The little apple is from CHF, Making the Grade.  I LOVE this sketch but did struggle with it….overthinking, I guess! 

Well, that’s it for today….gearing up for the holiday weekend, boating, visiting friends…..a fun time!!  Hopefully I can squeeze in something for tomorrow!