Just a quick little post this morning…a Christmas card from Lesley’s Merry Monday Challenge sketch:
It’s actually a “Let It Snow” challenge, too, so I pulled out some pretty chipboard snowflakes from a Brenda Walton collection:
I mounted them on a Very Vanilla oval & scallop, which was then mounted on a Brushed Gold embossed panel. A little banner with a sentiment stamped in Gold Encore finished it off!
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Caught in the act AGAIN!
Happy Tuesday, peeps! Check out this dazzling color inspiration for today’s ColourQ Challenge:
I almost went with a literal interpretation and got out my Paisley background stamp, but my wee little granddaughter was sick and she was demanding my attention, so I went with a different, CAS design:
These colors were a little more challenging to work with than I imagined! I stamped the frame (Fresh Vintage) in Bravo Burgundy, the crown (Established Elegance) in Rich Razzleberry, the words (You’re A Gem) in Island Indigo and added a little panel of Wisteria Wonder Patterns DP beneath my diecut and embossed top edge. How cool is it that the Curly Label punch fits the inside of this frame:
It’s popped up with a dimensional, and the “58” is popped up with two dimensionals! I did another card with these colors, a single-layer card using yesterday’s SCS CAS challenge, which was a sketch:
It also qualifies for the Just Us Girls challenge (collage stamping) and the Less is More challenge (use a bird on your one-layer card). I used a variety of vintage images for this one; the backgrounds were stamped using my acrylic blocks as stamps. Thanks for looking; I hope you have a chance to play with these regal colors. Show us your take on the challenge over at the CQC blog!
On a happier day!!!
Oh, those sweeties over at a la Card Monkey asked me to be one of their guest designers again! Check out this fun sketch:
I had mentioned that I wanted to use the sweet little girl from Greeting Card Kids for a Valentine’s card, so this was a perfect opportunity. The sketch was simple, so it wouldn’t detract from the detailed image, and I’d have a chance to do some watercoloring:
I stamped my little girl in Stazon on watercolor paper and used reinkers to color her in:
I used a combination of Calypso Coral and Blushing Bride DPs for my background, and I used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch to make a cute little cross-stitch embellishment (I am pretty sure my PP friend Ann showed me this!)
I used the same watercolor paper to diecut a couple hearts from the Fashionable Hearts die along with a sentiment from Tiny Tags, stamped in Real Red. This is really a simple card, but I just love how it turned out! I hope you’ll play along with the Monkey girls…..check out their blog here and see what the other designers came up with!
I think I might have to make a card with these colors and patterns!
I have neglected my dear friends at the Color Throwdown for way too long, and when I saw their color challenge this week, I knew I had to play:
I just love that they have inspiration images! I also used the Freshly Made Sketches sketch #17:
to make my thank you card:
I flipped the sketch so my Young Vermillion wasn’t looking off into space! He was stamped on watercolor paper in Stazon, then colored (I am on a watercoloring kick lately) with an aquapainter in Soft Suede and Daffodil Delight, then mounted with dimensionals on a piece of Soft Sky that I stamped with some images from French Foliage:
I actually stamped the bird on the Soft Sky panel as well so I didn’t have to cut out his little feet!! Isn’t he sweet? The River Rock card base is also stamped with the Weathered BG stamp. Thanks for visiting today!
This is what happens when you’re stamping and not watching your DGD in the next room:
Diapers everywhere! Check out the guilty look!
Lesley has another great sketch for her Christmas card Merry Monday challenge #2:
I had gotten some beautiful Christmas papers last month but hadn’t had a chance to use them, so I pulled them out and went to work:
I used a combination of Marina Mist and Sahara Sand to ink my image; I tapped the stamp first in my MM pad, then lightly tapped the SS pad over top, to give it a toned-down look:
I also used Naturals Ivory cardstock to complement the vintage look of the designer papers. Copic-colored pearls finished off my fairly CAS design!
Some days we have a “static” problem:
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A couple of little Valentine note cards are on stage today, using the Saturday Sketch Challenge 237 from Stamping 411:
I made these to showcase the new Fashionable Hearts embosslits shown in the new Occasions Mini Catalog! Here you go:
They both feature a Regal Rose frame cut from a Labels Framelit, then embossed with the oval Designer Frame. This one has been glittered with Dazzling Diamonds glitter:
And this one has a sweet banner of Pretty in Pink satin ribbons:
Here’s a closeup of each:
With one pass of the Big Shot, you’ve got a whole slew of pretty embossed hearts—lots of fun to play with! I used Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo and Whisper White for the ones shown here! Sentiments are from Teeny Tiny Wishes and Delightful Dozen.
Here’s a photo of my niece Jessie and Cassidy over the holidays. Jessie lives in SC and this was the first time she’d met her little cousin!
Hello peeps! Another Tuesday, another ColourQ day! Check out these colors that Arielle has gathered together for us:
My mind was going in all kinds of directions thinking about this challenge, but when I saw the a la Card Monkey challenge and sketch, I went a different way. Here is the sketch:
First of all, that little critter just cracks me up! But second, I liked the sketch and third, the challenge was to use some “new” stuff. I have been playing with the new SU dies, as you can tell, so I decided to continue to play with them and add a set that I’ve had for a while but hadn’t played with yet, Hand Knit:
I used both Edgelits dies here, stamping the Going Gray panel with the Woodgrain background stamp. My little lamb is stamped in Stazon and colored with markers. I added some felt flowers die-cut from the Fun Flowers die and embellished each with a little French knot. I belong to a knitting group (even though I don’t knit—I cross stitch!) and I am sure this will come in handy as someone is always needing a get-well or encouragement card! Here’s a closer view:
The little tag is from Tiny tags—a perfect compliment to this knitting-themed card, don’t you think? I hope you’ll play along with us this week with these mod colors---you can find all the details along with the other DT samples on the ColourQ blog!!! Happy stamping!
Here’s my little cookie monster; we have learned “up” and “down”!! (BTW, if it looks like she only wears one outfit….it’s just because it’s cold at Grammie’s house and we always have to wear our sweater!!!):
