It's a THROW DOWN!!

But just a colour one - aren't those the best?

I was checking my email this morning and came across the Colour Throwdown challenge. I was inspired by one of the cards created by the design team, so I whipped out my water pen and went a little nuts!

Check it out:

I was having so much fun that I went a little nuts and created SIX! Here are the details:

• Thick Whisper White Cardstock, 5 ½" x 8 ½" scored at 4 ¼"
• Peekaboo Peach (a new In Colour!) cut to 4 ⅜" x 3 ⅜"
• Watercolour Paper cut to 4 ½" x 3 ¼"
• Blushing Bride, Peekaboo Peach and So Saffron Ink/Re-inkers
• Hello You Thinnest (hello sentiment, cut from Whisper White Cardstock)
• Blushing Bride Bakers Twine
• Wink of Stella (which may or may not have exploded on one of the cards - OOPS!)

If you'd like to receive one of these cards in the mail (Canada ONLY), head on over to my Facebook Page and follow the directions! :)

What do you think?

STAMPS: None

INK: Blushing Bride, Peekaboo Peach, So Saffron

PAPERS: Whisper White (Thick and Regular) and Peekaboo Peach Cardstock; Watercolour Paper

ACCESSORIES: Big Shot, Die Cut, Watercolour Pen

Happy Stampin'!

Have you met Pootles?

Pootles (aka Sam Hammond) is an incredible fellow Stampin' UP! demonstrator from the UK. She makes the most incredible boxes - you should check her out!

She recently started a colour combo challenge on her blog and I decided to try it out. I didn't go the regular card route though...check it out:

I found these frames at the "M" store and I knew I wanted them...I just didn't know WHAT I was going to do with them - LOL!

When I decided to participate in Pootles' challenge, this little idea popped into my head and I thought it was just PERFECT!

The background piece is Whisper White and I cut out the pieces using the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits in Pool Party and So Saffron. The little boat was stamped on Smoky Slate, So Saffron and Pool Party, but I stamped off all the images first so I could get a more muted look.

Here's a close up of the little boat. I used some Dazzling Details (retired, sorry!) to add a little punch to the image.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Swirly Bird
INK: Smokey Slate, So Saffron, Pool Party
PAPERS: Whisper White, Pool Party and So Saffron Cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Big Shot, Dies, Dazzling Details (retired, sorry!) and Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Print Recipe

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies

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Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

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So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

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Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

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Dazzling Details

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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Aviary Colour Challenge

Earlier this week, there was a colour challenge over at SplitCoast Stampers.

Since I had a "bright" thing going on, I figured I'd keep it up and the colour challenge was perfect - Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise and Poppy Parade:

I punched out several circles in Poppy Parade and Sunny Garden Designer Series Papers and then stamped two of the birds from Aviary in Tempting Turquoise and Poppy Parade on Whisper White Cardstock. I punched the image out and matted it on a piece of Poppy Parade Cardstock and again on a piece of Tempting Turquoise punched out using my scallop circle punch. My image was adhered to the front of the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

The sentiment, from a set that will be released in the OCCASIONS MINI on January 5th, is stamped in Poppy Parade on Whisper White Cardstock and punched out using my large oval punch. It was matted on a piece of Poppy Parade Cardstock punched out using my scalloped oval punch.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Aviary, You're a Gem

INK: Poppy Parade, Tempting Turquoise

PAPERS: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise and Poppy Parade Cardstock

ACCESSORIES: Punches, Stampin' Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones

Happy Stampin'!

Wasabi Mist Season of Friendship

Earlier this week, my MOJO seemed to have taken a leave of absence and this was the result - YIKES!

Definitely NOT up to my regular standards, but if you're a demonstrator this fits right in the demonstrable category. I do like the cards though.

I stamped the tree in Early Espresso and then stamped the leaves and flowers using Wild Wasabi, Garden Green and Marina Mist. The sentiment was stamped in Marina Mist on Whisper White and I outlined the sentiment using my Garden Green marker. It was matted on Garden Green Cardstock and adhered to the front of the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Season of Friendship

INKS: Early Espresso, Garden Green, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi

PAPERS: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green

ACCESSORIES: Markers

Happy Stampin'!

WIld Cherry Mist Charming

This is my THIRD post for today - I know, you're shocked! Scroll down to see what else I've been up to and don't forget to submit your comment for the BLOG CANDY above!

So...I decided over the weekend that I would do my best to attempt a challenge each day. Of course, now that I said that, it'll probably all go to hell in a handbasket, but let's go with the every day challenge for now. Humour me...

Today over at SplitCoast Stampers is the colour challenge and the colour choices today were Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist and Cherry Cobbler.

Here's my card:

I started off with a 2" X 3" piece of Whisper White, but ended up trimming it down to make it a better "fit" for the small background stamp from the "Charming" stamp set, which I stamped in Marina Mist after stamping off for a lighter colour. On the same panel, I stamped the flower from Charming in Cherry Cobbler, which just happens to be my new FAVOURITE red!

I figured I'd do some distressing and scraped my scissors (the distressing kit pictured below is on it's way!) along the edge of the panel and then used my sponge to smudge some Marina Mist around the edges.

I matted the stamped panel on a 2 1/4" X 3 1/4" piece of Marina Mist and then onto a 2 1/2" X 3 1/2" piece of Cherry Cobbler, making it ATC size. My finishing touch was the three half-back pearls.

I don't have any DSP yet (except for the Newsprint), so I had to wing it today! I used Wild Wasabi, Cherry Cobbler and Marina Mist Inks with various stamps from the Charming set to make my own DSP.

I added some flowers and the "Create" sentiment to finish it all off!

What do you think?

STAMPS: Charming

INKS: Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi

PAPERS: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi

ACCESSORIES: Punches, Flowers, Pearls

Happy Stampin'!

It's a MOJO Monday Colour Throwdown!

This is my second post for today, please scroll down to see what else I've been up to!

I can't even REMEMBER the last time I played with a MOJO Monday sketch. There just never seems to be enough hours in the day. And, since today is the last day for Colour Throwdown # 100, I knew I'd need a sketch to get my submission in on time. MOJO Monday to the rescue!

The colour throwdown seemed a little daunting at first...I mean, I could manage Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery and Regal Rose, that wasn't a problem. But then they threw in Real Red? It has a TOTALLY different colour value! What to do, what to do? I decided the MOJO Monday sketch would be perfect because of the little squares. That meant I could include the Real Red and not have it overwhelm the card by using it in one of the tiny squares. So, that's what I did!

I stamped all my little flowers using the Level 2 Hostess set Apple Blossoms onto Whisper White paper and then used a 3/4" square punch to punch them out. I layered them on matching cardstock and hand cut the small border.

Then I stamped my 3 1/2" X 5" piece of Baja Breeze using En Français and Baja Breeze Ink. This is SUCH a versatile background stamp! If it's not part of your collection, it should be! If you'd like to order one be sure to contact me!

I adhered all the layers together and then cut two short lengths of Whisper White Satin Ribbon and tucked them under the four little squares which I mounted to the front of the card on Stampin' Dimensionals.

I used my Circle Scissor to cut the half circles where I stamped my sentiment.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Apple Blossoms (Level 2 Hostess Set)

INKS: Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Real Red, Regal Rose

PAPERS: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Real Red and Regal Rose Cardstock

ACCESSORIES: Punches, Ribbon, Circle Scissor

Happy Stampin'!

Challenge Tuesday

This week's challenge is a colour challenge!!!

Each time I drive to my Caroline's studio to work, I go along the highway and then the Lakeshore and finally north on Woodbine. Near the corner of Lakeshore and Woodbine, there are several townhouses. The outsides are painted in various colours, but my favourite combination is the Not Quite Navy, Bravo Burgundy and Barely Banana.

Last week, I told Caroline it would be a great colour combo and that we should incorporate into a card. She said I should try it first...smarty pants - LOL!

So...here is my card:
I used my markers to colour directly onto the rubber in order to get both Chocolate Chip and Handsome Hunter on the tree branch stamp. The bird was stamped using Not Quite Navy ink and the sentiment was stamped in Chocolate Chip. I added some Bravo Burgundy flowers to the tree branch and some Barely Banana ones too...but you can't really see those.

I used the Sprinkles stamp set and Not Quite Navy ink to stamp on the Not Quite Navy cardstock.

The card is 3 3/4 X 5 1/2" - a bit of an odd size, but a whole lot of fun!

What do you think?

STAMPS: Cheep Talk and Sprinkles
INK: Chocolate Chip, Handsome Hunter, Not Quite Navy, Bravo Burgundy, Barely Banana
PAPERS: Whisper White, Barely Banana, Bravo Burgundy, Not Quite Navy
ACCESSORIES: Scallop Border Punch, Markers, Ribbon

Happy Stampin'!

Colour Challenge

OK, so I made this for a colour challenge...but now I don't remember where I saw it. Don't you hate when that happens???

I do remember the colours were Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Going Grey (or maybe Basic Grey) and Old Olive.

I decided to use the All Holidays set I got with my Starter Kit and the Sweet Stems set that I mooched off my upline (and really should return to her).
I stamped the stems in Old Olive on Whisper White and then punched the image out using the Scallop Circle Punch. I then punched a piece of Old Olive using the Scallop Circle Punch and offset it behind the Whisper White piece. The DSP I used is from Cottage Wall (LOVE!) and the ribbon is Old Olive. My tiny nod to the grey is the {thank you} stamp at the bottom right.
I finished the inside of the card with the same Cottage Wall DSP as well as some Whisper White and a little piece of Old Olive ribbon.

What do you think?

STAMPS: All Holidays, Sweet Stems
PAPERS: Whisper White and Bashful Blue Cardstock; Cottage Wall DSP
INKS: Old Olive, Basic Grey
ACCESSORIES: Old Olive Ribbon, Punches

Happy Stampin'!

CC191 - Pretty Red Kisses

Oops! I'm a day late with this, because by the time I got it done last night, there was no natural light to be had. And as every good stamper knows, natural light does a card good - LOL! So...I had to wait till today to get a good pic to put up on my blog and over at SCS.

I had no idea what I wanted to do for the colour challenge yesterday, especially since I only had one of the cardstock colours listed. I have ink in Ruby Red and Old Olive, but no CS...and I don't have pretty in pink ANYTHING, so it was a bit of a tough call on what I was going to go with.

We had the option of using Riding Hood Red or Ruby Red, so I went with both. I used Riding Hood Red for my mats and Ruby Red to colour in the flower. I used Old Olive to colour alongside the stem and cheated a little on the colours so I could colour it the water in my vase. Of course, thinking about it now, water really has NO colour, so it's kinda weird that we're always wanting to colour it blue...but I digress...I used Soft Sky (BTW, I am on the hunt for a Soft Sky re-inker as my pad is just about dry and when I ordered through my demo, SU was sold out...) and Blue Bayou to colour the water in the vase.

I first stamped the image in black Versafine (4 times...A-type personality, what can I say? It had to be straight!) and then coloured the flower in Ruby Red using my aqua painter and dabbing it right on the ink pad. There is some SLIGHT shadowing on the flower where I used a second "coat" of colour, but you can't really see it in the pic. I then coloured alongside the stem in Old Olive and coloured the water using Soft Sky adding a shadow with Blue Bayou.

My Whisper White piece of cardstock was a scrap from another project, so the size was already determined for me - good thing I liked it - LOL! It was 2" X 4 1/2" inches so I matted it on a 2 1/4" X 4 3/4" piece of Riding Hood Red, after attaching a piece of ribbon which isn't quite Old Olive, but close enough.

I stamped the sentiment in Ruby Red on Whisper White and cut it out using my Coluzzle oval. I matted it in Riding Hood Red, again using my Coluzzle to cut the oval and attached it to the card using dimensionals.

This is one of only a handful of cards where I haven't used an SU image!

I showed it to DH who wasn't in love with all the white space, but I think that's its best feature!

What do you think???

Supplies used:

• Stamps: Flower image (Bella Stamps) and Sentiment (Hero Arts)
• Ink: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Ruby Red, Old Olive
• Cardstock: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red
• Accessories: Ribbon, Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Basic Pirouette - CC 188

While waiting for Emily to upload the Colour Challenge for today, I decided to check out some older colour challenges to keep myself busy (read: from stalking the board).

I came up with this one from a few weeks ago:

About a year ago, I was reading one of my many stamping/scrapbooking magazines and came across an article showcasing black and white cards. The article went on to explain that with a black and white card base, you can create a card for just about any occasion. They were right too! Last year for Scott's parents 50th wedding anniversary, I took a black and white card and added a gold die-cut "50" to the front and before you know it, I had a perfectly elegant 50th anniversary card.

The card base I chose today had a darling little buckle on it from Maya Road. I had to pry that up to be able to add the piece of Pink Pirouette (3 1/2" X 4 3/4") underneath it.

I then stamped "Miss you" in black Versafine on Whisper White. After punching it out with the small tag punch, I sponged the edges with Pink Pirouette and adhered it to the card front. Then I tied a ridiculously small ribbon into a bow and added it and some stickles for the final touch.

Be sure to let me know what you think!

Supplies used:

• Stamps: Taggers Dozen
• Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette
• Ink: Pink Pirouette, Versafine Black
• Accessories: Ribbon, buckle (Maya Road)

Happy Stampin'!