Everything Eleanor For Queen Diane

This week's Queen for the Day is Diane (aka pinkberry).  I loved all the butterflies in her gallery and was going to do a butterfly card until I saw this flower in my UFO box.  It looked pretty sad and lonely, so I cut it out, touched up the color, cut out some leaves from another UFO (leaves but no flowers) and CASEd this card.

I used the colors from last week's CAS challenge at SCS to use 

melon mambo, crumb cake, pear pizzazz, white

I'm a little late for that party, but SCS doesn't have deadlines.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Everything Eleanor, Simply Sketched (Hostess set)

Ink:  Melon Mambo, SU Markers (Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz)

Other:  Perfect Polka Dots EF, White Gel Pen

I've gotta say that this card makes me happy! I used some UFOs,  the sentiment is a NBUS and the flag is from snippets.  And it's perfect for a friend whose birthday is coming up!

Enjoy!

Delicate Doilies

I haven't been able to play with the MUSE challenge lately.  This is not what I intended to do when I started out.  But I'm going to take it over there anyway.

Here is the MUSE card.  It's by the very talented Deanna Jean. 

I wanted to go with similar colors so I picked Primrose Petals and Raspberry Ripple with some Gumball Green.  I wasn't crazy with the green so I went over some of the "leaves" with a Lucky Limeade marker.  I do like the effect.

I really wanted to break away a little bit more from the same overall design.  But the design is so perfect it was hard to change much.

It looks so much like other cards in the gallery so evidently they felt the same way about Deanna Jean's card.  And this sits in some very talented company.

It wasn't what I was aiming for, but I've got to say that I really like it.

I hope you'll go over to Muse this afternoon and vote on your favorites.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Delicate Doilies, Everything Eleanor, Perfectly Penned

Ink:  Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, SU Marker (Lucky Limeade)

Paper:  Whisper White, Raspberry  Ripple

Other:  Argyle EF, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, Black Mini Brad

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

Enjoy!

Dynamic Duos for Gail

 It's been a busy few days but I did manage to get some cards made.  I think it takes longer to get the photos and editing done than the cards!  Here's a couple that I did this week.

I keep seeing Soft Suede these days and I've gotta say that  I'm liking it more and more.  It's a good thing since the Dynamic Duos challenge this week is....

And the CAS challenge at SCS this week is  

Clean and Simple Featured Player Challenge 

mamaxsix 

I've been a fan of Gails for a while now and I enjoyed the excuse to CASE one of her beautiful creations.  This is the card I chose.

I stamped the Medallion a couple of times.  Here's what came of the second try.

The Technique Lover's Challenge, also at SCS, this week is

Play with Balance

use a stamp, image, diecut, etc. too big and one too small to create a perfectly scaled design!!!

I used a sentiment from the Teeny, Tiny Wishes for the too small and the Medallion for the too big.  I'm not sure of the outcome.  It may be a bit too CAS even for me.  

I stamped the Medallion in Crumb Cake first and then overstamped the flourish from Everything Eleanor in Soft Suede.  Rhinestones were colored with a marker and placed randomly to add a little more balance?  There are rhinestones on the first card too.  They don't show up well in the photo though.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Medallion (retired), Everything Eleanor, Close as a Memory (retired), Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Crumb Cake, Soft Suede

Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White (card 1), Whisper White, Soft Suede (card 2)

Other:  Basic Rhinestones, Corner Rounder Punch (card 1)

I have been overwhelmed with the outpouring of love in your comments and CASEing of my cards both here and at Splitcoaststampers since I was named as Featured Stamper.  Words just can't express how it has warmed my heart!  A big inky hug and thanks to all of you.

And thanks for stopping in today.

Enjoy!

Eleanor's Thinking of You

Here's a card that I did for a Color Challenge quite a while back and never got posted.  It's been sitting here on my desk and I've been enjoying it.  I thought it was about time that I shared it with you.

The colors were Pink Pirouette, Raspberry Ripple and Crumb Cake.


I stamped the flourish with Crumb Cake at an angle, stamped the label in Crumb Cake and fussy cut it out, stamped the flower in Raspberry Ripple, painted it with a Pink Pirouette marker and fussy cut that out too.


The label is mounted on dimensionals and the sentiment is stamped in Whisper White.


So quick and easy. 


I grabbed the wrong punch.  I meant to round the corners but used the ticket corner punch instead.  I don't know that I'd seen a card with the main corners punched like this, but I couldn't put it back.  At least there's not a big smear across the front of the card.


I'm really liking this set.


All supplies are Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Everything Eleanor, Thoughts and Prayers
Ink:  Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, SU Marker (Pink Pirouette)
Paper:  Whisper White
Other:  Basic Pearl


I'm glad you stopped by.  Your visits make me happy.


Enjoy!

Eleanor with a Flourish

I'm loving my Everything Eleanor stamp set.   And I'm still enjoying playing with the flourish from last week.  This time I paired it with one of the beautiful flowers from this set.

This week's Dynamic Duo challenge is...

"Each week we will have two colours for you to use to create a card, scrapbook page, craft or digital project.  Only the two colours, otherwise known as "The Dynamic Duo", may be used for your project.  Neutrals such as black, white, vanilla, skin colours and kraft are also welcome.  

As this is the third week of the month, we have our black tie colour choice! The challenge is to use Melon Mambo with Black and as a dessert option, use ribbon if you would like to!"

I stamped that pretty flower in Jet Black StazOn twice, once on the design piece and once on scrap. By masking the flower on the design piece I was able to stamp the flourish "behind" the flower.  Then I colored both flowers with my Melon Mambo & Basic Black markers and fussy cut the extra one out to adhere over the design flower.

I went with an understated elegant look by embossing a mat of black and adding it all to a black card.  Kind of like that little black dress with a fancy brooch.

I wish the Melon Mambo would have photographed better.  The pink is much more vibrant IRL.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Everything Eleanor

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, SU Markers (Melon Mambo, Basic Black)

Paper:  Basic Black, Whisper White

Other:  Big Shot, Square Lattice EF

There's still time to join in with this challenge. Just click on the link above.

I went to the library this morning and got some books for Luke.  We always read before naptime.  The book with a pickup truck in it made a really big hit today.  The Superhero book ran a close second.  We disagreed about whether Black Manta was a good guy or bad guy.  According to the book he's bad, but Luke wants him to be good.  Wouldn't it be nice if we could turn the bad guys into good guys that easily?

I'm reading The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott.  What are you reading?

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Enjoy!

With a Flourish

Here's another card for the Less is More challenge. This week it's

ONE LAYER CARD

time once more. 

The challenge this week is to

 USE A FLOURISH

Again, I wanted to hang something from this Everything Eleanor flourish.  I seem to be hung up (pardon the pun) on hanging stuff from this flourish. Lol, that's only one of many  hangups!

I couldn't decide on a sentiment.  I'll figure that out later.

I'm liking the way the new Basic Black inkpad works.  It's soooo much easier to get a good inking on the stamp. The only trouble is, I get too impatient and end up with smudges.  I tried heat setting but got smudges doing that.  I'm going to have to remember to leave my projects alone for a while so the ink can dry.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Everything Eleanor, Nature Walk
Ink:  Basic Black
Paper:  Whisper White
Other:  Basic Pearl


Be sure to check out all the lovely flourished cards in the Less is More gallery.

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit.  I love your visits and comments.

Enjoy!

Fabulous Purse

If you're looking for the Merry Monday post, click here.

A while back,my fabulous friend Ruthann and I went on a "field trip" to a craft store a couple hours away from us.  It was such a fun day and the store had the largest selection of rubber stamps that we'd ever seen in one place.  Ruthann discovered some delightful purse stamps.  She bought one and I bought another.  Mine sat on the shelf and never saw ink.  Until yesterday...

I was checking out the Queen for the Day challenge at SCS and looking through Taylor's fantastic gallery. When I saw this card, I remembered this stamp and an idea was born.

I decided that the colors that Lesley chose for the Paper Players challenge would be perfect.

  

Then I had the brilliant idea to do a row of embossing across the top.  It looked really good so I embossed across the bottom.  Oops! the folder moved.  It moved a lot.  There was no way to salvage it.

So I cut the design away from the embossing and mounted it on another card base.

When I saw the CAS challenge at SCS this morning, A WHITE LAYER ON A WHITE BASE, -I thought, hot dog!   That mistake worked out for the best!  How often does that happen?

Then I stamped and colored another one for the Less is More challenge.  It's

ONE LAYER CARD

time once more. 

The challenge this week is to

 USE A FLOURISH

I thought a flourish would make a good purse holder.  And I have a new set, Everything Eleanor with a fantastic flourish stamp. What do you think?

There's a little rhinestone button on each purse. I don't think the sparkle shows in the pictures.

These were fun to make.  It was fun having some time in my craft room.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Fabulous Phrases, Purse (Impression Obsession)

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo, Basic Gray

Paper:  Whisper White

Other:  Blender Pen, Basic Rhinestone, Lucky Limeade Ribbon (retired)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Everything Eleanor, Fabulous Phrases, Purse (Impression Obsession)

Ink:  Basic Gray, Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo

Paper:  Whisper White

Other:  Basic Rhinestone

I hope you had some fun today!  Thanks for spending some time with me.

Enjoy!