Four Seasons

Four cards, four challenges.  I hope this won't be too long for you.

Yesterday's Featured Stamper challenge on SCS was Irene aka DandI93.  I really enjoyed browsing through her gallery and chose these cards as my inspiration.

I kept the layout, used different stamps,  but with the same theme, used different sentiments, added a border around the design and used some different colors.

Keeping with the theme, here is Spring

The CAS challenge today is a color challenge; Light Aqua (Baja Breeze), Light Yellow (So Saffron), & White with an option of coloring something with a bright color.  The bird is colored with Marina Mist.  It's brighter, but not as bright as I would like.

For the Fall card, I used the colors from Color Lab, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive & Chocolate Chip.

And for the winter card, I used the Inkspirations colors; Poppy Parade, More Mustard, Cajun Craze & Very Vanilla.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  A Flower for All Seasons, Sanded, Various Sentiments
Ink:  Black StazOn, Daffodil Delight, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Poppy Parade, LU Markers
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Poppy  Parade, Whisper White, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Blender Pen, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Thands for stopping in today.
Enjoy!

Bonnie

Another Quick Post

Another quick post tonight.  I got this card put together this afternoon.  It was actually some elements sitting on my table that looked like the were meant for each other.

I used the layout from Stamping 411's Saturday Sketch Challenge...

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sanded, Silhouette Sentiments (Level 1 Hostess gift), Oval All

Ink:  Blushing Bride, Chocolate Chip

Paper:  Blushing Bride, Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  Basic Pearls

Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy!

Bonnie

A New Challenge

Last night I shared a card that was a CASE of Shelley's card.  Shelley is on the design team for a new challenge spot called "JAC-INKS". 

Isn't this a cute logo?  This is a challenge that is designed to show the versatility of Stampin' Up! products, but you are allowed to use anything from your stash.  Their first challenge is to use as many neutrals as you want with just one other color.

Neutrals

Now for my card.....

My neutrals are Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla.  My color is Certainly Celery.

The layout is from SCS Sketch Challenge 317.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Sanded Background, Pocket Silhouettes, Wow Flowers
Ink:  Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery DSP
Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Movers and Shapers Punch Windows, Scallop Edge Punch, Modern Label Punch

Notice the look when the main image piece is assembled and embossed after assembly.  It all kinda presses in together.  The sentiment was stamped before embossing.

Hope you go over and check out this challenge site.

Enjoy,
Bonnie

Nature Walk on River Rock

I have really been enjoying this Nature Walk set.  It's from the Occassions Mini catalog.  I'd been inking the stamps with markers and had even done some watercoloring.  Today I just stamped everything in Basic Gray.

The Color Challenge at SCS today was to use River Rock, Basic Gray and Whisper White.  Dessert was to use a background stamp.

I've gotta tell you, this had me stumped for a while.  I thought of several possibilities, none of which really appealed to me.  Then, when I got to my stamp room this afternoon, this kind of just came together.  I'd seen, and admired quite a few cards done in this collage style and tried it on the River Rock with the Basic Gray ink.  Now, I'm not a fan of Basic Gray.  It's way down there with Soft Suede on my like list.  But, just like Soft Suede, when I use it in a color challenge, I like it!

These challenges are really wonderful for making me do something I would never have done on my own.  I get really excited when something comes together and I like it!

This card would be suitable for a man or a woman I think.  And, I believe this will go through the regular mail.  The design area is popped up.  I hope that won't cause a problem.

Oh, and I used the Sanded background stamp inked with River Rock on the large River Rock piece.  It gives a very subtle texture.  I think if you click on the picture it will enlarge so you can see the details better.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Nature Walk, Perfect Punches, Sanded
Ink:  Basic Gray, River Rock
Paper:  Whisper White, River Rock, Basic Gray
Accessories:  Scallop Oval Punch, Basic Gray Satin Ribbon

Enjoy,
Bonnie

Forever Birthday Wishes

Hello again Stampin' Friends.

Did you see the Holiday Forever stamps this year?  I think they are wonderful stamps for any time, not just Christmas.  We bought a lot and sent a lot of Chirstmas cards.  What to do with that piece that's left on the sheet?

This week's CAS challenge over at SCS is to use Wild Wasabi, Kraft (Crumb Cake), Chocolate Chip & White.  This leftover from the stamps has all those colors but the Crumb Cake!  I cut out the pine cone a bit.  It was a way to cut the writing off and I like the way the pine cone hangs off the design.  I was able to mat it with scraps of Wild Wasabi & Chocolate Chip.

I inked the Sanded Background stamp with Crumb Cake and stamped on the Crumb Cake card base, stamped the sentiment and quickly had another card for one of the guys in my life.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Sanded, Sincere Salutations
Ink:  Chocolate Chip
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi
Accessories:  Paper Snips

By the way, I just went over to Just Add Ink to link my Emmy card.  The link has closed!  I keep forgetting that it's tomorrow over there!

Enjoy,
Bonnie

Autumn Leaf Thanks

Today has been such a busy day!  I am madly trying to get ready for the Stamp Stack on Saturday and haven't had a minute to make a card today.  So I am going to share a card that I made a while back.

Again, it is made with some retired stuff.  The stamp set, Autumn Leaf Prints, has been retired for years.  The new French Foliage, in the Holiday Mini, is so similar except that it has an awesome script stamp and a couple of different leaves.  I really wanted to buy it, but I'm trying to be thrifty and decided I would have to wait on this one.  So I keep pulling out the old set.  That's one advantage of Stampin' Up! stamps.  They last and last!

I CASEd this card from Bar on SCS.  I used a different leaf, different colors (the Dusty Durango is also retired), used the Sanded stamp on the background and a different sentiment.

I think it will make a great Thanksgiving card or just a special Autumn thank you.

Back to cutting.  I'm also listening to a Jodi Picoult book, Handle with Care.  I love that I can multi task with "reading" a book while cutting out cards.  Two of my favorite things.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Autumn Leaf Prints, Happy Harmony, Sanded
Ink:  Sahara Sand, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede
Paper:  Dusty Durango, Whisper White
Accessories:  Dusty Durango Polka Dot Ribbon

Such a quick and easy card and I think one of my favorite layouts.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoyed your visit and will return soon.
Bonnie

Color Challenge x 2

Hello again stampin' friends. Just wanted to share the cards I did for this weeks Color Challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The colors this week are Close to Cocoa, Barely Banana & Garden Green. Dessert is gem stickers & the cherry on top is to use a little bit of Soft Sky.

This first card I think I will give to the girl who is buying our house. (If everything goes through. We have our fingers crossed.) I used the little curly stamp from the Wings of Friendship stamp set. It is a level 2 hostess gift and this is the last month you can earn it. I punched a 1" circle and taped it (with painter's tape) on the card stock, inked the stamp and stamped around in a circle. I went back and cut it out and adhered it to the Banana piece I had stamped with the Sanded background stamp. The bow is from Soft Sky ribbon. (This was an In Color about 3 yrs. ago.)

The whole time I was cutting this wreath out, I was thinking about using this combination with the single tree from the Lovely As a Tree set. Sooo.......

I really like this one better.

I inked the stamp with markers, stamped and used a blender pen to "spread" the color a bit. Then I used a Banana marker to put some dandelions around the trunk of the tree. I used the single leaf to stamp a row on the inside. I inked in Garden Green and stamped off first. This card only took about 15 minutes.

Wreath Card Recipe
Stamps: Wings of Friendship, Warm Words (both to retire on June 30), Sanded

Paper: Close to Cocoa, Barely Banana, Whisper White

Ink: Garden Green, Barely Banana, Close To Cocoa

Acc.: Word Window Punch, Big Shot, Magnetic Movers & Shapers Die, Soft Sky ribbon, Flatback Pearls

Tree Card Recipe

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Paper: Naturals White, Soft Sky

Ink: Close to Cocoa

Acc.: Close to Cocoa, Garden Green & Barely Banana SU Markers, Blender Pen, Dimensionals

I think the color challenge is my favorite. Betty always finds a combination that I would never, ever think of. I enjoy the challenge and I also enjoy the results. I hope you enjoy them too. Pop on over to Splitcoast and give it a try. You will find the challenges near the bottom on the right of the home page.

Thanks for visiting. Hope you have inky fingers.

Bonnie

Holy Family

Here's another Christmas card and yes I do dream about Christmas cards! What can I say. I am obsessed!

We used this stamp set for a recent Stamp A Stack and I wanted to try this set in gold. I had the elements stamped but couldn't figure out what to do with them until I saw a challenge on Splitcoast Stampers. It was what I was looking for!

The base card is out of Very Vanilla and stamped with the Sanded Background stamp and Gold Encore paint. The Holy Family is from the Holy Triptych set. I also stamped it in the Encore Gold on Vanilla, then embossed it with the Gold Stampin' Emboss powder. It was mounted on a piece of Brushed Gold and a Square Fire Rhinestone brad was inserted in the star. I cut 2 squares 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" out of the brushed gold and overlapped them a little behind the matted piece.

What do you think?

Enjoy,

Bonnie