Some More ColorQ

I liked the ColorQ colors so much and LeAnne's inspiration card, that I did another card for this challenge.

Actually, it started with 9 postage stamp squares.  Now, mind you, they are punched.  And somehow, I didn't get them lined up straight!  I think the light must be bad in my stamp room.  A friend of mine blames her crooked cards on bad light.  Maybe she has something there!

Anyway, I pulled the squares off and ended up with only 6.  And one of them looks a bit weary.  I need to fix that.

I saw a challenge called Shopping Our Stash on my friend Lynn's blog.  The challenge is to dig into your stash and use something that you already have instead of buying something new.  What a great idea!  This week's challenge is to use stickers.  I hardly ever  use stickers and went looking.  I found these little flowers from years ago.  I'd forgotten all about them!  The paper and cardstock squares have been around a while too.  They're retired Stampin' Up!.

And here's the ColorQ colors again.

So, I'm going to try to schedule this to post tomorrow morning.  I tried that yesterday on Emily's card and it just didn't work.  I must have missed a step.  I'd blame it on the lights, but I've already tried that excuse.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  You're a Gem (retired)
Ink:  Island Indigo
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Island Indigo, Cameo Coral (retired), Soft Sky (retired), Crushed Curry DSP (retired)
Other:  Flower Sticker (?), Basic Rhinestone, Postage Stamp Punch


Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a great weekend and get to do some stamping.

Enjoy!

Stamp and Color

Whoo, what a week.  I tried 3 times yesterday to do my blog and this is the second time today, so far.  Sick children don't allow for much card making or blogging!

Did I mention how glad I am that the One Layer Wednesday challenge is back?  Although I usually like to have a little layering, I love the challenge of making a one layer card.  This week Susan challenged to COLOR IT.

Stamp an outline image and color it using any coloring medium

you want: colored pencils, watercolor pencils, watercolor crayons,

paint,Copics, Bics, Sharpies, markers of any kind,

or your kid's box of Crayola crayons.

Rules for OLW641. A one-layer card is defined as a single piece of card stock folded in half.

2. Use an image that must be colored in (an outline image), and color with the medium of your choice.

3. Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum.

4. Upload your masterpiece somewhere on the interwebs and link back to it using the InLinkz button on the sidebar of Simplicity.

5. The most important rule of all: HAVE FUN!!!!!!

I actually made these cards a while back and never posted them.  I pulled them out as a guide for the Papercrafting group that met here on Wednesday.  When I saw the challenge, I was so happy.  I can use all the help I can get this week.

Susan, this one is especially for you.  I know how much you like pears!

All the cards are 3" x 3" and have little envelopes.  We did 8 cards and envelopes.

(You can get 8 cards out of a 12" x 12" sheet of cardstock.)

And here is a little tote to hold them.

My new Simply Scored was a big help in folding the cards and scoring the folds for the tote.

All were stamped with Early Espresso ink and colored with my Stampin' Pastels and sponge daubers.

The ladies made such cute sets.  One made a Christmas set.  That gave me a great idea for teacher gifts at Christmas.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Faith in Nature, Clearly for You

Ink:  Early Espresso

Paper: Whisper White, Apricot Appeal, Chocolate Chip

Other:  Stampin' Pastels, Sponge Dauber, Eyelet Border Punch, Simply Scored, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Brads

I only had one two interuptions in this sitting.  Maybe, just maybe this will finally get posted.

Thanks for stopping by.  I wish you all a wonderful weekend.

Enjoy!

Enjoying Primary Colors

This week's Color Challenge at SCS is to use Real Red, Daffodil Delight and Night of Navy.  Dessert is to use a back to school theme.  I guess I could say flowers for the new teacher, but I think that's stretching it a bit.

The layout is from the Sketch Challenge, also on SCS, this week.

The beautiful Love and Care set was still sitting on my desk and I couldn't resist using it again.  And again, I used my favorite Square Lattice Embossing Folder.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Love and Care, You're a Gem
Ink:  Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive SU Markers
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red
Other:  Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Real Red Satin Ribbon

This morning I took Jack to check on things in Luke's room.  Imagine our surprise when we saw a little frog (or maybe a toad?) in there.  Pop wanted to play with it and I was sure it would go into hiding somewhere.  After a great deal of squealing (on my part) they finally caught it and took it outside.  Earthquake, frog, a hurricane bearing down on us.  Makes me wonder if the plagues are upon us.  Definitely a time for prayer!

Thanks for stopping by.  Stay safe.

Enjoy!

Creative Calypso

Our youngest daughter's 35th birthday is tomorrow, and while I have many cards to choose from, I wanted to make her something special.  I hope she likes it.

I used my new Creative Elements set and stamped the flower three times on Whisper White with Calypso Coral ink.  I used a blender pen to pull the color and then, since it wasn't as vivid as I wanted, I used the same color marker to add some more intense color.

Then I cut out the top third from one flower and the top two thirds from another and stacked them on the third flower with dimensionals.

I used the sketch from SC343 at SCS this week.  It was a bit fussy and time consuming to cut all those pieces and round the corners, but well worth the effort I think.

It also fits for the jac-inks #13 challenge to do a Monotone card.

I can't believe my baby is 35!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Creative Elements, You're a Gem

Ink:  Calypso Coral

Paper:  Whisper White, Calypso Coral

Other:  Blender Pen, Corner Rounder & Scallop Edge punches, White 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Pearl, Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping byto visit and for your kind comments.

Enjoy!

Growing a Card

I really struggled with the Color Challenge at SCS this week to use Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy and Crumb Cake.  The dessert option is to use something from the kitchen.

I started off to do a masculine card, but couldn't quite get things to go right.  Then I saw this card by Vicky Hayes, and had an Eureka moment.  Vicky creates the most beautiful cards and is a constant source of inspiration to me.

Enough chit chat.  This is what I did.....

I used sticky notes, which I keep in the kitchen.  Do you think that qualifies for dessert?  I did have to remove them though.  They really detracted from the design!

The stickies masked off an area that I sponged with Crumb Cake.  Then I stamped with French Script (the old version of En Francais) also in Crumb Cake, and ended up with the flowers which I inked with markers.  I removed the mask and did a little jig!  I know, it's an old trick, but a new one for me.

The layout is from Paper Players #52;  a CAS sketch challenge. 

And Stampin' B's #116 challenge this week is to use a Friendship sentiment.  This Friend sentiment is from the You're a Gem set and it's in the new catalog.

Then I stepped it up a notch with a bit of Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding.

And took it another teeny, tiny notch with a teeny, tiny butterfly.

I wasn't sure about the butterfly but decided he could stay.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Pocket Silhouettes, French Script, You're a Gem
Ink:  Crumb Cake, SU Markers (Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Whisper White
Accessories:  Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Beautiful Wings Embosslit

Thanks for coming to visit and for the lovely comments.  They inspire me!

Enjoy!

Two for One

Today's One Layer Wednesday challenge, hosted by Susan of Simplicity fame, is to do a card inspired by a picture found on Marta's Boards at Pinterest.

I am really uncomfortable with inspiration photos!  First of all, I have trouble zeroing in on which to be inspired by and second, I'm not real sure what to do with it when I find it!  Am I uptight or what?  I tend to just copy what I see and I'm not sure that's the point of the whole thing.  I did this card inspired by this picture.

When I finished with the wreath,  it seemed a little to dense (thick, not stupid) to me.  So I tried again.

It's still not as lean and simple as the inspiration, but I liked it better.  I used the Stamp-a-majig for the first card and just eyeballed the second.

I'm not pleased with the birds.  I should have left off the feet and inked them in tan.  Those tails make me think of a Carolina Wren instead of the Chickadee I was going for.

But do you see what I mean.  I pretty much did my version of the card I saw.  Not much inspiration there!

I did another that is a bit more creative and not so much of a copy.  I'll share that tomorrow.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Sweet Summer, So Happy for You  (both are Sale-a-bration sets), You're a Gem
Ink:  SU Markers (Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Basic Gray)
Paper:  Whisper White
Accessories:  Eyelet Border Punch, Blender Pen

Thanks for the visit.  Enjoy!
Bonnie