Birdies

Hi everyone!! Today's card is for this weeks Mojo sketch, Dawn's color challenge to use soft yellow, light aqua, chocolate and ivory and for Tosha's "Get in Shape" challenge on Splitcoast for the Verve release. I don't make tall cards very often, I don't really think of it, I guess I am stuck in an A2 rut so this challenge was perfect!! I thought my Black Tie Birdies would be fun for the challenges!! I stamped them and the balloons with Ranger Walnut Stain ink and cut out then popped up with pop dots.

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Supplies:

Stamps: Verve Black Tie Birdie

Paper: Papertrey Ivory, Dark Chocolate, Aqua Mist & Lemon Tart

Ink: Ranger Walnut Stain

Tools/Accessories: EK Success Embossed Scallop punch, Dark Chocolate Satin Ribbon, Circle & Scallop Circle Nestabilites, pop dots

Clean and Simple Color

Hi everyone!! Today's card is for the Fall to Layout skech 69 on the Clean and Simple Stamping blog and for Dawn's Raspberry Suite color challenge to use Raspberry, Moss, Light Aqua, Lavender and Chocolate. I was stumped for this color challenge until I saw the sketch challenge. The colors are beautiful together and I tried a couple of things that just didn't come together. I decided to use my oldie but goodie Beautiful Blooms set with the sentiment from my Green Thumb set.

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Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Beautiful Blooms & Green Thumb

Paper: Papertrey White

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Spring Moss, Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist & Lavender Moon

Blessed to call you Friend

Hi everyone, happy Saturday!! Today's card is for Mercy's sketch challenge and for Dawn's color challenge to use green, raspberry, brown, cream and kraft. Thanks girls, I loved both of these challenges!! I had to think on them for a bit, and even at my desk my mind was racing!! I absolutely love my Because of You set from Verve and thought these challenges would be perfect for this set!! And I'm fairly pleased with how the card turned out!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Verve Because of You

Paper: Papertrey Vintage Cream & Kraft, Gina K Chocolate Kisses

Ink: Ranger Walnut Stain, Papertrey Raspberry Fizz & New Leaf

Tools/Accessories: Oval & Scallop Oval Nestabilites, Fiskars Apron Lace Punch, Kaiser Chocolate Pearls

Feel Better

The idea was better in my head!!! LOL!! My card is for the weekend sketch challenge on Beate's blog and I wanted to make another card using Dawn's color combo. As I said before this is such a beautiful fall combo!!! Before we know it the cold weather will be here to stay for a long time, I have already heard of people getting sick so I thought it would be good idea to make a card to have on hand to brighten someones day that isn't feeling so well.

I hope all of my friends in the states have a great holiday weekend and safe travels!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey With Sympathy and Mega Mixed Messages

Paper: Papertrey Kraft, Vintage Cream, Summer Sunrise & Dark Chocolate

Ink: Papertrey Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate & Summer Sunrise

Tools/Accessories: Circle & Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Taylors Multi Colored Tiny Twinkles

The Earth Laughs in Flowers

What a fun sentiment isn't it?! I really like Donna's sketch on Stamp TV and wanted to make another card using it combining it with Dawn's color challenge to use melon, medium pink, moss and cream. I pulled out an old Papertrey Set, Green Thumb. These flowers are what sold me on the set, I think they are so fun!! This card came together so quick and I am happy with the results and love this color combo!!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Green Thumb

Paper: Papertrey Vintage Cream, Hibiscus Burst and Melon Berry

Ink: Papertrey Hibiscus Burst, Melon Berry and Spring Moss

Tools/Accessories: Quik Kutz Diamonds & Dots Embossing Folder, Martha Stewart Fine Glitter

To the world...

And my second post for today!! This card is for Dawn's color challenge to use Scarlet, Cream, Purple and Raspberry. I decided to pull out a set I haven't used in a long time, Out on a Limb. I have the original and haven't gotten the revised set with the larger sentiments. I know it is hard to read, the sentiment says: "To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may mean the world". Love this sentiment! The branch was stamped in Scarlet and the berries were stamped in Plum Pudding and Raspberry Fizz, thought it was kind of fun. Of course I had to use Polka Dot Basics again!! Some day I will get the second set that was just released but for now I am happy with this one!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Out on a Limb, Polka Dot Basics

Paper: Papertrey Scarlet Jewel, Plum Pudding, Raspberry Fizz and Vintage Cream

Ink: Papertrey Scarlet Jewel, Plum Pudding & Rapsberry Fizz

Tools/Accessories: Distressor, Scarlet Jewel Buttons, Rustic Cream Button Twine, Clear Embossing Powder

Berry Best Birthday

My second card for Dawn's color challenge!! This is the second idea I had which worked perfectly for Lori's weekend sketch challenge!! I went a different route than I normally do with this card. I didn't want to be sloppy but I didn't want perfection either. Even when sponging around the oval I wasn't careful, it was a lot of fun!!

I haven't used my Green Thumb set in a long time and thought Dawn's colors would be so fun with the strawberries!! They were stamped in Raspberry Fizz ink and rolled on the side with Bravo Burgundy ink. I distressed the oval, rectangle layer and around the Bravo layers, I thought it was kind of fun!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Green Thumb & Year Round Puns

Paper: Papertrey Vintage Cream & Spring Moss, Stampin Up! Bravo Burgundy

Ink: Papertrey Spring Moss & Raspberry Fizz, Stampin Up! Bravo Burgundy

Tools/Accessories: Tim Holtz Distressor, Scor-Bug, Vintage Cream Twill, Oval & Scallop Oval Nestabilites

Just Because

Dawn sure likes to pick the tricky colors!! LOL!!! But I immediately thought of my loooooooong retired much loved Roses in Winter set. It hasn't seen ink in quite a while so it was time!! I patiently waited for Taylor to post today's sketch challenge so I could get to work. Welcome back Taylor, I've been missing the challenges!!!! Dawn chose bright pink, dark red, celery/moss and cream. I first stamped the largest part of the flower in Raspberry Fizz, the middle was stamped with Bravo Burgundy stamped off once and the small/middle part of the rose was stamped in Bravo Burgundy. I kind of made a one sheet wonder on a small scale. The leaves were stamped in Spring Moss. This color combo is really pretty don't you think?! The sentiment is from my Papertrey Mega Mixed Messages set, stamped in Bravo Burgundy and punched out with SU! circle punch.

I have another idea for the color challenge so I may be back later today!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: SU! Winter in Roses, Papertrey Mega Mixed Messages

Paper: Papertrey Vintage Cream, Raspberry Fizz & Spring Moss, SU! Bravo Burgundy

Ink: Papertrey Raspberry Fizz & Spring Moss, SU! Bravo Burgundy

Tools/Accessories: Square & Scalloped Square Nestabilities, SU! Round Punches, Raspberry Fizz Satin Ribbon

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge 11

Dawn said we could do it!!! And I had my doubts at first! I have been thinking for the last couple of days and then I found the Weekend Sketch challenge on Charmaine's blog and knew Dawn was right!!! The colors that she challenged us to this week are Light Gray, Black, Grass Green, Bright Red and Bright Pink.

Fast simple card which also fits in with Lynn's challenge on Stamp TV to use punches, how is that for luck!! I used my SU! circle punch and Martha Stewart Butterfly punch. The butterflies were punched twice and I raised the wings a little on the second layer. I was rummaging through my individual stamps and ran across this Oh What Fun stamp from Amuse and thought it would be a neat and different sentiment!! The green layer was too plain so as long as my Scor Bug was still sitting out from my last card I went with it!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Amuse Oh What Fun

Paper: Sahara Sand, Papertrey New Leaf, Pure Poppy, True Black and Raspberry Fizz

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Tools/Accessories: Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, SU! Circle Punch, Scor Bug, Papertrey True Black Satin Ribbon

Thinking of You

Dawn has a GORGEOUS color challenge this week!! I knew I couldn't pass this one up!!! The colors for this challenge are melon, berry, dark chocolate and cream, yum!!! I thought my Scattered Showers set would be perfect for this challenge along with the second Verve release sketch challenge! I used my Retro Background Basics on the background squares, I thought this stamp went nice with the umbrella!

It is still so hot here today, but we are supposed to get rain tonight so hopefully that will cool things off a bit. Last week it was in the 60's, this week in the 90's, ugh!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Scattered Showers & Background Basics Retro

Paper: Papertrey Vintage Creme, Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet & Melon Berry

Ink: Papertrey Berry Sorbet & Dark Chocolate

Tools/Accessories: SU! Large & Small Oval, Nestabilites Labels Three, Berry Sorbet Satin Ribbon

Sumtoy

Today's featured stamper on Splitcoast is Sumtoy and this is the card I chose to case, congratulations Sumtoy!! My card is also for Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge, the challenge is to use Grass Green, Black and Cream. What a beautiful color combination!!! I decided to use my Beautiful Blooms set from Papertrey, I haven't inked that set up in a long time!!! For some reason I had a devil of a time lining up the flower center and outside so this card took me much longer than it should have, along with problems with scoring with my Scor Bug. I wanted to try something different and after 2 attempts of it not working, I gave up for today, I will try it another time!! For the featured stamper challenge I changed the image from a heart to a flower, changed the main color from red to green, I used ribbon instead of paper layers and I used my Scor Bug.

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Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Beautiful Blooms

Paper: Papertey Vintage Cream & True Black

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black & Papertrey New Leaf

Tools/Supplies: Scor Bug, New Leaf Grosgrain Ribbon, Circle & Scallop Circle Nestabilites, Papertrey Black Button, Poinsettia Robbins Nest Dew Drop

Sparkle

Dawn has a great color challenge on her blog!!! For this challenge the colors are chocolate, creme, kraft and bright pink, how fun!!!! When I first saw Papertrey's With Sympathy set I knew I would want to use the images for more than sympathy cards, they can really be used for anything!!! Today's card doesn't have a specific purpose yet but I love the colors and thinking about what to do!!!! I knew I wanted to use this image and almost used flower soft instead of glitter but in the end I thought the glitter would be more fun!!! I stamped the stems in Dark Chocolate ink and the top portion in Versamark, ran the layer through my Cuttlebug using my circle Nestabilities to emboss, ran through again to cut out using my Nestabilites Labels Three, I then applied my Scrappy Glue and dumped Doodlebug Bon Bon Sugar Coating Glitter on (messy but fun!!). The stems were then stamped in Versamark along the bottom of the Vintage Cream cardstock though it is hard to see in the picture. I punched out the butterflies using my Martha Stewart punch with Raspberry Fizz cardstock and added Taylor's Tiny Twinkles in the middle. On the Dark Chocolate layer I used my Fiskars Rope punch, thought it was kind of fun!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey With Sympathy

Paper: Papertrey Vintage Creme, Raspberry Fizz and Dark Chocolate, SU! Kraft

Ink: Papertrey Dark Chocolate, Versamark

Tools/Accessories: Taylors Tiny Twinkles, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Fiskars Rope Punch, Doodlebug Bon Bon Sugar Coating Glitter, Circle & Lables Three Nestbilites

Green Raspberry Birthday

Whew, I did it!!! It took me quite a while to decide which image I was going to use for Taylor's cupcake challenge. I was going to do flowers but decided to use a sentiment instead when I decided to combine Dawn's color challenge with Taylor's sketch. This was truly a challenge for me but I was determined!!!! Dawn's colors this week are Raspberry, Artichoke and celery/moss and we could add white if we wanted. Because of the sentiment I chose, I went with Shimmery White paper!!! I am not sure who makes this stamp, it isn't labeled on the block, but I did get it from Archivers a few years ago, I just love it, my favorite birthday sentiment!!! Usually I will put it on the inside of the card but decided to switch it up this time, lol!!! My final touch was this great flower my good buddy Janice made, it matches almost perfectly!!!!! Thanks again bud!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and just a reminder to stop by this post and sign up for my blog candy that ends Tuesday evening!!!

Supplies:

Stamp: Unknown

Paper: SU! Shimmery White, Papertrey Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado & Raspberry Fizz

Ink: Papertrey Ripe Avocado

Tools/Accessories: Crocheted Flower, Raspberry Fizz Satin Ribbon, Curved Rectangle Nestabilities, SU! Slot Punch, Scor Bug & Poinsetta Dew Drop

Pinky Birthday

It sure feels good to have my mind thinking in the creative mode again!!! Though I think I am a little rusty, lol, sure didn't take long did it?!

There were several challenges I wanted to participate in and I was successful!!! And for the first time ever, I made a 4 challenge card!!!! The sketch is from Cami this week, the colors are from Dawn's color challenge, today's inspiration challenge on Splitcoast, here is the inspiration piece I chose and finally this weeks PTI supply challenge to use buttons!! All of these challenges were so much fun and I am so glad it all came together so well!!!!

I need to scoot, unpack more boxes and find the "perfect" place for things!!

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Card Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Everyday Classics

Paper: Papertrey White, Hibiscus Burst & Raspberry Fizz, SU Basic Gray

Ink: Papertrey Hibiscus Burst & Raspberry Fizz, SU Basic Gray

Tools/Accessories: Nestability Circle and Scallop Circles, Happy Birthday Embossing Folder, Papertrey Hibiscus Burst Button & Hibiscus Burst Bitty Dot Satin Ribbon, Dimentionals

Raspberry Suite Challenge #3

Ack!!! Almost an entire week since I have made a card and updated!!! Life is crazy crazy crazy for us right now and is only going to get crazier, but more on that another time!! I need to make this short and sweet, hubs and I are going to see Nickelback tonight!!! It was my Christmas present!!! I LOVE them and cannot wait to hear them play!!!

I have been eyeing Cheer Anya for quite some time and finally got her!!! Isn't she CUTE!!!!!!! Love her and I think she will be able to be used for many occasions!!! I colored her for Dawn's Raspberry Suite color challenge to use Kraft, Vanilla, Red, Melon and Soft Pink. The base card is Kraft with a layer of Real Red, Melon Berry and Sweet Blush. I wrapped Melon Berry ribbon around those layers and ran twine through the buttons attaching them to the ribbon with glue dots. I added buttons with twine on the bottom corners also. I cut a Real Red layer with my pinking circle Nestabilites, cut a layer of Melon Berry and Sweet Blush using my circle Nestabilites. Anya was colored with Copic markers, cut out and attached to the Sweet Blush layer.

I have a few challenges I plan on participating in this week if all goes well!!!

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Happy Birthday

I have a triple challenge card to share today!! Dawn's color challenge is so beautiful, though I had no idea what I was going to do!! Initially I was thinking flowers but didn't have a specific image in mind. Yesterday's High Hopes challenge was to use creative boarders in any way we can think of. I was browsing the SCS site last night and found the CAS (clean and simple) challenge and it is a sketch which I really like so the wheels kicked into high gear and started thinking!! LOL!! This morning I was going through my High Hopes stamps, specifically looking for smaller stamps and I found this cute Franklin Froggy, perfect for all 3 challenges!!! I colored the image with my Copic markers, Franklin was colored with YG11 (Mignonette), his hat was colored with BG09 (Blue Green) and E29 (Burnt Umber). I was so pleased with how well the Blue Green matched the Taken With Teal cardstock and the Burnt Umber matched with Papertrey's Dark Chocolate!!!! I cut the image out using my Labels 3 Nestabilites, the Dark Chocolate layer using a size up. I distressed the edges on both layers and also both of the horizontal layers. I wrapped Dark Chocolate Twill around the horizontal layer and tied in a knot. I stamped Happy Birthday from my SU! Warmest Regards set. Very simple and quick!!!

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Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #1

I was introduced to Dawn during Papertrey's anniversary celebration and she has become one of my favorite stampers!!! Her work is absolutely beautiful and her color combinations are to die for!!! They are combos that I would never think of on my own, most of them are way out of my comfort zone!!! Last night I was blog hopping and stopped by her blog, I was so excited when she issued a color challenge!!!! Thanks so much Dawn!!!! I LOVE these colors!!! So bright and cheery!!! She did not list specific colors, it is our choice, so I chose (all Papertrey colors) Dark Chocolate, Lemon Tart, White, Summer Sunrise and Hibiscus. I wanted to use my anniversary set and I chose the smaller flower to make a background on the smaller white panel. I stamped the flower in Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise and Hibiscus and attached to a layer of Dark Chocolate cardstock. I wrapped Lemon Tart Satin ribbon around the 2 layers, then wrapping a piece of Dark Chocolate Twill ribbon over and tied in a knot. The large flower was stamped with Lemon Tart in and cut out using my Labels 2 and attached to a layer of Dark Chocolate cut out using the next size up. I stamped the sentiment using Dark Chocolate ink. My final touch was to add a small Hibiscus button with embossing floss through the holes.

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