Inspired by…

Needing a card for my Great Aunt’s birthday coming up in a couple weeks (and having an afternoon of no children!) I decided to combine two challenges again – MojoMonday and Kristina’s Color Challenge.  I’ll show you my card first (for a change) and then give you the inspiration pieces.  Hope you’re enjoying your weekend!

So the details… card base is Ruby Red followed by a 5-1/4" x 4" layer of Old Olive and then a 5" x 3-3/4" layer of Brocade Blue that I ran through my Big Shot with the Stampinp’ Up! Background Texturz Plate.  I used a stampin’ sponge and some Chocolate Chip ink to highlight the dry embossed areas on the Brocade Blue background to make them pop a little more.  The DSP is a retired one (Fall Flowers, maybe?) and is 1" x 5".  I put a thin strip of Pumpkin Pie on top and layered some 1" circles on the bottom… yes, I could’ve used my trusty scallop edge punch but for some reason I felt this needed a bigger scallop.  The main image is stamped on Watercolor Paper (3-3/4" x 2-1/2") and I colored directly on the Inspired by Nature stamp with my Watercolor crayons (Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, & Old Olive), then added a little water to the stamp with my aquapainter, then stamped on the Watercolor Paper. (Do I sense a need for another video tutorial?  LOL)  Then I used Brocade Blue with the aquapainter for the background.  The Ruby Red layer of CS is 3-7/8" x 2-5/8") behind the main image.  I punched out a 1" Chocolate Chip circle, a 3/4" Old Olive circle, and one Ruby Red flower from the Flowers Three punch and layered them all together after cutting the circles in half.  The brads used are More Mustard but I thought they pulled out the Pumpkin Pie colors nicely.  The happy birthday is from Goody, Goody Gumdrops; I used my Chocolate Chip marker to ink that up and stamped it on the Watercolor paper and punched out with my small oval punch.  That is layered on a Pumpkin Pie large oval and that’s it! 

So the colors are probably obvious now:

And the layout came from a past Mojo challenge.  I didn’t follow the sketch layout to a "T" but for all intents and purposes I think it’s pretty obvious this is where the layout came from!

Two Challenges, One Card

Two posts for you all today!!  This card covers both the mojomonday challenge and the papercraftplanet challenge I put forth today.  Ultimately, I like the card a lot but it is definitely not a layout or colors I would’ve done on a ‘regular stamping day’! LOL  But that is exactly why I do challenges – to get me out of my comfort zone and really look at all the awesome products SU! has to offer me (that I can never say ‘no’ to!).

First the sketch:

Second, the color challenge:

Third, my cards:
 

I started by stamping a 5 1/4" x 4" sheet of Bashful Blue CS with Pacific Point ink and the dots stamp from the new Trendy Trees stamp set.  I mounted that onto a piece of 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Green Galore CS.  Next I took a piece of 4" x 1 3/4" piece of Pacific Point CS and used the scallop edge punch on it.  I then mounted a piece of 1" x 4" To The Nines Specialty Designer Paper to that piece and mounted on the Bashful Blue layer.  The next layer is Green Galore again – at 3-1/8" x 3-5/8".  On top of this, more To The Nines DSP (2-1/2" x 3") and a piece of Whisper White CS (1" x 3").  I wrapped a piece of Pacific Point striped grosgrain ribbon around the Whisper White piece and added 3 of my new favorite "go to" accessories (5/16" brads).   The next layer up is Pacific Point (2-1/8" x 2-1/8") followed by Whisper White (2" x 2").  On this 2" square of Whisper White I used my blender pen with Gable Green ink to give the look of grass.  Then I used my aquapainter with Bashful Blue ink and Pacific Point ink on the top to make the sky.  I stamped the trees (again from Trendy Trees) in Chocolate Chip, Green Galore, and Gable Green ink and cut them out and mounted them with dimensionals.  I couldn’t decide if I should stop there or not.

So… then i took my Wow Flowers stamp set and inked up the "thank you" with my Chocolate Chip and Green Galore markers, stamped it on Whisper White CS, and punched it out with a 1-1/4" circle punch.  I layered that onto a 1-3/8" Green Galore circle.  I then punched a 1/8" circle of Pacific Point CS and glued it with my 2 way glue pen into the center of the flower and topped it off with a dab of crystal effects.  And finally added this piece to the finished card with a dimensional.

Hope you like it!  Let me know what you think – with or without the sentiment?  LOL

Mixing Old & New

I’m back!  After battling a cold, a busy weekend with the family, school vacation this week and pulling a muscle in my back yesterday, I finally have a minute to post something for you all.    And I thought since it had been a while since my last post I’d show you my favorite creation in the last week (not that there was a ton of creating in the past week unfortunately!).

So here’s one of the two layouts the girls did in my Scrapbook Class last night.  The title of this post is Mixing Old & New – let me explain. 

The Old: Sale-A-Bration rub-ons from last year.
The New: To The Nines Textured Designer paper
                  Flower Brads
                  5/16" brads
                  The Big Shot & Birds & Blooms Sizzlits

I hope you like it!

Page One

Page Two

And for the close-ups:

 
(The white in the middle of the flower brad was added with a white gel pen.)

Sale-A-Brate Punches!

Did you notice that the Sale-A-Bration rewards this time around simply FEED MY ADDICITIONS?!?!?!?!  LOL 

Coordinating
- designer paper,
- ribbons, and
- punches, oh my!

Here’s a sample using all Sale-A-Bration rewards along with the Absolutely Fabulous stamp set.  My addictions aren’t all that bad, are they?  LOL

A Pink Striped Hippo…

So, another place I often look to for inspiration is a website called Mojo Mondays.  This site doesn’t do Color Challenges but rather sketch/layout ones.  It’s a great place to go for inspiration and the Mojo Team gives fabulous samples.  I especially thought Maria’s was super cute so I ran with hers!  

So, that’s where I went today when I needed a second make and take card for my workshop tonight (gotta love the last minute thing, huh?!? not!).  But as usual the Mojo site came in very handy and here’s my creation for Mary and friends tonight – hope they like it!

Supplies
Stamp Sets:
Pun Fun
Wow Flowers
Paper:
Real Red
Candy Lane DSP
Whisper White
Close to Cocoa
Inks:
Black Stazon
Close to Cocoa
Real Red marker
Accessories:
5/16" Neutrals brad
1" circle punch
1-1/4" circle punch
paper snips
2 way glue pen
dazzling diamonds gliter
dimensionals