SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge

This card was made on Tuesday for the SplitCoastStampers Color challenge. The colors are Certainly Celery, Pacific Point and Crumb Cake. I do not have any Crumb Cake, so I used a Kraft card base.


The leaf stamp is from an Inkadinkado set. I colored it with a Certainly Celery marker. The sentiment is from Gina K. The butterflies and matting are Pacific Point. I punched the butterflies with a Martha Stewart punch.


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SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge - a Smile

I made this card for SplitCoastStampers' Color Challenge #326 - Melon Mambo, Regal Rose and Pink Pirouette. I used Melon Mambo and Pink Pirouette cardstock, a Melon Mambo marker, and I substituted Rose Romance ink.

The background is stamped with a Tattered Angels stamp from Flowering Vine stamp set. The sentiment is a dollar stamp from Studio G that I picked up at Michael's on Tuesday - I loved it! The butterflies are done with a Martha Stewart punch. I used a Melon Mambo marker on the edges and I added gems for the dot on the "i" in smile and the butterfly bodies. Super simple, but it works:)


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SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge - Two Cards

The colors for the Color Challenge this week on SplitCoastStampers are Pink Pirouette, Real Red and Pear Pizzazz.  I don't have Pear Pizzazz so I used Certainly Celery on this first card and Kiwi Kiss on the second card.

The flower on both cards is from Technique Tuesday's Spiro Garden. For this one, I stamped with Real Red on Pink Pirouette and cut it out. The leaves are punched with an EK Success punch from Certainly Celery. The background is embossed with a QuicKutz embossing folder and matted with Pink Pirouette. Before I embossed, I brayered Pink Pirouette on the folder. You can see it in real life, but it's very hard to see in the picture. It's matted with Pink Pirouette. The sentiment (from PTI's Birthday Basics) is stamped with Certainly Celery and matted on Celery, too. The button is from SU! and I also used grosgrain ribbon.
 

I had done this card first, but I wasn't real pleased with it - that's why I did the second card:)  However, I'm going to share it with you anyway!  I stamped the flower and leaves (from Technique Tuesday's Spiro Garden set) with Pink Pirouette and Kiwi Kiss and cut them out. I glued the leaves on and mounted on Dimensionals. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions and is stamped with Real Red. I matted with Kiwi Kiss and added some dashed lines with a Pretty in Pink marker. (I know - you can barely see them in the picture.) EDITED TO ADD:  Sorry - I forgot to say that I used the Clean&Simple blog's Fall-To Layout #111 from last week!

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SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge - Thank You

I made this card for SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge #276 - Almost Amethyst, Soft Suede and Apricot Appeal. Fun combo!

A very simple card - I just punched three squares of each color using an EK Success 3/4 inch punch. (Thanks, Vicki!) The letters are stamped with Versafine Onyx Black with an All Night Media alphabet set. The flower is punched with a dollar punch from Michael's. The flower center is a Tiny Twinkle from Taylored Expressions. That's all there is to it!


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SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge - Birthday Wishes

I made this card for SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge #275 - Barely Banana, Mellow Moss and Really Red. 


Harriet brought a few things with her when she came for her visit.  I used a couple of the items she brought on this card.  I used her Papertrey Ink set called Everyday Button Bits and her My Favorite Things Cloud die. The larger red button is from Gina K, and the smaller buttons are Stampin' Up! I sponged Barely Banana around the edge of the image panel and also the clouds. The clouds are mounted on Pop Dots.


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SCS Color Challenge Birthday

A quick post for today.  Tomorrow I hope to get some pictures posted of our "Group Gathering."


This card was made for SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge #275 - Barely Banana, Mellow Moss and Really Red. My friend Harriet (hskelly) is still here visiting me and I got to use some of her things! I used her Papertrey Ink Button Bits set and her My Favorite Things Cloud die. The larger red button is from Gina K, and the smaller buttons are Stampin' Up! I sponged Barely Banana around the edge of the image panel and also the clouds. The clouds are mounted on Pop Dots.


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SCS Color Challenge - Sympathy

A quick card that I made for SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge #273 - Close to Cocoa, Barely Banana and Garden Green.

I used Stampin' Up!'s Thoughts and Prayers stamp set and colored the image on the stamp with SU! markers. I added small pearls for the flower centers. You can barely see the yellow flowers. I guess they don't call it "Barely Banana" for nothing! The image panel has Barely Banana sponged on the edges, also, and is mounted on Pop Dots.


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SCS Color Challenge - Anniversary

I made this card for our daughter and son-in-law who will be celebrating their seventh wedding anniversary on Monday.  It was done based on SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge #272 - Real Red, Bermuda Bay and Kraft.

The frame is from Papertrey Ink, from their new Fillable Frames #4 set.  I stamped it in Real Red.  I added Prima flowers with red brads. I stamped the sentiment (which is also from Fillable Frames #4) with Tempting Turquoise. (I only have the Bermuda Bay marker - not the ink pad - and it didn't work on the stamp very well.  Close enough!)


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SCS Color Challenge - Celebrate

I made this card for SplitCoastStampers Clean and Simple Challenge #68 - "Summer" - and for Color Challenge #272 - Bermuda Bay, Real Red and Kraft.


I inked up the flip-flop stamp with a Creamy Caramel ink pad, then colored the flip-flops (on the stamp) with Real Red and Bermuda Bay markers. I matted it with kraft. I attached the Prima flowers with red brads. I thought they matched perfectly - even the design, with the circles, matched the flip-flop on the left. The sentiment (from the dollar bin at Michael's) was also inked up with Creamy Caramel and colored with markers.


Two miscellaneous things:  You still have another week to play along with the Repeat Impressions sketch challenge and have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate.  You can find the sketch and details here.


I will try to keep up with posting on my blog, but I have a busy few weeks coming up.  Memorial weekend - no specific plans other than a Twins game on Saturday - GO TWINS!  The following weekend our daughter and granddaughter will be here for four days.  And the following weekend is our Yahoo! groups "Group Gathering."  Lots of fun things!


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SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge - Two cards

I'm sharing two cards with you again today.  (I better get some more made - I'm running out!)  They were both made for the Color Challenge on SplitCoastStampers - Melon Mambo and Soft Suede.


For this first one, I used my new scoring pattern, but added to it by doing the "radiating" scoring in both directions.  I sponged Soft Suede on the scoring.  I matted with Soft Suede, also.  The flowers are from the wedding section at Michael's and I colored them with a Melon Mambo marker.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions.  I added pearls for the flower centers.

For this second one, I used a new Martha Stewart punch I got on clearance at Michael's.  I scored a couple lines under it.  The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts.  I inked it up with Soft Suede and then used my Melon Mambo marker to color the words.  I added scoring around the sentiment, also, and embossed the top section with my Swiss Dots folder.


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Double Daisies - and a Sunshine Award!

   I have two cards to share with you again today.  They both use Papertrey Ink's sets called Floral Frenzy (the daisies) and Around and About Sentiments.  And please be sure to read to the end of this relatively short post for an "award" I received and am sharing. :)

   I made this card for SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge #268 - Barely Banana, Ballet Blue and Old Olive.  I brayered Barely Banana on an Ellison texture plate before embossing the background. The main image panel and sentiment are mounted on Pop Dots.

   This one was made from leftovers from the first card.  I did this image panel first, but didn't like it as much with the blue matting, so I set it aside.  I stamped the sentiment directly on the Kraft (from PTI) cardstock and scored double lines on both sides of it.  It looked a little bare on the bottom left, so I added a little Martha Stewart daisy sticker.  In real life, it improved it.  In the picture, I think it looks out of place!

   I just received this "Sunshine Award" from my great friend, Harriet!  Thanks so much, Harriet.  You can find her blog here:  Allycat Cards.  (I get to see her again in just over a month, when our group meets in June.  I can't wait!  Stay tuned for pictures.)  This award is for recognizing those people who spread sunshine by commenting on others' blogs.
   So, without further ado, here are the twelve people who comment the most on my blog.  I appreciate - so much! - each and every comment I get!  Thanks for spreading the sunshine to me:)

Vicki - Heartwarmers from Vicki

Sheri - Fun With Paper

Danni - Danni's Dreams

Mary - It's All About the Journey

Leslie - Running With Scissors ...

Cammie - My Blog by Cammie

Robin - Robin's Rubber Room

Bonnie - The Craftiblog

Barb - Made For Keeps

Dawn - My Stamping Thyme

Leigh - 'Cause I'm Me

Irene - All Occasions Cards, Papers and More

   So, here are the rules:
     1. Put the Sunshine Award on your blog and/or within your post.
     2. Pass the award to 10-12 other bloggers.
     3. Link the nominees within your post.
     4. Let them know they received this award by leaving a comment on their blog.
    5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received the award.

   Thanks again, Harriet!  And thanks to everyone who comments on others' blogs!

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Another Glittery Card

   So many times I find myself writing in comments on others' cards saying, "I love the sparkle!" but I either forget or choose to not make the mess using glitter myself.  However, I've decided to change that, and add the "sparkle" that I do really like.  So, here is another one.  It is done for this week's color challenge on SplitCoastStampers, which is Ballet Blue, Barely Banana and Old Olive.
   This card is done differently than those from yesterday.  I started with a daisy stencil by Dreamweavers.  I taped it to the Ballet Blue cardstock with removable tape.  Then I stippled Versamagic Spanish Olive, PTI Fresh Snow and Color Box Canary pigment inks through the stencil.  (I generally use dye ink, but I thought the pigment ink would cover the blue better.)  I added the embossing paste, carefully removed the tape and the stencil, and then added the glitter.  After it had dried, I didn't think the color was intense enough, so I put the stencil back over the paste and stippled on a little bit of Old Olive and Barely Banana ink.  The Barely Banana strip was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and my Scor-Pal.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions and is stamped with Old Olive ink.  I added a little bit of Stickles to the centers of the embossed flowers.  (If you are interested in this technique, I have a friend who sells the necessary supplies.  She also sells what you need for yesterday's cards, and just about anything else you might be interested in!  Here is a link to her blog:  Heartwarmers From Vicki.  Tell her "Lynette sent you!" LOL!)
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SCS Color Challenge Thanks

Well, I'm back from Chicago.  We got to meet our new (adorable!) granddaughter!  It was awesome.  We also got to spend time with our grandson.  This is the last card that I have already made, so I guess I'll have to get busy today and do some stamping! :)  It was made for SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge #265 from last week - Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery and Soft Suede.

I got a small order from Oh My Crafts last week, and I used a new Cuttlebug embossing and die cut set. The embossed flowers background, the die cut flower and the die cut "thanks" are from the same set. I also used a Swiss Dots folder. The sentiment panel is mounted on Pop Dots.  The cardstock is all from Stampin' Up! in the challenge colors named above.


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SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge - Owl

This card is for last week's Color Challenge (#264) - Bermuda Bay, So Saffon and Basic Gray. I also cased a card by my stamping idol - Sue Nelson. Here is Sue's card. I don't have Basic Gray - I only have Going Gray. So, I used some dark gray paper from Lasting Impressions and a charcoal gray card base. I also only have Bermuda Bay cardstock and marker - no ink pad. And since I needed to sponge with it, I used the alternative - Taken With Teal.

I first embossed the LI paper with the owl Cuttlebug folder. I had to do the owl first, because I didn't want blue on the owl. After I embossed, I sanded it down. (The LI paper has a white back.) After sanding, I sponged So Saffron on the white areas. Then I embossed with the Diamonds in the Rough folder, sanded again, and sponged with Taken With Teal - avoiding the owl. I matted the owl with Taken With Teal and then on to the card base. The sentiment (from Hero Arts) is stamped with Taken With Teal on So Saffron, cut with a square Nestability, sponged with an Antique Pewter pigment ink, and matted on a scalloped square cut from Taken With Teal. The sentiment panel is mounted on Pop Dots.


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SCS Color Challenge Birthday

I made this card yesterday for the SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge - Orchid Opulence, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry. When I first saw the colors, I said, "Eewwww!" But I saw there were some very beautiful cards in the gallery. So, I gave it a try.

The stamps that I used (six different ones) are from Gina K's Tropical Flowers. For the flowers with five petals, I inked them with Orchid and "rolled" the edges in Razzleberry. The "bunch" ones are inked with Orchid and "thumped" with Razzleberry. The three petal ones are colored with Old Olive and Razzleberry markers. The leaves are all done with Olive. I added centers of Razzleberry cardstock. I punched the corners on the top two layers (with a corner punch I got clearanced at JoAnn's) and left the bottom layer with all square corners and then sponged Old Olive around the edges. I added Star Dust Stickles to the flowers and Crystal Stickles to the flower centers. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics and is stamped with Rich Razzleberry.

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SCS Color Challenge

This card is for Color Challenge #241 on SplitCoastStampers. The colors are Always Artichoke, Cameo Coral, Bravo Burgundy and Very Vanilla. I substituted Baroque Burgundy for Bravo Burgundy.

I used Stampin' Up!'s two-step stamping set Botanical Blooms and inked up the stamps with Always Artichoke, Cameo Coral and Baroque Burgundy. For the inside of the leaves, I stamped off the stamp before stamping on the paper to make it lighter. The card base is Very Vanilla - the rest of the ivory is shimmery paper. The smaller ivory piece is embossed with a CB folder and Scor-Pal. The striped paper is from Stampin' Up! also. The matting pieces are the same as the ink colors.

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SCS CAS Color Challenge - Done and Re-Done!

I did these cards for this week's color challenge on SplitCoastStampers. The colors are Bermuda Bay, Apricot Appeal and Chocolate Chip. I also used Natasha's Fall-to Layout #63. I did the first card, didn't quite like it, so I re-did it. I like the second one much better. What do you think?

For both of them, I used a Stampin' Up! Forever Flowers wheel to stamp the background. For the top one I used Versafine Vintage Sepia ink, and for the bottom one I used Chocolate Chip. Both are colored with an SU! Bermuda Bay marker and a Marvy Pale Orange marker. (I don't have Apricot Appeal.) Both are matted on Bermuda Bay. The sentiment for the first one is from Stampabilities, and the second one is from Stampendous. Both are matted on Apricot Appeal. (I know the colors look different from the first picture to the second, but trust me - they are the same!) I really like the smaller panel with the thinner matting a lot better.

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SCS Color Challenge - Thinking of You

This card is for SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge #239 - Mellow Moss, Kraft and white.

I used the tree stamp from Stampin' Up!'s Forest Friends - coloring it with Mellow Moss and Soft Suede markers. The sentiment is from a dollar set from Michael's, also inked with Soft Suede. I rubbed the edges on a white ink pad. The image is matted with Mellow Moss and mounted on Pop Dots. The strip across the middle is embossed with a CB Argyle folder which was brayered with white ink (it's really hard to see in the picture) and partially matted with Mellow Moss. Short and sweet - after getting up early and having lots of time, I am suddenly in a rush!

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SCS Color Challenge Anniversary

This card is for SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge #238. The colors are Stampin' Up!'s Sage Shadow, Going Gray and Pretty in Pink. It's also another card using Natasha Trupp's Fall-To Layout #61.

I used a JustRite Stamper stamp from Damask Borders for the border and a Papertrey Ink stamp from Mixed Messages for the sentiment. I stamped the JustRite Stamper with Sage Shadow and stamped the sentiment with Going Gray. I cut and embossed it with a circle Nestability. The matting is cut with a scalloped circle Nestability from Going Gray cardstock. The border is embossed with a Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and matted with Sage Shadow. The butterflies are punched from Pretty in Pink with a Martha Stewart punch and then pearls added to their bodies. The circle and the butterflies are mounted on Pop Dots.

Today is the last day for you to take advantage of my Stampin' Up! demo discount. See Monday's post.

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SCS Color Challenge - White!

This card is for SplitCoastStampers' Color Challenge #222 - White! Added challenge - one layer.

I stamped the flower with Versamagic inks in Spring Pansy, Aloe Vera, Perfect Plumeria and Spanish Olive, and embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I masked off the top, bottom and left side and sponged with Soft Sky, fading out towards the right. The sympathy sentiment is stamped with Soft Sky, also. I added a pearl to the flower center. It needed more, so I used my Scor-Pal to score lines around the sponging on the left side - full pressure on the left side and then with lessening pressure toward the right side to coordinate with the fading-out sponging.

I’m back from my stamping outing and had a super wonderful time! I will share more about that later – I still have company.

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