Monthly Archives: April 2012

Birthday Cameo

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I created this card for the Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge (wmsc94).

This isn’t my normal style, but I was very inspired by the design team!

I hand cut-out the frame. I embossed the cameo with vanilla powder onto Melon cardstock then mounted it behind the frame.

The tag die has a hole in the top, so I used that to thread my ribbon through. I tied the ribbon in a double bow for extra fluffiness.

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Happy Birthday
Stamps: Cameo Creations, Frame It (WMS);
Colors: Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Melon Berry (PTI);
Other: Pattern Paper (My Mind’s Eye); Vanilla embossing powder, Vanilla seam binding (SU); Tag #5 die (PTI);

Toucan Rainbow

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My colorful toucan is brought to you by this wonderful fruit cornucopia from the latest Paper Smooches Sparks challenge.

I loved all the color – and fruity goodness. And in a long, convoluted train of thought, I got to Toucan Sam!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: My Peeps, Gently Seasoned, Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches);
Colors: White, Kraft (PTI); Old Olive, Turquoise (SU); Black (Memento);
Other: Tropical DSP (SU); Markers (Copic);

FYI – Light Glare

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It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI28.

This photo is so cool. The colors are not what you’d think and the play of the light is interesting. What first caught my eye was the light glare – and I just thought lots of circles.

While this is my normal CAS style, it is also my attempt at the graphic style. The circles are done with lots of Spellbinder circle dies. I actually ran the dies through the machine layered together (not sure if you’re supposed to or not, but I wanted them as close to perfect as I could get). I chose my colors from the photo. Then I found a sentiment with the right font.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Debby
Michelle
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Sylvia
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

A Little About the Challenge: The For Your Inspiration challenge is posted the first and third Thursday of each month; each challenge is open for two weeks. The first challenge of each month has a sponsor – and prize! To play, create a card based on the current challenge photo – however the inspiration hits you! Make sure you tell us in your blog post how you were inspired!

Hello
Stamps: Fillable Frames #1 (PTI);
Colors: Crumb, Suede, Mustard, Eggplant (SU); Harvest Gold, Canyon Clay (PTI);
Other: Circle dies (Spellbinders);

Thankful Petals

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OK, this is my last post for today 🙂 Again, I used my random-file program which came up with Petal Prints. I love that old set. I wanted to do some soft colors, but I thought I’d use craft ink on Kraft paper. The Pale Plum is a bit hard to see (in real life anyway, the camera seemed to pick up the color better), so next time I’ll chose a different color.

The layout is loosely based on the CAS challenge at Splitcoase – which is a sketch this week (cas166).

The Label die left too much blank space around the image, so I ended up hand cutting it out – as well as the center to create the frame.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thanks
Stamps: Say it Loud, Very Vintage – Labels 4 (Waltzing Mouse; Petal Prints (SU);
Colors: Sage craft, Pale Plum craft, Kraft (SU); Dark Chocolate (PTI);
Other: Guidelines pattern paper (PTI);

Absolutely Fabulous

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I recently found a sketch challenge at 2Peas. This card is based on a recent challenge (Saturday Sketch with Kimber). I simplified the sketch by not doing as many layers.

To get started, I skimmed my pinterest board and found this awesome fabric to use as my starting inspiration (image source).

I knew right away I wanted to do a yellow card base. Then I chose to use Peonies for my flower (I love what I’ve seen with it, but hadn’t had the nerve to pick it up myself). And finally I chose leaves that I thought would compliment the flower.

To color the flower – and get slightly darker spots, or shadows – I used a double inking or double impression. First I lightly inked and stamped with Hibiscus. Then I inked just a portion of the stamp with more Hibiscus and used my finger to tap off the obvious ink pad lines. I stamped that right over the first impression.

For the “flag” shown in the sketch, I chose to trim my card base so that one of the leaves was hanging off.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Absolutely Fabulous
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Pretty Peonies, Harvest Berries, Mega Mixed Messages;
Colors: Lemon Yellow, New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, Blueberry Sky, White;
Other: Enchanted Evening twine; scissors!

Cascading Blooms

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I was in need of a few thank you cards, so I used my random-file program to pick a stamp set. This time Fifth Avenue was selected – and since this is on my to-do list for next month’s stamp camp, I figured I’d get a head start 🙂

The next stamp camp is in honor of retiring products, so I chose to use Peach Parfait as my starting color. I again used the CAS-ual Friday Opposites Attract challenge – so my other color ended up being Baja Breeze (one of my favorite colors).

Once I got the main card finished, I wanted to add a few additional pops of blue, so I took some Pearls and used a BIC alcohol marker to color them.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thanks so Much
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Fifth Avenue, Sincere Salutations;
Colors: White, Baja Breeze, Peach Parfait, Black;
Other: Pearls, Lots of Tags die, Peach ribbon; Hot Aqua alcohol marker (BIC);

Chevrons & Blossoms

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I created this card for the Embellish Magazine’s Chevron Color challenge.

For the layout, I found a sketch at 2Peas (Saturday Sketch with Kimber).

I trimmed the card base down to 4″ so the chevrons would over hang just a bit (but it would all still fit into an envelope).

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Thanks to You
Stamps: Off-Beat Backgrounds, Asian Gardens, Scallops & Dots, Fancy Phrases (Waltzing Mouse);
Colors: Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding, Smokey Shadow, White (PTI); Going Grey, Baja Breeze (SU);
Other: Rhinestons (Kaiser);

Dog(wood) & Butterfly

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I created this card for the CAS-ual Friday challenge – Opposites Attract.

The stamp set was chosen with the random-file program that I use.

The layout is a Fall-to-Layout (#186).

I did the coloring with pencils; mostly because I knew I wanted the Dogwood blossoms to be white and pencils was the easiest way…so it just made sense to do the butterfly with the same medium.

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thank you
Stamps: Antique Flowers & Butterflies (Hero Arts); Communique Curves Sentiments (PTI);
Colors: Aqua, White (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: Colored Pencils (Prisma); Butterfly die (Hero Arts); Photo Finisher die (PTI);

Thank You Wreath

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This idea came to me just a couple hours before the sketch challenge deadline, but I’m squeaking this in! This layout (rs6) is a great basic layout that can be done and done and done and never look the same.

Oh and I got lucky – I’ve had this embossed panel in my scraps bucket for months and months. So glad it worked in this!

Thanks for taking a peek!

thank you
Stamps: Communique Curves Sentiments (PTI);
Colors: Autumn Rose, White, Lavender Moon, Chartreuse (PTI);
Other: Impression Plate (SU); Wreath die (Memory Box); Flower punch (SU); Rhinestones (Kaiser – colored w/ Copic);

Banners & Cupcakes

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I know my card isn’t real original, but I’m actually quite happy with it. I have a hard time with pattern paper, and, while this is pretty busy, I think it works.

I used the latest Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge (wmsc92) for the layout.

To make the oval sentiment label, I simply traced the inner piece of the tag die onto white card stock and cut it out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Wishes
Stamps: Bitty Banners, Fancy Phrases (WaltzingMouse);
Colors: Poppy, White, Chartreuse, Aqua, Hibiscus, Chocolate (PTI); Pirouette (SU);
Other: Lime Twist pattern paper (Echo Park); Fancy Tags die (Spellbinders); Chocolate Baker’s Twine (PTI);