ColorLab3

That time again!! Thursday means the weekly color challenge at the Color Lab!!  Won't you play along this week??  I'm loving these challenges.  And this one, was a challenge!  Partly because I just haven't really been in the mood to stamp since getting home, and it's also more colors than I usually end up working with!!  But I do like them all together!  Here is the inspiration: 

And here is what I came up with!  This is one of the sets I received at SU! Convention last week, Just Believe.  Didn't do my Make-N-Takes there, and haven't touched them yet at home either, but knew I would love this image with this die!  And, I do!!  

Card base is Pumpkin Pie.  Background layer is Crumb Cake.  I stamped the image in Baja Breeze several times and then spritzed over it with Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake & Pumpkin Pie.  The edge was sponged with Pumpkin Pie.  Not as much of it shows as I thought (& hoped-I liked it!)!!   I used my Frame, Oval Scallop die in the Big Shot and cut twice:  once from Night of Navy and once from Crumb Cake.  I ran the outside scallop oval through a second time in the Square Lattice Die.  For the main image, on the center scallop, I first inked all the leaf and stem parts of the image with my Baja Breeze marker.  I then came in with the Not Quite Navy marker and hit the bigger leaves.  The flowers I inked with Pumpkin Pie.  I took my Night of Navy marker and thumped it onto the leaves and stem areas making sure not to hit the flowers.  Gives it a very blended look!  

Lastly, I stamped the foliage/box image in Pumpkin Pie on Crumb Cake, added the friends in Not Quite Navy (using the Stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect placement) and cut it out. The ovals are attached with dimensionals, and the friends was attached to the bottom of the ovals with just Snail adhesive.  

Thanks for stopping by!!  Hope that you'll choose to play along!  Find Mr. Linky at the bottom of this post :)

SU! Catalog Items used on this card:  116948 Just Believe wood (120453 clear) * 105117 Pumpkin Pie CS * 100867 Night of Navy CS * 120953 Crumb Cake CS * 111833 Baja Breeze Classic pad * 105216 Pumpkin Pie Classic pad * 120965 Baja Breeze Marker * 105115 Pumpkin Pie Marker * 120967 Crumb Cake Marker * 100059 Not Quite Navy Marker * 100069 Night of Navy Marker * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 107066 Color Spritzer Tool * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 113439 Big Shot * 119976 Square Lattice folder * 114521 Frame, Oval Scallop Die

ColorLab2

It's that time again, are you ready to play along? Here is the challenge for the Second Color Lab Challenge!

Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, Old Olive

Here is my creation! Maybe not the best ever, but it was really late! I remembered this at midnight Monday, well Tuesday morning I guess, when I was finishing up my swaps for convention. I left home Tuesday at 7:30!! YIKES!! The good news is I remembered and I got a few hours sleep!!!

Card base is Tempting Turquoise. Background is Naturals Ivory that I textured in the Big Shot, adding the thin wooden craft frame to the sandwich to leave the center untextured. I then used a mask with just the oval cut out to stamp the flowers from Inspired by Nature. I inked them using sponge daubers. The center of each flower is Tempting Turquoise, the large flower petals are Melon Mambo, the small are Regal Rose, and the stems are Old Olive. I sponged the edge with Tempting Turquoise, and put a little Regal Rose on the textured lines for accent. An Old Olive grosgrain ribbon is tied around the bottom. The saying was stamped in Melon Mambo, punched with the Wide Oval. I used my Mat Pack guide & Paper Piercer to add a line below the passion. I sponged the edges with Tempting Turquoise ink and added the oval with dimensionals.

Won't you click over the blog and play along??

Items used on this card: 111656 Inspired by Nature * 102067 Tempting Turquoise CS * 101849 Naturals Ivory CS * 100814 Tempting Turquoise Classic Ink * 115656 Melon Mambo Classic Ink * 105211 Regal Rose Classic Ink * 102277 Old Olive Classic Ink * 113439 Big Shot * 115962 Perfect Details Texturz plate * 119859 2x1-3/8 Oval Punch * 109054 5/8" Olive Grosgrain ribbon

4th Card-Marble Flower Fancy

Finally, the 4th card from the weekend Open Houses! Long week so far, and convention technically hasn't started yet! We're having fun, staying busy, eating good food and walking lots!!

Ok, back to the card!

Card base is Marina Mist. The background was done with the Rolling Marble technique. Please visit THIS POST for instructions if needed. Colors in the background are Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight & Old Olive on Whisper White. Remember to do each color separately!!! The flower from Flower Fancy is the main image. I stamped the solid image of the flower in Daffodil Delight in the center of the smaller Whisper White and then added the Marina Mist outline image. For the leaves, I used Old Olive for both the solid and outline, just stamp the solid off once before stamping onto your cardstock. The new 1/8" Taffeta in Marina Mist is tied around the card in a know, and a small piece of the same Taffeta in Daffodil Delight is knotted around the knot. The saying is from the Level 3 Hostess set, Occasional Quotes. It was stamped in Old Olive, punched with the Designer Label punch. For accent we added a 1-3/8" Daffodil Delight circle behind. Oh, and the edges of all the Whisper White pieces were sponged with Marina Mist.

I hope to get some convention pictures posted, but it's not going to be tonight, and tomorrow is an early start and a full day. We'll see what the next few days bring!! Thanks all for stopping by!!

Items used on this card: 111578 Flower Fancy * 120142 Occasional Quotes * 119682 Marina Mist CS * 119683 Daffodil Delight CS * 100730 Whisper White CS * 119672 Daffodil Delight Classic Ink refill * 100531 Old Olive Classic Ink refill * 119787 Marina Mist Classic Ink refill * 119257 Marina Mist 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon * 119254 Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon * 119862 Deigner Label punch * 119860 1-3/8" Circle punch * 101610 Stamping Sponges

3rd Card-In Wilderness

Here is the 3rd card from the weekend! Loved this buffalo, and it makes a great masculine card! I used the saying from the set, but you could use a birthday or other saying just as nicely!

Does this remind you of the truck card I posted last week? Same layout & technique!! Card base here is the new Early Espresso. You can't see it here (?maybe if you click and enlarge the picture??) but the background was stamped with Early Espresso ink and the Wonderfully Worn background stamp. The buffalo, from the In Wilderness set, was stamped in the center of a Naturals Ivory Top Note and then masked. We used the Spritzer tool and Not Quite Navy & Garden Green markers to splatter ink around the buffalo. Not Quite Navy ink is sponged on both the edge of the Top Note and on the saying scallop. The saying was stamped in Not Quite Navy and punched with the Scallop Oval punch. The Garden Green oval was cut with the Movers & Shapers Punch Window oval in the Big Shot. Metallic Brads are the final accent at the top three points.

Made it to Salt Lake City today! Resting tonight. Tomorrow is check in, pick up our bags and start looking at the displays! Thanks for stopping by!!

Items used on this card: 120537 Clear In Wilderness (117040 Wood) * 118533 Wonderfully Worn * 119686 Early Espresso CS * 101849 Naturals Ivory CS * 102584 Garden Green CS * 119670 Early Espresso Classic Ink * 103008 Not Quite Navy Classic Ink * 100059 Not Quite Navy marker * 100080 Garden Green marker * 119741 Metallic Brads * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 113463 Top Note Die * 107066 Color Spritzer Tool * 119856 Scallop Oval * 115953 Punch Windows

2nd Card-For You Flower

Inspired by the sample in the catalog (page 19), here is the second card from the Open Houses this past weekend.

It also features the new In Colors. Card base is Pear Pizzazz, stamped with the new background Pretty Patterns in Pear Pizzazz. Background is the Concord Crush stripe DSP layered on Concord Crush. I used both the stripe & dots and both look great! For the flower, we inked it first in Peach Parfait, stamped on Whisper White and punched with the Fancy Flower punch. We cleaned the stamp, and inked just the center with the markers: mostly in Pear Pizzazz, but one For You is Concord Crush. Punch that with the 1-1/4 circle punch, sponge with Peach Parfait ink, and attach with a dimensional. The new In Color Ribbon in Pear Pizzazz is tied around the Concord Crush layers and the flower is attached over, with dimensionals on the top. The bottom sits right on the ribbon. Simple and sweet!

I hope to have a few of these to trade at convention this week. Better go get myself together and ready to fly tomorrow! YIKES!!

Items used on this card: 118726 For You Flower * 120165 Pretty Patterns * 100730 Whisper White CS* 119795 Pear Pizzazz CS * 119792 Concord Crush CS * 117158 In Color Patters DSP Stack * 119783 Peach Parfait Classic Ink * 119784 Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink * 119801 In Color Marker set * Flower Punch XL 118073 * 1-1/4" Circle Punch 119861 * Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Stitched Poly Ribbon * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 101610 Stamping Sponges

First Open House Sample-Contempo Christmas!

Christmas in July! It's never too early to start thinking about those cards!!! I never do, but hopefully I inspired someone too! I do love this color combo though-and this card goes together so quick!!!

Card base is the new Cherry Cobbler. Yum!! Paired with Old Olive and Very Vanilla. The Jolly Holiday DSP pack has those colors as well, so I chose one of the striped prints for the background strip, and layered it on Very Vanilla to accent the stripe. The stamp set used here is Contempo Christmas. The Merry Christmas was stamped with Cherry Cobbler and punched with the Wide Oval punch. I used the Mat Pack punch guide to pierce a line of small holes under the Christmas. The other two ovals were cut in Very Vanilla & Old Olive with the Big Shot using the "ovals" die. The tree is stamped with Old Olive. Our new Jewels, specifically the Basic Pearls were used for accent. A teeny tiny one on the star on the tree, and three medium ones just under the punched ribbon accent. I used the piercing template in the Mat Pack to space the 3 pearls, most of my attendees just winged it!! Almost forgot to mention that new punch!! The new Ribbon border punch was used with a strip of Cherry Cobbler for the accent under the tree, across the striped paper. It is so easy to use!!!

Thanks for stopping by!! And special thanks to all to came to Open Houses this weekend! It was a grand time. Extra special thanks to my helpers!!! I couldn't do this without their help!!

Items used on this project: 119247 Basic Pearls * 114525 Ovals Die * 117159 Jolly Holiday DSP * 119275 Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border * 119855 2"x1-3/8" Oval XL punch * 120594 Clear Contempo Christmas (118734 Wood) * 105826 Mat Pack * 102277 Old Olive Classic Pad * 100702 Old Olive CS * 119669 Cherry Cobbler Classic Pad * 119685 Cherry Cobbler CS * 101650 Very Vanilla CS * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals

Countryside

Loved this new set so had to have it on my first order! Always looking for new things for masculine cards! This is my swap creation for the month.

Loving finding new color combos too! This card layout was cased from one of my Open House creations for this weekend, you'll see that next week. I think I've used this layout before with the Top Note. Card base is Riding Hood Red stamped in Riding Hood Red with the new Wonderfully Worn background. Top Note was cut from Naturals White cardstock. I stamped the truck in Not Quite Navy, created a mask, then used the Ink Spritzer tool to spritz Garden Green, Riding Hood Red, & Crumb Cake ink around it. Gold brads were added at the points. The saying is from On Your Birthday and is in Riding Hood Red on Crumb Cake. Scallop Oval is Garden green.

Thanks for stopping by!!