ColorLab54

Time for another ColorLab challenge!!!  We hope you'll play along!! Here are the colors

LUCKY LIMEADE, RICH RAZZLEBERRY & BASIC GRAY

and here is what I came up with:

Card base is Basic Gray with an accent of Rich Razzleberry behind the Confetti Cream background. On the Confetti I stamped the floral image from Just Believe. I inked it with markers in Lucky Limeade & Rich Razzleberry. I spritzed around it with both Rich Razzleberry and Lucky Limeade and sponged the edge with Lucky Limeade. I knotted a piece of Lucky Limeade ribbon and attached it at either side of the Confetti. The saying was stamped in Basic Gray, spritzed with Rich Razzleberry & Lucky Limeade, punched with the Word Window punch, layered onto a Modern Label and attached with dimensionals.

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SU! Catalog Items used: 116948 Just Believe * 121044 Basic Gray Card Stock * 102835 Confetti Cream Card Stock * 115316 Rich Razzleberry Card Stock * 123002 In Color 2011-2013 Markers * 120970 Rich Razzleberry Marker * 109120 Basic Gray Classic Ink * 122977 Lucky Limeade 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon * 107066 Color Spritzer Tool * 119857 Word Window Punch * 119849 Modern Label Punch * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals

Just Believe CCMC161

Needed to get some creativity flowing tonight, so after cleaning up the stamp room a bit, I played along with Create with Connie & Mary's Challenge of the week. Fun colors! Here is my card:

based on this challenge:

My card base is Basic Black with both Old Olive & Daffodil Delight layers behind the First Edition DSP. I know, I used it again!! It just keeps working with what I'm creating!! On the DSP, I stamped the flower & stem image that I had inked with my Daffodil Delight & Old Olive markers. I spritzed a little Daffodil around the flowers too for just a little more yellow and sponged the edge with Daffodil Delight before attaching to the Daffodil.. The wide Daffodil striped grosgrain was attached around the Daffodil layer and a 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta knotted around each side. In the center of the ribbon is an Old Olive Decorative Label punch with the saying layered on.

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SU! Catalog Items used: 116948 Just Believe * 119683 Daffodil Delight Card Stock * 100702 Old Olive Card Stock * 121045 Basic Black Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 101179 Basic Black Classic Ink * 119677 Daffodil Delight marker * 100079 Old Olive Marker * 119667 Daffodil Delight Classic Ink * 121878 First Edition DSP * 119770 Daffodil Delight 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain * 119261 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 107066 Color Spritzer Tool * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 103683 Mini Glue Dots * 120907 Decorative Label Punch * 119859 Wide Oval Punch

Sketch Frenzy Friday 032511

Friday! Wow, this week zipped by! It was a little less busy but still went too fast! Mother Nature has decided we need another shot at Winter-Yuck!  So, all the more reason to think Spring with my Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge card!!

The sketch this week was also created by me. Sadly, the only time I use My Digital Studio is to create sketches!

The card base is Old Olive, and it opens from the bottom not the side. The background print is from the Sunny Garden DSP pack. The main image is from Just believe. I inked the stamp with markers, Old Olive for the stems, Daffodil Delight for the flowers. Reminds me of real Daffodils. Across the background print is an Old Olive Wide Grosgrain ribbon. The words were stamped on the same DSP print in Old Olive and punched with the Word Window, then layered onto the Modern Label punch. I added a White brad to each end of the Modern Label. That's it!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 116948 Just Believe Wood (120453 Clear) * 100702 Old Olive Card Stock * 119683 Daffodil Delight Card Stock * 102316 Naturals White Card Stock * 119831 Sunny Garden DSP * 119677 Daffodil Delight Marker * 100079 Old Olive Marker * 119736 Neutrals Brads * 109054 Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 119857 Word Window Punch * 119849 Modern Label Punch

Open House Just Believe

Here is card two from the Open House yesterday. When I saw this card by fellow Demo Marie a few weeks back, I knew it would be a great card for my Open House. I changed it up slightly and here is the version we made, well one anyway. There are two versions of the DSP, and I didn't scan the second. Maybe I'll add it later.

Card base is Poppy Parade. Background is one of the prints from the DSP pack: the word print is one side of the paper, the dots are the reverse side. I cut it layer size for the background, then cut the bottom and reversed it. We cut a strip of Poppy with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon border and attached over the seam. The main image was stamped after coloring the stamp with markers, Pear Pizzazz for the stems, Poppy Parade for the flowers. It is layered onto Poppy and attached to the card front. Next, we did some punching! The floral circled image was stamped in Poppy Parade on Whisper White and punched with the 1-1/4" Circle punch and then layered onto a Poppy Parade 1-3/8" Circle. The saying (one of the 3 from the set, all work) was stamped in Poppy and punched with the Word Window punch before layering onto a Poppy Parade Modern Label. We added brads to the tab of the label. The Modern Label is attached to the  circles with snail, the the circle is attached the card front with dimensionals. Great card and think of all the colors you could do this in that would be just as pretty! Thanks again Marie for this GREAT idea!!

SU! Catalog Items: 116948 Just Believe wood (120453 clear) * 119793 Poppy Parade Card Stock * 100730 Whisper White Card Stock * 117158 Patterns In Color DSP * 119782 Poppy Parade Classic Ink * 119801 In Color Markers * 104336 Silver Brads * 104337 Gold Brads * 119741 Metallic Brads * 104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals * 119275 Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch * 119849 Modern Label Punch * 119857 Word Window Punch * 119861 1-1/4” Circle Punch * 119860 1-3/8” Circle Punch 

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Just Believe Friends

Made some creative time tonight to play along with the Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch.  It has been awhile since I did their sketch even though I always want too!  Here is the sketch

And here is what I came up with!

Love this DSP and the colors so that was my starting point! Elegant Soiree DSP featuring Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake & Basic Gray.  My card base is Soft Suede, background Baja DSP print.  Strip of the graphic/dotted Vanilla print on a Crumb Cake strip that I used the Scallop Trim Border punch on. Very Vanilla Satin ribbon around the center, knotted on the right side.  Branch image in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla with a Baja 'friends' top left.  A few pearls on the lower right corner of the main image and on the left side under the ribbon (hard to see in the scan). The hardest part of this one was picking the stamp to use for the main image!  

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SU! Catalog Items used on this card: 116948 Just Believe wood (120453 clear) * 115318 Soft Suede Card Stock * 120953 Crumb Cake Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 117163 Elegant Soiree DSP * 119247 Basic Pearls Jewels * 117291 Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 118492 Scallop Trim Border Punch

Just Believe Club Card 3

The third card from club on Sunday.  Not really a new idea as I've done several similar one, but for this one I did use a different color and a different accessory!

Card base is Soft Suede. Background is the "grass" image from Inspired by Nature in Soft Suede, on the Soft Suede. The Scallop Oval Frame die was used twice, once is Regal Rose and once in Naturals Ivory. The oval was stamped after inking the image with the marker in Regal Rose and Soft Suede. Before attaching to the card base we attached a small piece of the Chantilly Crochet Trim that we had sponged with Regal Rose. The frame was textured with the Vintage Wall embossing folder after cutting. Both the oval and frame are attached with dimensionals. Lastly, we added the saying with the "box" element. We stamped it in Soft Suede on Naturals Ivory. We added a saying with Regal Rose using the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and cut it out. It's attached just at the bottom of the oval.  

That's it for today! Tomorrow is ColorLab Thursday so make sure you stop back by and see what I came up with!! Thanks all!!

SU! Catalog Items used on this card:  111656 Inspired by Nature * 116948 Just Believe wood (120453 clear) * 115318 Soft Suede CS * 105130 Regal Rose CS * 101849 Naturals Ivory CS * 115657 Soft Suede Classic Ink * 120973 Soft Suede Marker * 105211 Regal Rose Classic Ink * 105108 Regal Rose Marker * 118480 Chantilly Crochet Trim * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 114521 Frame, Oval Scallop die * 113439 Big Shot

Just Believe Sponged Oval

Club was today-yeah!!  Those are always great days, even if I hardly sleep the night before!  That is my own fault of course, can't seem to help but be a procrastinator!!  Here if the first card we did today, pretty much a direct case of the super creative stamper, Mary Brown.  I changed the colors but not too much else!  It was a great hit with my girls!!

Card base is Old Olive with a tight layer of Early Espresso behind Whisper White.  The oval is made by using a frame cut with the Oval Scallop Frame die in the Big Shot and sponging color inside.  The top half is Daffodil Delight, the bottom Old Olive.  Over that we stamped the flower image from Just Believe in  Early Espresso.  The Daffodil Scallop edge that you see on the left side is the Scallop Ribbon border punch, with just the scallop edge showing.  An Old Olive Taffeta ribbon is attached around the bottom.  The saying was inked with markers, all the words but 'believed' are in Old Olive, 'believed' is in Early Espresso.  The wide oval punch is layered on the new Decorative Label punch in Daffodil Delight.  That punch is not available until next month, but they forgave me!  Nothing else works behind that wide oval.  Trust me, I tried all kinds of other options last night and kept coming back to this one!!  Lastly we stamped the smaller flower/leaf image in Daffodil Delight over the words.  Generally I do this by stamping off first once to give it a lighter, not overpowering look, but this one is full strength.  The yellow of the Daffodil Delight is light enough with the Old Olive and Early Espresso that it works.  

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SU! Catalog Items used on this card: 116948 Just Believe wood (120453 clear) * 100702 Old Olive CS * 119683 Daffodil Delight CS * 119686 Early Espresso CS * 100730 Whisper White CS * 119670 Early Espresso Classic Ink * 119680 Early Espresso Marker * 102277 Old Olive Classic ink * 100079 Old Olive Marker * 119667 Daffodil Delight Classic Ink * 119767 Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 119275 Scallop Ribbon Border punch * 119859 Wide Oval Punch * From the Holiday Mini 120907 Decorative Label punch

Just Believe Watercolor

I did a workshop this week for one of my customers here in Crete (thanks again Joey!).  Met a great group of ladies!!  A GREAT night out for all!!  Here are the two cards the guests got to make.

First up, I decided it was past time I tried out the new In Color-Poppy Parade.  At first glance, it's just another red.  But, after using it, it's definitely it's own shade!  Very Poppy like-ha!  I paired it with Wild Wasabi on this quick sample using the new set, Just Believe.  One of my new favorites!!  The card base is Poppy Parade that I textured with the Square Lattice embossing folder.  Top Note was cut from Naturals Ivory.  We inked the image with markers in Poppy Parade & Wild Wasabi.   The edges of the Top Note were sponged with Wild Wasabi.  Gold brads were added at the side and top points of the Top Note.  Poppy Stitched-Poly ribbon was tied around.  There are two sayings in this set that worked on the oval stamp, 'just for you' and 'thank you'.  A Scallop oval is layered behind and attached with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Next up is this card, which probably looks a lot like something you've seen HERE  before.  I was running late on my prep, and a thunderstorm with a tornado warning didn't help.  My room is upstairs and that is NOT the place to be during  a tornado warning.   I wanted to use Watercolor Trio since it won't be available after August, and I was inspired by the previous creation.  

Card base is Early Espresso.  Neutral is Very Vanilla, and pink is Melon Mambo.  I stamped in Espresso on the card base with the taller image from the set.  The middle size image is stamped across the Melon Mambo layer, with Melon Mambo.  On both of these, I stamped some full strength and some off once.  An Early Espresso Taffeta ribbon is knotted around the Melon Mambo before attaching it to the card base.  I also scalloped the bottom edge with the Scallop Trim border punch.  The main image was inked using the Early Espresso & Melon Mambo markers.  It is layered on Melon Mambo and then Early Espresso.  Attached with Stampin' Dimensionals over the ribbon.  All three sayings in this set fit on the Designer Label punch, this sample shows the 'Birthday Wishes'.  Behind the Designer Label is a Melon Mambo circle (1-3/8" punch).  Lastly, two pearls were added on the right side of the Melon Mambo strip, just above the scallops.

Quick and easy cards!  Let me know if you have any questions.  Let me know also if you'd like to host a workshop.  During August only, hostesses with a workshop total of $350 and over get an EXTRA $25 FREE!!  Book yours today!!

SU! Catalog items used on Poppy card: 116948 Just Believe wood (120453 clear) * 119793 Poppy Parade CS * 102316 Naturals White CS * 108641 Wild Wasabi CS * 109014 Wild Wasabi Classic pad * 120975 Wild Wasabi marker * 119782 Poppy Parade Classic pad * 119801 In Color Markers * 104337 Gold brads * 119823 Poppy Parade Stitched-Poly 119964ribbon * 101610 Stamping sponges * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 103683 Mini Glue Dots * 119856 Scallop Oval punch * 119855 Large Oval punch *119976 Square Lattice embossing folder

SU! Catalog items used on Watercolor card:  117050 Watercolor Trio wood (120084 clear) * 119696 Early Espresso CS * 101650 Very Vanilla CS * 115320 Melon Mambo CS * 115656 Melon Mambo Classic pad * 119670 Early Espresso Classic pad * 119680 Early Espresso marker * 121074 Melon Mambo marker * 119247 Basic Pearls Jewels * 119964 Early Espresso Taffeta ribbon * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 118402 Scallop Trim Border punch * 119862 Designer Label punch * 119860 1-3/8" Circle punch