ColorLab55

Hello all! It's the 15th and that means another ColorLab challenge!! Grab your Lab Coat and play along!! Here are the colors for this month

Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight & Marina Mist

and the card I created.

I've decided you can make Fall leaves with LOTS of different colors!! I have open houses this weekend and this was an experiment with the Baby Wipe Technique to decide if I wanted to use if for the group or not. Fun fun!! Stop by next week to see if I used it for the group, and for more details on the technique!! The short version: add drops of desired colors to a baby wipe-using reinkers, darkest to lightest, and use that as an ink pad. That is how I inked my leaves, so they are all a blend of the three colors. Over that, I stamped splatter drops in Marina Mist. The card base is Cajun Craze with a Marina Mist layer behind the Naturals Ivory background. The edge of the background was sponged with Daffodil Delight, and a Daffodil Delight grosgrain knotted around before attaching to the Marin Mist. The saying is from Blessings from Heaven, a new to me set with some great sayings. I stamped the saying over a leaf on Naturals Ivory, added some light Marina splatters around the edge, sponged with Daffodil and layered onto Marina & Cajun. The elements is attached with dimensionals over the ribbon. One final accent, I added a Marina Mist 1/8" Taffeta knot around the Daffodil ribbon knot.

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure you stop over at the ColorLab and see what the other Chemists created. And, don't forget to play along-you have an entire month!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 123050 Blessings from Heaven * 121166 French Foliage * 119684 Cajun Craze Card Stock * 119682 Marina Mist Card Stock * 101849 Naturals Ivory Card Stock * 119671 Cajun Craze Classic Ink * 119668 Marian Mist Classic Ink * 119667 Daffodil Delight Card Stock * 119672 Daffodil Delight Classic Reinker * 119787 Marina Mist Classic Reinker * 119790 Cajun Craze Classic Reinker * 120928 Daffodil Delight 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon * 119257 Marina Mist 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals

Sketch Frenzy Friday 101411

Happy Friday all! Hope you've had a GREAT week and an even better weekend on tap! Crazy times here, but that's OK! Looking forward to Open Houses this weekend and seeing all my stampers!!

Friday means another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge and tour! Here is my card

based on this sketch by Sharon Wheet.

My card base is Textured Soft Suede card stock, with the accent layers of Spice Cake DSP. On the square (striped) pieced I added 3 gold brads to the top left, and on the rectangle I added a saying top left. My "any shape" are two leaves from the Gently Falling set. I stamped the inside using the Baby Wipe technique with Soft Suede, More Mustard and Pool Party. The outline is stamped over in Soft Suede. Cut out, curled, and attached with dimensionals. Quick and easy!! Had to be as I have tons of things on my to do list today!!

Thanks for stopping by! Continue on our mini hop by clicking HERE to see what Kim has created this week. Remember, all members blogs and the main SFF blog are linked in  my right side bar if you get derailed at any point!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 122650 Delightful Dozen * 123804 Gently Falling Clear * 121078 Neutrals Textured Card Stock * 100946 More Mustard Card Stock * 122924 Pool Party Card Stock * 124003 Spice Cake DSP * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 115663 Soft Suede Classic Refill * 115657 Soft Suede Classic Ink * 101962 More Mustard Classic Refill * 122933 Pool Party Classic Refill * 104337 Gold Brads * 116631 Paper Piercing Tool * 105826 Mat Pack * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals

Blended French Foliage SR92

Hello all! Hope you're having a good weekend. Trying to get back on track here. My husband and I went to California's Napa Valley last week, and I'm having trouble getting back on schedule! And with Open Houses next weekend and projects not planned-that is NOT a good thing!! Napa however, was very good!! We highly recommend it!

I'm trying to stamp a few things and get back in creative mood. I was browsing challenges last night and found this color challenge at Stampin' Royalty. Had to do it!!

Any excuse to use purple and I'm in! And, French Foliage was out from something else I was doing, so of course I used it too!! I really do have other sets!! This card uses the Baby Wipe technique. I'm trying it out to see if it would be a good thing to do for an Open House card. I'm liking it so far-love the blended look of the colors!!

The card base is Elegant Eggplant with a More Mustard layer behind the background of Naturals White. The leaves are multi-colored with Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive & More Mustard. Over those, I stamped So Saffron Splatter dots. The edge was also sponged with So Saffron. The ribbon was attached before layering the background onto the More Mustard. A separate piece was put into an Antique Brad to look like a bow, and attached over the straight piece. If I'd been thinking, I would have included the straight piece also in the brad-it lays a little better that way! The saying is from Word Play and was stamped in Elegant Eggplant with a light leaf over it. The edge was sponged with So Saffron, and a few splatter dots added. After layering onto More Mustard and Elegant Eggplant, it was attached to the background with dimensionals.

Pretty quick and easy card! Love the colors!! Thanks for stopping by today!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 121166 French Foliage Clear * 120651 Word Play Clear * 105126 Elegant Eggplant Card Stock * 100946 More Mustard Card Stock * 102316 Naturals White Card Stock * 103162 More Mustard Classic Ink * 105210 Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink * 101962 More Mustard Classic Reinker * 105222 Elegant Eggplant Classic Reinker * 100531 Old Olive Classic Reinker * 124143 Elegant Eggplant 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon * 117273 Antique Brads * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 103683 Mini Glue Dots

FREE Big Shot!!

YES-you read that right! A FREE Big Shot when you join the Stampin' Up! Family during October!! Or, $100 of FREE product if you already have the Big Shot! That is a GREAT deal!! 

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Reminder: World Card Making Day Open Houses!!

A reminder: World Card Making Day Open Houses are NEXT weekend!! 

World Card Making Day Open House I

Saturday, October 15

10 am to 3 pm

World Card Making Day Open House II

Sunday, October 16

2 pm to 5 pm

Both Open Houses are at my house near Crete. I will get you the address and directions (if needed) when you RSVP.

***RSVP required***

As usual there will be 4 projects using products from the SU! Catalog.

Plus

Goodies to eat and drink

Fun with Friends

Door Prizes

SU! Product Display

Attendance is free if you meet any of the following requirements:

**Club member during the last year

**SU! Downline to me

**Hostess during the last year (catalog or regular)

**Spent $100 as a customer during the last year

If you don't meet any of the above requirements, there will be a $15 attendance fee OR $30 minimum purchase requirement.

If you don't have the current SU! catalog, either of these options will include one for you

RSVP by email to jennifer@sunflowerstamper.com

or call or text me at (402)540-7403

Sketch Frenzy Friday 100711

Welcome to Friday once again friends!! That means another Sketch Frenzy Friday sketch and mini tour! Here is what I came up with this week

based on this sketch by Robbie Rubala.

My card base is Chocolate Chip with a background layer of the First Edition Designer Paper. On the DSP I stamped the leaf image from Lovely as a Tree randomly, then spritzed on some Garden Green & More Mustard ink. Before attaching to the card base I sponged the edge with Chocolate Chip and added three Metallic Brads at the bottom right corner. The three panels are images also from Lovely as a Tree. The center is a tree that I tried to make look like a fall tree. I inked the tree with markers first, Chocolate Chip for the trunk, Garden Green for the leaves. Then I thumped it with More Mustard and Chocolate Chip. That didn't blend the colors quite as much as I wanted, so I picked up the Blender Pen and did a little more. The edge was sponged lightly with Chocolate Chip before layering onto Chocolate Chip. The other two panels are the same leaf image as the background. I tried to angle them so they would show around the center panel, but it didn't work quite like I wanted-oh well!! The leaves were stamped with Chocolate Chip. I added some More Mustard and Garden Green with markers and then blended some with the Blender Pen. I spritzed each panel before attaching to layers: Garden Green top right, More Mustard bottom left. The top and bottom panels were attached to the background first, then the center panel with dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by today! Continue on our tour by clicking HERE to see what Maria has created this week.

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SU! Catalog Items used: 115026 Lovely as a Tree * 115370 Teeny Tiny Wishes * 102128 Chocolate Chip Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 100946 More Mustard Card Stock * 102584 Garden Green Card Stock * 100908 Chocolate Chip Classic Ink * 100071 Chocolate Chip Marker * 100076 More Mustard Marker * 100080 Garden Green Marker * 121878 First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper * 119741 Metallic Brads * 107066 Color Spritzer Tool * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals

The Sounding Joy Club version

Howdy all! Finally, here is the last card from Club last weekend, a different color version of my Sounding Joy swap card shown HERE. Lovin' the simplicity of this card!!

Colors here are Early Espresso, Very Vanilla & Riding Hood Red. As on the other card, the background, or the entire front of the card was textured with the new Snow Burst embossing folder. The star was stamped in Riding Hood Red on Very Vanilla and then the Joy was embossed with the new Pewter Embossing Powder. The Espresso Quilted ribbon was knotted at the bottom of the star. Doesn't get much quicker and easier!! Especially for a Christmas card!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 121979 The Sounding Joy Clear * 119686 Early Espresso Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 111348 Riding Hood Red Card Stock * 111836 Riding Hood Red Classic Ink * 124104 3/8" Early Espresso Quilted Satin Ribbon * 124114 Pewter Stampin' Emboss Powder * 100005 Heat Tool * 102283 Versamark Pad * 124096 Snow Burst Embossing Folder * 113439 Big Shot