Color Throwdown #360

Happy Friday, all!  Today I am playing along with this weeks Color Throwdown challenge.  Here is the color swatch:

And here is the card I made:

I used a smooshing technique for this card.  I started by smashing my Picked Raspberry and Faded Jeans distress inks on a large, clean stamp block.  After spritzing with some water, I used a piece of acetate to pick up the color, then pressed the acetate to the card front.  After doing this a couple times, I picked up some of the color with a brush and flicked a bit of it on the card.  The feather die cut is from My Mind's Eye and the sentiment and banner are from Paper Smooches.  I added some white thread and enamel dots to finish it all off.

I am also adding this card to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, where the theme is die crazy!  

That is all for today!  I'll be back soon with more creations!

Until then...

Color Throwdown Challenge # 352

Hello, hello!  Today I am participating with another fun Color Throwndown challenge!  I loved the color swatch and decided to use it in kind of an nontraditional way. 

Here is the swatch:

And here is my card:

 
I started by die cutting the diamond shape out of a piece of cardstock and a piece of glitter cardstock.  I then adhered the glittered piece to a piece of acetate and then adhered it to the back of the other diamond-cut cardstock.  I lined the back with foam adhesive, added some matte sequins in the aqua, green, and dark grey colors, then mounted it all on the front of the card base.  I die cut the sentiment with the same glittered cardstock and adhered it to the card, then stamped the rest of the sentiment around it.  Get all that?  :) 

I am also submitting this card to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, where the theme is Sparkle and Shine!  

That is all I have for today!  Until next time...

New Week, New Challenges

Happy Sunday, friends!  I am back today with a couple cards I created for a few different challenges.  One of the challenges has already expired, but I am posting the card anyways because I love how it turned out.

My first card is for this week's Color Throwdown and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, where the theme is Get in Shape.  Here is the color pallete I used:

 

And here is my card:

The photo doesn't do this card any justice, thanks to the overcast weather we are having.  This week's Wednesday Challenge was to make a shaped card.  I don't have any fun large dies, so I decided to go simple and just create a banner-shaped card.  I started by masking off the center part of the card, then I used some distress inks to color it in.  It is much more vibrant in person.  I die cut the sentiment used my Silhouette to cut out the butterfly.  Once it was all assembled, I cut the notch out at the bottom of the card and that is it!  Super quick and easy.  My favorite.  :)

For my second card, I used this week's Runway Inspired Challenge photo prompt.  (This is the challenge that is already closed, but I still wanted to share what I created.)  I am entering this card in this month's AEIHeartU Challenge, where the them is Sparkle.  Here is the photo:

And here is my card:

I started by stamping the background image with Versamark ink and heat embossed it using clear, pearl embossing powder.  Then I die cut the diagonal panel and stamped the sentiment using Versamark ink and yummy silver embossing powder.  I finished it off using some sparkly sequins. 

That is all I have for today!  Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Color Throwdown #304

Hello!  So I dropped the ball on participating in more challenges last week.  My girls and I traveled with my parents to a small town in Wyoming for a family reunion last weekend
.  I got busy with laundry and packing and - much to my dismay - finding out there was a family of mice living in the basement.  ::shudder::  Luckily for me, my hubby dealt with the latter while we were gone.  So anyway, I'm back and ready to post again! 

Today I am participating in this week's Color Throwdown challenge.  Here is the color swatch:

I love these fun, vibrant colors.  They are similar to the challenge I participated in here.  Here is the card I made:

The papers from Fancy Pants' Off to School collection worked so well with these colors, so I decided to make a card for my biggie's teacher.  The bottom sentiment was stamped in Bermuda Bay and stamped the chalk with the Smoky Slate color.  I stamped and colored the apple with the Bermuda Bay and Real Red colors.  Unfortunately, when I brushed on the clear Wink of Stella, the red lightened up a lot.  I'm not sure why my Wink of Stella pen doesn't like me anymore.  It doesn't seem to work the way it used too.  :(  Anyway, I used some sequins to bring out the colors even more and to finish it all off. 

I am linking this up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, where the theme is Make It Sparkle.  Here is a close up of the hard-to-see glitter on the apple:

That's all for today!  Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time...

Happy Half-way Point!

I've never been a fan of the term "hump day," so let's just call it the half-way point, shall we?  :)  Today I am playing along with a color and a sketch challenge.  This is what I was working with:

And here is the card I made:

I have never made a split card like this, so this is something "novice-y" for me.  I stamped cardstock with the floral pattern I wanted, then cut it so it would create an empty space in the middle.  I would normally use masking to get this effect, but this is another fun way to get the same idea.  I added the sentiment and some enamel dots and this card was finished.  I think it turned out pretty nice, if I do say so myself.  :)

Thanks for stopping by today!  Until next time...

 

Happy 4th of July!

I hope all of my American friends are enjoying this 4th of July!  I had some down time between festivities today so I decided to play along with this week's Color Throwdown.

Here is the swatch:
 

And here is the card I made:

What is a card made on the 4th of July be if it isn't made with any fireworks??  I decided to pull out my Sweet Stamp Shop Happy Hour and Too Hip stamp sets to create this cute congrats card.  I stamped the sentiment directly on the hippo just to be different and I like how it turned out.  

It's hard to see, but I brushed all of the fireworks with my clear Wink of Stella glitter pen to give them more sparkle. Aside from the fact that I dropped the hippo face-down on the red firework before the Wink of Stella was dry, I think it all turned out really cute!

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time...

Color Throwdown #298

Happy Friday, everyone!  I've spent the day laying low and resting up because I get to be a camp mom with my daughter's Girl Scout troop when they go back to day camp tomorrow.  I came across the color swatch for this week's Color Throwdown and decided to quickly play along.

Here is the swatch:

And here is the card I made: 

I used a light kraft cardstock base for the Crumb Cake color and then used SU Wisteria Wonder, Spun Sugar Distress Ink and white dye ink to make the colors pop off the kraft color better.  I used a new (to me) stamp set, which is from the Studio Calico Camelot card kit.  I love how they are layer stamps to make as big or as small of a cake as you want.  I used some pink, cream and clear sequins to finish of this super fast, super simple card.

Here is a closer look:

I am also entering this in this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge, where the theme is anything goes!  

That is all for today!  Wish me luck that I survive a full day of being outdoors!  This non-outdoorsy girl is kind of freaking out!  ;)

Until next time...

Color Throwdown #290

We have been having cool, dreary weather the past couple of days here so I've been in my scrap room creating more.  Cloudy days = creative days, apparently.  :)  Today I played along with this week's Color Throwdown Challenge.  Here is the swatch:

And here is the card I made: 

Forgive the terrible lighting, but when it's cloudy outside, there are only so many miracles that Picasa can perform.  :) 

Today's card is probably one of the most simple, CAS cards I've ever made.  I was inspired by a downloadable sentiment I saw in a recent issue of Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking magazine. I knew if I printed it on watercolor paper first, the water would make it bleed.  To get around this problem, I printed it on a scrap piece of paper then traced the image on the watercolor paper, pushing hard with a pencil.  Then I gave the watercolor paper a good water wash before I started putting the watercolors on.  This is something I've seen a lot lately and I love the look of it.  It makes the watercolors spread out and land where they may.  So pretty!  Once the paper was dry (with the help of my heat gun), I ran the paper through my printer.  I added a few sequins in a cream color because I didn't want to take away from the watercolors. 

Here is a close up of the card, which shows a bit of sparkle on the dress.  I used my Wink of Stella clear pen for that loveliness.  

I am also submitting this card for this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.  The theme is anything goes! 

Thanks for checking in today!  Until next time...