Good morning everyone!! Once again, it's Thursday. Boy, does time fly by!! So it's time for another super fun challenge from the wonderful ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week they have a color challenge for us! Check out these awesome colors!
They reminded me of fall. And it definitely feels like fall around our area. The mornings and evenings have that "chill". I love it!! As we drive to Denver for soccer games, you can see some of the trees starting to change colors. In a few weeks it will be a glorious sight! So, I decided to take my card in a fall-like direction. Check it out!
I really love the way this turned out! I took a piece of Confetti White card stock and stamped lightly with Basic Grey ink the A to Z background stamp in the middle. Then I stamped one of the leaf images from Autumn Splendor lightly with Old Olive ink. To the top part of this panel I glued a piece of Basic Grey designer paper from the Neutrals paper stack and toward the bottom I glued a piece of Basic Grey textured card stock. The greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes is stamped in Basic Grey in the lower left hand corner. Then I took a strip of Cajun Craze card stock, tore it and glued it behind this panel. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Basic Grey textured card stock. For my focal point, I took a scrap piece of Confetti White card stock and stamped the leaf image twice - once in Old Olive and once in Cajun Craze and cut them out. These are popped up. My finishing touch was to take a Basic Grey button from the Neutrals buttons, thread some linen thread through the holes and tie a bow. It was adhered with glue dots right over the stems. These colors have a real elegant feel. I got my card layout from the Clean & Simple blog.
Be sure to check out the rest of the design team submissions for this week's challenge. You can find them all at the Create with Connie and Mary website. I do hope that you will be able to play along with us this week! I always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Autumn Splendor, Teeny Tiny Wishes, A to Z; Paper- Basic Grey, Cajun Craze, Confetti White, Neutrals designer paper stack; Ink- Basic Grey, Old Olive, Cajun Craze; Accessories- Neutrals buttons, linen thread, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope you all had a super weekend! We were in Golden on Saturday for a soccer game that the boys won! They do remain undefeated! Yes, this is only their third regular season game, but counting the pre-season tournament games, they haven't lost! And I think that is pretty impressive! What I was so excited about is that in the final seconds of Saturday's game, the other team shot a goal which would have tied the game but Nick saved it!! And that secured the win for our team!
Today's card is one that was inspired by my friend, Molly. She is in shoebox with me and she made a card that had a really cool layout. I tried my best to recreate it with my own products. My color scheme comes from the Spice Cake suite. I did use the stamp-a-ma-jig to help me line up the two-step stamps. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Simply Soft, A to Z, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake; Ink- Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Pool Party; Accessories- Pool Party ruffled ribbon, oval punch, scallop oval punch, Houndstooth embossing folder, corner rounder, aqua painter, sponge, dimensionals
Good Friday morning, Friends! Are you ready for the weekend? I am!! We are heading out this afternoon for Colorado Springs for a soccer tournament. The tournament takes place at the Air Force Academy. It is SO beautiful there! And we are all ready to get out of town! But before that happens I want to make sure you all know about the great sketch challenge from the team at Sketch Frenzy Friday! Check out the sketch that Angela Walters created:
And here is what I created using the sketch:
I rather like this one! To be honest, when I first saw the sketch, I wasn't sure what I could do with it. But then it came to me! Falling leaves! I started with my main panel. I stamped the background with the A to Z stamp in Pear Pizzazz on Confetti Cream card stock. I roughed up the edges with the distressing tool and then sponged Pear Pizzazz ink all the way around. I stamped the greeting from Perfectly Penned in Cajun Craze and added two gold brads. This is glued to a piece of More Mustard. Then I used my piercer and poked holes around the main panel. This is popped up onto a Cajun Craze card base. I stamped the leaf image from Autumn Splendor three times on scrap Confetti Cream card stock in Pear Pizzazz, Cajun Craze, and More Mustard and cut them out. These are popped up on the front of the card.
And there you have it! Click 'here' to go to Jennifer's blog and see her creation! I hope that you will find some time this week to play along with our sketch challenge. I always love to see what you all come up with! I really do get inspired, too! Be sure to upload your creation at the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- A to Z, Perfectly Penned, Autumn Splendor; Paper- Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Confetti Cream; Ink- Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard, Cajun Craze; Accessories- gold brads, distressing tool, piercer, sponge, dimensionals
