Sunglasses Needed!

Oh my! These colors are WAY out of my comfort zone, but it's good to stretch now and then! This is my card for tomorrow's Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast Stampers. I am normally drawn to soft colors, but there was something about this designer paper that really caught my eye. This is definitely a "Wild Thang" for me!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets: Inspired By Nature (SU)

Ink: Stazon Azure

Cardstock: Brilliant Blue, Certainly Celery

Other Supplies: Ribbon, Buttons, Fabric Sentiment, Dimensionals, Paper Piercing Tool

Ooooooh, A Double Header

I love it when I can figure out how to combine a challenge with one that I missed. Well, today's colors for the Color Challenge (Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, and Kraft) were great and I was able to come up with a card for tomorrow's Sketch Challenge using these three colors. I also got to ink up my NEW stamp set from Flourishes - Whooo Whooo! The flower is colored with Baja Breeze ink and an aquapainter!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Thank You (Flourishes)
Ink: Black Stazon, River Rock
Cardstock: Kraft, Not Quite Navy
Other Supplies: Big Shot, Textile Texture Embossing Folder, Punch, Buttons, Dimensionals, Paper Piercing Tool

Amethyst Birthday Card

I just can't get enough of this "Inspired By Nature" set from Stampin' UP! It is so versatile - you can either use it as a silhouette, or use every color combination you can think of. I used Stampin' UP! markers to color the stamp, sprayed the stamp with a fine mist of water, then stamped the image on watercolor paper. I misted the stamp one more time and stamped this image. Since I am needing some birthday cards, I added the "HB" image and some brads for the finishing touch. This is Sketch #190 from the Splitcoast Stampers site.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Inspired By Nature, It's Your Birthday (SU)
Ink: Almost Amethyst
Cardstock: Almost Amethyst, White, SU DP, Watercolor Paper
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Embossing Folder, Brads, Dimensionals, Nestibilities

GREAT Sketch

I couldn't resist this sketch from today's Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast Stampers. Holiday Trinkets was the perfect stamp set to use for this sketch!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Holiday Trinkets, A Holly Jolly Christmas
Ink: Always Artichoke, Riding Hood Red
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Mellow Moss
Accessories: Punches, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Button

This was such a wonderful sketch, I couldn't resist making another quick card!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: None

Ink: None

Cardstock: White, Non-SU DP

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Embossing Folder, Punch, Ribbon, Button, Dimensionals

Hershey Chocolate?

I couldn't resist another card using Pink and Chocolate Chip! This card was made using this week's Sketch Challenge on the SplitCoast Stampers website. I just got this designer paper last week and have decided to use it rather than hoard it like I've been doing with most of my paper!

Stamps: Stampin' UP! Stem Silhouettes

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, White, K & Company Designer Paper

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Brads, Button, Corner Punch, Ribbon, Dimensionals

Happy Easter Art and Mom!

Art, I know you check every day to see if I have uploaded any new cards and then tell mom that there are new ones! Sorry I'm not better about uploading them as I make them....

I didn't make a card all week, but combined three of the week's challenges on this card. Monday's Technique Lover's Challenge was to ink up the negative side of an embossing folder before you run it through the Cuttlebug, and I used Bordering Blue ink with the Script Embossing Folder. Wednesday's Sketch Challenge looked like an awesome one, so I used it as the layout. Saturday's Inspiration Challenge piece was really beautiful and reminded me of blues and ocean themes.....this is what I came up with.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: All Holidays Petal Prints

Ink: Bordering Blue

Cardstock: Bordering Blue, Textured Basic Gray, White

Other Supplies: Twine, Plastic Embellishments, Cuttlebug, Script Embossing Folder, Foam Dots, Distressing Tool

Ugh...Pigtails!

Oh, I really don't like this card! I love the colors, the layout, the texture.....but it looks like it's wearing pigtails! I was dared to upload it to my gallery on SCS or I probably wouldn't have!

Supplies used:

Stamps: True Friend

Cardstock: Bordering Blue, Night of Navy, Ivory

Ink: Night of Navy

Other Supplies: Punches, Brads, Non-SU DP, Paper Piercing Tool, Cuttlebug, Textile Texture Embossing Folder