Bring On The Music!

Thursday's Ways To Use It Challenge was to make a music themed card. Whoooo Hooooo! I love music and I've been hoarding the perfect designer paper for it! I really like how this "note card" turned out and will probably make an entire gift set for some music-loving person I know. It's very simple and quick, but also has a little big of elegance to it.

Supplies used:

Paper: SU Basic Black, Non-SU Designer Paper, White

Ink: Basic Black

Stamps: SU Lots of Thoughts

Other Supplies: Ribbon, Tag Punches

Dreamy Colors!

The Color Challenges are the most difficult for me because there's always one color that I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to use! This weeks Color Challenge was to use Whisper White, Basic Black, and River Rock on a card. Yipee! A color challenge that I can handle! I thought that these colors would be perfect for a subdued, simple sympathy card. Supplies used:

Stamps: SU Live Your Dream, Aida Cloth, Close As A Memory

Cardstock: SU Basic Black, River Rock, and White

Ink: Basic Black, River Rock

Other Supplies: Corner Punch, Ribbon, Brads

Mixin' It Up!

Monday's Technique Lover's Challenge was to MIX IT UP using designer papers. This card was made using designer paper from K & Company. I was hoping for more of a contrast, but this is how it turned out. Supplies used:

Stamps: SU Garden Silhouettes

Cardstock: SU Chocolate Chip, White Card Stock

Ink: Stampin'UP Markers

Ribbon: Green and Brown from JoAnn's/Michael's

Other Supplies: Brads, Foam Dots, Corner Punch

Beautiful Soft Sky

This card was made for today's Featured Stamper Challenge. I am really loving the new Swiss Dots embossing folder and am looking forward to using it on both neutral and colored cardstock. I also used my new stamp set "Friendship Blooms" for the first time for this card. Supplies used:

Stamps: Friendship Blooms by Stampin'UP!

Cardstock: Soft Sky, White

Ink: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky

Other Supplies: Ribbon, Buttons, Cuttlebug, Textile Texture and Swiss Dots Embossing Folders, Flower Punch, Soft Sky Designer Paper, and Foam Dots

Ewwwwww....Glorious Green!

This is my card for yesterday's Inspiration Challenge which included a refrigeration that was none other than "Glorious Green," my LEAST favorite color. Well, I thought I would attempt a card any way, and I actually like how it turned out. I also used this bird embellishment from "Me and My Big Ideas." Supplies used:

Stamps: Just B from Stampin'UP!

Ink: Blue Bayou, Glorious Green

Cardstock: Glorious Green, White

Other Supplies: Embellishment Paper from Making Memories, Brads, Punch, Cuttlebug, D'Vine Swirl Embossing Folder, Embellishment from Me and My Big Ideas, Foam Dots

Paisley With Hattitude

I just had to ink up another new stamp set, Hattitude! I have a friend who is a member of the Red Hatters, and I thought it would be great to make her a gift card set using purple and red and this great stamp set. Oh, and I really love this new Paisley embossing folder! This card is also for the Ways To Use It Challenge on SCS to create a window card. Supplies used: Real Red, Elegant Eggplant, and White cardstock, Cuttlebug, Embossing Folder, Ribbon, Hattitude Stamp Set, buttons, and foam dots.

Live Your Dream

Here is my first card with my new "Live Your Dream" stamp set and my Swiss Dots embossing folder. I used Stampin'UP markers to ink the stamp, then embossed the dots later. By simply adding a ribbon and sentiment I got a simple but elegant note card to send to a friend. After all, it is National Friendship Week! Supplies used: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots embossing folder, Stampin'UP markers, punches, ribbon, and foam dots.